Daiyu first entered Jia's house, washed her mouth after dinner, and then had tea. After careful observation, Daiyu found that many habits were different from those at home, so she changed them one by one.
Jia Baoyu and Daiyu are having wine at Aunt Xue's. When they came back, the girl Xue Qian served tea. Baoyu said, "I made a bowl of maple syrup tea early this morning. As I said, this kind of tea needs to be brewed three or four times to be excellent. Why am I doing this again? " Knowing that Li Nainai ate it, he broke the bowl angrily.
In the novel, the most wonderful passage about tea is Miaoyu's comment on tea. Granny Liu entered the Jia family, and Grandmother Jia took her to the Grand View Garden and arrived at Long Cuian. Miaoyu personally took the cup into the kiln, and Jia said, I don't eat Lu 'an tea. Miaoyu said, yes, this is Laojunmei. What kind of water did Jia Mu say to make tea? Miaoyu said the rain in the old year. Then, Miaoyu took Daiyu, Baochai and Jia Baoyu for intimate tea and took out precious antique teacups. Tea leaves are collected from the snow on plum blossoms and placed in a flower bed that has been sealed for five years. When joking with Baoyu, she said, "Don't you smell a cup? Two cups is a foolish thing to quench your thirst, and three cups is to drink cattle and mules. " Only by tasting tea carefully can you eat tea more clearly. It seems that Miaoyu's view on tea tasting is above everything else. In addition, Jia Mu is also a person who is very particular about tea.
There are many places about tea in the novel. For example, Wang Xifeng teased Daiyu, "You ate our tea, why don't you marry a daughter-in-law for our family?" . Moreover, after Qingwen was driven out of the Grand View Garden, Baoyu went to see him. Qingwen was ill and asked Baoyu to pour her tea.
I checked, people in southern Fujian all talk about eating tea. I wonder if it has anything to do with the author. It is a common practice to grow and eat tea in the south. It seems that northerners drink less tea and more water.
Tea, teacups, tea leaves and water are very particular. If you want to taste a good cup of tea, all three are indispensable.
Leisure and tea tasting are one of the great pleasures of life.