Since he was going to do it, Xia Li planned to plan it well, and the next day he went to the tea garden in the mountains.

Although white tea does not have these sayings before and after the rain before and after the Ming Dynasty, the best time to pick spring tea is still around the Qingming Festival.

He made a round trip and found that the ordinary tea trees were almost ready to be picked, and the old trees would be about the same in another week.

When he returned home, he discussed with his father, and then asked him to ask the village woman and tea master to prepare for the work.

Tea gardens, like farming, are busy on a quarterly basis, because the fresh leaves are often only a few days, and the tea is not fresh if the action is a little slower.

Therefore, when it is the season of picking, tea farmers will invite many people to come and pick together, and there is a reason for farming and harvesting.

Dad has been growing tea in the village for so many years, and he already has a large number of mature tea pickers in his hands, as long as he greets people from several nearby villages, he will come.

And the masters of tea making are fixed, and they are in charge of my father's two brothers, that is, Xia Li's uncle and uncle.

This time, unlike usual, the leaves and buds could not be picked together as usual, and he needed to train the pickers first.

……

My father sat at the dining table, holding a cigarette stick in his hand, and he swallowed the clouds and smoked on the side.

On the surface, he seems to have no expression, just smoking a cigarette silently, but in fact, his heart has already turned upside down.

This mood is no worse than the decision to contract a tea plantation at the beginning.

Although he was going to shovel the ancient tree, he didn't expect to change the tea-making process, after all, he had made green tea all his life, and he was still a little stunned when he suddenly asked him to change to something else.

If you don't have any experience, if you don't recognize it in the market, then there is no difference between artificial money and waste.

After smoking a cigarette, he tapped on the ground, then renewed.

Xia Li, who was sitting aside and waiting for his father's statement, was a little anxious: "Dad, I have said everything that should be said, but you have something to say!" ”

After filling the cigarette stick, Father Xia wrinkled his forehead and coughed, "Why don't we try it with the ancient tree first?" I really don't know the bottom of all the changes in my heart, and our family's annual income points to this tea! ”

"Dad, there are few ancient trees, you can't make a few catties, although you can sell other tea trees, but the price is average, I'll give you a bottom first, according to the process I said, the price will definitely not be less than fifty-one catties."

In order to dispel his father's worries, Xia Li could only reveal a price first.

"How much, fifty dollars a pound?" Father Xia stood up directly and didn't believe it.

"This is still my conservative estimate, and it will be even more." Xia Li responded.

"How dare you say, do you know that the highest price I sold last year was only twenty-five."

"Dad, it's not that I don't understand the market, since I dare to say that Kenneng has a reference on the market."

Daddy took a sharp puff of dry tobacco, felt a little excited, and took a step back.

For his son, Father Xia still trusts him very much, his son is not the kind of person who is too ambitious to speak out of tune, but has a calmness that does not belong to his age, since his son is in a hurry, there must be a basis.

He thought about it and agreed, and then ordered: "Go and call the uncle and uncle!" I'll talk to them as well. ”

Seeing that Daddy finally agreed, the stone in Xia Centrifugal was finally put down, and he was really afraid that Daddy would stubbornly follow the previous coming, so that his task would be equivalent to declaring failure in advance.

……

Walking out of the door, he deliberately glanced at the peach tree that had been watered with the nutrient solution yesterday, and he looked at it twice again in disbelief, and finally made sure that his eyes were not flowering, and then he approached the past.

He touched the new buds of the peach tree and muttered, "This peach tree has sprouted, and some of the buds have already spread into young leaves." ”

Xia Li was very sure that this peach tree sprouted because of the nutrient solution, otherwise there was no way to explain that it was still half-dead yesterday and today it was like a different tree.

He then went back to the yard and took a look at the leeks that had been watered yesterday.

Looking at the leeks that are tall and strong on one side and have some yellow leaves on their stomachs, the two sides are judged by comparison.

Yesterday, he deliberately watered only half of the leeks to prepare for a comparison, but he didn't expect the effect to be so obvious.

He pinched a section of a nutrient solution with his fingernails and put it in his mouth.

"This ......" Xia Li was a little hesitant as soon as he entered his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He chewed lightly and said, "Is this still a leek?" ”

He has eaten leeks for so many years, and it is the first time he has eaten such delicious leeks.

However, because it is raw, the spicy taste of leeks is stronger than that of ordinary leeks, and the taste is immediately driven away by an indescribable fragrance.

"I don't know what will happen when it's fried, but if the fragrance is still there, this leek will be worth a lot."

Although it is 97 years, the concept of green vegetables is not very obvious, but whether it is delicious or not everyone can still eat it, if this leek is planted in a large area, it will not be sold at all.

"Try cutting a little at noon." Xia thought in thought.

