The old peasant sighed, then took a rag to wipe all the mud marks off the gate, and poured a basin of water on the ground to cover the muddy footprints.

As soon as he finished these things, he saw two middle-aged men covered in mud running over here, and one by one they went in to search, with a fierce expression on their faces, and their language was quite vicious.

Just thinking about this stubble, the two men had already come this way, and the old farmer took a few steps back with some weakness, came to the courtyard, and sat on a small stool with his back against the wall of the house.

"Hey, old man, did you see two young men passing by just now?" One of the short men asked.

Hearing him call himself an "old man", the old peasant was immediately unhappy, and when he was angry, his gray beard shook and shook, glared at the two men, and said, "I don't see it." ”

"Oh, big brother, he didn't see it, let's continue to look for other families, let's follow them all the way, they will definitely not go far." When the short man heard that he didn't see the two tea thieves, he immediately said to the tall man.

The tall man stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Wait, you pig brain, he said no, no, no?" Let's chase all the way, there are footprints on the ground, and when we get to this area, there are no more, they must be hiding somewhere here, old man, if the two of them are really not with you, then can you let us go in and search? ”

"Nope." The old farmer refused, he was still angry at being called an old man just now, in fact, it is one thing to cooperate or not, and it is another thing to respect or disrespect. Zhou Yi and Zhou Min inside had nothing to do with him, but at least when he entered the door, Zhou Yi called the old man, not the old man.

This kind of thing is purely a feeling of the surname, there is no way to analyze it as a case, it completely depends on the personal mood, for example, now, the old farmer is very angry, he has decided, no matter who the two people in it are, he will not let the two guys in front of him go in to search, the big deal is that if the people inside really do something bad, they will report to the official.

"Look at the two of you, you're covered in muddy water, and if you go in and rummage through my things, won't you get all dirty? Get out of here, I'm an old man, and I don't talk to you people. ”

"You old man don't know anything, we're here to catch thieves, what are you obstructing?" The short man puffed out a pair of bull's eyes, listening to that tone, if it wasn't for the tall man to hold it, he should have rushed over desperately at this time.

The old farmer stood up suddenly, grabbed the broom next to him and slapped it on the two of them, shouting loudly: "This is my house, you two let me out, otherwise I will sue the county lord for trespassing on your house." ”

At this time, the tall man finally became angry and said, "Old man, you are really too much to do this, we are just here...... Oh,, you actually slapped his face, second brother, cut him ......"

Hearing the noisy sound outside, as well as the wailing of the old man, Zhou Yi finally couldn't hide, at this time Zhou Min had woken up, Zhou Yi said to her: "Sister, you wait here, I'll come when I go." ”

Zhou Min was also very indignant at the beating of the old man outside, and said, "Okay, brother, be careful." ”

Zhou Yi picked up the rolling pin next to him and walked out, he ** his upper body, and below him was a pair of patched clean pants. After entering the house, he changed his and Zhou Min's clothes respectively.

"Uncle, I'm here, you two, actually bullying an old man, was your conscience eaten by a dog or arched by a pig?" Zhou Yi held a rolling pin in his hand and ran out, shouting loudly.

The anger in his heart had already burned his reason to the ground, and the rolling pin in his hand was waved vigorously, and he hit the two of them with a head and face.

There is a saying in his last life that he feels like he has said a lot, the old man represents the past of an era, the child represents the future of an era, treating the old man well is the memory and respect of the past, and educating children is responsible for the future. Now that he saw these two people fighting against the old man, how could Zhou Yi sit idly by?

For this young man who suddenly came out, the three people present felt very shocked, but Zhou Yi would not stop because of their shock, first hit the short man on the back with a stick, and beat him to the ground, and then his posture remained unchanged, and he swept it again, hitting the tall man's calf, making him involuntarily kneel on one knee. The whole action is done in one go, and he is already a martial arts master.

The two of them only had time to stare at the visitor at this time, and when they saw that it was a young man, they were shocked in their hearts and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Zhou Yi said: "I am his eldest nephew, I just happened to come over to play today, you have such a big burden, in broad daylight, you actually committed murder against an unarmed old man, such a bad behavior, it is simply abandoning the way of Confucius and Mencius, seriously damaging the good civic image of our country, bringing a bad atmosphere to the society, and causing a bad impact, I want to report to the official, let the official master come and arrest you, and punish you for the crime of disobedience." ”

The old farmer who was lying on the ground in pain suddenly widened his eyes and said, "There is also trespassing on private houses." ”

Zhou Yi glanced at him approvingly, and then said: "Yes, there is also trespassing on private houses, disobedience is not an ordinary big crime, plus trespassing on private houses, the two crimes will be punished together, and you will have good fruits to eat at that time." ”

Zhou Yi, who had just stolen someone's tea, turned into the embodiment of justice, and stood on the commanding heights of morality to make a thought-provoking humanitarian critique of the two, watching the two of them turn pale with fright, and a sense of satisfaction suddenly rose from the navel, passed through the esophagus, passed through the throat, and went straight to the top of the brain.

