Chapter 52: Great value for money
The two followed the shopkeeper into the door.
There are a lot of people in front of the counter on the first floor, including the master and the subordinates of each family, either complaining that the tea is selling too fast and they don't buy it, or they are saying that the tea is sold too expensive.
Xie Ziqi and Shen Chuan quickened their pace, bypassing the crowd and going upstairs.
Finally, I sat down in a private room on the second floor.
As soon as the door closed, the noise outside was cut off, as if they were two worlds, and only a small sound could be heard if you listened closely.
Xie Ziqi looked surprised: "You guys are doing a good job in this private room!" β
The shopkeeper pursed her lips and smiled, and took out a booklet from under the table: "This is the tea from our teahouse, the two sons take a look." β
I saw that there were only two kinds of tea on the palm-sized booklet, but there were many types of dim sum, both sweet and salty, and the most suitable for green tea.
One is called "clear tea", and the other is said to be "carrying the fragrance of flowers".
There's nothing to choose from.
"Let's make some tea," Xie Ziqi said, "and some of these snacks are served too." β
The shopkeeper said "yes", put away the booklet, opened the door and walked out.
The moment the door opened, the noise outside flooded in, but as the door was closed, the sounds were inaudible.
"It's a good place," Shen said, "but it's a little more expensive." β
"Expensive?" Xie Ziqi said as he changed his idle posture and leaned lazily on the table, "Jin Street!" But let me tell you, this tea is really good, and it's definitely worth the money! β
Shen Chuan didn't speak, but raised his eyes and looked around the room.
The furnishings in this house are nothing special, like most teahouses in the capital, elegant and elegant, but they are the same, obviously the owner did not put his mind into this interior decoration at all.
However, the fact that this private room has the advantage of sound insulation outweighs all else.
Shen Chuan retracted his gaze and said, "In the capital, even the best tea is only two hundred taels of silver a catty, but one tael of tea here costs thirty-five taels of silver, or three hundred and fifty taels of silver...... I don't know who the owner behind this teahouse is, and he has such a big appetite. β
"Who cares about him, who can come to buy things on this gold street, who is short of these hundred and eighty taels?" Xie Ziqi said indifferently, "It's over after drinking!" β
As she spoke, the shopkeeper reopened the door and came in with a tray.
There was a small and delicate tea scale in the tray, and the shopkeeper walked to the table, adjusted the scale, picked up the tea clip in the tray, and took out the tea leaves and put them in the weighing pan.
After careful adjustment, until the two sides were about the same height, the shopkeeper poured the tea leaves from the weighing pan into the wooden plate on the table, and the other utensils were retracted into the tray: "One or two tea leaves." β
Xie Ziqi saw it freshly.
He'd never seen anything weighed on the spot.
It's rare.
After weighing the tea, the shopkeeper began to boil water.
Taking advantage of the gap in boiling water, Xie Ziqi said: "The people below haven't left yet?" β
The shopkeeper nodded: "Yes, some people have left and come back, saying that they want to guard the door." β
Xie Ziqi sighed twice.
This group of people in the capital, I haven't seen anything good, he grew up in the capital since he was a child, and it has been more than 20 years, and it is the first time he has seen such a big scene.
The water was quickly boiled, and after a little while, the shopkeeper began to make tea.
She moves smoothly and doesn't have too many fancy moves.
Hot water is injected, the tea leaves in the cup are swirled by the water, the leaves are stretched, the tea leaves are gradually excellent, and a particularly fragrant taste also rises.
The shopkeeper left after making tea, and another shopkeeper came up with a snack and retreated after it was placed.
"Taste it!" Xie Ziqi held the teacup in his hand, sniffed deeply, and enjoyed his face, "Fortunately, my Jingke and Mrs. Gu are good friends, in the past half a month, other people in the capital want to scratch their livers for this mouthful, and only our family can drink it every day!" β
"Mrs. Gu?" Shen Chuan was slightly stunned, "What does this tea have to do with Mrs. Gu?" β
"You haven't been in the capital recently, I don't know, this tea is the original creation of an old friend of Mrs. Gu, half a month ago, Mrs. Gu specially saved a game for this tea, we have such a blessing!" Xie Ziqi lowered his head and took a sip as he spoke.
Shen Chuan also lowered his head and drank tea.
After tasting it for a while, Shen Chuan showed a smile on his face: "It is worthy of being Mrs. Gu's friend, this tea is indeed worth the price." β
Xie Ziqi snorted proudly: "You just thank me!" If it weren't for me, would you be able to afford such a good tea? β
Shen Chuan didn't say anything with a smile, just bowed his head and drank tea.
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Even if the tea has already been sold out, until it is almost dark, the people who come and go in this teahouse can be called endless.
Wu Niangzi had wondered several times if someone had stolen the sign she had placed at the door that said "Sold Out", and she went out to take a look in person, but saw that the sign was still well placed there.
So Wu Niangzi had no choice but to continue to go back to the back of the counter, patiently repeating the same sentence: "There is really no more today, you can come back tomorrow!" β
Seeing that it was dark and the lights were shining on the street, Wu Niangzi handed over the shop to her subordinates, and she went out through the back door and took a carriage to the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion.
Wu Niangzi came over and did not avoid people, the porter of the Hou Mansion had seen the Wu Lady, and knew that this was a friend of his wife, so he hurriedly invited people into the Hou Mansion, entertained with good tea and snacks, and went to Shaoguang Courtyard to deliver the message.
got Jiang Fuyue's order, and the people in the second room came over and followed Wu Niangzi to Shaoguang Courtyard.
Seeing Jiang Fuyue, Wu Niangzi sat down in the main hall after saluting.
"I've heard all about what happened on Jin Street today, but it's really a booming business." Jiang Fuyue said with a smile.
Wu Niangzi also smiled, and when Jing Yu and Gu Yu closed the door, she got up and walked to Jiang Fuyue's side, and took out a stack of silver tickets in her sleeve: "Today's thirty catties of tea are all sold out, and many individual guests have been received, a total of 12,000 taels of silver, and some individual guests have been received, and there are more than 100 taels, all here, Mrs. nodded." β
Jiang Fuyue's gaze fell on those silver tickets: "Give it to me now?" β
Wu Niangzi nodded: "Zhou Niangzi said, now that it is close, there is more money, so it will naturally be handed over to you that night." β
Jiang Fuyue took the silver ticket into his hand, divided the fraction of the one hundred taels, and took out two thousand taels alone: "The one hundred taels of silver are put in the store for emergency use, you take the two thousand taels back, and divide them yourself." β
"ThisβHow does this work!" Wu Niangzi hurriedly said, "This is all within our responsibility, and Madame has given too much!" β
Jiang Fuyue shook her head and said with a smile: "It's really not easy for you to come all the way from Liangzhou, take it." β
Seeing that the black lady still refused to accept it, Jiang Fuyue said again: "This is the first time, I just gave a little more, but I don't want it in the future, take it quickly!" β
Hearing this, Wu Niangzi hesitated to take the silver, and said: "Don't worry, girl, I will take this silver back and hand it over to Zhou Niangzi." β