Crossing the Datang Restaurant

When he opened the door, Rong Yushu was really amazed.

When Su Qianluo was dancing before, she looked a little amazing from a distance. The gorgeous costumes on her body, the large embroidered peonies in full bloom, and the noble and glamorous expression on her face made people really unable to leave their eyes. Sexy but not Unconservative, that feeling of refusal and welcome.

However, later on, when everyone praised him highly, Rong Yushu actually didn't give much hope, thinking that he might be the kind of person who thinks highly of himself.

But when I saw it today, it didn't seem like that.

I don't know if I should praise the ancient make-up techniques. Su Qianluo's fair skin, smooth and plump forehead and high nose seem to be a perfect woman who came out of a painting. What is more is a calm smile.

He is easy to approach, although he is only wearing a white dress with a long skirt that drags the floor, it seems very simple, but the sharp-eyed Rong Yushu can still see from the white dress, the tight clusters of flowers and colors should be the famous product of Yangzhou - Qionghua .

The viburnum flowers are small, but when Su Qianluo came to the front, after careful observation, he found that these viburnum flowers were extremely exquisitely embroidered, even the smallest viburnum flowers were embroidered lifelike, a large cluster of flowers gathered on his body, unexpectedly Nowhere is the same.

This is low-key luxury, right?Rong Yushu complained secretly, but saw Qian Luo slightly bent down, and made a big gift to Rong Yushu.

Rong Yushu hurriedly stepped forward to support Su Qianluo, what a joke, he didn't see that Zhou Junyan's eyes were all saying: Damn you are looking for death, how dare you accept the gift from my goddess.

There was a smile on Su Qianluo's face. The warm smile made people feel good. His eyes seemed to dare not touch Rong Yushu, as shy as a little girl.

The bun on the head is combed high, which seems to be a common bun here, with an elegant temperament.

Beckon to the maid at the back to offer a box.

The box is made of high-quality solid wood, but it has no smell. When the maid opened the box, it seemed to be... tea?

The corners of Su Qianluo's mouth raised slightly, and he explained: "I heard that the young master cooks for Qian Luo personally. As the saying goes, a gentleman is farther than a cook. Qian Luo is really touched by the young master's heart. I don't know when I receive the dishes. How should I repay, I heard that the young master doesn't like drinking, so I specially offer Yangxian tea here, I hope the young master will not be disgusted with it."

The corners of Rong Yushu's eyes twitched, and he quickly waved his hands and said: "Young lady really has a heart, it's really nothing, it's the purple bamboo shoots that the young lady sent, I really can't bear it."

In this era, this Xingzi bamboo shoot is a well-deserved good tea with a long history and a high reputation since ancient times. It is not only favored by the royal relatives, but also loved by literati and scholars. More importantly, it is a tribute tea.

Rong Yushu thought to himself, isn't it tribute tea?Why is it so easy to drink in this place?It doesn't fit the famous name at all.

Qian Luo is not as cold and cold as he saw before, but looks like a friend he hasn't seen for many years. Although they sit far away from each other, the closeness revealed in the words makes people feel relieved.

As if seeing through Rong Yushu's thoughts, he explained with a smile: "Young master, don't worry, this was brought by my servant Cui Gongzi last time, and I always wanted to leave it for those who are destined to enjoy it. It’s not that you can’t buy it, it’s just that it’s more difficult to buy, and the emperor often rewards some big families or meritorious officials with tribute tea, so it seems a bit unattainable among the people.”

As she spoke, she turned her head slightly, and with just a look, the maid next to her respectfully brought over the cooking tools.

A whole set of tea pots, one can tell at a glance that they are made of high-quality white porcelain, as white as snow, not too big, and placed on the table, it doesn't seem to occupy much space.

In addition, there are some things that can be added to tea, including red dates, brown sugar, pepper, and salt. There are more or less more than ten kinds, all of which are common things that can be added to tea soup.

Su Qianluo smiled, and said: "Qianluo is only superficial about making tea. If you don't dislike it, how about asking Qianluo to cook a pot of tea for you?"

Rong Yushu can say bad?Didn't you see Zhou Junyan's eyes like knives?When Rong Yushu was about to speak, there was another knock on the door.

Rong Yushu raised his eyebrows. There were very few people in the room. Because Shao Bing was making fireworks, it was naturally impossible for him to be in Yangzhou City. He needed to find an empty and deserted place, so he didn't live in this wooden painting boat in recent days. Above, is Cui Pinqian coming?

Opening the door, it turned out to be Cui Pinqian. He was also dressed in white today, with a handsome demeanor, but he and Su Qianluo complemented each other very well, like a couple.

Rong Yushu was a little surprised, why did Cui Pinqian come, the maid next to him knelt down on the ground, lowered her head, and called Mr. Cui.

It seems that Cui Pinqian's demands are quite high, and everyone is afraid of him, but it's true, he is a big boss, so he is not allowed to play a big role.

However, Su Qianluo still had a smile on his face, and the expression on his face became softer, and he said softly: "Young Master Cui came just in time, I am cooking the tribute tea that you brought last time, why don't you sit down and taste it together ?”

Cui Pinqian looked at Su Qianluo fixedly, with unclear meaning in his eyes, and the atmosphere in the room seemed a little weird.

There were four people sitting down. Zhou Fuye was originally watching the fun. Although Cui Pinqian was still personable and walked in leisurely, he always felt that there was an illusion of menace inside. Zhou Fuye coughed and showed his strength. As a good old man, he smoothed things over and said:

"Mr. Cui came just in time, Miss Su just wanted to make a pot of tea for us, we rough people haven't had Xingzi bamboo shoots yet."

