On this morning, Xu Caiyun took Nong Jingtang to the county seat to do business, and by the way, he went to Chunjiang Building to drink tea. It turns out that this is a place where tea merchants gather in Nanyi County, and occasionally "tea fights".

This style of "tea fighting" began in the Song Dynasty, and then became popular, and its influence gradually spread to all parts of the country, with the participation of the three religions and nine streams. But now, "tea fights" are generally carried out in a small area, but there are not as many people as in the past, the scale is large, and the gambling money is large. People only do it occasionally.

Xu Caiyun came to drink tea, but he didn't expect Boss Kou to be there. According to insiders, this Kou boss has been disheartened, and last time he lost the "tea fight" quite miserably, almost bankrupt, and has since returned to the mountains and forests.

When I saw it today, Xu Caiyun was quite surprised.

Boss Kou spoke first: "Boss Xu, why are you free today?" ”

Xu Caiyun picked up: "Come and have a cup of tea." "Greeting each other.

Boss Kou saw that today's opportunity was rare, so he threw the topic over: "Boss Xu, I have a difficult matter, if you can solve it, you win, are you interested?" ”

Xu Caiyun smiled and said, "You might as well talk about it." ”

The difficult thing that Boss Kou said turned out to be like this:

One evening, Boss Kou came to the waterhole at the bottom of the cliff behind the Oolong Village, ready to stop and rest. He inadvertently saw that halfway up the cliff, there was a red and fire-like thing, and after looking carefully for a long time, he found that it was a clump of tea trees. I saw that this tea tree grew in the crack of the stone, the crown of the tree spread out in mid-air along the stone wall, and the stream poured down from the side, reflecting with it. Under the reflection of the sunset and water waves, it looks red like fire.

This reminds Boss Kou of a sentence from the tea fairy Lu Yu: "Tea, the upper one is born in rotten stones, the middle one is born in gravel soil, and the lower one is born in loess." ”

He concluded that this tea tree, which was born on a cliff face, was absolutely unusual.

However, when he looked at the steep cliff again, he found that people could not go up at all, so he had to sigh at the "tea" and leave in a huff.

Speaking of this, Boss Kou said to Xu Caiyun: "If you can go up and pick back the tea, then the tea tree is yours." ”

Isn't this deliberately trying to make things difficult?

Xu Caiyun thought for a moment and smiled: "I'm not an immortal." ”

At this time, Nong Jingtang listened carefully, he felt that this matter was feasible, so he whispered a few words to Xu Caiyun, Xu Caiyun heard it, and felt that there was a play, so he might as well give it a try.

Then, Xu Caiyun hurriedly changed his words and said, "I'm willing to give it a try." ”

A wicked smile flashed across Boss Kou's face, and he hurriedly said, "Okay, that's it." ”

At this time, he took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and said, "What if you can't go up?" ”

In fact, this is the true intention of Boss Kou. He still can't get rid of the bad habit of "fighting tea".

"And what are your conditions?" Xu Caiyun knew it, so he asked.

When Boss Kou heard this, he stretched out five fingers unhurriedly and said, "Fifty taels of silver, how about it?" ”

Xu Caiyun discussed with Nong Jingtang for a while, and then responded briskly: "Fifty is fifty." ”

After speaking, Xu Caiyun and Boss Kou immediately signed and drew the pledge.

Seeing this, the tea guests who were drinking tea on the side burst into laughter.

Some people are not afraid of the high stage when watching the play, saying, wait and see, there is a good show to watch.

Some are thinking in their hearts, saying, who wins and who loses, it is not certain.

There are also well-meaning friends who persuade Xu Caiyun to give up and ensure that he loses.

This means that people can't go up unless it's a monkey, but how can a monkey pick tea? From ancient times to the present, it is unheard of. That's no wonder if you don't lose!

Xu Caiyun and Nong Jingtang listened carefully, and heard everyone talking about it, and some of what they said was not unreasonable.

At this time, the two of them were still somewhat weak-hearted, and the two exchanged glances from time to time. However, the gamble has been decided, and regardless of the outcome, it is necessary to give it your all.

