Chapter 69 Tea and tea tasting
By the time Qian Tianya woke up, it was already the morning of the next day. He sat up from the bed in the back room, found that his injuries had improved a lot, and with some suspicion in his heart, pushed the door and walked out.
"Qian Daxia woke up quite early. Xue Hanjiang quipped when he saw him.
Qian Tianya walked up to him and said to him with a straight face: "Boss, thank you for your kindness." ”
"Is Qian Daxia worth it?" Xue Hanjiang looked at him and said meaningfully.
Qian Wuya's eyes were confused, he remembered the thrilling escort trip, the heroes who were desperate for their lives, and the orphan of General Lin, who was cute and kind-hearted, he laughed and said lightly: "It's worth it." ”
"It's really a chivalrous man!" Xue Hanjiang exclaimed: "According to what is said in the book, it should be a big white!"
Qian Tianya shook his head and said, "I never drink. ”
"Why don't you drink?" Xue Hanjiang said curiously.
"Drinking affects my judgment. There was a rare hint of imperceptible embarrassment on Qian Tianya's face.
Xue Hanjiang himself actually doesn't drink much, and he has only drunk Tusu wine on New Year's Day for so many years, but when he saw Qian Tianya's expression, he laughed and said, "Could it be that Qian Daxia is not a good drinker?"
Qian Tianya was blushing, but he was afraid that it was Xue Hanjiang's words. He took out two copper coins, put them on the counter, said goodbye to Xue Hanjiang, and left in a hurry.
Xue Hanjiang put down the book of "The Biography of Chivalry" in his hand, looked at Qian Tianya's back, laughed, and said in his heart: "This book says that heroes are good at drinking, but it seems that this Qian Daxia is different." ”
"Brother Xue, why did this person come out of the back room? It seems a little familiar?" Zhao Yunqi saw Qian Wuya leaving, so he walked over and asked curiously.
Xue Hanjiang explained with a smile: "Didn't the people from the Blue Water Gang come to our store that day just for this money hero?" Yesterday he was drunk at our door, so I let him go to the back room to rest. ”
"I remembered. Zhao Yunqi stuck out his tongue embarrassedly, and continued to ask, "Brother Xue, is this Qian Daxia amazing?"
Xue Hanjiang nodded and said, "Awesome." ”
Zhao Yunqi said with a yearning face: "If only I could become a hero." ”
"What kind of hero, you read the book well, and understand the truth in the book first!" Xue Hanjiang didn't have a good air.
Yesterday it snowed all night, the weather was cold, and the roads were difficult to navigate, so there were very few pedestrians on the streets today, and the business in the shops was also very deserted. Xiaobai was still sleeping in the corner, while Xue Hanjiang was drinking hot tea while chatting with Zhao Yunqi about some New Year's customs.
"Brother Xue, grandma said, you should go to our house for the New Year this year. Zhao Yunqi said suddenly.
Xue Hanjiang nodded with a smile, looked up at the door, thinking about the lively scene of last year's New Year, and sighed in his heart: "Sisi, I don't know how her cave is investigating over there, I haven't come to summon the flying sword for a long time." ”
In the afternoon, the sky was getting dark, there were no pedestrians on the road, and Xue Hanjiang saw that there was no one in the store, so he simply closed the shop.
"Brother Xue, there are not many old teas, thousand-needle pine mist tea, hot spring fall, and Qingbi tea in our store, so we have to buy some more. Zhao Yunqi reminded before leaving.
Xue Hanjiang was stunned, he had never been to buy tea, but he didn't expect that the tea leaves left by Uncle Xu was almost gone, but Uncle Xu had already explained the place to buy tea before leaving, and nodded and agreed: "I'll buy some tomorrow." ”
On the second day, Xue Hanjiang took the silver liang to the tea merchant's shop that Uncle Xu told him. This shop is open in Dongcheng, not close to the guest teahouse, this shop looks ordinary on the outside, but it is antique inside, and there are bursts of tea fragrance from time to time.
"Thousand Tea Houses?" Xue Hanjiang glanced up at the signboard, and said secretly in his heart: "There won't really be a thousand kinds of tea here." He smiled and walked inside.
"Is this guest officer going to buy tea?" A very dignified, plump young woman wearing a white fur cloak saw Xue Hanjiang enter the store, and hurriedly greeted with a smile.
Xue Hanjiang took out a written list, handed it to her, and then said to her: "This boss, I am the owner of the Chengdong Kelai Teahouse, and I came here today to buy some tea." ”
The young woman took the list, with a strange look on her face, and asked suspiciously: "When will there be a guest teahouse in the east of the city?"
"This was brought from Uncle Xu a few months ago, and it was previously called Lao Xu Teahouse. Xue Hanjiang explained.
"So that's the case, no wonder I said that he hasn't been here for a long time, and he used to come every month to buy goods. The young woman suddenly realized.
Xue Hanjiang had to smile awkwardly when he heard this, his face was slightly hot, after this teahouse came to his hands, his business really dropped a lot.
Seeing Xue Hanjiang's expression, the young woman knew that she was speechless, so she quickly changed the topic and asked Xue Hanjiang, "Then what should you call this boss?"
"In the snowy cold river, please ask the boss for more advice. Xue Hanjiang bowed.
"My name is Ye Qingchen, and I am the shopkeeper of this Jiaqian Tea Workshop. The young woman introduced herself
Xue Hanjiang saluted again: "I've seen Shopkeeper Ye." ”
Seeing that this young man was quite polite, Ye Qingchen suddenly had a good feeling in his heart, and shouted to the back room of the store: "Qingyan, you come out for a while." ”
"Sister, here you go!" A young girl in Tsing Yi soon ran out of the back room, who looked quite similar to Ye Qingchen, only younger and more playful.
