Most of the people who drink tea in the old teahouse are old people, and some pour tea by themselves and taste it slowly; Some bring their own pastries and taste them while tasting tea, and some come to discuss business.

Young people like Cai Hongming's family looked a little strange when they came to the old teahouse, and the old people couldn't help but look up, but quickly lowered their heads and spoke.

Cai Hongming took his wife and daughter to find a clean table and sat down, and the owner of the teahouse came over, "Boss, are you here to buy tea or drink tea?" ”

If you come to drink tea, then use the water boiling water on the coal stove behind the coal stove to make tea and serve, generally a large porcelain pot ranges from five, ten, and twenty. Of course, there are better ones. But if you come to buy tea, you have to use a small copper pot to fill the mountain spring, put it on the smokeless longan charcoal that is a specialty of Nanzhou, and then take a small porcelain cup to slowly brew.

This is no longer tea, it is the artistic conception, it is the charm.

"Buy tea." Cai Hongming replied.

"What kind of tea do you want, boss?"

This question is about the grade, depending on the high-end, medium-grade, and low-grade tea you want, and the price of each is different.

"What's your good tea here?" Cai Hongming asked magnificently.

"You're a coincidence, we just have a little pre-tea here, do you want it?"

Seeing that he was so bold, the teahouse owner immediately laughed, and the folds on his face were tangled. Because for every tea sold, he has a commission, and even if he doesn't sell it in the end, he will receive tea money. It's much better than making that big porcelain pot.

"Tea in front of the company?" Cai Hongming looked puzzled, he had heard of Ming Qian tea, rain before tea, Sheqian tea had never heard of Sheqian tea.

Seeing that he didn't understand, the boss explained.

In ancient times, tribute tea sought to be cherished as soon as possible, so spring tea was divided into three types: "Sheqian", "Fire Front" and "Rain Tea".

In front of the company. It refers to the front of the Spring Society. The ancients generally sacrificed to the earth god on the fifth day after the beginning of spring, which was called Kaichun, also known as Sheri. According to the arrangement of the cadres and branches, the day is generally between 41 and 50 days after the "beginning of spring", about the "spring equinox" season (around March 20), that is, half a month earlier than the "Qingming". Tea leaves harvested at this time of year are among the most precious and delicate of the year. Yangxian purple bamboo shoot tea, which has been listed as a tribute from the Guangde period of the Tang Dynasty to the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, is this extremely precious tea in front of the society.

Tang Luyu recorded in his book "The Book of Tea": "Yang Cliff Yin Forest, Purple Ones Up, Green Ones, Bamboo Shoots Up, Buds Times."

It is said that the leaves of purple bamboo shoot tea are purple in front of the company, and after this season, they will turn green, and the grade will be reduced.

Before the fire, that is, before the dawn. The ancients had the custom of banning fire for three days during the Cold Food Festival. That is, cooking without a fire for three days. The Cold Food Festival is the day before the Qingming Festival, so "Fire Front Tea" is actually "Ming Qian Tea". When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went down to the south of the Yangtze River to Longjing in Hangzhou to watch the Longjing tea picking, he once wrote a poem "Watching the Tea and Singing Songs", and there was a poem "tender before the fire, old after the fire, only the best product to ride the fire", referring to the "Qingming" The quality of the Longjing tea harvested the day before is the best, too early to pick too tender, too late to pick too old. This is also the reason why the dragon well in the Ming Dynasty is famous all over the world.

Before the rain. It is before the rain in the valley, and the tea leaves harvested after April 5 to around April 20 are called pre-rain tea.

Although the tea before the rain is not as delicate as the tea before the Ming Dynasty. However, due to the high temperature at this time, the buds and leaves grow relatively quickly, and the accumulated inclusions are also richer, so the tea before the rain is often fresh and resistant to brewing.

After listening to the teahouse owner quoting a lot of scriptures, Cai Hongming finally knew what the tea in front of the society was. Since you are here, of course you have to buy the best tea. The teahouse owner listened. Immediately, I was happy to go in and bring up the small red clay stove.

In a short time, the red charcoal fire boiled the spring water in the small copper kettle.

The owner of the teahouse hugged a stool and sat next to him, and began to skillfully prepare, wash, and make tea, and then handed over the tea.

Cai Hongming took the teacup with both hands, and saw that the tea soup was orange and clear. It is filled with a faint frankincense, with a cinnamon fragrance, mellow and sweet in the mouth, and fragrant on the teeth and cheeks after swallowing, which is really a rare good tea. In the past, he only thought that the hundreds of tea leaves at home and the insect tea in the jade beads were delicious, but now all those thoughts have been thrown out of the clouds, and only the tea in front of him is left.

