What else can Bai Jiaojiao do besides being distressed?

At this moment, Uncle Li Zheng came over with a tea tree with an arm thick and had been stripped of branches, and when he saw Bai Jiaojiao and a few people standing there, he couldn't help asking, "Yiyi, what are you doing?" ”

"It's over, uncle, you've wasted a few taels of money alone!" Qingfeng stomped his feet and said.

Uncle Li Zheng threw the bare camellia tree on his shoulder to the ground and stepped forward, "Qingfeng, what are you talking about?" What is it that I wasted a few taels of silver alone? ”

"Yiyi said that this leaf can be sold for money, and the dignitaries and nobles in the capital like to drink these the most." Qingfeng handed the tea leaves in his hand to Uncle Li Zheng, "The tree you cut down is so big, the leaves must be very luxuriant, isn't that a few taels of silver?" ”

Pork is twenty or thirty yuan a catty, tea and pork are the same price, and sometimes even more expensive than pork.

As soon as he heard that he had a few axes and cut a few taels of silver, Uncle Lizheng was distressed and almost called his mother. asked Bai Jiaojiao one after another, "Yiyi, can this thing really be drunk?" ”

"How can this be fake?" Qingfeng grabbed Bai Jiaojiao's mouth and said, "Yiyi asked Sister-in-law Dalin to go home and get the bamboo basket." ”

Uncle Lizheng is so distressed!

When Dong Mingxuan and the people in the village also knew that the leaves of this tea tree could be sold for money, they would inevitably beat their chests and feet.

"If you cut it, cut it, if you don't cut it, others will cut it too." Bai Jiaojiao said with relief.

Also. When others think about it, they don't know about it all along.

They are all croppers in the mountains, who have been chopping firewood and planting vegetables all their lives, and they don't know anything else, but they don't know what kind of firewood is good to burn? After sighing, a few people put the firewood and stopped chopping, and began to find tea all over the ground.

When Da Lin's sister-in-law rushed back panting, the tea leaves picked by Bai Jiaojiao and the others had already piled up on the ground stalks.

"Yiyi, how do you make tea with this thing?" Qingfeng asked as he picked up a leaf.

"Go back and expose these leaves to the sun, and when they crack, take out the most tender part of the inside and boil them in water for a while." Bai Jiaojiao said.

Without further ado, Bai Jiaojiao put all the tea leaves they found in the bamboo basket, and then packed up and walked to the village with the basket on their backs.

"Auntie, these are all done, let's go back." Bai Jiaojiao said.

Uncle Lizheng looked at the tea that had been wasted earlier, and couldn't help but feel pain in their hearts again, but now they can't come back.

When I returned to Qinghe Village, I saw Bai Jiaojiao and Li Zheng's family coming back with tea tree leaves that no one wanted on the mountain, and for a while the girls and daughters-in-law ran to see the excitement.

"Yiyi, what's the use of this thing? Do you pick it up and use it as firewood? Aunt Li asked while feeding the rabbits in the bamboo cage in the corner.

"No, I'm going to use it to soak in water." Bai Jiaojiao said.

"Soak in water?" Aunt Li threw away the kudzu vine leaves in her hand, walked to Bai Jiaojiao and squatted down, "Can this thing soak in water?" ”

"Hmm." Bai Jiaojiao thought about it on the way and said: "I used to be in the capital, although I was still young at that time, I didn't drink much, but the family always had to take tea to make water, and at that time, other families also used these to entertain us, which is very courteous, and people who pay attention to it all want to drink." ”

Aunt Li was confused when she heard it, but she didn't care, anyway, she didn't care if there was tea at home, and she didn't care.

Bai Jiaojiao and they went home first, carried a little tea, and were going to take it home to try first, Bai Jiaojiao didn't know if it would work, whether it could be boiled or not, after all, Bai Jiaojiao herself had never boiled tea, and Uncle Lizheng and they readily agreed, otherwise Uncle Lizheng didn't know how to make these teas.

When he got home, Tang saw Bai Jiaojiao coming back with a basket on her back, so she asked, "Yiyi, what did you carry back?" ”

"Mother, guess what I saw, I found tea here." Bai Jiaojiao said excitedly.

As soon as Tang Shi heard this, his eyes lit up instantly, he hadn't drunk tea for a long time, and Dong Mingxuan's eyes lit up when he heard it, this is really good news.

However, he didn't show it, after all, his identity was just a showman, so he also asked: "Tea?" ”

"Yes, Dad, Yiyi said that if this thing is sold in the city, it can be sold for a lot of money." Qingfeng said.

In fact, Dong Mingxuan didn't care about money, but more because he could feel that in the past, tea was only affordable for rich and powerful dignitaries, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother, you go and prepare first, I'll try to boil it, I've only seen how to make tea in books before." Bai Jiaojiao said.

"Okay." Qingfeng hurriedly responded.

"It's so fragrant, it's so good to cook it." Qingfeng praised.

Bai Jiaojiao started her tea brewing business, carefully making it step by step. I don't have a bottom in my heart, I just try.

When it's time to boil it in hot water, the aroma of tea is elegant.

"I've also seen people use it like this before!" In the last life, my aunt's roasted tea came like this, and Bai Jiaojiao just copied and learned, but she didn't expect to be worshiped by Qingfeng.

Bai Jiaojiao observed the tea leaves in the pot, which were soft and a little sticky, dark green and dull in color, and the grass was eliminated, and the aroma gradually overflowed. Now it's time to roll. Kneading, as the name suggests, is to twist the tea leaves into shape.

Bai Jiaojiao's pot is made according to the process of green tea in her memory, so she called on the breeze to twist the shape of the tea leaves into threads. The aroma of the tea gradually overflowed and attracted the Tang family and Dong Mingxuan in the hall over there.

