Chapter 56: Meeting Friends with Tea (2)
(a)
"There are thousands of teas, and the aroma is different. Although there is no lack of similarity in fragrance, there are also very small differences in its unique aroma and charm. Ming Yuan stood beside Bai Hua and kindly said.
"Thank you. ”
This person is so confident, it seems that he is bound to win that moonshine cup.
After pondering for a long time, Bai Hua pursed his lips and walked forward steadily.
I picked one of them and sniffed it with my eyes closed.
"The ginger fragrance is unique, the floral flavor is strong, and this tea is a single fir with ginger flower fragrance. After speaking, he picked up the second one, "The aroma is elegant, mixed with the fragrance of white magnolia flowers, this tea is a phoenix single fir." ”
Ah Xin poured out the tea leaves in the two bamboo tubes, nodded one after another, and said: "This son is so good, the first two are right." ”
"The cinnamon flavor is fragrant and rich, this is rock tea cinnamon. Well, this smell has a sense of simplicity, and the tea leaves exude a faint arbor fragrance, I think it should be the ancient tree Pu'er. ”
After speaking, Ming Yuan still maintained a confident and elegant smile on his face, and handed the bamboo tube to Ah Xin.
"Yes, Ming Gongzi also answered two correctly. Ah Xin poured the tea leaves from the bamboo tube on the plate and confirmed.
Then the two answered correctly one after another, and after two rounds, only two people remained.
"Hey, there's something to see this year. ”
"It seems that Boss Zhao's moonlight cup is delivered. ”
Among the lively crowd, there are many who know the inside story of the competition.
It was already difficult to smell the fragrance and recognize the tea, and after two rounds in previous years, no one could stay. And this year, two of them were left to last at the same time.
Seeing this, Boss Zhao couldn't hold back a little on his face, so he beckoned Ah Xin on the side to explain something in a whisper.
After Boss Zhao finished speaking, Ah Xin took two kinds of tea from the tea box on the side and said, "Two sons, this last competition is more than touch." We prepared 10 kinds of tea, and the two of us had to touch them blindfolded, and we won if we got them all right. ”
At first glance, the tea leaves in Ah Xin's hand were exactly the same, and a few onlookers inevitably shouted to the front with grievances:
"Isn't this bullying? Some tea leaves look almost the same, how can you let others find out?"
"Hey, Boss Zhao, you say to send this and that every year, and we haven't seen you actually send it out. ”
Boss Zhao's face couldn't help but tremble twice, and he immediately got up from the chair, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, the two sons of the family have not opened their mouths to refute, what are you anxious about?"
After a pause, he turned sideways to the two and asked, "Two sons, what do you think of this competition?" If you don't compare, I, Zhao, will give you a box of fine tea. ”
It seems to ask the opinions of the two people, but the meaning between the lines is revealed, and no matter how you listen to it, you feel that you are looking for a reason to end the competition hastily.
"Compare, why not. Bai Hua heard the meaning of Boss Zhao's words and immediately responded.
After speaking, he asked the person on the side, "Are you okay?"
Ming Yuan's eyes were half-drooping, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he said softly: "Let's start!"
"Since the two of you don't have any opinions, Ah Xin, go to tea. ”
After speaking, Boss Zhao's eyes clearly flashed with a hint of cunning.
(b)
"Try it again..."
"Try again..."
For this tricky competition, the two of them touched it one by one, and they were equal.
Boss Zhao, who was confident before, was already stunned with the additional tests one after another, and his face turned pale.
There were people in and out of the teahouse, and after half an hour, a woman in a blue dress shook her head at Ah Xin, which made it clear to everyone that there was no tea in Qingfeng Building.
Finished!
Ah Xin can only think of these two words at most.
After waiting for a long time, the blindfolded two did not wait for the tea, but waited for a commotion around them.
"Boss Zhao, Qingfeng Lou can't bring out tea, right?"
"Haha, everyone is right, are you going to make a moonlight cup?"
The so-called watching the excitement is not a big deal, and the few people in the front row who had been scolded by Boss Zhao just now all mocked him.
