"Eight cups of tea, after tasting it, you have to say something. Well said, I will give you a reward of five taels of silver per cup. Tang Ningyuan said with a smug face.

Lin Xiaozhu's eyes lit up. Eight cups of tea, that's forty taels of silver!

"Ning Yuan." Obviously, the two did not discuss this issue. As soon as he heard Tang Ningyuan's reward, Yuan Tianye frowned and glared: "Don't spoil this girl." The poem you wrote just now is good, you can reward her with ten taels and one poems, and forget it. This is just a tea tasting, how can you get such a generous reward? ”

When Tang Ningyuan heard this, he also glared back: "What's rich?" What kind of tea is just tasting? These eight cups of tea are not only to be tasted, but also to be able to tell some truths. If you change it, you may not be able to do it, let alone Lin Xiaozhu, who has never drunk tea. Five taels of silver, I still think it's less. Turning around, he waved his hand at Lin Xiaozhu heroically, "The reward is a little thicker, and if these eight cups are not wrong, I will add ten taels of silver." ”

"Why do you still add ......?"

Yuan Tianye was anxious, and was about to say more, but Lin Xiaozhu interrupted him: "Two, two sons, can this question wait for Xiaozhu to finish drinking tea?" That's right, Tang Gongzi gave a reward; If it's not right, the two sons don't even have to fight over this issue. ”

Eight cups of tea, it takes a long time to taste from beginning to end. Let these two argue like this, this tea must become a popsicle. What's the use of arguing again?

"That's right." Tang Ningyuan glanced at Yuan Tianye proudly, and turned his head, "You hurry up and taste it." "With a finger in his hand, "Boiled water is ready for you." ”

Lin Xiaozhu stopped talking nonsense, took the cup of boiled water and rinsed his mouth, and then picked up the first cup of tea.

To be honest, she wasn't worried about the tea. In his previous life, he was cultivated by his grandfather. She has seen a lot of all kinds of tea; In this life, there is another sharp tongue. It's too detailed to say, but one, two, three can still say something. What worries her the most is that she has only drunk the Huangshan Maofeng that Yuan Tianye gave her in her life. If she drinks Anxi Tieguanyin or Qimen black tea, will she say it? If so, where does this insight come from? Did you learn it from your deceased grandfather? If she hadn't said it, she would have to be unable to sleep for a few nights as she watched the white silver slip through her fingers!

It's too tangled.

But this was not the time to think about this, she cheered up and took the cup of tea in her hand. I put it in front of my eyes and looked at the color of its soup.

In her previous life, her grandfather taught her that with a cup of tea and soup in hand, don't rush to drink it, but should look at it. Two smells, three tastes, this is the performance of knowing how to taste tea.

To observe the color of the tea soup and the shape of the tea leaves is to observe the color of the tea leaves. However, there were no bowls in this era. People drink tea in a teapot, then pour it out and sip it in a small cup. Moreover, Tang Ningyuan and Yuan Tianye also aimed to let her taste it, so this cup of tea only had tea soup and no tea leaves. This aspect is omitted.

However, just looking at the tea soup can also see a lot of Taoism.

Different kinds of tea. The color of the soup is different. For example, the biggest feature of green tea is green leaves and green soup, and yellow tea is yellow leaves and yellow soup. For the same type of tea, the quality of tea is different, and the color of the tea soup is also different, such as green tea, tender green and emerald green are the top grades, and yellow and green are the lower grades. For the same kind of tea, the soup is clear and bright, and the gray is the worst.

After looking at the color, you have to smell the aroma of the tea soup. Different tea leaves have different aromas. Such as fragrance, millet fragrance, fruity fragrance, floral fragrance. The aroma of good tea is natural and innocent, and the smell is refreshing and intoxicating.

And this cup of tea in front of me. The tea soup is like the Huangshan Maofeng that Lin Xiaozhu drank here in Yuan Tianye, which is apricot yellow. The soup color is clear and translucent, the aroma is pure, soft and lasting, although the fragrance is not high, it is slowly emitted, and the smell makes it pleasant.

Seeing this tea soup and smelling this familiar aroma, Lin Xiaozhu had a bottom in his heart.

She slowly put the teacup to her mouth, took a light inhalation, then pressed the tip of her tongue against the palate, bit her upper and lower teeth, and inhaled from between her teeth to make the tea soup roll back and forth in her mouth, so that it touched the front and back of the tongue, and fully discerned the taste of the tea soup. Then swallow slowly to feel the aftertaste left in your mouth.

Yuan Tianye and Tang Ningyuan, as well as Tang Wei, Tang An, Yuan Shi and others, all showed a look of surprise on their faces when they saw Lin Xiaozhu's action of tasting tea.

The two sons are old guests in the tea, and they are naturally good at this, otherwise Tang Ningyuan would not have chased Lin Xiaozhu again and again to taste tea. And the three entourages, who serve the son closely, are also extremely skilled in cooking tea and tasting tea. Looking at the appearance of Lin Xiaozhu tasting tea, he was even more professional than them, how could this not surprise them?

"How?" Tang Ning saw Lin Xiaozhu open his eyes and asked urgently.

