When Xiao Ping came to the tea room on Lion Rock, Old Man Qiao sat behind the counter as usual, sipping tea unhurriedly, occasionally glancing at the tea guests who were talking and laughing, and rarely spoke. Seeing Xiao Ping striding into the tea room, Old Man Qiao raised his eyebrows slightly, but quickly regained his composure, picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip of tea gently.

"Old man, I see you're here. Xiao Ping came to the counter and asked happily, "Are you feeling okay lately?"

Old Man Qiao glanced at Xiao Ping and nodded, even if he had answered.

Xiao Ping has long been accustomed to Old Man Qiao's taciturn style, and he didn't feel sorry for it, and said with a smile: "I'm relieved, these are the health oral liquids I brought to you, you have to remember to drink them." ”

Xiao Ping said as he put a few boxes of health oral liquid on the counter, and the old man finally said this time: "There are still here." ”

"Then you should drink more every day, this thing won't be bad anyway. Xiao Ping said: "Actually, I came this time to invite you to see the new tea collected in the tea garden." ”

Speaking of tea, the old man's eyes lit up immediately, but he quickly shook his head and said, "It's early!"

Xiao Ping understood what Old Man Qiao meant, because he felt that the time for mining tea in the tea garden was a little earlier. In fact, the climate was on the low side in early spring this year, and most of the tea trees were just beginning to bud. Xiao Ping had already sent the roasted tea leaves, and the date of his tea picking was nearly ten days earlier than the nearby tea garden, so the old man would say so.

Xiao Ping didn't defend himself, but said to Old Man Qiao with a smile: "Old man, let's take a look at the new tea this time first." ”

Old Man Qiao took the iron can in Xiao Ping's hand expressionlessly, took out some tea leaves from it and put them on the white porcelain plate at hand. After only a few glances, there was a hint of surprise.

The dragon well in the porcelain dish is turquoise in color, regular in shape, and very moderate in size, apparently fried after the tea buds are picked at the best time to grow. There is no such thing as picking too early. With Old Man Qiao's eyes, of course, he could see that these were freshly fried new teas. The tea in the Xianhu Tea Garden can be picked nearly half a month earlier than other places. That's a big difference, and it's no wonder the old man was surprised.

However, Old Man Qiao has long known that Xiao Ping is indeed a genius who grows and roasts tea, and he felt heartache for his "not doing his job" at the beginning. So after the initial surprise, the old man quickly calmed down and quietly made a cup of tea with the tea leaves brought by Xiao Ping. Old Man Qiao first smelled the tea, then tasted a few sips, and finally gave a two-word evaluation: "Not bad!"

Listening to Old Man Qiao's words, Xiao Ping also smiled with satisfaction. He knew that the old man loved tea as his life. I will never relax myself in the slightest. This tea is good, bad is bad, from the mouth of Old Man Qiao, it will never be wrong. To be able to get the "good" evaluation of the old man who cherishes words like gold, it means that the quality of this tea is very good. In fact, for Xiao Ping, it was more gratifying to be praised by Old Man Qiao than to be praised by all the guests at the roasting ceremony.

"If you think it's good, it's done. Xiao Pingle said: "I was still a little worried about the quality of the tea, but now I finally put my mind at ease." ”

Old Man Qiao naturally didn't discuss this issue with Xiao Ping, and still leisurely tasted the freshly brewed tea. For him, nothing compares to the freshly fried top-grade new tea. Now that there is such a cup of good tea in front of him, he is too lazy to take care of Xiao Ping.

The other tea guests were also a little curious when they saw Old Man Qiao tasting the tea sent by Xiao Ping with satisfaction. These tea guests are basically old guests, and they are also very familiar with Qiao Laozi. So someone smiled and said, "Old Qiao, what kind of good tea did you send to you in this later life, and I will also take it out for everyone to taste." It's all acquaintances, you can't hide it!"

didn't wait for Old Man Qiao to speak. Xiao Ping opened another pot of tea and said with a smile: "This is the new tea that the tea garden just fried this year, and I am going to ask you to give some opinions." Come on, there's something for everyone!"

When they heard that it was this year's new tea, the tea customers were very curious and gathered around the counter. Ah Si was busy making a new cup of tea for each guest, and after Xiao Ping's gesture, he also made a cup for Old Man Qiao.

People who are willing to climb such a high mountain road to drink tea here basically understand tea, and everyone only looks at the form of the leaf buds floating in the glass, and they know that this tea will definitely not be bad. After they tasted it, they immediately gave Xiao Ping a thumbs up.

"Good tea, good tea!"

"The fragrance is pleasant, the tea soup is clear, it's really good!"

"It's more authentic than our local Longjing!"

"Last year, I drank the best Lion Rock Mingqian Longjing at a friend's house, and it is not as good as this tea!"

Tea customers who have some understanding of tea have expressed their opinions on this tea, and all of them said that Xiao Ping's tea is very good.

Seeing that these picky old tea customers all admired Xiao Ping's tea so much, a hint of joy flashed in Old Man Qiao's eyes. However, he didn't show his joy in front of Xiao Ping, and quickly lowered his head and picked up the second cup of tea and took two sips.

