Chu Chen said with a smile on the side: "If you want me to say that today's tea, water, utensils, and art are all refined, I am also in a hurry today, thanks to the blessings of the two of you, I can drink this good tea that is as fragrant as Lan Gui and tastes like Ganlin." ”

After listening to what Chu Chen said, Zhu Dafu and Song Jun couldn't help but look at each other and laugh, they both said that it should be so.

"Okay, Xiaochen is right, this tea, water, utensils, and art are indeed indispensable, now Uncle Wu will test you, what do you think of our tea tasting this time?"

Chu Chen scratched the back of his head with some distress and said: "Uncle Fu, in fact, this is my first time tasting tea, I don't know much about the tea ceremony, but it's all knowledge I have seen from books, if I say it wrong, don't be surprised." ”

Seeing the encouraging eyes of Zhu Dafu and the others, he continued:

Zhao Ji of Song Huizong proposed in the "Daguan Tea Treatise" that tea drinking should pay attention to "the essence of selection, the work of production, the victory of the product, and the wonder of cooking", and also required "to remove the placket and cleanse the stagnation, to clear the guide and harmony", "in the middle of the clean, the rhyme is high and quiet", these words of Song Huizong, we can see that tea tasting needs both material and spiritual requirements. ”

"The material aspects are water, utensils, and the environment. Let's talk about this environment first, the ancients said, the most haode environment for tea tasting is the clear mountains and beautiful waters, small bridges and pavilions, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, secluded elegant rooms, of course, this is the ideal tea environment, ordinary people can not meet this requirement, but in general, as long as the environment is quiet and beautiful. ”

"Uncle Fu's environment here is needless to say, it can be described in three words, quiet and natural, simple and elegant, with ingenuity, every time I come to Uncle Fu, I can't help but let my troubles disappear, relaxed and happy, with the place of tea in the works, of course, there is no problem."

"There are three requirements for the water of Yicha, one is that the "clear" water quality is colorless, transparent, and has no sediment; The second is "Gan", which refers to sweetness, coldness, or sweetness, coldness. As soon as the water enters the mouth, the tip of the tongue will immediately have a sweet feeling, which has a good aftertaste; The third is that "clean" means clean and refreshing, in our current words, it is pollution-free. ”

"To meet these three requirements, is the good water for making tea, the water we use to make tea this time is the jade spring water in the "first spring in the world", this water is worthy of its name, completely the mellow and smooth tea, the rhyme is reflected in the appearance, it is really fragrant, the aftertaste is eternal. ”

As the saying goes: "Water is the mother of tea, the pot is the father of tea", just now I came in, I was deeply attracted by this set of tea sets, just these white as jade, thin as paper teacups make people feel pleasing to the eye, not to mention the most important purple clay pot. ”

"I don't know much about the purple clay pot, looking at its style, this should be a sand hat pot, the overall shape is concise and simple, and it is strong in Qiaoli, showing the producer's superb production skills, and this pot also has a trace of fire, it won't be the work that Master Song just brought over, right?"

The two of them were not in a hurry to tell Chu Chen the answer, they just smiled and motioned for him to continue.

Yang Shen of the Ming Dynasty once said: "Jun makes tea songs like history, not only tea and tasters." This sentence points out the artistic conception of tea tasting, and Zhang Yuan, who is also a Ming person, said in "Tea Record", "Sip alone and say God, two guests say victory, and three or four are interesting." This "spirit, victory, and fun" also highlights the spiritual aspect of the tea ceremony. ”

"Of course, the environment is different, the people are different, and the spirit of understanding from tea is also different. As far as I am concerned, I think that tasting tea is like tasting life, "three mouthfuls know the taste, three times to move the heart", three sips of tea, let me experience the sweetness of life, the bitterness of life, zuihou that aftertaste is bitter and sweet. ”

"Zuihou said this tea art, weishenme put it to zuihou said, on the one hand, I don't know anything about tea art, the main reason is that I think tea art in the whole tea tasting process, plays a role in connecting the previous and the next, I think tea art is the material and spiritual bridge in the tea ceremony."

"To put it simply, without Master Song's superb tea art, the tea ceremony material would not be able to reflect its essence, and the realization of the spirit of the tea ceremony would be impossible."

"The above are some of my humble opinions, if there is anything wrong or wrong, please forgive me."

After saying this insight, Chu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, these were all things he racked his brains to remember, if they were not satisfied, there was no way.

