sinovels Chapter 15: Wax Noodle Tea
Chapter 15: Wax Noodle Tea
"Grandpa, I want to run away from home and go see the outside world." Zhang Tian summoned up his courage and said truthfully.
"Father, listen to what this sounds like. Fortunately, I asked the servants to chase him back in time. Otherwise, this bastard's wings are hardened, and he doesn't know where he is going to fly." Zhang Liang finished speaking , picked up the tea pot, blew on the hot air, and took a big gulp. After swallowing, there was a strange sound in his mouth, which looked very refreshing.
"Did I ask you to talk? Put down the tea pot for me, and watch you drink endlessly every day!" The old man reprimanded, and then continued to ask Zhang Tian: "Grandson, when you grow up, you want to see the outside world. Look, there's nothing wrong with that, but you have to have a definite idea, what exactly do you want to see?"
"Father, don't pamper him, he's just wandering outside, he has an idea!" Zhang Liang interjected.
"Shut up and let Tian Tian talk." The old man glared at Zhang Liang.
"Grandpa, our family produces tea. I want to go to the outside world to see if tea can be made like poetry and painting." This is the first time Zhang Tian said this idea in front of his family.
The old man laughed out loud.
Zhang Liang knew his son best, and said:
"Okay, you should obediently follow me to learn the techniques of growing tea and roasting tea. Before, you said you wanted to learn music, and I asked you to play the piano. You said you have no talent, but you want to learn chess, I let you go. After studying it, you said that reciting poems and painting is the right way. I still prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone for you to paint and paint. Tell me, how many xylophones, chessboards, and copybooks you have destroyed in the past few years. It’s good now, I’m starting to think about tea. What is tea? The difference is the tea of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar tea. It has nothing to do with your music, chess, poetry, calligraphy and painting, and it has nothing to do with it! , you don't want to ruin our tea!"
The courage that Zhang Tian had originally mustered up, was blown away by his old man, Zhang Liang, a big bastard.
After hearing Zhang Liang's last words, the old lady suddenly said with raised eyebrows:
"Hey, what do you mean 'if I'm here for a day, you can't even think about ruining our tea'? Why does this sentence sound so familiar to me! Oh! I remembered, back then, my old man often said that told me."
After hearing this, Zhang Tian asked excitedly: "It's my great-grandfather. My great-grandfather also said so. Did you have such weird thoughts like what I just said before, grandpa?"
"Father, that's not the same at all, it's not the same!" Zhang Liang panicked for a while.
"Why is it different!" The old man continued: "I think back then, we were full of wars and chaos everywhere, and the people were in dire straits! Your great-grandpa can only worry about the tea gardens dozens of miles away all day long. There is no way, the tea is produced There is no market! I got impatient with the busy work, so I simply said angrily, it is better to sell the tea garden. Your great-grandfather turned around and asked, everyone is nervous at this time, who will sell it to, and who will want it? I said casually, then sell it to the richest emperor! It was just a casual remark at first, but after days and nights of thinking, this idea became more and more firm in my mind."
"What happened later, what happened later, Grandpa?"
The old man was stunned for a moment, and said: "Later? Later, there was Beiyuan! Why is it called Beiyuan? It is the royal imperial tea garden in the north of Fujian. Unfortunately, after more than ten years, the emperor changed one after another. The emperor every day Drink them all, the tea produced in our Beiyuan is delicious. That's why I strictly asked Zhang Tian to learn the tea-making process, so that he can continue to pass on the family business of nearly a hundred years!"
Zhang Liang didn't want the old man to drag the topic too far, so he refocused his attention on Zhang Tian, and continued: "But father, you old man should also take a good look at it, how old is this bastard, and he is still idle all day, what? Lao Tzu has never seen the piano, chess, poetry, calligraphy and painting, he has been to and entered the tea plantation."
"Tiantian, grandpa is confused, how old are you this year?" the old man asked after hearing Zhang Liang talk about Zhang Tian's age.
"Grandson is already sixteen years old, grandpa, let me go and see the outside world!" Zhang Tian begged.
"Grandpa asked you, you said that you want to make tea like poetry and painting, do you mean it seriously, or just say it casually?" The old man asked seriously.
"Oh, father, do you still need to ask about this? What does he know every day? He doesn't even understand the most common tea-making process. He is half a bucket of water when he writes poems and paintings. What do you say to make tea like tea?" Poetry and painting are the same, of course he was talking nonsense." Zhang Liang interjected.
"Shut up, I want him to tell me every day." The old man glared at Zhang Liang, then turned to Zhang Tian and said, "Grandson, think about it carefully. Grandpa will give you three days. After three days, You tell grandpa again, if you are sure what you want to do, grandpa will allow you to go and see the outside world."
"Really? Grandpa, you are really my real grandpa! Ouch, my butt!" Zhang Tian jumped up from his seat happily, forgetting the pain on his butt.
"Are you kidding me, father, how can you mess around with your child like this? The outside world is very chaotic, so you don't just go there as soon as you say it. If you don't talk about it, you may lose your life." As Zhang Tian's Father, Zhang Liang also stood up excitedly, wanting to make the old man take back what he just said.
