Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 10 Fired
【Favorites, Recommendations】

In the back hall of the tea house, Dong Shuyu sat quietly reading a book.

A maid was sitting at the desk, holding a brush in her hand, looking through something and recording it in a booklet.

This maid is Dong Shuyu's personal maid, named "Dongmei", which means "proud snow and cold plum".

In fact, there is another maid named "Spring Snow".

Haruyue is not here, he was sent to accompany Zhu Xiuyuan and the others.

"Spring Snow" and "Winter Plum", together with "Xia Wu" and "Qiu Wen" on Miss Er's side, form the four seasons of "spring, summer, autumn and winter".

These four maids all start with the names of seasons, which makes them easy to pronounce and easy to remember.

in the back hall.

The incense is lingering, the fragrance of tea is faint, and it is particularly peaceful.

Only the sound of Dongmei turning the pages of the book from time to time added a touch of life to the back hall.

"Hey..." After a long time, Dong Shuyu looked away from the scroll, and the hand holding the scroll naturally dropped.

Together with the scroll, it was placed on the skirt of the knee.

At the same time, he leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair, sighed softly, closed his eyes, and rubbed his temples with his right hand.

"Miss?"

Dongmei held a brush in her hand. The brush was soaked in ink, but it was hovering above the paper.

She raised her head slightly and looked at Dong Shuyu, with a look of concern on her face: "Miss, are you tired? Would you like to take a walk in the tea garden to soothe yourself."

Dongmei thought for a while, put the brush on the pen holder again, stood up and supported Dong Shuyu.

"no need."

Dong Shuyu pretended to be calm and straightened his posture.

He raised his hand again and held the scroll in front of his eyes, but his eyes did not fall on the scroll.

Instead, he looked at Dongmei and forced out an invisible smile.

Said: "I'm just a little tired of reading, it's okay... By the way, what are Zhen'er and Xiuyuan doing?"

Dongmei frowned. She actually knew that because of the tea house, the young lady had not thought about food and food, could not sleep at night, and had lost weight in the past few days...

But Dongmei can also understand the young lady's stubbornness. Since the young lady doesn't want to show it, it's hard for her to expose this transparent secret.

"Miss, wait a moment, I will send someone to check." Dongmei said.

"Yes." Dong Shuyu nodded slightly and focused on the scroll again.

Dongmei walked out of the back hall slowly, gave instructions to the maid waiting outside, then returned, sat down in front of the desk again, picked up the brush and continued...

After a while, a maid came in and reported: "Miss, the second lady and her uncle are playing in the tea garden, but..."

"But what?" Dong Shuyu's hand holding the scroll dropped again, resting on the knee skirt, and glanced at the maid.

"My uncle ordered people... to pick the young buds of the tea tree, saying they were going to be fried... and then eaten."

After the maid finished speaking, she quickly lowered her head.In fact, the saying "fried and eaten" was just something she heard and was not accurate, so she didn't dare to face the eldest lady.

"Huh?" Dong Shuyu frowned and asked curiously: "Pick the buds of the tea tree, fry them and eat them?"

"Yes...yes, Miss." The maid lowered her head and said.

"Understood, you can go down now, and report to Zhen'er and Xiuyuan at any time." Dong Shuyu ordered after being surprised.

"Yes, young lady!" The maid immediately exited the back hall and ran to the tea garden to observe the actions of the second young lady and her uncle.

……

Tea making workshop.

Dong Shuzhen stared at her big round eyes, which were shining brightly.

Surprised throughout.

I saw the guys at the tea house pouring the picked tea tree buds into the hot pot, and gave the husband a series of prompts such as "pay attention to the heat", "knead it gently like this", "it's slightly white, it's ready", etc. When the sound is heard, directly insert your hands into it and stir-fry the sprouts in the hot pot.

Then pick it up, knead it for half a day, then pour it into the hot pan and continue to stir-fry.

After stir-frying for a while, at the prompt of my husband, I took it out again and then kneaded it...

Finally, it is dried to obtain a slightly whitish, tightly packed small leaves.

At the same time, a strong aroma of burnt tea came to my nose...

Dong Shuzhen's head kept turning, and when her husband reminded the guys, she looked at her husband.

When the clerk was working according to her husband's instructions, Dong Shuzhen stared at the clerk closely...

