Chapter 369 Picking Tea Again
The more handsome one is yet to come.
When going to Laocha Mountain, a snake will appear on the road from time to time.
Before anyone noticed, the little eagle swooped up, caught a snake and flew it to the tree.
"My dear, your reaction is so fast. I didn't even see the snake hiding over there!"
Lin Dayou looked at Xiaoying again with burning eyes.
"Niece-in-law, is your little eagle a male or a female? Can you raise one for me in the future?"
Song Wei: "I don't know, I can't tell."
Birds don't have as obvious features as beasts, and Song Wei doesn't know how to look at them.
"Chirp!"
Xiaoying yelled at Song Wei, lowered his head and started eating by himself.
Lin Dayou was envious: "Speaking of which, it seems that the animals you raise need to be fed when they are young. When they grow up, they will go into the mountains to hunt on their own. You don't need to worry at all, and you can even bring the prey back."
Although Lin Zhen's family has many wolves, everyone is envious of them.
Because those wolves are really capable.
There are small ones and big ones with them.
"You only saw their majesty, but why didn't you see Lin Zhen and Song Wei taking them to the mountains to practice hunting? How many people in our team dare to bring their own dogs to the mountains? Bears, blind men, tigers and wild boars What kind of person would you die if you met him?”
Lin Dayou was scolded by his wife and laughed.
Song smiled and didn't interrupt.
After walking all morning, we finally arrived at Tea Tree Mountain.
The environment here in Tea Tree Mountain seems a little out of place with the forest, but it is really beautiful.
Under the sunlight, the clouds and mist make it look like a fairyland.
When the clouds and fog dissipated, tall tea trees stood tall, and the green tea buds and old tea leaves on the trees were particularly distinct in color.
"This tea is so beautiful and fragrant."
The tea leaves were so fragrant that everyone took several deep breaths of air and felt their minds became much clearer.
There are more tea buds in early spring, and they seem to come at the right time. The trees are full of new buds, and through the sunlight you can clearly see the light golden veins on the buds and leaves.
Song Wei was a little surprised.
The batch of tea leaves they picked last time did not have such light golden veins.
"Why does it feel different from what we picked last time?"
Lin Dayou also scratched his head.
Song Wei: “Although I don’t know what’s going on, I feel like it’s not a bad thing.”
So the three of them began to climb the tea tree and start picking.
"Pick only the young buds, don't damage the old leaves, don't break the branches."
Lin Dayou's wife warned her that this was what her mother-in-law had warned her when she came here.
This century-old tea tree is a treasure, and even if a branch is damaged, it makes people feel distressed.
"Got it."
Picking tea leaves, especially picking only the tenderest part of the tea leaves, is the most demanding test of patience.
And the tea leaves are really difficult to pick.
After all, the parts to be picked grow at the top. People who climb the tree must not only be good at climbing trees, but also have to maintain a steady balance to pick leaves.
Several hours passed, and the cloth bags hanging on their chests were not full.
“I can’t find anything higher than that.”
The topmost branches of the tea tree cannot bear their weight.
"I'll do it."
Song Wei actually couldn't pick them all, but he picked more areas than the other two.
"Brother Dayou, sister-in-law, go pick the ones from other trees."
"Okay."
This day's time is basically spent here.
The wolves would go to the woods to play or hunt by themselves. The eaglet would occasionally fly over to find her, and then fly out to hunt again when she got bored.
One time, Song Wei was caught and fed a mouse.
Song Wei said no. "It's getting late, let's all go back."
"It took only one day to pick so many tea leaves. This tea is really difficult to pick."
Lin Dayou looked sad.
"I don't even have these four pounds."
Song Wei: "What I picked probably only weighed five or six pounds."
"Mine too."
In one day, the three people picked only eleven or two kilograms of tea leaves.
Song Wei: "This kind of tea costs hundreds of yuan per kilogram."
Lin Dayou's eyes widened when he heard her say that.
“So expensive?!”
Song Wei nodded: "Grandma said this tea is not that bad compared to those famous teas. Those expensive teas in the Friendship Store cost two hundred and three hundred for a small jar, and the jar is not as big as my hand."
Lin Dayou stopped complaining after hearing this. He looked at the tea as if he were looking at treasures.
"But our tea has no reputation. Grandma said this tea is a new variety."
After the reputation is established, the tea leaves from this kind of tea trees that are more than a hundred years old will be more expensive.
After returning home, the eldest grandma was already waiting at Song Wei's house.
"Show me quickly."
The old man couldn't wait, and his eyes lit up when he saw the light golden veins on the tea leaves.
"This is good, this tea will definitely be beautiful when made!"
She raised it by hand and wished she could fry the tea leaves immediately.
"Grandma, why is it different from the one I picked before?"
Song Wei asked.
Lin Dayou and his wife were also very curious.
The old man looked cheerfully, looking at those tea leaves, which was infinitely more precious than his son.
"This is the magic of nature that we cannot understand. Just like the maple leaves, they are green in summer and beautiful red in autumn. The tea tree naturally has its own growth pattern."
She was so busy that she didn't even need anyone else's artificial hands to spread the tea leaves on the small dustpan.
In the next few days, Song Wei and Lin Dayou ran to the mountains whenever they had time to pick the remaining tea leaves.
Forget it if you really can't pick it up.
Grandma likes these tea leaves very much. When the first batch of tea leaves were made, everyone was a little surprised.
The curled up tea leaves turned dark green, but dark golden lines appeared on them.
The grandma smiled heartily: "Okay, this tea is good, so good!"
Song Wei was eager to try: "Let's brew some."
The grandma was a little reluctant to part with it: "It's not too wasteful. Store this tea carefully. The longer it is, the better and more valuable it will be. Every gram of top-quality tea is more expensive than gold."
Song Wei: "You can store some of it, but aren't the tea leaves just for making tea?"
She pulled the old man to sit down and began to boil water.
Under current conditions, boiling water is not that particular.
But there was a casserole at home, and the eldest grandma asked her to use that casserole to boil water.
In the glass, the tea leaves stretched out after being brewed with hot water, gradually returning to their emerald green color, but the dark golden lines on the leaves did not change at all.
It's like a piece of art, so beautiful.
The aroma of tea leaves is even more refreshing, making people feel like they are in the vast mountains and forests.
“It smells so good!”
A pot of tea is brewed and the whole house is filled with fragrance.
Even if you are not used to drinking tea, you will definitely like the aroma of this tea.
Drink the tea into your mouth, and your mouth will be full of fragrance.
I couldn’t even bear to throw away the last tea leaves.
"Feed it to chickens or deer and see if they eat it."
Turns out, they not only eat it but they also love it.
The chickens pecked around the tea leaves, and the sika deer chased after them smelling the fragrance of the tea leaves.