Chapter 171: Learn to order tea

Feng Shenghan heard the discussion between Yao Danyun and Lin Chuyi, so he leaned forward and interjected: "Feng Yingying is only seventeen years old, and the elegance is just right, Su Jiudong is already twenty-three years old, and he has not yet married at this age, what you want to be evenly matched, I'm afraid it's unlikely." ”

"What? She's twenty-three years old? Yao Danyun was stunned again: "I thought she was only seventeen or eighteen when I looked at her... Looking tender and beautiful, I never thought that it had passed the double ten...... But where did you get this news from? ”

"There is no need to inquire about it, it was revealed by Aunt Yuemei in the General's Mansion when she chatted with me, Su Jiudong is indeed twenty-three years old, and ah......" Feng Shenghan lowered his voice and pretended to be mysterious: "And she also gave birth to two children, a son and a daughter." ”

"My daughter is seven years old and my son is six years old. Gee...... If you think about it, she had a daughter at the age of sixteen, and at the age of seventeen, she continued to have a son, but the identity of the biological father is unknown. ”

There is always no shortage of gossip between women, and they are not averse to gossip.

The news brought by Feng Shenghan really shocked Yao Danyun and Lin Chuyi.

Yao Danyun asked reluctantly: "She has two children, who is the father of the children?" Is it the unknown junior in the mountain village, or the young master of our family in the capital? ”

"Today's flower-viewing banquet was prepared by General Su to celebrate her return to Beijing to recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors, so she should have returned to the capital recently." Lin Chuyi corrected, and guessed to himself: "I had a child before this, and the child's father must be a village man in the mountains..."

"I don't think the child's father should be a village man..."Feng Shenghan also joined the team of self-delusional guesses: "She was born so beautiful, she must have been 'enjoyed' by those local officials a long time ago, and it is impossible to get the turn of the mountain village husband." ”

"Such a beautiful appearance is only worthy of a village man or an obese and corrupt official... It's a terrible thing. ”

Wen Yiheng silently appeared behind the three of them, and said lightly: "I know who the child's biological father is. ”

Yao Danyun, Lin Chuyi and Feng Shenghan were startled by Wen Yiheng, who suddenly appeared behind them.

The three of them lowered their heads weakly, and talked nonsense behind people's backs about the most taboo to be caught, so the three of them didn't dare to look directly at Wen Yiheng.

"Although I can't tell you his specific identity for the time being, what I can reveal is that that person's identity is not simple, and he doesn't like to hear that someone is talking bad about Su Jiudong behind his back! So, your 'discussion' should be in moderation. ”

Wen Yiheng left after throwing down his words, leaving Yao Danyun, Lin Chuyi and Feng Shenghan looking at each other.

The flower-viewing banquet, which lasted for an hour and a half, finally ended, and sent away the last group of guests, Su Jiudong, who couldn't relax for a moment, returned to the main hall, and was so tired that he directly disregarded the image and lay on the round dinner table between the west side, closing his eyes and recuperating.

Shao Yuemei sent sugar water snacks to Su Jiudong, Su Jiudong was so tired that he lost his appetite, so he gently pushed the sugar water aside, made room for his eyes, and continued to fall asleep.

Shao Yuemei saw Su Jiudong's small action of pushing away the sugar water, her eyelashes trembled, she didn't say anything, and retreated quietly.

In the evening, Su Fenglan returned to the general's mansion from the barracks, and asked Su Jiudong at the dinner table how the flower viewing banquet was going today and whether he had a good time.

Su Jiudong was about to open his mouth to answer, but Shao Yuemei, who was sitting next to Su Fenglan, took the lead in answering, and described the interesting things at the flower viewing banquet with a smile.

When he learned that Su Jiudong was finally fined for failing to follow the rules and pronounce the so-called "correct" hand, Su Fenglan smiled disapprovingly:

"The children of civil servants have followed their father's pedantic and old-fashioned temperament, and they don't know how to be flexible. It's boring to say that the rules can't be changed without permission. It's still my Jiudong'er who is smart, and the poems he reads are different, which is a veritable stand out from the crowd. ”

In the end, Su Fenglan also deliberately emphasized: "When I say stand out from the crowd, it means literally."

Jiu Dong'er, you are the crane, and the others can only be confined to the flock of chickens for the rest of their lives. ”

Su Jiudong was amused by Su Fenglan's "standing out from the crowd", and also left behind what Shao Yuemei had just answered.

After dinner, Su Fenglan took Su Ting'an in the study, teaching reading "The Art of War" while teaching literacy, Shao Yuemei took Liu Yunniang to do female red embroidery in the wing, and Ah Rong watched it with relish on the side.

And Su Jiudong went to bed early because he agreed with Wen Yiheng to go to his courtyard tomorrow to make up for the knowledge of fighting tea.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wen Yiheng sent someone to pick up Su Jiudong and get into the carriage.

The coachman drove the carriage for a while, and finally turned into an inconspicuous alley and stopped in front of Wen Yiheng's courtyard. All right

Ding Xuming led Su Jiudong to a waterfront pavilion.

Push the door to enter, and you will be greeted by the elegant tea room, and Wen Yiheng kneeling in the middle of the tea room.

In the morning breeze, Wen Yiheng knelt on the futon in white, today he is not the image of the high canopy on weekdays, but just casually curled a small lock behind his long hair, quite Wei and Jin style. The hair that falls down gently swayed in the wind, fluttering slightly.

