Chapter 45: Summer Tea
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This big meal lasted for more than two hours, and after finishing the table, my aunt brought a large pot of cooled stone tea.
Just after eating the delicacies of the mountains, and then drink a few bowls of stone tea mixed with honeysuckle, it is called a refreshed, the whole body is full of Tai.
Stone tea is a type of wild tea that is unique to the mountains, meaning tea leaves that grow on stones. Since it only grows in the middle of cliffs and is produced in a particularly scarce manner, few people are able to taste it.
His ancient name was: Dragon Scale is a perennial shrub that grows only in the old forests of the Northeast. His leaves are a superlative, rich in a variety of vitamins, and mountain people began to use it in medicine as early as the Qing Dynasty. Clearing heat and detoxifying, refreshing the mind, during the Anti-Japanese War, the people had given this kind of tea picked from the mountains to the military chiefs stationed nearby to taste, and some people dug up saplings from between the cliffs and planted them on their own land, but the leaves that grew lost their original taste, and this kind of tea can only be brewed with local mountain spring water The taste is the purest.
Looking at the fire-breathing weather, Zhou Yu took a big watermelon out. Seeing such a big watermelon, the old man and uncle were obviously surprised,
"Xiaoyu, where did you get such a big watermelon?"
After Zhou Yu told the "experience" of getting the watermelon again, the three of them nodded. There are no watermelons in the mountains, and the three of them looked around this big watermelon with a delicate appearance, obviously very interested in it, after all, the mountains are almost isolated from the outside, and it is absolutely impossible for anyone to go to the town to buy a watermelon to taste.
"Grandpa, uncle, aunt, my melon is unique. In addition to its large size, the most important thing is that the taste is very different from that of ordinary watermelon. Hey, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat other fruits after you eat this melon, so what will happen when the time comes. ”
Shaking his head and blinking his eyes a few times in a funny way, Zhou Yu said with pretended sympathy.
After that, he straightened his back and looked at the three elders proudly, this naughty appearance made the three elders laugh more than once.
The machete in his hand was aimed at the middle of the watermelon and cut it fiercely, only to hear the "click", the large watermelon that had just been cut less than half was split into two halves, and suddenly a fresh, slightly cool fragrance permeated the table, and what caught his eye was the fiery red melon pulp with a trace of mist.
Under the stunned gaze of the three of them, Zhou Yu cut a few pieces and handed them to the three of them, and after trying to take a small bite, the three of them couldn't talk anymore and ate them in large gulps. After eating a piece of melon, my uncle gave a thumbs up.
"Sweet, fragrant, cool to the end, so fucking thirst-quenching! Dad, have you ever eaten such a delicious watermelon in your life? ”
"Don't say I've eaten it, I haven't seen it before, this melon is a bit against the sky! This is not better than the table of mountain delicacies just now, those things are just a small number, and if we spend a little effort, we can still get some. But this melon is different, this is definitely a good thing created by heaven and earth, what kind of luck does our Xiaoyu have to be to get this thing, and he got six at once, it's amazing! It's not in vain to be able to eat such good things in this life. ”
Seeing that his grandfather said that this watermelon was rare in the world, and it had reached the strategic level, Zhou Yu quickly diverted the conversation. What are you kidding, originally Zhou Yu didn't have to say anything about the taste of the watermelon poured out of this space liquid, and it was very popular with his relatives, so he planned to slowly take out the watermelon in the space in the future to honor and honor his relatives. If we all think that this watermelon is the only one in the world, how to explain it in the future?
"Grandpa, you can't say that, it may be that the seeds of this watermelon are good, or it may be that the place in Luoying Stream is suitable for the growth of watermelons, don't forget that there are groups of birds and beasts in Luoying Stream, and the feng shui is excellent. I've now collected the seeds of these big watermelons, and when I go back, I'll try to plant some in the pheasant ridge I contracted, and if it succeeds, our family will be blessed." ”
The three of them nodded in unison when they heard this, you must know that this is a Changbai vein, and it is also a dragon vein, and it is possible for anything to happen in it, not to mention a small thing like a few watermelons?
