Chapter 34 Chapter 4 History Repeated

Because I was worried that Lan Tian had bribed Liao's second man, and no one here could believe it, so I left Zhao Shuai with Liao's second to take care of him.Zhao Shuai cheered me on and told me to prepare with peace of mind. He stopped looking for women these two days and told me not to be distracted.After the fire broke out, the investigators came to question Liao's second son. Liao's second son might be worried that he would be hurt if the investigation continued, so he said that he accidentally caused the fire and took all the blame. Back at Liao Yu Tea House, I held the key in my hand and temporarily dismissed all the staff, so as not to let anyone secretly tamper with it.The purple bamboo shoot tea that Liao Lao Er wanted to brew in advance is still there, and he also has some more expensive teas, but none of them are high-grade teas.The remnants of the Tea Classics say: Biluochun in Suzhou is the best tea, and if it is not easy to get, Tianchi in Hangzhou is the second best, and Longjing is next.It means that Biluochun tea from Suzhou is the best, but it is difficult to get the real tea, and there is also Tianchi tea from Hangzhou, which is even worse than Longjing tea.Liao Yu Tea House only has purple bamboo shoot tea as the top grade. Although the other teas are considered good, they cannot be used to participate in the tea battle, otherwise they will be laughed at by the opponent.

The Longjing tea collected by Liaoyu Tea House is actually not produced in Hangzhou at all. There are many good varieties of green tea in Zhejiang, and Longjing is only famous.When tourists come to Longjing Village, they can see tea being fried on the spot, whoever is cheap and looks good can use it. In fact, most of the tea is not produced in Hangzhou, but fresh tea is shipped from other places, and it is made on the spot for you to see, just for display. After confirming that I can only use purple bamboo shoot tea, I let out a long sigh, because there are not many tea leaves, so I can no longer use them for exercises.Tomorrow's battle, there can be no mistakes, otherwise a clever woman will be hard to cook without rice, even if Lu Yu comes back alive, there is nothing she can do.Good tea should be paired with good water. It is best to use Jinsha spring water in Changxing, Zhejiang to make purple bamboo shoot tea.Brew purple bamboo shoot tea with Jinsha spring water, the color is emerald green, the orchid fragrance is sweet, the teeth and cheeks are refreshing, and the taste is rich.

Jinsha Spring is at the foot of Guzhu Mountain in Zhejiang. During the Tang Dynasty, in addition to paying tribute to Yangxian Purple Bamboo Shoot Tea, Jinsha Spring Water was also offered as a tribute. Jinsha Spring Water was the tribute water at that time.When paying tribute in the Tang Dynasty, a five-liang silver bottle was first filled with spring water, sealed with wax paint, and sent directly to Chang'an by post riders for the emperor to sacrifice during Qingming.In addition, Jinsha spring water is transported by water, and it is limited to Beijing in April. In December 1987, Jinsha Spring Water was named "High-quality Mineral Water Containing Strontium Metasilicate and Radon" after the joint identification of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Light Industry. It is a high-quality mineral water that has passed the national identification.

It's a pity that Liao Lao Er didn't prepare this kind of spring water, and it was too late to transport it here, so he had to choose another water source.Now we can't make do with it, so we can't use tap water, otherwise we can't really taste the purple bamboo shoot tea.Now that I can't trust anyone, I have a splitting headache and don't know what to do.If the tea leaves are inferior, the water must be better, so as to make up for the disadvantages.Liao Er had collected some precious water, but it was all overturned during the firefighting. Fortunately, he didn't find these things at that time, otherwise he might have died.

According to the Book of Tea, mountain water is the best water for making tea, river water is medium, and well water is the worst.For mountains and rivers, you need to find spring water dripping from stalactites and flowing from cliffs, but the turbulent torrents in valleys are not advisable. Drinking for a long time will cause a big neck disease.If the spring water flows into the valley to form stagnant water, there will be toxins spit out by poisonous dragons, insects and snakes in the water from June to September in the lunar calendar. The spring water slowly flows in and then scooped up.Water from rivers should be scooped from places far away from human habitation, and well water should be drawn from wells that have been drunk for a long time.

