Chapter 40: Marriage
Smiling is the best way for strangers to see each other and ease their embarrassment. Ding Rou and Qian Zhao smiled, and the two felt a little closer. Ding Rou intended to partner with the Qian family, but she wouldn't say it explicitly, so she asked with a smile: "Miss Qian Er has something to do?" ”
"Call me Qian Zhao, and I'll call you Ding Rou, okay?" Qian Zhao took the initiative to say: "As soon as I saw you, I felt close, how about a cup of tea in one place?" ”
"Okay." Ding Rou was not verbose, she went to the teahouse with Qian Zhao, Ding Rou carried the books she bought, but she didn't seem to have a hard time walking, Qian Zhao didn't take anything but couldn't catch up with Ding Rou, she walked a few steps and was out of breath, Ding Rou slowed down her pace, Qian Zhao's cheeks flushed, could she guess wrong? Ding Rou is not a young lady from a big family?
Qian Zhao wants to intersect with Ding Rou, and he doesn't care much about Ding Rou's identity, whether it is a young lady or not, Ding Rou's confident smile touched Qian Zhao, Qian Zhao took Ding Rou to a very high-grade teahouse in the capital, Ding Rou didn't feel afraid to go to the teahouse because she was shy, and she was also particular about the occasion when talking about business, and she had self-esteem if she succumbed to a simple tea shed? Ding Rou thinks that this move is not confident, it is difficult to live at this time, it does not mean that it will be like this in the future, guarding the heart that seems to be self-esteem is actually inferiority, and don't expect pies to fall from the sky in your life, even if you are innocent of pies, it is also for those who are prepared.
"Ding Rou, where do you live?"
"On the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, I am in the same place with my mother."
On the way, Qian Zhao asked Ding Rou about her background, and Ding Rou replied very naturally, saying that Zhuangzi seemed to be like talking about a famous family in the capital, and he had no intention of concealing it at all, and he would not feel inferior and self-pitying, so Qian Zhao sympathized, and Qian Zhaoyue felt that it was right to take the initiative to intersect with Ding Rou.
"Two young ladies inside, please."
Entering the two-story teahouse with carved beams and paintings, Dr. Tea greeted him, and when he saw that it was the second lady of the Qian family, he smiled more attentively: "Miss Qian, are you here to drink tea?" Please go up to the second floor, and the private room will be reserved for you. ”
After Qian Zhao nodded reservedly, he explained to Ding Rou with a smile: "This is a teahouse opened by my father's friend, I sometimes come to sit and sit, Dr. Cha's tea ceremony is very good, Ding Rou, you can taste it later, my favorite is Biluochun." ”
"The second lady likes tea like Emperor Taizu, which is loved by nobles, and only you can drink the fragrance of Biluochun."
Ding Rou's eyes were slightly stunned, and she asked with a smile: "Biluochun is also named by Emperor Taizu." ”
"Grandpa Tai relied on this to start his business at the beginning, and Biluochun was a famous tea at that time." Dr. Tea talked about the head of tea, seeing that Ding Rou was interested, Qian Zhao was very polite to Ding Rou, and when he led them upstairs, he took the initiative to talk about the legend of Biluochun, "Thinking about the original Taizu..."
The more Ding Rou listened, the more funny he felt, the legend was artistically processed, and it was said that Emperor Taizu was just a person who sold dead and private tea, salt, iron, and tea have always been in the hands of the emperor, and selling them privately is to cut off the head, Emperor Taizu was not caught at the beginning, and he took the opportunity to rebel, and finally won the world, which can be said to be the protagonist's halo shining.
Entered the elegantly decorated tea room, Ding Rou and Qian Zhao knelt opposite each other on the cushion, I have to say that if you want to have an atmosphere for drinking tea, you really have to kneel and sit, on the mahogany coffee table, there is a small red clay stove, after Dr. Tea lit the small stove, he walked into the young girl holding the tea set from outside the door, with a pale green long skirt and a bewitching posture, and she felt more suitable for the situation, but Ding Rou frowned, won't these women be molested? They are all very delicate.
