Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 279 Standards
Du Jinning said again: "Let's talk about it first, you can only pay eight Wen for a catty for the first-class tea, only four Wen for the second-class tea, and only two Wen for the third-class tea."

As she spoke, she turned her head and asked Qin Lao Liu who was drinking tea at the side: "What is first level, second level and third level, have you told them?"

This was Du Jinning's repeated orders, so Qin Lao Liu didn't dare to be careless, and quickly said: "I said it, I said it yesterday, and I told them twice before I went to pick tea today."

Hearing this, the women all became nervous, and they took off the bamboo baskets to look at the fresh leaves inside.

Du Jinning hurriedly stopped: "Anyway, I've picked them all, so don't turn them over again. The tea buds are already tender, and they will rot if you turn them over like this. Let me tell you first, I won't collect the rotten ones."

The women had to put down the fresh leaves one after another, waiting for Du Jinning to judge.

Du Jinning signaled the first woman in line to come in front of her, looked at the fresh leaves in her bamboo basket, flipped through them again, and made sure that the fresh leaves below were the same as the ones above, then raised her voice: "That's right, all of them It was collected according to the standard and belongs to the first grade."

Hearing the word "Level [-]", the women's expressions relaxed, and each of them began to speak in a low voice.

Du Jinning handed the basket of fresh leaves to Lu Xiaobei, signaling the second woman to come forward for evaluation.

Lu Xiaobei skillfully weighed fresh leaves.

He first weighed the bamboo basket together with the fresh leaves, and then signaled Du Fangfei to pour the fresh leaves into the dustpan, then re-weighed the bamboo basket, and got the weight of the fresh leaves: "Two and a half catties."

The woman took the empty bamboo basket and walked in front of Du Fanghui. Du Fanghui learned arithmetic from Du Jinning, and it was no worse than those students in the academy.She quickly calculated the money that the woman deserved: "One catty of first-class tea is eight Wen, and you have two and a half catties, a total of twenty Wen." She counted twenty coins from the money bag. Wen Qian, handed over.

The woman was very pleasantly surprised when she saw that she had earned twenty Wen in less than half an hour, and thanked Du Fanghui repeatedly while dragging the copper coin.

Seeing this, the women in the queue began to discuss in a low voice, with joy on their faces.

On Du Jinning's side, the second woman in the row looked nervous, and her eyes were fixed on Du Jinning.

Du Jinning looked at her green tea, and said expressionlessly: "Third-grade tea."

When all the women heard this, they all exclaimed, "Why is it level three?"

The woman stopped immediately, and shouted: "How could it be the third grade? You have to look carefully." As she spoke, she grabbed a handful of fresh leaves, wishing to stuff them into Du Jinning's nose, "Such a good tea, no Speaking of first-class tea, there must be second-class tea."

"Sixth brother, tell her what is first-class, second-class, and third-class tea." Du Jinning was unmoved.

Qin Lao Liu's sweat broke out again.He didn't dare to sit anymore, stood up and said: "All teas are picked according to the standard of one bud and one leaf. Two leaves or a pair of leaves, is the second grade; mixed with one bud and one leaf, one bud with multiple leaves and mixed with old leaves and old stems, it is the third grade. All tea must be free of impurities such as leaves, grass clippings or small stones, otherwise it will not be purchased .”

Du Jinning looked directly at the woman: "Auntie, take a look at the tea you picked."

The woman also knew that she was in the wrong, and she didn't dare to yell and scold and swear loudly in front of the masters and young masters, but begged bitterly: "Isn't this unacceptable? If you say that, I will know. This time you Give me a first grade, and when I pick again later, I will pick according to your requirements. You are a rich man, young master, and you are accommodating. My family has many children, and life is not easy."

"It's not that we are unreasonable, it's that the tea you pick is not good. The quality of the dry tea we make is not good, and the price is very low, which is far from the price of first-class tea. If we don't check it strictly, give you a review It is not fair to the aunts and sisters-in-law who are honestly picking first-class tea. They work hard for half an hour to pick two catties of first-class tea; You can pick five or six catties. We give you a first-class rating, are you worthy of those who carefully pick first-class tea? If everyone learns from you, our tea gardens will not need to be opened. We cut down tea trees at a loss, you guys You won’t be able to make any money in the future, will you?”

As soon as those women heard that their own interests were being harmed, they naturally stopped doing it, and said to the woman: "The Er Gouzi's family, the Qin steward said again and again that he wanted to pick a bud and a leaf, and he also picked a leaf." I showed it to everyone twice, but you didn't listen to it, thinking that you could make more money by playing smart. How could you do this?"

Qin Lao Liu also said at the right time: "This time the rating is three, it is our young master's kindness to give you a chance. If the tea picked again is still not up to standard, you don't have to go again, go home and have a good rest Right. You are also wasting tea like this, and we can’t make dry tea when you pick it back. Anyway, there are many girls and daughters-in-law in the village who can pick tea, so we don’t have to worry about no one to work.”

Er Gouzi's daughter-in-law was terrified.Picking tea for half a day is not very hard work, but it can earn a hundred yuan. Is there a better job than this?And Guanshi Qin also said that if they pick well, the tea garden will hire them for a long time. Once there are tea leaves, they will be called to pick them. Unless the amount of tea leaves is too large, new people will be added.

If she loses this job, she will be scolded to death by her mother-in-law and husband when she returns home.

"Well, well, level three is level three." She murmured.

Lu Xiaobei took her bamboo basket, weighed it, and glanced at her: "Three catties and nine taels."

Seeing that Mrs. Chen and Du Fangfei took bamboo baskets and wanted to pour them into the dustpan, Du Jinning hurriedly said, "Don't mix them together, and put them in another dustpan. If there is any tea of ​​this grade, put it together, and wait All the tea is made and then processed."

Du Fanghui saw Er Gouzi's daughter-in-law's bamboo basket vacated, and handed over eight Wen: "Four catties for you, eight Wen."

Taking the eight Wen coins, and then looking at the woman who has gone all the way to pick tea for the second time in a hurry, think about spending the same amount of effort, she earns twenty Wen, and she earns eight Wen, which one is worth it is naturally clear at a glance. Gouzi's daughter-in-law made up her mind that she would stop being clever and take chances, and she would pick tea well according to the standard of first-class tea.

One person rated it, one person weighed it, and one person paid for it. After a while, Du Jinning and the others put away the tea leaves.Except for Ergouzi's daughter-in-law's third grade, there is also a second grade tea, and the rest have picked first grade tea.This is the first time tea picking can do this, which is already pretty good.

Qin Lao Liu originally planned to take them up the mountain once, but he would not go the second time and stayed here to help.But looking at it like this, he was still worried, and after talking to Du Jinning, he still followed the women up the mountain.

Du Jinning once told him that the quality of tea depends on picking.If the picking is standard, the tea will be good; otherwise, it will not be sold at a high price.Before Ming Dynasty, tea was precious, and "quality" was more important than "quantity", so he didn't worry about it.

　Today is still three

　　
　
(End of this chapter)