Chapter 52: Tasting Tea Invites the Bright Moon
Tonight, the moon is bright; Outside the window, there is a cool breeze.
The farmer and his wife are sipping tea. Wu Qing brewed a pot of Tianlu yellow tea, only to see the tea leaves in the cup, the soup color is yellow and green, and the leaf buds are high. This is like using the rhyme of yellow tea to invite Chang'e to taste tea.
Wu Qing took a sip first and said, "It is indeed a good tea, and the taste is mellow and long." ”
Nonglu also took a sip, nodded and said, "Well, it is tender and sweet, and the fragrance of tea lingers." ”
How many years have passed, and it is still rare for them to have such leisure and leisure as tonight.
Wu Qing put down the teacup and said, "Tasting tea is the heart, just like putting the bitter seeds of life into water and boiling it, and then boiling it over slow heat into a cup of light aroma." ”
Nonglu borrowed the topic to play: "Yes, lady, what you cook is bitter, and what you taste is sweet." ”
How can you make the best tea? The answer is to have a kind, upright, peaceful and tolerant heart.
This morning, the sun is shining, the mountains and wild plants are green, and the fragrance of flowers is bursting. Nonglu and Wu Qing came to Chashan. Nonglu pointed to a mountain opposite Tianxin Rock and said to Wu Qing:
"The mountain in front of me looks like a Buddha."
Wu Qing looked up, and sure enough, he said in surprise:
"yes, really, why didn't I find out?"
Later, Nonglu said:
"Guess what it looks like?"
Wu Qing looked at it, but never found the mystery.
At this time, the farmer revealed the mystery:
"If you put it up and look at it, doesn't it look like a Guanyin?"
Wu Qing let out a sharp "ah", and then said in surprise:
"How did you find out?"
Nonglu said that once, after the rain, the sky was clear, there was no cloud, he sat in the Tianxinyan tea garden in a daze, after a while, he walked east on the mountain, looked west, was standing on a high place, he unconsciously looked at the opposite mountain, and suddenly flashed a thought, isn't that like a Buddha? Later, whenever he had the opportunity, he looked at the mountain, consciously or unconsciously, hoping for something new. On that day, I saw the clue again, and suddenly a flash of inspiration: if you look at it upright, doesn't it look like a huge Guanyin statue? This secret was discovered by the farmer. However, he has always hidden it in his heart and never told outsiders about it.
Nonglu said: "Under that mountain is the Tianlu Temple, you say, it is not a coincidence." ”
Wu Qing said: "It's a coincidence, it's a coincidence. Maybe that's providence. ”
After the changes of the world, Wu Qing's nature is indifferent, and the farm is more willing to place his affection on the mountains and rivers. Wu Qing likes to wear plain clothes and prefers a light diet. She often uses a pot of warm tea for each meal, scoops up the cooked rice, and then puts a few stalks of mizuna and a few fragrant tempeh. Basically every day.
As the saying goes: "Good looking but plain dress, delicious but tea and rice", Wu Qing is probably one of the advocates and practitioners of this concept.
Once, Nonglu curiously asked Wu Qing, where did Chazuhan come about?
Wu Qing said that the tea of the Ming Dynasty was different from that of the previous dynasty, and the taste of chazuke was not very different. Before the Ming Dynasty, most of the tea was "steamed and caked, steamed and dough". When I arrived here with Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, he abolished the group tea and revived the loose tea. As a result, the method of drinking tea with teapots has gradually become fashionable, and chazuke has also risen.
After hearing this, Nonglu said a profound sentence, "Tea is not easy to come by; It is not easy for people to live. ”
"Shennong Food Classic" said: "Tea and tea are served for a long time, which is powerful and pleasant." After that, the tea drink is "pure for the world", focusing on pure heart and purity, and calmly facing the complicated world.
This is exactly what Wu Qing wants, so she can't do without tea all day. Wu Qing was lonely and out of danger, but she loved simplicity and nobility more. Fortunately, she met Nonglu, and the two fell in love deeply, and worked together to open up the territory and finally live the life she wanted. She walked in the tea, almost to the realm of selflessness: ten baked into gold, impetuousness will not be able to accomplish things; Tea can only experience the true taste of tea when you go with your heart.
She often said that a good tea is not the end, relatives and friends sit around, high and low, drink in separate cups, and enjoy the charm of Tianxin tea, maybe we can finally find the peace of mind and find the place we really want to go.
This morning, the mountain town has just been washed by a night of rain, and the air is fresh and pleasant. Han Zhinan suddenly appeared in the Yunwu Mountain Tea Workshop.
