Nong Tianyi described it vividly: "Blazing summer tea. ”

Wu Qing said: "Compared with spring tea or autumn tea, summer tea has a lot less charm. Because tea is mainly produced in the south, and summer is the rainy season in the south, although it is lush but not easy to pick, at this time the water content in the tea is too much, relatively astringent, the taste is not pure enough, the tea soup is bitter, the leaf bottom is hard, coupled with the hot weather, it is easy to destroy the normal growth of tea trees. ”

Nong Tianyi drank tea and listened attentively to his mother's explanation, politely.

Wu Qing added: "However, in some areas in summer, the best tea leaves are made into black tea, and the quality of the tea is also better, the soup is red in color, strong in taste, and more bitter. However, the quantity of summer tea is very small, so it is also rare. ”

In the hot summer, the scorching heat is unbearable, drinking more green tea is more beneficial to human health, because green tea is cold, cold can clear heat, and the taste is sweet, shengjin quenches thirst, one can cool down, and the other can supplement nutrition and energy, why not.

Nong Tianyi made another analogy: "Cool autumn tea." ”

In the early morning of September, Nong Tianyi walked in the Tianxinyan Tea Garden and saw a mountain full of tea trees, with one, two, and three leaves...... And in the woods it is golden leaves. In Nong Tianyi's mind, an idiom immediately jumped out: a leaf knows autumn.

"Huainanzi ▪ Says Mountain Training" said: "See the big with the small, see the fall of a leaf and know the twilight of the year." Reading it at this time, Nong Tianyi seemed to have a sense of desolation. But if you think about it again, you don't need to be sad about the fallen leaves. It's like it's done with a farewell to Mother Earth, without having to ask where it went.

Wu Qing talked eloquently: "The harvesting of autumn tea is divided into early autumn and late autumn. The autumn tea harvested before and after the Bailu solar term is called early autumn tea; White dew to frost harvesting, it is called late autumn tea. Autumn is only suitable for picking a portion of the tea leaves. Some people say that autumn tea is more flavorful, and it is not unreasonable. ”

Nong Tianyi suddenly remembered the poems in Lu You's "Autumn Xing", and read softly:

"The neighbor's father built a field to harvest early crops, and Aunt Xi sold autumn tea in a cage.

After a day of leisure, he leaned on the firewood to count the crows. ”

After the brewing of spring and summer, the tea at this time absorbs all the nutrients and energy in nature, the tea tree grows luxuriantly, the branches and leaves are full, stretch freely, this season has less rain, sufficient sunshine, long sunshine time, abundant nutrition, especially suitable for picking, and the tea color is dark green, the aroma is pure, and the taste is mellow. Therefore, being able to drink a good autumn tea is also a great blessing for tea drinkers.

Nong Tianyi followed his own train of thought and said: "Romantic winter tea." ”

Wu Qing explained: "Winter tea" is tea that is drunk in winter. It mainly refers to the tea picked before winter, although the four seasons in the south are like spring, but it is also divided into four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the vegetation also has flowers when they bloom and fall, otherwise where does spring tea come from?

Nong Tian let out a series of "uh-huh".

Winter is the best season for leisure and entertainment, everyone is busy all year round, and it is only in winter that most people may have more time to spare. Whether it is staying in a warm home or going to a warm teahouse for a small gathering, you will treat guests with tea and meet friends with tea, as if there is nothing to replace the role of tea at this time.

It is warm and generous, full of enthusiasm, with lingering meaning, eternal charm, strong family affection, and sincere friendship, which is vividly reflected between the cold winter and the warm tea. The first choice for drinking tea in winter should be black tea, because black tea has a strong ability to resist cold, contains protein and other energy required by the human body, and has the effects of removing greasy food, generating heat and warming the abdomen.

As for what season to say and what kind of tea to drink, the key depends on personal preference. Some like to drink green tea, some love black tea, and some do not leave tea all year round, which is a hobby.

Everyone likes beautiful things, and since God created beauty, it is for people to appreciate. "Everyone has a love for beauty".

Therefore, Nong Tianyi quoted Su Dongpo's famous sentence through the ages: "A good tea is like a beautiful woman" to compare the beauty of tea and the state of tea.

Wu Qing corresponded with the poem "The peach blossoms on the human face reflect the red".

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled.

The meaning of this is nothing more than borrowing the poet's anthropomorphic brushwork and the feelings of the ancients to express their infinite praise and love for tea.

As the saying goes: "There is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, but there is no fate to meet on the other side." To quote this sentence, it is often referred to as "tea edge".