"Yiyi is really presentable, this aroma smells, it seems to have a bit of tea fragrance!" Tang said with a smile.

"Isn't it, the first time the fry was so well done, we are really good at it!" Qingfeng kneaded the tea leaves, and spared no effort to praise Bai Jiaojiao.

Bai Jiaojiao smiled shyly, silent, and had a weak heart! After all, I am still clear about how many pounds and taels I have.

After the rolling, the next step is drying.

As usual, it is still fried in a large pot instead of drying. The purpose of this is to fix the shape, so that the tea fragrance can better overflow, and it is also convenient for the tea to be better preserved. In this process, the key is to master the heat, and it is necessary not to smoke or burn.

Wait until the finished tea leaves are taken out of the pot, and the elegant tea fragrance wafts into the stove room. Dong Mingxuan had already found a few tea bowls and twisted a few spiral-shaped tea leaves between his fingers to drink. The green leaves are in the water, lazy and elegantly stretched, and the lingering fragrance overflows......

Bai Jiaojiao also pressed out her excitement, and tasted the tea she made by herself for the first time, and when she drank it, her eyes were gently closed......

The palate is a bit bitter in the mouth, followed by a refreshing mouthpiece. The bitterness has just dissipated, there are wisps of sweetness, breeding out, take a sip, between the aftertaste, between the teeth and tongue, you can still feel the faint fragrance, entwined!

Yes, that's the smell! Bai Jiaojiao calmed down the excitement in her heart, opened her eyes, and saw Dong Mingxuan and them. On all their faces, they couldn't hold back their surprise and joy.

"Yiyi, you're not making black tea, are you? This tastes good. Obediently, I've never drunk such a good tea when I'm so big! Dong Mingxuan said excitedly.

"Compared to Yiyi's tea, the ones I used to drink were monkey urine at all. Now let me go back and drink it, and I won't do it!" "Qingfeng Road.

Undoubtedly, his words made the people in the stove room burst into laughter.

"The tea made by Yiyi is so delicious, take it to the town and sell it for money!" Tang said in a loud voice.

"I do it according to the process of green tea." Bai Jiaojiao said truthfully: "I just plan to make it." Take it to the tea shop in town and sell it! It would be great if it could be sold for money. ”

"Yiyi, you can make this tea, I say okay. That's it! Dong Mingxuan said.

Tang drank a few sips of tea, the fragrance and sweetness after the bitterness were like the joys, sorrows and sorrows experienced by the old man in his life, and the entrance of the tea actually evoked her memories.

Undoubtedly, Tang's affirmation and the support of the family made Bai Jiaojiao's heart drop a lot.

About six catties of fresh raw materials are put into the pot, and the amount and weight of the fried green tea are greatly reduced, because the amount is too small, it is not weighed, but it is enough to use it as a sample and sell it in the tea shop in the town.

"Yiyi, you used these buds and young leaves to fry green tea?" Qingfeng asked.

"Hmm." Bai Jiaojiao said.

Glancing at the coarse and old leaves spread out in the big bamboo plaque: "Aren't these materials wasted?" ”

"Don't worry! It will never be wasted. Bai Jiaojiao said with a smile, pulling the breeze towards the big bamboo plaque, and the two of them worked together to carry the big bamboo plaque to the pot. Dong Mingxuan didn't say a word, bowed down and sat back on the stove, re-erected the fire, and Tang didn't leave, standing aside and watching curiously, with a smile on his face.

"Brother Qingfeng, this time to fry tea, will you hold the fork? My arm is a little sore! Bai Jiaojiao discussed with Qingfeng, after all, her body was only fifteen years old, and her arms were overstrained when she roasted tea before, and this time it was sore, and it was not okay to be small!

"It's done!" The breeze responded refreshingly: "I'll hold the fork, you watch from the side, just fry it according to your instructions!" ”

"Hmm!" Bai Jiaojiao said and stood aside.

"Actually, Yiyi, you said that this tea is indeed grown in our village, but everyone doesn't know how this tea is made, and in the past, these tea trees were sent to the town and sold directly as firewood. Now you've added this process, and the result is good. Dong Mingxuan thought about it for a while and said.

After all, tea is very in season, and after this season, the next stage is gone. Although the weather in the south is very warm, it can be planted three times a year, and there are still relatively few people who actually grow these tea trees today. Most of it is left to grow freely.

"Yiyi, how do you say that making tea is also a craft. Why don't we buy these teas, make them ourselves, and sell them in the town as soon as they're done. Dong Mingxuan thought about it, he just gave advice, and didn't want to decide Bai Jiaojiao's decision.

Although the process of making tea is not difficult, it is not simple, but for the people in the village, this is also an exclusive thing, and Dong Mingxuan does not want Bai Manyi to pass on these skills to them.

When Bai Jiaojiao heard Dong Mingxuan's words, she actually had some turmoil in her heart, but she was not surprised! In modern times, in fact, she doesn't think that making tea is a very private thing, and it is not a unique craft, she can and is willing to teach these skills to the people in the village to let them grow tea, and then use this to ensure their livelihood.

However, in ancient times, these people may have paid more attention to personal privacy, and they could also understand Dong Mingxuan's considerations, and he felt that this was a very meaningful craft.

Bai Jiaojiao was a little embarrassed, because for her, she didn't want to do this tea business in the future, she felt that it was more practical to go to the mountains to find herbs, after all, tea trees are staged things, but herbs are all stages throughout the year, and if you are lucky, you can continue forever.

"Dad, in fact, these are not crafts, they are all very simple procedures. Telling someone is nothing. Bai Jiaojiao wanted to make it clear to Dong Mingxuan, but Bai Jiaojiao also understood that ideas were not something that could be explained clearly in a while, and she couldn't forcibly change other people's minds.