Zhu Dafu smiled and nodded: "Xiaochen, what you said is quite in place, I can't see that it is the first time to taste tea, even if some people who often taste tea may not be able to get some of your opinions, it seems that you are still very understanding of the tea ceremony." ”

Chu Chen said a little embarrassedly: "I don't deserve such praise from Uncle Fu, but after tasting tea this time, I am really interested in the tea ceremony, and I think that drinking tea often can calm my character, I can't say it, and I will ask Master Song for more advice in the future." ”

Song Jun smiled and nodded: "It's okay, but I don't dare to ask for advice, we can discuss with each other, to be honest, the current menstrual people are not much interested in the tea ceremony, and they can't calm down, and they feel that it is too troublesome." ”

After Zhu Dafu heard this, he also nodded and said: "Indeed, people nowadays are becoming more and more anxious for quick success, full of money as the goal, not to talk about the tea ceremony, just talk about piano, chess, books, paintings, and how many young people are willing to really devote themselves to it?" ”

"I think it's because of the lack of perseverance on the one hand, but also because of the high pressure of life now, who doesn't want to be easy, but there is no way, you have to meet the needs of life first, let's just say that this house price, compared with last year, it has risen a lot." Of course, fellow young people should explain this to young people.

Zhu Dafu laughed a little and said: "Stinky boy, do you mean that the rich uncle is full of men and doesn't know that hungry men are hungry?" ”

"No, no, how dare I say that, I'm just saying that the habits of some people now are also caused by the general environment, and there are not a few people who are monks for a day and hit the clock for a day." Chu Chen hurriedly waved his hand.

"Okay, okay, don't talk about state affairs, let's talk about this purple clay pot, just look at it like this, Xiaochen, you are honest, how about this pot?"

Chu Chen carefully looked at the purple clay pot on the table again, thought about it for a moment and said: "From the bottom of my heart, this purple sand pot is still quite haode, "mud, shape, work, style, and work", although I haven't seen it, but the other four aspects, it can be said that it is very exquisite, and it is a very good purple sand pot." ”

As soon as Chu Chen finished speaking, Song Jun hurriedly said: "Old Zhu, how about it, Chu Chen also thinks this pot is good, you can promise me." ”

Seeing this, Chu Chen was confused, not knowing what was going on between the two, so Song Jun opened his mouth to explain the reason.

It turned out that Song Jun's pot-making skills were passed down from the ancestors, and he learned from Shi Dabin in the same vein, but time passed, and when the craftsmanship was passed down from generation to generation, some things were lost, which was also a disadvantage of the ancient craftsmanship inheritance.

When Song Jun's generation arrived, he wanted to restore some lost crafts, although the idea was good, but he didn't have a single piece of Shi Dabin's work to refer to. By chance, he learned from a friend that Zhu Dafu had a genuine piece of Shi Dabin, so he came to ask Zhu Dafu if he could transfer the pot to him.

Shi Dabin's genuine product was not easy to come by, and Zhu Dafu also loved it very much, so of course he refused to sell it. However, Song Jun's perseverance is amazing, it can be said that he is persevering, and after several times, Zhu Dafu was also moved by his sincerity.

Despite this, Zhu Dafu was still a little reluctant, so he asked him to make a handful according to the shape of the real thing, and if he was satisfied, he would transfer the real thing to him.

To say that this is indeed not a small difficulty, but Song Jun is worthy of being a master of pot making, although the first two times did not satisfy Zhu Dafu, but he is also very charming, which makes him admire Song Jun and his ability.

Today is the third time that Song Jun has come with his works, and this time Zhu Dafu couldn't find anything wrong with it, so he said to Song Jun, I have a nephew to come in a while, if he thinks it is good, I will transfer Shi Dabin's genuine products to him.

Chu Chen couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard the reason, Zhu Dafu was obviously reluctant to sell the collection, and now in this way, there was no reason not to change hands, which made him really feel a little restless.

Seeing this, Zhu Dafu smiled and said: "Xiaochen, you still think that Uncle Fu will be angry with you, in fact, when Master Song came with this pot before, I knew that I couldn't hide, and as for bringing you, it was just because I was really a little reluctant in my heart." ”

Song Jun saw Zhu Dafu's reluctant expression, so he said: "Old Zhu, otherwise, this pot is rented by me, and I will return it to you after I study it for a while." ”

Zhu Dafu smiled and waved his hand: "I also think clearly, that pot is just a collection here for me at best, sometimes it doesn't see the light of day for months, and I'm not good at tea ceremony, so it can play a lot more role in you, you wait a minute, I'll go and take out that pot." ”

After a while, Zhu Dafu carefully walked back with a brocade box and put it on the table.

Open the brocade box, and a sand hat pot with the same shape as Zecai was displayed in front of everyone.

Zhu Dafu signaled that he could start watching, and Song Jun said: "Chu Chen, you can watch it first, I have watched it many times before." ”

Chu Chen was not polite when he heard this, put on gloves, carefully took out the purple clay pot in the box and began to observe.

Shi Dabin, Yi* Xing people in the Ming Dynasty, speaking of purple clay pots, no one will not mention Shi Dabin's "time pot", he is the most well-known and influential pot maker after the spring. Later generations are full of praise for his works, and some people even respect him.