Chapter 41 Chapter 11 Jinsha Spring Water

I, Zhao Shuai, and Mu Qingxiang are all newcomers to the Mingling Mountains, and none of us has met Jiang Hongyu, let alone friendship.It would be inappropriate to visit Jiang Hongyu now, as it would cause unnecessary gossip.After Mu Qingxiang came, she just borrowed someone else's house, and didn't go to see Jiang Hongyu, and Jiang Hongyu had already fallen into a coma, even if she met, she couldn't ask anything.The villagers didn't know much about Jiang Hongyu, as if they were strangers. They knew less than us. As for what Jiang Hongyu said before she fell into a coma, Mu Qingxiang thought the same as I did. She also thought that Jiang Hongyu had found Tea King Valley.But for some reason, Jiang Hongyu turned back and passed out by the side of the village.Zhao Shuai thought quickly. He said that Jiang Hongyu had no wounds on her body, or even scars. Could there be an ancient tomb in Mingling? It was the same as the ancient tomb in Tanggong Mountain. Something happened to Jiang Hongyu after she broke into it.However, Jiang Hongyu may have prepared in advance, so she did not die immediately, but was able to hold on and run back.

"Jiang Hongyu said that he found it, maybe he really found the Tea King Valley, but what does Nine Difficulties mean? Could it be..." I stopped hesitantly. "I think it should be right, the nine difficulties are the nine difficulties in tea, but I don't know what is the connection between the nine difficulties and the Tea King Valley?" Mu Qingxiang didn't understand either. I wondered, "Is there something you don't know? I thought you knew everything!" Mu Qingxiang ignored my cynicism and didn't say another word, the atmosphere suddenly became cold.Zhao Shuai peeked at Mu Qingxiang from time to time, but pretended to be natural, as if he had no interest in her at all.I wanted to laugh when I saw it, but Jiang Hongyu had just had an accident, so it would be too inhuman to laugh now.I suppressed a smile, remembering that the Nine Difficulties had been mentioned in the original book of tea, which is not a very unusual theory, as long as anyone familiar with tea culture knows it.

The so-called nine difficulties are: tea has nine difficulties, the first is making, the second is parting, the third is utensils, the fourth is fire, the fifth is water, the sixth is roasting, the seventh is finishing, the eighth is boiling, and the ninth is drinking.It means that from tea planting to tea drinking, every link in these processes is very important, and it is even more difficult, but I really can't figure out the relationship between Jiunan and Tea King Valley.However, Jiang Hongyu must have had her intentions in repeating these two words before she fell into a coma. Perhaps she could find the location of Tea King Valley directly if she understood these two words.

Although I was puzzled by Jiang Hongyu's intentions, I kept suppressing the joy in my heart after hearing about the two pieces of white tea leaves she was holding.You must know that white tea is very precious. It is a special kind of tea. White tea will occasionally grow in every type of tea, but it cannot be grown by human beings. It is an accidental mutation.Just like Pu'er tea, Wuyi black tea, oolong tea, Mengding tea, etc., they will occasionally grow white tea leaves. This white tea is not the same as traditional white tea, but is distributed in all teas. White tea usually has crystal clear and thin leaf buds and grows in cliff jungles. There are at most one or two tea trees in each tea forest, or none at all.Because there are not many leaf buds in white tea, it is not easy to steam green and bake, and the water and fire are slightly improper, so the tea produced is just like ordinary tea.If handled properly, the tea cake produced will be smooth and clear from the surface to the inner quality, just like the beautiful jade contained in the pu. It can be said to be the king of tea among the kings of tea.

Zhao Shuai asked happily: "According to what you said, there is white tea in Mingling. As long as we find it, it will not be in vain?" "It's for nothing? You've found an azure clay teapot, what else do you want to buy? Don't be too greedy." I ran on. "I heard from the villagers that the tea in Jiang Hongyu's hands is wild tea, not grown by humans. I don't know where the white tea grows. I'm afraid it's hard to find." Mu Qingxiang is not optimistic about this. It was still early, and the villagers came and went. I found that the villagers were always staring at me curiously, so I suggested to go to the village first, otherwise I would always feel needles on my back.Because we expected to enter Mingling and even stay overnight in the mountains, Zhao Shuai and I prepared our bags long ago.Mu Qingxiang didn't prepare anything, except for a few changes of clothes, there was nothing left, not even food.I thought that Mu Qingxiang was reliable in her work, but now I see that she didn't think carefully. Could it be that she wants to sit back and enjoy the benefits.