Originally, I just wanted to use the gimmick of the competition every year to make the front of Qingfeng Building more lively, anyway, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and finally a few boxes of tea were sent to the end of the fight. Who knows, the last two left for this year are very powerful.
Thinking of this, Boss Zhao's face couldn't hold anymore.
Ah Xin leaned over and stood aside, and asked carefully: "Boss, look..."
Boss Zhao silently glanced sideways at the moonlight cup on the coffee table a few times, gritted his teeth and pondered for a while, and reluctantly whispered to Ah Xin: "This cup seems to be unkept, it's better to be like this...."
The two talked quietly for a while, and after finishing speaking, Boss Zhao silently entered the teahouse. It can be seen from the posture of his shoulders and shrugging his back that Boss Zhao's mood is very low.
"In this round, the two sons are not up or down, so they both won. ”
Hearing Ah Xinyi's words, Bai Hua hurriedly took off the black cloth on his eyes and said, "There is only one cup, so what should I do?"
After Bai Hua finished speaking, there was a nod of agreement all around.
Ah Xin hurriedly reassured everyone and said, "These two are so proficient in tea, if they compare tea, they should not be able to tell the winner." In this way, it is better to show a talent that can be mastered by one person, and finally hand over the right to win or lose to the judges present. Okay?"
After Ah Xin finished speaking, there were applause everywhere.
I can't sing or dance, where can I show my talent?
Bai Hua's heart was full of entanglement, and he suddenly heard the person next to him call out to the crowd in front of him: "Xiao Zhao~"
At this time, the handsome young man who had just been with him walked up to him with the piano in his arms. The young man handed the piano to Ming Yuan, and found a single stool to move behind him.
He actually wants to play the piano?
Bai Hua's eyelids couldn't help twitching, and he was very anxious when he picked at his head.
(c)
A slight evening breeze, bright moonlight.
A crisp sound lingered in his ears, and Ming Yuan's fingertips slowly swiped the thin strings, and the beautiful sound of the piano just echoed the night.
His eyelids were half-drooping, his lips were smiling, and his bony fingers plucked freely on the strings, as if he had sunk into his own world.
Unconsciously, the eyes of the onlookers have been attracted by the sound of the piano, and they are also intoxicated with the sound and people.
Bai Hua stood in place, and said in distress: Ah~ What am I going to do?
"Let's dance the sword!" At this time, a secret sound came into Bai Hua's ears.
His eyes lit up, and Bai Hua looked sideways at the netherworld. I saw him nod slightly, and then gave him another look.
Following the direction, Bai Hua saw the feather duster on the counter of the teahouse.
"That, can you lend me one?" Bai Hua walked up to Ah Xin and pointed to the counter.
Ah Xin withdrew his gaze that stopped at Ming Yuan, turned his head to look at the direction of her finger, and wondered, "What are you going to do with that?"
Bai Hua pulled up his cuffs and said lightly: "It's a talent show." ”
Ah Xin laughed out loud, with some mockery and curiosity, and asked, "Childe, you don't want to perform dusting, do you?"
Is this son a little self-defeating, what kind of talent is this?
Thinking of this, Ah Xin handed the feather duster to Bai Hua and continued to taunt: "Childe, this is for you, so I should give it to you." ”
After speaking, he turned his head sideways and turned his gaze to Ming Yuan.
Bai Hua stood in the middle with a feather duster in his hand, and this stop attracted a lot of attention. However, the meaning contained in most eyes is the same as that of Ah Xin.
But these eyes full of playfulness disappeared in the next moment.
Bai Hua's eyes were firm, his thin body suddenly dispersed a rebellious aura, and the hand holding the feather duster shook slightly, and the chicken feathers flew all over the sky in an instant.
When all the chicken feathers landed, everyone felt that the young man in white in front of them holding a wooden stick was not chic.
Although Ming Yuan was holding the piano in his hand, his slender eyes couldn't help but look at Bai Hua. With a hook of his fingertips, the timbre of the smooth flowing water suddenly rose up, and the trend became rapid.