He was feeling incredibly nervous right now. It's not that I'm afraid of losing money or anything, but because of Lin Xiaozhu's professional methods, the sense of expectation is very different from the original. It turned out to be just a game of Childe teasing the servant; Now, like a child, he gets something delicious and hands it to his parents to taste, hoping that they will appreciate it equally and praise him greatly.

Lin Xiaozhu smiled and said slowly: "This kind of tea is the kind of tea that Gongzi tasted for Xiaozhu last time." Well...... What is it called Huangshan Maofeng. However, at that time, the taste was better than now, and this time the tea was slightly dark, and the taste was not as fresh and fresh as that. ”

Yuan Shi had an extremely excited expression on his face, opened his mouth to speak, and glanced at the son-in-law who was staring at Lin Xiaozhu tightly, but closed his mouth knowingly.

Yuan Shi knew each other, but some people didn't know each other, so he slapped the table excitedly and said, "That's right, that's too right." I've heard Yuan Shi talk about your tea before. That time, it was early autumn, and the spring tea was only left for half a year, which was well preserved and tasted natural and fresh. Now that another few months have passed, the tea is not so fresh, and the taste has certainly changed. ”

"Ning Yuan." Yuan Tianye furrowed his eyebrows and began to stare again, "She is the first to taste, you just said everything, what else will you use later?" ”

"Ugh." Tang Ningyuan realized that he had lost his words and argued strongly, "I just told the truth, and the rest is different, what does it matter." Come, Lin Xiaozhu, what else did you taste, hurry up and talk about it. This time, he didn't dare to remind Lin Xiaozhushui of the difference.

"Except for the tea, it's naturally this water. In addition to the fresh and refreshing taste of this tea, there is also a faint fragrance of plum blossoms, which is the same as the plum snow we tasted in the mountains. Therefore, this tea is brewed with plum snow. ”

"That's right again, that's right." Tang Ningyuan slapped his palms and glanced at Yuan Tianye, whose face was complicated, but he didn't dare to make another tirade, "Let's taste another glass." ”

Lin Xiaozhu nodded slightly, first picked up the cup of boiled water and rinsed his mouth first, then picked up the second cup of tea, and after watching the color and smelling the fragrance, he took a sip.

"How?" The further he went, the more difficult it became, and Tang Ningyuan began to get nervous again. The sense of anticipation at this moment has increased several times compared to just now. He always felt that Lin Xiaozhu could bring them more surprises.

"It's the same tea you used just now, but the water is snow from the pine trees."

"Exactly." Tang Ningyuan nodded heavily, "The most rare thing is that you haven't tasted the snow on this pine tree just now, but you can taste it, which is extremely rare." ”

Yuan Tianye also nodded in approval, but his eyes were firmly fixed on Lin Xiaozhu, as if expecting her to say something more.

Lin Xiaozhu swept the expressions of the people in the audience, and said again: "But ......"

"But? And but? What is it? Tang Ningyuan was an anxious person, and urged again and again, "Don't sell Guanzi, if you sell Guanzi again, those teas will be cold." ”

"But this tea, when cooking, must first use firewood to make a fire, then put water into the pot to boil, and finally cover the lid. So there is a faint smell of fire smoke in this tea soup. ”

Everyone opened their mouths wide and looked at Lin Xiaozhu blankly. After a long time, Tang Ningyuan exclaimed: "Lin Xiaozhu, you are too powerful, right?" Can you even taste this? ”

Eight courses of tea are brewed at once, and the water used is not the same. Yuan Tianye remembered that Lin Xiaozhu was cold in that room, and urged again and again, everyone started together, and they were busy for a while, and then they made the tea. Just now, it wasn't to make the water boil faster, but firewood was used, and as for the order problem, there was a little bit of a leak, which was too normal.

Yuan Tianye looked at Lin Xiaozhu, and his starry eyes like a deep pool flashed with a strange light for a moment. The corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily, and his smile was faint but extremely bright. Somehow, however, the expression of the upper and lower parts of his face is extremely inconsistent. The mouth is smiling, but the eyes are full of deep worry. This expression of joy and sorrow fell on Lin Xiaozhu's eyes, which made her a little annoyed.

This little fox, she used to think he was a good master. But at this moment, she showed her ability and showed her face, and he was the master with honor and honor, and he was happy in his heart. But I don't know which nerve is wrong, and I don't want her to be rewarded, so I make such a yin and yang face.

Hmph, it's so uncute! It's too small. Isn't it just a little silver? She wants the Tang family, not his Yuan Tianye's, which door does he bear, which door does he reject, and which door does he have? If she could, she would have pointed at his nose and scolded him!

"Well, that's a great point. If Yuan Jiu hadn't been guarding you over there, I would have to say that you had to peek. How can such a powerful tongue not be rewarded? Reward, heavy reward! Tang Ningyuan shouted.

Yuan Tianye turned around abruptly, glared at him fiercely, and interrupted him: "Let's finish tasting the others first." ”

But the first two cups are called heavy rewards; If you take out all the products in the back, Lin Xiaozhu won't get rich overnight? But after thinking about it, he relaxed again: the first two cups can be traced; In the back, no matter how smart Ren Lin Xiaozhu is, he may not be able to taste it without tongue kung fu and experience in tasting tea and water. So, he can't worry too much. (To be continued)