At this time, the teahouse had just opened, Nonglu and Wu Qing were busy, a guy took Han Zhinan to the backyard, and saw that the couple was boiling tea soup, full of aroma, Han Zhinan hurriedly stepped forward, held Nonglu's hand and said, "Brother Nong, I'm here again." ”
Nonglu looked up, was startled, and quickly put down the work in his hand: "It's Brother Han, welcome, welcome, come and sit inside." ”
Wu Qing also showed surprise and said, "Mr. has worked hard. ”
They went into the tea room.
Nonglu asked with concern: "The tea is selling well." ”
"Ouch, it's very good, as soon as the tea arrives in Hankou, it will be sold quickly, and it will sell so well." Han Zhinan looked happy.
Nonglu said, "That's good." ”
At this time, the guy brought a pot of tea. Wu Qing couldn't leave, and was boiling tea soup.
Nonglu handed over the tea and said slowly: "Come here this time, just have fun for a few days, don't be in a hurry to leave." ”
Han Zhinan took a sip, took the teacup in his hand, turned it slightly, and looked embarrassed: "Brother Nong, no, I came here this time to buy goods, the tea is almost sold, and the library is already in a hurry." ”
Nonglu let out an "oh" and hurriedly said, "That's a good thing." ”
At this time, Wu Qing was already busy, so he came over to chat with Han Zhinan and drink tea.
Han Zhinan suddenly proposed: "How about I invite you to Hankou to open a tea shop?" ”
When the farmer and his wife heard this, they were a little surprised. As for the matter of opening a tea shop in Hankou, it has not been discussed before, and not long ago, the husband and wife of Nonglu talked with Qin Yuhe about some preliminary ideas. Thinking of this, Nonglu first looked at Wu Qing, Wu Qing understood his signal, and said: "This is a good thing, thank you for your love first!" ”
Nong Lu continued: "Let us discuss and then call you back, do you think this will work?" ”
Han Zhinan said repeatedly, "Okay, good." After taking another sip of tea, he finished talking about the varieties and quantities of the purchased goods in one breath, and they were all familiar with the way, and the matter was decided quickly.
The next morning, Qian Shusheng hurried to the tea house, which was quietly arranged by the farmer. Because Han Zhinan was in a hurry, he didn't have time to visit Qian Shusheng, so he asked Nonglu to say a word and say sorry, and he would definitely visit his old friend next time.
Han Zhinan was surprised to see Qian Shusheng and said, "How do you know that I am here?" ”
Qian Shusheng smiled and said, "It was the gods who asked me to come over." ”
Everyone laughed.
Han Zhinan said: "The tea is ready, and tomorrow morning, I will leave for Hankou." ”
Qian Shusheng joked: "The next time I come over, it's just to play, and I can't always be in a hurry." ”
Han Zhinan also felt that he couldn't go, and said, "Okay, this time it's too rushed, please bear with me, brother!"
Everyone's having fun. In the tea party, the tea love and friendship are more mellow and long.
The next morning, Han Zhinan set off. The spring color on both sides of the Fujiang River is fresh and refreshing. Nonglu and Qian Shusheng watched Han Zhinan on the shore, they were waving to each other, only to see the wooden sailboat on the Fu River, splitting the waves, and speeding away.
Under the aroma of soaking green leaves, how many causes and conditions converge, the sun and the moon turn, and a small cup of tea soup is held in the palm of the hand; How many hundreds of turns, thousands of grinding, there are people who are at the table and waiting for tea.
Today, the husband and wife of the farm are enjoying tea. Wu Qing said thoughtfully to Nonglu: "Tea, which originated in China and is unique to China, is like a special weapon. ”
But so far, "only tea has successfully conquered the world"!
Nonglu seemed to have realized: "That is, this tea seems to be as weak as water, but it is actually extremely powerful." ”
This is undoubtedly a lecture on the tea ceremony, and the core of the tea ceremony lies in the Tao and the utensils (i.e., the teapot), which can be understood as the basic principles that were preset when the utensils were originally designed, and when the utensils properly fulfill their function or use, they present the "Tao".
The teapot is designed according to the tea ceremony, and when people use it to make tea, it properly fulfills its own purpose, and thus presents the tea ceremony. But if someone spends hundreds of thousands of yuan to buy a teapot, the teapot becomes a collector's item, is this person willing to use it often to make tea? When the original use of the utensils is obscured, the Tao is hidden and invisible, then it needs to be corrected, and the four of tea, water, and pot and people are unified to make it reappear as "Tao".
This tea has the same power as a weapon!