Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 58 Tea Picking
Chapter 58 Picking Tea
"Xi'er, your father and mother are useless, I'm afraid they won't be able to win what you want... I'm sorry, girl!" Sun looked at Jin Xi guiltily, and her eyes were red again.

Jin Xi looks away, smiles at Sun Shi, and puts her hand on the back of Sun Shi's.

"Mother, don't be upset, and don't worry. There is nothing difficult in this world, as long as there is a caring heart. For the time being, you and father don't talk about the separation of the family. Leave it to Xi'er, and Xi'er will definitely be able to handle it." Figure out a way!"

In the past, Mrs. Sun would definitely listen to what Jin Xi said as a child's talk, and it is impossible to take it seriously.But thinking of her daughter's roasted chestnuts, she really made money, Sun looked at Jin Xi in front of her, her eyes were a little shaken.

"Xi'er, how could you think of a way? It's not like you don't know your grandma's character, but it's the same..."

Stubborn and arbitrary, eccentric and selfish, these are the distinctive personalities of the old Liangtou old couple. Unless they are gone, otherwise, as long as the two elders are in charge, Liang Yuzhong and the others should not expect to have a bright future!Why doesn't Jinxi know?She sees these clearly!

Looking at it like this, it will be difficult for Liang Yuzhong and the others to muster up the courage again in a short time to raise the matter of separating the family with Lao Liangtou.

Jin Xi reckoned that she couldn't go head-to-head, so let's take a roundabout way to conquer!The most urgent thing is to think of a way to get Liang Yuzhong and the Sun family out of the complicated environment of the old Liang family, to stay away from the old Liang family for the time being, and to get rid of the shackles and shadows of the old Liangtou and the Tan family.

Otherwise, they will only be suppressed even more without arrogance and courage, and they will be trampled into the mud, and they will never be able to get up.

"Mother, I have a solution, do you think it is good?" Jin Xi thought for a while and said.

"Xi'er, what is the good idea? Come on, tell your mother quickly..." Sun couldn't wait.

Jin Xi leaned close to Sun's ear and muttered for a while, Sun opened her mouth wide in shock, and looked at Jin Xi in disbelief: "Girl Xi, what you said is true? If your method can really work, then even We can’t really separate, and it’s no different from separating! Speaking of which, no one can pick out our thorns!” Sun’s dejected face finally showed a long-lost smile, and his sad eyes were bright again. A few points.

"Well, if this idea can come true, parents have to do as I say. This time, after planting the wheat and returning home, don't mention the matter of family separation with grandma, so as not to scold them. It can be five days at least, or as long as possible. Then in ten days, as soon as my preparations are completed, I will ask someone to send a message to my parents!" Jin Xi said solemnly, thinking of the plan brewing in her heart, she felt a sense of excitement.

"Well, mother listens to you, and you can do whatever you say!" Sun nodded: "But Xi'er, how did you learn the method you said? Mother didn't seem to teach you this before? "

Jin Xi coughed dryly twice, lowered her eyelashes to hide the guilt in her eyes: "These days, when I heard about those aunts and girls in the mountain village, I thought about it a little bit more, and don't worry about these girls, just trust Xi'er!"

In fact, Mrs. Sun was easy to dismiss, so she really didn't ask any more questions, Jin Xi turned her head away guiltily, and let out a deep breath.

After Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun left, the tea garden in the mountains ushered in the second harvest of autumn tea.Jin Xi had been looking forward to this crop for a long time, she prepared bamboo baskets long ago, followed Sun Yuxia and Sun Yubao, and excitedly went to the tea mountain behind the village to pick tea.

Rows of tea trees are planted on the sloping land behind Sunjiagou. This is the Sunjiagou Tea Garden as the villagers call it.The area of ​​the tea garden is not too large, at most three acres of land, planted in rows, and there are more than 30 households in the village on average, and each household has about [-] or [-] tea trees.

The tea tree branches and leaves are lush, which is the most dazzling touch of fresh green in the bleak mountains and fields at the end of autumn.The top buds are covered with white vellus hairs, and the leaves are so tender that water can be pinched out.

The tea trees of Sun Yuxia's family were growing well, and next to them were the tea trees of Sun Erhu's family. Sun Erhu and Father Sun also came to the tea garden with baskets to pick tea, and the two families were talking and laughing.

As for the tea-drinking habits of the people in this place, Jin Xi probably learned something from talking with the villagers.

People here generally drink tea picked from their own tea gardens and process it themselves. Ordinary people use tea in their daily life, mainly black tea and yellow tea.

Teahouses and tea shops in cities and towns sell the most black and yellow teas for living at home.The old Liang's family drank these two kinds, and Liang Yuju bought them from the tea shop in the town.

People from wealthier families drink white tea, and only use green tea when entertaining guests, and there are not many varieties of green tea.

In a teahouse, if a customer orders a pot of green tea, it is an upper-middle-class consumption, and they can also enjoy a plate of peanuts as a gift from the teahouse.