Seeing that he was satisfied, the teahouse owner touched some white whiskers below and said smugly: "Not bad! You are also blessed people, and if you come late, you may have this tea to drink. ”

Then, the owner of the teahouse talked about the origin of the tea in front of the society, and talked about the tea ceremony he studied. Cai Hongming could only listen attentively to the side, and occasionally offered a few words of his own shallow opinions. The boss immediately introduced him as a confidant and spoke even harder.

The time for drinking tea and chatting is always fleeting, and it will be noon in a short time.

Seeing that the time was not early, Cai Hongming hurriedly stopped him from talking to him even about the old customers in the store.

"Boss, I want how much tea there is."

The owner of the teahouse kindly reminded: "The tea in front of our house is not more expensive than others." ”

"How much?"

"At least twelve red tickets."

That's one thousand two, this is not a little expensive, it is very expensive, a thief is expensive. No wonder he feels that the hundreds of yuan of tea at home are not as good as this tea before brewing, and the price difference is so much, it can be imagined. But it's also worth the money, and the tea in front of the company is not available all the time, and it's only such a stubble a year. Cai Hongming nodded, and happily bought all the remaining Sheqian tea.

The owner of the teahouse hurriedly asked his grandson to go to the tea shop to get the tea.

At this time, Cai Hongming saw that there was a half-old boy on the counter playing games with a tablet.

Hearing Grandpa's words, the boy slipped away in a flash, and after a while came in with a bag. The bag is packed with wrapped tea, 3 grams of small packets of small packets, and the outside is a rectangular carton, which looks very high-end and high-grade.

The teahouse owner opened the carton for Cai Hongming to see.

"It's a catty, and that's all there is left in the village."

Originally, an old friend of his planned to stay and drink it by himself, but later he felt that drinking thousands of teas was a bit too extravagant, and it would hurt his heart, so he took them out and sold them. That's why the owner of the teahouse said that Cai Hongming's family is a blessed person. Otherwise, a big boss came to search for tea a few days ago, and the price of one pound would have reached 1,500 yuan.

After paying the money, Cai Hongming took his wife and daughter away.

It was noon, and they went to a restaurant for dinner.

The lunch meal is richer than in the morning, there are mountains and rivers here, there are delicious aquatic products, and there are mountain delicacies. Now the spring shoots are fresh, and it is the most tender time; The wild shrimp in the stream is the sweetest; There are also local chickens raised in the mountains, which are even more fat and tender. Cai Hongming ordered six or seven dishes in one go, including boiled shrimp with ginger and garlic, steamed local chicken, stir-fried local chicken, boiled spring bamboo shoots, and so on.

It's a pity that when all kinds of delicacies are placed in front of her, Xiao Chuchu can only watch from the side, because she hasn't grown teeth yet. But she also wanted to eat, so Shi Wan'er had no choice but to get some meat and shrimp and squeeze them with a spoon for her to eat.

After eating a full meal at noon, the group went back to take a nap.

Who knew that Chu Chu, a little kid, couldn't scream as soon as she fell asleep, so Shi Wan'er had to accompany her at the inn, and Cai Hongming went to see the tea saplings by himself.

The people who sell tea saplings are not in Xiamei Village, but in Shangmei Village. Cai Hongming drove over and arrived in a few minutes. Speaking of which, there are many people selling saplings in China, but the cinnamon-flavored tea trees are only available here in Wuyi Mountain, and only the tea leaves here are the most authentic. When he arrived at the place, Cai Hongming made a phone call, and the person who sold tea seedlings came to pick him up.

This is a middle-aged man in his fifties.

The tea seedling farm is in a mountain, about ten acres of land, and the tea seedlings are planted, not only cinnamon, but also narcissus and strange species. Cai Hongming bought some larger cinnamon, and he liked the smell of cinnamon. After buying it, the boss took him to visit the old tea trees that their family used to plant.

The old tea tree is in a small col near the tea seedling farm. I don't know how long it took to plant, but the old tea trees grew very big, five or six meters tall, and three meters short. There are countless mosses growing at the base of the roots, and they look very old.

The tea groves are not very large, they are all old teas from the past. The boss said that these teas are not tasty and a little bitter, and he plans to cut off the strange seeds, and now the price of the strange seeds is a little higher.

When Cai Hongming heard this, his mind moved slightly. (To be continued......)