Chapter 45: Roasted Tea
Qingfeng Ju, after sending Princess Qinghe away, Qin Yu thought about it and felt that it was necessary, to remind Cheng Huailiang, in history, Princess Qinghe married Cheng Huailiang at the age of ten, and when he thought of this, Qin Yu felt a pain in the egg.
When Qin Yu found Cheng Huailiang, this guy was smirking there alone, Qin Yu coughed lightly, "Ahem." Immediately attracted Cheng Huailiang's attention, this guy quickly recovered his serious expression and said, "Brother-in-law, why are you here?" ”。
"Damn, this is my family." Qin Yu said angrily, "Second brother-in-law, I have to tell you about something as a brother-in-law." ”。
Cheng Huailiang nodded a little embarrassed, obviously this guy just woke up, this is not Cheng Mansion, "Say, what's the matter?" So solemn. ”。
Qin Yu thought for a while, organized the language, and then said, "Second uncle, do you know women?" ”。
Qin Yu's words stunned Cheng Huailiang, and after a while, Cheng Huailiang showed an expression of "you look down on me", and said, "How can you not understand, I think back then, I ...... when I was ten years old" As soon as the words arrived, Cheng Huailiang hurriedly shut up.
"Damn, it's a precocious age." Qin Yu said secretly, what Cheng Huailiang said, Qin Yu naturally understood, shook his head helplessly, and then said, "Second uncle, I'm not talking about this, forget it, I'll tell you directly." ”。
"A woman has the ability to give birth to offspring since the first geranium, but at this time, the woman's body is not fully developed, well, you don't understand the development, to put it simply, her body has not grown well.".
Qin Yu paused, waited for Cheng Huailiang to digest it, and then said, "If you do the husband and wife at this time, the damage to this woman is unpredictable, to put it mildly, she is riddled with diseases, her life is not long, and if it is serious, uncontrollable dangers will occur, and it will even threaten her life." ”。
Cheng Huailiang was stunned when he heard this, and quickly reacted, Qin Yu said Princess Qinghe again, frowned, and said, "Is it as serious as you said?" ”。
Qin Yu sighed and said extremely seriously, "Second brother-in-law, it will only be more serious than what I said, I don't know if Bixia has gone to investigate, you can also investigate yourself, and see if those girls who get married early and have children have a high mortality rate, this is by no means alarmist." ”。
Cheng Huailiang was silent for a while, and then asked, "Then tell me, how old can this woman have a child?" ”。
"This is going to be ......" Qin Yu stopped halfway through when he said, but he remembered that this was the Tang Dynasty, and he said it too highly, Cheng Huailiang must have thought that he was saying this on purpose, and finally said "Sixteen years old, it's best to wait until eighteen years old, of course, the matter of husband and wife must wait until this time." ”。
As soon as Qin Yu's words landed, Cheng Huailiang frowned, walked back and forth non-stop, and then said, "Okay, I'll go and check." ”。
Obviously, Cheng Huailiang didn't believe what Qin Yu said, Qin Yu nodded helplessly, and said secretly, "You can go and investigate and understand." ”。
In the Imperial Palace, Lizheng Palace, a eunuch stepped forward and handed a book to Li Shimin, Li Shimin waved away the eunuch, and then flipped through it.
It didn't take long for Li Shimin's brows to wrinkle, and when Empress Eldest Sun saw this, she hurriedly asked, "Bixia, why are you so troubled?" ”。
"Alas, Guanyin, Qin Yunfei's statement that men and women should not marry too early is indeed true, look at the result." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he showed the results of the investigation to Empress Changsun.
At this time, Li Shimin smiled, and then said, "I only know that the same surname is not married, but Qin Yunfei is not good at saying close relatives, and now it seems that this son is afraid that he has a good impression of the hostage, so he said wildly, hey, this kid." ”。
If Qin Yu heard Li Shimin's words, he would definitely shout, "Wronged." It is true that the children of close relatives are defective, but not all of them are defective, but the probability is a bit large, and the number of people surveyed by Li Shimin is too small, how can this be called the result of the investigation.
Empress Eldest Sun nodded while looking at the results of the investigation, and said, "Bixia, this son is indeed a bit bold, but this son doesn't seem to know Jiu'er at that time, otherwise, he wouldn't have said such a thing." ”。
Li Shimin nodded in agreement, Empress Changsun looked at it for a while, and then put down the investigation results, but suddenly thought of the marriage between Princess Changle and Qin Yu, and hurriedly asked, "Bixia, if the yield of sweet potatoes is really high, when will the marriage of Qian'er wait?" ”。
Li Shimin naturally understood what Empress Changsun meant, it was nothing more than how old was the appropriate age to set for marriage, thought about it, and said, "Since I have made plans to prohibit early marriage, then my daughter must set an example for the Tang Dynasty, not only the quality, from now on, the princess of the Tang Dynasty will not be allowed to marry if she is less than sixteen." ”。
When Empress Changsun heard this, she nodded, and said, "It's best to do this, the royal family takes the lead, and the people of the Tang Dynasty will naturally not object." ”。
"However, Bixia, those who have already married must not be separated, now that the results of the investigation are clear, Bixia may wish to convene the minister to discuss this matter, since it was proposed by Qin Yunfei, you may as well ......"