Ye Qingchen handed the list to Ye Qingyan and instructed, "According to the list, go grab some tea." ”
"Okay. Ye Qingyan took the list and looked at it a few times, then went to the back room to get the tea.
"Boss Xue, go sit over there for a while, it'll be fine soon. Ye Qingchen beckoned Xue Hanjiang to sit down on the side of the seat, took a few boxes from the tea boxes on the shelves in the store, and then said to Xue Hanjiang: "Boss Xue, this is the new tea we imported from Yanchao some time ago, do you want to give it a try?"
Xue Hanjiang heard that there was a new tea from the Yan Dynasty, and he was also a little curious, nodded and said, "Then it will be troublesome to the shopkeeper Ye." ”
Ye Qingchen went to the back room and took out a pot of hot water. She put down the pot of hot water, covered the lid, shook the teapot carefully, and scalded the inside of the teapot with hot water, then she poured the hot water in the purple sand teapot into the teacup on the side, and then poured it into the teacup on the side, scalded the teacup and teacup, and finally poured the warm water into the small jar of purple sand on the side of the table.
Although Xue Hanjiang has been open for a few months, he doesn't know much about making tea and making tea, so he took a serious look.
Ye Qingchen also saw that Xue Hanjiang didn't seem to understand, so he explained: "Boss Xue, you open a teahouse, and you may not know much about this method of making tea. The step just now is called scalding the kettle warm cup, one can get out the peculiar smell in the teapot, and the other can help the tea fragrance of the brewed tea leaves to come out. ”
"The next step is called setting the tea. Ye Qingchen put down the purple sand teapot, took out a purple sand tea lotus from the table, took out some tea leaves from a tea box with a purple sand tea spoon, put it in the tea lotus, and put the tea lotus in front of Xue Hanjiang.
Xue Hanjiang lowered his head and carefully observed the tea, the color of the tea was green and bright, the cord was tight, round and straight, and the size was uniform, and he knew that it was good tea at a glance. He picked up the tea lotus and smelled it gently, there was a special fragrance of tea, which made people feel refreshed.
"This tea is called Jade Tea, which is unique to Chunyuan County in the Yan Dynasty. Ye Qingchen explained while taking the tea lotus away, then opened the teapot lid, and used the teaspoon to pluck the tea leaves in the tea lotus into the teapot, she lifted the kettle high, and poured hot water into the teapot from high down, "This step is called Gao Chong." It can make the tea leaves tumble and spread out in the teapot, so that the tea flavor can be brewed more fully. ”
"This spring tree tea leaves are delicate and delicate, and the production skills are exquisite, so there is no need to wash the tea, and the first brew can be drunk directly. Ye Qingchen closed the lid of the purple sand teapot again and explained. She said that the purple sand teapot was picked up, shook it gently, pressed the spout of the teapot close to the teacup, and poured the tea into the teacup, "This is called low foam, and the distance between the spout of the teapot and the teacup is low, so as not to emit too much tea fragrance." ”
"Thank you for your advice, it's really an eye-opener. Xue Hanjiang saw that there was so much attention to this tea, and he was very ashamed, and thanked him repeatedly. When I was studying in the mountains of books, the teacher seemed to make tea in the same way, but I didn't seem to pay attention to it. When the teacher let himself make tea, he brewed it at will, and the teacher never said much, they all drank the same, so Xue Hanjiang really didn't know much about making tea.
Ye Qingchen smiled and nodded, and slowly poured the tea soup in the teacup into the cup, and only three white porcelain cups were placed on the table, all of which were poured seven points full.
"This is a division of tea, and the tea soup in the cup is seven points full. Ye Qingchen placed the teacup and the cup holder in front of Xue Hanjiang, spread out his right palm, and said to the teacup: "Boss Xue, please." ”
Xue Hanjiang picked up the teacup and looked down, only to see that in the teacup, the tea soup was emerald green in color, like jade, and it was so named after him. Then take the teacup to your nose and smell it lightly, only to feel a refreshing tea fragrance coming to your nose, which makes people intoxicated. Finally, blow on the teacup and drink it all. He only felt that this tea was delicious in his mouth, and his mouth was fragrant after drinking.
Ye Qingchen was a little stunned when he saw him drinking tea as if he were drinking.
"Hahaha!" At this time, a girl's silver bell-like whisper came from behind Ye Qingchen, "I'm laughing to death, how can anyone drink tea like this, it's just a cow chewing peonies, and it's a tyrannical thing!"
Xue Hanjiang put down the teacup and looked up, only to see that the girl named Ye Qingyan was carrying a lot of wrapped tea leaves, looking at herself and laughing, only to feel that her face was hot, and she had a feeling of looking for a crack in the ground to drill.
Ye Qingchen scolded lightly: "Qingyan, there is such a thing as cute! Hurry up and apologize to Boss Xue!"
"Sister, I drank tea like this when I was a child, that's what you said about me!" Ye Qingyan said a little aggrieved.
"You're still quibbling!" Ye Qingchen said with anger on his face.
Seeing the situation of the two sisters, Xue Hanjiang hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Shopkeeper Ye, Miss Ye is right. I really don't know anything about making tea and tasting tea, and today I have to guide the way of making tea, thank you, and you don't have to make trouble in the next. Just give me advice on how to drink tea properly. ”