Chapter 478: Talking about the Tea Business
The shopkeeper of the teahouse glanced at the fateful card, and his smiling expression instantly froze, and then returned to normal.
"Yo! The guest seems to be a person who understands tea! Do you even know the ghost tea guest in the southwest mountains? This tea is produced outside Kyushu, in the west of Bozhou, rare in the world, and only 100 catties can be sent to the Central Plains every year.
"Don't say that you have drunk it, people like you who know this tea are also rare in our Central Plains, the small shop has been open for so long, only one guest has ordered this tea before, I can't imagine that the guest looks young, and he also knows that there is this ghost tea in the world!"
Shao Xi was stunned by the shopkeeper all of a sudden, why did he take out the life-seeking card by himself, but the other party had something to do with him? Is the shopkeeper wrong? Or is there something else in this?
Although Shao Xi had doubts in his heart, he didn't dare to ask at this time, if it was really the shopkeeper's temptation, wouldn't he miss the bottom when he asked like this?
So he asked in a deep voice with an expressionless face: "Shopkeeper, you just say that you have this tea in this teahouse, right?" ”
The shopkeeper of the teahouse smiled mysteriously, and said to Shao Xi in a low voice: "Master Ke, you are really here, there is really a little stock in the small shop, which is used to entertain people like you who understand tea, but this ghost tea is extremely precious, if you want to drink this tea, you have to go to the back hall with the little one." ”
As he spoke, the shopkeeper raised his hand and made a gesture in the direction of the back hall.
Shao Xi didn't see it when he saw it? Gao Cai and Xiao Liuzi will be brought into the back hall every time they come, and they have guessed that the back hall is the place where information is exchanged.
Now the shopkeeper invited himself to go to the back hall, and it seemed that the life-seeking card in his hand had played a role.
The shopkeeper didn't show surprise when he saw that he took out the life-seeking card, which was enough to prove that he had seen the same brand before, so Long Qitai said to himself that the black brand that Gao Cai had used should be this life-seeking card.
No matter what he thinks, he will go to the back hall with him to see what he has to say, since he doesn't understand the rules here, then he should talk less and listen to the truth from the other party's mouth.
Shao Xi didn't hesitate, got up and walked in the direction of the shopkeeper's hand.
There was a small door next to the counter of this teahouse, and a curtain was hung on the door and dragged to the ground, Shao Xi walked towards the small door without thinking about it.
The shopkeeper's three steps were combined into two steps, and before Shao Xi walked to the small door, he raised the curtain in front of him.
Shao Xi glanced at the shopkeeper out of the corner of his eye, only to see that he was still smiling, but the eyes that looked at him were a little different from when he just entered the door.
After Shao Xi walked into the small door, he saw that there was a corridor in front of him, and under the guidance of the shopkeeper, the two walked along the corridor for a while before coming to a small square hall.
The walls in this hall are all lined with wooden shelves, on which are placed all kinds of tea boxes and cans, which look like a place to store tea.
In the center of the hall lay a square table, four chairs, and a beautiful set of tea sets, and nothing else.
After respectfully letting Shao Xi into the hall and inviting Shao Xi to sit down, the shopkeeper of the teahouse turned around and took down a flat tea bag from one of the wooden shelves, and when he opened it, he saw that there was a dark green round tea cake inside.
Shao Xi took a look, I'm damn! Isn't this Pu'er?
The shopkeeper began to boil water with the tea stove on the table, then took out a tea needle from the tea set bucket and began to gently pry it along the edge of the tea cake, and put the pry tea leaves into a delicate tea cup.
Although Shao Xi doesn't understand tea, he has never eaten pork and seen pigs go, and he has also seen what it is like for others to make tea.
At this moment, this is actually the normal procedure of traditional tea brewing.
There are seven steps to drinking Pu'er tea, which are seven steps, namely prying tea, scalding the cup, placing tea, washing tea, brewing, dividing tea and tasting.
When the water boils, the steps of making tea are indeed as Shao Xi expected, but compared with the traditional tea cup in the Central Plains, it seems to be a bit ritualistic.
The shopkeeper of the teahouse handed the teacup with the tea poured in front of Shao Xi, and said politely: "Please try it, how is this tea different from other teas?" ”
How can Shao Xi know how to drink tea? Not to mention Pu'er, when I was in the security team, I used to make a big tea jar, grab a handful of jasmine crushed tea, and drink it after brewing, like a cool white open.
But at the moment, he didn't understand and couldn't say it, so he pretended to pick up the teacup, first put it near his nose and smelled the tea, and then took a small sip.
It feels better than the previous jasmine crushed tea, but he really can't say how good it is.
But if you want to pretend to be forced at this time, you have to pretend to be the end, so I don't know how to pretend to understand: "The smell is mellow, first bitter and then sweet, the entrance is smooth, the tongue is raw, the tea soup is viscous, the taste is mild and mellow, smooth, the aftertaste is not obvious, and the rhyme is heavy." ”
Shao Xi used almost all the words he could think of to describe tea, and he didn't know if he was right, anyway, he just praised this tea as good.
