60 Job's tears fried tea
◎Could it be that he is in love and has gone to look for a girl?◎
As New Year’s Eve approaches, the temperature rises after several sunny days. People take off their thick cotton-padded jackets and put on warmer vests.
Xu Ruolan's cold gradually improved as the temperature warmed up. After three or four days of recuperation, her complexion looked rosy and her face had gained some flesh.
When Song Jinyi was prescribing medicine for her, she asked the doctor to take her pulse and asked about her recent feelings of drowsiness, weakness, and loss of appetite.
The doctor said that her pulse was slippery and heavy, her tongue coating was thick and greasy, her spleen qi was blocked, and dampness was retained in her body, causing stagnation of spleen dampness. To put it more clearly, she had heavy dampness.
Song Jinyi didn't want to take Chinese medicine because she disliked the bitter taste, so she bought some coix seed, which has the effect of removing dampness, and went back to process it.
She took out a small frying pan that had not been used for a long time and fried the Job's tears over low heat until it was slightly charred. It felt hard to the touch, like fried rice.
She added a few red dates and dry green tea, and fried them to bring out the aroma of red dates and tea respectively. She enjoyed the process of frying tea very much. She waved the spatula like a paintbrush. Every time she stir-fried, the ingredients in the pot were colored.
The pan heats evenly and the coloring is even.
Finally, take out an appropriate amount of the fried barley tea, pour in boiling water and steep for a quarter of an hour. The tea is ready, with the aroma of rice mixed with the aroma of dates and tea.
It sounds like the taste is very mixed, but after actually tasting it, you will realize how wonderful it is. The tea soup is green and fragrant, slightly bitter at first, but the sweetness lasts for a long time.
It was because of making this tea that Song Jinyi discovered that there was very little tea left in the store.
It’s just because in winter the main products have become sweet porridge and health tea. Although they are called health tea, they actually use Chinese medicinal materials and not many tea leaves, so I only discovered it now.
She held the teacup and drank while thinking: "Tea is a rare thing in Daxia. In the spring of next year, she will return to her original tea business and expand the store. She will have to increase the quantity of tea and improve the quality as well.
She put down her teacup, stroked her forehead, and said to herself, "The New Year is coming soon. It's time to visit Manager Zheng."
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Shopkeeper Zheng is a tea reseller. Because he has some connections, he can buy tea from Yunshang Tea House, so he is respectfully called Shopkeeper.
Song Jinyi packed four bags of snacks. Before leaving, she was stunned for a while and took another sand bottle to fill with a bottle of barley tea and took it away.
When I arrived at Manager Zheng's house, I put the things I brought on the table and exchanged greetings first.
Song Jinyi said: "Shopkeeper Zheng, I heard that you are going to your hometown in Lingwu to celebrate the New Year, so I came to wish you a happy new year in advance. It's just a small gift from me, I hope you don't mind.
Shopkeeper Zheng glanced at the dim sum. He knew Song Jinyi's craftsmanship and knew it tasted excellent. Whether it was for home consumption or gifts to friends and relatives, it was something presentable.
But he was very curious about what was in the sand bottle.
Song Jinyi introduced: "This is the barley fried tea I made today."
Shopkeeper Zheng let out a whimper. He only knew how to boil, brew, and order tea, and had never heard of stir-frying tea. He thought it was a novelty. He opened the teapot and took a sip.
Song Jinyi was quick on foot, so the tea was still warm when she brought it over, which did not affect the taste.
His eyes suddenly widened and he looked at the sand bottle in his hand in surprise. It was the first time in his life that he tasted such a wonderful flavor.
The moment the tea entered his mouth, an unfamiliar taste swept over his taste buds. The taste was fleeting. He licked his tongue and savored the aftertaste, which had the slight sweetness of tea leaves, the burnt fragrance of red dates, and the sweetness of Job's tears.
Thousands of words can't express his feelings better than the simplest two words "delicious".
Shopkeeper Zheng sighed, "As expected of Boss Song, this tea tastes great."
Song Jinyi was busy flattering each other, "This is all thanks to the tea made by Manager Zheng. Without good tea, what can I do even if I am a good teacupmaker?"
She took advantage of Shopkeeper Zheng's words to bring the topic to tea, and continued, "Shopkeeper Zheng, I've heard a lot about your tea. I heard that you have some connection with Mr. Cheng of Yunshang Tea House, and that you get good tea that outsiders can't get.
I wonder if you could let me take a look and broaden my horizons.”
This Shopkeeper Zheng had just spent some time gambling and drinking with a small manager in Yunshang in his early years.
After being praised like this, Manager Zheng opened his mouth wide, thinking without knowing the difference between the two. He had a relationship with the young steward Yunshang, which meant he had a relationship with the owner of Cheng Manor.
Thinking of this, he felt more and more pleased. There was no reason for him not to respond, so he turned around and took the teapot.
Compared with the tea that Manager Zheng bought before, this jar of tea is a world of difference. The tea is green in color, the leaves are flat and smooth, the edges are slightly curled, like a sparrow's tongue, and the leaves are evenly distributed.
Great product!
Shopkeeper Zheng was reluctant to brew tea for the guests, so she could only pinch off a piece and sniff it. The tea had a strong aroma. Although it was not as good as the green tea she had drunk in the Song Mansion, it was still rare.
Song Jinyi said, "I want to buy this kind of tea in the spring of next year."
Shopkeeper Zheng said, "Shopkeeper Song has also examined the quality of this tea. The price is not cheap."
Song Jinyi motioned him to speak first.
