Chapter 121: Opening a Good Business (2)
"Even after making three pots of tea, you're not afraid of being tired?" Lin Qianxue said with a smile.
Xia Qian patiently explained to her: "My father-in-law and mother-in-law are here to give me a long face, the king is my first honored guest, and you are my friends." Do you have to live three pots of tea? ”
Bai Bing took the piano up, Yu Ming glanced at it, and whispered to the maid Mingzhu behind her, and Mingzhu turned around and went down to the third floor.
Suddenly, Lin's maid Mingyu walked in and said that Lin had arranged dinner.
"Dinner?" Xia Qian looked at Mingyu in surprise, "This is a teahouse, where did you get dinner?" ”
Lin Qianxue smiled and glanced at her: "You are stupid!" Send someone to our Liuyun Pavilion! ”
"Let me say, you two are stupid! Our water here is the best mountain spring water in the country, and the tea is the best tea in the world. Why don't you put your mind to life in this life? ”
Xia Qian has been mixing in his own teahouse for many years in modern life, of course, he knows that tea can be eaten, boiled and drunk, but he really sits up and eats. She also only knows tea steamed rice, tea cakes and tea eggs.
"Go to the kitchen, I'll teach you a few tricks!" Yu Ming laughed and rolled up her sleeves into the kitchen.
Bai Bing and Yu Nuan hurriedly ran to the street to make up some ingredients, and in less than an hour, Yu Ming had already made more than a dozen things.
Tea-flavored nuts, yogurt, sugar crisp, black tea lotus root powder, colorful fragrant tea pancakes. The dishes are even more mouth-watering: Huangshan Maofeng pigeon, Longjing shrimp, Biluo fresh squid, Mingmei pearl, jasmine eel, black tea mashed potatoes, tea foam frozen tofu. Finally, I also made Lushan cloud mist stewed chicken, Zhangcha duck and tea incense burner fish soup.
After the dish was ready, Mingzhu also came over and hugged a guqin.
The shape of this piano is exquisite, the whole body is black and bright, faintly glowing green, like green vines wrapped around the ancient tree, which is fascinating.
Xia Qian's eyes fell on the sound of the guqin, and her eyes couldn't move anymore.
"This guqin looks familiar?" She said in surprise.
"Midori?" When Lin Qianxue saw the piano, she suddenly screamed, and looked at Yu Ming in disbelief, "Sima Xiangru's Luqi has disappeared for more than thirty years, but I didn't expect it to be in your hands?" ”
Luqi?
Xia Qian is as petrified, she has indeed seen this famous piano, and she has seen it in the history books.
Among the peerless famous pianos recorded in the history books, Sima Xiangru's "Green Qi" ranked after the "Bell" of the Duke of Qi and the "Winding Beam" of the King of Chu, although it ranked third, Xia Qian liked the appearance of this piano and the story of the queen of the piano very much.
According to legend, the Western Han Dynasty gave everyone Sima Xiangru Debao Qin Luqi, and later met the talented girl Zhuo Wenjun, who played a song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" with this piano, and achieved a good relationship between the two of them.
This legend is almost universally known, but it was passed down among the nobility and was rarely revealed, so it was rarely recognized. If it weren't for Xia Qian's interest in this legend and ancient musical instruments, she wouldn't have recognized it.
"Good tea naturally goes well with a good piano! This piano is given to you, which is the sincerity of my cooperation with your tea house! Yu Ming smiled and handed Lu Qi to Xia Qian.
For Xia Qian, this kind of ancient famous piano is dead without regrets at a glance, where would she dare to accept it if someone else gave it.
Yu Ming glanced at Mingzhu, who smiled and presented a deed to Xia Qian.
"I drafted this deed, and I will provide all the things used in the teahouse, if it is earned, I will share half of the profits, and if it is lost, the teahouse will be taken over by me. This piano is regarded as sincerity, and secondly, in such a high-end teahouse, there must be some good things in the town store. ”
Yu Ming's words were reasonable, Xia Qian was not good at pushing it again, so she had to accept this world-famous piano.
"With Xia Qian sitting in the formation, and with this heirloom piano to help the field, it is difficult for this Tengyuan teahouse not to make money." Lin Qianxue chuckled.