After returning home, Nong Jingtang immediately ran to a friend's house, this friend is from a monkey family, so he went to ask him for advice, and then led a monkey home, Nong Jingtang taught the monkey to pick tea on the flat ground all day long. And so on for a few days.

Li Chunfeng smiled when he saw it: "You're good, why do you get a monkey back." ”

Nong Jingtang did not tell his wife about their bet for fear that she would worry. So, he said lightly: "It's fun." ”

The son farmer was very happy, watching his father play with the monkey, laughing on the side, and from time to time holding a small wooden stick to tease it, the monkey jumped, and he also jumped, and the laughter continued. Father and son had a lot of fun.

At this time, Li Chunfeng also became happy and said, "Are you teasing the monkey, or are the monkeys teasing you?" ”

The son farmer was interesting, and said with a smile: "Laugh with the monkeys." ”

In a word, it amused everyone.

Nong Jingtang said: "This monkey is smart and learns things quite quickly. ”

Seeing that it was not early, Li Chunfeng wanted to cook, so he said, "You continue to play monkey." He turned around and went back to the house.

The father and son were playing and teasing in the yard, and they got carried away.

Recently, as long as Xu Caiyun is free, he comes to the farmhouse to see how Nong Jingtang trains monkeys to pick tea? He was still somewhat relieved.

He was watching intently, not leaving an inch. He said, "Nephew, you have to train hard." ”

Nong Jingtang said: "Uncle, you can rest assured. ”

In his opinion, no matter how big or small, this is a gamble after all, and it is better to deal with it carefully.

Nong Jingtang was very attentive and trained strictly according to the method that his friend had told him. Estimating that it was almost over, in order to make sure that it was just in case, he led the monkey to the nearby mountain rock and let the monkey go up to pick tea. Take a look at its recent training results.

Sometimes, the monkey is not so obedient, or can not do exactly what the person wants, Nong Jingtang is anxious. In a hurry, it is not good to train the monkey's ability to pick tea.

So, Nong Jingtang took the monkey and ran to a friend's house to ask for advice, and his friend taught Nong Jingtang some essentials by hand.

His friend said, "You have to be one with the monkey and build a deep relationship, and the monkey will be obedient." ”

Nong Jingtang said: "Well, it takes a process to cultivate feelings, and I'm not in a hurry now." ”

His friend smiled and said, "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." ”

Sometimes, the monkey is able to complete the tasks assigned to it by people, and Nong Jingtang is especially happy to see it.

After hard training, Nong Jingtang felt that the monkey's ability to pick tea was in place, and seeing that the time was ripe, Nong Jingtang and Xu Caiyun discussed, and Xu Caiyun notified Boss Kou in advance, and they decided to compete.

The critical moment has arrived, and success or failure is here.

This morning, Xu Caiyun and Nong Jingtang confidently took the monkey to the back mountain of Wulong Village, and Boss Kou pointed to the tea tree on the cliff with a smile with the mentality of winning, and asked Xu Caiyun to pick it.

Boss Kou said, "Boss Xu, hurry up." ”

Xu Caiyun was not in a hurry, and said: "As long as the tea leaves are picked back, it's fine." ”

Boss Kou nodded yes.

At this time, Nong Jingtang motioned for the monkey to go up the mountain to pick tea, only to see it deftly climb left and right along the dead vines attached to the cliff wall, and it didn't take long for it to climb the tea tree smoothly. It wasn't until the monkey landed safely that their hanging hearts relaxed.

Nong Jingtang hurriedly unloaded the bag around the monkey's neck, opened it and took a look, and sure enough, the tea leaves inside were not bad, the leaves were bright and fragrant......

Now, it was time for Xu Caiyun and Nong Jingtang to be happy.

Boss Kou was like a frosted eggplant: "I lost." ”

Before leaving, Boss Kou was very curious: "May I ask this honorable name?" ”

"I'm Nongjingtang from Longyan Village."

Boss Kou said: "No wonder, it was originally a farmer's family, and the future is terrifying." ”

Nong Jingtang said repeatedly, "Where, where." ”

This thing, like fermentation, quickly expanded. Since then, Nong Jing Tang's reputation in the local tea industry has grown.