After we reached the village, Mu Qingxiang said that we should go directly to the mountain, since there is no useful information in the village anyway.Now that Jiang Hongyu has found Tea King Valley, we also hope to find it. The wisdom of three people is always better than one.However, I had a strange feeling, so I looked back at the purple ruby ​​hut from time to time, as if the hut was telling us not to leave.Zhao Shuai left cheerfully. Ever since he experienced the incident in Fohai Yaozhai, he seemed to like taking risks. Of course, I think he wanted to carry a few catties of white tea back to sell.

Unfortunately, in addition to purple sand pots, Yixing also has a tea culture.So many people know about tea. Three young people saw the white tea in Jiang Hongyu's hand and planned to go to the mountains to find tea, hoping to share a share with us.When Zhao Shuai saw him, he gritted his teeth, wishing he could drive people away with a stick, but Mingling is not ours, so why should we drive them away.I don't want anyone to follow, let alone how to divide the white tea. If I really find the Tea King Valley, I don't want to pack up any precious cultural relics and escape in front of others.The more Zhao Shuai and I thought about it, the more angry we were, and we were almost ready to kill someone, but Mu Qingxiang coughed lightly, and we stopped our wild thoughts.

We walked to the bamboo sea, and across the bamboo sea is a mountain range in Mingling. There are several small streams flowing out of the bamboo sea, and almost transparent insects are flying everywhere, which is very pleasant.But the mountain road is not straight, it goes around and around, and it may take half a day to enter the mountain.There are no special legends in the mountains, let alone scary stories, as if it has always been peaceful.We just walked to the front of the bamboo sea, and the three young people behind us rushed to catch up. Among the three young people, two were men and one was a woman, who were about three years younger than us.The three of them were carrying baskets on their backs, and Zhao Shuai thought they were picking mushrooms by chance, but where did they get mushrooms in this kind of place?The three people had the same thoughts as we did. They were afraid that the white tea would be taken away, so they chased us straight away without choosing a path.I knew that these three people would not give up, so I simply asked Mu Qingxiang and Zhao Shuai to stop, and waited for the three people to catch up before making a fuss.

After the three young men caught up, one of the men panted and asked: "Three bosses, are you here to collect tea? It doesn't have to be so hard. We will help you find it. We only need to pay a little hard work. " "Do you think we look like bosses?" I smiled wryly. "What's more, there are definitely not many white teas, and they can't be sold for much. We can find a few cents left after dividing the hard work." Zhao Shuai politely refused. I just wanted to agree with Zhao Shuai, but Mu Qingxiang said: "We are not looking for white tea, you don't have to worry."

"No?" one of the women asked incredulously. "That's great, let's go into the mountains together, so we can have someone to take care of you." Another boy said, "The three of you are not safe. Although the mountains are very peaceful, it is still a bit dangerous if you encounter a herd of wild goats." .” "Wild goat?" Zhao Shuai and I were very surprised, we didn't expect Mingling to have such a thing. The three young people told us that Lingxia Village has a good ecological environment, and there are often hedgehogs, wild boars, wild goats, and wild pheasants.People live under the mountains, while the mountains are home to wild animals.The old people in the village were good hunters in Lingxia Village when they were young. They would take their dogs into the mountains to hunt wild goats in snowy winters, and they could harvest more than 20 goat skins in one winter.There are not as many wild goats as in the past, but villagers still often see them.

