Chapter 488 Buying Tea

The sound of "puff puff" came from the water, and the water in the pottery urn placed by Yuan Zhou on the red clay stove began to boil.

"You have to pay attention to the warm cup when making tea." Yuan Zhou said while taking down the pottery urn.

"Yes." Mu Xiaoyun liked studying next to Yuan Zhou and looked at Yuan Zhou's hands without blinking.

With a slight sound of water, the glass tea washing utensils were rinsed directly. Of course, the precious set of thin egg curtain cups was also washed.

When the water was poured out, it gave off a slight trace of water vapor, and it smelled like an extremely light fragrance.

"It feels like Boss Yuan is very professional when making tea." Mu Xiaoyun thought proudly.

This was also the first time Mu Xiaoyun saw Yuan Zhou making tea. She thought Yuan Zhou didn't know how to make tea. After all, when she was here, the old man had nothing to do with Qimen Spring Tea being used to cook tea eggs. Less fuss.

At that time, the old man pointed at Yuan Zhou's nose and said, "You are a waste of money and don't know how to drink tea!"

"Boss Yuan really knows everything." Mu Xiaoyun looked at Yuan Zhou who was serious and thought to himself.

Yuanzhou was carefully warming the cup, using the best water, the most suitable for making tea, bamboo drain water.

Lu Yu once said in The Book of Tea: "The water used for making tea is the one that uses mountain water as the best, the one that uses the river water as the middle class, and the one that uses the well water that uses the water as the inferior."

Zhang Youxin of the Tang Dynasty listed the water curtain of Kangwang Valley in Lushan Mountain as the first place, the Huishan Spring in Wuxi as the second place, and the Lanxi Stone Water in Jizhou as the third place.

As for the bamboo dripping water, it came from the Song Dynasty, when tea fights were popular among celebrities and elegant scholars.

Therefore, in addition to the best quality tea, the utensils for making tea must also be of the best quality, and the water for making tea must also be of the best quality, so that they can complement each other.

"Wow." Yuan Zhou poured out all the water left in the cup.

"Boss Yuan, why did everything fall down?" Mu Xiaoyun tilted her head and looked at Yuan Zhou in confusion.

"Because I have just boiled this water to the point where it can be soaked in a cow's eye. This water will lose its oxygen and will not taste good when brewed." Yuanzhou was still very patient with the little girl who was not working and explained carefully. One sentence.

"Oh, oh." Mu Xiaoyun said repeatedly, but did not understand.

After all, she doesn't know how to make tea.

What the hell is a bull's-eye bubble or something like that, but it doesn't stop Mu Xiaoyun from thinking that Yuan Zhou is very powerful.

Inject fresh bamboo drain water, put it on the charcoal fire again, and start boiling water.

This time Yuanzhou watched the fire closely. When the water began to boil and turned into crab-eye tea, he took off the red clay stove and started making tea.

"Wow!" Yuan Zhou brewed in a glass this time. This time he used a glass specially made by Fuguang, an old brand. It was specially made for making tea. Its light transmittance and transparency were beyond imagination.

As soon as the water is poured in, the Mingqian Longjing inside first floats up, and then slowly sinks. During the sinking process, it looks like a delicate beauty, spinning and dancing before slowly falling into the bottom of the cup.

Its posture is graceful and graceful, and it slowly emits a delicate fragrance. As the tea leaves gradually spread out in the cup, rising and falling with one flag and one shot, the soup is bright green and the fragrance becomes more and more intense.

Tea lovers will be intoxicated even before they drink it. After all, this is Mingqian tea, the Mingqian Longjing tea with 18 tea trees donated by the emperor.

"This looks so beautiful." Mu Xiaoyun said looking at the beautiful green leaves in the cup.

"It's really beautiful." Yuan Zhou nodded solemnly.

The two of them admired it quietly for a while before Yuan Zhou spoke again.

"Okay, you can drink." Yuan Zhou said.

"Hmm." Mu Xiaoyun picked up the tea cup in front of her obediently and waited for Yuan Zhou to pour the tea.

"The little girl is very sensible." Yuan Zhou praised.

