Great Imperial Merchant

In Yang Zhongyuan's impression, Cheng Weizhe was extremely intelligent when he was young. There was no homework in the school that he could not do, and there was no one he could not do well. He was almost a role model for everyone.Later, after a long absence, when he came back, he found that Cheng Weizhe, who had grown up, had opened a teahouse. He heard the sound of storytelling coming from the neighbor next door from time to time, so he knew that the business of his teahouse was very good.

Such a person who is able to learn and stand up to business, now comes to tell him that he knows how to order tea.

Yang Zhongyuan couldn't help asking in surprise: "Azhe, is there anything in this world that you don't know?"

Cheng Weizhe looked up at him, seeing that his words were really not a compliment, he couldn't help laughing and said: "There are many things I don't know. First of all, I don't know how to cook, and I haven't even cooked porridge."

Hearing him talking about cooking, Yang Zhongyuan couldn't help but also smiled: "That's because you haven't learned it, maybe you have learned it, and you're better than me."

While talking, Cheng Weizhe stared at the kettle on the small stove, seeing that the water was almost scalding, he hurried over to take a closer look: "Don't praise me, I know myself, I can't learn your skills. "

"Okay, that's what you say. What kind of tea do you drink today?" Yang Zhongyuan fetched a jujube wood tray, and put a teapot and two teacups on the tray. The water is also the well water in my courtyard, which is not as sweet as the spring water."

"Let's drink Ronghua. Let's drink and talk by ourselves. How can we be so particular? It's hot in summer, and it won't be too hot to watch by a stove." Cheng Weizhe saw that the well water in the small pot was already boiling, and the bubbles in the water rolled up With a slight noise, he hurriedly picked it up from the stove.

Yang Zhongyuan had already added tea into the teapot with a teaspoon. Cheng Weizhe came over with hot water. First, he filled the teapot with hot water, and after covering the lid, he scalded the pot again.

In an instant, the strong aroma of tea permeated the small noodle shop. At this moment, all the firewood in the big stove had been extinguished, and the chicken soup stewed in the pot was not as fragrant as it was when it was eaten, and it was actually overwhelmed by the smell of tea.

"Good tea!" Yang Zhongyuan took a deep breath and sighed.

Seeing him sniffling his nose, Cheng Weizhe looked the same as when he was cheating when he was a child, so he couldn't help being a little funny, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly, waited for a while, and poured a bowl for each of them.

The tea cup is light blue and blue in color, but the tea soup is somewhat reddish brown and gorgeous, it is extremely beautiful when paired together.

"Try it, I know you'll love this tea, I've put in more, it's enough." Cheng Weizhe said, pointing to the bottle of Baiting, "This uncle Quan is the most suitable for drinking. Fire, the taste is quite light."

Yang Zhongyuan rolled his eyes at him, and said with pursed mouth: "It's not that I haven't drunk it, so I naturally know this, what are you telling me?"

Cheng Weizhe lowered his head and wiped his nose, then changed the subject in an instant: "You just said you wanted to add cold dishes, so tell me what you want to do?"

Yang Zhongyuan's mind was completely abducted when he talked about eating well. He first thought about it, and then said: "In this season, green leafy vegetables are very cheap. I thought it would be better to make sesame rapeseed heart. If there is no cabbage that day , it’s also okay to make wheat vegetables with sesame soy sauce.”

These two are cold dishes, but the sesame oil lettuce has a light taste, which is just refreshing when eaten with noodles, while the sesame soy lettuce has a stronger taste, but it is salty and not greasy. It has both the fragrance of lettuce lettuce and the mellowness of sesame seeds. It's all very simple.

Although it was just two ordinary cold dishes, Cheng Weizhe swallowed when he heard his clear voice. The main reason is that Yang Zhongyuan's craftsmanship is really good. No matter what he says or does, Cheng Weizhe takes it for granted that there is no other chef better than him powerful.

But at the same time when the glutton was drawn out, Cheng Weizhe also thought more: "I said just now that you are the only chef in the shop. Although I don't know how to cook these two dishes, I also know that the taste will not be good if left for a long time. It’s fresh. You’re a noodle shop here, and I think it’s enough to focus on the word “noodles,” and the rest is just a foil.”

After all, Cheng Weizhe has opened the store for a long time and has more experience. Yang Zhongyuan thought about it and felt that he should listen to him: "You are right, then what do you think I should do?"

This is hard for him, Cheng Weizhe is good at eating, but he can't do it.While thinking about not wanting Yang Zhongyuan to waste too much energy during the day, he also tried his best to keep cold dishes that would not taste the same for a day, but he was really distressed.

He thought about the dishes on the table at home when he got up early, and suddenly had an idea: "Xiao Yuan, can you make vegetarian assorted?"

When Yang Zhongyuan heard the name, he immediately said: "Who knows this, it's a piece of cake."

"What do you think of this? I remember when I was a child, we went to study in the academy on a snowy winter day. My father brought me this as a side dish. After leaving it for a whole morning, the taste didn't change at all. The recipe should be simple?"

