Going out to pick mushrooms, the whole family had a lot of fun, had lunch on the mountain, and played for a while, and it was already afternoon when I went down the mountain.

Although Soft and Xiaobao only picked half a basket of mushrooms, they learned a lot of wild things behind Cui'er and Zhuangtou's daughter-in-law.

What kind of mushrooms can be eaten, and what kind of mushrooms are poisonous may not be able to tell, but I know a rough idea. I also knew what was called Tiantian fruit, what was called mountain red, and even wild apricots and wild peaches were picked a lot, and my little face was full of cheerful smiles.

As for the mushrooms picked back, they were also cleaned up under the skillful hands of the daughter-in-law of the head of the village, and a few dishes were sorted out that night and served on the family's table.

Because it was a mushroom that I picked myself, I was very excited when I was eating dinner. For a while, he picked up vegetables for Master Ye, and for a while, he proudly straightened up his little chest and talked to his uncles, and his happy expression did not disperse until he went to bed at night.

Lantern Xiao was not taken to the mountain by Cui'er because of her young age, and she was quite sullen. Fortunately, there were all kinds of wild fruits brought back, and the soft and small bags were distributed to most of the Lantern Festival like brothers and sisters, which brought a smile on his face.

Cui'er looked at Xiao Lantern Festival's appearance, thought about it, and asked Xianghe to use the fingernail-sized mountain red, add sugar and fry a bowl of small red fruits, and the sweet and sour taste made Xiao Lantern Xiao squint happily.

An autumn rain and a cold one, but it was only five or six days, and the weather suddenly became cold. Cui'er saw that the time was almost up, so she started picking tea to make autumn tea.

Because of the urgency of time, she may have to return to Beijing one day, and Cui'er brings black wood and charcoal to make autumn tea every day. So tired that I don't even have time to take care of my children.

And just like that, another ten days passed.

In the evening of this day, Cui'er counted the autumn tea made every day, and saw that the daily portion was quite a lot, which should be able to meet the needs of the second stage of the competition. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and put his mind at ease.

The next morning, before Cui'er got up, someone sent a message from Beijing, saying that the tea was going to be handed over in the second stage.

"The tea will be handed over the day after tomorrow, why is it so fast!" Cui'er hears the news. I didn't even bother combing my hair, so I simply pulled it out of the house and studied the matter of handing over tea with Master Ye and his brothers and brothers.

"It seems that someone has done something to catch those tea merchants whose gardens are out of town by surprise!" Master Ye said so, and sweated fiercely in his heart.

"If it weren't for the fact that our family temporarily bought a tea garden in Beijing. Not to mention that the autumn tea in Huxi has not yet come out, even if it is, after such a few days of hard work, even if it is six hundred miles to expedite, it is too late to transport the tea over. Ye Lu also sighed and said, I really feel that I have luck.

"Don't talk about this, quickly pack up the tea and hurry up and go back to Beijing!" Old Man Ye waved his hand. So said. Things in the capital are changing, and he is a little worried in his heart, when his own people are not in the capital. I don't know if there is some moth making trouble.

Before Master Ye's words fell, he heard an angry roar outside, "What are you doing!" Then there was a crackling sound.

Master Ye took Cui'er, Ye Bi, and Ye Lu and they walked out of the door, and saw a man with a hooded face escaping from the courtyard, followed by Heimu and Tantou. Both of them had flat shoulders and other things in their hands, and chased after this person fiercely.

"Stop him. He wants to burn the tea leaves! "Kuroki saw Master Ye and they came out of the house, and there was also Ye Lu, who had excellent kung fu. Shouting busily.

Ye Lu is a strong-blooded person, and he has to draw a knife to help when the road is uneven. What's more, someone bullied their own heads! Ye Lu rushed forward without saying a word, and with a neat movement, he took the little guy down and fell to the ground.

"Thank you, Third Young Master, for catching this kid!" Kuroki and Charcoal caught up breathlessly, and they were very happy to see the little guy who was overwhelmingly pressed to the ground by Chlorophyte.

"What the hell is going on?" Old Master Ye looked at the little guy grinning on the ground and shouting grievances, and couldn't help frowning and asking.

"Back to Master Ye, when the two of us went to the warehouse to clean up the tea just now, we found that this kid was sneakily hiding in the warehouse, and he was still holding a fire fold in his hand, and he had already gathered on the tea bag, obviously to set fire to the tea!" The charcoal head glared at the little guy fiercely, and said to Master Ye.

"Fortunately, my brother and I found it early, and although the tea burned a little, there was no big loss." Seeing Master Ye's shocked appearance, Heimu hurriedly added, "This kid jumped out while our brothers were putting out the fire, if there is no third young master, let this kid run away!" ”

"You've seen him, I'll go see the tea!" Without saying a word, Master Ye ran to the warehouse where the tea was placed, and when he ran to the door, he smelled a burning smell, and his heart went up and down.

Master Ye walked into the warehouse with the door frame, looking at the neatly arranged tea sacks, there was a very obvious scorch mark, the sacks had been burned out of a hole, and a large handful of tea leaves were scattered on the ground.

