Text Chapter 70 Three Tea of the Yan Dynasty
"Where, where is the Snow Boy, he is young but generous. Seeing that Xue Hanjiang was so polite, Ye Qingchen looked much better on his face, glared at Ye Qingyan, and smiled at Xue Hanjiang: "Actually, the step of smelling the fragrance before tasting tea, Xue Gongzi did a very good job. This tea tasting is just like the word 'taste'. A cup of tea needs to be tasted in three sips. ”
Xue Hanjiang nodded, and thanked again: "Thank you for your advice." ”
"Snow Boy doesn't have to be polite. Ye Qingchen turned to Ye Qingyan and said, "Qingyan, don't apologize to Boss Xue soon." ”
Ye Qingyan saw her sister's expression and knew that she was a little angry, so she pouted, and bowed to Xue Hanjiang unwillingly, and said, "I'm sorry Xue Gongzi, please forgive the little girl for being rude just now." ”
Seeing her expression, Xue Hanjiang couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”
"Hmph!" Ye Qingyan snorted quietly, revealing an expression that counted you as acquaintance. Ye Qingchen was also very helpless about this naughty sister, looked at Xue Hanjiang apologetically, and put another cup of tea in front of Xue Hanjiang.
Xue Hanjiang picked up the teacup this time, took a sip according to what Ye Qingchen said, and savored it again. At this time, perhaps because of more concentration, the taste is indeed different from just now. After a slight bitterness, the aroma of tea rises, and a sweet feeling fills the tip of the tongue, making people have an endless aftertaste. Take another sip, the taste is better, the tea aroma is more and more intense, and the mouth is full of relish. The last sip of the tea in the teacup is all drunk, and this rich tea fragrance finally explodes in the mouth, making people feel a sense of fluttering immortals.
"Light smoke, you put your things down first. Ye Qingchen picked up the last cup of tea and handed it over, "You can also have a cup of tea, you haven't had time to drink this jade tea yet." ”
Ye Qingyan nodded with a smile, put the tea picked by Xue Hanjiang on the counter, took the teacup, sat down on the side, and slowly tasted the tea.
Xue Hanjiang came back to his senses after a while, put down the teacup gently, and sighed: "Sure enough, it's a good tea that needs to be savored!"
"Snow Boy, how about this jade tea?" Ye Qingchen asked with a smile.
Xue Hanjiang praised: "This jade tea is really good tea. ”
"Let's try this again. Ye Qingchen took another set of tea sets, picked up another tea box and introduced to Xue Hanjiang: "This is the red maple tea produced in the west of the Yan Dynasty. At first, she took a small amount from the tea box with a teaspoon and put it on top of the tea lotus.
Ye Qingchen put the tea lotus in front of Xue Hanjiang, and Xue Hanjiang carefully observed. This tea has a round shape, smooth and compact appearance, and the color is blue-black, oily and shiny. It smells very light, with a faint strange smell.
Next, Ye Qingchen did not follow the previous tea-making method, but directly divided the tea leaves in the tea lotus into three equal parts, put them into three white porcelain teacups, and brewed them directly with hot water.
When Ye Qingchen brewed the tea and put it in front of Xue Hanjiang, Xue Hanjiang was surprised to find that the tea soup was pale red, but the tea leaves were like autumn maple leaves, floating in the teacup.
"This red maple tea not only has a unique taste, but also has a unique taste, so it is brewed like this. Ye Qingchen explained.
Xue Hanjiang was also amazed, picked up the teacup, and took a sip. This red maple tea leaves smell very light, but after brewing, there is a soft warmth in the mouth, and the tea flavor is strong. If the tea is compared to a woman, then the jade tea just now is a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world, and this red maple tea is like a beautiful woman who is about to get married.
"Sister, this jade tea is bright in color and sweet in the mouth, it is indeed a rare good tea. Ye Qingyan finished tasting the jade tea at this time and praised.
"Try this red maple tea again. Ye Qingchen handed her another cup of red maple tea and said.
Ye Qingyan took the teacup, looked at the teacup, and also showed a look of surprise, and said to Ye Qingchen: "Sister, this red maple tea is really interesting." She put the teacup down, took the kettle and poured a cup of hot water, blew it gently, then took a sip, rinsed her mouth carefully, and spit it out before picking up the teacup and tasting it.
"This tea has a mellow taste and is full of warmth, and it is really a pleasure to drink this tea in this winter. Xue Hanjiang took a long breath of hot air after drinking this cup of tea, and couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing that he was very satisfied, Ye Qingchen also laughed, and took another set of tea sets.
This third tea is called Yunwu tea, which is even more peculiar than the previous two teas. This tea leaves look ordinary, and the color of the tea soup is also light green, which is not unusual. But the best thing about this tea is that when the tea is hot, the white mist does not disperse, and it is like a cloud on the teacup, and the cloud pine tea is not too much. And the taste of this tea is also good, there is a unique refreshing atmosphere, which makes people feel refreshed and swept away tired.
Xue Hanjiang couldn't help but sigh, this time I came to this thousand tea workshops, but I really gained a lot of knowledge.
"Snow Boy, do you like these three new teas?" Ye Qingchen said with a smile.
Xue Hanjiang nodded and said, "These three kinds of tea are all treasures in tea, and I naturally like them, but I don't know the price?"
