The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 81 Tea Making
In less than a quarter of an hour, a group of more than ten people arrived at the foot of the tea garden. Xiao Qin got out of the car, picked up Xiao Ronger, and followed the housewives up the mountain. It has made Xiao Rong'er very happy.

Xiao Qinzhi thought that it might not be a good thing for Xiao Ronger and Xiao Yunzhi's lively temperaments to be put on the shelf all day long to suppress their nature, so he said: "Sister, in the future, let Xiao Ronger and Yunzhi Go to the back mountain for a walk. There are flowers, trees and grass on the mountain, with lush branches and dense forests. The sun can't shine on it, and outsiders can't see it. Why do you have to be confined upstairs? Dance and ink, embroidered women's red, flowers and plants, they can choose whatever they like , don’t stick to the same thing.”

Xiao Yunzhi clapped her hands and cheered, and said happily, "Brother, I knew you were the best, and I will accompany you to Xianrentai to play music in the morning."

Xiao Qinzhi pursed his lips, stroked Xiao Yunzhi's head, and said with a smile: "I used to see that you like to sleep late, can you wake up?"

Xiao Yunzhi muttered to her lips, "Of course, I can get up."

Xiao Qinzhi said again: "Then I'll call you tomorrow morning, don't be too sleepy, get angry in bed."

Xiao Yunzhi nodded her head and giggled.

Xiao Yunzhi picked a small wild flower with red pistil and white petals, which looked like a plum blossom, and put it in front of Xiao Rong'er's nose, the faint fragrance made Xiao Rong'er very curious, and said: "Mom, what kind of flower is this? "

Xiao Yunzhi just picked it up because he saw it was pretty, so how would he know the name of the unknown flower?But it was stopped for a while.

Xiao Yunzhi looked closely and said, "It looks like a plum blossom."

A housewife at the back saw it and said: "Little lady, it's called Diandimei. It's just like plum blossoms. It's the name. It blooms in spring and bears green fruits. It's still a medicinal material. It can cure bruises. If you get it It’s a little wind and cold, and it can be cured by making juice from him.”

Xiao Qinzhi chuckled, and jokingly said: "Sister, you see, there are people who specialize in art. Although the orchids at home are beautiful, wild flowers are more useful."

Xiao Yunzhi glanced annoyed, then cast a look, picked another flower, and stuck it in Xiao Yunzhi's bun.

Xiao Qinzhi then asked the housewife to introduce the flowers and plants along the way. When the housewife saw Xiao Lang's rise, she told them like a few treasures, what is the name, what is the fruit, what is the use, and what is edible , It really opened everyone's eyes.

The mountain is not high, only more than a dozen feet, but the mist below the mountain has dissipated, and there is still a little mist on the mountain, floating gently on the tea plants, moistening the green leaves, and even the condensed morning dew With green light, it is very attractive.

The tea garden and the orchard are next to each other. There are only a few pink flowers on the pink branches, and the faded pink and white apricot flowers are all over the ground. However, the taller pear trees are in full bloom, and the pear flowers are white. , Hidden in the mist, I don't know where it came from, and I don't know where it's going.

Kong Qing and Dan Lu took Xiao Rong'er and Xiao Yunzhi to pick wild flowers in the orchard, Xiao Qinzhi recruited a few housewives, picked a wet bud, gestured, and said: "Pick this kind of flower." Buds, one bud and one leaf, at most two leaves, diseased and insect leaves, purple buds and peeled buds are not picked, first pick one by one, and pick the rest tomorrow."

The housewives followed this requirement, two by two, distributed up and down, and picked relative to each other. Xiao Qinzhi also carried a basket and talked with Xiao Yunzhi while picking buds.

The mist dissipated, the sun spread, and the temperature rose. An hour later, several baskets were put together, and the buds were fully filled to the basket. Seeing that Xiao Yunzhi and Xiao Ronger were tired from playing, one of them was lying on the ground. On Kong Qing's shoulders, the other is lying on Light Green's back.

Seeing this, Xiao Qinzhi told the housewives to pick up two more baskets, and went home first.

