After only ten steps, Chen Mu paused and looked back: "What's wrong?"
At this moment, Li Dai felt suddenly. She didn't know why, but the difference between the person in front of her yesterday and today was so big. At this moment, she felt that this person was as indifferent as water.
She was one of the top oirans. Even if she was kidnapped by Zhou Qing yesterday, she was not surprised. But now this man...is he really not attracted by her beauty?
Those obscene actions yesterday were just to tease yourself?
Li Dai walked forward quickly and said: "I know that little brother is not a bad person. I think you have saved me twice. Can you come in and have a couple of cups of tea to chat?"
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When they arrived in the lobby, Li Dai poured a cup of tea for Chen Mu. From his actions, it could be seen that this current Fenglou courtesan was very good at tea ceremony. Both the tea sets and the tea leaves were of the highest quality. It was slightly bitter in the mouth, and then she only felt a lingering sensation on her lips and teeth.
fragrant.
The reason why I came into the house to drink this cup of tea was more out of curiosity. Why did Li Dai, a courtesan surrounded by thousands of people, a woman who could spend three hundred taels of gold to buy paintings, set up a tea stall on the street?
Seeing Chen Mu asking this question, Li Dai stroked her hair and said with a smile: "I redeemed myself a few months ago. Please don't call me an oiran. Now, I am a woman from a good family."
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Chen Mu frowned: "If you're not an oiran...then why are you spending money to buy me...my master's poems and paintings?"
It's three hundred taels of gold. I really can't figure out why a woman who has no intention of competing for the top spot would buy those words and paintings?
Li Dai walked slowly into the inner room, then took out the love words, unfolded them carefully, and hung them in the center of the lobby. With tender eyes, she touched the traces on the painting with her delicate hands, thinking deeply in her heart.
"Buying it has nothing to do with romance. I like the poems written by your master very much. Besides... I just want to spend the money I earned in the brothel and buy it for joy."
"You used all your belongings to buy a painting, you..."
Li Dai glanced at Chen Mu and said, "I hate the name prostitute. Compared with the three hundred taels of gold, I feel that the hundred yuan earned from the tea stall every day is more important.
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Hearing this, Chen Mu couldn't help but admire her. If a beautiful woman like her really wanted to marry into a rich family, I'm afraid all the children of aristocratic families in the capital would line up to welcome her.
It is really rare to see a woman who can think of relying on herself and not relying on others.
The cup of tea was quickly finished. Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Mu didn't want to stay any longer.
But when he went out and saw Li Dai's tea stall, Chen Mu's heart lit up.
In this era, there are only a few types of tea. If we could make all kinds of fruit tea and milk tea from the previous life, wouldn’t the beverage problem of Muhelou be solved?
Li Dai looked at Chen Mu looking at the tea stall and saw that she was fascinated, so she asked with a smile: "If you like tea, I will give you some more."
Chen Mu turned to look at Li Dai: "Didn't you just say that the tea stall business was not doing well? I have a strange method of making tea here, which will surely make your business popular."
"What?"
Li Dai looked suspicious. Looking at this young man dressed as a servant, he really didn't look like someone who had studied the tea ceremony. The tea ceremony was an extremely elegant culture and it was impossible for ordinary people to have access to it except for prostitutes like them.
But after hearing Chen Mu's muttering, Li Dai became even more suspicious.
"Boil milk with tea leaves...and put various fruits in it. Will this taste good?"
"Don't worry, you'll know after you try it tonight. I'll come back to you tomorrow."
This was also the first time Li Dai had heard that tea could be mixed with milk, but just because it was strange, she was eager to try it.
With a quick flash of his eyes, he saw that the man was already walking away.
Li Dai stood on the steps and called out: "My servant, what is your name?"
Chen Mu did not turn around, but just waved his hand and said, "Sister, just call me Xiaobai."
Upon hearing this, Li Dai couldn't help but smile: "Xiao Bai, the dog in my hometown seems to have the same name..."
During this time, Chuanzi and Zhang Bowen have been busy in the bookstore, and Yanzhi is even more busy. She got up early and walked to Cuihua Building.
Everyone was busy, but Chen Mu had a lot of free time. He paid a private visit in Muhe Building incognito until noon, and then he couldn't help but run to Li Dai's place to see how the milk tea was going.
As soon as they arrived outside Li Dai's door, Chen Mu could smell the smell of tea mixed with milk, and could see a curl of smoke rising from the courtyard. When he entered the courtyard, he immediately saw Li Dai setting a pot in the courtyard, and she was holding it.
Hold a rolling pin and keep stirring.
"How's the milk tea going?"
Li Dai looked extremely surprised and said: "Xiao Bai, you are really a genius. The taste of this milk tea is really unique. Now I am trying to add other things to it to see if I can sublimate the taste."
Li Dai loves tea. Ever since she made milk tea last night, she felt like she had discovered a new world. Only then did she realize that tea can be made in this way. She started adding mint, flowers, fruits, etc. to it early this morning, and kept experimenting.
Seeing that Li Dai was in high spirits, Chen Mu smiled and went to the entrance of the courtyard to sit down and wait.
After waiting like this for more than half an hour, I saw that slim figure approaching the house.
But she pursed her lips and smiled and said, "Try it, how does it taste?"
Chen Mu took the porcelain bowl and took just one sip. His eyes suddenly lit up: "You are a woman who can do it."
Li Dai smiled playfully: "I just sublimated Xiaobai's idea a little bit, no, I think I have to show it today."
After saying that, I saw her dragging the stall cart to the door again.
"Milk tea, very delicious milk tea..."
"The milk tea is delicious, come and take a look..."
At the beginning, Li Dai was still full of ambition, thinking that for such a delicious milk tea, people would definitely queue up to buy it.
But after more than two hours, not a single cup was sold. Even if there were customers, they would not choose this liquid that looked like half a bag of arsenic.
At this point, his expression couldn't help but show a look of disappointment. He glanced at Chen Mu beside him. He was painting there with a leisurely look, but the content of the painting was a male dog lying on the ground by the river.
Scene on the back of a female dog.
Li Dai was already irritable, so she took advantage of this to get angry: "Why are those paintings painted by King Shuchuan so artistic? What about you...can you stop being so obscene?"
Chen Mu was not angry but smiled: "If you can look beyond the appearance and see the essence, you will find that we are actually an extremely noble person. Didn't my master also write about Jin Ping Mei? How can I say this?"
"I'm too lazy to be poor like you. Although this milk tea is delicious, no one is buying it right now. It's a pity that such a good thing is available."
Li Dai's loneliness was reflected in Chen Mu's eyes. After a moment, he replied with a smile: "How about this? I'll draw a picture for you, and then give you a poem, and we can use it as a sign."
Li Dai chuckled: "Xiao Bai, do you think you are your master, the King of Shuchuan? You are like a cat and a tiger, but you are like a dog."
"You don't believe it? Then let's make a bet."
"What to bet on?"
Chen Mu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "If your stall suddenly becomes prosperous tomorrow, how about you let me kiss you?"