Chapter 140 Chapter 23 Xikang Tea Experimental Station

Among the many Mengding mountain tea people, Meizicha is only one of them who is still suffering, but he is the only tea person who stays in the mountain. According to the data of "Mingshan Tea Records", in 1949, the area of ​​tea gardens in Mingshan County was 6,768 mu, half of which were aged tea gardens and overaged tea gardens.Most of the tea gardens are distributed in Mengding Mountain, but many tea gardens have been deserted, which is not the same as the heyday in history.In 1951, the Agricultural Department of Xikang Province established the "Xikang Provincial Tea Experimental Station" in Mengshan, which was located at Yongxing Temple on the west side of Mengding Mountain.

Xikang is the old name of the province. Its jurisdiction mainly includes eastern Tibet and western Sichuan, and most of them are inhabited by ethnic minorities.Of course, Xikang Province was abolished as early as 1955, but what I want to tell now is the story before 1955. In ancient times, a large part of the Mengding Mountain tea garden was the royal tea garden, and the common people were not allowed to approach it. Legend has it that there was a white tiger looking for the mountain, and Mengding tea was even regarded as fairy tea.Later, after the establishment of the tea station, tea researchers went into the mountain.The Plum Tea Inn was once very popular, and sometimes it could receive thirty guests a day, and the guest rooms had to be crowded to sleep.

The mountain roads in Mengding Mountain are winding and narrow, and it is very hard to go up and down the mountain. In addition, there is no electricity, so the tea garden is limited to planting experiments.The grandpa and grandma of plum tea worked at the experiment station, but they couldn't take it anymore, so they returned to the inn.After another half a year, several blind tea masters were sent out to rest at the Plum Tea Inn.The grandfather of plum tea has seen those people. They used to have good eyesight. They asked why they were blind. . This was the first incident of blindness. In the 1970s, people became mysteriously blind one after another, but they did not attract attention.Until three years ago, the tea people were collecting tea in the city. The grandfather of plum tea brought his family into the mountains, saying that he wanted to find some wild tea to sell in the city.As a result, in the family, only he and his wife were fine, and the others were all blind.

Meizicha looked at her son distressedly, and sighed: "I'm not scaring you, otherwise my father, mother, grandpa and grandma are still alive, and my son will not become blind. You should collect tea nearby, don't go Run in the mountains!" I was just about to ask for more details, but unexpectedly Mu Qingxiang stood up from the charcoal stove and said to plum tea: "I can cure this little boy's eyes." Meizicha, Li Xiaobei and I said in unison: "Really?" As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I thought it was terrible, this stupid woman is going to talk nonsense like aunt again, plum tea doesn't understand at all.I hurriedly interrupted Mu Qingxiang and told her to cool off, but she didn't know what to say and insisted on talking.Li Xiaobei also understood what I was thinking, and was as dumbfounded as I was, letting Mu Qingxiang continue talking.

Plum Tea jumped up excitedly: "You didn't lie to me? You can be cured? I have consulted many doctors, and they all said there is no way!" Mu Qingxiang was questioned one after another, as if nothing had happened, she still said slowly: "I remember my aunt said that there are many obstacles set up several miles away from where we live, and one of them will make people blind. As long as I can Find the place where I used to live, and I can find medicine to restore sight to this little boy." Meizicha was at a loss, just when Meizicha's wife came in, I couldn't bear to deceive a father who was anxious about his son, so I told Meizicha and his wife the truth.After listening to my narration for nearly an hour, they looked at each other in surprise. If the Mei family hadn't grown up in Mengding Mountain, they probably wouldn't believe our words.In addition, they were eager to love their son and had no way to seek medical treatment everywhere, so they easily believed the three of us without us saying much.

