"Your Majesty, you are polite."

A middle-aged man came over, with a rather handsome face, dressed as an elegant gentleman. After respectfully bowing to Song Xuan, he sat down on the other side.

The waiter brought a complicated tea set.

The tea in this shop is not boiled and brewed before being served. Instead, a dedicated person comes to the table to boil and brew the tea for you. This is a sign of confidence in one's own craftsmanship, which can give you a different experience in the process.

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This tea should be the best tea in Anleguan, and the shop owner, who is quite famous as a gentleman, came to brew it for them personally.

"This is your first time, guest sir."

“First time here.”

"Not from Changjing?"

"I'm from Yizhou, and I just came to Changjing not long ago."

"Yizhou also produces tea."

"Yes, it produces tea, and the tea-horse trade market is over there."

The shopkeeper behaved elegantly and did everything in a leisurely manner. He first took out the tea from the tea can, put in the tea bag, and smashed it with a mallet while chatting quietly with the customer: "This tea is homemade in our shop, but in the beginning it was considered

It was made in Yangzhou. When my father was young, he was visiting Yangzhou. Once he passed by a place and randomly found a shop to eat. The shopkeeper gave him a cup of tea as a gift. Unexpectedly, the food was ordinary, but this cup of tea made my father also like it.

I was surprised. When I asked the shopkeeper, he only said it was a local camellia. After several inquiries, my father finally got the tea and then made Qingzhushang."

"Very lucky."

The Taoist nodded and replied.

I don’t know if it’s true or not, but it’s a common technique. Things and people are often made up with stories to embellish, but sometimes there’s no need to distinguish the true from the false.

The shopkeeper put the crushed tea leaves into the tea bowl, and still took his time to grind them back and forth into powder. He then sifted them through a fine sieve again, and what came out was fine tea powder.

Sanhua Empress didn't blink, sometimes she stared at the shopkeeper's movements, as if she wanted to see what it was that cost her so much money, and sometimes she looked up at the shopkeeper, as if to divert her emotions from the tea.

When it came to the tea shop owner, he looked indifferent and just did his own thing, ignoring her gaze.

The green tea powder was put into the bottom of the bowl. It happened to be almost right, and the water on the small stove next to it started to boil.

The shopkeeper removed it and put it back when the water stopped steaming.

Then repeat again.

"This is a mountain spring collected from Changshan Mountain. It is sweet and delicious, and is most suitable for making tea." The shopkeeper raised his head and said to him with a smile, "But if you want to use it to make tea, it is best after three rounds of rolling."

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“The owner is very particular.”

"That's the word for tea ceremony."

"The mountains are so far away."

"It's far away, so it's precious."

"I heard that the old shop owner is also very knowledgeable in tea ceremony?"

"But the world praises you."

Even though the shopkeeper said this, he was obviously very helpful.

First, add some water to the bottom of the bowl and mix the fine tea powder into a paste. Then flush the water from a high place to make it float. At this time, there will be a strong and pleasant fragrance of tea.

This is not enough, we have to paint on this white floating green.

The shopkeeper painted carefully and the Taoist did not dare to disturb him.

Even the little girl couldn't take her eyes off it.

After a while, there was a picture of a bamboo forest on the surface of the tea in the bowl. Although it was drawn with simple lines, it was very vivid.

The other bowl was prepared in the same way.

"Please enjoy."

The shopkeeper stood up, bowed, and left in small steps.

But when he was leaving, he turned around again and glanced at Sanhua Empress who was sitting opposite Song You. However, he didn't expect the Taoist to also turn his head and look at him. In his haste, he inevitably panicked and smiled.

Just left.

"Miss Sanhua, please have some tea."

"Why not use Sanhua Empress's own bowl?"

"Sanhua Empress, please do as you please."

"oh……"

The little girl carefully picked up the tea bowl and raised it very high. The rim of the bowl was almost at eye level. She opened her eyes wide and stared at the painted flowers still swaying with the water on the tea surface without blinking. She didn't know what she was thinking.

"Miss Sanhua, please don't spill it."

"Will not!"

"Don't burn yourself."

"No way!"

"I feel so too……"

The Taoist nodded and took a sip of tea.

Sure enough, the tea has a pleasant aroma and is refreshing in the mouth.

Although the tea made this way is still quite different from the clear tea of ​​the previous life, it is relatively close. At least this bowl of tea does not have a bunch of ingredients like decocted tea, and it has a relatively simple tea flavor.

Unfortunately, the method of ordering tea has not yet become popular all over the country. Along the way, most areas still rely on making tea.

"Yoo yo..."

There was a strange sound in front of me.

He looked up and saw that the little girl sitting opposite him imitated him and took a sip. However, firstly, she took out the bowl later, and secondly, her tongue was more sensitive than humans. In short, she did not expect the temperature of the tea soup.

It was so hot that I breathed into my mouth. The tea soup was blown around in my mouth countless times, but I couldn't bear to spit it out.

"Goo!"

Finally swallowed it.

The Taoist looked at her and said, "How is it?"

"hot!"

"What is the taste?"

"have no idea."

"Eat a piece of dried meat." The Taoist pushed the dried meat on the table to her, "Drink it after it cools down."

"oh……"

The little girl picked up the dried meat.

The Taoist also made a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

Don't dare to use force when pinching the pastry. It will disintegrate in your mouth. When eating, you have to spread it with one hand. When you put it in your mouth, you don't feel how delicious it is. You can add another sip of tea to get the aroma of tea and pastry crumbs.

Mixed together, it becomes a very gentle taste in the mouth, full of pastry aroma and tea aroma, filling every gap between the teeth.

After a while, the tea gradually became warm.

Seeing that Song You was drinking with gusto, Sanhua Empress finally picked up the tea bowl, stepped forward and took a sip.

He also imitated the person next to him and smacked his mouth, saying:

"Ah~"

This time it tasted better.

However, what he got in return was a frown on his face and a twinkling in his eyes, as if he was doubting himself.

Putting the tea bowl back on the table, he turned around and stared blankly at the Taoist beside him. Seeing that the Taoist was still intoxicated, the suspicion in his eyes suddenly became more intense. He thought it was his fault, so he picked up the tea bowl.

"Tsk~ah

"?"

Looking at the person next to him again, the look of suspicion on his face became even stronger, and he couldn't help but get closer to him again.

The Taoist pretended not to see her movements.

The morning light is just right outside.

Song You turned around and glanced from time to time. The shopkeeper went to another table, chatting and laughing with a group of familiar scholars, showing off his tea skills.

Sanhua Empress held the tea bowl in her two little hands. She wanted to drink but didn't want to drink. She turned her head to follow his gaze and whispered:

"That person is a bit weird."
To be continued...