"I haven't finished talking yet, why are you so anxious!" The old man said fiercely, and continued: "Tian Tian, you can go to the outside world to see, I also explained my condition just now, that is, you must have a certain Instead of wandering around. But after all, I am not the only elder in the family, so you have to meet the conditions put forward by your father and mother."
Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy.As soon as the old man said this, Zhang Tian's heart suddenly turned cold.He first ran to Mrs. Zhang, pouted, and shouted coquettishly:
"Mother, grandpa agrees, so you can let the child go to the outside world for a while."
Mrs. Zhang shook her head with a smile, and said:
"It's not that my mother doesn't agree, it's because my mother is worried! You said that you are only 16 years old and have no social experience at all. If you go outside, what should you do if you suffer a disadvantage!"
"Mother, don't worry, I will write back often. I will agree to any other conditions, mother."
"Hey, as long as you are safe and sound, mother has nothing to ask of you. Every day, you should ask your father to see what conditions your father has."
Zhang Tian sneaked a look at his father Zhang Liang out of the corner of his eye. At this time, the corners of Master Zhang's mouth were upturned, with a smug expression, as if he was thinking in his heart, little bastard, you will fall into my hands in the end.
"My condition is very simple to say, but it is difficult to say, and it is not easy to implement it." Master Zhang said.
"Father, just tell me, no matter what difficult task it is, my son will definitely complete it." Zhang Tianxi was overjoyed, and asked anxiously: "Tell my son, what exactly does Daddy want me to do?"
"Ah Kuan, pour tea." Zhang Liang signaled Li Kuan to add hot tea to his tea pot.
"I'll come, I'll come, Daddy, I'll pour you tea myself." Zhang Tian signaled Li Kuan to give him the teapot.
"Master, here." Li Kuan handed the teapot to Zhang Tian.
"Father, please take it easy." Zhang Tian was quick and active.
Zhang Liang picked up the tea pot, blew on the hot air, took a sip, and asked:
"Do you know what kind of tea your father is drinking here?"
"Our family's product is cream tea, this is cream tea, right, father?" Zhang Tian said very confidently.
Zhang Liang shook his head.
Zhang Tianchao winked at Li Kuan for help, but Li Kuan quickly dodged away, expressing his ignorance.
Zhang Tian had no choice but to tell the truth: "Father, I don't know, is it because our family has released a new tea product?"
"You said that you never cared about the tea industry at home, so how could you know about the new tea products?" After Zhang Liang trained Zhang Tian, he continued: "Before, the tea we produced was mainly made by steaming, pressing, and baking. Tea cake, we call it paste tea, and the so-called paste is to remove the tea paste by pressing during production. Now, our technology has gone a step further, and we need to add precious spice paste oil in the production process, and print After being made into tea cakes, it is as smooth as wax, and when it is fried, the milk will overflow into the noodle soup, which is similar to melted wax, so we decided to call this new tea wax face tea."
"Wax noodle tea?"
"Yes, this is a craft that our tea maker has inadvertently explored, and it has not yet been finalized. You don't want to go to the outside world, yes, my condition is very simple, that is, bring the tea product Waxiancha."
"It's no problem, Daddy, you can give me a few more copies of this kind of tea. When I go outside, I will definitely help you promote it."
"You don't understand what I mean, I won't give you any samples of wax face tea. As I said just now, this wax face tea has not yet been finalized, and several tea masters are still in the groping stage. Didn't you just keep saying , Do you want to make tea like poetry and painting? I will give you a chance now. I want you to ask those tea masters for advice, and go to tea gardens and tea farms to learn the process of making wax noodle tea. , and then write the process into a book, I don’t care whether you use words or pictures. As long as the production process of wax face tea is finalized, all tea masters in the tea farm can learn how to make wax face tea. The wax face tea produced by the garden may completely replace the paste tea and become a tribute tea. At that time, you can go to the outside world at any time, and what you bring with you is not just a few samples of wax face tea."
After Zhang Tian heard his father's words, he suddenly became angry and said:
"Daddy, aren't you trying to embarrass the child on purpose? It's not a year or two until the making of wax noodle tea is finalized. I see, Daddy is sincere in not letting me leave home."
"Whether it's a year or two, or a month or two months, isn't it all up to you? If you really want to go to the outside world, don't be lazy, and race against time to help me with this matter." Otherwise, don't think you can disappear under your nose." Master Zhang said firmly.
"Grandpa, you are speaking for your grandson." Zhang Tian begged God for help.
"Grandson, the world is so big, you don't have to rush it for a while, so let's help your father finalize the craft of wax noodle tea first. The Zhang family's tea industry has been around for nearly a hundred years, and I still count on you to carry it forward!" the old man stood up. Get up, continue to say: "This matter is settled like this, your grandfather and I are getting old, so I need to rest."
"Father, let me help you into the house." Mrs. Zhang got up and said.
"No need, let the maid come here, you go and see the wound on Tian Tian's butt, and apply some bruises." The old man said, and was helped by the maid into the backyard.
Only then did Zhang Tian realize that his butt was still hurting, and the feather duster was still in his father's hand. His heart trembled, and he turned and slipped into his room.
"Young master, I'll get you some potion for traumatic injury." Li Kuan was also clever, and hurriedly followed.