Chapter 106: The Tea Making Process
That day, Ming Yueqing finally did not continue to stay in Qingshan Village, but returned to the Shen family with them.
Early the next morning, she went to the tea garden with He Xiao, who came to pick her up, and Shen Lingxi was responsible for arranging the admission to the hall.
The Shen family's tea garden is located in the south of Yuhang County, the geographical location is excellent, because it is the first time to come, Ming Yueqing is a little curious along the way, like a child.
"Young lady, the front is it."
Looking in the direction of He Xiao's finger, Ming Yueqing saw a large tea garden under the morning light in a cloudy fairyland, as well as girls and women picking tea with bamboo baskets on their backs.
The familiar and unfamiliar scene made Ming Yueqing stunned for a moment, and she couldn't help urging the horse that sat down to take two steps forward, looking at this tea plantation.
Once upon a time, she also carried a bamboo basket up the mountain to pick tea like this, when did it happen? Now that I think about it, maybe it was a lifetime ago.
He Xiao looked at Ming Yueqing, who was a little distracted, and always felt that the young lady was a little strange, and he couldn't help but call softly: "Young lady......"
Ming Yueqing blinked, the corners of her mouth slowly hooked up a pleasant loneliness, and then she closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"The fragrance of tea fills the garden."
He Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, it's okay.
"Brother He, let's go!" Ming Yueqing turned around and smiled brightly, "I can't wait to see your craftsmanship!" ”
As soon as the words fell, she shook the reins and ran away like a gust of wind.
He Xiao hurriedly followed.
"Phew!"
With a neighing sound, Shen Xinping, who was busy working in the tea house, looked up in surprise, and when he saw the person on horseback, his beard trembled in surprise.
"Young lady, why are you here?"
Reassuring the work in his hand, Shen Xinping hurriedly greeted him, but he soon thought of those tea trees in Qingshan Village, "The young lady is here to see these teas?" ”
Ming Yueqing turned over and dismounted, and greeted Shen Xinping with a smile: "Uncle Ping, I'll take a look with Brother He, I hope it doesn't disturb everyone." ”
He Xiao also followed: "Uncle Ping." ”
"What did the young lady say?" Shen Xinping waved his hand again and again, "It is also an honor for everyone to come to the tea house. ”
As he spoke, Shen Xinping beckoned: "Everyone stop the work in their hands, they have all come to see the young lady." ”
The apprentices in the tea garden came to greet each other.
"I've seen the young lady, the young lady is fine."
Mingyueqing smiled: "You don't have to be polite, I came to the tea house today to have a look, everyone is busy!" ”
Shen Xinping waved his hand, and the people were busy again, but some people couldn't help but secretly look at her, the young lady.
Ming Yueqing didn't mind: "Uncle Ping, I came today to see the tea-making process of the tea house, you go and get busy, don't worry about me, I'll just be with Brother He." ”
Shen Xinping nodded: "Okay, young lady, you are free." ”
He Xiao took Ming Yueqing to the place where tea was made, Shen Xinping looked at Ming Yueqing who was dressed in plain clothes, and couldn't help nodding.
The young lady is really not an ordinary person, she can not only lower the young master, but also have an understanding of tea, no wonder she can become the young lady of the Shen family.
"Go, prepare a pot of good new tea, and send it to the young lady."
The news that the young lady came to the tea house spread widely, and everyone was very curious about who the young lady who proposed the strip method to propagate tea trees was sacred.
He Xiao took Ming Yueqing with him, and he gained a lot of curious eyes along the way.
Ming Yueqing always smiled good-naturedly, and was not unhappy.
When she arrived at the place where the tea was stored, Ming Yueqing saw a large area of tea leaves spread on the ground, smelling the fragrance in the air and taking a deep breath.
"Young lady, this was picked early this morning, ready to be made into new tea."
Ming Yueqing nodded: "I want to see all the processes of your tea making, the complete process, I want to see it again." ”
"Yes." He Xiao spoke, "Right now, there is new tea picking almost every day, and I haven't listened to the new tea production, so the young lady is here." ”
He Xiao took Ming Yueqing, starting from the place where the tea was stored, drying, finishing, rolling, roasting and drying to completion, and this whole set of processes was slowly watched.
Staying in the rolling room for the longest time, beads of sweat appeared on Ming Yueqing's forehead, she kept watching quietly, but her brain was thinking quickly about whether there was any difference between this and what she knew.
The processes actually seem to be similar, but Ming Yueqing remembers that in different types of tea, each process has its own unique place, which is also the key to the difference in tea soup.
Ming Yueqing has not personally participated in the process of making complete tea, but she has seen and participated in some of it.
Once the uncle next door to her family was specialized in the tea business, and he completed the purchase to the finished product alone, because he was curious that Mingyueqing went to watch.
And Ming Yueqing also made the tea he drank at home.
For this reason, Ming Yueqing once specially included relevant information about major famous teas, which is why she was able to write a book to ask for He Xiao.
It's just that too much time has passed, and she doesn't remember some of them very clearly.
The iron pot on the stove was boiling hot, and the tea master's big black hands grabbed the tea leaves prepared on the side and put them into the pot, and began to knead them, repeating this action again and again.
Mingyue Qing watched intently, watching the fresh tea leaves under the temperature of the charcoal fire, as well as the kneading of the tea master's hands, slowly losing their original shape and moisture, and becoming soft and full of toughness.
The tea has changed from the girl-like shallots to the old lady's thinness, but it is more and more fragrant.
Ming Yueqing looked at it, and her mind quickly recalled how her father made the fragrant tea they all liked when the new tea had just come out.
The same is finishing, rolling, and drying, but what is the difference between them?
Looking at it, Ming Yueqing seemed to have returned to her childhood, her father's words, and the tea knowledge she had collected and seen by herself, flashed in her mind little by little.
"Ah, I see!"
Ming Yueqing suddenly clapped her hands, startling the tea-making master and He Xiao on the side. The tea master was frightened, but He Xiao was excited.
He looked at Ming Yueqing with some expectation and some excitement: "Young lady, what do you know?" ”
Mingyue smiled with her eyebrows, her eyes sparkling: "Brother He, can I take a look at the craftsmanship of other masters?" I'm still a little unsure, I'll tell you when I see again. ”
"Yes, of course!" He Xiao nodded as if the chicken pecked rice, and couldn't wait to speak, "Young lady, please come with me." ”
Although Ming Yueqing didn't say it explicitly, He Xiao's voice was still a little trembling with excitement.
He knew that since the young lady said so, she must have developed something, or understood something.
That means that it may not be long before they have new teas.
He Xiao is like a girl with a spring, her heart beating wildly.