"Grandpa Yao, do you like tea?" After Xu Ning recorded a medicated meal, he held his chin and looked at the old man in front of him.

Old Uncle Yao nodded and smiled: "Naturally I like it, but we don't have any good tea here. It's not easy to drink too expensive tea, and it's not easy to buy."

Thinking about his family with a long history, they usually like to drink tea. As for the fashionable coffees these days, the old man would not even think about them. What is better than drinking tea.

"Then Grandpa Yao can fry tea?"

"This grandfather can't." Old Uncle Yao shook his head, "You little girl, you really can be a grandfather of medicine. You want to learn this. Grandpa Yao and you can introduce a teacher to her. Shijiao is the royal merchant who buys tea for the palace."

Xu Ning couldn't help being stunned, "Is anyone you know so good?"

"There are only a few people in contact, but they all live better than Grandpa Yao." As he said, the old man did not have the slightest envy or yearning.

"After I get the tea, you can introduce the master tea maker for me. I will bring back the tea that will be fried at that time to honor you."

"Hey, this is good, grandpa is good for tea, and then you won't be polite to this little girl."

When talking about tea, the old man explained the knowledge about tea to the little girl, such as the types and grades of tea. Xu Ning didn’t know much about it, so he turned over a page again, wrote it down carefully, and went back. Review and review.

The ten tea trees have all settled in the space. Xu Ning has to go in every morning, afternoon and evening, and found that according to Grandpa Yao, she can actually pick at least three times a day. However, the number is small, and she also picks one from one of them. She cut a tea branch from the tea tree and planted it in the soil next to her. It took two days to make her new play. The transplanted tea branch had grown to be about the same size as the mother tree next to her, so she was gone. Regarding the worries, I used the next few days to plant all tea trees on half an acre of land.

With such an intense and fulfilling busy schedule, the last semester of junior high school has begun.

On weekdays, she never relaxes when she should study, nor does she make herself unhappy when she should relax.

First of all, after studying every night, before going to bed and getting up early, she would pick tea in the space.

According to Grandpa Yao, Longjing tea in ancient times was divided into eight grades, each with a specific name, while the current Longjing tea is divided into eleven grades, descending from the special grade.

Xu Ning was not a tea drinker in her previous life. After all, her life is so bitter. She usually takes painkillers every month, which is a lot of money. Although the restaurant takes care of the meals, she still has to pay the rent. There is not much money left in the monthly salary.

At that time, she didn’t know exactly what the tea was in the hotel, but there were also "extra-grade" teas. Of course, there were too many teas with the word "extra-grade" in the later period, and the prices were also different. The premium tea in the hotel is actually only a few hundred yuan a catty, and the cheaper one is dozens of yuan. In this way, it has been sold many times. After all, it is a hotel in a scenic area, and the price is definitely not It will be cheap.

She picked tea leaves according to the highest standards stated by Grandpa Yao. Only one shoot was collected. I don’t know if it was her illusion. When she finished picking the first time, she found that all the shoots were almost the same size. Yes, there is a very light ink color in the whole body of green green. The ink color is extremely light and light. She also took it out and took a look through the daylight. It gave people a jade-like feeling, and there was even a kind of surging vitality that needed to burst out. Particularly beautiful.

After picking this way for a month, she finally accumulated about three kilograms of fresh tea, because Xu Ning wanted to know what standard the tea in her space was, so she cooked dinner on a Saturday afternoon. Later, I greeted my parents, packed a few meals, and came to Old Uncle Yao's house.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Grandpa Yao was loading firewood in the doorway, as if he was going to return to the house to cook.

"Come early is not as good as it is coincidental. I just came here with lunch. Grandpa Yao, don't do it." Xu Ning stepped forward and raised the three-layer large food box in his hand. Eat it."

Upon seeing this, Old Uncle Yao seemed to be used to this little girl's piety, did not refuse, carrying a bamboo basket of firewood, and greeted Xu Ning to enter the house.

After sitting down, Xu Ning took out three dishes and one soup and six flower rolls, put them on the table, and ran to the bowl rack to find two pairs of chopsticks.

"I just ran over this week, what is the urgent matter?" The old man asked with a smile.

"I will show you the tea leaves I picked, and then you will introduce the master tea maker to let me make this fresh tea into tea leaves." After speaking, she took out a small plastic bottle from her pocket , There are a dozen young shoots inside.

The old man is a good tea person, so naturally he will not refuse, plus he likes and loves this little girl very much, this is not a horrible trouble, he will definitely help.

After taking the tea, he looked at it carefully for a while, then got up and walked out to lift it up and knock it through the sun.

After returning, the old man said with a pity: "You kid is really a waste."

"Did I pick the wrong thing?" Xu Ning also had a small face. If it is really wrong, a month of physical work is not a big deal, isn't it a real waste.

"Yes." The old man sighed, "Although it is correct, but only picking a young sprout, the tea made by frying is naturally extraordinary. However, there are very few people who can really taste the essence of tea. The fresh tea you picked has a little bit of ink in the green quality. It’s never seen before, but the color is very beautiful in the sun. It seems that there is vitality flowing in it. Obviously this tea tree must be good, you still It's better to collect one bud and one leaf. The tea leaves that are fried in this way must be exquisite, so you still say it is not a waste?"

