In the house, Ge Shou and Song Kai sat on one side, with a wooden table in the middle, and a title deed on the wooden table.

"Song Lang, this is a title deed issued by the government, which has legal effect, if you think it's okay, we can deliver it." Ge Shou said with a serious face.

Song Kai roughly browsed the title deed, and there was no problem, so he took out eighteen taels of gold ingots, put them on the table, and said with a smile: "Old Ge, we will be neighbors in the future, you specialize in raising silkworms, and I am in charge of selling tea, which is good." ”

Ge Shou laughed, "It's naturally excellent to be neighbors with Song Lang." ”

Song Kai stood up and walked towards the tea garden, with Ge Lao following behind.

Between the tea garden and the mulberry garden, there is no obvious dividing line, in the past, because all of them were Ge Lao's, so there were not many houses in the tea garden, the houses were mainly built in the mulberry garden, and now they are separated, Song Kai's first thought is to build more houses in the tea garden, so that in the summer, bring his wife and concubine to play here...... It's intoxicating to think about, this is simply a fairyland on earth.

When they arrived at the tea garden, more than a dozen villagers were already waiting there, some of these villagers lived in nearby villages, and some lived in simple wooden houses in the mulberry garden, such as Qing Niang, because her parents died, she has been living in the mulberry garden, in charge of the size of the mulberry garden and the tea garden.

"Lang Jun, the tea leaves and iron pot you said are ready," Qing Niang stepped forward and whispered, "But this tea, if it is roasted with fire, it will affect the taste, and we have tried it before." ”

Song Kai nodded, although he was not too proficient in tea, but after all, he liked to drink tea in his previous life, and he still knew the basic green tea and black tea preparation methods.

"Tea frying is a technical job," Song Kai walked over and checked the tea leaves that had been picked, he had specially instructed the Zhuang Ding in the tea garden yesterday to pick them in the morning, and only pick the two leaves with buds on the branches of the tea trees, and pick them together with the buds.

"It's okay, although the amount is not much, but if it is only sold in my store, it should be able to support the Qingming Festival next year," Song Kai nodded while looking at it, and then said to the crooked-mouthed Uncle Wang: "Uncle Wang, come here, I will teach you the basic method of roasting tea, you can do it." ”

Uncle Wang rubbed his hands excitedly, and his crooked mouth cracked wide, almost squeezing his eyes.

The iron pot is placed, the fire can not be big, it should be moderate, the tea leaves can not be fried each time, after the tea leaves are placed in the pot, they should be mixed quickly, stir at the bottom of the pot with the whole arm, when the tea leaves change color slightly, they will be out of the pot, this step is called killing.

Finishing is the most important step in making green tea, whether the tea can brew the aroma and get rid of the bitter taste, mainly depends on this step.

Song Kai just said that let Uncle Wang operate it himself, after all, Song Kai only has theory, not practice.

After shaking off a large handful of tea leaves, Uncle Wang took a deep breath, and then looked at Song Kai with tragic eyes.

Song Kai laughed and patted Uncle Wang's shoulder, "Uncle Wang, don't be nervous, even if it's fried, I won't deduct your salary, practice brings true knowledge, take your time, and when you master this technique, I will give you processing money." ”

When Song Kai said this, Uncle Wang grinned, smiled honestly, and let go of his heart.

With rapid stirring, the tea leaves change color slightly, and a fragrant smell instantly diffuses, and then disappears.

Ge Shou, who was watching from the side, was originally smiling, but after smelling the fragrance of tea, his old face changed suddenly, and he stared at the tea leaves in the pot in surprise.

In Ge Shou's mind, Song Kai is a little kid, where will he understand tea? Ordinary people drink tea with green onions, ginger, garlic, vinegar and other stirring tea soup, it is really a tyrannical thing, Ge Shou viewed, tea should be natural, taste the bitterness and mellow aroma, is elegant.