Meizicha said excitedly: "If my cub can be cured, I would like to go into the mountain with you. I heard that there are immortals living behind Mengding Mountain. It turns out that there is such a thing!" Meizicha's wife was a little worried: "Will immortals harm people? We just approached there, and their eyes suddenly went blind. If you go there again, I can't worry about it." I was also a little worried, they didn't know why they were blind, and Mu Qingxiang didn't know how my aunt set up obstacles.After this trip, it doesn't matter if we are blind. In case Meizi Cha is also blind, how will he explain to his wife when he comes back.Meizicha cheerfully said that he was not afraid, no one knew the mountain better than him, even if he was blind, he knew the way.Li Xiaobei didn't know the importance, so he said loudly, "Oh, how crowded are the people?" He kept flicking the plum tea into the mountain.

As soon as she heard that someone went blind behind Mengding Mountain, Mu Qingxiang was 100% sure that the place where my aunt lived was behind Mengding Mountain.If this is the case, here comes the problem.There are five ridges in Mengding Mountain, the highest of which is only 1140 meters, and the range is not large.However, behind Mengding Mountain is the Qionglai Mountains, and there are several peaks above 5,000 meters. Mengding Mountain is actually just a transition zone between the Qionglai Mountains and the Sichuan Basin.After Mengding Mountain, the Qionglai Mountains gradually climbed higher and became bigger and bigger, forming a huge mountain in western Sichuan, which is also the first step from the Sichuan Basin to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

I said worriedly: "Meizicha, you just wait here for our news. I will go to the mountain tomorrow and come back to you as soon as I have news." Meizicha got angry and disagreed, saying: "No, you are all white and clean. If you go into the mountains and don't feed the wolves, you will fall to your death. I don't worry if I don't accompany you!" After struggling until the evening, Plum Tea still insisted on going, and Li Xiaobei kept making noises, which made this decision unshakable.The wife of Meizicha knew her husband's personality well, so she had no choice but to tell him to pay attention to safety and come back safely.Mu Qingxiang also promised that the little boy's eyes would be healed. With her guarantee, I feel much more at ease.But the Meizicha couple couldn't remember why the two of them were not blind, but the rest of the family were blind.At that time, there were layers of old trees all around, no poisonous gas, no beasts, and people suddenly lost their sight.

In the evening, Meizicha was preparing the things needed to enter the mountain, so we shut ourselves in the room and spread out the leather map.There is only half of the map, and this half is all marked with the route of Mengshan, and Mengshan was cut off afterward.From this point of view, the really important place is in the Qionglai Mountains, but the area there is too wide, and our trip will take at least ten days.Li Xiaobei is very optimistic. He is not worried about running out of ammunition and food at all. If there is no food, he will rely on mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water.

At this time, Mu Qingxiang suddenly asked me: "Lu Jianxin, this time is really dangerous, if you don't want to go, go back now." I said angrily: "It's too late for you to say this, why didn't you say it earlier? Oh, but even if you said it earlier, I would have come. Didn't you tell me that my mother is your aunt? How could you not come?" ? On the other hand, Xiao Bei, are you not afraid?" Li Xiaobei snorted and said, "What am I afraid of! Do you know how Qingxiang saved me at that time? Forget it, don't mention it. Anyway, my wife and I must return her favor. I'm going back now, that stinky bitch It would be strange not to break my leg."

