Chapter 18: Small Talk

"Five pieces of cloth, two stones of wheat." , Li Chen rubbed his wrists, stretched his waist, and fought for a few more days, and finally registered the debt. Li Chen put down the brush in his hand, "Why do I always feel that there is something missing here?"

Li Chen looked at the four treasures of the study in front of him, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and always felt that something was missing. It's been a feeling for days, "I'm going to town another day." , Li Chen snapped his fingers, he felt that he had found a business opportunity.

From elementary school to middle school, Li Chen's school stipulates that he must learn calligraphy. Among them, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are indispensable, and on the desk of the Tang Dynasty, there seems to be something missing. The Tang Dynasty didn't have it, but it didn't exist until after the Song Dynasty, which means that this thing is easy to use, and then the Tang people haven't invented it yet, so they are waiting for him to find out.

"Another day, go out for activities first, and then sit down, people will rust." , not in a hurry, Li Chen pushed the door out of the room, ready to move his muscles and bones first.

"I said, there is really mercy in this temple. Many people owe it and don't pay it back.'" , Li Chen thought while doing gymnastics.

After a few days of sorting out the accounts, I finally sorted them out. He first sorted out the time borrowed from the accounts, wrote them down on scratch paper, and then crossed out those who had to be repaid. Finally, it was copied into the official debt book.

When he copied it, he found that it seemed that every once in a while, there were always a few people who borrowed it and didn't pay it back. Although the amount is not large, not only did they not pay it back, but they also kept borrowing money.

As mentioned earlier, the Tang Dynasty borrowed money and called it a pledge. quality, that is, secured loans, the interest rate is relatively low. For example, it is a modern credit loan, without collateral, but the interest rate is high, usury. These people are all used for example, they don't have a mortgage, they don't say anything, they don't pay back what they borrow, and they keep borrowing.

"Should I tell the abbot?" Does the abbot know about this?' , Li Chen thought about it, he felt troublesome, more things are better than less things, who knows what is behind this, when the time comes, it will be troublesome.

"Thirteen Lang, I'm moving." At this time, someone greeted Li Chen and walked over with a smile. "Master Wuming." , "Thirteen Lang can have leisure and have a cup of tea with the poor road." I saw that Wuming was still holding something in his hand, a tea set, and a box.

Wu Ming was not polite, when he entered the tent first, got on the tatami mat for sitting and lying down, pulled over a table, and then put the things he had brought out and prepared to cook tea.

Wuming first took out a cake, which was a steamed green tea cake. If you don't know what it looks like, imagine Pu'er tea, which is a tea cake. Then he broke the tea cakes, threw them into a container, and began to bake them on a small stove.

It's not enough to bake once, you have to bake it a second time. In this step, the tea leaves are roasted and dried so that they are fragrant after entering the water. Next, bring the tea cake close to a piece of paper, seal it, and set it aside for him to cool. Goming began to boil water, and he took out a small cauldron for special purposes.

"This water, but there is mountain spring water nearby, although it is not famous. But he is confident that he will not lose to other famous springs in the world." , Gonata poured water into it and said while boiling the water.

When boiling water, Wuming was not idle and began to grind tea. With a special tea mill, the large pieces of tea are crushed very carefully. Li Chen pretended not to care, just crossed his hands and watched Wu Ming busy with a smile.

What can Li Chen say? He drank tea before he was reborn, but there was a big gap between modern tea art and the Tang Dynasty, and he said that he had not studied it, and even if he did, he couldn't talk to the people of the Tang Dynasty about how to make tea.

He doesn't understand tea, it doesn't matter, he knows how to pretend to be 13. Crossed his hands, smiling and watching Satora busy, with an unfathomable expression on his face, if you want to describe it, it is like a teacher, watching the students perform in front of him, he is waiting for the score.

Li Chen knew that as long as he didn't show his stuff, it would be difficult for this enlightened name to find out any useful information from him. However, pretending to be 13 is a temporary gain, in fact, Li Chen is trying to learn the process of Wuming's movements.

"This water is good water. It also depends on how it is cooked. When the surface of the water has fish-eye lines and the sound begins, add salt." ,Satoru is a very qualified demonstrator.,Explain while moving.。

"It was the first boil before. When the edge of the pot also starts to bubble, that is, the second boil, you should quickly scoop out a spoonful of water with a small spoon and set aside." , Wuming's movements are very fast and elegant, with a gentle temperament of my own, I have to say, in fact, it is still very selling, but Li Chen is not good at this mouthful, I just think that this Wuming is not bad.

"It's time to add the tea leaves." , Satora grinded the tea leaves, added them to the pot, and while stirring, he carefully added water to the center of the pot, adding it very hot, and very carefully.