The production of green tea is very fresh and tender, and it must not be left overnight, so one of Xiao Qin returned home, put the fresh buds in the sun, spread them out to dry, until the buds withered.

At noon, the tea-picking housewives also came back, spread out the two baskets of young shoots evenly as required, and Xiao Qinzhi had already cooked the tea.

Xiao Qinzhi had seen tea farmers stir-fry tea before. Although he was not proficient in how to stir-fry tea, he knew roughly that it was necessary to keep turning the tea leaves, otherwise the tea leaves would turn yellow after being heated for a long time, so he put on a glove, picked it up and kneaded it. Put it down, turn over, grab the tea leaves below and rub them, then put them down again, and repeat this until the water in the buds is dried and formed into curved strips.

The last step is to set up a pot, put a layer of paper on it, and simmer the bottom with a slow fire. You need to stick your hands to the pot without feeling hot. Then put the rough tea leaves on the paper and dry them for the final time. It takes about three days. quarter of an hour.

The freshly made tea leaves are slender and curled into snails, exuding a quiet fragrance, silver and green with hints of emerald green, fresh and moist in color, and if you look closely, you can see a layer of white cilia.

According to Xiao Qinzhi's request, the housewives started frying in the remaining three pots, and Xiao Qinzhi took the first batch of finished tea to find Auntie, wanting to taste tea.

There is only curled new tea in the cup, exuding a unique fragrance, without any other accessories, it is really strange, Xiao Yunzhi sat down, took a piece of tea, sniffed it, it smelled very good.

Boil the water to boil, wait for a while, when the temperature drops slightly, pour it into the cup with tea leaves, the curled snails slowly sink into the bottom of the cup, slowly stretch the body, revealing its original face, the color is light green bright.

"Sister, it's time to drink!" Xiao Qinzhi raised his glass to signal, took a sip lightly, stopped on the tip of his tongue, and slid down his throat, a strong fragrance lingered on the tip of his tongue, and there was a feeling of sweetness after drinking.

"Fresh and pleasant, thick but not greasy, sweet and fragrant, with a lingering fragrance, it is really different." Xiao Yunzhi commented, took another sip, and said inexplicably pleasantly: "It has a fruity fragrance, which is very strange. .”

"I have seen people drinking tea, using tea paste with cornus officinalis and scorpion seedlings, and then decocting. It is not so cumbersome, it can be seen that it was added by later generations, so drinking tea in the old-fashioned way today is unimaginable, and it is really delicious." Xiao Qinzhi talked eloquently, took another sip, and thought: "This is tea. Although it is not as good as the tea-making techniques of later generations, it is much better than tea paste, and it is simply unpalatable."

"As for the fruity aroma, it is probably because the tea garden and the orchard are close, so it is contaminated with a hint of fruity aroma."

"Brother, you can give some to the Taoist temple and Mr. Cui, and I will treat my mother to drink tea." Xiao Yunzhi smiled lightly, took a few more sips, and suddenly ordered, saying seriously: "Tomorrow I will pick some more from the tea garden, and make tea." The law should be kept secret first, don’t tell others, wait for the patriarch to come back and discuss.”

"I know." Xiao Qinzhi chuckled and thought: "First give tea an elegant name, then find a few famous people and give some tea as gifts. After they boast, the fame will naturally go out. At that time, it will be another tea." A good way to make money."

"Sister, please give the tea a name." Xiao Qinzhi looked at Hui Zhilanxin, the clever sister, looking forward to it.

Xiao Yunzhi frowned, thinking deeply, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "You go ask Master Qian Tianshi to give you a name."

Xiao Qinzhi patted his head, suddenly realized, but he forgot that the old Taoist's reputation is already very big, which can be used for publicity, and then he gave some tea to Xie Taishou, saying that the old Taoist only loves this tea, and that drinking this tea is good. Prolong your life, wait for Taishou Xie to return to Kuaiji, share with many bigwigs and celebrities, fame will come uninvited.

The best advertising and marketing plan of the year has just been released. Xiao Qinzhi grinned, took some tea, and walked up the mountain, thinking: "Old man, you have cheated me so badly, so I will borrow it from you." It’s not too much to be famous.”

(End of this chapter)