I first wanted to find spring water. The best spring water in Qingdao is Laoshan Spring Water. Time was very tight, so I immediately set off for Laoshan Mountain.It is not suitable to run around with purple bamboo shoot tea, for fear of hurting the tea, so I handed over the tea leaves to Zhao Shuai for safekeeping.It took me a day and a night to go back and forth to Laoshan Mountain, and finally found the Laoshan Shenshui Spring on the west side of Taiqing Palace in Laoshan Mountain.Shenshui Spring is the most famous spring in Laoshan. I tasted it, and it is indeed cool and sweet, cool and delicious, and its name is well-deserved.It is best to place the spring water in the place closest to the water, as the farther it flows, the taste will change.

After I got water with purple water poppies, I hurried on my way, but unfortunately, there was a traffic jam on the road, and I didn't return all night.When they rushed back to the hospital to get back the purple bamboo shoot tea, Zhao Shuai and Liao's second son went crazy. They thought something happened to me too.When they saw me returning with the spring water in their arms, they were almost crying, but I didn't even have the energy to be moved, I just wanted to sleep.But the tea battle is about to start this morning, and I have no time to rest. After bidding farewell to Liao's second son, I will take the letter from him to participate in the tea war instead.

In order to be more sure, I brought the fragmented scriptures left by my grandfather, if necessary, I can refer to them on the spot.I didn't return all night last night. I didn't sleep on the road, but digested the content of the broken scriptures overnight to increase my confidence in defeating Lan Tian.In the beginning, when others saw me taking the place of Liao's second child in the tea battle, they were surprised at first, and then they were not allowed to replace me.Later, Zhou Cha Lao came out to intercede, and then he allowed me to replace him, and he was the one who often asked his father to go out in Hubei.

On this day, I finally met Lan Tian, ​​and this was also the first time I saw him as a dog day.Lan Tian has a dignified appearance and is full of righteousness, he can't tell that he is a trickster.If it hadn't been for something wrong with Liao's second child, I wouldn't have believed my eyes.Among all the participants, Lan Tian was originally the youngest. He was just forty years old. Since I joined later, I became the youngest.The buddies brought by some participants made fun of me, whispered and pointed at me, saying that a buddy also came to make a fool of himself, and that Liao Yu Tea House was making fun of me this time.

I really wanted to be angry, but because I was too sleepy, I didn't have the mind to pay attention to these boring trivial matters.The judges were no longer Zhou Tea Guy, but three old men, two in black and the other in white, holding a white wooden stick.Finally, after seeing all the participants and judges, the tea battle officially began. To make good tea, it must be decocted.It’s not like some literati nowadays who claim to be elegant and like to drink tea, but they just brew tea leaves with boiling water and drink them instead of decocting tea soup as mentioned in the tea scriptures.In order to play better, each participant has a room, free from interference from others, and it is impossible to cheat.They all have helpers, but I was alone, and I had to rely on myself for everything, even the equipment I brought, which was the first time I was so embarrassed.

