Grandpa Xu's old house is on the southeast side of the mountainside.

A stone staircase winds upwards from the base of the mountain to the mountainside and leads to the courtyard doors of each house.

This is when Grandpa Xu came to repair the old house, he asked the stonemason to shop by the way.

If there were no stone steps, the villagers would have walked up and down the hill on a ramp that they had stepped on, and when it rained, it would be muddy and slippery, and their shoes and trouser legs would be easy to get dirty.

Since the stone slabs were paved, it was much easier to go up and down the mountain than before, and it was clean on rainy days.

There is a cobblestone ramp on both sides of the stone steps, which is not only beautiful, but also convenient for pushing a bicycle or wheelbarrow.

Xu Yin slowly climbed the stairs, walked three steps to rest, and looked at the surrounding scenery.

It is early summer, which is the peak season for tea growth.

Every morning, the villagers will tie a tea basket around their waists, come to the mountain to pick tea, and after noon, they will go home to roast tea, and the roasted tea will either be sold to the tea shops in the town and county, or kept to entertain guests or leave favors.

The younger generation is reluctant to come back after going out, and there are fewer and fewer people who can grow and roast tea, and now there are only these grandparents who remain in the village who are still growing tea.

Grandpa Xu's family also has a few tea trees, but they have not been tended for a long time, and according to my cousin, they are no different from wild tea trees.

After Grandpa Xu developed, people often gave him rare and rare tea, such as the top rock tea that grew on the cliffs, the Dahongpao mother tree leaves that were listed as the world's natural and cultural heritage, and the authentic Tongmu Guan Jin Junmei handmade throughout the process...... There are so many treasure-grade teas in the collection at home that I can't finish drinking.

But old and homesick, the closer to old age, the more Grandpa Xu misses the tea leaves on the mountain in his hometown.

Although it is not well-known in the market, it grows on unpolluted mountains, bathed in sunlight, nourished by rain and watered by clear springs.

Grandpa Xu planned to return to his hometown after retirement, drink tea and taste the food of his hometown, so he invited a famous designer to repair and renovate several old houses, along with the yards in front of and behind the houses, and the land reserved for himself.

However, there were unforeseen circumstances, and before the renovated old house could move in, Grandpa Xu had a sudden myocardial infarction and woke up after being hospitalized.

It was just this illness that made the old man decide to retire early, and he announced from his hospital bed that his second son would inherit the company, and the eldest son would receive dividends with shares.

The company was handed over to the calm and steady second child, the old man was very relieved, he originally planned to go to his hometown after being discharged from the hospital, but he fell ill again three days later, and never woke up again, and he didn't drink a sip of tea from his hometown until he died.

Xu Yin raised her wrist and glanced at the heart rate index on the sports watch, she didn't force herself to break 140, and when it exceeded 130, she stopped breathlessly, took a few deep breaths, and stopped to look at the surrounding green hills and felt embarrassed for the old man.

She decided to wait until her health was better, go to see the old tea trees in the Xu family's own field, and in March and April of the next year, pick a wave of the most tender Ming Qian tea, personally fry it and serve it to the old man's spirit, and ask him to taste the tea in his hometown and taste the tea fragrance in his memory.

"Miss Xu, this house has been remodeled well!"

Xiao Tao had already put his luggage in Grandpa Xu's former residence, and ran out happily to greet her:

"I heard Mr. Xu say that Grandpa Xu found a designer to change it before his death, and it has been more than ten years since the change, but I can't see that it is an old house that was renovated more than ten years ago, and now the elements needed for decoration have been taken into account! The curtain lighting is automatic, so advanced! ”

Xiao Tao is 24 years old and majored in human resource management, having previously worked under Secretary Liang.

Xu Chengyi specially asked for a young girl to be able to chat with his cousin; A little more lively in temperament, don't talk too little but not too much, and know how to read words and colors; It's best to come out of the countryside, know some common sense of life in the countryside, don't go to Taoli Village, and ask others to help her if she encounters a little fuss.

Secretary Liang recommended Xiao Tao.

Xiao Tao's big name Tao Ketian, born in a remote mountain village, grew up with her grandparents, and the name was also taken by her grandparents, which originated from the peach blossoms on a peach tree in her family.

Xu Yin has a good impression of this little girl who is two years older than her biological age and has an optimistic and cheerful personality, because she knows how to measure herself, and she will do whatever she asks her to do, and she will not ask anything.

Xu Chengyi also arranged a few bodyguards, but Xu Yin ran too fast, and the bodyguards were still in a meeting with Xu Chengyi, so they didn't have time to keep up.

It took Xu Yin two hours to climb slowly to the mountainside.

Change to a healthy body, this height and intensity, come up in minutes.

Grandpa Xu's old house is too easy to recognize: located in the southeast, the main walls are made of soundproof and heat-blocking glass, a spacious platform in front of the yard, built with stone tables and stone benches, surrounded by a circle of flower beds, planted with dwarf roses that are only up to the waist, and do not block the line of sight.

Standing on the platform and looking down, there is a barren vegetable field, which is also Grandpa Xu's house.

Further down are other people's vegetable fields and tea gardens.

Grandpa Xu's tea garden is located between the easternmost mountainside and the foot of the mountain, and it is not clear from the platform, but I heard my cousin say that the villagers will occasionally help prune, so as not to cause the branches to run around and grow taller and taller, which will affect the lighting of several tea trees in the surrounding area.

Entering the courtyard, there is a boxy patio, the ground is made of pebbles and blue bricks, and two osmanthus trees are planted on both sides, one side of the golden osmanthus and the other of the osmanthus.

It's a pity that it's not the season for osmanthus to bloom, otherwise the whole yard is full of osmanthus fragrance, and there will be osmanthus rain after walking a few steps.

The yard was cleaned up, and like the platform outside, it was spotless, and it should have been sent by my cousin to clean it in advance.

Otherwise, even if it was cleaned up when it was just repaired, it would have been covered with dead branches and fallen leaves without living for more than ten years.

"Miss Xu has arrived?"

Xiao Tao's cooking aunt has already taken office and is busy in the kitchen, no wonder she smells a sweet smell.

Aunt Cooking's surname is Song, and Xiao Tao found her at the largest housekeeping service company in the capital, and it took several rounds of interviews to decide on her.

Aunt Song's hometown is in the south, so she is not only good at Kyoto cuisine, but also proficient in various soup dishes in the south.

She came here this morning, with Mr. Xu's car delivering the ingredients, and after arriving, she packed up and went to work.

Thinking that Xu Yin was both a plane and a car, and the journey was tired, although it was not yet a meal, Aunt Song made a cup of bird's nest with a few plates of handmade pastries.

Xu Yin was really a little hungry, washed her face and sat in the sunny restaurant renovated from the west wing to enjoy afternoon tea.

There is nothing to say about the quality of the ingredients collected by my cousin, Xu Yin drank a small cup in one go, and saw that the potato cake made by Aunt Song looked good, and she also tasted a small piece, so she went to take a nap first.

Leave it for the visit to the room and the yard, this broken body is too tired to bear.