In this tea room, Old Man Qiao is an absolute authority when it comes to tea. Seeing that the old man had begun to taste the tea, the others all quieted down, waiting for him to express his opinion on the tea.

Old Man Qiao frowned after taking two sips, put the teacup on the counter and said, "The tea is good, it's broken!"

Listening to Old Man Qiao's words, Xiao Ping couldn't help but smile and give a thumbs up and said, "Old man, there is really you." Let's be honest with you, the first cup of tea was fried by me, and this second cup is ...... It was fried by those students from the roasted tea school, and you are not wrong when you say that the tea is spoiled. ”

Xiao Ping's words made Old Man Qiao's face pale. In fact, it is an exaggeration to say that these teas are fried, but the heat is not yet at home. At first, the old man thought that these tea leaves were also fried by Xiao Ping, but at his level, these teas were fried. However, since it was fried by the students of the roasted tea school, the heat was almost reasonable.

After all, it is impossible to master this craft without a few years of hard work. These students have only been studying for less than a year, and it is not easy to reach such a level. It can also be seen that Xiao Ping has indeed invested a lot of money in the roasted tea school, otherwise it would be impossible to have such an achievement.

After listening to Old Man Qiao's words, the tea guests all said that his requirements were too high. It is very difficult for them to be able to drink such tea, and many people have asked Xiao Ping if he can buy some such tea and taste it slowly.

Seeing that there are many tea customers with such requirements, Xiao Ping smiled and said loudly: "Since everyone can afford it, I will organize a batch of tea to be sold in the tea room as soon as possible after I go back, and all old guests will have discounts." However, at the moment, most of the tea leaves are still finished and have not been fried, so I am afraid that you will have to wait a few more days. ”

The guests said that they were not afraid to wait for good things, as long as they could drink such good tea, waiting for a few days was nothing. Since there was Xiao Ping's promise, everyone also returned to their original seats to drink tea, and no longer bothered him to talk to Old Man Qiao.

After the tea guests walked away, Old Man Qiao asked Xiao Ping unhurriedly, "What's next?"

Xiao Ping knew that the old man would never ask himself about his next plans, he asked how he would arrange the future of the tea garden next.

Xiao Ping had already made a plan for this, and without thinking about it, he said to Old Man Qiao: "At the beginning, I built this tea garden to ensure the inheritance of roasted tea skills, and the next step is of course to continue to hone the students' roasted tea skills." The first batch of tea leaves in the tea garden has almost been picked, and these are all good materials for the students to practice, so they will be handed over to them to fry. ”

Xiao Ping's words made Old Man Qiao nod secretly. No matter how talented you are, if you want to fully master the craft of roasting tea, the most important thing is one word: practice! Only by roasting enough tea leaves with your heart can you truly train a qualified roasted tea worker. Even a talented person like Xiao Ping fired Old Man Qiao with hundreds of catties of tea before he became a teacher. Those young people's talent is far less good than Xiao Ping's, so they need more practice.

Seeing that the old man did not object, Xiao Ping continued: "Anyway, the tea produced in the tea garden will be handed over to those students, and it doesn't matter if it is fried, as long as it helps to improve the craftsmanship." I don't point to the tea garden to make money, I can train a group of qualified tea roasters, and pass on this craft. ”

These words reached Old Man Qiao's heart, he nodded slightly and wanted to praise Xiao Ping, but he heard Xiao Ping continue: "Of course, it would be better if I could make some money!"

Old Man Qiao's face sank when he heard this, he glanced at Xiao Ping and said lightly: "It's not too early, you should go back!"

Xiao Ping looked at the time and found that it was really not early. He was not a hypocritical person, he clapped his hands and said to Old Man Qiao: "I really have to go down the mountain too, otherwise I won't be able to go back at night." Take care of yourself, old man, and I'll come to see you when I'm busy for a while!"

Old Man Qiao nodded, indicating that Xiao Ping could go. However, the moment Xiao Ping turned around, the old man couldn't help but whisper: "Good job!"

Although it was just four simple words, Xiao Ping was very happy to hear it. Old Man Qiao can not praise people easily, but being able to get his praise shows that the old man is indeed very satisfied with Xiao Ping's tea garden.

Xiao Ping walked briskly down the mountain, and as soon as he got in the car, he received a call from Zhang Yuxin. The strong woman in the shopping mall rarely showed her gentle side on the phone, and asked Xiao Ping softly: "Where are you?"

"I'm in Lion Rock, and I've just come down from Old Man Joe's tearoom. Xiao Ping smiled and asked, "What's the matter, do you miss me?"

Zhang Yuxin said without thinking about it: "Yes, I returned to the provincial capital from Hong Kong Island, and I miss you." ”

Xiao Ping immediately said: "Then I'll go directly to the provincial capital, and it will take two hours at most, which is very convenient." ”

Zhang Yuxin said happily: "Okay, but Mo Mo will be out of school in two hours, and I promised to pick her up." ”

"Then let's pick Mo Mo together, I still saw her before the New Year. Xiao Ping and Zhang Yuxin hung up the phone after making an appointment, and two hours later they had already driven to the vicinity of Momo's school. (To be continued......)