"Brother Yuan is also very young." Mu Xiaoyun stuck out his tongue and said mischievously.

"Well, yes." Yuan Zhou nodded seriously.

As for the fact that everyone calls him Uncle Yuanzhou, he has selectively forgotten it.

"Ah, hiss." Mu Xiaoyun picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"This is so painful." Mu Xiaoyun's fair face wrinkled together and she said very dissatisfied.

Yuanzhou was about to laugh at Mu Xiaoyun when he was interrupted by a boss's voice.

"Bitter? Just give me a drink if it's bitter. I'm not afraid of bitterness! I especially like bitter things." These words were very decisive.

Mu Xiaoyun and Yuan Zhou turned their heads at the same time and looked at the middle-aged uncle with an eager look on his face.

This man was wearing a black suit, a neat white shirt, a tie, and black leather shoes. He looked energetic, about fifty years old, and his eyes were fixed on Mu Xiaoyun's teacup. From time to time, he also showed a look of regret and annoyance.

"Who are you?" Yuan Zhou stood up and stood in front of Mu Xiaoyun.

"Boss Yuan, can you sell this tea?" This person obviously knew Yuan Zhou, but Yuan Zhou still didn't quite remember him.

"Not for sale." Yuan Zhou said simply.

"Don't sell it? Why don't you sell such good tea? Sell a little, sell a little." The middle-aged man stretched his head in front of Yuan Zhou and looked straight at the tea set.

"Tea is indeed not for sale." Yuan Zhou sat down immediately after saying that.

Yuan Zhou also noticed that this man was so eager, but all because of the Mingqian tea on the table. This was similar to the old man who almost got into a fight with Yuan Zhou over Qimen Spring Tea. He should be a tea lover. people.

This person is Section Chief Lin from the tax bureau. He passed by today and wanted to come to Yuanzhou's store to have a look. He has only eaten there twice in total. This is the third time, just to pay attention to the big taxpayers.

However, as soon as he walked a hundred meters into the small street, Section Chief Lin was keenly aware that someone was making tea.

Nowadays, all the officials like to drink tea, raise birds and flowers. They are arty and elegant, which also makes them look higher. Unfortunately, Section Chief Lin loves tea, and he is a tea-loving person so much that other people smell it. You see, the ability to smell tea is almost as good as that of Chu Xiao, who has a special nose.

Following the scent of tea, Section Chief Lin went directly to the door of Yuanzhou's shop. As soon as he arrived, he heard Mu Xiaoyun complaining that the tea was too bitter.

At this time, Section Chief Lin couldn't care about anything else. The little girl was afraid of hardship, but he wasn't afraid. Such good green tea had never been heard of, even smelled.

"It's okay if you don't want to sell it. Boss Yuan, please buy me a drink, just one cup." At any other time, Chief Lin would still be embarrassed and would not be able to say this, but the more he looked at the tea in front of him, the more he felt itchy. , this is the best Longjing I have never drunk before, I can just get it back tomorrow to save my face.

"Uncle, do you want to drink tea?" Mu Xiaoyun asked very obediently.

"That's right, uncle, I don't like anything else, I just like to drink tea. The smell of this Longjing is really like Mingqian Longjing." Lin Ke said without raising his eyes, staring at the graceful green tea in the glass.

"Then you have to ask Boss Yuan, but Boss Yuan is also called Compass." Mu Xiaoyun said with a mischievous smile.

Of course Mu Xiaoyun saw that Yuan Zhou didn't hate this person, so he said this.

"It is indeed Mingqian Longjing." Yuan Zhou gave Mu Xiaoyun a serious look before answering seriously.

Of course, Yuanzhou was kind enough not to say the word "tribute tea" in the second half of the sentence.

"The old man is so pitiful. Let alone drinking it in my whole life, this is the first time I have seen Mingqian Longjing. Brother, can you let me have a taste?" Lin Ke is older and it is still difficult to afford it. Quite skilled.

I just don’t know if it comes from exercising when I need funds.

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ps: Keep standing at attention and get spanked, please don’t slap me in the face, the green cat will get fat from the spanking...