Ye Qingchen said to Xue Hanjiang: "These three kinds of tea are all shipped from the Yan Dynasty, and they are the best teas, so the price is naturally not too cheap." This jade tea and red maple tea are both ten gold a box, and this cloud dragon mist tea costs twenty gold a box. ”
Xue Hanjiang is not too surprised, after all, the cloud pine tea collected by Uncle Xu is also worth a lot of money, but it is not much. He was now a cultivator, and ordinary gold and silver were of little use to cultivators. However, after all, this experience will have to stay in Xuandu for three years, and Xue Hanjiang deliberately changed a lot of gold and silver in Shushan Xuehai and stored it in the Qingyun Ring.
"Shopkeeper Ye, I want three catties of each of these three teas. Xue Hanjiang smiled at Ye Qingchen and said, "How many silver taels does it cost to add up to the previous tea?"
Ye Qingchen and Ye Qingyan were both shocked, Ye Qingyan almost squirted out the tea soup, they really didn't expect this young man to be so rich.
"Xue Gongzi, you're not joking, are you?" Ye Qingchen settled down, she couldn't understand this young man anymore. When the teahouse Lao Xu was here, the tea leaves he bought from them a year were only a few hundred taels, and they were only a few dozen taels of gold. According to this young man, he only came for a few months, but he was afraid that his business was worse than Lao Xu's, how could he have so much money to buy tea.
Ye Qingyan also looked incredulous, and sneered: "This is gold, not silver." ”
"Light smoke, don't be unreasonable!" Ye Qingchen saw his sister like this, and immediately reprimanded angrily.
Xue Hanjiang shrugged his shoulders, reached into his sleeve pocket, took out a finger-sized gold bar from the green jade ring, put it on the table, and said helplessly: "This should be enough." ”
"Sister, this is almost fifty taels!" Ye Qingyan picked up the gold bar and weighed it.
Ye Qingchen glared at Ye Qingyan fiercely, feeling very helpless, it was because her father and mother were too spoiled back then, this girl always spoke lightly, and she didn't know how to marry in the future. She said to Xue Hanjiang: "My sister really doesn't know how to speak, Boss Xue, please don't mind." ”
"It's okay, I don't mind. "Xue Hanjiang doesn't care, after all, as the owner of a small teahouse, he is dressed so ordinarily, no one would expect him to be so generous.
Ye Qingchen smiled at Xue Hanjiang and said: "Xue Gongzi, these three boxes of Yan Dynasty treasures have a total of fifty taels of gold, and I will take the tea you bought before as an apology to Xue Gongzi for my ignorant sister." ”
Xue Hanjiang was stunned, this Ye Qingchen was so generous, he didn't expect it, and hurriedly said, "Shopkeeper Ye doesn't have to be like this. ”
Ye Qingyan also exclaimed: "Sister, the tea he bought costs dozens of taels of silver!"
"Qingyan, don't shut up yet!" Ye Qingchen was really angry at this time, and his tone became heavy.
Ye Qingyan saw that her sister was indeed angry, so she suddenly calmed down, lowered her head and stopped talking.
Ye Qingchen looked at Xue Hanjiang again, his face softened, and he said softly: "The first time Xue Gongzi came to us to buy tea, he wanted to give you a discount." My sister is open-mouthed, and I have no way to discipline her, half of this tea is a discount, and half is an apology, you must not refuse. ”
"Then it's disrespectful. Xue Hanjiang saw that her tone was sincere and resolute, so she no longer shirked.
Ye Qingchen asked Ye Qingyan to go to the back room to get three new boxes of tea leaves, wrap them for Xue Hanjiang, and even wrap the rest of the tea leaves in coarse paper for him to carry.
Xue Hanjiang said goodbye to Ye Qingchen at the counter, and was about to go out with tea, but saw several more fierce-looking men coming in from the door, led by a tall man with a thick face and a meaty face, and said viciously: "Shopkeeper Ye, if you don't pay the protection fee today, don't blame our Golden Snake Gang for being polite!"
"You scoundrels! We Thousand Tea Shops have been in this Dongcheng for so many years, and we have never heard of a protection fee! You still dare to come over, don't you be afraid that we will report to the official!" Ye Qingyan jumped up when he saw these people and shouted.
"Little girl, are you looking for death!" the big man looked angry and threatened: "If you report to the official, I will help the people to come to your teahouse every day to drink tea, I'm afraid your business will not be able to continue!"
"You!" Ye Qingyan glared at the big man, but he didn't dare to shout again.
Ye Qingchen frowned, and said to the big man: "This eldest brother of the Golden Snake Gang, your Golden Snake Gang has collected protection fees from my Thousand Tea Workshop for so many years, and I don't know why you have to collect it recently. ”
"Take it, take it, what nonsense!" The big man was a little impatient, and when he saw Xue Hanjiang in front of the counter, he saw him looking at himself, and shouted to him: "Look at it, don't get out of here!"
Xue Hanjiang had a smile on his face and said to the big man, "You said let me go?"
"Can't you fucking understand human words!" the big man pointed at Xue Hanjiang, his face was unhappy, and his mouth continued to foul language.
"Snow boy, you go quickly! This matter has nothing to do with you. Ye Qingchen said softly to Xue Hanjiang.
Xue Hanjiang smiled at her, turned his head to look at the big man, and said coldly: "If you apologize now, it's still too late." ”
"Hahaha, this little rabbit cub actually made us apologize!" The leader couldn't help laughing, and several big men behind him also laughed.
"Why are you bothered!" Xue Hanjiang didn't finish speaking, his body moved forward, and he kicked the big man away with a flying kick, crashed into the big men behind him, and flew out together, landing on the snow and rolling a few times.