Chapter 5 The Tea Ceremony
Mo Feng has been walking around at will in the past few days, and the people in the village have also noticed that a little child has come to Mu Qi's family, and from Mu Qi, they also know that this child is a distant relative of Mu Qi, as for why they sent this child here, the people in the village are embarrassed to ask, they know that this is a private matter of someone else's family. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Through the past few days of walking, Mo Feng met a lot of villagers and children of the same age, at this time, many villagers thought, Mu Qi scholar has a successor, this child is polite, and very polite, a mouthful of uncles and aunts called the village names are crispy, their children are not so polite. In the hearts of the villagers, this child should be the second scholar in their village, and Mu Qi, who adopted him, is also a scholar and a teacher in a private school.
Life in the countryside is generally a lot of farm work to do, especially in the spring, when it is extremely busy. In addition to planting their necessary crops, the villagers of Kimura also have one of the most important things they do in spring, which is to pick spring tea. There are their tea plantations for several miles, because of the existence of the Spirit River, there are no fierce beasts around Kimura, and there is only one stone bridge connecting Kimura to the outside world, and the stone bridge also has a wooden gate, making it difficult for unrelated people to enter Kimura. Every night, or starry, or dark clouds, Mo Feng likes this kind of life very much. Mo Feng has been in Kimura for more than a month, and he has already met many friends.
"Brother, you are lazy again, hurry up, although it is said that there is nothing wrong this morning, but it is not right that you haven't gotten up so late, and you have to go to pick tea in the afternoon!"
Mo Feng is helpless, his little sister is very naughty, she used to occasionally sleep lazily when she was with her grandfather, but now it is difficult to have the opportunity to sleep lazily in Kimura, the reason is that uncles and aunts Yao'er get up early, and Mo Feng is embarrassed to sleep lazy, and he has no habit of sleeping lazy, only occasionally oversleeping, but Xiao Yao'er grabbed him this handle. Mo Feng had no choice but to get out of bed quickly.
In the afternoon, when the sun was not hot, Mu Qi and his wife took Yao'er and Mo Feng to the countryside to pick tea. Mu Qi and his wife each carried a big bamboo basket, although the sun was not hot, Yu Liu still put on a straw hat, the reason was afraid of the sun, after all, women. Jun Yao and Mu Feng were not so particular, each carrying a small bamboo basket on their backs and a small basket in their hands, and walked on the road in the field like this.
"Mu Feng, Yao'er, today is your first time picking tea, you don't know how to pick it yet, don't pick it for the time being when you get to the tea garden, I'll teach you when the time comes" Mu Qi said gently
"Okay Daddy," Yao'er replied, and the little girl's voice was as pleasant as a lark
"Got it, uncle," Mo Feng also replied
"Well, well, actually, tea picking is also a skill, the so-called tea ceremony, not only the people who taste tea should understand, but also the people who grow tea should understand, speaking of tea ceremony, it is the experience summed up by our ancestors over the generations, and it can't be passed on to outsiders casually" Mu Qi said with a serious face
"The reason why our village's tea is famous is because we know more about the tea ceremony, better understand tea, tea tasting, including the care of tea trees and the need for the growth environment, etc., these are the qualifications for our village's tea to go out of Qishui Town, and our village's tea is also famous in the whole Lanling country," Yu Liu said proudly
"Mother, in that case, our village is still very powerful, but few of the villagers in our village can study, except for my father, few are scholars, and the other villagers are just literate."
"Silly boy, we are working, it's useless to know so much," Yu Liu said
At this time, Mo Feng was listening quietly beside him, no, he should be called Mu Feng
The cool breeze blew the green leaves on the roadside, and also let the grass pull out new branches, the tall trees stood tall on the roadside, the strong branches stood against the blue sky, a stream flowed quietly on the edge of the path, and occasionally a few lively small fish could be seen in the stream, and the two children jumped up, picking leaves for a while, picking wild flowers on the roadside for a while, and occasionally catching small fish, but you will find that the two children always walked in front of the two adults, because the two children trotted all the way, but the hateful thing is that they did not feel tired。
Blue sky, white clouds. Spring makes people understand her charm, a family of three, counting Mu Feng, should be counted as four, walking on this calm path, laughing and laughing, maybe this is the reason why Mu Qi does not take the career test.
Walked to the tea garden, because of the spring, the tea leaves are lush and lush, the two children want to stretch out their hands when they see it, but they remember what the adults told them on the road, and they reluctantly withdrew their hands.
"Even if you two little ghosts are still obedient, today you have to know about tea picking, then you should first understand tea, the so-called tea ceremony, mainly refers to tea tasting, but I think the tea ceremony should include tea planting, tea picking, because people who can only taste tea, only know the beauty of tea tasting, but do not know the experience of tea production process, only by understanding the whole link, can you really understand the tea ceremony, you know?" Mu Qi said to the two children
"Uh-huh" The two children looked puzzled, how could they know so much, only a strong nod, Mu Qi also knew that it would definitely not work to teach them to understand them once, only by reminding them again and again, they could remember it in their minds.
