Farmhouse Small God Bowl

Chapter 223 Cloud Mist Tea Cake
Those little servants were all frowning and helpless, they usually just eat, drink and have fun with Young Master Yan, they only bragged and flattered, how could they know about these scholars.

When Young Master Yan saw their bitter faces, he thought about it and knew that they would not know it. He waved his long sleeves and said bitterly, "You are all useless slaves who have been raised. When it's time to use them, they are all like dead people. Generally, there will be no sound."

When he wanted to force his way in, Shang Luoran led his servants to guard the door, and Young Master Yan could only come back disconsolate.But when he saw Shang Luoran, he came up with another plan, "Brother Luoran, since you said that this gifted scholar's pavilion is not your merchant's business, but your future daughter-in-law's business, then according to the regulations, you also need to make couplets." Only one pair can enter, how can you come in and out at will?"

Young Master Yan was unhappy, and when he saw Shang Luoran's smiling face, he became even more angry, so he sent him into the army on purpose.On weekdays, I always heard that Shang Luoran was good at doing business, but I never heard that he had any poetic talent. If I think about it, he is just a family of merchants, so how could he know this.

Since he couldn't get in, naturally he must make a fool of himself.

Seeing the smirk on Young Master Yan's face, Shang Luoran knew that he had malicious intentions, so he came up with such a trick to frame him.He turned his head to look at Zhou Xiaobai, but she also looked at him with a smile on her face and her chest folded, as if she had nothing to do with herself and wanted to see a joke.

"Since brother Yan said so, I won't hide my clumsiness." Shang Luoran didn't panic, just walked a few steps at the door, then walked to the front of the little table, waved a pen and wrote it out.

After finishing writing, he handed it to the boy next to him, and all the couplets were silently waiting for him underneath, and the boy who only listened to him recited aloud, "Tea respects guests, tea is wine, cloud mountains and clouds go to clouds to make cars."

As soon as this couplet came out, there was a moment of silence below, and then discussions arose. Even Liu Juren, who was sitting in the hall, came out and clapped his hands in praise.Zhou Xiaobai didn't like it anymore, originally she wanted to see Shang Luoran's jokes, but she didn't expect him to hide his tricks, and this person has a good literary talent.

The face of Young Master Yan below was even darker, he snorted, shook his hands and left.He didn't expect that stealing a chicken would cost him a lot of rice, and he even asked that Shang Luoran to offer him a favor.

Although there was such a commotion, it made the order below even better.The few rich young masters originally wanted to rely on money to force their way in, but seeing the lessons learned by Master Yan, they retreated timidly.

This is what Zhou Xiaobai wanted. Since ancient times, drinking tea has been done by celebrities. Zhou Xiaobai's move can be regarded as raising his family's talent pavilion to a higher level. It is like a place for scholars to compare poems and books, rather than a place full of money. up.

Zhou Xiaobai deeply knows that these scholars may not have much money, but how powerful they are with their mouths and pens, and now they have borrowed their mouths and pens to become the power of their own teahouse.

Seeing the farce outside the door had just stopped, Shang Luoran pulled Zhou Xiaobai aside, "Xiaobai, why didn't you say anything just now?"

Shang Luoran was annoyed by Zhou Xiaobai's attitude of watching the fun just now, so it's time for Xingshi to question him.Seeing Shang Luo's black complexion, Zhou Xiaobai was not frightened at all, but calmly, smiled coquettishly, and stroked his face, "Why, do I need to speak up for such a trivial matter? You don't even have this ability, how can you be my husband?"

Shang Luoran was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Zhou Xiaobai, a little woman, to turn her into an army, and it was wrong to ask him to say yes, and it was also wrong to say no.

After suffering such a dumb loss, I can only say bitterly, "This little thing is naturally out of the question, but Xiaobai, how can you know how to write poems, and even make a pair of couplets? Don't you know anything about it?"

The couplet hanging on the door was unanimously praised by the three Juren, but Shang Luoran was surprised.He and Zhou Xiaobai have known each other for many days, and he has never heard that she has ever read and read, so why did she suddenly know how to do couplets?

Fortunately, Zhou Xiaobai was prepared, and chuckled again, "Luo Ran, you look down on me so much. Although I haven't studied, I can still read a lot, so I saw this good sentence in the book. , I wrote it down, I didn’t expect it to be used today.”

Such an explanation is reasonable and without loopholes.Shang Luoran also nodded and accepted the explanation.Zhou Xiaobai has made up his mind to rot in his stomach the fact that he has traveled through time, for fear that he will be studied as a ghost by others.

The two have been whispering here for a while, and there are three masters guarding the hall, but many scholars have already come in.

As the host, Zhou Xiaobai is also going out to work. "Luo Ran, you're still hungry, come and try the new snacks I prepared." Then she pulled him to the front of the table.

