I opened a tea shop in Bianjing

Chapter 13 Confidential
During the "national mourning" period, everything was supposed to be kept simple, but after all, it happened to coincide with the resurrection of the Mo family's daughter-in-law and the issuance of the imperial edict of the new official's royal family, so the tea house was full of tea customers on the first day of its reopening. The door, the three-storey building is full of people.

The lobby on the first floor of Nuo University is busy and noisy, and a dozen or so well-known shop assistants are walking like flying. "Come on, come on! Let's get some hot soup!" they yelled as they ran around holding large copper teapots.

Mo Yunxiao stood in the corridor and looked at the entire bustling hall, feeling mixed feelings for a moment.

She caught a glimpse of a tea guest inserting the wooden card in his hand into the groove on the shield, and then continued drinking tea and chatting with friends.After a while, a shop clerk rushed over with a big teapot in his hand.

This copper pot is big and round, with a high and straight spout.The shop clerk yelled: "Here comes the hot soup!" The tea customer in the barrier opened a small gap to give the clerk a space to shelter.

Mo Yunxiao's pupils constricted, and he saw that the shop assistant turned his back to the tea customer, held the teapot high, and pressed down the spout in a posture of bending down.A billowing white liquid sprayed out from the spout, and went straight into the small green-glazed pure black teapot on the table of the tea guest.

"Wow! What a skill." Mo Yunxiao couldn't help admiring.

Huan'er next to her followed her gaze and smiled triumphantly, and said, "Miss, you should remember that we are good at Minglou, right?"

"Ah? Oh!" Mo Yunxiao didn't say yes or no, and looked at the overall situation again, only to see that the way the shop assistants poured hot water was very different, and it was not difficult to bend down to pour water.There are also those who pour water from a pot with one hand, those who pour water from a teapot on their heads, and those who pour water with their feet between their feet... In short, there are different poses and different styles, and each has its own victory.

But among the thousands of gestures, there is only one thing that remains unchanged, that is, once the hot water gushes out of the spout, it will continue in a steady stream, and there will be no interruption or dripping in the middle.After pouring, there was no splash on the ground or on the table.The kung fu of handling the teapot is so wonderful that it cannot be done at all.

While going downstairs, Mo Yunxiao asked Huan'er next to her, "I see that the water poured out of our copper pot is milky white, not like clear water. What is that?"

Huan'er was taken aback, and looked at Mo Yunxiao with strange eyes: "Miss, don't you even remember our medicinal tea recipe?"

Mo Yunxiao looked around vigilantly again, then covered her mouth with her hands, and said in a low voice: "We are in danger now, so we have to pretend to be confused. Now, answer whatever I ask you, and don't give up. "

Huan'er became alert when she heard the words, looked around instinctively, and praised: "The big girl is really smart, and the young one will explain it to you."

Accompanied by Mo Yunxiao, she paced and inspected the stalls in the hall, and explained slowly: "There are as many as a hundred teahouses and tea shops in the city of Tokyo, and there are countless tea vendors carrying poles and selling tea along the street. Among the many tea-based shops, only our tea house can be erected, with halls, elegant seats, corridors and decorations. Only our tea house is famous far and wide, and its tea is exported to Song Dynasty and Beijing. It is as much as a thousand taels of silver to sell the leaves."

Speaking of this, she paused, turned her head and asked Mo Yunxiao with a smile: "Do you know what it is for, Miss?"

Mo Yunxiao smiled and said, "Of course our leaves are different."

Huan'er chuckled, and said, "Not bad, not bad. Our family's leaves are all carefully selected by Dalang who personally went to Xichuan and Suhu to inspect them. Baiyun in Yangzhou and Longjing in Hangzhou are only sold to our family, and other places You can't taste it easily."

Mo Yunxiao nodded thoughtfully, thinking: "It seems that this family's tea business is really big, it's like a monopoly!"