After listening to this, Li Shimin pondered for a while and nodded, "That's the best." ”。
Qin Yu didn't know that Li Shimin and Empress Changsun had already made plans to push him to the front.
Qingfengju, after Qin Yu and Cheng Huailiang separated, he felt a little thirsty in his mouth, after all, it took a lot of time on a hot day, can he not be thirsty, but when Qin Yu picked up the kettle and poured water, he suddenly remembered one thing, "It's bad, tea." ”。
Qin Yu hurriedly came to the storeroom and instructed the servant to open the bag containing the tea leaves, and carefully inspected it, before he breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's okay, it's okay." ”。
"After a long time, the withering step can be omitted, but let's dry it." After Qin Yu finished thinking about it, he instructed, "Take a piece of cloth and throw it on the ground, and then call some maids to come over and spread these tea leaves evenly on it." ”。
"Yes, young master." After the family finished speaking, he hurriedly picked up a piece of cloth in the warehouse, went to the front yard, and spread the cloth on the ground.
It didn't take long for the maids to come to the warehouse, carry the tea leaves to the front yard, and spread the tea leaves on the cloth little by little.
The tea leaves were laid, and after an hour, it was dark, and there was no choice but to wait for the next day to continue.
The next day, as soon as the morning dawned, Qin Yu summoned all the maids of Qingfeng Residence, and after the tea was dried for two hours again, Qin Yu stepped forward to check it, and felt that it was almost there, and then instructed the maids to put the tea leaves in the bamboo sieve and shake them back and forth.
Then put it on the cloth and dry it, and so on, after seven or eight times, Qin Yu nodded with satisfaction, "Thank you for your hard work, you did a good job." ”。
When the maids heard Qin Yu's praise, they said happily one by one, "Young master, slaves are not hard. ”。
The family can do this work, but Qin Yu doesn't like it, he feels that the tea made by the maid is delicious, quirks, Qin Yu feels like this.
instructed the family to set up a few mouthfuls of three iron pots overnight, and then began the great business of roasting tea.
Qin Yu didn't ask the family to do it, it was all operated by the maids, Qin Yu kept telling the maids on the side, the maids were a little nervous, because Qin Yu attached great importance to it, and because of the nervousness, he wasted several pots of tea, Qin Yu did not blame the maids, but encouraged them from time to time.
Gradually, the maids became familiar with the whole process, and the operation techniques became more and more proficient, and the tea finally began to appear as finished products.
The weather was already hot, and the roasted tea was on fire, and the temperature was so hot that the maids were drenched in sweat one by one, especially the few maids who were in charge of roasting the tea, their clothes were all attached to their bodies, and their curves were exposed, and Qin Yu swallowed saliva when he saw it.
And those maids also deliberately showed Qin Yu intentionally or unintentionally, which made Qin Yu's anger go straight out, of course, not angry.
Qin Yu also understood the thoughts of the maids, and didn't blame them, and there was no reason, Qin Yu was not a serious person, but Qin Yu just looked at it, and didn't mess around, just feast his eyes, not to mention that the big wedding was imminent, and Qin Yu didn't want to make any moths out.
Even if it's messing around, you have to find those best not, although the maids look good, but they are all average, not to mention that there is a princess in the future wife, if you make a bunch of concubines, I don't know what it will become.
When a stone of tea leaves is fried, it has shrunk by more than half, the tea leaves themselves have moisture, and the fried tea leaves have to be removed, and the final finished tea leaves are only thirty-one or two catties, fortunately, it is enough for Qin Yu to drink.
Qin Yu looked at the fried haode tea leaves, then picked up a piece of tea and smelled it, then put it in his mouth and chewed it, let out a long sigh of relief, and said, "Everyone has worked hard, and they are all rewarded." ”。
After Qin Yu finished speaking, he took out two silver cakes from the money bag on his waist and handed them to the maid who fried the tea, "Take it, you guys have divided it." ”。
"Xiexie, young master." A few maids who roasted tea happily bowed.
Qin Yu nodded, and then instructed the maids to put away the tea leaves and put them in the house in the backyard, just wait for a day or two, the smell of fire can be removed, the residual moisture will disappear, and then you can drink tea.
Qin Yu was busy working here, Cheng Huailiang and Cheng Huaimo came once, and then they felt bored, so they stopped paying attention, in their opinion, isn't it just tea, and it's not a good thing, it's hard to drink, I really don't understand that Qin Yu weishenme is so concerned about tea.
Roasted tea is not a big secret in modern times, Qin Yu naturally knows it, but whether the tea brewed is good or not is not something that Qin Yu can control, after all, the craft is there, Qin Yu is just a theorist, and the maids are novices.
Although the quality of this tea cannot be guaranteed, Qin Yu can confirm that the fried tea must be a hundred times better than the tea of the Tang Dynasty, at least Qin Yu thinks so, the tea of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Yu is really not used to drinking it.