As Erya predicted, four days later, Shopkeeper Chen came over in a carriage with his son and grandson.

The second son of the shopkeeper Chen, but the spring breeze is very proud, because he has the technology of making black tea in his hands before, and he has learned the technology of making green tea, and now their family, in addition to the head of the family, has the highest status. As soon as he saw Erya, he raised his voice and shouted: "Master! Here we go again! ”

His nephew followed, smiling, and whispering, "Good master! ”

Erya greeted them in with a smile, and asked, "After you go back, why don't you come, you can learn so quickly, it's really amazing!" ”

Shopkeeper Chen said with a smile on the side: "It's not that Mrs. Wang doesn't know, as far as their skills are concerned, they can not catch blindness, and the real façade of my house is all tea from your hands." In the first two years, you didn't have tea, but you couldn't make my family nervous! Fortunately, there was a drought everywhere, and everyone was able to understand it, but it did not offend anyone. ”

Er Ya took over the conversation with a smile: "Uncle! Fortunately, I didn't do it, otherwise the tea would have been scolded! The quality of the tea made from the arid tea grass is much worse. ”

Shopkeeper Chen nodded, and several people entered the hall, and the two boys who were playing raised their heads and looked curiously at the strangers from the house.

Erya guided them on the side, "Call someone! ”

Wen Chao opened his mouth, "Hello grandpa!" Hello uncle! Wen Yue screamed with a milky voice.

Er Ya hurriedly corrected, pointed to the grandson of the shopkeeper Chen and said, "You have to call this brother!" ”

The two boys shouted: "Hello brother! ”

"Hey! You're good too! ”

Shopkeeper Chen knew that Erya had two sons, and he had already prepared a meeting gift. One person had a good jade pendant, and the second girl wanted to pull it, but was stopped by the unshirkable attitude of the shopkeeper Chen, so he motioned to the two boys to accept it: "I accepted the gift." What else is there to do? ”

Wen Chao made a gesture and said, "Thank you, grandpa!" ”

Wen Yue followed, but when he bent over, he bent too much, and the jade pendant hanging around his neck was about to fall, and he hurriedly picked up the jade pendant, and then he was in the laughter of everyone. Lying on the ground.

Perhaps the younger the child, the more likely it is to be shy. Wen Yue was laughed at by the adults, and was so ashamed that he cried, and cried on the ground. Dead or alive do not look up.

Erya said embarrassedly to the three shopkeepers Chen: "Uncle! You sit down first, the tea will come up immediately, and I'll pick up this bear child! ”

The nurse carried the tea tray into the hall. A cup of tea was placed in front of one person, and the second girl sat on his left hand holding Wen Yue. Wen Yue buried his face in his mother's arms. Secretly looked at the guest opposite, saw the grandson of the shopkeeper Chen, was smiling at him, and stabbed his face into Erya's chest.

Shopkeeper Chen took a sip of tea. was taken aback: "Mrs. Wang, such a good tea, do you still have it at home?" ”

Erya nodded and smiled: "Hmm! Not much left. It's only two or three pounds! ”

Shopkeeper Chen cocked his thumb and nodded at Erya: "You can do it!" More than I am! I didn't want to keep one or two! ”

The second girl laughed. "That's fine! When you leave, you always take half of it back, and I don't have much time to taste tea, so it's better for you to take it all the time, and be worthy of this tea. ”

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and narrowed his eyes, "That's a word~!" You can't pretend to forget when you leave! ”

"If I pretend to forget, it's not easy, you can just take it, it's in the cabinet behind your old one!" Erya pointed to the upper edge, and on the right side of the fireplace, there was a set of small cabinets half a person high.

The son and grandson of the shopkeeper Chen looked at the decoration of Erya's house with great interest, which was different from the carved furniture and accessories of their house. A qiē looks very simple, the furniture is flat and flat, the windows have flower cloth curtains, the doors even have hanging cloth curtains, all gathered on both sides, there is a different atmosphere. It looks very bright and clean, which makes people feel very comfortable and warm. I feel the warmth of home from the heart.

