Some time ago, Nong Tian went back to his hometown to visit his grandmother and asked his grandmother what kind of tea she was drinking?

Grandmother smiled and said, Taiping tea! It was a new tea from your cousin the other day.

As soon as Nong Tian said "oh", he asked, "Where does this Taiping tea come from?" What's the point? ”

His grandmother's expression suddenly became solemn, and she said, from a small mountain village in Taiping Mountain, the locals call it that, the name Taiping Tea is auspicious, and the taste is not bad.

The grandmother said, "Why don't you have a drink?" As she spoke, she simply picked up a small iron kettle and placed it on a small stove, Nong Tian seemed to be familiar, grandmother every time the dry wood was red, and soon boiled a small pot of water, and then grabbed a handful of Taiping tea and put it in the white bowl, the hot water was hot, and then the tea was slowly poured into the yellowed porcelain cup, and the tea was suddenly fragrant.

As soon as Nong Tianyi took advantage of the fragrance of tea, picked up the cup, and took a sip of hot tea, his grandmother became interested, opened the chatter, and chatted about trivialities, so he talked about life with his grandmother......

The stove, the iron kettle, the small round porcelain tea tray, the yellowed porcelain cup, and a cup of Taiping tea, such scenes are very familiar and profound to Nong Tianyi, which are buried in the depths of his memory, taking root and sprouting, and the seeds in them are the story of his grandmother's father, Li Yang.

In fact, Li Yang is an old Chinese medicine doctor, who is famous in several nearby towns, and there are many people from other places who come to seek medical treatment. Li Yang is not only a skilled doctor, but also benevolent and righteous, and when he encounters some patients whose families are poorer, he always charges less or even no medical fees, so Li Yang's life is very poor.

Although he is poor, Li Yang takes unusual care of his grandson inside and outside. Nong Tianyi heard his grandmother say that when he was two or three years old, his parents were busy with business and had little time to take care of him.

Nong Tianyi remembered that when he was a child, his great-grandfather would always give them money to give them a few great-grandchildren, Nong Tianyi was more obedient since he was a child, so he would get a few extra change every time, and the happiest thing for them at that time was to take the money given by his great-grandfather to buy a bowl of soy milk and eat a few fritters in the morning.

Unfortunately, when Nong Tianyi was 8 years old, 82-year-old Grandpa Zeng's grandfather accidentally broke his leg and was unable to walk since then, so he could only nest in his small home every day, and his great-grandmother, who had been taking care of his great-grandfather, also passed away a few years later.

It was from that time that the place where their little great-grandchildren frequented most was their great-grandfather's house.

Every time he went to visit his grandfather, he was always very happy, and asked them to bring tea trays, tea sets, and boiling water, because of their inconvenience, so making tea was handed over to the children to do, and it was at this time that Nong Tianyi began to learn to make tea and liked to drink tea.

Usually when the water boiled, Grandpa Zeng asked them to bring out his favorite Taiping tea. Taiping tea, is a local tea, rough rope, brown red soup, at that time Taiping tea packaging is simple and simple, also very cheap, only in a small range of circulation. Therefore, the average family in the mountains drinks Taiping tea.

After the tea was rushed, Grandpa Zeng took out mung bean cakes and candies from his bedside with joy on his face, and distributed them to eat, one piece for each person, and they were all satisfied after eating.

Tea drinkers know that generally the tea will be fully stretched out to the second and third brews, lingering with water, the tea cells will open, and the leaf juice will penetrate, which is often the best to drink. The Taiping tea that Grandpa Zeng drank was different, the second and third brews were more bitter, they had to frown and stick out their tongues every time they drank it, while Grandpa Zeng was laughing on the side, he said: I feel bitter when I drink it now, and it will be sweet after a while.

Sure enough, when the fourth or fifth bubble is full, the sweet taste is incomparable to all sugars, which is unique to tea, which makes people linger for a long time and refresh people's hearts! Now that I think about it, Nong Tianyi likes to drink stronger tea, and it is estimated that he was influenced by his great-grandfather at that time.

