Mingmen Family

Chapter 226 Minzhou, Oolong Tea
After dinner, Ye Yaming still went to Ye Yaqing's yard.

"Second sister, congratulations." She said to Ye Yaqing with a smile as soon as she entered the room.

Ye Yaqing blushed, cast an angry look at her and said, "It's rare to come here, just make fun of me."

Ye Yaming has been making jasmine tea some time ago, and I haven't seen Ye Yaqing for a month or so.

At this time, seeing that she changed her original gloom and joy on her face, and her originally thin face became round, she knew that she was very satisfied with this marriage.

"Did the other party say when they will get married?" she asked.

Ye Yaqing is 17 years old, and she is not too young in the eyes of ancient people.However, the process of three books and six appointments will take half a year, and it will definitely take more than half a year to get married.

Ye Yaqing lowered her head shyly and said: "They looked at the date, and my mother picked the beginning of May next year."

"At that time, I will definitely give my second sister a big gift." Ye Yaming said with a smile.

Ye Yaqing thought of Ye Yaming's unwarranted marriage, raised her head and looked at her worriedly, wanting to comfort her, but didn't know where to start.

Ye Yaming pretended not to understand her hesitation, changed the topic, sat for a while and left.

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With the apprentices who make jasmine tea, Ye Yaming doesn't need to work hard to make osmanthus tea this year. She only needs to give instructions once, and the apprentices can make the tea well.

The Ye family also booked next year's spring tea according to the size of previous years.

After the sweet-scented osmanthus tea, the tea leaves in the tea garden can recuperate, and Ye Yaming, who has been busy for more than half a year, finally relaxes.

She drew the pattern of the covered bowl for Qi Ji.

"This is called the Sancai Cup. The lid of the cup represents the sky, the cup holder represents the land, and the teacup in the middle represents the people... The Sancai Cup is the combination of the three talents of 'Heaven, Earth and Man' to jointly cultivate the essence of tea." Ye Yaming introduced the Sancai Cup. Meaning and connotation.

Qi Ji has already gained the sweetness of tea "culture".

The tea sets they sold were all thanks to the book "Tea Table"? "Tea Feast" endows the tea set with "cultural connotation", which is why it is sought after by literati and refined scholars, thus becoming the vane of tea drinking in the whole Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, with such a simple teacup with a lid and a holder, Ye Yaming can tell a whole set of cultural connotations, and Qi Ji admires her so much.

"Miss Ye, can you write another book? Just talk about the Three Talents Cup?" Qi Ji asked.

Ye Yaming thought for a while: "Okay, then I'll write another book, about how to make tea, and introduce the Sancai Cup."

Although loose tea has appeared for a long time, in the past, loose tea was used by poor people to quench their thirst, and they didn't pay much attention to the brewing method, just pour hot water directly.

But now that the imperial court has been abolished, dignitaries and literati have begun to drink loose tea. In order to make loose tea taste better, not only the tea making techniques must be paid attention to, but also the tea brewing techniques must be paid attention to.Otherwise, no matter how good the tea is, it will be useless if the method of brewing it is wrong.

Recalling the first time I met Ye Yaming in Chongshan Temple, Ye Yaming made tea for them once, and even spoke clearly and logically, he and Lu Guanyi were stunned, Qi Ji slapped: " Very good."

"Master Qi, do you still want to buy another tea mountain?" Ye Yaming asked.

Last year in Huizhou, buying tea mountains and building teahouses cost almost all the money I had collected.

After making jasmine tea this year, Ye Yaming trained a group of tea-making masters for both parties. Qi Ji and a steward of the Ye family led them to make tea on the tea mountain at Zhou Jiawang's side.

In the past, the gardeners on the tea mountain had to pick the tea and make the tea into raw tea, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive.Now you only need to pick the fresh leaves and hand them over to Qi Ji and the others.After Qi Ji and the others finished making the tea, the two parties went to the Department of Disputes for a formality, and then traded the batch of tea.

Therefore, Lu Qiye's cooperation with the three parties also benefited from the end of summer tea and the whole autumn tea.Coupled with the considerable income from the tea set, the money spent earlier has returned.

It took less than a year to pay back the capital, which shows the huge profits in this business, Qi Ji is naturally moved.

He asked, "Where does Miss Ye want to buy tea? Huizhou?"

"No, go to Fujian Province." Ye Yaming said.

She remembers the oolong tea from Fujian.

When it comes to the art of making tea, it must be the method of making tea with oolong tea.At that time, the purple clay teapot will be available.

Qi Ji hesitated.

It would be best if Lu Guanyi was at home and they went together like last year.But now that Lu Guanyi is not here, he went to Minzhou with Ye Yaming. Although there was Ye Hongrong in the middle, but after spending so long together day and night, he was worried that his brother would be jealous.

"The journey is hard, and Minzhou is farther than Huizhou. Miss Ye, you have worked hard for a year, why don't you leave this matter to me, and I will take people there."

Naturally, the two did not meet alone, and Ye Chongming was also present.

Hearing this, he agreed: "Yes, Mr. Qi is right, let them go, Ming'er, you can rest at home."

Ye Yaming was a little apprehensive about the means of transportation in this era and the hardships on the road.In modern times, regardless of airplanes and trains, even if you drive by yourself in a small car, there are service areas at intervals where you can stop to rest and resupply.If you don’t want to leave, you can get off the expressway and find a place to open a hotel to rest at any time.

In ancient times, there was really nothing you wanted.

Moreover, she also understands Qi Ji's concerns.Although she is not afraid of people's words, she believes that Lu Guanyi is not such a narrow-minded person-if he is such a narrow-minded person, you can see clearly as soon as possible, and you can retire when he comes back-but she can't ignore Lu Guanyi. The brotherhood with Qi Ji.

Under the circumstances that Qi Ji was unwilling to go alone with her, she naturally wouldn't come forward and insist on going to Minzhou with Qi Ji.

At worst, when there is enough time and the weather is suitable, she will take someone to Fujian Province alone. The journey will be slower and less strenuous.

Minzhou, she must go.

She said: "Alright. I'll call my fourth uncle and Fang Xing back and let them go with you."

When the time comes, she will write down the specific places and what the tea trees look like, and give them to Ye Hongrong and Fang Xing, and they should be able to buy the tea mountains she wants.

Ye Chongming said: "If Ming'er doesn't go, Mr. Qi, you don't have to go at this time. Minzhou is far away, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back during the Chinese New Year, and it's really hard to drive in winter. It's better to wait until next spring is warmer before going. Anyway, you can There is no need to make tea, and other things are also taken care of by the steward, so there is plenty of time to go back and forth, and it will be much more comfortable to walk by water."

"That's right." Ye Yaming also agreed, "I proposed it at this time because I'm free at this time. I originally planned to go by myself. Since I won't go, you can go next spring."

Qi Ji was originally a noble son, so if he could not endure hardships, he would naturally not want to endure hardships.Both the grandfather and grandson of the Ye family said so, so he naturally agreed.

After discussing this matter, he took the initiative to tell Ye Yaming: "There may be some changes in the capital recently. But it will not affect Lin'an here, so you don't have to worry."

Ye Chongming became nervous when he heard it: "What's the change? Hongchang, should I ask him to withdraw first?"

(End of this chapter)