Seeing this, Li Chen thought, no wonder Chinese scholars are good at tea. It's the same as calligraphy. Be patient, attentive, and careful, so that you can make a good pot of tea. This is not tea, it is temperament, patience, and the attitude of forging chains.

Add the tea leaves to get the water, and it quickly boils, at this time, Gona picks up the cold water that he has just put aside, and carefully adds it to the pot.

"Tea is ready." When the water began to boil again, Gona picked up the pot and didn't let him continue to heat it. Be very cautious. The point is that the tea is also a key point, not that the tea is boiled well, but the tea should be divided.

To make the tea very artistic to pour into each tea bowl, most

The basic thing is that in each bowl of tea, the tea foam floating on the surface of the water should be even, and there should not be more bowls and fewer bowls. Just like those bubble coffees now, you can make various patterns in the coffee. Tea too, masters can also use these tea foams to make various patterns.

"Please Thirteen Lang to taste, this tea is also a tea with a good origin, produced in Jingzhou." After dividing the tea, because there are only two people, Wuming only divided two bowls of tea, saving 3/5 of the effort, usually a pot of tea, can only be divided into five bowls.

Li Chen pretended to pick up the tea bowl and blew lightly, "Good tea, good water, good kung fu." , seven words, spit out from Li Chen's mouth, but the expression on his face was a bit perfunctory, as if it was a kind of politeness to praise.

"Thirteen Lang has everything to say, and Poor Dao knows that he can't be on the table with this tea skill." , Wu Ming said unhappily.

"The master misunderstood, a certain family is just a little emotional, I don't know how long I haven't drunk decent tea." Li Chen told the foot of the mountain that he had to drink the bowl of tea.

"Countryman, how can you understand the taste?" , Wuming smiled, Li Chen was also smiling, just pretending to be a pretend, ironclad was very successful, and made a Taoist master a lot of shame, not only became a commentator, but also made a detailed demonstration action, explaining in detail how the tea is brewed. I'm so nervous I'm afraid I'll make a mistake.

"The master is so idle. I have just finished the tedious work of getting the book, and thanks to the master for entertaining this bowl of tea, it seems that I have to spend half a day free." "Thirteen Lang is too serious, you need to know that life is too short, and you should get by. Sometimes there is too much to worry about.'"

"Yes, yes, life is short, it's rare to be confused." , Li Chen replied with a smile. He found that he was also good at acting, saying this on his lips, with a smile on his face, and he didn't think so at all. If the accounts are not clear, will they lose money in the future, or will you be corrupt?

"Thirteen Lang, it seems that he has a lot of experience with accounts. I don't know how to do it.'" Wuming smiled and asked about the account book.

"It's nothing, the master is an outsider, and the master doesn't pay much attention to this mundane thing. Speaking of which, this account book was taught to me by Hu Shang." Li Chen pushed this double-entry accounting onto Hu Shang, and you have no way to verify it anyway.

(It seems that this realization does not care about me, but about the account book.) Li Chen remembered that when she returned to the tent a few days ago, she saw Hui Ming and Wu Ming together, both waiting in his tent.

Hui Ming is to tell Li Chen that in a few days, there will be good believers near the temple to come like the longevity temple. Li Chen wants to prepare the IOU, and when the time comes, the people will repay the loan, and return the IOU to others.

And this enlightenment is a bit inexplicable, Li Chen originally thought that they would come together, but it turned out to be not. He simply came to talk to Li Chen. As a result, I happened to meet Hui Ming.

Next, Wu Ming didn't say anything more, just said some Buddhist scriptures to Li Chen, and played meditation. Speaking of which, this enlightened Zen master, it is no wonder that everyone says that he will be the next abbot heir.

He was eloquent and knowledgeable. Tell the story of the Buddhist scriptures, the allusions of the Buddhist family, and the hand-to-hand capture, but also explain in simple terms, so that people can understand the truth.

People are also good-looking. His eyes are like stars, his speech rhythm is not hurried, and his voice is good. I can't help but want to hear more. It is no wonder that not only the monks of Changshou Temple, but even the people of the four towns and ten miles are very convinced of him.

But Li Chen just thought this person was weird. I don't know if it's a preconceived thought, he has always felt that this Wuming befriended him and had useful intentions.

After talking about the conversation, the guests and hosts were happy, and Wuming said goodbye and went back. Leaving a Li Chen, sitting on the tatami mat, thoughtful.

One will say that it is rare to be confused, and the other will say that the family is compassionate, and being convenient with others is convenient with oneself. Is there a good intention?

"Oh my god, my feet are numb. I must go down the mountain and buy a set of tables and chairs to come back, otherwise I will soon have my leg amputated after three days and two ends." , Li Chen wailed. It turned out that his feet were numb, and he wasn't pretending to be deep over there. Of course, it's not just pretending to be deep.

Speaking of which, is he really that interested in my accounts? Rubbing his numb feet, Li Chen thought.