tea-stove

Updated: May 17, 2025

"And what about the tea-stove?" interposed Pi Hen. "To-day," retorted Hsiao Hung, "is not my turn on duty, so don't ask me whether there be any tea or not!" "Do you listen to that mouth of hers!" cried Ch'i Hsia, "but don't you girls speak to her; let her stroll about and have done!" "You'd better all go and ask whether I've been gadding about or not," continued Hsiao Hung.

Xueqin Cao - Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book II