Chapter 83 Summer Tea

"Sisters, Longjing is very refreshing before the rain at this time. I got some here. Although it's not much, I also want you to have a taste."

Yao Yulu sat side by side next to Xu Cai's daughter. The maid of honor next to her offered tea. Yao Yulu gently tasted a sip, but the dragon well was different. The fragrance of the tea was very delicate, and it turned into a wisp of fragrance between her lips, which was intoxicated. It seemed that she saw the wind and lotus in the tea field. Liu Lang smelled the warbler. The customs.

"I have only heard of Longjing before the Ming Dynasty. Why is this tea called Yuqian Longjing?" Xu Cainu doesn't seem to be very interested in tasting tea, but she has some doubts after hearing the name.

"I heard that it was harvested before the Grain Rain, just like the so-called Longjing before the Qingming Festival." Guan Guiren is not very familiar with the mystery, but he also knows a little about it and said.

"I have heard of the saying that 'before the rain, it was a top grade, and before the Ming Dynasty, it was a treasure." Although it doesn't look as good as the Longjing before the Ming Dynasty, when the Longjing was soaked before the rain, we saw the buds standing upright, the soup color is clear, and the fragrance is overflowing. Especially one bud and one leaf, commonly known as one flag and one gun is the best. Although we drink this Longjing is not the best, it is also the best.

Yao Yulu said that she had seen a lot of good things in Yao's house before, and she had helped in the kitchen and knew more.

"Yao's promise is really erudite and versatile, but it also makes us understand a lot." Guan Guiren smiled and boasted.

"What's so great about show off your knowledge?" Yang Xuanshi didn't seem to agree and scoffed at it.

"My concubine made a fool of herself, and I just know a little about it. I will share it with my sisters." Yao Yulu said neither humble nor arrogantly, as if she didn't care about Yang Xuanshi.

"That is to say, Sister Yao knows a lot, so why are you jealous?" Xu Cainu glanced at Yang Xuanshi and said.

"I don't care about you little girl." Yang Xuanshi was embarrassed by Xu Cai's daughter last time, and now the two rarely talk.

"You two quarrel like this, and you will be laughed at by outsiders when you go out." Guan Guiren said helplessly, as if educating his two sisters.

"Yes, Sister Ning, just say less." Yao Yulu gently pushed Xu Cai's hand and said.

"Yeah, Ninger listens to her sister." Xu Cainu listened to Yao Yulu's words. Usually, she was young and lacked a little proportion when doing things. Even Guan Guiren said that she didn't care about it, but somehow she was very fond of Yao Yulu.

"Yao agreed, how about Longjing with Qingtuan before the rain? I just did some there. Lan Yan did not participate in the disputes of the people. Seeing that she didn't say much, she said to herself.

"The Qingtuan with Longjing is very interesting in the south of the Yangtze River. It should be a good idea." Yao Yulu said with a smile.

"Youtuan? When I was a child, I went to my grandmother's house and often ate green balls. Sister Lan, you have fulfilled my wish. Xu Cai said excitedly.

Lan Yan replied with a smile, "Sister, don't worry, I'll let the palace people bring it."

In a short time, the maid took out a box of green balls and put them in a celadon plate, two per person, and put them in front of the little masters.

Everyone picked it up and tasted it. The green ball had a light and long aroma of wormwood. The green soft skin was very delicate. Although it was a little sticky in the mouth, it did not stick to the teeth when eating alone. Then it was combined with sweet red bean paste, and it dissolved in the mouth. It was really a mouthful of Longjing tea.

"I don't know how this green ball is made. I have never eaten it in the palace." Guan Guiren asked.

"This was originally a festival food in Jiangsu and Zhejiang during the Qingming Festival. I'm afraid we eat less in the north. We use wormwood juice and noodles, knead them with glutinous rice flour, and wrap them in red bean paste. The more delicate the better. Steam them, the cooler it is." Lan Yan said.