Yu Ming put away the deed signed and stamped by Xia Qian, got up and stretched: "It's good to have a teahouse, it's much more convenient to drink tea and listen to music, unlike you Liuyun Pavilion, where there are many people and things are not clean." ”
Lin Qianxue frowned, and said with a displeased expression: "This Xia Qian's teahouse has just opened, so you can't look down on our Liuyun Pavilion." I'll open a teahouse tomorrow and grab all your business! ”
After the meal was served, Xia Qian entered the east guest room, first made a pot of gentlemen's tea for Huo Feng and his wife, King Qingtian, and Prime Minister Lu Cheng, and helped them with a song with the green qi who couldn't put it down.
The shape of the green qi is exquisite, the color is unique, and the sound of the piano is wonderful and long. After indulging in the fragrance of tea and qin music, several distinguished guests successively moved their eyes to the guqin.
"What is this instrument?" Prime Minister Lu looked at Lu Qi, his narrow eyes were deep and dark, "Lu Qi? ”
"Prime Minister has good eyesight!" Xia Qian replied with a smile.
Prime Minister Lu raised his head and smiled, his eyes fell on the world-famous piano, and said modestly: "It's not that I have good eyesight, it's that Heng'er likes these things, and he has a lot of piano, chess, calligraphy and paintings at home!" ”
"I heard that the horse master was astonishing and elegant, Bo Gu Tong today, poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all knowledgeable, and I can't imagine that there is a hobby of collecting!"
Prime Minister Lu Cheng smiled and said some interesting things about Lu Jingheng's childhood, saying that it was an interesting story, but in fact, he was openly and secretly praising himself as the son of a concubine.
"Master Ma is talented and has the virtue of a gentleman, which is really admirable!"
Xia Qian chatted with Prime Minister Lu Cheng while pouring tea for the four of them.
Lu Xuwen was able to enjoy the light, Xia Qian was somewhat happy, and praised Lu Jingheng for a few polite words that were originally merchants. Even if it's a pile of shit, she's happy to praise him like a flower at the moment. Moreover, Lu Jingheng is the first genius in the Yi country, and his talent is well known.
Lin's gaze fell on the two of them, and a fleeting cloud appeared on his face.
"Xia Qian, what other good tea do you have here besides gentleman's tea?"
"Gentleman's Tea, Hero Tea, and Immortal Tea are our best teas here, and only guests on the third floor have the opportunity to drink them!"
Xia Qian's words were calm, but the faces of these guests were turbulent.
Junzi tea was brewed by Xia Qian when she performed in front of the court, and this pot of tea not only made her famous in one fell swoop, but also changed the status of Huo, Kuo, and Lu in the court. Hero tea is even more famous in the world, because it is invited by the master for the master of the king of Jun, a hundred miles of flowers bloom, and a thousand miles of lights. As for the fairy tea, although they have not heard of it, it is naturally extraordinary to be able to be located after these two.
At this moment, the prince was still sitting next door, and he hadn't opened his mouth to order the last two teas, so they naturally didn't mess around.
Prime Minister Lu laughed and cleverly diverted the topic.
Xia Qian withdrew from the room and set her eyes on Rong Ming and the crown prince.
"The opening is auspicious, the three superb teas in the store today are best boiled once, and the tea art should be above me, this fairy tea is still you cook a pot for the prince!"
Yu Ming glanced at Lin Qianxue and the crown prince, and chuckled: "When did you see me making tea, so sure that my tea art is above you?" “
"The tea you have provided me, the utensils, the layout and the presentation, every detail is impeccable. If I can't see that your tea art is above me, then I will really become a fool! Moreover, this fairy tea has far-reaching artistic conception and free and easy atmosphere, so it is most suitable for you to cook. Xia Qian said seriously.
Yu Ming looked at her and smiled chicly: "I didn't expect you to look down on me so much." When the door is opened today, I will personally cook a pot for you! But after that, this pot of fairy tea is brewed for our table, and it has nothing to do with others! “
"Bring the door when you go out later, I don't want to see a few of them!" The crown prince instructed Xia Qian.
Alas, a high position is difficult to serve, Xia Qian sighed in her heart and walked out of the room silently.