Chapter 76: Talent Contest (6)
Xiang Yamin originally expected that the talented women would say, "It's really good tea!" We've had an eye-opener! But everyone drank a few sips and didn't make a sound, especially Miss Mei, who still had that disapproving face. Xiang Yamin muttered in her heart: "Don't these talented women know the preciousness of the 'Dragon and Phoenix Group Tea'?" I'll introduce you. ”
Thinking of this, Xiang Yamin said: "This 'dragon and phoenix group tea' is selected from the delicate tea buds that have just germinated in early spring, and when picking tea, it is necessary to go up the mountain at dawn, and it will stop as soon as the sun comes out, and it must be gently pinched off with a fingernail, and must not be kneaded with fingers. When making, the picked tea buds are first removed so that each fine bud is the same size and meets the standard, and then the production process is quite complicated, such as wet steaming. Because the production is very small and the production is cumbersome and delicate, the 'Dragon and Phoenix Tuan Cha' is mainly a tribute for the imperial palace to enjoy, and the price is very high, almost equivalent to gold. ”
Xiang Yamin's introduction, except for Lizi, other talented women have long known, but these people have practiced the ability of "joy and anger are invisible, likes and dislikes are not expressed", even if they feel surprised in their hearts, they must show that they are people who have seen the world, and they want to show their self-cultivation between their gestures.
Lizi doesn't have the ability to show this kind of feelings, she heard that "Dragon and Phoenix Group Tea" is so precious and rare, and it is equivalent to gold, she suddenly became happy, and said to Xiang Yamin happily: "Your knowledge is really great, you even know how to pick and make tea, why don't you introduce it earlier?" ”
Without waiting for Xiang Yamin to answer, Lizi picked up the teacup and drank it all, and then said to Shopkeeper Zhou: "Shopkeeper Zhou, please have another cup." ”
Lizi pondered: "Brother Bai wants me to learn from Grandma Liu, I will follow his wishes, I don't need to pretend to be noble and elegant, and I don't need to maintain the image of a lady, which is exactly what I want." Such a rare tea, it's not cost-effective to drink more! ”
After Shopkeeper Zhou poured tea for Lizi, Lizi drank it all again and said, "It's delicious!" One more drink! In this way, Liz drank several glasses in a row.
Xiang Yamin originally expected Lizi to overwhelm Miss Mei and win the first place, but she didn't think that Lizi was a big straw bag. However, in today's competition, although Liz is the last place, she is more popular and eye-catching than Miss Mei, and it can also be said that she overwhelmed Miss Mei's limelight, so Xiang Yamin felt that it was a clever move to pull Liz into the finals. Now, I am very happy to hear Lizi praise her knowledge, and besides, Lizi likes to drink "Dragon and Phoenix Group Tea" so much, which also satisfies Xiang Yamin's vanity.
The other people present were so surprised that they put down their teacups and looked at her in surprise when they saw Lizzy drinking like this. Miss Mei said secretly: "Why doesn't Miss Shangguan know how to taste tea?" How can there be such a way to drink! She lives in Baifu, she is beautiful and cute in appearance, and it stands to reason that she can marry Bai Guard. But this person is too vulgar, no wonder the white guard did not marry her. ”
Seeing that everyone put down their teacups and watched themselves drink tea, Lizi said, "This is tribute tea, why don't you drink it?" Of course, if you don't like it, don't force it. ”
Cui Gonggong said: "Shangguan girl is not afraid of death? How many drinks did you drink? Do you have tea like this? It's not that they don't like to drink, it's that they're scared of you. At the same time, he thought in his heart: "I really didn't see that Shangguan girl was so uneducated and vulgar, but fortunately she was not selected to enter the palace." ”
Grandpa Cui's words, if other women heard this, they would definitely be flushed and would no longer drink it, but Lizi was already thick-skinned, coupled with Bai Haohong's instructions, so she didn't care about Grandpa Cui's words at all, Lizi replied with a smile: "Xiang Niangniang rewarded us, just so that we can have a long experience." In order to live up to my mother's kindness and broaden my horizons, I drank a few more glasses. ”
Grandpa Cui asked, "After tasting tea, how do you feel?" ”
"Expensive! And you can't buy it with money! Tea, which is as expensive as gold, is now in my stomach, and my value has naturally doubled. ”
"What our family is asking is, what is good about this tea?"
"At the moment, I am still in the stage of drinking, and I only think about putting these golden teas in my stomach first, and I don't pay attention to the taste. When you have drunk enough, you can taste it slowly, and then you will be able to say some truths. Liz then said to Shopkeeper Zhou: "Shopkeeper, please pour another glass, this time, I want to taste it carefully." ”
Shopkeeper Zhou said apologetically: "There is no more." ”
"I haven't tasted anything yet, so why is it gone?"
Grandpa Cui listened to Lizi's words, and he was all angry, and said: "We are all one person, and we haven't finished drinking yet, you have drunk so much alone, and you don't know the taste!" Our family is really eye-opening today. Father-in-law Cui turned to Shopkeeper Zhou and said, "I heard that your eight-treasure porridge here is good, and we want to invite all talented women to try it." ”
Lizi didn't expect Grandpa Cui to be so stingy, and invited a guest to eat eight-treasure porridge, she had drunk too much tea just now, and when she heard that she was going to drink porridge again, she felt that she had to go to the thatched house before she could continue to eat, so she said hello to everyone, got up and walked out of the private room. Everyone could guess where Liz had gone, and they all laughed secretly in their hearts.
When Liz returned to the private room, the eight-treasure porridge had been laid out, and everyone began to eat it. Lizi pondered: "Grandpa Cui is treated, will the ingredients in the eight-treasure porridge be different from usual?" She picked up the spoon and looked through it to see that the ingredients were exactly the same as usual. Liz glanced at Miss Mei's bowl again, and saw that there seemed to be a variety of small white grains of ingredients in her eight-treasure porridge, and she couldn't help but sigh secretly: "Alas, the first place is different!" Even the porridge eaten is different. In order to eat better porridge, I will be the first next time! ”
After a while, I heard Grandpa Cui say: "Miss Mei, look at how fast the Shangguan girl eats!" What she ate afterwards is now all gone. Wait a minute, there are still snacks in the palace, after you finish drinking the porridge, our family will let people put it up. ”
When Miss Mei heard this, she ate desperately, because she didn't want everyone to wait for her. Seeing that Miss Mei was drinking porridge faster, Lizi thought that Miss Mei also liked to eat dim sum in the palace, and thought: "Later, I have to start faster, otherwise I won't be able to eat a few pieces!" ”
After everyone drank the porridge, the eunuch Xiao Liuzi brought a large snack box and put it on the table, Cui Gonggong opened the snack box and said, "This is the best dim sum in the palace, we invite you to taste it." ”
When Liz saw it, she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth and said, "Father-in-law, this snack is so beautiful!" Especially the big lotus flower in the middle, it is really like it, fat and big. With that, Liz stood up and prepared to take the big lotus flower with her hands.
Father-in-law Cui said to Xiao Liuzi Nunu, and Xiao Liuzi immediately pressed Liz on the chair. Grandpa Cui said: "Everyone, sit still! Let's share the snacks in person. "Because, Grandpa Cui has found out that Lizi is like a wild man and doesn't know how to be polite at all, so she can't be allowed to come nonsense, otherwise others won't be able to eat anything.