Yuan Xiuzhu is a glutton, and he is very particular about appetite. Eating the braised duck brought by Du Jinning, he was immediately full of praise: "This thing tastes good." Your cooking skills are really good. ”

As he spoke, he asked again: "I heard that you used the money from the academy to buy a tea garden?" ”

Du Jinning nodded: "Yes." ”

"Your tea plantation, instead of planting tea seeds, uses what you call cuttings?" Yuan Xiuzhu asked again.

"Yes." Du Jinning nodded again.

Yuan Xiuzhu frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

Qi Bokun is also a patron of the academy, and he knows that the academy plans to buy Du Jinning's tea-making recipe, and Du Jinning proposes the method of tea seedling cuttings. At this time, as soon as he saw his old friend's expression, he understood Yuan Xiuzhu's plan, and hurriedly asked Du Jinning: "It is better to cut tea seedlings than to plant them with tea seeds, where did you know this statement?" ”

"The man who taught me how to make tea said. Tea is grown with tea seeds, and the tea plants change depending on the soil and climate. Just because the tea leaves of the mother plant taste good does not mean that the tea grown from its seeds is also good. However, cuttings are different, they can maintain the characteristics and characteristics of the mother plant. ”

In the same way, Du Jinning said it to Guan Lehe once, but those people in the academy didn't believe it.

After she said this, Yuan Xiuzhu finally made up her mind: "You tell me how to cut it, I plan to send someone to the place where Guzhu purple bamboo shoots are produced to get some branches back, and cut them into my tea garden." ”

"Wouldn't it be dead if you brought it back so far?" Qi Bokun thought it was a bad idea.

"It's not impossible. You can have someone finish the cuttings there, transport them back, and water them all the way. Now that the weather is just right, the branches that are cut alive are not so easy to die. Du Jinning said, and told Yuan Xiuzhu what kind of branches to choose for cuttings and how to cut them.

Yuan Xiuzhu was afraid that he would not be able to remember, so he took a pen and paper and wrote down what Du Jinning said.

"How to make tea when the time comes, it's still bothering you." He said again.

Du Jinning smiled: "That's no problem." ”

After eating, everyone moved to the flower hall to drink tea.

Yuan Xiuzhu sighed: "I have drunk the tea you made, and the tribute tea I bought at a high price has no taste when I drink it." ”

Speaking of this, Du Jinning suddenly remembered something, and said to Yuan Xiuzhu: "If you always want to drink good tea, then you have to discuss it with Uncle Dong, the head of our Zhuangzi." The two trees on the mountain have always been the source of Uncle Dong's annual tea, and I can't grab tea with him before the Ming Dynasty, after all, there is a first come, then a way. When the time comes, you ask me for tea, but I don't have it. It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, isn't it? ”

Those two tea trees can enter Du Jinning's eyes, and the taste is actually really good. But probably because of the fragrance and smell, not only the people in the academy, but also Yuan Xiuzhu couldn't look down on the two tea trees on the hill behind the academy.

Yuan Xiuzhu touched his chin, stood up, and entered the inner room. When he came out, he took a few silver tickets in his hand and handed them to Du Jinning: "We unanimously agreed that with your tea-making method, we will give you seven hundred taels of silver." You taught me how to make tea, and I asked someone to go to other places to buy some green tea and use your method to make some tea. I don't sell it, so let's drink it ourselves. ”

"This ......" Du Jinning hurriedly stood up and waved his hand, "You don't have to give it when you're old." ”

Yuan Xiuzhu was good to her, she was really embarrassed to take the silver ticket in Yuan Xiuzhu's hand. Not only Yuan Xiuzhu, Guan Lehe was also embarrassed to collect money.

"Hey." Yuan Xiuzhu sank his face, "I am your husband, and Yan Songtao is also your husband." If I don't collect money, then don't you accept him either? In this case, won't you get a penny? If I plan to make a batch of pre-Ming tea and pre-rain tea in a foreign country, and then take out these tea leaves and sell them, how much money will I make more than 700 taels? My tea garden produces tea, and I still make money every year. I'm an old man with a big family, can I still take advantage of your children? Take it! ”

"Take it." Qi Bokun said, "When the time comes, you will have to take my share, don't be embarrassed, this is what you deserve." ”

Du Jinning then accepted the silver ticket.

She is going to Fucheng to open a teahouse and a bookstore, because she is short of money, she also plans to rent a shop. Now that you have the silver, you can buy it if you have a suitable shop.

Yuan Xiuzhu's words reminded Qi Bokun.

He has nothing to do now, and he is idle at home. Although there is no shortage of money at home, but if you have more money and don't burn your hands, you can take advantage of the time to make tea.

He said to Yuan Xiuzhu: "Why don't we just go to Jiangnan and buy a tea garden?" ”

This is not only Yuan Xiuzhu, but also Du Jinning is also very moved.

In the past few months, she has used the library of the academy to almost touch the situation of the Great Song Dynasty, knowing that this is just a historical change, but the geographical location is still the same.

She said: "The Jiangnan side is rich, and the land price is too high. It's better to go to Huizhou to buy a tea plantation. ”

Her time and space, Huizhou in the Ming Dynasty, was famous for its pineapple tea. What kind of tea is pineapple tea? That is the originator of fried green tea.

Huizhou has many mountains and little land, which is very suitable for growing tea, and many famous teas in the previous life came from Huizhou. The land price in that place is definitely much cheaper than in Jiangnan, and it is still close to here.

Yuan Xiuzhu was moved when he heard Qi Bokun's words. At this time, when he heard Du Jinning's suggestion, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "This is a good idea." ”

He looked at Du Jinning: "Isn't it that you also plan to buy a tea garden over there?" ”

Du Jinning also calmed down at this time.

She wanted to buy a tea garden in Huizhou, but no one took care of it, and in the end, maybe the tea garden was bought for someone else.

She didn't hide it from the two of them, and told her concerns.

Yuan Xiuzhu waved his hand: "This is easy to do, you take the silver into the shares, let's buy the tea garden together, wouldn't it be good?" ”

Du Jinning's eyes lit up, this is a good idea.

She handed the silver ticket back to Yuan Xiuzhu: "I don't have manpower, I only have these seven hundred taels, you can always watch how many shares you give." ”

Yuan Xiuzhu waved his hand: "I don't know what the situation is over there, let's count it when I buy the tea garden back." ”

When he came to dinner today, he got another good deal with money, Du Jinning was very happy, and stood up and toasted the two old men with sweet wine.

After toasting, Yuan Xiuzhu and Qi Bokun began to discuss the purchase of a tea garden. It was already February, and the tea before the Ming Dynasty would be picked soon, and the time was extremely tight, so the two decided to send a steward to buy the tea garden tomorrow.

However, when it came to making tea, the two of them were stuck, looking at Du Jinning with a face full of embarrassment.

Du Jinning naturally knew what they were afraid of, and said to Yuan Xiuzhu: "Mr. Yuan, can you help me take a period of leave?" I will go to Huizhou with the stewards of the two of you. This makes it possible to teach them how to make tea directly there. There is no tea here, and you can't teach it if you want to. ”