This was the first thing Mr. Peng Li said after seeing Yun Zheng. Han Niu quickly and timidly took a few strips of bacon wrapped in red silk and asked the old man to take a look.
Mr. Peng Li smelled it and was very satisfied. He immediately asked the old servant to cook it. Afterwards, he saw that Yun Zheng was a little dazed, so he patted Yun Zheng on the shoulder and said: "The right time and the right apprenticeship ceremony are enough."
Yes, I'll accept this bastard of yours. I heard that you are a very good tea maker. I've been coveting it for a long time. Please cook it quickly."
Yun Zheng immediately laughed. This teacher is the right one. A great scholar like him does not pay attention to superficial things. The old man looks kind, speaks softly, and has a cheerful name. Such a good teacher, if
If you don't flatter yourself enough, then you are wasting your natural resources and not knowing what is good or bad.
Let the little novice Huiguo take the bacon, Yun Er, and Han Niu to play in the temple. He personally unloaded the red clay stove and the tea tray from the bullock cart. This tea tray was made of precious mahogany. The lame man took half a month to carve it.
, it took another half a month of polishing, and then it took shape. There was a set of white tea sets inside. The objects alone were different from the tea sets used by the nobles of the Song Dynasty.
He took a piece of red-hot charcoal from the brazier and threw it into the small stove, then threw in two dried pine cones. The flames started to rise in a moment. Yun Zheng took the silver pot, added water, and put the silver pot on the stove.
He said to Mr. Peng Li: "This pot should be made of colored glaze, so that you can see the water splash after boiling. Different teas will taste better with different starting points. It's a pity that there are no glaze craftsmen in Shu."
I couldn't make a kettle like that, so I had to use a silver kettle instead, which disappointed me."
Wugou sat there and laughed and said: "You can brag. The monk has never seen a glazed pot. Do you think Mr. Peng Li has never seen it either? He has been a guest in the wealthy family for more than two years and is well-informed.
You can't fool him."
Yun Zheng smiled and said nothing, but patiently washed the tea set with freshly boiled water. After cleaning, he took out a spoonful of tea leaves from the bamboo pot with a wooden spoon, put it into a large tea bowl, poured a little boiling water to smother it.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he said to Mr. Peng Li: "Everyone in the world makes steamed tea or roasted tea, but only students use roasted tea. The knowledge here is very deep, and the students only learn a few superficial things, which makes the gentleman laugh."
Peng Li smiled and said: "There are only two results if you do things in an ingenious way, one is wonderful, the other is vulgar. Since Wugou and Xiaolin both praised your tea art, I am full of hope. Now,
The word "clean" in the art of making tea is absolutely perfect.
I heard that your tea has no aftertaste of spices, nor the rich taste of onion and ginger, but only the flavor of tea. I am thirsty to see it."
Yun Zheng smiled but did not answer. Seeing that the aroma was gone, he picked up the silver pot again and filled the big tea bowl, covered the tea bowl with the lid, poured the bright yellow tea into the tea cup, and invited Mr. Wugou and Peng Li to have tea.
It can be regarded as a tea to honor teachers.
Just smelling the aroma of tea made Mr. Peng Li's eyes light up. He twirled the tea cup with two fingers. There was only enough tea in it for one sip. He took a sip and thought carefully. After a while, he drank the rest of the tea in one gulp.
Wugou looked at Peng Li with a smile and said nothing, but kept drinking tea. The quality of the tea was not good, and it was already bland and tasteless after three brews.
Seeing Yunzheng starting to put out the fire, Mr. Peng Li arrived and said: "This is a gentleman's tea. It has the style of Yan Hui. It is bitter at first and then sweet. It has a long aftertaste. It is not stained by the worldly dust, does not add prosperity, and only retains the fragrance of green wood."
It’s really amazing.”
Wugou laughed and said: "Is this money worth it? When you encounter difficulties, you can help them deal with them. When you have nothing to do, you can accompany you to swim under the spring forest. When you are fighting for fame and fortune, you can show off. If you don't have money,
I can still get a few pennies to use when I'm young, but it's a pity that he doesn't want to be a monk, otherwise there would be an opportunity for you."
"What good people can be taught by a meat-and-wine monk? Don't mislead your disciples. Yun Zheng, let me ask you three things. You must answer them carefully."
Seeing Mr. Peng Li's solemnity, Yun Zheng straightened his clothes and bowed his hands solemnly, saying: "Sir, just ask, I will tell you everything I know."
"A word of faith is not beautiful, and a good word is not believed. A person who knows is not knowledgeable, and a person who is knowledgeable does not know. A good person does not argue, and a person who debates is not good. Can you hold on to it?"
Yun Zheng did not expect that Mr. Peng Li's first request was to be a person who could listen to honest advice and be able to distinguish between good and evil words. This must be done, so he immediately replied loudly: "Be able to uphold it!"
Peng Li nodded and said "Shan", and then asked: "The way of Heaven is to benefit but not to harm; the way of the sage is to do things without fighting. Do you know?"
There is no problem with this at all. It is just that you have to learn from nature and only do good things and not do bad things. But you need to know how to do good things. Yun Zheng handed over his hands and said: "Can know" and added a sentence in his heart, as long as others don't
Mess with me.