This home, Erya is completely decorated in accordance with the home of later generations, focusing on simplicity and briskness, and everything else is embellishment. This is a very common and sparse home decoration in Erya's opinion, but I didn't expect that it has become a fashion for them, almost every family is dressed up in the same way as her family, and even the girl who married out built a new house, which is also the same decoration.

Erya saw that Wen Yue finally stopped hiding her little head, so she put him down and went to play by herself, she also stood up and asked the shopkeeper Chen: "Uncle!" When you come here at this time, you must not have eaten yet, you sit down first, and I will fry two eggs to cushion your stomach, and I will cook for you immediately! ”

Shopkeeper Chen's son and grandson wanted to be polite, but Shopkeeper Chen immediately waved his hand: "Go quickly!" I was so hungry that as soon as they arrived in the provincial capital, I brought them with me, and even ate breakfast on the way. ”

"Hey! Good to come! ”

Erya asked the nurse to go to the uncle's house, asked the uncle to come over to accompany the guests, and went to the kitchen to fry eggs by herself. Wen Chao accompanied the guests seriously in the hall.

The grandson of the shopkeeper Chen couldn't help but want to tease him when he saw Wen Chao's small face and was very funny.

"Little one, come here! Brother asks you! ”

Wen Chao ran over, "Ask what?" ”

"What's your last name?"

"Surname Wang!"

"What's it called?"

"It's called Wen Chao!"

"Male or female?"

"Huh!?" Wen Chao really asked, then turned around and ran to the kitchen, shouting as he ran: "Brother, don't worry!" I'll ask my mother to go! ”

Wen Chao, who ran to the kitchen, anxiously tugged at Erya's trouser legs, "Mother! Mother! Am I male or female? ”

Erya replied impatiently: "Man! ”

"Oh!" Wen Chao, who got the answer, hurriedly ran back to the hall again, and said proudly to the eldest brother: "My mother said that I am a man!" ”

Several people in the hall were already laughing so hard that they couldn't catch their breath, and Shopkeeper Chen stopped his grandson's intention to tease Wen Chao. I asked Wen Chao myself: "Xiao Wen Chao!" Where's your dad? ”

"My father went to the mountains to herd the horses, and my horses are so big!" Wen Chao exaggerated the comparison of his own family's horses.

Uncle Xiaohu soon came over and accompanied the shopkeeper Chen to talk, and Erya first brought out the fried eggs and side dishes and gave them to eat first. He was busy catching chickens and geese with his nursing mother, and picking green peppers, eggplants, water spinach, and cowpeas in the vegetable garden. Prepare to make a braised chicken, a steamed goose, and a few vegetarian dishes.

Just as he was about to eat, Xiaohu was retrieved from the mountain by Xiaolong. After a few pleasantries, everyone sat down to eat.

This time, Shopkeeper Chen did not leave in a hurry, but followed his children and grandchildren and lived in Erya's house.

Very early in the morning, Xiaohu took Daman, Dahong, Xiangzi, Laizi and Chen's shopkeeper's son and grandson. Go to the mountains to pick tea. Fortunately, in the past two days, Xiaohu went into the mountains to find a lot of wild tea trees while herding the horses.

When it sounded, they came back with tea grass that had been dried in water. Erya wants to make melon slices with them this time!

The treatment of the tea herb of the melon slices is different from that of all tea leaves. It has to leave no tea stalk behind.

Everything else is simple, just make zuò according to green tea, only shape. Hard! It is characterized by being as thin as a piece of paper, and such a shape is pressed out by weight.

