Chapter 150 Aunt is more cost-effective
Li Xiang and the others took many photos in the tea making workshop. Li Xiang even took it upon himself to experience the steps of sifting and frying tea.
The other party uses a machine to fry tea. One advantage is that the tea leaves are very beautiful, and the quality of each batch is basically the same because the parameters are the same.
As for hand-fried tea, due to its low efficiency and reliance on the personal skills of the tea-frying masters, it is now basically facing the dilemma of being "lost", and it also belongs to the ranks of intangible cultural heritage.
For example, the same tea mountain and the same piece of land produce the same grade of fresh leaves, and then a master brings several apprentices to fry tea. As a result, the same batch of tea produces several flavors, which cannot be solved by even heaping. This phenomenon , can’t explain clearly to the customer.
The amount is too large for the master alone, and it will definitely be too much for one person.
Moreover, different masters have different techniques, and the quality of tea is also different. It greatly affects sales.
In addition, there are not many young people today who are willing to learn this. It is too hard to fry tea by hand. The tea pot is heated to 200 to 300 degrees and has to be grasped, shaken, set, stretched, pressed, pushed, buckled, tossed and ground. , pressure...
The hands will become red, swollen, black, blistered, and shed skin. After repeated use several times, calluses will form. Hands full of calluses are naturally ugly. For young people, it affects falling in love.
For example, if you are a woman and your boyfriend touches your hand, do you not mind it?
If you are a man and your hands are covered with calluses, if you touch your girlfriend, will your girlfriend be willing?
Then some places will introduce some weird policies. For example, there are news reports that a certain place has closed down small family workshops and does not allow farmers to fry tea privately. This is one of the reasons why traditional skills have been lost.
Of course, behind every unreasonable policy, there are some profit factors driving it.
"We also wanted to launch a handmade tea product before. We have masters who are proficient in hand-fried tea. However, after the advertisement for apprentices was put out, no one came to sign up for many days." Boss Chen of this tea factory was very disappointed. Said regretfully.
Zhao Xueqing blinked her eyes and said in her heart that I am willing to learn. I am originally engaged in intangible cultural heritage. It’s just that she’s been too busy recently and probably doesn’t have time, so she’ll look at it later.
After visiting the tea factory, it was almost noon.
"Teacher Li, some teachers, why don't we drive to the county seat, I'll be the host, and we'll find a restaurant and have a good gathering." The tea factory owner was very enthusiastic.
"Thank you, thank you. I'd better not go," Li Xiang declined. "Let's just have a simple work meal in your staff canteen."
The main reason is that this tea factory is at the foot of a mountain, more than 20 kilometers away from the county seat. It takes too much time to come and go, plus eating.
They will go to Chashan Mountain for field inspection and video shooting in the afternoon, and then they have to rush back.
"How can that be done? Isn't it too disrespectful to have a friend come from afar?" The tea factory owner was very embarrassed.
"It's okay, just the staff canteen." Li Xiang insisted.
The tea factory owner said: "Then I will make arrangements."
As a result, when I went there, it was not a working meal. Instead, the boss privately told me to open a small stove in the canteen and cooked a table of special dishes, and everyone had a simple lunch together.
The owner of this tea factory is quite kind.
Of course, if he is not kind, Li Xiang may not come next time and may not be willing to cooperate with him. There are many tea factories in this county, and they also made appointments with several other tea factories to inspect.
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After a short rest after the meal, the group set off up the mountain, with the tea factory owner personally leading the group.
The path is winding and steep in places.
"From the foot of the mountain to the mountain, with an altitude of more than 1,200 meters, are our tea gardens. In terms of quality, the ones on the mountain are naturally better."
Looking up the mountain from the foot of the mountain, as far as the eye can see, you can see dozens of aunts busy here and there. Those who are far apart seem like small dots in the tea garden.
The wind is gentle and the sun is beautiful, the sky is blue and the clouds are white, the tea mountains are green, and the tea trees grow neatly one after another. It is refreshing to see them.
"There are still a few days before Qingming Festival, and there are not many leaf buds available for picking. In two or three days, a large number of pickers will arrive. By then, the mountain will be full of people, but it will be much more lively!" said the owner of the tea factory! introduce.
"More than 1,200 meters above sea level, my God..." Yao Yao shrugged. She was most afraid of climbing mountains.
Sure enough, when they were only about 500 to 600 meters halfway up the mountain, the two girls Yao Yao and Zhao Xueqing couldn't bear it anymore.
Lei Xiaohui is okay, her physical strength is far better than these two girls.
In fact, five or six hundred meters is not too high. The main reason is that the road is difficult to walk. There are no roads in many places. People who are not good at climbing need to use both hands and feet, otherwise they will easily fall. People who are afraid of heights look back and think, Oh my god, it’s so high, and then they become timid.
If it rains, it will be even more slippery and difficult to walk.
There are no stone steps like those in scenic spots.
"Brother, can you carry me on your back?" Yao Yao felt like her waist was about to break.
Zhao Xueqing looked over with a burning look. She was embarrassed to say it, but the look in her eyes was so obvious that I had to remember it too.