Watching the three of them eat watermelon, Zhou Yu's heart couldn't help but feel a feeling called "happiness". This kind of warm scene is Zhou Yu's favorite thing to see, in Zhou Yu's heart, it is not happy to have good things by himself, and it is the happiest to share it with relatives and friends.
The summer days in the mountains are still cool, and the hot sunlight is blocked by the trees in and around the courtyard and turns into speckled shadows. Zhou Yu and his grandfather's family sat on rattan chairs in the courtyard and chatted about family life, and a few cheerful laughter came out from time to time.
After eating and drinking, Zhou Yu finally had time to ask the doubts in his heart, and asked his grandfather, who was smiling and smoking a big cigarette pouch, "Grandpa, is it really my father's to drink chrysanthemum wine at noon today?" When did he become so skilled in winemaking? I remember when I was in high school, he brewed a large vat of rice wine by himself, and it turned into vinegar after the most, and my mother pulled his ears and chanted for four or five days, and he almost knelt on the ground and begged for mercy after the most, but my mother let him go, and he can make chrysanthemum wine with his hand? I don't believe it. ”
"Haha The whole family burst into laughter again, Wang Zhijiang wiped his tears and said: "Alas, my poor brother-in-law, I didn't expect his old man to have such a tragic past, but my sister did the right thing, and she should do this when dealing with a stubborn donkey like Zhou Dingguo!" ”
Zhou Yu's face suddenly turned into a bitter gourd when he was still a little puzzled, I damn it, I originally wanted to tease my father, but I didn't expect this unscrupulous uncle to climb up the pole.
Wang Yunhai glared at his son fiercely, and said angrily: "Zhijiang, what are you talking about? That's your brother-in-law, and what I'm most afraid of living at home is discord. Besides, your brother-in-law has always been good to your sister and our family, it is a real family, and you will give me some restraint in the future and get along with your brother-in-law well. ”
Wang Zhijiang looked at his angry father and his wife who looked at him viciously, and wanted his nephew to help him say a few good words, but when he turned his head, he saw that the little deflated calf was counting ants on the ground with his head down.
Wang Zhijiang, who felt that everyone had betrayed his relatives, suddenly became dumbfounded, smiled wryly, and said sadly in his heart: "Alas, don't you just want to be happy?" I didn't expect it to cause public anger, as soon as this little bastard comes back, I'm afraid Lao Tzu's good days will come to an end! ”
After saying his son, the old man said to Zhou Yu with a smile on his face: "Xiaoyu, this chrysanthemum wine is indeed not brewed by your father himself, I heard him say that it seems to have been found in a cave in Phoenix Mountain, it seems to have a history of more than 200 years, otherwise why would it taste so good?" ”
Zhou Yu smacked his tongue, he didn't expect his father's luck to be so good, and he would find a fine wine that was more than two hundred years old. If you want to say that this wine is really good, not to mention drinking, the color and smell of it without tasting it can make people intoxicated with it, coupled with the sweet, soft taste makes it enough to be included in the ranks of top liquors. I just don't know how much stock Lu Dao's father still has, if there is more, I don't have to worry about increasing the cost of planting and breeding in the village.
After solving the doubts in his heart, Zhou Yu continued to chat happily with his grandfather's family.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon, his uncle Wang Zhijiang left the circle of chatting, went to the courtyard wall to bring a whetstone, and then went to the wing room on the east side of the courtyard to take out a long-handled thick-backed extra-large mountain knife and sharpen it on the whetstone.
Zhou Yu was a little surprised and asked loudly: "Uncle, what are you doing sharpening your knife all night and night?" And how does this mountain knife feel panicked when it looks like it? Good guy, if this knife handle is any longer, it will soon catch up with Master Guan's Qinglong Yanyue Knife. ”
"What are you talking about? This knife is not comparable to Master Guan's big knife, but it is definitely a good knife for hunting. It's been a long time since I've used this knife, and now I'll have to sharpen it so that I don't have to take advantage of it when I hunt wild boars tomorrow. ”