Chapter 6: Unexpected Excitement
The post of the opening of the Red Sleeve Tea House was finally sent out, and it was scheduled to open on a good day in four days; The invitations were sent out in the names of the Shen Mansion and the Zheng Mansion respectively: the Shen Mansion was named by Shen Houye and Shen Miaoge, and the Zheng Mansion was named by General Zheng; There is no invitation in the name of Red Sleeves. β /Magic: Phantom Land, Starter/
It was very rare for a woman to be named in this era: except for the princess, the lord of the county rarely did soββββ unless he invited a group of women to get together; Red Sleeves didn't want to be too ostentatious.
There are many people in the DPRK who are waiting for the opening of the red-sleeved teahouse, and the teahouse is really full of guests that day. A street was tightly blocked by cars and horses, and in a moment the name of the teahouse spread throughout half of Kyoto.
Everyone who came to congratulate said that the Shen and Zheng families were double happiness, one by one, a reward, and an opening; However, there is not much jealousy of the Shen and Zheng families, which is due to the fact that in addition to the Shen and Zheng families, everyone also knows that they have accumulated military merits to make the two mansions prosperous today.
In the sound of congratulations, there were people who were close to the Shen and Zheng families and said: Soon, the two of them will be happy three times, and the Shen Mansion is about to add a noble son; Naturally, everyone congratulated again, and both Marquis Shen and General Zheng were smiling from ear to ear.
And Red Sleeves didn't go to the teahouse, she didn't want to go, but she couldn't go; She was told by Marquis Shen and General Zheng at the same time to let her rest at home, and the people in the teahouse were afraid that she would go in case she went.
Red Sleeves was taken care of by the two elders, and she could only hand over the prepared fairy tea to Shen Miaoge and wait in the room by herself: she was still very itchy, but Zhao and the others watched it closely, and she couldn't sneak away even if she wanted to; I can only lament that the timing of my opening of a teahouse is not right, if I am not pregnant. How could she go to the teahouse to take a look. β /Magically will create an ad-free reading station for you/
Today's pomp and circumstance has nothing to do with her, the master; She always had some regrets.
Yun Xiang and the others saw that Red Sleeves didn't belong to her, so they came over to pester her to teach things: "Girl, don't you want to deceive us about the practice of fairy tea, teach us today; After we learned, we had a lot of free time on weekdays to make fairy tea as a pastime, and we made more to save it for emergency use. β
Red Sleeves nodded and agreed: I can't go anyway, let's find something to do to pass the time.
She has already figured out how to sell fairy tea: limited supply; Moreover, she will not put all the varieties of fairy tea in front of everyone at once, but will launch one today, and then add another one every few monthsββββ which always makes people feel a little fresh; Only ten of each type of fairy tea are sold every day, and when there are many varieties, there will not be more than forty per day.
In this way, it can be rare and expensive; Price? Such a rare thing has entered the eyes of the queen mother and the emperor, isn't it insulting to the heavenly family if the price is too low? Of course, it has to be sold at a sky-high price.
Now, the fairy tea made by Red Sleeves alone is naturally enough for the teahouse, but she can't make this thing every day; Teaching Yunxiang, Yingshu and others is the best choice: she can trust these girls.
Originally, the number of teahouses used was not much, if Yunxiang was learned by a few people, the fairy tea would be able to have a lot of inventory; She doesn't have to take time out every day to make these flowers.
Immediately, Red Sleeves and Yunxiang and others sat down and began to make fairy tea; Red sleeves taught Yunxiang and others, only to find that women in ancient times were really ingenious, and they learned to be mud for a long time. β
Thinking that modern women are no longer good at female red, Red Sleeves was relieved, and at the same time, he was relieved to hand over all the fairy tea to Yunxiang to do; She got up and looked at Cha Xiang: Cha Xiang was teaching a few new eleven or twelve-year-old children about the tea ceremony, although they couldn't stand alone now, but there would always be a day when they would leave the school.
Now the tea masters on the side of the ancient tea ceremony are all found by the shopkeeper, although the skills are good, but they are not very good: compared to the fragrance of tea, it is much worse; Even if it is an ordinary tea art, those tea masters have shortcomings; There are also red sleeves who think that it is better to hold the real things in their own hands.
The tea master found outside is definitely not as loyal as the one he has cultivated; And these children have a deed of sale in their hands, how can they make Red Sleeves feel more at ease: she can also be regarded as a rainy day.
When the red sleeves went to see the tea fragrance and a group of children, it was the most lively time in the tea house.
In the center of the first floor of the teahouse, a large glass cup is placed on a large table; Shen Miaoge stood on a short knee-high dark red carved ladder stool, and the large tray held by the shopkeeper beside him was a copper kettle for hot water and a large vermilion brocade box.
Shen Miaoge hugged his fists around as a salute, and after saying the words of thanks, he took the brocade box and opened it: inside was a tea ball larger than a fist, a total of four.
He gently threw the tea balls into the glass cup, and then took hot water and poured it into the big glass cup, with the injection of hot water, the four big tea balls slowly sank to the bottom of the cup, and then slowly unfolded. β
At this time, Shen Miaoge's pot of hot water had been filled, and the old shopkeeper had already taken the copper kettle handed over by the second brother and continued to fill the water.
Many people have seen the blooming of fairy tea, but at this time, people suddenly sighed: in the glass cup, with the blooming of the tea ball, there are snow-white fragments or fragments flyingββββ just like snowflakes!