"Sister Lan and Sister Yao really know a lot, and Yanning admires it." Xu Cainu said happily that the Yuemei Palace, which was originally boring for her, suddenly had two sisters who could accompany her and brought her a lot of delicious food. How could she not be unhappy?

At this time, Yang Xuanshi suddenly said, "I wonder if you have heard about yesterday?"

She wanted to speak but stopped, but she didn't make it clear. Everyone knew what Yang Xuanshi meant, and only heard Guan Guiren say, "Yang Xuanshi is talking about Liu Cairen, right? It's also pitiful."

Yao Yulu also smiled secretly in her heart. Liu Feifei was so proud that he almost walked across the palace. Today, he was afraid that he was so frustrated that he didn't even dare to go out of the hall.

Yao Yulu whispered, "It's pitiful. If such a thing happens, I don't know how to come out to see people in the future."

Yang Xuanshi seemed very happy to see such a thing and said, "It's true. It suddenly fell from the sky to the ground. If it were me, it would be better to die."

Everyone is worried and hasn't said much. In fact, the people in Yuemei Palace don't have much position to laugh at Liu Feifei. Here, I'm afraid they don't even have a chance to see the emperor.

After leaving in the morning, Yao Yulu originally wanted to go back to the house to rest, but Xu Cainu pestered her and asked her to find Ji Shuidong, saying that she wanted to chat together, but it was more lively.

Yao Yulu thought about it, so she asked Ning'er to look for Ji Shuidong, and she and Xu Cainu said something about herself in the house.

"Sister Yao, how about we continue to play throwing pots later?" Xu Cai said with great interest.

"The weather is a little hot, and I sweated after playing for a while. It's better to find water and winter. When we chat here, I'll ask Wuer to make some sour plum tea."

Xu Cainu was very playful. After listening to Yao Yulu's words, she also agreed. After a while, Ji Shuidong entered the door and said, "I heard Sister Xu's chattering voice from afar."

"Sister, you're here. Sit down quickly." Yao Yulu greeted and let Ji Shuidong sit down.

"Come on, Ji Changzai, try this sour plum tea." Wuer said and gave the three little masters sour plum tea, which is really cool and suitable for drinking in such weather.

"Although this sour plum tea is not as expensive as Longjing just before the rain, it tastes sweet and sour." Xu Cainu drank tea and said that she didn't know anything about tasting tea. How could such a bitter taste win her heart?

"How do you know the dignity of Longjing before the rain?" Yao Yulu joked.

"Sister, you heard about Liu Feifei yesterday. Let's see how proud she is." Ji Shuidong heard from Waner this morning that Liu Feifei was hanged in the warm pavilion all night. It was really a great feeling. Thinking of Liu Feifei's domineering appearance before, he felt that he had received retribution now.

"Does your sister know that too? It seems that it has really spread all over the palace. It's true that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. Yao Yulu said lightly.

"Sister, she was so arrogant yesterday that she was afraid she didn't have the face to come out to see people now." Ji Shuidong said, with contempt on his face.

"That's true. She should also learn some lessons, or she has offended Xiao Shufei before, and it seems that life is not easy." How can this Xiao Shufei allow others to share her honor and favors, not to mention Liu Feifei, whom she has always liked.

"I have seen Liu Cairen, who is plain-to-behaved, and I don't know why she is so arrogant. The two sisters are so gentle that they can't stand her. She is definitely not a kind person." Xu Cai's daughter seemed to fight for the two of them and said angrily.

"Although Sister Ning said so, Liu Cairen knows how to please the empress dowager. With the empress dowager to help behind her, she will not worry about the future." Ji Shuidong said.

"Forget it, stop talking about her, so as not to ruin our mood." Yao Yulu looked at Ji Shuidong and Xu Cai's words and remembered that Liu Feifei was also a little upset, so she said.

The three of them sat in the cool hall, tasting tea and laughing. After a while, this boring afternoon became interesting and the time passed quickly.