I was amused, and coughed seriously: "You are not afraid that I will tell your wife." Li Xiaobei said happily: "I'm not afraid, we often fight to the death. Speaking of which, Xiaolu, can you name my child?" In the past, I named Li Xiuzhu's children, the boy was called Heping, and the girl was called Tranquility.Li Xiuzhu is still staying in Menghai now. At that time, she had no children, but she just wanted me to reserve two educated names for her.Because so many things happened in Menghai, I took "peace" and "tranquility". As for Li Xiaobei, I just had dinner, my head was blocked, and I couldn't come up with a good name after thinking about it for a long time.Li Xiaobei is a person in the wine business, I hope his children will not mix methanol with boiled water, so the name "Li Tianping" was named, which means fairness and justice.Li Xiaobei was so happy that he wrote a letter to his family that night, and asked Meizicha's wife to go to the city next time to help send it back to his hometown in Yongzhou, Hunan. This night, I slept very deeply. If Li Xiaobei didn't pull my ears in the morning, I wouldn't be able to wake up at all.Mu Qingxiang woke up very early, I understand that she is more anxious than anyone else, after all, she has already reached the door of the house.After breakfast, we left the Plum Tea Inn. The Plum Tea wife took the child and kept looking at us as we went away. The scene was so sad.From time to time, I looked back at the plum tea inn that was getting smaller and smaller, and suddenly remembered that when I was in Qingdao, the old fortune-teller said that we were all going to die, and I couldn't help but tremble all over. The mountain road that plum tea took us has only been traveled by a few people for more than ten years, and the trail is blocked by dense branches.Add to that the fact that it's winter and the drizzle is non-stop and we're soaking wet in no time.Plum tea took us to spare Mengding Mountain, and first went to the place where their family was blind, because Mu Qingxiang said that it was an obstacle set up by my aunt. Mengding Mountain is on flat land, and after walking for a few kilometers, we can see the mountains and mountains, the Qingjiang River running rampant, the river and the mountain are integrated, and the atmosphere is majestic.Along the way, wild bridges and stone paths, farmers' houses, bamboo rings and trees, I met by chance.However, after passing through the flat ground behind Mengding Mountain and entering the Qionglai tail vein, all we can see are the dangerous peaks circling with green waves and the forest that covers the sky and the sun, and the human footprints are really invisible here. Meizicha led us over a hillside, turned around and said, "There is a Qingyi River in Ya'an. It has a tributary extending into the mountains here, and there are some wild tea trees nearby. We all call that tributary the Shrimp River. Because there are a lot of prawns in the river, but the river water and prawns are definitely not poisonous, we often eat them.” After walking for a long time, we no longer feel cold and sweat all over our bodies.When Meizicha mentioned shrimps, Li Xiaobei went into a tizzy, as if he couldn't live without eating shrimps tonight.Mu Qingxiang and Meizicha have always been at the forefront, and her skills are vigorous, not inferior to men.Unlucky, I just recovered from my foot injury, so I dragged myself to the end.It was almost noon, and we finally turned over the first mountain, and saw a small basin, and the blue shrimp river was faintly visible. The small basin is surrounded by high mountains, and every tree above and below the mountain is taller than the house, even in the small basin.It was cold, and there was a thin layer of white clouds over the basin. The wind could not blow in, and those clouds just lay quietly in the sky.After Mu Qingxiang went down the mountain, her pace quickened, and even the plum tea couldn't keep up with her.I hurriedly told Mu Qingxiang not to worry, the terrain here is complicated, maybe there is a swamp. Mu Qingxiang walked to the bank of the rushing Xia River, put down her backpack, took the river water with both hands and drank it in one gulp.I looked at Mu Qingxiang who was squatting halfway by the river strangely, and thought to myself that we brought water, why are we still drinking the water in the river, I am not afraid that the water will be unclean.After drinking the water, Mu Qingxiang stood up, turned to me and said, "This is the water I drank before, and my aunt uses the water from this river." It suddenly dawned on me that Mu Qingxiang could identify the source of water, so she would naturally remember the water she drank in the mansion in the deep mountains.Now, Mu Qingxiang is sure, which means that the Xia River must flow through the mansion in the deep mountain, at least near it, or it would be inconvenient for my aunt to get water.This trip finally brought us the first good news. I was just about to say great things to Mu Qingxiang, but Li Xiaobei and Meizicha told us to hurry over.The two of them were standing in the grass that reached their knees, and I thought to myself that it wouldn't be so fast, could it be that these two people are blind now. When I walked over, I couldn't help but "wow", and stood still in a daze.