This tea room is built on the water, on both sides are floor-to-ceiling wooden windows, the water outside the pavilion is sparkling, reflected on the skin of Wen Yiheng, faintly shiny flowing, a pair of familiar stars still have bright stars, glass light.

is also a casual dress, Wen Yiheng's casual attire in the capital is completely different from the casual appearance in Qishan County, judging the two of them.

Su Jiudong saw Wen Yiheng's relaxed and casual gentleman's outfit for the first time, and he felt very fresh for a while, and after sitting down, he still stared at Wen Yiheng non-stop.

"It's really strange, obviously he is just wearing a white robe casually, how can he still have the otherworldly ...... like a fairy" Su Jiudong read out the words in his heart before he knew it.

Wen Yiheng was praised by Su Jiudong for being comfortable, so he laughed and said: "The fairy can't fall in love, let alone marry a wife and have children, and then he has to teach his wife how to fight tea with others, and he won't be able to show his stuffing..."

Su Jiudong, who was wandering outside the world, came back to his senses and said angrily: "If it weren't for you forcibly fighting for me, I wouldn't have come here early in the morning to learn tea fighting, but continued to sleep hard..."

After the anger, Su Jiudong put away his appearance, sat down in front of the tea table, and began to concentrate on learning tea fighting from Wen Yiheng.

Wen Yiheng got straight to the point as soon as he came up: "A few days before the flower viewing banquet, I have taught you how to use the sencha method to fight tea, Feng Yingying designated that next time you will use the tea method to fight tea, then I will teach you how to order tea today." ”

Wen Yiheng patiently explained to Su Jiudong while carefully operating: "The first step to start is to grind the tea. A good tea cake is not only complicated when it is made, but also has a lot of attention when it is punched. ”

Wen Yiheng dried the tea cake over a slight fire, then patiently mashed it with a tool, and then ground it into powder with a tea mill or tea mill. Su Jiudong took the rice paper and brush on the Pangan desk, and hurriedly wrote down the main points that Wen Yiheng emphasized.

"After grinding the tea powder, it needs to be sifted again with a heavy luo, so as to ensure that the fineness of the tea powder reaches the best and most delicate. The thickness of the tea powder is very important for the victory or defeat of the tea fight, so it should not be taken lightly. ”

"Again, it's time to order tea. Before ordering tea and paste, remember to simmer the tea cup over low heat or hot water to prevent the temperature of the hot water from dropping in the cold tea cup and not achieving the final effect. ”

Wen Yiheng said that he held the teacup high on the small stove, kept rotating and simmering, and Su Jiudong also took another teacup, and he did the same.

"Use a pot to fry the water first, and then start mixing the ointment. The so-called 'ointment', first measure the tea, and then pour the soup. According to the size of the teacup, measure the tea, pick a certain amount of tea powder and put it into the tea cup, and then pour boiling water into the pot to mix the tea powder such as thick anointing oil, with viscosity as the degree. ”

Wen Yiheng feels the temperature of the preheating of the tea cup with his hands, and then when the temperature of the tea cup is suitable, put the tea powder into the tea cup, pour in hot water, and slowly stir it into a paste to ensure that the tea is in full contact with the water.

"The boiling degree of the water is extremely strict when ordering tea, and the tea does not float if it is hot, and when it is cold. When the boiling is low, the tea will float, and if the boiling is high, the tea will sink, both of which will affect the taste and presentation of the final tea. ”

"The stirring technique is also strict, remember to do it according to my technique when mixing the ointment, gradually increase the blow, the hand is light and heavy, and the fingers are rotated around the wrist. This is the 'tea'. Wen Yiheng brought the tea cup close to Su Jiudong's eyes, and then continued to pour hot water, stirring constantly.

In the end, Wen Yiheng has made a cup of tea, the soup is pure white, the soup flowers are evenly fine, and the soup flowers finally disperse after maintaining them for a period of time, only a circle of water marks.

Wen Yiheng handed the teacup to Su Jiudong, and said with satisfaction: "The method of fighting and testing, the one who retreats first with water marks is negative, and the one who is durable wins, so the later the water marks appear, the better, if you can reach the level of 'no water marks in the cup', the greater the chance of winning." ”

After watching Wen Yiheng's entire tea ordering operation, Su Jiudong still had no confidence in his heart.

Su Jiudong looked at the records on the paper, the tea powder should be delicate enough, the water temperature should be appropriate, and even the stirring must be skillful enough, so that a good cup of tea can be obtained in the end.

Just at the beginning, the "warm cup" is heated for the tea cup, you need to sense the temperature of the tea cup by hand, judge whether the preheating is overheated, and then the later stirring technique, it is not possible to quickly learn it in five or six days......

Su Jiudong said bitterly: "This method of ordering tea is much more complicated than ordinary sencha... Maybe Feng Yingying saw that my operation method was not so virtuous when she was fighting tea, so she deliberately chose a more difficult tea ordering method to hinder my ......"

Wen Yiheng saw that Su Jiudong was a little indiscouraged, so he comforted him: "I haven't started the operation yet, don't be in a hurry to say that it's difficult." You just have to study tea as a medicinal herb and transfer the steps of boiling medicine seriously to boiling tea. ”

"And you have been boiling medicine all year round and are proficient in fire, so 'Wenzhan' shouldn't be difficult for you. The method of ordering tea also needs to be based on the heat, so you may not lose. You just need to practice your blending technique. ”