"Since you can abide by the first two rules, I am not too demanding. Today, your tea has ruined my literary spirit. I will ask you about the third question when you leave the school. Come to me on the fifth day of April next year.
Jinjiang Academy, you should not postpone your studies in the Bo Xueyuan. If you can make further progress, you can go to the Trial Court to study the classics and history. Think carefully and discern clearly. After you leave the Second Hall, you will naturally have a dedicated path to help you rise to the top. Do you know?"
Yun Zheng was overjoyed. He had truly entered the community of scholars. As long as he was promoted to Level 4, he could take the big exam. It was simple. Four years later, according to his body's age, he would be eighteen years old, and he would be in his golden years to go to Tokyo.
Liang Cheng tried to see if he could do the roll call at Donghua Gate.
After the ceremony, he really became someone's slave, so he could only stand and wait while he and Monk Wugou drank wine and ate meat. Wugou took revenge and sent Yunzheng around.
Delicious delicacies from the Yun family were served like water. Peng Li and Wugou were eating with their mouths full of oil. Wugou, who was obviously drunk, pointed at Yunzheng and said to Peng Li: "How? The monk lied to you.
Isn't it enough to repay the unveiling of the invitation letter in 1956? This is the saying that it is better to eat a good peach than a basket of rotten apricots. This boy's art of changing teeth is also exquisite.
, and he has many secrets, which you can slowly discover, and you will be constantly surprised."
Mr. Peng Li did not lose his composure. He looked at Yun Zheng and said: "Speaking of literary fortune, no great talent has emerged in Shu in recent years. If you have this opportunity, I will send you to the elite no matter how hard I try.
"
Seeing that the old man was a little sad, Yun Zheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Without literary luck? That guy Su Shi is about to emerge from the sky like the sun and shine on Asia for a thousand years. Who do you think he is in front of him?"
Seeing that the old man was almost drunk and leaning precariously on the porcelain pillow, he had no choice but to carry the old man on his back and send him to the guest room with the help of the old servant. As for Wugou, other monks would naturally take care of him.
After leaving some wine and meat for the old servant, he took the whole family back. They went into Douzhaguan and rested in their own furniture store for a while. Yun Er, Bacon and Han Niu went to eat grilled tofu. Only Yun Da sat in the store and looked around. look.
The whole world is filled with the smell of paint, but fortunately it is all vegetable paint. Yun Da is not disgusted with it, and actually likes it. This bad habit is brought from the previous life. The exhaust gas of a car running past can linger for a long time. But that was in the countryside, and the smell of car exhaust in the city is not that good.
After looking around for a long time, I was very satisfied with these antique furniture. I touched every one of them. The lame man's craftsmanship is really good. He can make spontaneous improvements on the patterns he drew, such as this official hat chair. The curvature is very beautiful. After wandering for a long time, I felt that it was not only boring but also hindering the clerk's work, so I found a chair and sat down, waiting for Bancou and the others to come back. A woman came in from the outside shaking, without saying anything. He threw himself on the ground and kowtowed to Yun Zheng, which startled Yun Zheng. When the woman raised her head, Yun Zheng recognized her. It turned out to be Mr. Xiao's concubine Xinghua. Now The apricot blossoms have long since lost the aura of wealth and aristocratic appearance they had when they first met, and their faces are full of dust, and people have become cautious.
She treated the women in Xinghua Tower cruelly back then, and now that she has fallen into prostitution, she should know the pain involved. Xinghua Tower has never changed. What it was like before is still the same now. Every time I pass by Xinghua Tower, I feel the clouds. He just wanted to walk by quickly. He could avenge the people who died unjustly, but he was powerless against the murderers in Xinghua Tower. A Bo woman could only save one bacon. If more than two people were saved, they would be questioned by the government. , if you want to rescue all those women, it will be more difficult than Yun Zheng's own capture of Yuanshan.
Yuanshan is just a big mountain on the surface, but identity is a big mountain that weighs on everyone's heart. Even the beggars on the street feel that they are nobler than those Bo people.
"Thank you very much for your kind words, Mr. Xinghua. Xinghua will never forget her. Liu County Cheng has already taken the little girl as his concubine. He just went out to buy things. When he met the master by chance, Xinghua just came to kowtow to express his gratitude and will leave now."
I wanted to speak at first, but I muttered the words in my mouth three times. In the end, I could only sigh and wave Xinghua to leave. I couldn't say it, and I didn't know how to say it. The Phoenix back then had been reduced to a grass chicken. What else could he do? how?
Bacon came happily from a distance with Yun Erhan Niu, each holding a large bunch of grilled tofu in their hands, eating as they walked. When Xinghua saw Bacon coming, she hurriedly lowered her head and walked away with the basket.
Bacon held a piece of grilled tofu in his mouth and glanced at Xinghua thoughtfully, but quickly ignored him. No matter who the woman was, it had nothing to do with him. Wiping Yun Er's mouth was more important than caring about that irrelevant person. Who a woman is matters.
Yun Zheng didn't say a word on the way home. It was a big irony to say that he didn't like brothels, but he was the first shareholder of Hua Niang brothel, and maybe the biggest one.
Human life is like a wheel. No matter how it turns, it cannot escape the control of the spokes. Without the spokes, the car will collapse. (To be continued.)