Chapter 32 Snow Sweeping and Brewing Tea

After lunch, Aunt Chu had already gone to take a nap, Dai Qi was also studying in the study, and Furong followed Xia Meizhen to the tea room to prepare refreshments for Dai Qi.

When passing by the cobblestone path, Xia Meizhen saw the night of the withered dahlia covered with snow in the flower bed next to her, and suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said to Furong: "Sister, you wait here for me, I'll go get an urn, let's go to the plum garden to collect some snow, and make tea for the young master to drink later." ”

Maybe just relying on this special winter snow, and learning from that black-bellied man doesn't care about his mistakes in the morning? Xia Meizhen thought to herself, and without waiting for Furong to reply, she went to the small kitchen to find an urn with her skirt.

When she came back, Furong said a little angrily: "I know that this tea must have good water, but you still went to collect plum blossom snow to please the young master?" ”

After learning words from Xia Meizhen for a while, Furong also learned a lot more and knew how to pay attention to the tea ceremony.

Xia Meizhen said, "Look at what you said, I'm calling it to please the young master?" I just thought about the snow on those plum blossoms, and it would be a shame to let it melt. ”

While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the plum garden in the backyard. This courtyard was originally built for the three young ladies in the house to relieve boredom, and the location was a little remote, so Mrs. Dai gave the plum garden a gaudy name, called Xiangyuan, which reminded everyone that this courtyard is a special existence.

Taking advantage of the heavy snow last night, the plum blossoms bloomed a lot overnight, and the fragrance was smelled from afar, but it did not live up to the word Xiangyuan.

Maybe because the weather is relatively cold, no one comes to the Xiangyuan, which is convenient for Xia Meizhen and Furong, the two of them are next to the corner, go to the innermost, and then start collecting plum blossom snow.

Plum blossom snow, as the name suggests, is the snow on the plum blossoms, but this is the plum blossoms that must bloom in the plum blossoms, so that the snow collected will have a fragrance. Then bury the urn containing snow water under the osmanthus tree or peach tree for three or five years, and the water at this time is the best water.

Because Xia Meizhen was improvised, she didn't pay so much attention to it, so she took enough pots of snow water and went back.

"It's too late today, let's get some when we're free, if this water is buried in the ground for three or five years, it's really good water." Xia Meizhen explained to Fleur.

While the two were talking, they went to the tea room. Since seeing that Xia Meizhen is good at making tea, Furong has a lot of interest, and she will follow Xia Meizhen whenever she makes tea.

She drooped a pigtail around her ear, and said: "Originally, I thought that this tea brewing was similar to cooking food, but it was as simple as I saw it, and I couldn't imagine that there were so many complicated things, no wonder the young master liked the tea you made." ”

"Actually, these are not complicated at all," Xia Meizhen put the snow water in the teapot and boiled it, while preparing the tea leaves, "just pay attention to the details." ”

After boiling the water, Xia Meizhen first scalded the tea set, and then began to wash the tea and make tea.

Fleur couldn't help but sniff deeply and admired, "It's really, it's much more fragrant than your previous one." ”

Xia Meizhen didn't say anything when she heard this, put the teacup on the tea tray, handed it to Furong, and said, "Good sister, I'm going to make it convenient, please help me send it down." Without waiting for Fleur to speak, he shoved it into her hand and hurried out.

This person has three urgency, and Fleur can't say anything, besides, this is a good opportunity, so she went to the study with tea.

In fact, what she didn't know was that Xia Meizhen was taking the opportunity to avoid Dai Qi.

Xia Meizhen came out conveniently, and as soon as she walked to the door of the study, she heard Dai Qi say inside: "Today's tea is a little interesting, and it's really embarrassing for the two of you." ”

Xia Meizhen outside couldn't help frowning when she heard this, and thought to herself: Didn't Furong grasp such a good opportunity? Dai Qi won't take the opportunity to pit himself again, right?

Thinking about it, I felt a cold sweat on my spine, Xia Meizhen didn't think much about it, turned around and was about to leave.

"Where are you going?" Dai Qi, who didn't know when he came out behind him, said suddenly.

Xia Meizhen stiffened, turned around slowly, and said with a smile: "I made the young master angry in the morning, I was afraid that the young master would not want to see me, so I sent my sister to help me bring tea." ”

"I'm afraid you're avoiding me." This is not an interrogative sentence, but an affirmative sentence.

But fortunately, Dai Qi didn't pursue it, and rubbed her body past, and Furong behind her couldn't help but make a chest slap for Xia Meizhen, suggesting that she was not scared.

After a while, Dai Qi came back from changing clothes, but he didn't continue to embarrass them, but just said: The plum blossom fragrance in this tea is very good, and the plum blossoms are blooming these days, so let's collect more.

With these words, Xia Meizhen and Furong went to the incense garden to collect snowflakes when they were free, and everyone in the house knew for a while that this plum blossom snow tea was famous.

also because of this plum blossom tea incident, Dai Qi unprecedentedly gave Xia Meizhen a day off and asked her to go out to collect better tea to drink, which provoked her to scold her in her heart, and scolded Dai Qi from head to toe.

It's really rich and the ancestor, give you some color and kick your nose in the face, when she Xia Meizhen is really a thin-skinned little girl with no temper, isn't she?

But Dai Qi is her food and clothing parents, Xia Meizhen didn't dare to really point at his nose and scold like this, so she could only endure her temper and go to the street.

Of course, since she has another license, how could Xia Meizhen not take the opportunity to do some private things?

Speaking of which, she hasn't made cakes for Mr. Cheng for four months, and I don't know what his old man's appetite is?

Zhou's mother in the small kitchen of Zhaohui Courtyard used her savings to buy a house in Xiangshui Lane near Dai's house before, because Xia Meizhen often helped, she liked her very much, and when she heard that Xia Meizhen wanted to borrow the kitchen, she naturally agreed.

After Xia Meizhen thanked her, she followed Mrs. Zhou to her residence, although this house is only a house to enter, it has the meaning of quiet in the middle of the noise, and it is also a good place to retire.

Xia Meizhen didn't have time to take a closer look, so she went straight to the small kitchen, and saw that there was only flour and eggs, so she quickly got busy, made egg pancakes and egg rolls, and left one for Mrs. Zhou, and left in a hurry.

In fact, it is a coincidence that Xia Meizhen just walked to the lotus workshop, and Cheng Jinke was returning home in a sedan chair, Xia Meizhen saw the scrivener following behind the sedan chair from a distance, so she hurriedly shouted.

The scrivener looked over when he heard the sound, and when he saw that it was Xia Meizhen, he was very surprised, and pointed his finger at her, "Why are you?" ”

"Why can't it be me?" Xia Meizhen said with a smile, pulled the scrivener aside, and said softly, "I've been gone for four months, but I can't stand the old man's love." He handed over the basket he was holding, "This is the cake I made, I honor the old man, and I want to trouble you to tell the old man that your body is important, and you should not damage your body by not eating because you don't have a delicious meal." ”