Huan'er glanced at Mo Yunxiao's unbelievable expression and was even more proud, so she chanted with a smile: "'Take a leaf from the incense cup of the Minglou, and the Queen Mother will exchange the pan garden'. This is what our Minglou Mo Home. This distinguished reputation does not come by chance."

"However, the leaves alone are not enough to support this big family business." Huan'er continued: "Just now the girl asked why the soup poured out of our teapot is milky white? That's because our hot soup is not just It’s as simple as boiling water. What we boil is not water, but medicine.”

"Medicine?" Mo Yunxiao was taken aback for a moment, then looked around, and asked, "Does our family also work part-time to see a doctor?"

"Hehe, the science of medicine is vast and complex, and we ordinary people can do it." Huan'er smiled and said, "Our medicines don't take the pathology, but just the taste. There are hundreds of herbs, some are sweet, some are bitter, and some are sweet. Some are astringent, some are slippery. No matter what kind of taste, as long as you carefully match and adjust it, it can blend with our tea leaves and create your own unique taste. It is this taste that really makes Minglou The sign was erected."

The more Mo Yunxiao heard it, the more amazed she became, and she couldn't help sighing: "So that's the case. I didn't expect that the ancients had already played with tea and water to make flowers. Sigh, how can people in our era still have the slightest elegance in tea tasting?"

Huan'er continued: "Isn't it? The elegance of tea tasting in today's society has become much less elegant. Compared with people in the Tang Dynasty who boiled scented tea, people today can only brew it with water. It's really not as elegant as it is."

After she finished speaking, she straightened her face and looked sideways at Mo Yunxiao: "But girl, it is this prescription for tea that our tea house depends on. The four seasons of the year, the cycle of cold and heat, different seasons and solar terms Even when it comes to time, the prescriptions to be used are different. Therefore, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at this prescription. And the person who knows this prescription, except Dalang, is you, the girl. Don’t let it out, this But it is related to the rise and fall of Minglou, honor and disgrace!"

"Ah?" Hearing what she said, Mo Yunxiao felt guilty for a moment, and actually showed a look of embarrassment. "This..." She scratched her head, not knowing how to answer.

Huan'er became anxious, tugged at her sleeve and said, "My little ancestor, you will not forget Fangzi too!"

Mo Yunxiao hurriedly waved her hands: "No, no, I will never forget such an important thing."

Only then did Huan'er let out a sigh of relief, and said with a smirk, "Well, my girl, you scare me to death."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a shop clerk in front of the gate shout loudly: "Brother Song is here!"

All the tea guests also looked towards the door one after another. Song Mingxuan was with Mo Yunze.The two looked at each other, both showing a bit of embarrassment, then walked in side by side across the threshold.

The store clerk flicked the towel on his shoulders, went up to meet him and asked coldly, "Song Jia Dalang is still the same?"

Song Mingxuan smiled faintly, and said, "I'm not here today to drink tea, but to visit your eldest daughter."

The clerk snorted, then turned his head and walked away.

"Damn it! Who taught you to be so presumptuous!" Mo Yunze stepped forward and scolded the shop assistant sharply.

The store clerk had no choice but to turn around and salute Song Mingxuan perfunctorily, and said, "Thanks to Da Lang, my girl is already able to manage the daily affairs of the store." After finishing speaking, he walked away without looking back.

"There's no reason for that!" Mo Yunze was even more angry, and was about to go up to reprimand him, but was stopped by Song Mingxuan: "Forget it, I was rude first, and I can't blame others."

The tea guests also had a discussion.

"Hey! Isn't this Song Jiaxing? I heard that he blatantly broke the engagement and let the eldest girl of the Mo family lose face, so I threw myself into Jin Mingchi in a moment of anger. Why do you still have the face?"

"No, no!" Someone interrupted immediately: "Ms. Mo fell into the water by mistake, and it has nothing to do with Song Dalang."

"Where is that! I heard that she is the second girl of the Mo family..."

The discussion was like a flock of birds in the forest, chirping and making a noise.

