Autumn is a season of abundance.

There are still many farmers in Guanzhong who have planted corn this year, so when it comes to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fields are busy.

In Linjia Village, Weinan County, Lin Goudan is also busy.

Although he had already picked a batch of tea leaves before and after Qingming, he recently picked the autumn tea leaves.

Of course, he has tried it before, and if he uses autumn tea leaves to fry tea leaves, the effect seems to be very poor.

So he came up with an idea of whether he could make use of these teas.

I saw that he first arranged for someone to pick the fresh tea leaves and dry them on the fresh mushroom, and cool them under the sun's rays until the color was dark green.

Then he felt that the tea seemed to be too hard, so he kept kneading, turning the leaves into strips.

The most special thing is that he learned from the experience of pickling sauerkraut at home, put these rolled tea leaves into wooden barrels, pressed them hard, and then covered them with a damp cloth and dried them in the sun.

It was tossed and turned like this for a few days, and when the fresh tea turned yellow and black, he took it out and put it back in the sun to dry.

"Wa Dad, this tea is going to be scrapped again, right?"

Although she hadn't tried to make a cup of tea yet, Lin Sanniang felt that Lin Goudan's experiment must have failed again.

"Anyway, the autumn tea can't be sold at a good price, so let's try more, if we can find a new way to brew, maybe we can double the income of the tea plantation."

Lin Goudan was a farmer who couldn't read two big characters.

After making a fortune by planting tea trees in the past few years, he began to teach himself.

Of course, this has to be thanks to the books given by the shopkeeper Lu at the beginning, which opened the door for him to learn.

Nowadays, although his knowledge is not very profound, he has no problem with ordinary daily reading.

He even buys Science magazine from time to time to take a look, and finds inspiration to explore the unknown.

"It doesn't sell for a good price, but it can still be sold. You are making the tea so black, yellow, black and yellow now, even if Shopkeeper Lu and Shopkeeper Song have a good relationship with our family, they can't want such tea. ”

Lin Sanniang looked at the tea leaves in front of her with a heartache on her face.

Well, she has seen the whole process of tea processing.

If you come over with another person, you can't tell that these things in front of you are tea leaves.

"It's about trying something new, and there's always something to be paid for. I read an article in the journal "Science" before, which mentioned several ideas for tea processing, although it did not give a very specific production plan, but gave several directions, and my current method is one of them. ”

In order to prove to his mother-in-law that he was not fooling around there, Lin Goudan moved out the magazine "Science".

Lin Sanniang is not very literate, but she has also heard of the name of Science magazine.

Now Lin Goudan said that his method of making tea was mentioned in the magazine, so he didn't complain too much.

In fact, the Lin family has the final say, but many times the two will discuss to see if they can reach an agreement.

"Since the people at Guanshishan Academy say that these methods are feasible, let's continue to give it a try. But you don't have to try so many teas every time, what a waste. ”

"Don't worry, I know. Come, you go boil a pot of boiling water, and I'll try to see if the tea can be drunk this time. ”

Although he failed a few times, Lin Goudan still didn't give up.

As the owner of the tea plantation, the Lin family's tea sets are naturally very complete.

Every time a guest visits, Lin Goudan will make tea to entertain him.

With the increase in tea production and the polarization of tea prices, some ordinary people have slowly begun to learn to make tea.

Especially when there are guests coming, tea will be prepared for hospitality if possible.

"Daddy, this water has been on the honeycomb coal stove all along, it's already on, you try to make a pot."

Lin Sanniang didn't have much hope, and after putting down the kettle and tea set, she was ready to go about her own affairs.

Lin Goudan didn't care, skillfully prepared the tea set, grabbed a small handful of "tea leaves" from the side and put it in the teapot, then picked up the hot water kettle, and poured water directly into it.

Although Lin Goudan is developed, he is still a farmer at heart.

So he doesn't pay so much attention to making tea, he often grabs a handful of tea leaves and puts them in the teapot, and then adds water.

"Hey, this color seems to be very special."

After waiting for a while, Lin Goudan poured the brewed tea into the snow-white porcelain cup.

is different from the previous Longjing fragrant tea, but what Lin Goudan saw was red tea. balance

This color makes people feel very comfortable looking at it.

Lin Goudan was inexplicably a little excited in his heart.

This time, could it be?

Lin Goudan picked up the teacup with trembling hands, put it under his nose and sniffed it gently.

Although it does not have the fragrance of roasted tea, it has a faint fruity aroma.

Full of excitement, Lin Goudan opened his mouth and sent the tea soup into his mouth.

I saw a rich and mellow, clear and sweet feeling spread to all the taste buds in Lin Goudan's mouth.

"This tea is not greasy to drink, and it also has the feeling of Longjing fragrant tea, and the key is a little sweet."

Lin Goudan felt that his experiment should be considered a success.

Although he still doesn't know how others react when they drink this tea, he himself is very satisfied.

"Three ladies! Three ladies! ”

Lin Sanniang hadn't gone far yet, and Lin Goudan called her back loudly.

He wants to let his mother-in-law taste the masterpiece first, so that she knows that she is not fooling around these days.

"Today, Shopkeeper Lu is coming to buy tea, and I still have a lot of things to do."

Although Lin Sanniang complained in her mouth, she walked back again.

"Come on! Let's try this tea and see if it tastes good! ”

Lin Goudan had a happy smile on his face, and personally poured a cup of tea for Lin Sanniang.

"This is what you just made from the tea leaves?"

Lin Sanniang looked at the reddened tea soup in the teacup curiously, this is something she has never seen before.

"That's right! What a masterpiece of mine these days! ”

"Hmph, it's a masterpiece! Less bragging! ”

Lin Sanniang said very politely, but she took the initiative to take the tea handed over by Lin Goudan and took a big sip directly in her mouth.

"How?"

Lin Goudan looked at Lin Sanniang with anticipation.

It was like an elementary school student who had just scored 100 points in the exam and was looking forward to the praise of his parents.

"This ...... Is this really made of the black, yellow, black and yellow tea leaves? ”

Lin Sanniang smashed her lips a few times, obviously very satisfied with the tea she had just drunk.

"That's right, it's made from the tea I made using a new method."

"Daddy, congratulations! You did it! I just don't know if anyone buys this kind of tea. ”

Lin Sanniang thought of the appearance of the tea just now, and felt that it really didn't look like a good tea.

It looks like fried tea, which not only looks bright in color, but also has a very strong tea fragrance.

This one at home looks like a broken tea leaf.

"In the next few days, I will make another batch, and then personally go to Chang'an City to find someone to help sell it, I don't believe that such a delicious tea will not be sold!"

Lin Goudan was originally very satisfied with this tea, but now Lin Sanniang also thinks it is delicious, and the confidence in his heart immediately bursts.

"The best tea in Chang'an City is Longjing fragrant tea, and we have to give it a name for this tea."

"This is not simple, this tea soup is red and bright, it is simply called black tea!"

Lin Goudan thinks the name black tea is still quite good.

"The color of the tea soup is red and bright, but the tea leaves are black, yellow, black and yellow, and some are even black, not red at all."

Lin Sanniang looked a little entangled.

"It's okay, our tea is called Lin Family Black Tea!"

Lin Goudan said excitedly.