Allure of a Country Maiden

The other ladies all despise Mrs. Tongpan in their hearts, and this is simply too obvious.

"There is no reason to let the guests do the work. Xiao'er can do this, and the other girls can enjoy the plum blossoms while waiting for the barbecue." Ms. Liu said with a smile.

"It's okay, it's just a little effort, let Ping'er help." Mrs. Tongpan waved her hand.

The prefect’s wife frowned. Although the folk customs are now much more open, it is still easy for men and women to bump into each other when they gather for a barbecue.

Having said this, Ms. Liu could no longer refuse. She looked at Xiaoer and Yun'er and said, "Xiao'er and Yun'er must take good care of every sister!"

Xiao'er and Yun'er nodded in agreement, but the only girl in the Liu family had already married and had not come back, so the job of greeting people could only fall on them.

"Sister-in-law, Merlin's pavilion seems quite big?"

"It's quite big. There is a pavilion in the plum forest called Yuanyang Pavilion. Although it is one pavilion, it is actually more like two pavilions built side by side. Since young people love barbecue, I asked my servants to move two long tables Put it in the center of the pavilion and get an extra barbecue pit. Let's put the men in one pavilion and the women in the other pavilion." Tan Shi understood Liu's Anshi suggestion.

"That's very good!" the prefect's wife said with a smile.

"Mrs. Tan is still thoughtful." Mrs. Tongpan also praised.

When Jingrui saw this, he left first. He just wanted to ask his sister for some seasonings, but he didn't expect that a group of girls would be invited to have a barbecue. No matter what the situation was, he had to inform the other men to avoid collision.

Jingrui once studied at Juxian Academy. Several of the men here today were his classmates, and they even exchanged letters.

After not seeing each other for a long time, someone suggested having a barbecue and eating meat while drinking and talking.

If he had known that it would attract peach blossoms, Jingrui would not have agreed.

Xiao'er and Yun'er led several girls to the Plum Garden.

At this time, people have already arranged the pavilion. The barbecue grill is arranged outside the pavilion.

Xiaoer led everyone to the pavilion and sat down.

Although it is a barbecue, why do these girls do it themselves? Naturally, it is the maids who are busy.

"Yang Liu goes to my house and brings a bottle of seasoning to the eldest son. Yang Mei, go and roast some meat and vegetables for everyone to eat."

Yangliu and Yangmei followed the order and left.

We couldn't let County Lord Rui'an's maid bake food for so many of them by herself. The other girls also asked their maids to help.

Gao Ping stood up: "I'm going to help adjust the seasoning."

Everyone: I can’t wait!

But no one stopped her.

At this time, most people rely on salt, soy sauce, pepper, chili powder, etc. to season their barbecues, but there is no ready-made barbecue sauce.

Xiaoer BBQ not only prepares the barbecue sauce herself, but also puts cumin powder and honey prepared by her when grilling meat.

Cumin powder is a must-have condiment for barbecue food! Roasting beef and sheep with cumin powder can remove the fishy smell and relieve greasiness, make the meat more delicious and aromatic, and increase people's appetite.

After Gao Ping mixed the seasoning, she divided it into two portions, and then asked her maid to bring one portion to Jingrui.

Jingrui thanked her across the table, but he didn't dare to use it as a seasoning.

Liu Zhiwen wanted to take it and rinse it on the roasted whole lamb, but Jingrui avoided his hand and whispered: "It's better to apply it on the chicken first to see how it tastes before applying it to the lamb."

Liu Zhiwen understood immediately, what a danger! I almost wasted a sheep!

Not a single chicken is wasted!

Liu Zhiwu took a few skewers of chicken to try. After grilling, he found that the taste was pretty good, much better than what he had just made. However, compared with Xiaoer's seasoning, it was still far behind. Fortunately, he didn't rinse the lamb!

Other men also tried it and praised it.

Gao Ping's maid also grilled some mutton skewers for the woman. Everyone tried them and praised her a few times.

When Gao Ping saw this, she couldn't help but smile proudly.

At this time, Yang Liu brought Xiaoer's seasonings over. Xiaoer stood up, mixed two portions of barbecue sauce herself, and asked her to send one portion to Jingrui.

Liu Zhiwen couldn't wait to rinse the sheep.

Gao Ping curled her lips when she saw this, hoping that the food baked with the condiments would be difficult to swallow and steal the limelight from herself.

Barbecuing takes time, and it will be a bit boring while waiting for the food. Xiaoer said to avoid everyone feeling left out: "There is still some time before the lamb is cooked, how about we do something fun?"

Gao Ping wanted to show off her talents in front of Jingrui, so after hearing this, she said as she pleased: "County Master Rui'an has a good suggestion. How about we hold a water painting competition?"

Shui Danqing is actually Fencha. Fencha is an ancient tea art with rich expressive power. It is a unique art form that uses foam to express calligraphy and painting. It is suitable for expressing Chinese calligraphy and painting. The ancients also called it Shui Danqing.

Xiaoer doesn't understand this. Xiaoer only knows latte art milk tea or coffee.

Tea sharing is difficult to master, and it is easy to fail. Gao Ping dared to talk about the Shui Danqing Competition, which shows that she is well versed in this skill.

Xiaoer looked at the other girls: "Do you want to play this game?"

No one had any objections after hearing this.

They may not be able to share the tea well, but if they lose, they can use it to show off other talents, which is better than just sitting around.

Seeing that the girls had no objections, Xiaoer couldn't help but mutter to herself: Could it be that all the girls who know how to share tea came to Shengping County, so no girls in the imperial capital like to play this game.

Xiaoer asked the maid to prepare the tools for dividing tea.

Soon the tea set was delivered.

Because Xiaoer didn't know how to do it, she said, "I don't know how to divide the tea. You just have fun, and I'll be the referee!"

Gao Jie smiled and said: "Shui Danqing is indeed difficult to master. It's normal for County Lord Rui'an not to know. It's better than some people pretending to understand."

Xiaoer blinked: This girl likes her eldest brother? She firmly disagrees! He looks like a troublemaker!

The other girls were angry after hearing this, but they did not get angry.

The girls began to crush the tea leaves into pieces seriously.

Xiaoer watched them carefully, she also wanted to learn this magical skill.

Distributing tea is a higher tea-making skill. Some people use "stirring" to create the image of soup flowers; some people directly use "pointing" to make the soup noodles form soup flowers. Xiaoer saw that all the girls here used "point".

Ordering tea is actually pouring tea, that is, using a one-hand pot, pouring boiling water from top to bottom into the tea cup containing the tea powder. The girls control the level of water pouring, use different gestures, different spout shapes, etc. It forms endlessly changing objects.

It was quiet for a while, except for the sound of tea being poured into the cups.

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The weather has been cold these days, and the plum blossoms are blooming just right, and the fragrance is fragrant.

The men on the other side knew that they were sharing tea and stopped talking, so they all looked over.

It has to be said that the scene of young and beautiful women gathering together and performing tea art gracefully is a visual feast.

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