After three rounds of tea, Grandpa Zeng picked up a cigarette and asked them if they wanted to smoke one every time. Nong Tianyi said no every time, telling him that he was too young to smoke now. And Grandpa Zeng smiled, revealing only a few yellow teeth, innocent like a child.

Nong Tianyi's great-grandfather can be said to have a legendary life, and many of his stories were told during that time while drinking Taiping tea.

He lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and said that he had been smoking dry tobacco since he was 10 years old, and he had smoked a lot when he was 16 years old, and then he and his friend were determined to quit, and they met again a month later, and his great-grandfather successfully quit, while his friend was still smoking, and great-grandfather slapped him, turned around and left.

In Nonglu's impression, Grandpa Zeng was a wise, kind, and kind old man, but the things he experienced made them only admire and worship.

When Nong Tianyi's grandfather was 12 years old, his uncle was seriously ill, and at that time he was about to die, and the family was crying and preparing for the future, at that time, his grandfather went to read medical books and prescribed medicine by himself, and he was cured of his uncle's illness, and then lived for more than 10 years. This incident was later rumored to be miraculous.

Great-grandfather went to serve as a soldier at the age of 14, self-taught at the age of 16, became a feng shui master, and later decided to become a doctor, until he was in his 20s, he still did not have a family, and later cured a seriously ill person, and the man allowed Great-grandfather to pick a daughter to marry him, which gave birth to their great-grandmother, and gave birth to four children for great-grandfather.

Of course, there are many stories about Grandpa Zeng, all of which say that in the Taiping tea he drank with Grandpa Zeng, his life was like Taiping tea, and after the great hardship, it was sweet for a long time!

As they grew up, Grandpa Zeng's grew old and began to suffer from Alzheimer's disease. After a few years of private schooling, Nong Tianyi went to a place far away from home to continue his studies, and only returned home once a week, but Nong Tianyi would go to see his grandfather. Later, every time he went, Grandpa Zeng always had to ask who Nong Tianyi was, and then after knowing that Nong Tianyi was his great-nephew, he happily asked Nong Tianyi to bring a tea set, boil water, make a pot of Taiping tea, or give the cake he put at the bedside to Nong Tianyi to eat, or light a cigarette, and tell Nong Tianyi his old story, sometimes, when he forgot where he was talking about, he started from the beginning......

Nong Tianyi would listen carefully every time, brew tea for him, and serve him a teacup to drink. When Grandpa Zeng's story was told, he always drank two cups of tea, took a puff of cigarette, his eyes became deep, and occasionally pondered his memories, as if he wanted to penetrate his ups and downs.

Grandpa Zeng's story is the only story that Nong Tianyi never gets tired of hearing.

Nong Tianyi just looked at his more and more thinning hair, more and more tired expression, listening to it, the story became sad, at that time Nong Tianyi was very afraid that Grandpa Zeng would leave suddenly one day.

When they were 15 years old, Nong Tianyi's great-grandfather finally left them. Great-grandfather passed away at a high age, which can be regarded as the end of his life, but Nong Tianyi was still depressed for a long time.

Now, Grandpa Zeng's house is empty, they never go there to play again, and they can no longer drink Grandpa Zeng's Taiping tea.

Over the years, I have drunk many kinds of tea, and I have tasted a lot of Taiping tea, but I have found that I have not been able to drink my grandfather's Taiping tea until that time - such a unique taste and feeling.

At this time, Nong Tianyi was thinking, he might not be able to find that taste back for the rest of his life, without Grandpa Zeng, without his story, that taste may always belong only to Grandpa Zeng's Taiping tea!

Nong Tianyi and his grandmother drank Taiping tea, but their thoughts flew into the unforgettable time of the past......

A cup of Taiping tea, it turns out that it is not too peaceful!