Further up, there are more and better teas, which only the dignitaries can afford.Further up, the tea that the emperor drank was tribute tea, which was even more unheard of.At least the villagers who talked to Jin Xi couldn't name the tea.

During these days at Ga Po's house, Jin Xi drank black tea and yellow tea made by Sun Yuxia herself.Sun Yuxia is good at other jobs, but she is not flattered when it comes to making tea.Jin Xi also drank the black tea made by Sun Erhu's house, and also drank tea at Aunt Qin Ya's house, without exception, the black tea made by these villagers was not authentic.

Those dark, yellow teas do not have the shape, color and aroma of black tea and yellow tea at all.However, the only advantage is that the tea made by the villagers can boil water, even if you change the water five or six times, the soup will not be clear.For the villagers who are engaged in heavy physical labor, it is a good wine to quench their thirst.

"Xi'er, let's just pick the tender shoots at the top. Those with one bud and one leaf, or one bud and two leaves will be ready. Don't pick the older leaves at the bottom! When picking, the movements should be gentle. Ah, take it lightly, just like me..." Sun Yuxia patiently preached and showed Jin Xi a demonstration.

Seeing Sun Yuxia's teaching in front of her, Jin Xi couldn't help but turn her mouth upwards. In fact, the raw material for making black tea is to use the older and rougher leaves below. Can be used as other, higher quality teas.

Jinxi didn't take Sun Yuxia's face off on the spot, but followed Sun Yuxia's example very seriously. Everyone has their own strengths, and they learn from others' strengths to make up for their own shortcomings. Jinxi intends to use this batch of tea this time. To personally fight.

For the tea leaves from more than a dozen tea trees, the three of them only took more than an hour to pick the buds and young leaves. Jinxi didn't listen to Sun Yuxia's advice, so she used another bamboo basket to pick more than half of the older leaves. .On the way down the mountain, Jin Xi also broke a branch of a tung tree to take with her.

Sun Yuxia and the others were very surprised by this, but Jin Xi deliberately put on a trick to keep them interested, so she didn't tell them what she was up to.

Along the way, Jin Xi pestered and tormented Sun Yuxia and Sun Yubao, finally getting them to let her go.When you get home with freshly picked tea leaves, you will start making them right away.

Weighed the picked buds and leaves, they weighed about six catties.Most of the baskets of rough leaves weigh more than ten catties.Sun Yuxia didn't even bother to take a sip of water, so she found two big bamboo plaques, and poured the picked buds and leaves into the bamboo plaques.

As usual, she came over to move the two big bamboo plaques to the courtyard outside to bask in the steam, but Jin Xi who came back from the spring to wash her face hurriedly stopped her.

"Auntie, it's agreed to let me make the tea this time. Every step must be done according to my ideas! I'm not allowed to move it under the sun!"

"Little ghost, these tea leaves are still steamy, if you don't dry them properly, how can you fry them later? Don't they stick to the pot?"

"No, no, I promise!"

"Second Sister, the tea in our house is enough to drink anyway, and we have to pick it again after winter, so let Xi'er toss about these tea leaves!" The two were in a stalemate, and Sun Yubao laughed from the side.

"As long as our Xi'er is happy, you can be with Xi'er, Yuxia!" Granny Ga also said.

Sun Yuxia smiled and withdrew her hand, and poked Jin Xi's forehead: "Okay, okay, you little brat, let's go with you!"

Jinxi raised her forehead, the whole family dared to treat her like a baby, but they were very moved in their hearts, this was enough proof of their love for her, and this was more than a dozen catties of tea raw materials, all of which were made by She tosses.

Because of this, she wants to make a good tea this time and give them a big surprise!

Jinxi spread the fresh leaves evenly in thickness on the bamboo plaques, and found a place that can be ventilated and avoid direct sunlight to dry.The purpose of spreading in this way is to release the green air and water vapor contained in the leaves, which is convenient for frying and can improve the quality of tea leaves.

Of course, the time to spread it out should be moderate, when Jin Xi stretches out her hand to grab a few pieces and they feel soft and soft, then it will be fine.

The next step is the first step in making tea: finishing.

In modern times, of course, high-tech and multi-functional tea frying machines are used to cook tea at high temperature, but in Sunjiagou, it is natural to use the most primitive, handmade cauldron.

However, many people who have feelings for tea say that they prefer tea made by hand.

There was hard wood in the stove, Jin Xi put on an apron, stood behind the cauldron, and found that she was not tall enough.Sun Yuxia laughed, and found two earthen bricks from outside for her to place under her feet.

There are clean grass handles prepared in advance and a three-pronged tea fork made of tung tree branches beside the pot.Jin Xi put all the bud tips of about six catties into the big pot. First, she stir-fried them evenly with both hands. Grab the grass handle, cooperate with the movement of the fork, and quickly turn it around and stir-fry.

Sun Yubao and Sun Yuxia were dumbfounded.

"Ah, this fork was originally used to stir-fry tea leaves. I thought Xi'er folded it to make a slingshot! My dear, this is much better than a spatula. Girl Xi, how did you come up with it?" ?" Sun Yuxia asked in shock.

(End of this chapter)