Tea Leaves Without Ginger, Onion, Garlic Juice? Flipping the table!
This old man!
Li Er's eyebrows jumped!
Cows were protected animals in the Tang Dynasty. Be it the common people or the dignitaries, they could not slaughter cattle.
On the surface, the reason was the scarcity of cattle, but the actual reason was that the development of science and technology in the Tang Dynasty was backward.
Not only was the efficiency of the Tang Dynasty's plow low, but it also required two oxen to pull it.
Of course, this backwardness was relative to the modern plow. Compared to the surrounding nomads, the technology of the Tang Dynasty was still very advanced. Otherwise, there would not be the grand occasion of thousands of countries coming to court.
The existence of this situation made it difficult for Li Er to eat beef.
The censors all stared at Li Er, waiting for him to make a mistake and then rush forward to show his existence.
There was no need to get into so much trouble just to eat beef.
The rich and powerful did not eat pork either because they thought pigs were dirty animals. They had never even seen pigs before, let alone eat them. However, the common people did eat them.
The meat of the Tang Dynasty was mainly mutton.
Speaking of food, Qin Mo couldn't help but complain. Tang Chao hadn't cooked because he didn't have a metal pot.
Therefore, the food was either steamed, boiled, or roasted.
After arriving in Chang 'an, his days had stabilized. Qin Mo had already planned to start cooking to improve his meals and let the country bumpkins of the Tang Dynasty see the world.
Li Er, who had been cheated of 10,000 yuan by a kid from Shandong, was not in a good mood, but it was not to the extent that he could not even eat.
"Uncle Zhangsun, do you still want my Dusk Stallion? I'll sell it to you at a cheaper price. Ten thousand strings will do."
"Shandong kid, don't you know how to serve tea when a guest comes to your house?
It would have been fine if he didn't mention this, but Zhangsun Wuji was furious at the mention of this. He was picky about the cute Qin Mo and couldn't stand it.
Qin Mo rolled his eyes. Damn it, this was an evil guest, and this was the old Qin family.
However, the kids from Shandong were not afraid at all.
Old Qin hurriedly said," Your Majesty, please come in."”
As he welcomed Li Er and the others into the living room, he instructed the butler to make tea.
"Tea is an elegant way. You must have read a lot of books, do you know the way of tea?”Li Er looked at Qin Mo from the corner of his eyes.
Qin Mo said," A little, a little."
Qin Mo really couldn't stand Tang Chao adding ginger, onion, garlic, fruit juice, and sheep oil into the tea, so he stir-fried some tea leaves himself.
Of course, this was done privately, and no one knew.
Although he didn't specialize in the Way of Tea, it wasn't a problem for him to beat up Tang Chao and his group of country bumpkins.
Li Er said expressionlessly," In that case, let this kid brew tea."”
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I have some high-quality tea leaves here.”
"Go quickly!"
After Li Er gave his approval, Qin Mo quickly returned to the backyard and brought over the fried tea leaves.
When he returned, he saw the butler of Qin Manor placing a pot in the living room. There was also ginger, onions, garlic, and mutton oil on the short table at the side. Qin Mo could not help but raise his eyebrows.
Fortunately, he brought his own tea maker.
The tea set was made of clay from the Tang Dynasty. He had asked the craftsmen to fire it according to the style he had drawn. Although the style was strange, it did not surpass this era.
He was not stupid enough to take out the porcelain when he did not have the strength.
Li Er, Old Qin, and the others were chatting and reminiscing about the war in the past. Soon, the water boiled.
Qin Mo washed the tea set, teacups, tea leaves, and brewed tea in one go. His actions were very pleasing to the eye.
"The tea is ready. Please have a taste, Your Majesty and uncles.”
The butler poured a cup of tea for Li Er, Old Qin, and the others.
Zhangsun Wuji looked at Qin Mo contemptuously and sneered," Ignorant child, you don't add ginger, onions, garlic, or mutton oil when you brew tea. Are you trying to fool me?"”
Li Er and the others nodded in agreement.
Just now, they had watched Qin Mo brew the tea. Although his actions were pleasing to the eye, when they saw that he actually made a small pot of tea without boiling it, adding ginger, onions, garlic, or suet oil, they all looked at him with disdain.
This Shandong kid likes to act cool. I'll definitely mock him later.
What did he mean by you guys eating alone and catching up to me one day?
Even an honest person like Fang Xuanling felt that this bastard was too pretentious.
"The way of brewing tea is sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty.”Fang Xuanling said.
To boil tea, you need to add ginger, onions, garlic, mutton oil, and salt. There was a need to be particular about how much to put in.
"Brat, don't add ginger, onion, garlic, salt, and mutton oil to boil tea. Are you bullying me?”
Cheng Yaojin expressed that the tea leaves didn't contain ginger, onions, garlic, salt, and sheep oil. Did he look down on him and want to flip the table?
Old Qin glared at him." Don't make a scene, Yizhen."”
Cheng Yaojin was Old Cheng's former name. Now, he had changed his name to Cheng Zhijie.
Old Qin naturally knew that Li Er and the others did not have any ill intentions. They just felt that Qin Mo was too arrogant and wanted to tease him.
Qin Mo said," The Way of Tea is also the way of etiquette. Uncles, don't you think that my action of making tea was pleasing to the eye?”
Li Er and the others felt that he was being polite.
"Everyone, please drink to the brim."
Li Er and the others drank the tea after he said that.
Qin Mo used green tea. When the tea entered his throat, it first had a bitter taste, but it quickly returned to its sweet taste.
"This tea. Another glass."
He filled everyone's cups again. This time, they tasted it carefully. They felt that the tea was green and clear, and it was sweet and fragrant like an orchid. When the tea entered their throats, it was fragrant and mellow.
"Good tea! The tea that he had drunk for decades was wasted.”Li Er praised.
So this was the real tea ceremony.
At this moment, Qin Mo said pretentiously," The Dao is simple. This is the Way of Tea.”
Then he muttered softly," Only the savages of the grasslands drink tea like that.”
Was he mocking them for being country bumpkins?
The veins on Li Er and the others 'foreheads were throbbing, indicating that they really wanted to beat up the little kid.
However, a certain someone didn't have any self-awareness as he drank his tea happily.
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