"Want to make tea?" Li Xu was secretly surprised. Ever since he entered the tent, every move of the beautiful young woman gave him a very comfortable feeling. If the two girls were compared to the lake on the grassland, this beautiful woman in front of him
The beautiful young woman is like a bamboo shoot in the south of the Yangtze River. Her every move and gesture can be summed up in eight words: "Elegant and graceful, with countless manners." (Note 5)
The beautiful young woman turned around and smiled a little apologetically at the guest to show him to wait a moment. Then she turned her attention to the copper pot. When the sound of water in the pot became louder, she opened the lid and used another silver spoon.
Skim off the fine foam on the water. Then, cover the copper kettle again.
After a moment, the water in the pot boiled with a sound like falling beads. The beautiful young woman opened the lid of the pot again, but this time she did not skim the water. Instead, she scooped out two tablespoons of boiling water with a large copper spoon and poured it into the prepared pot.
In the bowl. Then, use a bamboo tong to gently stir the water. While stirring, use a silver spoon to scoop out some tea powder as fine as broken rice from another azure porcelain bottle, and slowly drop it into the boiling water.
At this time, the aroma of tea was already overflowing in the felt bag, and they were already drunk without having to drink it. The two girls from the Xi tribe had never seen someone handle a pot of tea so patiently. Their eyes widened and their mouths were half-open.
Round.
The beautiful woman was completely unaware of the young girl's amazement. She concentrated on stirring the tea. When the tea became "turbulent", she stopped stirring, added the two tablespoons of water that she had scooped out earlier, and covered it with water.
A good copper kettle lid will soften the charcoal fire and enhance the flavor of the tea.
When the water in the pot made a faint sound of bubbles again, the young woman slowly stood up, picked up the copper pot, poured half of it into the thin porcelain cup in front of each guest, and then poured half of the cup for herself, and gently poured the copper pot into the pot.
Put down the pot and hold the cup between your eyebrows to invite him.
Without saying a word, the four young men raised their cups and returned the favor at the same time. Making tea in this way was no longer enough to quench their thirst. Except for Xu Dayan, a son of a wealthy family who had been cultivated by his family as a hope since childhood, the four young people present, the other three
I just mechanically raised the cup as the woman sipped and asked for tea, and straightened my waist as the woman lowered the cup. I felt that every movement of the other party contained rhythm, and was as beautiful as her arms expressing themselves in the wind. I completely forgot about it.
Come and taste the taste of tea in your mouth!
Fortunately for the girl in the blue shirt, she has always admired the young woman very much. No matter what noble and charming behavior the other party does, she feels that it is appropriate. The girl in the yellow shirt feels both envy and admiration in her heart, and there is also a hint of jealousy.
. She had been taken care of by him since she was a child. Two or three years ago, she also worshiped Aunt Qing as much as her younger sister. When she got older and understood some things in the world, she slowly began to feel resentful for her biological mother.
There are only a few men in the tribes of the Xi tribe, so a man can marry several wives at the same time. As the head of a clan, his father could not have a group of wives and concubines like the Turkic prince, and he once had more than ten wives behind him. Among the many wives, including
Including the mothers of the two girls, some were older or younger than Aunt Qing, but no one was as favored as Aunt Qing.
The woman in yellow shirt usually only thinks that Han women are different from grassland women. They bloom later, so their appearance is preserved for a long time. Today, I saw the tea art that I had never seen before, and I just felt that if I were a man, I must treat Aunt Qing.
He held her in his arms and protected her, not daring to let her be wronged in the slightest. As a woman, I had this thought in my heart, not to mention my father, a hero on the grassland.
Therefore, the woman in yellow shirt secretly vowed to learn this tea-making technique from Aunt Qing in the future. In this way, after she marries the chief of a nearby tribe, no matter how old she is in the future, no one can take her husband away from her.
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"This woman will definitely not be born in a prostitute! No brothel can cultivate such a temperament!" Xu Dayan secretly sighed as he peeked at the wandering looks of several of his companions. After the two Jin Dynasties, the Han family traveled south in clothes and took them away.
A large amount of northern wealth also swept to the south the books, music, etiquette and customs accumulated over hundreds of years since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The nobles of the two Jin Dynasties were most particular about freedom and ease, and the way of drinking tea had long been formed with the condensation of the wealthy families.
A complete set of procedures and actions. The beautiful young woman made tea with her own hands according to the way of Chinese hospitality. Only the last process was shown to the public. There were four other processes of roasting, cooling, pounding and sifting that were not shown to anyone.
If the whole set is completed, and the copper pot is replaced with a thin white pottery pot, it is estimated that within half a month, no one will look at the crudely brewed milk tea in the big copper pot, even if the copper pot contains the most expensive
of tea cakes.
But the woman's demonstration of tea art in front of everyone was not to show off. It was purely because she had been influenced by it since she was a child and believed that it should be used to entertain distinguished guests. Therefore, no matter what she did, bystanders such as Li Xu, E Ru, and Tao
The three of them, Kuo Tuosi, all felt friendly and natural. But looking at Xu's big eyes, they strengthened their assumptions.
The copper pot was not big to begin with, but it was full of water in just a moment. The modest words of the woman surnamed Chen meant that she was not well-prepared and did not mean to neglect the distant guests. However, Xu and Li were treated with such great courtesy.
How can I feel any guilt at all, and thank you repeatedly, until my arms start to feel sore, before I finish thanking him.
