"That, boil on high heat for an hour, that's what the recipe says, right?"

In the courtyard of the Guan family, Guan Hongda held a pu fan in his hand, fanned the wind vigorously against a big stove, and asked Guan Yang next to him while fanning: "Yangyang, are you not mistaken? Grandpa is illiterate, I don't understand this recipe at all, don't be mistaken." ”

Guan Yang was holding the herbal tea recipe written by Guan Zizai and reading it word by word, "That's right, grandpa, it's an hour's fire, and then it's simmering for two hours, and it's good to wait for it to be cold!

Since drinking the herbal tea brewed by Guan Zizai, Guan Hongda has never forgotten it.

Coupled with the fact that Guan Xiaojun and Guan Yang were making a fuss, Guan Hongda simply grabbed the medicine according to the prescription, and asked Guan Zi for the recipe for brewing herbal tea from there, and then took out a hundred yuan to let Guan Yunshan help him buy a series of things to make herbal tea when he was passing through the city, and after everything was ready, he was trying to make a pot of tea today.

He was illiterate, and he couldn't understand the recipe written by Guan Zizai at all, and today Guan Yunshan had already driven out, and there were only two literate Guan Yang sisters and brothers at home, so the old man called Guan Yang over and asked her to read according to the tea recipe, and he did it step by step.

He is greedy for appetite, whether it is smoking or drinking, he is not very modest, which is also the main reason why he later died of lung cancer, Guan Xiaojun clearly remembers that five years later, when Guan Xiaojun was eleven years old, Guan Hongda was terminally ill, and when it was found out, it was already terminal cancer, in order to treat him, Guan Yunshan sold a lot of things in the family, and even the business of the kiln factory was delayed, which was also the beginning of the decline of the Guan family.

After Guan Hongda died, the debts left behind were as much as seventy or eighty thousand, and it was difficult for Guan Yunshan to look up, after Guan Hongda died, the three old grandfathers they had been raising also died, and then the three grandmothers died.

Because of the rules of Guandi Temple, someone in the family has passed away, and the Spring Festival couplets cannot be pasted within three years.

Many years later, Guan Xiaojun saw a sentence in Jin Yong's book, called "A thousand coffins come out of the door, and their family is so prosperous", Guan Xiaojun couldn't help but scoff after reading it at the time.

The knife can't be stabbed in his body, and he doesn't know the pain at all.

In Guandimiao Village, and even in the whole Hedong Province, after the death of the family, it is said that a lot of money is spent, buying coffins, buying paper people, paper horses, ingots, tables, cash trees, what gold and silver mountains and other things, and holding banquets, entertaining guests, and buying stone tablets, and inviting country bands to play and send white things, each time it costs a lot of money at that time, and everyone dies, it will be held for three consecutive years, and the death of the third year is particularly grand, and the cost is staggering.

There are continuous deaths in the family, and no one can hold on.

It's not mentally unsupportable, it's even financial.

People in this era attach great importance to funerals, and some even go bankrupt to do a lot of glory, because if they don't do it well, they will be poked in the back.

Guan Xiaojun's grandfather, when his father died, because he couldn't afford the funeral, he parked his father's coffin at home for three years, until three years later, after scraping together enough money for the burial, he let the deceased be buried in the ground.

Such a thing, in the eyes of people many years later, is simply stupid, but at that time, the folk customs were like this, and every family was like this, so it was impossible to see that there was nothing stupid or not.

Guan Xiaojun learned from Guan Zizai's mouth that his herbal tea has the ability to clear the lungs and strengthen the five internal organs, and the health care effect is very strong, and long-term drinking can strengthen the body, so he is clamoring for Guan Hongda to make tea and drink.

He knew that Guan Hongda was greedy and never let go when he saw good things, as long as he was used to drinking this herbal tea, he had to drink it often.

Guan Xiaojun was soft-spoken at this time, even if he wanted to persuade Guan Hongda to drink less alcohol and smoke less, he couldn't do it, so he could only start from the aspect of health care, and only hoped that this herbal tea could really have the effect of strengthening the body.

Guan Zizi's herbal tea is quite different from Cantonese herbal tea, not only suitable for southerners, but also for northerners.

Although herbal tea is tea, in fact, it is mainly medicinal materials, and there is almost no tea, because it is like drinking tea, and it can be drunk hot and cold, so it is called herbal tea.

In the recipe of this herbal tea, there are a lot of dehumidifying and defire-removing herbs, but they are not cool things, and the medicinal properties are relatively mild, even if they are drunk all year round, there is no harm to the body.

It's like ginseng tea, drink a few sips a day, as long as you don't drink too much, then it is good for the body.

The yard was full of smoke, and it took a long time for Guan Hongda to boil this pot of herbal tea.

"Alas, it's more tiring than watching a while!"

Guan Hongda was tired and sweating, "No wonder the master didn't give us tea to drink, this tea really takes a lot of work!"

Guan Xiaojun said: "Grandpa, my sister and I will make tea in the future, you just have to drink it." ”

Guan Hongda glanced at Guan Xiaojun's sister and brother with a smile, and praised: "Oh, my grandson is really filial." ”

When he picked up a bowl of tea and drank it, he said, "But if you can drink this tea, it's worth it even if you are tired!"

After he drank two bowls, as soon as he put down the bowl, he saw Guan Xiaojun and Guan Yang holding a few glass cans and bottles next to the big teapot, filling them one by one, and then closing the lids.

Guan Hongda was surprised: "Yangyang, Xiaojun, what are you doing here?"

Guan Yang said embarrassedly: "Xiaojun said, you have boiled so much tea, and you can't drink it all at once, and this tea can't be put for a few days, he said that it will be bottled and sold, and a bottle will be sold for two cents!"

Guan Hongda laughed: "Xiaojun, a little money fan, knows that he wants to make money, and he is whimsical all day long!"

Guan Yang said: "Actually, Xiaojun is very powerful, I made more than 100 yuan last time I sold popsicles!"

She sold popsicles during the wheat vacation, and in ten days, she earned more than 120 yuan, which is now stored in her piggy bank and is reluctant to spend it. Through the matter of selling popsicles, Guangyang admired Guan Xiaojun very much, and felt that his younger brother had a lot of ideas, so if Guan Xiaojun said something, she would listen.

This time Guan Xiaojun said that this herbal tea could be sold for money, although she didn't believe it, but Guan Hongda asked at this time, she still consciously defended her younger brother.

Guan Hongda laughed a few times, but he didn't care, the children were fooling around, and he also played with them.

At that moment, he took a canned bottle as a water cup, poured a cup of herbal tea, held it in his hand, and walked out of the door like a king of Tota.

I finally made a pot of tea, and I had to go out to show off.

In the countryside at this time, there were no various water cups in later generations, and people in the village generally used bowls to drink water, or the kind of enamel teacups with lids. However, most of the most commonly used drinking water containers are canned bottles or malt milk bottles.

After Guan Hongda went out, Guan Xiaojun and Guan Yang also filled more than a dozen clean canned bottles with herbal tea, and then closed the lids.

After doing a good job, Guan Yang asked curiously: "Xiaojun, can this really be sold for money?"

Guan Xiaojun said: "Definitely can, you can just look at it!"

Guan Yang still didn't believe it, "How are you going to sell it?" ”

Guan Xiaojun puffed his chest and said: "Don't sell classmates, let's sell to teachers!"