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper standing on the side looked at Shao Xi with a look of surprise.
"Has this boy ever drunk this tea before? I'm so familiar with this ghost tea! Tell all the characteristics of it, and Childe is really a person who understands tea. ”
Shao Xixin said I understand your grandmother's legs, I'm just talking nonsense, and I don't know if I fooled you or you fooled me?
Although he thought so in his heart, Shao Xi still pretended to be modest.
He smiled slightly and said: "This tea has only been drunk once or twice, and I really can't say that I understand tea, but I just tell some of the feelings of tasting this tea, but as far as I know, this ghost tea should only be one of the unique teas in the southwest, if I remember correctly, it should be called Pu'er." ”
It was obvious from the expression on the shopkeeper's face that he had never heard of the name Pu'er.
Shao Xi pondered, maybe in this era, this tea is not called Pu'er? I don't think so! The history of this Pu-erh tea is not too short.
"Little one has never heard of a tea called Pu'er, Childe, do you mean that this ghost tea is one of the Pu'er teas you are talking about?"
Shao Xi is happy now, what you don't know is not what I say? This forces me to pretend as much as I want!
So he pretended to say in a deep voice: "Yes, there is a tea name called Pu'er in the southwest, this tea is divided into raw tea and ripe tea, the color of raw tea tea cake is light, and the color of cooked tea tea cake is strong, this ghost tea should be one of the raw tea, but because it is relatively rare, it is very precious, and the taste is very unique." ”
Shao Xi probably knew so much about Pu'er tea, and said it all at once, but he was stunned by the shopkeeper of the teahouse standing aside.
He didn't expect that the rarest and most precious tea in his teahouse would be said by the young man in front of him.
At this time, he really regarded Shao Xi as an expert who knew tea, and he actually had admiration in his heart, you must know that this ghost tea does not say that he knows the origin, not many people have heard of it.
"Childe is really well-informed, and he has been dealing with famous teas from all over the world for half his life, but he doesn't know that this ghost tea has such a origin! Listening to Childe's words today is really a long insight, thank you Childe for your advice! ”
Saying that, the shopkeeper actually gave Shao Xi a salute, although Shao Xi was a guest, but the shopkeeper's politeness also made Shao Xi a little surprised.
However, Shao Xi didn't come over today to taste tea, nor did he talk to the shopkeeper about the tea ceremony.
Since he just showed his life-seeking card, the shopkeeper invited himself to the back hall, which proves that the meaning of the life-seeking card is clear to the shopkeeper, but at this time the two have not yet made it clear.
The shopkeeper seems to want to use tea to probe Shao Xi's bottom, since the other party doesn't want to make it clear, then Shao Xi can only test the other party by knocking on the side.
Shao Xi tapped his fingers lightly twice on the table next to the tea cake, and asked in a meaningful voice: "Since the shopkeeper knows that I came here today to taste this tea, then he must also know where this tea is produced and how to buy it?" ”
The meaning of this sentence is, since you know my purpose today, then you must know who I am looking for today? You should also know how to contact the person I'm looking for.
The shopkeeper of the teahouse naturally heard the meaning of Shao Xi's words, but because Shao Xi was a fresh face, he had to be careful to make sure that Shao Xi did not come to visit him at the bottom of the teahouse.
"Since Childe has drunk this tea before, he must know the origin of this tea, and he knows how to buy it, but I don't know why I came to the small teahouse today and asked the little one about this?"
The meaning of the shopkeeper's words is also very clear, since you have looked for them before, you should know how to contact them, why did you come here today and let me help you contact them.
Shao Xi pondered in his heart that this shopkeeper was really a cautious person, and it seemed that he couldn't make him believe in himself if he didn't make up this nonsense a little round.
So he smiled indifferently and said to the shopkeeper: "Although I have drunk this tea, but I am not drinking it in this Daliang City, although I know where this tea is produced, there are not many places where I can buy the goods, but I heard that your teahouse may be able to buy, so I came to try it." ”
What this means is that I have been looking for them in other places before, but not in Daliang City, although I know what they do, but there are too few channels to contact, I heard that they can be contacted here, so I came to ask.
This explanation can be said to be reasonable.
I wanted to find the Ghost Emperor's Mansion, but I only heard that Xinjing Teahouse could contact them in Daliang City, so now that I have something to do, I naturally come here to ask the shopkeeper to help me contact them.
So it makes sense to explain that this new face appeared in Xinjing Teahouse.
When the shopkeeper of the teahouse saw Shao Xi say this, he didn't seem to be suspicious, but just asked, "So how much goods does the son plan to buy this time?" ”
This sentence is asking Shao Xi how much money he plans to pay for this trip? The rules of the Ghost Emperor's Mansion are to give as much money as you want to do as much work, so you have to show a price code first.
Shao Xi put the copper pill on the table this time.