Chapter 521 521. Cutting tea leaves and tea bricks
When the others left, the seventh cousin pondered: "Tantan, is your mother still picking tea leaves in the mountains? Give her a call and break it up when you come back. Break some tea branches and show them to me.”
“Okay.”
Song Tan sent the message directly without asking the reason. Only Zhang Yanping did not let go of anything at home. Change, and quickly asked: "Seventh cousin, what do you need the branches for?"
Seventh cousin didn't hide it: "I thought, if the tea leaves grow well, the old branches and old leaves must also be fragrant. , it would be a pity to just cut it and throw it into the ground or return it to become a firewood monster.”
"Try it first when you come back. If the taste is good, you can make it then -"
"I understand!"
Zhang Yanping clapped his hands fiercely: "Is it right to make tea bricks or tea foam?" ?”
The cheap tea bricks, or the crushed tea leaves included in the scented tea, are made by breaking and stamping these old branches!
Seventh Cousin:......
He looked complicated, and then sighed: "Yanping, Tantan asked you to be responsible for selling things. You are really a professional counterpart."
"I just want to smoke some duck and pork with dry tea sticks. It's good for you, you still want to smash it to make tea bricks... Shen Wansan didn't even think about it!"
Zhang Yanping guessed wrong and didn't feel embarrassed. Instead, he smiled openly and said: "I don't dare to compare. After all, he is a rich man. As for me, I am just an ordinary worker. My salary is still 2,500 yuan!”
Even the food is great. Not to mention getting a salary, he would not be willing to leave even without a salary.
And because eating is so satisfying, other material desires have been reduced. With his current salary, apart from paying phone bills and game credits, there is absolutely no use for him...
If this continues, saving 20,000 yuan by the end of the year will not be a dream!
The seventh cousin just made a few jokes, and after saying that, he fell into deep thought: "But you are right, the tea is so good, the tea bricks and tea powder should also be very fragrant... I will study it later. Study.”
Cousin Seven has always been resolute in matters in the kitchen.
Ulan came back with a basket at mid-noon, and sure enough he pulled out a lot of tea branches, and a camellia the size of a quail egg had already bloomed on one branch.
The snow-white petals are slightly closed, revealing the pale yellow stamens inside, which is particularly fresh and moving.
This surprised Qiao Qiao: "Mom, are the tea trees about to bear tea seeds? If they bear tea seeds this year, can I continue to pound tea oil?"
Pounding tea oil——
Song Tan also fell into memories.
In her childhood, this was a skill that every child in the village knew.
Get a small wine cup and an unused pen, preferably with a lid. Peel the ripe tea seeds from the mountain, smash the milky white round fruits into the wine cup, and use the pen to keep pressing downwards...
Over time, the mashed tea fruit will turn into a dark brown translucent shape, and a layer of yellow tea oil will precipitate on it.
When she was young, her classmates often compared each other like this, and even in class and after class they would keep messing around with their pens...
After all, in the countryside at that time, there were not as many kinds of entertainment as there are now. Way.
Unexpectedly, it was Qiaoqiao's turn. Since he had no playmates, he actually did the same thing.
"Okay." For Qiaoqiao, the family has always been free-range, and Wulan was even more cooperative this year: "You can buy a beautiful wine cup yourself, and then pound the tea oil and cook for everyone. Eat.”
Qiaoqiao's eyes lit up instantly!
In the past, pounding tea oil was just a recreational activity, but now tea oil can be used for cooking - he was instantly full of enthusiasm!
"Is there tea fruit on the mountain now? I'll go now!"
It can't be said that there isn't - there are tea trees all over the mountains and fields, and there are always one or two that are blooming now or maybe It has now come to fruition. But...
"It's too hot now and it's easy to break. Let's wait until autumn and winter. You can choose a beautiful little cup for yourself first, and mom will give you money!" "Okay!" Qiao Qiao blinked - after all, his money had been used for travel expenses!
He must study hard during this trip. Once he learns it, if he saves money, he will take his parents to travel in the winter when he has no job!
The seventh cousin has already put the tea branch on the fire to smoke it - now the conditions are simple, he just puts the tea branch a little away from the flame, smokes it slowly, and then takes it Come out and smell the aroma——
“The smell is not bad, but I don’t know what the flavor will be like when smoked and grilled with meat.”
For people with skills like them, in fact, they only After a brief sniff, you can tell what it tastes like when paired together, but it's not absolutely accurate.
To be on the safe side, the seventh cousin decided - "Tantan, let's try killing two ducks later."
The ducks at home are half big and not small, so they are quite suitable for roast duck.
Song Tan thought for a while: "Goodbye, our chickens and ducks are still small, and they must be delicious. If you mix the two, you can't tell which one is more prominent."
< br>"I will go back to the market and buy an old duck, so that I can judge whether the taste is good or not."
The seventh cousin thought about it and it made sense: "Okay, smoked duck is better to choose old duck. It’s chewy and I’ll give you a dry nibbling duck as a snack.”
Then he stretched out his hand to call Qiao Qiao over: "Go, get the big shears, cut these into small branches, cut them into small pieces, one centimeter or two centimeters will do, be careful not to hurt your hands."
"Okay." "
Qiao Qiao took the tree branch scissors at home without saying a word, held the tea branches in one hand, and started cutting into the prepared stainless steel basin.
Here, the seventh cousin asked again: "Ulan, who else raises chickens in the village? Go and ask if there are any eggs, let's buy some."
"Just now Yan Ping is right. Our tea smells good. I want to try boiling tea eggs with old tea leaves. ”
After all, their tea leaves are too expensive, and no one is willing to use them to boil tea eggs.
Not to mention fresh tea leaves, the seventh cousin of Huang Pianzi would not part with them - after all, he drinks two cups a day!
"Okay." Ulan immediately picked up the small basket: "I'll go right away."
After all, the tea branches cut off in previous years are not here to collect old tea branches. The factory was picked up by other old men and women in the village and used as firewood.
This thing can only ignite fire, but cannot be burned. Their family does not have enough labor, so they did not take care of it.
It was a coincidence that before Ulan went out, his cell phone rang.
She answered the phone, and the loud voice on the other end could be heard throughout the yard:
“Ulan, a factory has come to the village to collect old tea branches. Don’t want to cut it? If you do, hurry up and register! They say each of the first ten will get two boxes of beer!”
Ulan hesitated for a moment.
Zhang Yanping was curious: "This factory is quite good, and there are gifts for door-to-door purchases. How much does he pay for a pound of these old tea branches?
Good night.
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(End of this chapter)