But there is no other way but to drive the ducks to the shelves, and it is impossible to quit.The utensil for decocting tea is the first choice for chacho, which is a small cooking utensil with a handle and flow, but it is difficult to obtain high-quality ones.Among them are stone cho, copper cho, and white clay cho, but stone cho is often too thick, and copper cho has a peculiar smell, so the white clay cho in Guangdong is the best. Liao Yu Tea House already has it, so I chose ready-made ones.I also selected a small wind stove from Liaoyu Tea House, bowls from Qingtian Kiln, an ancient sacrificial ladle, a palm fan and so on. I can only prepare with limited cognition and limited materials. I am not familiar with some aspects, and I can’t find what I want. It can be said to be the feeling of wearing a cotton jacket to take a bath.For example, purple bamboo shoot tea should be paired with Jinsha spring water and a purple clay teapot, so that it can be used to its fullest potential, but I couldn’t get a good purple clay teapot, and Liao Laoer’s purple clay teapot was also broken during the firefighting.The newly purchased purple clay teapot must not be used. The longer the tea set is used, the better. New utensils are prone to odor, and must be boiled with rice soup first. After placing the things properly, I started working clumsily, completely ignoring the strange eyes of the three old men. A poem by Su Dongpo is quoted in the Remnant Book of Tea: The eyes of the crab are more raw than the eyes of the fish, and the whistling is like the sound of the pine wind. This passage is the secret of decocting tea soup.Generally speaking, the key to the quality of decocted tea soup is "Hou Tang".I first scooped Laoshan spring water into Bainicho, lit the wind stove with charcoal fire, and then kept blowing the wind with the palm fan, and I must not stop at this time.After a while, the fine foam in the soup slowly emerged, which is the crab eye; after a while, the larger bubbles turned upwards, which is the fish eye; after a while, the sound of boiling water was heard, which is the Songfeng Ming. As soon as crab eyes appear, one or two spoonfuls of water should be scooped out, and then poured back after Song Fengming to prevent the water from boiling again, and then put in purple bamboo shoot tea.The quantity of tea leaves is also regulated, generally every half liter of water is matched with two qian of tea leaves.Then boil the water until it boils, and the tea is ready.However, this timing is the most difficult to grasp. If you overcook the tea soup slightly, the tea soup will be old, and the tea fragrance will dissipate when it is old, and the tea will be heavy and cloudy; It is also weak in color and taste, both of which are mistakes in boiling tea.If there is a mistake, the pot of tea will be completely useless and cannot be used, and there is no way to remedy it. When decocting tea, one must be calm and not act too hastily, otherwise the quality of the tea will be lost no matter how good the skill is.But I couldn't calm down at all, my heart was in a mess, and I didn't know how to make sure the tea was ready.This decision is the final key to success or failure, otherwise I will not be able to pass this test, let alone compete with Lan Tian.The more anxious I was, the more I couldn't make a decision. The tea was so hot that I couldn't taste it like cooking.The most important point is that I only have so much tea, and if it is broken, it is impossible to start over. I'm the only one in this room, and the room is very elegant, but it doesn't do anything to the irritable me.I can't even find someone to ask. I can't ask the three old men directly. Wouldn't it be self-defeating?Seeing the time passing by little by little, I was worried that the tea would be overboiled and that the tea would not be fully boiled, so I was in a panic.Liao Laoer had such high expectations of me, if he returned home in a big defeat, he would probably die, thinking about it made me even more panicked. At this moment, there was a loud noise from Zhoulao Tea House, and my attention was also attracted.I could tell that the noisy voice belonged to Zhao Shuai. When I heard his voice, I subconsciously thought that it was terrible. Could it be that Liao's second son couldn't wait any longer and returned home early.But that's good too, so I don't have to worry about gains and losses.Unexpectedly, Zhao Shuai rushed in with a person behind him, and when I saw that person, I was so surprised that I couldn't speak. That person is Mu Qingxiang, who is not stained by the world, she exudes a peaceful atmosphere, her face is calm and composed, as if she is not afraid of danger when a typhoon comes.After Zhao Shuai broke into the room I was in, I hurriedly said that they were my buddies, so they were not kicked out.I curiously asked Zhao Shuai, which one he was acting in, and why he suddenly appeared at the same time as Mu Qingxiang.Zhao Shuai said that in the hospital just now, Mu Qingxiang found Liao's second ward and offered to help. Mu Qingxiang saw that I was rambling on, so she said calmly: "Make tea at ease, don't be distracted, and wait until the tea fight is over before talking about other things." "I really don't know how to do it. Since you're here, let's finish the good work and take over the job." After I finished speaking, I was about to step aside. However, Mu Qingxiang said calmly: "Brewing tea is like giving birth to your own child. You must not change people in the middle. People who know how to drink tea can drink the clues." I didn't know about it as if I was listening to heavenly scriptures, so I asked in a panic: "Then...is this tea good?" Mu Qingxiang observed it for a while, and then said: "Fortunately, you have to keep fanning before the heat is reached. If the charcoal fire is too small, it will be bad for the tea if you burn it too high. And - don't panic, I heard you No?" "I don't want to panic, but I can't control it." I said awkwardly. "With me here, you don't need to panic." Mu Qingxiang said lightly. Standing behind Mu Qingxiang, Zhao Shuai gave me a wink, probably saying that this woman is very upright, to see if she can get him a hand.I don't have the energy to care about these things, so I ignored Zhao Shuai and just fanned the palm fan at a constant speed.Under Mu Qingxiang's guidance, I finally calmed down my flustered heart and felt more and more comfortable.Mu Qingxiang said flatly that I was doing well, at least half of the previous steps were correct, but many details were still not well done, and it would be foolish to take the first place unless starting from scratch. "Doesn't that mean that Lan Tian can't win?" I was very disappointed. Mu Qingxiang looked at me, and said softly: "Don't worry, you definitely won him, and -- history will definitely repeat itself today!"