She felt that her husband was so powerful. He commanded the guys in the teahouse all around. He was not flustered, and his every word and deed was like a general... After a long time.

"Husband, what is this? Can you eat it?"

Dong Shuzhen glanced at Qiu Wen, and the idea of ​​"picking tea tree buds, frying them and eating them" was first said by Qiu Wen.

She remembered that Zhu Xiuyuan just smiled and did not refute.

So she thought that Zhu Xiuyuan was tacitly acquiescing, and that the stir-fried sprouts were really for eating.

Hence this question.

The greedy round-faced little maid Qiu Wen couldn't help but sniff.

She stared longingly at the fried sprouts that were dried and put into a clay pot, and her mouth couldn't stop salivating.

Qiu Wen thought to herself: "Melon seeds are fried, and vegetables are also fried, so the tips of the tea leaves are produced by frying..." As she thought about it, she kept wiping her saliva.

However, just when she was about to ask her uncle to give her some to taste.

But he saw his uncle bending his fingers and gently knocking the second lady's head, and said: "What are you thinking about? This is for soaking in water and drinking. After drinking the water, the residue must be thrown away and cannot be eaten."

what?
It turns out that it is not fried and eaten!

Qiu Wen was suddenly embarrassed, her face turned red, she hunched her neck and stood aside like a quail.

"Ah...this is not for eating!"

Dong Shuzhen stuck out her tongue.

When Zhu Xiuyuan ordered the tea shop attendants to prepare boiling water and tea sets, Dong Shuzhen pounced on Qiu Wen with all her teeth and claws...

"This is for soaking in water to drink." After saying this sentence, everyone present knew it.

Including Dong Shuyu's personal maid Chunxue, as well as teahouse waiters, etc.

Na Chunxue was originally sent by Dong Shuyu as a "tour guide" to take Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen to play in the tea garden.

But to her surprise, this new uncle actually "played" with tea!
Just now, when Zhu Xiuyuan was instructing the teahouse staff to "fried tea", Haruyuki was watching unblinkingly...

Now, Haruyuki was also very interested, waiting for the guys in the tea house to prepare boiling water and tea sets.

As the personal maid of the eldest lady Dong Shuyu, and also the "right-hand assistant" of the eldest lady, Chunxue has considerable experience in making and drinking tea.

She wanted to see what the "fried sprouts" that her uncle cooked in an iron pot tasted like when soaked and drank.

There was another maid at the scene, sent by Dong Shuyu to observe the words and deeds of Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen.

She watched here for a long time and got such important "intelligence", so she immediately returned to the back hall of the tea house and reported the matter to Dong Shuyu.

She told everything about how the teahouse clerk operated, what her uncle gave her, and how Dong Shuzhen was brain-destroyed.

"Frying the tea tree buds in an iron pot, then soaking them and drinking..."

Dong Shuyu frowned. This was the first time she had heard of this method of making and drinking tea.

"Let Zhen'er and Xiu Yuan have fun. Anyway, the guys in the teahouse are idle." Dong Shuyu shook her head.

After shaking her head, she continued reading without thinking much.He only ordered the maid to continue watching Dong Shuzhen and Zhu Xiuyuan's movements.

……

Tea making workshop.

Tea sets and boiling water are ready.

Zhu Xiuyuan took it upon himself to get a small tea bowl, pinched a handful of "fried tea leaves" from the tea can, and put it into it.

Under the curious gaze of Dong Shuzhen and others, he lifted the kettle and poured boiling water into it.

The tea leaves were whirled by the boiling water, and the concentrated tea leaves began to stretch out.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar scent of tea spread...

Then use a large tea bowl as a lid and cover it directly.

Then Zhu Xiuyuan stood there, quietly looking at the two interlocking bowls.

The rest of the people waited in silence without saying a word.

They surrounded Zhu Xiuyuan, their eyes moving back and forth between the interlocking tea bowls and Zhu Xiuyuan...

In fact, they were very confused, what on earth was Zhu Xiuyuan doing?

Is this how the so-called "drinking while soaking" is done?

This is too simple!
Because the current tea drink is called "tea porridge" or "ming porridge", which is cooked and eaten with many ingredients... It's a big trouble!
[Seeking collection, asking for recommendation ticket]

(End of this chapter)