The girl in the blue shirt changed her usual impatience and made an exception by not urging Aunt Qing to measure clothes for herself and her sister earlier. It was not until the beautiful woman removed the tea set and got a ruler and string that she stood up as if she had woken up from a dream and lowered her head.
Sheng asked Li Xu: "You, do you people in the Central Plains drink tea like this on weekdays? It's so beautiful, like dancing, making people intoxicated without even realizing it!"
"Ping, I rarely drink tea. I just like to drink!" Li Xu started to stutter again. He wanted to tell the truth that this was the first time he drank tea like this, but he was afraid that it would make the beautiful lady feel disgraced. He had no choice but to tell the truth.
He gave the girl a plausible answer.
The behavior of the beautiful woman made Li Xu feel a little ashamed. He felt that he and the woman were both Han Chinese, just like iron and jade. As everyone knew, the royal family of the Sui Dynasty carried Xianbei blood, from king to king.
The behavior of the courtiers tended to be rough and bold. This way of drinking tea among wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River was not only uncommon in the homes of ordinary people in the north, but even in the homes of Yang Su, Yu Wenhua and other high officials, it might not be so elegant and attractive.
"Yes, I forgot that you are an alcoholic!" the girl in blue shirt said loudly. Li Xu's feat of drinking several bags of horse wine in one night has long been spread throughout the tribe, and almost everyone knows that he has a wolf as his companion.
This boy from the Central Plains has a great drinking capacity. Even the strongest hunter in the tribe cannot beat him when it comes to drinking.
Li Xu smiled and did not dare to answer. Getting drunk after being so surprised that night was the most embarrassing thing in his life. Especially when he ran away while a girl was sleeping, he felt extremely ashamed every time he thought about it.
It is a common mentality for girls to lose their limelight in front of others and find someone weaker than themselves to equalize. The girl in blue shirt did not realize that she was bullying others. She frowned slightly and continued to ridicule: "After drinking, I still
He can’t walk and his body is heavier than a dead camel!”
Li Xu's face turned red to his ears again. Only then did he realize that it was the girl who helped him back to the tent that day. In this way, wouldn't his behavior that night be even more excessive? According to Zhang San and others in the past few days,
According to the details gathered from people’s mouths, if a barbarian woman sneaks into your tent at night and you don’t do anything, they will not only not blame you, but also show respect to you. But whether those who run away can win respect, no one in the past
He had done this before, so Zhang Laosan and others didn't know.
"Wine is the companion of a hero, and it is good to drink it. If the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove had no wine, they would not have written such wonderful articles!" The beautiful woman said with a smile, and came to Li Xu's rescue.
The girl in blue shirt didn't know who the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest were. Seeing Aunt Qing speaking for Li Xu, she decided that the Seven Sages were all great heroes among the Han people. She glared at him fiercely and stopped looking for trouble.
The beautiful young woman had gone through many hardships and had a very clear understanding of the thoughts of these young people. She smiled kindly and asked Li Xu and Xu Dayan to sit quietly for a while. Then she took the two girls to another tent nearby to measure their clothes.
After a while, the three women walked back talking and laughing, as close to each other as sisters.
Xu Dayan and Li Xu went out to carry the Sichuan brocade into a felt bag and cut six pieces according to the young woman's instructions. Each of the three women had two pieces, no one had less than the others. When the two girls started to pay the bill with silver bells,
Aunt Qing's eyes widened in surprise, and she couldn't help but ask: "Is Sichuan brocade very expensive in the Central Plains? It was so exhausted under the Sui Dynasty?"
"No, it's not very expensive!" Li Xu was as ashamed as if he had been caught red-handed. His original intention was to give the three women half the price. Before he could say anything, he was blocked by two girls. Now.
I already have the silver bell in my hand and it’s too late to change the price.
"Ha, it turns out that you live in a rare place!" The girl in blue shirt finally used a Central Plains idiom correctly and shouted to Li Xu with wide eyes: "Aunt Qing also said that you are a gentleman, but it turns out that you are only honest on the surface. She said, you have made us money.
Double or triple the benefits? Do you always plan to make money like this?"
Not only Li Xu, but also Xu Dayan's face turned red to the heels. Taking advantage of the people's ignorance of the price of Shu brocade to exchange for silver, this idea came entirely from his own hand. According to the price comparison between silver and copper coins in the Central Plains, he and Li
Xu's profit from the Shu brocade sold was more than ten times. The girl regarded the person who tripled the price as a villain. If she knew that the two people in front of her had made so much, wouldn't she have pinched Li Xu to death on the spot?
Xu Da took a step forward with a red face. He was about to stand up and blame all the mistakes on one person, but he saw Aunt Qing gently tap the forehead of the girl in blue shirt, and said with a smile: "They came all the way here.
There will be extreme hardships and dangers along the way. Let alone making twice as much, even if you make ten times, you still deserve the income. If you don’t make money by doing business, why would you come to our tribe?"
Hearing this, the two teenagers breathed a sigh of relief as if they had been pardoned, and cast grateful eyes on Aunt Qing. But the beautiful young woman smiled apologetically at them, as if admitting that her talk had caused them trouble. Then she opened the door.
From a small cabinet inside the felt bag, several silver bells were taken out one by one, and the Shu brocade was paid at the same price as the girl.
"No, not so much?" Li Xu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said sincerely. The most important thing in a person is contentment. It was his first time to go out of the country. Although he suffered some hardships on the way, the harvest was more than ten times what he expected.
This result already made him very satisfied, and he did not want to leave the impression of greed on the women in front of him. (To be continued)