However, after just taking a look at it, he felt that his mouth was producing fluid, and he wanted to taste the tea inexplicably before it was fired.

The old man is not a layman, even if he is in the duny world, he never asks if he shouldn't ask, and he doesn't even think about it.

Although he was curious about where the little girl got this kind of tea that he had never seen before, since the little girl didn't say anything, he then left the idea behind and didn't take it seriously.

Seeing Xu Ning's somewhat lost appearance, the old man smiled and said, "Don't be disappointed, my old friend is a proper tea maker. When I call her, let her come over."

"That's so troublesome." Xu Ning said hurriedly.

"No trouble, she is a tea idiot. No one can stop her when she hears good tea."

Seeing that the old man said this, Xu Ning stopped talking about anything else. After eating, he took the bowls and dishes and went home, saying that he would go back to do his homework in the afternoon and come to study tomorrow.

In the afternoon, the old man went to the village branch and called the friend far away in Hangzhou. After hearing that, the man said that he would leave this afternoon and would be there the next morning.

The old man didn't say anything, he seemed to know that this would be the result before calling.

At this time, in an exquisite and retro residential house in Hangzhou, after an old lady with half-white hair hung up the phone, she asked the guy around her to book her a train ticket.

When Shen Canglan heard the destination, he was full of questions, "Grandma, what are you going to do in Yan Province? Next month, you will go to the Imperial Capital to participate in the annual tea exhibition. You are a special guest."

Luo Xijun waved his hand and got up and went upstairs to pack his luggage. "There is an old guy over there saying that he has good tea in his hand. Let me fry it."

"Then I'll take a trip for you, why do you need to go in person." Shen Canglan disagrees.

It seems to be an acquaintance. Otherwise, even if the other party says that they have good tea, but for the grandma who has been dealing with tea for a lifetime, she can’t ask for these two words at random. She is the current Chinese tea culture qualifications. The deepest person.

Thinking of grandma's long journey at such an age, Shen Canglan felt uneasy.

"I will take two days off from the school. Let's accompany you." He shouted upstairs.

"Whatever you want." Luo Xijun didn't bother to say anything, as long as he quickly booked her train tickets.

If it is an ordinary person, Luo Xijun will naturally not go back, but is the old guy an ordinary person? The two have been acquainted with each other since childhood. Since he said it was good tea, it must not be judged by ordinary people purely by price. How could she not take it seriously.

Although there is still a month to come for the tea fair, there are a lot of things to prepare, but it is enough for her to spare a few days to walk around. I believe this trip will not disappoint her.

The ticket was booked quickly. Shen Canglan said that he would go and help out by himself. He could go by plane, but if the grandmother went in person, he would have to run on the ground. I have participated in tea exhibitions abroad. Of course, there are only two times in my life so far. The two planes have caused the elderly to complain and get airsick.

Xu Ning learned on Sunday that Grandpa Yao had already called the other party, saying that she would be there tomorrow morning at the latest. She did not hide it, and took the three or four kilograms of fresh tea she picked directly to him. , After all, she has to go to school the next day.

At eight o'clock in the morning on Monday morning, a tricycle with a rear bucket drove in from the village, and it drove into Xiangshan Village all the way "suddenly". The black smoke behind it could really choke people to death.

Shen Canglan helped his obviously tired grandma get out of the car, his face was not particularly good, even a young man with good personal strength, these two days have been hard to toss, and the taxi here is almost invisible, so helpless. The hotel settled in the city was brought over by a car that came here to do business in the county town.

After getting out of the car, Shen Canglan wanted to ask for directions, but was stopped by Luo Xijun clapping his hands.

"This big brother, where does the old uncle Yao from your village live?"

The old man walking in the street after breakfast heard it, pointing his finger in one direction, and said: "Go straight down this alley and turn left at the end."

The grandparents thanked them, and then Shen Canglan helped her grandma and walked into the alley.

When he saw the courtyard in front of him, Luo Xijun was surprised for a moment, standing at the door seemed a little unbelievable.

"Grandma!" Shen Canglan didn't know, so, he was so anxious before, why didn't he come in when he got to the door?

"Canglan, after his ancestor entered the pass from the Qing dynasty, he was the imperial physician in the palace. Although he was not rich, he was respected by everyone. He did not expect to be here now, but he would fall into this small mountain village."

I haven't heard my grandmother mention it before, but now that the person living here is actually a descendant of a medical family, Shen Canglan is also a little surprised.

This is an imperial doctor, not an imperial doctor. There are many imperial doctors in the palace, but there are very few who can hold the title of imperial doctor, which is enough to show his superb medical skills.

"As you know, the grandmother ancestor was an emperor merchant who offered tea to the Qing palace. He had a good relationship with the Ren family. I met him when I was young, but later he disappeared with his grandfather until Guotai settled down. Later, I received a call from him, which is considered to be reconnected." The old lady looked up and saw an extremely plain-dressed old man with almost white hair walking out of the house, with a kind smile on her lips, "Grandma was so young. After a serious illness, if it weren't for his grandfather, I'm afraid I would have died long ago."