"One ounce of tea leaves is worth two ounces of silver."
What does two taels of silver mean? It was her monthly salary when she worked there, enough money to buy fruit ingredients for most of the month, and enough money to buy a summer outfit for each of the four of them.
Even though Song Jinyi had prepared herself mentally in advance, she couldn't help but shudder at the number.
Song Jinyi tried to bargain, she smiled and said: "My shop has been getting goods from you since it opened, and I am a regular customer. Can't you give me a discount?
"It's a pleasure to do business with Shopkeeper Song, and you're so generous with your money. But unfortunately, the price isn't something I can decide. If I were the owner of Cheng Manor, I wouldn't even give it away for free, let alone a discount."
After hearing this, Song Jinyi covered her face with her hands and looked at him with a fake smile, thinking to herself, "If you really become the owner of the manor, you won't say this anymore."
Who doesn’t know how to draw a pancake?
She continued, "Market prices are fixed, but people are alive. If I wanted the same quantity as before, I wouldn't have dared to ask you for a price reduction. I'm only asking you for a lower price because you want a large quantity."
Shopkeeper Zheng asked her how much she wanted.
"Ten pounds!"
Shopkeeper Zheng was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but blurt out, "Shopkeeper Song, are you going to buy a year's supply?"
"No, it's two months' supply!"
"Are you kidding me, Shopkeeper Song? I know your shop, and it doesn't need that much."
She smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Zheng saw this year's shop, but hasn't seen next year's yet. Look, I just bought the shop next door, and I came to tell you the good news."
Shopkeeper Zheng was confused at first. What good news was this? Then she said, "If my business is good, then Shopkeeper Zheng's..."
Shopkeeper Zheng had never imagined that a young girl like her could not only open a shop but also expand it in less than a year. Was he envious? Was he jealous? He sighed.
Song Jinyi's sweet water shop was in the same neighborhood as his, so he had heard a little about it and knew how difficult her life was. If it were him, he would probably have to pack up his bedding and go back to his hometown.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "I heard before that some tea shop owners in Shuchengfang wanted to challenge Shopkeeper Song, but they were beaten badly by Shopkeeper Song.
It also involves Zui Liuxia. Shopkeeper Song is so decisive. Isn't he afraid of retaliation from Zui Liuxia?"
"Zui Liuxia may be powerful, but he's just a merchant. Even if he wants to harm me, he should have a reason, right? He wouldn't be willing to sacrifice his own life and property just to retaliate against me.
After hearing this, Shopkeeper Zheng clapped his hands and laughed heartily, saying, "Shopkeeper Song is truly a wonderful man. Not only is his craftsmanship excellent, but he is also extremely insightful about how to behave."
A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. She is neither inferior nor inferior to this group of people. This courage is the capital that has brought her to where she is today.
After a moment's silence, Manager Zheng said cheerfully, "How about one catty and fifteen ounces?"
Song Jinyi originally wanted to bargain by one tael at a time, but she didn't expect the other party to directly reduce the price by five taels. If she reduced the price again, the other party would get angry.
Song Jinyi decided to take advantage of the situation and agreed to the price. She paid a deposit of thirty taels and agreed to pick up the goods in the spring of the following year.
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On my way back, I met my neighbors from Shuchengfang and stopped to chat with them.
While talking, I caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from afar. Upon closer inspection, it was Xie Wuyang. He came out of Songji Sweet Water Shop and walked in another direction.
Although she was chatting with the neighbors, her eyes went past them and watched Xie Wuyang's actions.
Seeing that she was absent-minded, the neighbor followed Song Jinyi's gaze and said, "Hey, isn't this your handsome waiter? Where has he been?"
Hearing that Song Jinyi didn't know either, he teased her, "He's not young anymore. Could it be that he's attracted to a girl and gone out to find a girl?"
Song Jinyi was shocked. On the one hand, she denied it, but on the other hand, she felt that the words were somewhat credible.
She hurriedly said goodbye to her neighbors and followed Xie Wuyang's direction.
The house that Hunnamu bought was in the south of the city, and it took an hour to walk from Shuchengfang. Xie Wuyang was walking briskly as usual, but suddenly he stopped, glanced back, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He should have turned right, but at this moment, he turned around and walked in the opposite direction.
It gets dark very early in winter, as if in the blink of an eye, it changes from gray-blue to dark blue, without a trace of light, and the shadow shrinks from the ground to the soles of the feet.
Song Jinyi followed Xie Wuyang not far away. Strange? Why did she feel like he was spinning around, circling back and forth in this area?
Where is he going?
She hid behind a wooden sign, thinking secretly: What if he really has a girl he likes?
Song Jinyi had never thought about these things before. She always felt that Xie Wuyang was like Xu Ruolan and would not leave her easily. She thought it was okay to support one more person. He was handsome and sensible.
It's okay if it continues like this.
A variable appears - what if Xie Wuyang finds someone he likes and wants to leave?
Of course, she is not such an unreasonable person. If he has someone he likes, she will naturally let him go.
There was just an indescribable emotion rising in her heart.
After just a moment of random thoughts, she saw that Xie Wuyang was quite far away from her. She didn't care about anything else and hurriedly ran over with big strides.
When crossing a corner, he almost collided with Xian Wuyang who was standing there.
Song Jinyi, who was discovered while tracking, stood at the corner with an embarrassed look on her face, tilting her head, unwilling to look at Xie Wuyang.
Xie Wuyang seemed not to notice her and asked innocently, "Sister, why are you here?"
【Author’s words】
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