Cui Pinqian smiled and said: "Then I will be blessed." He glanced around, although there were quite a lot of empty seats at the table, but it was square, and four people occupied the four corners of the south, east, north, and west. Yu Shu kindly moved to the side, giving Cui Pin a vacant seat.

Cui Pinqian didn't mind. He smiled at Rong Yushu and sat down. Rong Yushu happened to be sandwiched between the two of them. He always felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere?

Mr. Cui's aura was obvious, all the ghosts and ghosts retreated, and even Zhou Junyan was much calmer, watching Qian Luo making tea seriously.

It is not simply boiled with boiling water. First, the tea leaves are crushed, and then the tea particles of a moderate size are screened out. Finally, the tea particles are added to boil, and the final tea soup is added with salt and pepper.

Well, the action is enough, Rong Yushu secretly speculated, but the taste of this tea feels a bit weird no matter how you look at it.

Well, it's not that it's bad, but everyone here is like this, even pepper, which is not affordable for ordinary people, is still very popular at this time.

They were evenly divided into five shares, and handed to Rong Yushu, who hurriedly followed up, thinking that Zhou Junyan must be very happy, and when he saw it, sure enough, his face almost died of laughter.

Cui Pinqian took a sip, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which was quite meaningful, and said: "Your craftsmanship really needs to be strengthened."

Rong Yushu took a sip, ahem, it’s still good, you can’t blame him, even in modern times, no salt and pepper were added when drinking tea, it’s so strange that he still got used to it after he arrived in the Tang Dynasty Not coming.

If Rong Yushu had said this, he would probably have received a few glances, but it was said by Mr. Cui, the owner of Qionghualou, Su Qianluo could only accept his fate, and was not angry, but instead Frankly admitted: "This tea art is not my strong point in the first place. In the future, the big deal is not to show my tea art."

Zhou Junyan flattered at the side and said, "I think it's not bad. After drinking it, the heat rises all over my body, and I feel a lot more comfortable after sweating."

Su Qianluo smiled and stared blankly at the latter again.

Rong Yushu thought it was a bit funny, what you drank was just tea with pepper added, and you didn't take an aphrodisiac, but you also got steam rising from the table, please, you just took two sips, where did such a great effect come from?

Rong Yushu felt a little funny, so he simply drank the tea in the cup and put the teacup on the table.

This action caught Su Qianluo's attention, and he said with some doubts: "My lord, are you not satisfied with Qianluo's craftsmanship?"

Immediately, "shua shua" eyes shot over, and Rong Yushu knew Zhou Junyan's mental activity was like this without even looking: Damn, if you are not satisfied, you can drink Qian Luo's bath water for me!Don't even say it's not good!

Rong Yushu shook his hands quickly, and said: "Of course not, the girl's craftsmanship is naturally good, but I prefer to drink the original tea."

In addition to adding pepper, this teapot also has cinnamon and other spices, giving Rong Yushu a feeling of modern vegetable soup.

Cui Pinqian's eyes sparkled with interest, and he said, "Master Rong, will you make us a pot of tea?"

It means let Rong Yushu try it.

Rong Yushu's cheeks twitched, he looked at everyone's anticipation, thinking that he would not talk too much just now, but now he is not up and down, forced a smile, and thought about it.

The modern tea ceremony is also different from the ancient way. At least people don’t add other things. They just use tea. The judging time is the time of tea blending and the taste and aroma. If you follow the modern way, will you Will people feel that they are trying to die?

Rong Yushu actively recalled the previous memories. The glimpse on Lu Yu's tea book seemed to be roasting tea?

He tentatively said to them: "This is the first time I have made this thing, if it tastes bad and fails, don't blame me."

"No, no," everyone shook their heads, and Cui Pinqian was even happier, saying, "Of course not, you can do it with confidence."

Even Miss Qianluo's eyes were shining like stars, and Rong Yushu's words were a little funny, and she pursed her lips, showing her charm.

Rong Yushu shook the tea in his hand. Compared to his impression, although the water was completely leaked out, there was still a slightly moist feeling in his hand. When he smelled it in his nose, it felt like it was freshly picked.

Rong Yushu tentatively said, "You guys don't roast tea before drinking it?"

Rong Yushu always felt that something was wrong, but now he suddenly remembered that Su Qianluo's movements just now, although beautiful in shape, were somewhat different from those described in Lu Yu's tea scriptures, for example, they saved a step of roasting tea just now .

After thinking about it, at that time of Lu Yu, it seemed to be Li Yu, Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty. Oh, Lu Yu was not born yet at this time.

Feelings have come to the forefront of the times, Rong Yushu secretly slandered, no wonder, the tea I drink now often adds some auxiliary ingredients, and in a few decades or hundreds of years, because it will cover up the original taste of the tea, so This practice was gradually replaced.

When Cui Pinqian heard Rong Yushu's question, he replied, "Of course it must be roasted. When the tea is picked, it must be roasted to remove the moisture. Otherwise, it would have been spoiled by now."

That's not what he meant. Rong Yushu was a little helpless, but thinking that at this time, there is no practice of roasting before drinking tea, I understand.

Rong Yushu glanced around, um, not bad, there are everything from clips to hammers.

There was still charcoal burning in the copper furnace, the smoke was not heavy, there was only a slight wisp, which made Rong Yushu very satisfied.Carbon with too much smoke will spoil the taste of tea cakes.

Use wooden clips to pick up a small piece of tea cake in the box, put it on the copper stove, and bake it on the side, trying not to let the smoke infect the tea cake, and everyone's eyes are on the hand. Seeing the strange look, Rong Yushu frowned, and explained: "This step is called 'roasting tea', which is to roast the tea leaves, so that the tea aroma will be more fragrant when brewing."

Cui Pinqian touched his chin with his hand, it seemed that it made sense.

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