Er Ya said to the son of the shopkeeper Chen: "Second brother Chen. The type of tea I want to make should be named melon slices, which are shaped like blades. I know the form, but how to do it. I don't know! So, I thought we would all work together to figure out how to make it. I make the shape of one or two pieces. I'll show you, and you'll see how it should be done! ”

Erya took out all the ridges of the tea grass. Leave only the leaves, then spread rice paper on a wooden board, put tea grass on the paper, cover it with a layer of rice paper, put a wooden board on it, press a large grinding plate on the wooden board, look at the same time, take out the tea grass and show them, "Look! That's it, flat flat! However, the tea is crispy and flat, unlike this soft collapse. ”

A few people turned their hands to look at it, and Xiaohu said while looking at it: "Or, let's flatten it like this, and then fry it!?" ”

Erya shook her head, "Impossible! Now it looks very flat, and once it is heated, it will immediately curl up into strips or balls. It is unlikely to remain the same. ”

The son of the shopkeeper Chen said: "It can't be pressed after it is made." That's just a pile of scraps. ”

Erya nodded, "Yes!" I thought so too! ”

Xiaohu said: "Then only when it is just fried out of the pot, while it is still hot and soft, immediately compact!" What do you say? ”

Everyone follows the direction. There are really a lot of things in it, and you have to find a way to drain the heat while flattening it, otherwise it will become a semi-fermented tea.

You should also be careful when pulling the fire, otherwise if you are not careful, the paper-thin tea leaves will become crumbled.

Moreover, this is different from the ordinary loose tea made zuò in many ways, first; When stir-frying, it should be tender; Second; When the fire is pulled, the temperature of the fire should be high for the first time, low for the second time, and old for the third time. Otherwise, there will be a grassy smell of tea!

A few people wasted piles of tea herbs, gathered everyone's wisdom and strength, and finally made the melon slices, at least the shape! As for the taste, it may need to be improved, so the son and grandson of the shopkeeper Chen will slowly ponder it.

At present, this melon slice can already be regarded as the special tea of Bai Laoju, far ahead of the current tea market in the field of roasted tea.

With this more than ten days of re-learning, the roasted tea technique of Chen's grandson has improved by leaps and bounds, and some of the problems that plagued him before have been solved this time. No one explained it to him, he just looked at it and understood. This is in response to the saying "laymen look at the liveliness, insiders look at the doorway"!

The three generations of the Chen family took the carriage back contentedly, and before leaving, they took out a thousand taels of silver tickets to their grandfather, saying that they were donating money for road repair. Grandpa Tai looked at Erya with a smile, and Shopkeeper Chen also looked at Erya, Erya had to rub his nose and nod at Grandpa: "Grandpa take it!" ”

He smiled at the shopkeeper Chen again: "Uncle! Then you should come back more often in the future! Take the stone road of our house more, otherwise you will lose this thousand taels of silver! ”

Shopkeeper Chen laughed, "Come on!" Come by all means! After living here for more than ten days, I feel much younger, and I must come! ”

After sending off the three members of the Chen family, Erya suddenly felt much more relaxed!

Erya looked at a lot of discarded tea, but it was actually very good, and it was completely drinkable, but it was not good-looking. But you can make zuò into broken tea buns and soak them to drink.

Seeing the little tiger entering the door, Er Ya said, "Little tiger! These tea leaves are either simply ground and ground again, packed in small packets of washed gauze, and given to the herdsmen you take care of on the grassland. You haven't delivered tea in two years, have you? ”

Xiaohu grinned, "Daughter-in-law! This time, we've got a thought of it. I just thought, go to the mountains to pick some tea herbs and come back to make some tea, and ask Brother Li to bring it over in the autumn! ”

"Okay! It's to do more, this time our family also has official tea qualifications, you can bring as much as you want, you can run it yourself. I've already said hello to Uncle Chen and asked them to send us a letter before they go to the grassland! When the time comes, you will take Xiangzi, Laizi, and the third uncle together! Don't bring it with you, and the sister-in-law in the lobby of the province will say ugly things again. ”

"Hey!" Xiaohu replied, after he came back, he heard that his sister-in-law took Daman to the grassland for him, and she made a lot of trouble at home. Although there was no big noise, it was also because of the uncle's pressure. If you don't bring Daman over this time, Daman will know the reason, and he can't blame himself and the child's mother. (To be continued)