Chapter 296: New Tea and Old Tea
Fresh crucian carp eats shredded clams, parsley and green soup.
The daily banquet in the Hou Mansion is so extravagant. The materials used are extremely exquisite, the workmanship is extremely fine, and the dishes are extremely complete. It is like a Manchu and Han banquet. The taste is also amazing, as if it has been eaten for a long time. It was like the cafeteria suddenly closed down. Just such a meal, I don't know how much silver it will cost, but it will definitely not be a small amount.
After the meal, a little maid brought a cup of fragrant tea on a small tea tray and handed it to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Pingan noticed that the old lady of the Hou Mansion had not yet served fragrant tea on the table, but the little maid served herself a cup of fragrant tea first. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that several young ladies in the Hou Mansion, including Fatty Zhou, looked at him with probing and joke-seeking eyes, as if they were waiting for him, a country bumpkin, to make a joke.
From the look in their eyes, Zhu Ping'an knew that this cup of tea was intentional just after thinking about it.
After being reborn in the Ming Dynasty, although I have never rinsed my mouth with tea after meals, I have seen the Dream of Red Mansions and I am aware of the habit of rinsing my mouth with tea after meals among wealthy families.
So, he could only disappoint everyone. Zhu Pingan took the tea cup and slightly curled his lips.
Look, that country bumpkin has taken the tea cup, gurgling, he must have really drank it as tea, gurgling
The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion stared at her without blinking. Looking at Zhu Pingan, many little stars flashed excitedly in his eyes.
Zhu Ping'an took the tea cup and lifted it up as expected. In the porcelain bowl as white as jade, there were slender tea leaves like tongues. The tea was green in color and exuded a light tea fragrance. It was really good tea. Ah, what a pity, but it is used for mouthwash, what a luxury.
In the sight of everyone, Zhu Pingan picked up the tea cup, and then took a big sip, a big sip.
I took such a big sip.
It’s like a cow chewing a peony, it’s really useless.
Except for the master and servant Li Shu, everyone else in the living room had a smile on their lips. A bit of a smile, just waiting to see Zhu Pingan's joke. Especially the sixth lady of the Hou Mansion has turned her attention from Zhu Pingan to Li Shu. When Zhu Pingan makes a fool of herself, look at Li Shu's expression.
However, what disappointed the sixth lady of the Hou Mansion was that Li Shu did not show any nervous expression at all. In Li Shu's heart. So what if Zhu Ping'an didn't know that it was mouthwash tea? The Marquis Mansion was just a group of toads in the well guarding the glory left by their ancestors. They couldn't see Mount Tai with one leaf! They are all a bunch of self-righteous toads who are stuck in their ways.
Just the next scene. The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion and others were disappointed again.
After Zhu Pingan took a big sip of tea, he looked at the little maid who brought the tea. Under Zhu Pingan's gaze, the little maid slowly took out the basin, and then Zhu Ping'an rinsed his mouth with tea and handed the tea cup back to the little maid.
This bad guy always likes to tease people like this. The corner of Li Shu's mouth curled up into a slight smile, and then she rinsed her mouth with tea.
After gargling, a little maid brought another cup of tea on a saucer. This cup of tea is the real tea to drink after the meal.
Li Shu picked up the tea cup, held the tea lid with her slender hands and tapped the rim of the cup a few times. She blew the tea cup slightly with her cherry lips, then put the tea cup to her lips, Qiongbi sniffed slightly, but then put it down.
"Fifth sister. Why don't you drink it, but you can't get used to it? Why don't you let me make a bowl of sugar water for my sister?"
The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion blinked her big watery eyes, curious. He asked like a baby, with an expression full of concern between sisters, but in his words, sugar water, sugar water, etc., it was easy to think that Li Shu came from the countryside, with a slight feeling of contempt.
"Yes, I'm not used to drinking."
Hearing this, Li Shu looked at Sixth Sister with a half-smile with her big watery eyes, and a faint playful smile on her small mouth.
Before the sixth lady of the Hou Mansion burst into laughter. Li Shu then continued:
"This tea looks like a bird's tongue, golden and tender green in color, the tea soup is also bright green and has a noble taste. Is this the authentic Huangshan Maofeng?"
The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion was a little surprised, "The fifth lady has good eyesight."
"But it's okay Unfortunately, although the tea buds in this cup are Huangshan Maofeng, the tea buds have shrunk, and there is a hint of withered yellow in the green color. The tea aroma is low and deep. If I guessed correctly, this Huangshan Maofeng is probably old tea, right?" Li Shu held an embroidered handkerchief in her slender hands and gently wiped her lips, a trace of obvious disgust deliberately overflowing from her dark eyes.
The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion opened her mouth slightly, and was very surprised. She did not expect that Li Shu could recognize that this was Huangshan Maofeng, and she did not expect that Li Shu could recognize that it was Chen Cha.
"Drinking tea must be new, and drinking wine must be old. I often drink new tea at home, unlike my sister, who is really not used to drinking this old tea. When I came here in the past, the tea I drank in my house was still new, why do I drink it now? Chen Cha is here."
Li Shu put down her embroidered handkerchief and stared at Sixth Sister with her clear eyes. She smiled slightly and spoke lightly. Then she turned to the little maid Baozi standing behind her. He casually ordered, "Hua'er, tell me to go down and send two carts of this year's new tea to Fei Ge's calligrapher's house. Oh, remember to ask for Yuqian Longjing. When the new tea is picked after this spring, I will send two more carts."
“Okay, young lady.”
Hearing this, the little maid Baozi puffed up her breasts, responded with a strong voice, turned around and walked out, full of airs, even raising her feet high. .
Everyone in the Hou Mansion
This girl's temper really hasn't changed at all. Zhu Ping'an glanced at Li Shu, who was covering her small mouth and full of ladylike temperament, and curled her lips silently.
The dinner party at the Hou Mansion ended like this, and everyone left. Except for the old lady of the Hou Mansion who said "please take a seat" at the beginning, she never said anything to Zhu Pingan again. They didn't even think of Zhu Pingan as the son-in-law of the Hou family.
Of course, Zhu Ping'an didn't take it to heart at all.
After the dinner, Zhu Pingan walked to the guest room along the same path. There were maids and boys passing by from time to time along the way. However, these maids and boys looked at Zhu Pingan in a strange way, as if they were mocking. feeling.
These maids and servants knew the master of the Hou Mansion very well. When they saw the obviously unfamiliar face of Zhu Pingan, they knew that Zhu Pingan was the new fifth uncle in the Hou Mansion today. For them, the most powerful person in the Marquis Mansion is of course the old lady of the Marquis, and the second most powerful person is the eldest man who succeeded the Marquis of Linhuai. However, the richest person in the Marquis Mansion is still the third master. The annual running expenses of the Marquis Mansion , many of them are filled by the Third Master. Every year, the stewards sent by the Hou Mansion to the Third Master use carriages and carriages to bring money to the mansion.
However, what they couldn't figure out was that the third master's most beloved daughter, the fifth lady, was promised to a poor scholar from the countryside. This news was widely known in the Hou Mansion at that time, which made many servants and stewards feel unsatisfied. The poor scholars in the countryside were not as good as them. Out of envy, jealousy and hatred, many versions of the story about this fifth uncle were circulated in the Hou Mansion. .
Anything like marrying into a wife, inserting a door into the door, etc. Anyway, every version is not a good thing.
So, now that they saw the fifth uncle himself, they couldn't help but think of those stories about the fifth uncle. They didn't dare to say anything on their faces, but they despised them in their hearts. . (End of this chapter)