"Okay, in this case, you should first understand the tea ceremony, tea ceremony, generally refers to a way of using tea as a medium, it is a very beneficial and beautiful ritual by cutting tea, appreciating tea, smelling tea, drinking tea, enhancing friendship, cultivating virtue, learning etiquette. Drinking tea can calm the mind, calm the mind, and help cultivate sentiment. It's a tea ceremony in the traditional sense," Muqi said
"Uncle, tea is still so cultured, the tea we often drink is not so particular" Mu Feng was puzzled
"Usually we don't pay much attention, but we still have to understand the tea ceremony, in my understanding, the tea ceremony also includes tea planting, tea picking, etc., which I will tell you later" Mu Qi replied calmly
After speaking, Mu Qi deliberately glanced at Mu Feng, and also glanced at Yao'er, and said, "In fact, the tea ceremony also promotes a kind of thought, "introspective practice, remove distracting thoughts", in line with Buddhist thoughts, this is a deeper understanding, this few people know, and the monks will not care, but I know that this tea ceremony is still helpful to the monks, I saw it in a fragment of a book left by our ancestors, and the people in our village rarely read books, and they don't understand it, it is said that there is a complete "Tea Ceremony" from our ancestors A book, but I can't find it, we are not immortals, I don't understand the meaning, but if we become monks in the future, it may be different, Yao'er has always wanted to be an immortal" Mu Qi also remembered the words of the old man Motuo, Mu Feng is a descendant of immortals.
As soon as she talked about the immortal Yao'er, she became energetic, "Ah, it's helpful to the immortals! Yao'er wants to become an immortal, tsk, Yao'er must learn the tea ceremony well."
"Uncle, the tea ceremony is also so profound, my grandfather used to like to drink tea, and what are the immortals, grandpa didn't mention it before" Mu Feng asked
"Immortals are people who can fly, I don't know much about them, but I've seen them," Mu Qi replied
"What do they look like, are they the kind of people who float around as if they don't exist?" Mu Feng said according to his understanding
"What's the matter, the immortals are the same as us, but they are just monks" Mu Qi explained the confusion for the two of them
"Yao'er is a person who wants to become an immortal," Yao'er said firmly, somehow, Yao'er seemed to have an attachment to immortals.
Mu Qi could feel it, and there was a deep meaning in what he said, which made Yao'er more interested in learning about the tea ceremony, and at the same time, he also knew that Mu Feng should have a deep hatred of blood on his body. The old man couldn't bear to let a child carry such a big hatred, he chose to conform to the will of heaven, "If you want to attack it first, you must first sharpen its weapons" If the will of heaven allows this child to embark on the path of a monk, then let him do what he should do, if he becomes a mortal, then let this child spend his life like this, pass on the life lock, until someone who bears it unlocks the secret, otherwise let it be locked in the life lock.
I don't know why, Mu Qi hopes that Mu Feng will embark on the path of a monk, because he has what he should do, and he shouldn't just choose to turn into a fan, Mu Qi doesn't know if this will help the child, he chooses to say it.
The green tea plantations are full of life. "Uncle Tea picks some of the newly extracted shoots, and there are still some sprouts to be left, you have to remember" Yu Liu patiently taught the two children how to pick tea while picking tea. The two children were clumsy, the tea garden was too big, the two of them picked a little in one place, Yao'er saw butterflies and went to catch butterflies, and when she saw beautiful flowers, she also had a lot of fun during the tea picking, and Mu Qi and his wife didn't care about the two of them, after all, they were children.
Although they spent most of their time playing, after all, after picking for an afternoon, the two children's small bamboo baskets and baskets were also filled, but Yao'er's basket contained not only tea, but also all kinds of flowers and some strange-shaped stones, Yao'er said that she liked it, and the Muqi couple had no choice but to let her carry it home.
It's night again, and the moon is in the sky. Mu Qi and Yao'er all went to rest, and Mu Feng also went to rest on time. "Whoo" spring breeze blowing outside the window, Mu Feng couldn't sleep, got up and looked out the window, the empty field was full of insect chirping, the Spirit River flowed quietly, occasionally you could hear the sound of fish jumping out of the water, the white clouds in the sky were illuminated by the moonlight, but they looked slightly pale.
Mu Feng said softly, "The moon is so round tonight, grandpa, Feng'er misses you, grandpa, where have you been" A child's sighs and thoughts are so small, and who cares? In the huge world, sighs and thoughts are filled with every corner of the world, but no one hears and ignores them. Mo Feng quietly tasted the silence that belonged to him alone, but this silence was sour.
"Brother Mu Feng, don't think too much, didn't grandpa say that you can see him when you grow up?" At this time, only Yao'er could hear his voice.
Mu Feng remembered that Yao'er was in the next room, and thought that it was good for Yao'er to hear herself, and then she would not feel lonely if she had someone who could talk to her. Mu Feng replied, "Yao'er, I just suddenly remembered my grandfather, well, I can see my grandfather in the future anyway"
"Well, that's right," Yao'er grinned
"Yao'er, today my uncle told us about the tea ceremony, did you know the tea ceremony before, and also said that the tea ceremony is useful for immortals, I don't know what it is" Mu Feng said, Mu Feng used to be full of envy for immortals, and today Mu Qi said that immortals are the same as mortals, and he felt strange
"Yao'er doesn't know either, it's just that Yao'er will become an immortal in the future, and Yao'er will become an immortal if she becomes an immortal, and she will also let Brother Feng become an immortal," Yao'er said with a firm face
Immortals, in Mu Feng's opinion, are too ethereal, he is just curious, but there is also a trace of longing, who can tell when he grows up?
"In the future, we will become immortals together," Mu Feng replied.
No one knows that in an insignificant corner of this world, there are two children's wishes, perhaps in the eyes of others, too naïve, but these two children don't care, they don't think so much, they simply want to be immortals.