Immediately a servant brought a pot of tea and a plate of snacks.There is nothing special about the clear tea, it's just a mountain spring with god bowl water added, but Shang Luoran saw this dessert for the first time.

On weekdays, the teahouse only sells tea, but there are no other things for sale.Shang Luoran twisted a piece, and instead of putting it in his mouth, began to appraise it carefully.

All of them are golden in color, and when you sniff them in front of your nose, you will find a strange fragrance, which makes you twitch your index finger.Shang Luoran couldn't help but take a bite.I didn't expect this thing to look very hard, but the mouth is soft, full of sesame and sweet-scented osmanthus aroma. "Not bad, not bad, this thing is very good."

With Shang Luoran's affirmation, Zhou Xiaobai couldn't help feeling complacent, shook his head, and picked up a piece and ate it, "Luoran, this is called tea cake. There are small cakes like chewing the moon, with the flavors of crisp and yee Said, I found it in an ancient book, with this tea, the taste is even better, if you don’t believe me, try it.”

This is also Zhou Xiaobai's sudden thought. If the tea house only sells tea, how much money can it make, but if it is served with some snacks, it will be different.Eating has always been the most profitable, so Zhou Xiaobai thought of this tea cake, which is the most suitable snack with tea in modern times.

This is equivalent to selling food in the teahouse, so that people who drink tea can have a full stomach and stay longer.Of course, this tea cake is just the beginning, Zhou Xiaobai has thought of countless ideas and plans to implement them slowly.

The food here is quite simple, especially the recipes of all kinds of dim sum are even more simple, most of them are steamed, but the tea cake that Zhou Xiaobai came up with this time is quite different.

"Luo Ran, this is sweet-scented osmanthus tea cake, why don't you try this kind of cloud tea cake." Zhou Xiaobai picked up another piece of tea cake and handed it to Shang Luoran, and then poured another cup of tea for Shang Luoran.

"This kind of cloud tea cake, paired with this cloud tea, tastes even better." Zhou Xiaobai said as if offering a treasure.

After Shang Luoran tasted it, it was really so, and asked again carefully.Originally designed by Zhou Xiaobai, there are [-] types of tea cakes including original flavor (osmanthus), cloud tea, milk fragrance, coconut fragrance, salt and pepper, spicy, fruity, ginger, wine, honey, chrysanthemum, rose, scallion oil, orange fragrance, jasmine, etc. taste.

It looks round and hard, but it is similar to the moon.Take a bite, and it turns out that there is a crispy heart inside.The fragrance of sesame and sweet-scented osmanthus in the mouth, crispy and crispy, really has a unique flavor.It has a lingering aftertaste when paired with green tea, making people want to eat it even more.

Zhou Xiaobai had already asked someone to serve a plate of tea cakes to every table present.This time she did a bloodletting, in order to open up the market for tea cakes, so today's tea cakes are all free.But Zhou Xiaobai is a person who eats everything, but will never suffer a loss. Today is just such a trivial matter, and in her opinion, he will earn back in a few days. ,

As soon as the tea cake was put on the table, it aroused the praise of all the talented scholars, and they were all full of praise.

Suddenly there was another commotion outside at this time, Zhou Xiaobai had to go out to have a look, and it turned out to be that young master Yan just now.Suppressing the boredom in his heart, although the Yan family teahouse closed down, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, so Zhou Xiaobai can't take it lightly, so he can only greet politely, "Master Yan, what's the matter?"

This time, Young Master Yan seemed to be full of confidence, "Your teahouse is really deceiving people too much. I have already made couplets. Why don't you let me in!"

As he spoke, he waved the rice paper in his hand, staring fiercely at Zhou Xiaobai, who refused to let it go.

Zhou Xiaobai pulled the boy over to ask, and the boy said aggrievedly, "Master Yan really brought a pair of couplets, but obviously he didn't do it himself! Look at the shopkeeper."

After receiving Young Master Yan's couplet, Zhou Xiaobai took a look, "The wine under the Tingquan tree is tasteless, but the tea in front of the rain flower and stone is more fragrant." This couplet is really good, and it seems impossible that Young Master Yan did it.Zhou Xiaobai regretted it, and should have explained the rules in more detail just now.You must make couplets in front of everyone before you can enter.

Zhou Xiaobai lowered his head and thought about it, but the situation is already like this, if he is not allowed to go in again and again, he doesn't know what troubles will happen.Now that he has made the couplet, even if he didn't make it himself, that's the only way to forget it.

"Master Yan, I'm sorry, but my servant is reckless. Since you have made the couplet according to the regulations, please come in." Zhou Xiaobai said.

Young Master Yan snorted, and glared fiercely at the gatekeeper, "Be careful."

As he was speaking, he was about to enter the door, when he suddenly heard someone from the crowd shouting, "Stop, you little thief who stole my things." As he spoke, a young man in white clothes who was not tall and gorgeously dressed came out from the crowd. .

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Thank you Nangong and the pink of the fake book fans.

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