Over the years, the hunting guns in Lingxia Village have been confiscated by the police, and the number of wild animals has increased.When the spring bamboo shoots break through the ground, the Lingxia people always go to patrol the contracted mountains and forests in the early morning and late at night. When they find wild boars, they will shout at the top of their voices to repel the enemy.In the eyes of Lingxia people, wild boars are not heinous. People occasionally meet wild boars while working, and the scene is also pleasant.Wild boars seem ferocious, but the wild goats are the most dangerous, because they come and go in groups. If they run around in a panic, they can easily injure or even kill people. These things have happened several times. As soon as they finished speaking, I was going to say thank you for your kindness, but unexpectedly the three young people introduced themselves enthusiastically and integrated into our group at once.Two men, one of them is called Mo Chao, with a public face, and the other is called Jiang Guohua, who is tall and burly.The woman's name is Wu Mei, and she looks juicy and has very black eyebrows, so she is called by her name.The three young people only went to junior high school, and then worked as helpers at home to earn a living. I thought to myself that it was not easy for these three people, why make things difficult for them, I was not miserable before.So, I discussed with Zhao Shuai and decided to go together. Anyway, we already have azure clay teapots. It doesn't matter if we want white tea or not. The key is to find the Tea King Valley.The three young people have lived in Lingxia Village since they were young, and they may not be able to help, so let's not say such ugly words.The three young people really thought we were the bosses, and they were so happy that they helped us carry our luggage, and they walked into the bamboo forest together with smiles on their faces. The bamboo forest swayed neatly, and the whirring of the wind sounded, which had a hypnotic effect.I thought that Mu Qingxiang would object, but Mu Qingxiang said very little and didn't say anything. I don't know if she has any objections.The three young people had already greeted their families, so they didn't need to worry too much if they could spend the night in the mountains.The road in the bamboo forest has many forks and eight turns. If Mo Chao didn't know the way, we would really waste a lot of time in the bamboo forest.On the other hand, Jiang Guohua and Wu Mei didn't know the way very well. It was always Mo Chao who took the lead. It could be seen that Mo Chao often went into the mountains. When we were about to cross the bamboo sea, we saw a yellow cloth bag on the road, and Wu Mei recognized that the yellow cloth bag belonged to Jiang Hongyu.Jiang Guohua and the others knew that something had happened to Jiang Hongyu, but people didn't come in and out of the mountain very often, so no one noticed that Jiang Hongyu had left a cloth bag behind.Wumei and Jiang Hongyu didn't have much contact, but she saw a yellow cloth bag a few times, with a purple word "Jiang" embroidered on it, so she recognized it at a glance. As for Jiang Hongyu's whereabouts, I really wanted to find out, so after listening to Wu Mei's words, I wanted to pick up the yellow cloth bag, but Mo Chao was already one step ahead of us.Mo Chao loosened the bag, and there was only a tea bottle inside, nothing else.The tea bottle was probably used by Jiang Hongyu to quench his thirst, so it didn't work. Zhao Shuai and I couldn't help feeling disappointed.However, Mu Qingxiang took the tea bottle, she opened the tea bottle and sniffed it, as if feeling a little surprised, then gently smelled the water in the bottle again. "This is Jinsha spring water." Mu Qingxiang made a judgment after tasting it. I didn't believe it: "It's true, isn't Jinsha Spring in Changxing, Zhejiang? Could it be that Jiang Hongyu went there to fetch water, and then ran back to Mingling?" Zhao Shuai didn't believe it even more than I did. He said, "You can tell the source of the spring water. How amazing? Well, I have a bottle of water here. You can smell it and drink it, and tell me where the water is from." Who knew that Mu Qingxiang didn't buy it, so she said indifferently: "I'm just telling the truth, whether you believe it or not, I have nothing to do with it." Mo Chao didn't know Mu Qingxiang's temper, and thought she was angry, so he immediately came out to smooth things over: "The three bosses don't quarrel, harmony makes money, harmony makes money." Although I find it unbelievable, Mu Qingxiang itself is a mystery, maybe she can really smell the water and know the source, after all, she doesn't look like an ordinary person.But it's strange to say that Mu Qingxiang seemed to know everything when she was in Menghai, but this time she only knew half of it and didn't know the other half, which is puzzling.I thought that Mu Qingxiang knew where the Tea King Valley was, so I just asked her and it was over. Who would have thought that she would not know, and would have to look for it with us. However, I found it very strange, knowing that the Jinsha spring water in the tea bottle was full and almost overflowing, so Jiang Hongyu ran out of the mountain without taking a sip of water.The Jinsha Spring is far away from Mingling, so what did Jiang Hongyu use it for? Could it also be related to the search for the Valley of the King of Tea?Before I came back to my senses, Zhao Shuai grabbed the tea bottle and wanted to taste the Jinsha spring water, but he suddenly yelled in surprise. I asked Zhao Shuai why he was making such a fuss, and he excitedly pointed at the tea bottle and said loudly, "This... the water in this tea bottle... seems to have a fetus!"