Li Xiang looked around. The air was very fresh, and the tea trees all over the mountains and plains were a pleasant sight: "This is it. This tea mountain is quite nice. Let's take a rest and let's start taking photos and recording videos."
Yao Yao: "..." Zhao Xueqing: "..."
However, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. Although they didn't succeed, they finally didn't have to continue going up.
Everyone finds a place to rest.
Yao Yao didn't care about her image anymore and found a place to sit down. The same goes for Zhao Xueqing.
The tea factory owner had been climbing mountains all year round and was in good physical condition. Li Xiang walked with him among the tea trees and asked him some professional questions from time to time.
"Our tea leaves are basically one bud and one leaf. Well, like this, it's almost ready for picking." The owner of the tea factory picked one, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and actually swallowed it. Not even spit out the dregs.
Li Xiang followed suit, picked a piece, and smashed it in his mouth a few times. Sure enough, it was refreshing and sweet, and the quality was first-rate. The fresh leaves are edible.
He remembered that he had eaten a dish called "Longjing Shrimp" when he was working, which was Longjing tea and shrimp fried together.
The shrimp meat is white and tender, the buds and leaves are fragrant, and the color is elegant. The fried shrimp meat has the aroma of tea, and the tea contains fresh shrimp, which is refreshing and appetizing, and has endless aftertaste.
This dish has a long history. It is said that Qianlong tasted it when he went to Jiangnan, and he created this delicious dish by chance. It is also said that Weng Tonghe started it.
Then at the end of the Qing Dynasty, some chefs in Hui Province were already using tea leaves such as "Quantan" and "Eagle Claw" to stir-fry river shrimps.
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Li Xiang decided to bring some of the fresh alpine leaves and fry the shrimps back for grandma to taste. It doesn’t take much, just a few handfuls can be used for frying several times.
At this time, the tea factory owner's phone rang.
"Teacher Li, I'm sorry, I'm going to answer the phone."
"Okay, you go ahead and let me take a look." Li Xiang continued to look inside. Seeing an aunt picking leaves and buds quickly, Li Xiang went over to chat with her to learn more information.
Suddenly, the system prompted: "The third-order mutant creature Jasper Dragon Lizard has been detected."
Li Xiang said goodbye to his aunt and searched nearby. Soon, he saw a four-legged snake basking in the sun on a large clod of soil.
The four-legged snake is also called skink, skin dragon, mountain lizard, spring dragon, oil snake, dog snake, dog snake, pig snake, mountain loach, etc. The name is different in each place, but Speaking of the four-legged snake, everyone knows it.
Legend has it that it is the snake's brother-in-law, so many people hide away after seeing it, for fear of accidentally provoking it, and it will seek revenge on its brother-in-law.
Li Xiang is naturally not afraid of his brother-in-law, who also treats his cats as hot dogs when he comes.
This four-legged snake was very alert. Li Xiang was still several meters away, so it noticed it and ran away immediately.
Unfortunately, it met Li Xiang.
"Tsk~" A wisp of looming and almost transparent ice sword energy shot out, cutting the four-legged snake into two pieces in an instant.
It has to be said that this "Sword Qi" Kung Fu is more practical and more concealed than the White Fang Dagger. It leaves no traces of killing people and there is no need to retrieve the dagger.
"Congratulations to the host, you killed the third-level mutant creature Jasper Dragon Lizard, received a surprise reward of three second-level mutant berries, Linggui Tea, and obtained 60 achievement points."
Li Xiang's system warehouse now has another elixir.
He looked at it and saw that it was a very small, ruby-like fruit. There were too many people around, so I didn't take it out. For him now, second-level spiritual berries no longer arouse much interest. Only fifth-level spiritual elixirs can make him feel happy.
Because it was covered by tea trees, no one knew that Li Xiang killed a snake with just a raise of his hand. Seeing that everyone was almost rested, he started a live broadcast.
It's also an advertisement for the usual tea sales.
You see, Brother Xiang is a real person, not the kind of empty-headed middleman, but an on-the-spot investigation. The tea leaves are all sourced from high mountain tea gardens, with an altitude of more than 500 meters, or even more than 1,000 meters in the pollution-free mountains. Yes, the quality is absolutely guaranteed.
Then Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui picked up their backpacks and began to dress up as tea-picking girls, which made the fans in the live broadcast room stare.
"I'll go, Brother Xiang, if all the tea you sell is picked by such a beautiful girl, then I'll give you ten pounds!"
Before Li Xiang could reply, a fan commented: "How is that possible? Generally, advertisements or promotions feature young and sweet tea-picking girls, but in fact the work is done by old ladies."
"Haha!"
Li Xiang also said bluntly: "It's impossible. If we use such beautiful girls to pick tea, then the price of tea will increase ten times!"
After all, who among the young and beautiful girls is willing to do this job is the aunt who is more cost-effective.
As for the tea leaves that Li Xiang and the others picked while filming a video on the mountain, the owner of the tea factory naturally did not charge them and said he would let them take them back to try them out.
Since Li Xiang was quite satisfied with this tea factory and felt that Boss Chen was a good person, he quickly reached a cooperation agreement. Li Xiang first ordered a thousand kilograms of Mingqian tea and a thousand kilograms of Yuqian tea, and there will be more orders in the future. .
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