"This ......" Master Ye hurriedly stepped forward, looked at the tea leaves in the sack distressedly, and carefully checked the tea leaves nearby, and saw that only one bag of tea was burned, although he was distressed, he still felt bearable.

"It's so damning!" Master Ye's fist slammed on the ground, his old fritters, who had been in Huxi for many years, would be disgraced and thrown to his grandmother's house if he capsized in this small ravine!

"Come on, bring tea and go back to the capital!" Master Ye lowered his head and squatted in the tea warehouse for a long time, then suddenly stood up and said loudly outside.

An hour later, with bundles of arsoning servants like zongzi and a cart of tea, Master Ye's family set foot on the way back to the capital. When passing by Yanyi Town, Master Ye asked Ye Bi to take the little guy to the town to report to the official, and he took Cui'er and his party back to the capital in a mighty way.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Master Ye sent someone home to the warehouse to get the spring tea of Biye Tea. With the newly made summer tea and autumn tea, it was handed over to the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the same day.

At this time, Master Ye thought of the fact that the man set fire to the tea today, and the tea he handed in was only half of his own tea, and more than half of the tea. It was divided into two parts by Master Ye and stored in Lianfu and Yefu respectively, for fear that someone would think about it again and destroy the tea.

After the Internal Affairs Office received the tea of the Ye family, there was no movement, according to the small servant sent by Master Ye to the front door of the Internal Affairs Mansion as an eyeliner, until the tea delivery time of the two days was over. Of the ten tea merchants shortlisted for the first stage, only seven have delivered all the tea they need. The remaining three are places where their hometowns are far away from the capital, and one of them is actually the Zhao family in Huxi.

"What? Lao Zhao didn't even hand over all the tea! When Master Ye heard the news, he was so shocked that he slammed his tea bowl to the ground.

"This old guy has never been short of money. Although this time is very tight, and their family does not have a tea garden in the capital, as long as they send tea from the northernmost tea garden of his house to this side, they will definitely be able to arrive in an expedited six-hundred-mile hurry! Master Ye frowned and said, "What else did you inquire about?" ”

"This ...... This ...... "This little guy was just sent to guard the door of the yamen of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and he didn't dare to move the place, where else could he find out about anything."

"Dad, don't embarrass him. Uncle Zhao, I inquired, they used 600 li to urgently transport a batch of tea, but after the goods were delivered at the border of the capital. The carriage with tea was hit into a ditch. Both bags of tea were soaked in water and could not be used. Ye Qing walked in from outside, and said with a frown.

"It's like this, I was plotted by the villain!" Old Man Ye's brows also wrinkled tightly, himself, Lao Zhao, and many tea merchants were all plotted, it can be seen that someone knows that he can't fight tea, and wants to use this means to kill himself and others in advance!

Master Ye was heartbroken. When they were about to take Ye Qing and them to see Uncle Zhao, they heard the porter outside. It was said that someone from the Zhao family in Huxi came to visit.

"Old brother......" When Master Ye greeted him out, he hadn't yet reached the gate. I saw Uncle Zhao walk in with a withered face, and after seeing Master Ye, his eyes were slightly red, and he almost burst into tears.

"Big brother...... I'm a perennial goose hunter, but I've been pecked by a goose! Uncle Zhao couldn't help but shed tears as he spoke, "Jin Yuman's shameless boy made such a move, it's really infuriating!" ”

"Brother Xian, how do you say this?!" Master Ye knew that before the second stage of the competition, including the tea leaves that were burned at home, someone must have made a move, he thought it was the Qian family who was the head snake and had a suspicion, but it didn't mean the Qian family, but the Jin family?

"It's that little bastard of Jin Yuman! Although the carriage he used to hit my tea was hired, the person who drove it, I remember, was the son of his little prostitute wife! Uncle Zhao was obviously so angry that he scolded with one mouth.

"Brother, I really don't have the face to be framed by villains, but I can't watch them villains succeed. I licked my face and asked you for a favor, when you participated in the tea fight, count me as a share, I will be an errand boy for you, and I will also see how their wicked people are defeated in your hands! Uncle Zhao said hatefully.

"How can you do this, brother, if you can afford me, you will close a share with my Ye family, this imperial merchant wants a lot of tea, I still have the business in Huxi in my hand and can't leave it behind, just close a share, everyone has money to earn together!" Master Ye had been thinking of recruiting some people to digest the orders of the imperial merchants, but now that Brother Zhao is here in person, it is a great opportunity.

"Thank you, brother!" When Uncle Zhao heard what Master Ye said, he wept excitedly, wiped his tears and followed Master Ye into the courtyard, discussing the matter of cooperation.

Three days later, the results of the second phase also came out, only seven of the original ten candidates handed over the tea, and finally three were selected to participate in the third stage of the tea fight, which was the Huxi Ye family, the Beijing Qian family and the Huxi Jin family!

And the time for the third stage of tea fighting also came out, just three days later, the famous Qian family welcome building in the capital. (To be continued)