novelraw Chapter 626 273: The Closed Door, Unanswered Phone Calls—The Tragedy Still Happened!
Chapter 626 273: The Closed Door, Unanswered Phone Calls—The Tragedy Still Happened!
Song Wanqing smiled and pursed her lips.
"Uh..."
Zhang Lingchuan felt a bit dazed inside.
Initially, according to the Comrade Xiao Song he met back in Qing County, he thought she was probably using him as material?
After all, her account would occasionally update with this.
But now Zhang Lingchuan felt something was off.
Could it be that this little girl is serious?
"Hehehe, Master Zhang, by the way, this Lubao Tea absolutely cannot be brewed using a white porcelain bowl. I've tried both at my grandfather's, and the taste brewed from this compared to with a Zisha clay teapot is worlds apart."
Song Wanqing showed a slight smile with her little tiger teeth.
The next instant, she plunged into the introduction of this Lubao Tea.
"Oh, so this is called a white porcelain bowl..."
Often seen in TV dramas, a white ceramic bowl with a white lid on top.
He'd never known what it was called.
Just knew that when watching Kangxi Emperor's private visits, adults often used this to make tea.
"Actually, this isn't important. What's important is the ratio of tea leaves to tea water. Master Zhang, you can use this next time you entertain guests. It's roughly 1:20, like this teapot here is 200ml of water, we'll put in ten grams of tea leaves."
Song Wanqing took out the tea leaves.
Then there was a small electronic scale.
"Hiss—, is it this meticulous? I was wondering why there's a little electronic scale."
Zhang Lingchuan only felt his scalp tingle.
Good heavens.
Making tea actually seems so troublesome.
Thinking about it, if it wasn't troublesome, how would those middle-aged or elderly men enjoy drinking tea...
After all, there's this saying, how does it go, the poor play with cars, the rich play with watches, the aged play with tea and birds.
"As for the hotel, this is rather thoughtful. This little electronic scale is quite friendly to newcomers, and during brewing, Master Zhang, you need to pay attention. Use high temperature throughout, first use boiling hot water to thoroughly heat the teapot, then we add the tea while it's hot, gently shake to level the tea leaves, while also using the teapot's temperature to remove part of the dusty taste, waking the tea up."
Song Wanqing demonstrated in front of Zhang Lingchuan.
No idea whether it was to teach Zhang Lingchuan or what, the entire process was done very slowly.
Although he didn't know before.
But now Song Wanqing was earnestly teaching him, Zhang Lingchuan naturally wouldn't be arrogant enough not to learn.
As the saying goes, having more skills is never too much.
You never know when they might come in handy.
Just like Comrade Xiao Song now, suddenly she's using this tea brewing skill.
"High pour with boiling water until the tea leaves overflow, like this tea here being old tea, did you notice? There are some floating particles, we can wash them away with this step."
The Zisha clay teapot overflowed with water.
Sure enough, some floating dust was carried out.
"Wanqing, isn't the first brew not for drinking?"
Even though Zhang Lingchuan isn't interested in tea.
He's heard some things about it.
Apparently, when brewing tea, many people don't drink the first brew.
"Yes, the first brew is called washing the tea, usually it's not drunk."
Song Wanqing poured out the reddish-brown tea water.
Zhang Lingchuan distinctly sensed a waft of tea fragrance pervading the room.
"Next step is called formal brewing. We won't use high pour with boiling water like we did just now, instead, use a slow, steady stream to pour slowly, and in about five seconds, the tea soup is ready."
Song Wanqing placed the spout of the kettle near less than a centimeter from the Zisha clay teapot's opening, then poured water into the teapot.
After waiting five seconds.
The sang red tea was poured into the fairness cup.
"Excellent!"
No kidding.
Having gone through this routine, it was the first time he smelled such clear tea fragrance.
"Ding—"
Just at this moment, a sound suddenly came from outside the door.
"Master Zhang, it's Station Chief Tian and the others, you go open the door, I'll handle the serving tea and water."
Someone was pressing the doorbell.
Song Wanqing immediately got up and wiped the water stains off the table.
"Oh Xiaozhang, the entire room is filled with a tea scent, just don't know what tea it is. Honestly, in the aspect of tea, the old leader has more insight."
Once Station Chief Tian came in, he immediately said with a smile.
Beside him was an old gentleman around seventy years old.
"Xiaotian, I'm old now, not particularly sensitive to tea, stop joking all the time, but this Lubao Tea is brewed very skillfully, look at this fairness cup's color, hmm... Also, the tea water is soft and smooth, not dry at all, obviously the tea soup clings to the cup wall smoothly flowing down instead of crashing down directly, right Xiaochuan?"
The gray-haired old gentleman smilingly looked at Zhang Lingchuan.
"Xiaozhang, this here is my former boss Yu Zecheng, Elder Yu. He's a real expert in tea, very knowledgeable!"
Tian Qiguang said at the side right then.
"Xiaotian, what do you mean by a real expert in tea, look at how you're speaking..."
Yu Zecheng, though feigning reproach, was still chuckling heartily.
"Exactly, exactly, look at how I spoke, Elder Yu is not only a tea expert but also a connoisseur of alcohol!"
Tian Qiguang certainly knew the old boss was telling him not to flaunt these things in front of the young ones and be humble.
But at this moment he still acted as if he didn't understand, amusing Yu Zecheng.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Yu Zecheng chuckled and said repeatedly, "You, you..."
He was quite satisfied with this subordinate.
Moreover, he was clever and knew his place well.
"Alright, no need to stand around, come over and drink a bit of Xiaochuan's brewed Lubao Tea, we're just visiting late at night, don't make things so formal."