Tea comes from nature, and returns to nature; Fate comes from nature and returns to nature. Therefore, there is also the saying of "tea edge". Good tea is the product of the right time, place and people.

On this day, Nong Tian saw an interesting story in the tea book, which he didn't understand, so he asked: "Mother, what is tea?" ”

Wu Qing thought for a moment and said: "Tea fate is nothing more than the fate of heaven, geography, people, and Buddha. ”

Nong Tianyi said a witty remark: "Mother, a certain fate of people is not destined by heaven." ”

Wu Qing said with a smile: "Tianyuan is not only the time of day, but also refers to the weather and climate. In other words, tea must have a unique growth environment, which is given by God. Ordinary people often say that farmers rely on the weather for food, referring to the good or bad weather. This is natural and fateful. ”

Indeed, if God doesn't open his eyes, it is either drought or waterlogging, how can such weather grow good crops and grow good tea? Words commonly used in life are: weather, natural, natural, celestial, providential, heavenly, dangerous, good, etc., which are both supreme and immaculate.

Nong Tian seemed to have an understanding.

Wu Qing continued: "This geography is not only geographical, but also refers to the garden land and soil quality. Just having a unique environment, relying on the sky for food is absolutely indispensable, and the earth is to be planted by man, which must be created by man's hands. As the saying goes, who knows that the tea in the cup is hard work! ”

Tea planting, tea picking, management, production, each of these processes has an extremely complex process, it is the result of tea people's hard work and wisdom, hard work, careful cultivation, painstaking management and careful management.

Wu Qing said: "Popularity, that is, harmony." People-oriented, a sum made in heaven. You have to realize this slowly. ”

Nong Tianyi said, "Mother, I know. ”

Tea is manipulated by people from picking to making, and it is a purely human factor. The legendary Yandi Shennong, is the earliest inventor of agriculture and medicine, he not only invented farming technology, but also invented medical technology, formulated the calendar, and pioneered the water conservancy irrigation technology connected by nine wells. And because he has been treating people for a long time, tasting all kinds of herbs and discovering "Tu", so that "tea" has been added to people's lives, and has begun the long historical process of gradually transforming medicine into the world's largest drink, and "tea" has formed an indissoluble "bond" with human beings.

Wu Qing said that in the end, it is the Buddha's fate. "There are many famous mountains and ancient temples in the world, and the monks love to fight tea since ancient times."

When it comes to the Buddha's fate, the first thing that people think of is the four words "Zen tea taste", "it is convenient for people to drink tea, and it is convenient for enlightened Buddhism to bathe in dust". Tea has a long history with Buddhism. Zen, the meaning of meditation. This is inseparable from the self-cultivation, tranquility and purity of the mind, and the practice of sitting meditation among monks and Taoists. For thousands of years, they planted tea, made tea, studied tea, went through ups and downs, at the same time, the tea ceremony and integrated Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism and other hundreds of schools of thought, so that the tea ceremony is full of confusion and mystery.

Things are often like this, the more mysterious they are, the more they want to explore, and there is a word "Yuan", from which "Buddha Yuan" comes from. There is a hidden wonderland in it, and only tea people can slowly experience it in the process of tasting tea.

Therefore, Wu Qing took Lu Yu as an example to further explain: the tea saint "Lu Yu" grew up in a Buddhist temple since he was a child, and was influenced by Buddhism since he was a child. There was also the advent of the immortal work "The Book of Tea", which has been passed down through the ages. For thousands of years, people have worshiped Lu Yu as the "God of Tea" and respected him as the "Saint of Tea". Not only because he loves tea, grows tea, makes tea, studies tea, and writes books and treatises, but more importantly, he is humble and erudite. In addition to the Book of Tea, he also wrote many books, which were only submerged because of his tea.

At this time, Nonglu returned home from running errands outside, and heard the mother and son talking about tea, so they came over.

Nonglu took the opportunity to say: Listen to your grandmother talk about your grandfather, do good deeds and accumulate virtue for a lifetime, build tea sheds for tea passers-by, build wooden bridges to facilitate pedestrians, and finally create a tea foundation for our farmers. You must know how to accumulate good deeds and virtues, and never forget the fundamentals.

Hearing this, Nong Tianyi was a little moved: "Father, the child understands." ”

Nong Tianyi's great-grandfather Nong Wangnian is a kind, kind, empathetic, and unpretentious tea man, who laughs and talks about life, and gradually develops and grows the tea industry in forbearance. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a big man in the farmer's world!