But smelling this faint fragrance, Ge Shou was not calm all of a sudden, he suddenly remembered something, a person, he stared at Song Kai, trembling in his voice, and said, "Song ...... Song Lang! Could it be that you have seen the "Book of Tea" of Lu seniors! ”

"Old man Lu?" Song Kai looked at Ge Shou suspiciously, and then ordered: "It should be almost, take the tea out of the pot." ”

"Well," Ge Shou pulled Song Kai excitedly, "It's Lu senior, Lu Yu and Lu Hongzhe, known as the tea saint." ”

Song Kai thought about it, it turned out that the method of making tea and tasting tea had developed a prototype in the Tang Dynasty, and the tea culture of later generations, including the tea ceremony in Japan, was influenced by the book "The Book of Tea" written by Lu Yu.

Thinking of this, Song Kai felt a little empty-hearted, after all, he didn't have much research on the tea ceremony, he just knew it briefly.

Ge Shou pulled Song Kai's arm, "Song Lang, you must have seen the "Book of Tea" of Lu seniors, right, can you talk to the old man...... Hehe, tell the old man about the contents. ”

Song Kai nodded and said, "I've seen a little, but I've forgotten a lot, and I still remember this method of making tea." ”

Ge Shou's expression was solemn, and he said in a low voice: "Song Lang, you are really a person with unparalleled righteousness and an open mind!" This method of making tea, other tea workshops are secret but not transmitted, but Song Lang taught them such a precious skill, Ge Mou...... Ge is ashamed of himself! Ay! ”

Song Kai scratched his head, just smiled, and secretly screamed ashamed in his heart, it turns out that this method of making tea is so precious, well, but yes, now that the "Book of Tea" has not spread, of course the method of making tea is precious. As for semi-fermented black tea, fully fermented black tea, it is not even more present now, maybe you can try to make it in the future.

When the first pot of tea came out, the faint fragrance diffused, Song Kai rubbed it with his fingers, smelled the aroma, and said, "It seems that the time is a little insufficient, Uncle Wang, the next pot will be extended a little longer." ”

"Yes!" Uncle Wang saw that the first pot of tea was so fragrant, and he also had confidence and began to make the second pot of tea.

Song Kai instructed others to do the next steps, the next thing is to twist and knead, and then dry, these two steps have no technical content, Song Kai is relieved.

"Look at this situation, the first batch of tea leaves will be ready in the evening," Song Kai muttered, "I'll wait here first, and then I'll leave after bringing the first batch of tea." ”

After half a day of familiarization, the tea garden workers are familiar with the process, Uncle Wang crooked his mouth and became the core figure, smiling honestly, constantly stir-frying the tea leaves in the pot, others are drying and rolling, Qingniang brought an apron and made overall arrangements.

Because the waiting time was quite long, Song Kai walked to the depths of the tea garden with his hands behind his back.

The mountains here are not high, but the forests are very dense, and the unmined mountains are full of thorns, and of course, there are many herbs and wild beasts.

Song Kai went all the way up along the path of the tea garden, after the tea garden, he arrived at the foot of the mountain, and then up, there was a forest, and the hills of the mountains were connected together, and most of the Taihu Lake was surrounded.

"I'll go, what is this!"

Song Kai was startled, lowered his head and looked at the root of a tree, where there was a large black Ganoderma lucidum.

"Such a big wild Ganoderma lucidum, if it were in the future life, it would be sold for at least a few thousand yuan," Song Kai hurriedly squatted down, muttering in his heart.

It's a pity that I don't have any tools with me.

After hesitating for a moment, Song Kai still reached out and dug a few times on the ground, he naturally made up his mind not to be a doctor in this life, but digging such a Ganoderma lucidum should not be considered a violation of his oath, this kind of wild Ganoderma lucidum, although the medicinal effect is not as magical as it is said in martial arts novels, but the effect of treating asthma and replenishing qi and calming the nerves is still very good, maybe it will be used, even if it is not used, it will be sold to Huichun Hall, and it may be exchanged for a few hundred dollars.

was digging, and there was a sound of broken footsteps behind him, and then the figure of Qingniang appeared, holding a cloak in her hand: "Lang Jun, what are you doing here?" ”