With the sound of the piano, Bai Hua danced with a stick. Sometimes soft as the wind, sometimes as strong as fire, under the illumination of the lanterns, the moon-white plain clothes shine with colorful halos.
Dancing like a frightening and delicate dragon, even if she is a man at the moment, she can't stop the gentleness and grace that only women have. Paired with a light feather dance, it is really soul-wandering.
At the end of the song, both of them stopped moving. And the four times seem extraordinarily quiet.
"Good!" A clear voice of praise broke the silence, and everyone's consciousness was called back.
Immediately afterwards, applause, applause, and cheers rang out like thunder.
It seems that she can't be allowed to dance the sword like this in front of everyone in the future.
His pupils shrank, and he was stunned. He wasn't puzzled, why did he have such a thought in his heart at this time?
After being stunned for a long time, Ah Xin withdrew his wide open mouth and said to everyone: "You all have a wooden plaque with the mark of Qingfeng Lou in your hands, if you like anyone, just throw it into the bamboo basket in front of him." ”
(iv)
The hustle and bustle has subsided, and the dark night without lights has cut off the redundancy of the world. With the faint moonlight shining overhead, the two walked one after the other on the deserted street.
Bai Hua drooped his head listlessly, and his feet kicked the stone from time to time.
Suddenly, the Netherworld stopped. The people behind hung their heads and bumped into them without paying attention.
"Ouch, why did you stop?" Bai Hua asked a little unhappily after touching the nose that was hit.
Netherworld turned around, picked up the tea box she was holding in her hand, and comforted her for the first time: "This tea, in fact, I like it too." ”
"It's just one vote short, and I'm not willing to get this for you in the end. Bai Hua angrily pointed to the tea box in the ghost's hand.
"Childe, Childe stays. ”
While the two were talking, there was an urgent call behind them. Then, two young women trotted all the way to the two.
"Two girls, but you're calling us?" Seeing that both of them were panting, Bai Hua asked suspiciously.
I saw one of the women in pink smiling, and pushed the person in the goose yellow skirt next to her forward.
"Seven hundreds, you tell it yourself. ”
The woman in the yellow dress was slightly stunned, her face flushed, and she half-hung her head and asked in a low voice: "Childe, I think, I think you like tea very much, right?"
"Huh?" Bai Hua was confused.
Seeing that she was vague and couldn't get to the point, the woman in pink couldn't help frowning slightly, so she stepped forward and asked bluntly, "Does the son have a marriage match?"
"Huh?" With this cold question, Bai Hua was even more dazed.
Seeing this, the woman in pink pulled the woman in the yellow dress to her side and continued: "Qiyan's family is engaged in the tea picking business, and we are also in Qingfeng Building, and we are very appreciative of the child's extraordinary talent. If it's a childe..."
"She's not a childe. Netherworld stepped forward and said in a deep voice, directly cutting off the words of the woman in pink.
After saying that, he took Bai Hua by his side, and raised his hand to take off the wooden hairpin from her bun. In an instant, the ink sprinkles poured out like a waterfall.
At this time, although she did not apply powder, she carried a natural freshness and refinement.
The two people in front of them looked at Bai Hua in astonishment, and they didn't react for a long time.
"Sorry to interrupt. Qiren's red face turned white in an instant, and he bit his lip and turned his head and ran.
The woman in pink was also quite embarrassed, and she shortened her body towards the two, and then turned around and chased after them.
Netherworld let go of the hand on her shoulder, and said with a light eyebrow, "Let's go." ”
Bai Hua pursed his mouth and looked at him silently.
"How?"
"Actually, we can put it another way, you are so straightforward, you are about to make people cry. ”
Netherworld raised an eyebrow slightly, and asked in a deep voice, "So, you enjoyed it?"
Hearing him ask, Bai Hua had a playful smile on the corner of his mouth, "Netherworld, seeing that someone likes me, you shouldn't be vinegar, right?"
"It's vinegar. Netherworld's voice was extremely faint, but every word penetrated Bai Hua's ears.