Father Xia, who came out of the house, saw that Xia Li was still standing in the yard and asked puzzledly, "Why don't you go yet, what are you doing there?" ”

Xia Qian hesitated and definitely told his father, after all, the leeks grew so obviously that they couldn't be hidden.

He pointed to the leeks and said, "Half of these leeks look different!" ”

Father Xia was at a loss: "What can be different about leeks?" ”

Having said that, he still walked over to see what the difference in Xia Li's mouth was like.

As soon as he came over, Father Xia was also a little stunned, it was the first time he had encountered this situation after so many years of planting.

"Leeks shouldn't grow so well this season, and why are only half of them like this?"

Xia Li knew the reason, but he definitely couldn't tell his father, and he couldn't explain it clearly.

"Did my mom water some fertilizer?" Xia Li said deliberately.

Father Xia shook his head, and then said uncertainly: "I'll ask your mother later, don't worry about this leek for now, you can quickly go and call your uncle and them over!" ”

The uncle and the uncle are both in the same direction, and the two families are not far away, but their two families are exactly two directions with their own family, one at the head of the village and the other at the end of the village.

He returned to his hometown for three months, but spent most of his time in bed to heal, and when he thought about it, it seemed that this was the first time he had wandered around the village after he had recovered well.

It's so kind to see the village in 97, in his previous life, after he went out to work, he basically went home for the New Year, and for him, his hometown only has winter and no other seasons.

Later, with the development, the village has undergone great changes, the old houses have been demolished and rebuilt, and the new houses are good, but they feel that they are no longer what they used to be.

"Xiaoli's body is recovering well, when will he go back to the city?" A middle-aged woman with a dark complexion and a somewhat obese body met Xia Li and greeted her warmly.

"Third aunt, you're young, you're definitely recovering quickly, but it's not good yet, and it's still a little painful, so I guess I'll have to wait a little longer." After saying that, he didn't forget to wave his arms twice.

A village is not big, more or less related to each other, Xia Li is more or less a celebrity in the village, after all, he is the first person in the surrounding villages to be admitted to a prestigious university.

When they saw him, everyone was also happy to greet him and show their affection.

"It's good to be young, but it's good to stay at home for a few more days, you can accompany my second brother and sister-in-law more, you can't stay at home for two days a year." Xia Li said to the third aunt.

Xia Li nodded noncommittally.

"Now that you can come out for activities, you must come to my house to play when you have time."

Xia Li smiled and said, "It must be." ”

After saying goodbye to the third aunt, Xia Li continued to walk to the uncle's house.

To be honest, although the city is busy with traffic and convenient transportation, he still likes the simple and warm feeling that the countryside gives him.

I went to my uncle's house first, but I didn't expect my uncle to be there, which made Xia Li Province run more.

"Listen to your father, what kind of white tea do you want?" As soon as he entered the door, the uncle asked.

Xia Li was not surprised, after all, there were so many people at the tree digging site yesterday, and the village was not big, so it was normal for it to be passed on to the uncle.

He smiled and said, "Yes, I have actually studied it a long time ago, and our family's ancient trees are the most suitable for the white tea process." ”

Standing on the side, the uncle who was not tall, but weighed a lot, couldn't help but shake his head and said: "The second brother actually agreed to sell the ancient tree to Da Liu in Pingjia Village a long time ago, and my eldest brother and I can't persuade it, but I didn't expect you to solve this matter as soon as you came forward." ”

Xia Li was taken aback: "I haven't heard of this?" ”

"You were still in bed." Uncle explained.

Without waiting for Xia Li to speak, the uncle said: "It's not that your uncle and I are optimistic about the ancient tree, we just think that Da Liu is unreliable." ”

"Think about what kind of person he is, he can't afford to be early, even if he encounters an iron rooster, he can take a file and file two catties of iron powder for you, at the beginning, Da Liu proposed that the purchase price was 501 trees, and your father didn't sell it, but it rose to 1,000."

The uncle hugged his arm and nodded, "Yes!" This kid has never been so generous, and this time he is willing to pay so much money, there must be other ways in it. ”

Xia Li touched his chin and thought for a while, and then remembered who the big Liu in their mouth was.

This guy is three years older than him, and he went to Guangfu in the middle of junior high school, but he didn't expect to be really famous by him.

When Da Liu went home, he knew that the big gold chain and the small watch, after coming back, he went on a blind date with their village flower, and got married in less than half a year.

Guangfu is rich in white tea, and Xia Li estimates that Da Liu should know the value of some ancient trees, otherwise he would not dare to offer such a high price.

Xia Li followed the uncle and them home, he was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately he stopped it early, if it was sold at that time, it would be a loss.

According to the 97 years, although a thousand pieces of a tree looks like a lot, the fresh tea of the ancient trees in later generations has been fried to more than a thousand, not to mention these ancient trees.