"Okay, the ingredients are available at home, and I'll make them later." Yang Zhongyuan nodded, seeing the gentle smile on Cheng Weizhe's face, even the dimples showed a bit of nostalgia, and he also remembered the things that happened a long time ago that time.

He had a bad temper when he was young, and he was even more domineering in the academy, including Cheng Weizhe, almost all his classmates in the academy had fought and quarreled with him.

But even if other people don't like to play with him, Cheng Weizhe will always accompany him. The two of them are the strangest friends in the school. If they disagree with each other, they can cause troubles, but they always stick to each other. Together, no matter play, no matter eat.

After a fight, if one person says sorry, it will be dismissed. If you get angry, you will not be able to pass a class. After a while, you will sit at the same table and talk about your teacher’s slips of the tongue and minor problems during the break.

On this summer morning, the sun was warm and bright. The two of them sat in a small noodle shop by the street, and suddenly recalled the past together with the smell of tea.

Cheng Weizhe turned his head and looked seriously at Yang Zhongyuan's grown-up face.When he was a child, his eyes were very big, and when he watched people talking, he looked very clever, but he didn't expect that after seeing him for more than ten years, his eyes would still grow into the unique red phoenix eyes of the Yang family.

Now that Yang Zhongyuan looks at people again, he is less clever and ghostly, but he has a special demeanor.Cheng Weizhe didn't notice his phoenix eyes when he first saw him, but as the days went by, he felt numb and itchy in his heart, something had changed.

He couldn't figure it out at first, but now he has a little understanding.

Cheng Weizhe couldn't help but sighed in his heart, but when he looked up, the expression on his face didn't change at all: "I have nothing to do in the afternoon, when you finish your meal, I'll wash the vegetables for you."

Yang Zhongyuan looked at him amusedly: "Come on, I can't always bother your boss Xiaocheng to do the vegetable washing for me. If I'm too busy, I'll call you, and I won't be polite to you."

Yang Zhongyuan was also a little happy when the side dishes to be prepared were settled. He drank half a pot of warm tea in a row, and he was still full of ideas: "Actually, although the method of brewing is simple, it can also restore the original taste of tea. Although tea is not an ingredient, But the principle is actually similar.”

Cheng Weizhe nodded, looked down at the Yingqing teapot, and said: "I bought this shop in the first few years, because it was originally a teahouse, so I didn't bother to change it, so I continued to operate it. , and gradually realized the benefits of tea. You see, these small leaves are all carefully picked and baked into tea cakes. When it comes to eating, there are many ways to eat them. The tea set used, the water used for brewing, the charcoal fire used for boiling water, and even the location of the tea room and the tea guests have their own opinions. I didn’t understand it at first, but after talking with the tea guests a lot, I gradually realized a thing or two.”

"That's right, making tea is actually the same as cooking. Ingredients, seasonings, pots, pans and pans are delicious. Otherwise, it's just an ordinary meal. We have to pursue, right?" Yang Zhongyuan listened carefully to what he said. After a long conversation, he suddenly asked, "Azhe, are you going to be a tea merchant in the future?"

Although at Cheng Weizhe's current age, it's not too late to take the imperial examinations again, but these days, Yang Zhongyuan only saw him wandering in Xueta Lane every day, either busy with his own shop, or helping Yang Zhongyuan's management, The book has not been touched at all.

Cheng Weizhe has always been a person who does what he wants, even if Yang Zhongyuan hasn't seen him for more than ten years, he can be sure of this.

If he doesn't read books, he has no hope of studying and becoming an official, so Yang Zhongyuan can guess the rest, seeing his excitement when he talks about tea.

After hearing his words, Cheng Weizhe couldn't help but smiled again. This time, his smile seemed to be stained with rosy eyes, and he seemed very happy and satisfied: "You always understand me like this, Xiao Yuan."

With his rich voice, coupled with such an expression, and such a touching sentence, Yang Zhongyuan felt as if his ears were getting hot. He turned his head away and said in a low voice: "You are so serious, it's easy to guess." Well, I'm not stupid."

"Haha," Cheng Weizhe laughed twice, and then said, "Yeah, Xiao Yuan, do you just want to stay in this little Danluo? Although I don't leave here like you, I also know that there are many people in the outside world. How old, I want to leave, I have thought about it for many years."

Yang Zhongyuan raised his head, and he looked at Cheng Weizhe with approval and approval, as well as a little care that couldn't be concealed.He knew that he was not happy in Cheng's house. When he was young, Cheng Weizhe talked about many things in the family. Yang Zhongyuan even secretly ran to beat Cheng Weishu when he was away.

He couldn't say why, but he just felt that Cheng Weishu bullied Cheng Weizhe, and he wanted to avenge his little friend.

Thinking about it now, it's really stupid.

"It's fine to leave. When my father recovers, we will leave here together. The world is big, so we can't live a good life, right?"

Cheng Weizhe looked at him, and the emotions in his heart were almost overflowing. Although Yang Zhongyuan has always been a hard-spoken and soft-hearted person, he would also speak the best love words to the closest people.

"Okay, let's leave together and find the most prosperous city. We will open a big restaurant, you will be the chef, and I will be the shopkeeper, earning untold money."