Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 129 Gu Zhu Purple Bamboo Shoots
Yuan Xiuzhu thought for a while, then took the bank note back.

He said: "Seeing that it's almost noon, how can I let you go back on an empty stomach when you come to my place? I have already asked the kitchen to prepare some meals. Let's go back after eating a little."

After Qi Bokun returned to Lishui County and his grandson went to the academy again, he had nothing to do and stayed with Yuan Xiuzhu all day long, eating and drinking together had become the norm, so he naturally would not refuse; and Guan Lehe had worked with Yuan Xiuzhu for many years , and you will not be polite.Both of them nodded and said, "Okay, then let's stop bothering."

Du Jinning's opinion was directly ignored by everyone.

Du Jinning was not so ignorant, and immediately followed everyone to the flower hall.

Yuan Xiuzhu is a foodie. Naturally, his family's food is not tired of fine food and delicate food. Everyone eats very happily.

After the meal, the servants took the food away and made tea.

Du Jinning is very curious about tea.

The last time I went to Hot Spring Zhuangzi, Yuan Xiuzhu had someone make tea for everyone after dinner.At that time, the servants did not take out tea leaves to brew, but poured tea from a large pot for everyone. Du Jinning didn't see the tea leaves, and he didn't feel very good drinking the tea soup.

It's just that at that time, she was not familiar with Yuan Xiuzhu and others, and she was in a difficult situation. She hadn't escaped from Du Chensheng's control, and she couldn't talk about all the behaviors of making a fortune. .

Now, she has the leisure to look at the tea leaves of this era.

Because she knew that people in the Tang Dynasty popularized the method of frying tea, and people in the Song Dynasty liked to order tea.Since this superficial era was continued by the Song Dynasty, what they drink now should be tea soup made by brewing tea powder with bamboo whisks.But it is not.Could it be that history is still moving forward, and the development of tea has been the same as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with loose tea as the mainstay and Chongqing drinking method as the main way of drinking tea?
The light green tea soup in the bowl in front of me should be naturally brewed from tea leaves. The taste is so-so, and it doesn't smell like modern famous tea, and the freshness is also greatly reduced. Tea level [-] tea is average.

In his previous life, Du Jinning followed his mentor to do projects everywhere, but he drank a lot of good tea.Tea tree planting and cultivation is also one of their subjects, and they also have a general understanding of how to make tea.

So she was curious to know what kind of tea they were drinking.

"Mr. Yuan, can I have a look at your tea?" she asked.

Seeing Du Jinning's eyes wide open, looking very curious, Yuan Xiuzhu smiled and said triumphantly: "How is it? Have you tasted it? This is a new good tea for me." He got up and went to the next room.

Uh, how about tea?Du Jinning was speechless.

However, seeing that Qi Bokun, who always likes to contradict Yuan Xiuzhu, didn't speak, but instead looked like "the taste of tea, life is enlightened carefully", drinking the tea soup intoxicated, Du Jinning had a little understanding in his heart.

After a while, Yuan Xiuzhu came out, took a bag of tea in his hand, and handed it to Du Jinning.

Du Jinning opened the tea bag, and a handful of emerald green tea appeared in front of her eyes.

It is really emerald green, covered with thin pekoe, and each bud is slightly purple, the color is brighter and more beautiful than all the tea leaves she has seen in modern times.These tea raw materials are picked very tender, although there is one bud and two leaves, but the leaves are wrapped around the bud tip, like a bamboo shoot, it is really beautiful.In short, this handful of tea leaves is more beautiful than the tea leaves she saw in modern times.In terms of appearance, it is indeed a good tea.

Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots.

Du Jinning almost blurted out.

She asked Yuan Xiuzhu, "What kind of tea is this?"

Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots. "Yuan Xiuzhu said.

really!

Du Jinning brought the tea to the tip of his nose and smelled it. Although the tea had a clear fragrance, it was not obvious.She put down the tea bag, took a sip from the tea bowl on the table, it was still the same as what she had just drunk, the fragrance was not obvious, the taste was bitter and astringent, not fresh enough.

She couldn't help frowning.

This Guzhu purple bamboo shoot, in her time and space, was a tribute tea in the Tang Dynasty. Lu Yu said in the "Tea Classics": "In the yin forest on Yangya Cliffs, the purple ones are the best, and the green ones are the second; the bamboo shoots are the best, and the buds are the second." Purple The title of bamboo shoot tea comes from this.

In the beginning, this tea was cake tea. Later, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, when the tribute was stopped, Guzhu purple bamboo shoots were transformed into strip-shaped loose tea, which gradually disappeared until the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty.The Guzhu purple bamboo shoots in the [-]th century were newly developed and excavated, and the production method is different from the ancient ones.

In the time and space she lives in now, history has turned a corner in the Song Dynasty. Gu Zhu Zisun did not appear in front of her in the form of cakes and tea, but in the form of ropes. It seems that although the long river of history has turned a corner, it is still stretched forward.

With a score in her mind, she frowned and put down the teacup.

"How is it? Is this tea okay?" Yuan Xiuzhu didn't notice the change in Du Jinning's expression, and asked Qi Bokun and Guan Le with a smile.

Qi Bokun curled his lips, but did not speak.On the other hand, Guan Lehe nodded, and said very appreciatively: "It really is good tea."

Du Jinning couldn't help asking: "Mr. Yuan, is this tea tribute tea?"

"Gong tea?" Yuan Xiuzhu gave Du Jinning a thumbs up, "Xiao Ning'er, you have a really good mouth, you can taste the quality of this tea. This is indeed tribute tea, which is paid tribute to the royal family every spring. But The tribute is not this kind of loose tea, but cake tea. The process of cake tea is complicated, and a lot of spices need to be added in it, which is expensive. The old man is not used to the taste of the spices, and thinks it is too extravagant, so he would rather drink loose tea Tea."

Du Jinning nodded: "I see."

Guan Lehe is used to taking a lunch break, and he gets sleepy after eating, and after drinking tea, he stands up to say goodbye.

Du Jinning naturally followed suit.After riding to the academy with Guan Lehe, she got out of the car and went back to Zhuangzi by herself.

Back home, before she put down the cloth bag in her hand, Du Fangling impatiently followed into the house, told her what Mrs. Xie said, and asked, "Is it possible?"

"Yes, it's a good thing." Du Jinning originally meant to do wholesale.

Although Du Fangling and the others went to the market to sell things in the past two days, nothing happened, but Du Jinning was not at ease after all.

There are a lot of fish and dragons in the market, and there are many petty thefts.Du Fangling and Du Fanghui are both good-looking, and they are still the best selling age, so maybe someone will follow them.If they were captured on the way home, it would be the end of it.Not to mention others, Du Yunnian alone had to be on guard.

So it's better for them to just stay at home and do things.People like Mrs. Xie came to approve dried tofu, and they went to sell it in the city. Du Fangling and the others spared no effort to make more dried tofu, and the profit from the sale was earned back. Difference.

(End of this chapter)