"I'm not alive and well right now. What's not going to die?" Old Uncle Yao saw her and walked forward with a dustpan with dried medicinal materials. "Why don't you come in when you come? Do you dislike my shabby yard?"

Luo Xijun didn't answer, looking at his legs with a variegated expression, "You were ugly, but now you have a lame leg. It's really hard for you."

Old Uncle Yao was sarcastically crying and laughing, "Now I dislike me for looking ugly? When I was young, who had to pester me as a daughter-in-law with this ugly monster? Don't be ashamed. Come in quickly."

The three of them entered the house, and Old Uncle Yao directly poured a cup of tea for the two of them. Although the cup had a gap, Shen Canglan was a little bit clean and didn't want to drink it, but seeing his grandma not caring at all, he did not lose his courtesy.

After taking a sip, I found that it was not boiled water. There was a slight bitterness and sweetness mixed in it. After a closer taste, it was chrysanthemum tea.

"What about tea?" Luo Xijun asked.

Old Uncle Yao didn't say anything else. He pulled out a dustpan from the medicine rack and broke it in front of Luo Xijun, suddenly a clear and long scent lingered in his nose.

When Luo Xijun saw it, his eyes froze, staring blankly at the fresh tea leaves in front of him.

Although Shen Canglan, who was born in a tea family, is not very proficient, she also knows more than the average pretentious good tea person. She was a little surprised when she saw these tender buds.

"Grandma..." He glanced at his grandma, and saw that the other party was devoting himself fully, without saying what he said.

Isn't it? Even he thinks this sprout is extraordinary, let alone grandma, the real master of tea making.

"This is the tea tree picked from the Longjing Tea Garden in Hangzhou." After just a glance, Luo Xijun put down these words.

But Shen Canglan felt that grandma seemed to look away, "Grandma, I have seen the tea trees in Longjing Tea Garden. There is no such strong blue color."

"...There are indeed some differences." But Luo Xijun thought she would not be wrong. "According to my experience, it should come from the tea tree over there."

But even so, she still stared at the green sprouts in front of her, all of them were just picked sprouts. She also looked at them very carefully, and there was almost no difference in size. "Brother Jia, did you help with the selection?"

"No, I just lay it out all night, and then I haven't moved." Old Uncle Yao came over and sat down, "How?"

"Even if you say it is extraordinary, then it must be extraordinary." Luo Xijun felt a little itchy in his hands, "I knew I had brought the equipment over, and I would fry it directly on your side." Now I have to take it back. Two days.

"I just think it's a pity." Uncle Yao said with a smile, stroking his beard, "The little girl asked me about tea before. I told her a lot and told her that tea has a single sprout. Yes, there is one bud and one leaf, and one bud and two leaves. As a result, this girl picked the shoots directly, which is really a pity."

"It's really a pity." Luo Xijun nodded, "There are not many people who understand this. Many of them are elegant and don't know how to pretend to understand. One bud and one leaf are based on the quality of this fresh tea, plus my frying. The technique is definitely more precious than the few special-grade Longjing on the market, or you are not clear enough."

"Blame me." Old Uncle Yao nodded regretfully.

Luo Xijun suddenly reacted and asked with a look of curiosity: "You said it was a little girl who picked this tea? Where did she pick it?"

Looking at the state of the tea, it should have been just picked yesterday. In that case, the tea trees should be near the village. She really wanted to move back and plant them one by one.

Upon seeing this, Old Uncle Yao narrowed his eyes slightly, "I didn't ask, and the little girl didn't say anything, but you may come back here at noon, so you are not allowed to ask."

"I..." Luo Xijun was a little unwilling, but seeing the eyes of Uncle Yao, she finally sighed with regret, "I know, I don't ask, but according to my frying technique, this can be made at most Three or two teas, I will leave one or two at my ideal price, will it work?"

"I said it doesn't count, wait for you to ask the little girl." After the old Uncle Yao finished speaking, he saw Luo Xijun's look and smiled: "The little girl is a good boy. You said she would definitely agree, maybe I don't even want your money."

"It's not possible. She doesn't know the preciousness of this tea." Luo Xijun shook his head. "Even if Longjing tea is fried by ordinary tea masters, the price is more precious than other teas, let alone I personally fried it, or Use such scarce fresh tea."

After all, Luo Xijun said with regret and regret: "I don't know if I can drink this tea after drinking it."

Shen Canglan didn't say anything. He doesn't really like tea at ordinary times, but he really wants to taste it at the moment.

I thought my grandma was making a fuss before, but now it seems that this trip is really worthwhile.

"Don't you have a lot of tea in your house?" The old man looked at the delicate box on the table, "Is this tea for me?"

"Yes, I personally fry it with tea grown in my own house. You can taste it. If you like it, you will call me when you finish drinking, and I will have you send it over."

"Then I will thank you first." The old man was not polite with Luo Xijun.

When she was a child, she used to scurry around in her kitchen.