Both of them were frightened to varying degrees, but it was still the tall man who was clever, he stood up all of a sudden, grabbed the short man and ran outside, Zhou Yi chased after him and beat him, and said while fighting: "If you have the ability, don't run, wait for the officers and soldiers to arrest you......"

After a few shouts, the two men had already run away. Disobedience is a felony, and if it is confirmed, the most serious can be directly executed by Ling Chi.

Zhou Yi threw away the rolling pin, pulled the old farmer up, and said with a guilty expression: "Uncle, I really don't want to let you suffer this unjustified disaster." ”

"Ah, young people now...... I really don't know the rules. The old farmer stood up and said.

After laughing dryly, Zhou Yi called Zhou Min to come out with the tea leaves, and gave half a bag of tea to the old farmer as a reward, and they returned home with the rest of the tea leaves.

I didn't expect that stealing some tea leaves could give birth to such a thing, Zhou Yi felt that he was also quite unlucky, but fortunately, the tea he wanted had been brought back, and he could start making black tea.

Black tea is a fully fermented tea, which is completely different from the steamed tea on the market, but there are still many similarities in the production method.

Before making black tea, Zhou Yi took a little time to visit several tea farmers and studied modestly and seriously. However, what he learned was some steaming tea technology, and what Zhou Yi wanted to make was fermented tea, so naturally he could only explore according to what he had been exposed to in his previous life.

In the backyard, Zhou Yi took out the tea leaves and carefully cleaned them, and Zhou Min and the two of them began to pick off the most tender leaves and put them in a dustpan.

These tea leaves are sorted out first of all, the first step, withering.

The purpose of withering is to make the fresh leaves lose some of their moisture, the leaves become soft, the grass disappears, and the aroma is released.

This process is not complicated, it can be said that there is no technical content at all, the tea leaves are evenly spread out in a dustpan, and placed in the yard to ensure that they are not damp in the rain.

Left overnight for about three or four hours, the tea has shrunk and softened, the leaves are soft by hand, and there is no friction sound, and the second process can be carried out at this time - kneading.

The purpose of kneading is to destroy the leaf cells after rolling, and the tea juice overflows, accelerating the enzymatic oxidation of polyphenolic compounds, and laying the foundation for the formation of the unique endoplasm of black tea; the second is to make the blades kneaded into tight straight cords, reduce the volume, and create a beautiful shape; Third, the tea juice overflows on the surface of the leaves, which is easily soluble in water when brewed, forming a luster appearance and increasing the concentration of tea soup.

Zhou Min couldn't help with these things at all, she didn't even know the most basic techniques, so she could only be done by Zhou Yi, a person who had studied for a few hours.

He clenched the leaves into a clump, and then let go, at this time the leaves were loose and slow, the leaf color turned dark green, the surface luster disappeared, and the grassy smell of the fresh leaves faded, revealing the pleasant fragrance peculiar to withered leaves.

After more than an hour of repeated pinching, all the tea leaves have been kneaded into balls, and the hands are dyed with a pale green color, and the whole yard is full of fragrance.

After kneading, the tea leaves are about to be fermented in the last process, black tea as fermented tea, fermentation is naturally crucial, Zhou Yi made an accurate calculation according to his own understanding, poured the tea into a dustpan, brought it into the room, so that the tea reached the point of slight heat, and the next thing was to wait for a miracle to happen.

If this time it is not successful, Zhou Yi plans to steal tea again, and resolutely does not take Zhou Min out.

After a day and a night of fermentation, Zhou Yi found that the tea leaves had taken on a brown color, took out a piece and chewed it, a little bitter, and found that it was almost the same after careful observation, so he took out the tea leaves. Heat the stove over a high heat, then pour in some moist and sticky tea leaves and turn them quickly. The purpose of this is to evaporate all the water in the tea leaves, which is known as drying. After the drying process, the tea leaves are naturally concentrated into a ball, and the color is black and brown, and there are no traces of green anymore.

Soon after, Zhou Yi was satisfied to collect the particles, and then couldn't wait to bring the tea set and start testing the black tea he made for the first time.