Huan'er stepped forward and coughed heavily.All the tea guests froze for a moment, then bowed their heads and sipped their tea, without saying anything.

Huan'er rolled her eyes in disdain, then walked quickly towards Song Mingxuan and Mo Yunze.The two looked at each other again, feeling a little apprehensive in their hearts.

Huan'er came up and saluted first: "Brother Song, good afternoon, Young Master Yunze." Then she raised her eyes and said to Song Mingxuan: "My girl is very good, don't bother me to worry about it. Brother, just take a look here and invite her." Come back."

Mo Yunze was a little embarrassed, and sullenly said: "Huan'er! There's no reason to just invite someone in and then throw them out. Don't you understand the rules if others don't understand them?"

Huan'er sneered, and answered neither humble nor overbearing: "I want to talk about the rules, but the elder brother of the Song family broke the rules first. The Mo and Song families are good friends of the whole family. Since they were married since childhood, how can there be any reason to go back on one side? Brother Song Since we don't miss this friendship, why should our Mo family miss our old friendship?"

The more Song Mingxuan listened, the more ashamed he became.He looked up at Mo Yunxiao behind Huan'er, only to find that Mo Yunxiao was also looking at him eagerly.But at this moment, Mo Yunxiao's eyes were full of affection for a daughter, and the cold murderous aura she usually saw disappeared without a trace.He was also a little surprised, and couldn't help but look around for a while.

Seeing him staring at her so obsessively, Mo Yunxiao felt her face burn, and she turned her head away shyly.

Has Song Mingxuan ever seen Mo Yunxiao like this?It seemed that Mo Yunxiao was even more frightening at this moment.He also hastily avoided his eyes, his heart beating wildly.

Huan'er could see all the changes in his expression.Huan'er glanced at the corner of her mouth and said with a smile: "Brother Song, you have seen him too. My girl's body is safe now, please go back too."

As she spoke, she was about to turn around and leave, but Song Mingxuan grabbed her wrist and said, "Wait a minute!"

Huan'er frowned, and said angrily: "Brother Song doesn't obey the rules! The blue sky and the bright sun are so contemptuous of me! Still don't let go!"

Song Mingxuan was startled, and quickly let go of his hands, saying: "Huan'er, forgive me, I was rude. However, there are some things I want to say to your girl." He bowed his head for a moment, then said: "Just The two of us said."

After hearing this, Mo Yunze, Huan'er and Mo Yunxiao all cast strange glances at him.

"On the day of Shangyuan, in the private room of Changfeng Building. Me and..." Before he finished speaking, Huan'er interrupted him: "I don't know what you said that day. However, since Brother Song has If you divorce, it's over, don't bother me again in the future. Otherwise... I'm sure someone will go out and gossip and stain my girl's innocence. "

Mo Yunze was also a little puzzled, and asked, "Yes! Do you have anything to say to your brother alone?"

Just as Song Mingxuan was about to explain, Huan'er preempted him. "Okay, okay!" She was a little impatient, and she was about to reach out to push Song Mingxuan: "In the future, tea tasting and tea fighting are naturally welcome, if you come to pester my girl, then you are not allowed."

"Huan'er, don't worry!" Song Mingxuan raised his head and shouted while struggling, "Helu Helu!"

Mo Yunxiao was also in a hurry, and quickly went up to push Huan'er away, and reprimanded: "Our Mo family has a big business, so how can we treat guests like this?"

After hearing this, Huan'er froze on the spot with her mouth gaping open, like a wooden man.

Only then did Mo Yunxiao turn her head, nodded and smiled at Song Mingxuan, and asked softly, "Brother Song, do you have anything to say to me?"

Mo Yunxiao's beautiful eyes were tactile, and her gaze was radiant, as if she was expecting her crush to confess her love.

Seeing this scene, Song Mingxuan and Mo Yunze looked at each other for the third time, both of them were inexplicably surprised.

(End of this chapter)