After the girl put the tea set away, she asked softly, "What kind of water do the two young ladies use to make tea?" What kind of tea is used? ”
In such a high-end place, every kind of tea, every kind of tea is very particular, even to the tea utensils used, Ding Rou is also a tea lover in modern times, and he is no stranger to this, Qian Zhao didn't know, and grabbed before Ding Rou spoke, and said: "I like Biluochun, with the clear spring water that I attracted." ”
"Yes." After the girl bowed, she went down to prepare, Qian Zhao said: "I like it for you to taste first, if you are not used to it, it will be the same if you change it." ”
Ding Rou knew that Qian Zhao was afraid of her embarrassment, and always hid and tucked it and let Qian Zhao underestimate her, which was not good for the future partnership, Ding Rou fiddled with the red clay stove, put the water for boiling the teacup on the stove, estimated the time, and took off the cleaning teacup exactly as it was. ”
"I'm like a peasant girl?" Ding Rou smiled and asked rhetorically, in modern peasant girls, there are also talents, but in the Great Qin Dynasty, unless the sky is heroic, otherwise the growth and education environment is different, and the peasant girl is indeed not as good as the well-educated lady, you can't expect the illiterate peasant girl who cooks and washes all day long, knows poetry, books, etiquette and music, knows how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, knows how to drink tea and discuss poetry, and presides over the feed, of course, you don't have to expect the lady to cook and wash.
"In fact, the farmer has the fun of the farmer, the brothers and sisters work together, and there are not so many disputes." Ding Rou saw it in Zhuangzi, the elder brother gave the chicken leg to the younger sister, and the younger sister sewed and repaired the clothes for the elder brother and embroidered a purse, which was much more comfortable than the open and secret battle at the door of the mansion, and the pastoral life was much more comfortable.
The girl entered the door again, and after offering Biluo Chun, Qian Zhao asked her to withdraw, and after Ding Rou made tea, she took a sip of tea, left a fragrance on her teeth and cheeks, and praised: "Good tea." "It should be the best Biluochun," I remember when picking the hair tips, I mostly used the hands of girls, or the girl's cherry lips, and even put the hair tips on the virgin crisp breasts to dry the water. ”
Qian Zhao said differently: "Is that really the case? ”
Ding Rou nodded, "Most of the tea leaves picked in the tea garden are virgin girls, and the best hair tips for the emperor are even more cumbersome. "The emperor and the powerful are so enjoyable, a trace of helplessness flashed in Ding Rou's eyes, and she was powerless to change the subordinate status of women.
"Ding Rou, I have something to ask you." Qian Zhao picked up the teacup, took a sip, and made a decision, "I have a sister... It's not a friend, it's comparable to a sister, she likes someone, but that Xiucai doesn't like her..."
Ding Rou smiled faintly: "There is only one person in this world?" Three-legged toads are hard to find, but don't two-legged normal people have them? I don't believe that Xiucai is unparalleled in the world, your best friend and friend, do you really have to look down on Xiucai, or are you angry because of his refusal? I shouldn't have said anything about messing with people's marriage, but just now you talked about it, I'll say a few more words, a woman's marriage is a lifelong thing, and looking at the person's character is the right way, someone is talented, but it can't be compared to the person who is honest to you..."
"Look, look, it's Wang Cheng and Miss Qian."
Ding Rou and Qian Zhao got up at the same time and looked downstairs, at the door of the teahouse, Wang Cheng had an argument with a woman, Qian Zhao clasped his fingers angrily, the eldest sister was too much, but Ding Rou saw the carriage parked not far away, printed with the Ding family crest, which lady of the Ding family was it? Ding Rou frowned, why did she come, it was not just to pass by to see the excitement, it was for Wang Cheng?