And, the bright and dazzling flowers in the middle of the tea ball also completely bloomed, and the people upstairs and downstairs burst into warm applause, and at this time, there were already many dignitaries and nobles looking for Shen Hou Ye or General Zheng: they want to buy this fairy tea!
The old shopkeeper clasped his fists and said loudly: "Ruixue is here to welcome spring!" This tea is called Ruixue Naochun. "/Magic: Fantasy Land, Starter/
There was another round of applause, and what the literati wanted was the artistic conception: so the tea is good, and the name must be good. This big cup of fairy tea is specially made by Red Sleeves, for which she has been looking for tea and flowers for a long time: fortunately, the tea in this big cup is only for viewing, not for people to drink, so the quality of the tea has nothing to do with it, otherwise it is really impossible to make such a big tea ball.
The two ideas discussed by Red Sleeves and Shen Miaoge finally succeeded in one fell swoop, making all the guests feel that the trip was worthwhile.
The old shopkeeper said the origin of the fairy tea: the red sleeve excuse is the guidance of the fairy in the dream, which is also the origin of the name of this tea; Then he said that this tea is not suitable for obtain, so now there can only be ten pieces a day, and they can only be enjoyed in the teahouse; However, when it opens today, there are 20 pieces available for your guests to enjoy.
Twenty? How is twenty enough? Today's royal relatives such as princes and concubines are far more than that; However, fairy tea has a name in front of the queen mother and the emperor, and it has to be paid tribute to the palace; In addition, this teahouse is covered by the Shen and Zheng families, even the prince does not dare to mess around in the teahouseββββ it is very worthless to offend these two families for a pot of tea; Therefore, the princes understand that they can only rely on their own abilities.
Marquis Shen finally understood why his father didn't come: he really couldn't resist the human offensive of the princes, and when these princes didn't take the fight, he couldn't stand it.
The princes oppress people with power, and he can completely ignore them; But now the prince is all smiling, which makes him not know how to refuse; But the daughter-in-law only gave twenty fairy tea! Shen Miaoge wiped his sweat when he saw it, he felt that it was really good that he hadn't attacked the position of the Hou Ye now, just the name of the prince and young master, and no one could find his head if he was looking for favors.
It's just that he didn't be happy for long, and those who were squeezed out of Shen Houye's side by the princes all came to him: none of these people have a low status, the king of the county, the attached horse...; He began to wail in his heart.
Do the princes feel that if they can't get one, isn't this a loss of face? are all princes, as long as someone has them, then the other princes must think of ways to get their hands on them.
And General Zheng is also miserable: the generals are not as civil as the prince and Wenchen, they all pull up their sleeves - do they give it or not? Don't give? Then whoever you give it to, we will rob it!
In the end, Prince Lian looked at his wife's face and proposed a bidding method: the one with the highest price will win, so that no one in the Shen and Zheng families will be offended.
It's not that Marquis Shen didn't think of this method, it's just that he can't say so as the master; It's best for Prince Lian to say it. As soon as Prince Lian said it, the old princes took care of their identities and thought about their net worth and naturally nodded and agreed - their family has a big business, and the one with the highest price has to be exactly what they want.
The old princes agreed, and the others could only agree; The generals can only put down their robes and sleeves: they are also people with deep pockets, who is afraid of whom?! Isn't it just a tea ball?
As soon as Shen Hou Ye and General Zheng discussed, they called Shen Miaoge to ask, and then hugged their fists and said to everyone: "Thank you for the great pity of all the princes and distinguished guests, we have discussed it, and everyone will give face to the opening today, and the original twenty pieces. Today, I will specially give ten pieces - there are really no more than that, fairy tea is very rare, and the princes and distinguished guests have a lot of tolerance. β
In this way, their Shen and Zheng families can be regarded as selling the face of the people present, especially the princes: no matter who gets it in the end and who doesn't get it, their Shen and Zheng families will not offend people.
When everyone heard that there were ten more, they were naturally extremely happy: they also agreed with the master's words, how could it be easy to obtain such a magical thing as fairy spirit tea?
Seeing that the guests were not dissatisfied, Marquis Shen and General Zheng were relieved: opening a store to do business, too popular is also a big trouble.
Shen Miaoge hurried to the Shen family's old house. told Red Sleeves about the situation in the teahouse, and then asked Red Sleeves to take out ten fairy spirit teas, and he was in a hurry to go back.
Red Sleeves was very surprised, she really didn't expect this situation: she didn't understand the thoughts of dignitaries and nobles very well; However, the business of the teahouse was predictable, she happily took ten fairy flowers to Shen Miaoge, and told him to be careful on the road and sent him out of the mansion.
Back in the room, Yunxiang and the others were all excited, pulling their red sleeves and chattering non-stop.
Although the red sleeves had the meaning of borrowing the two "celebrity" effects of the queen mother and the emperor when offering tea, they didn't expect the effect to be so good; She is happy and cautious at the same time: good business is naturally a good thing, but she must also pay attention to being a person - blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and she has not forgotten the old saying.
It's open, it's open, it's a booming business! Do you have any tickets for the opening of the Red Sleeve Tea House as a congratulatory gift? Of course, the pink ticket is good, and the recommended ticket is not bad, as long as it is a ticket, the red sleeves thank you all here!/Magic: Magic Land, starter/
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)