Yang Anxuan had no intention of worrying about the shaky Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was now suffering from a headache due to the crying Qiu'er.
When Yang Qiu learned that his third brother was going to study at Jiankang Academy in April, he cried and called Yang Anxuan a liar and locked himself in the room unable to cry.
Yang Anxuan gave himself a gentle kiss, who told him to coax Qiu'er not to go anywhere during the Chinese New Year. The June debt must be paid off quickly.
The food was brought out intact, Qiu'er had not eaten anything for a whole day and night.
Zhang Lan told Yang Anxuan worriedly that her eyes were swollen from crying and she would wake up crying every night.
Yang Anxuan was both heartbroken and annoyed. Little brats have too many things to do, and the same goes for daughters in previous lives. The experience of coaxing daughters in previous lives can be used to coax girls in this life.
He cooked the food himself, which shocked the cook in the kitchen. The gentleman is far away from the kitchen, why is the Third Young Master here in such a lowly place?
Yang Anxuan kneaded the dough by hand and cut it into thin strips. Then the pig fat was roasted to make oil, and the scallion oil was boiled; the pot was boiled under water to cook noodles. Yang Anxuan asked about the chicken stewed in the pot, and the chicken soup was just right.
Cook until cooked, take out the noodles, add chicken broth, fry two eggs and lay them on top of the noodle soup, sprinkle with chopped green onion.
Yang Anxuan praised himself, "Nice noodles, both delicious and delicious."
The cook in the kitchen looked at the third young master with admiration. She didn't expect that the third young master not only read books well, but also cooked noodles so well.
After thinking that just eating noodles would be too plain, Yang Anxuan asked the cook to wash the soybean sprouts and stir-fry them with the oil residue. Yang Anxuan took a bite. There was no chili pepper, so he could barely eat it.
He brought it to Qiu'er's residence on a tray. Zhang Lan opened the door for him. Yang Anxuan went in and saw Qiu'er sitting on the couch with his mouth flat and in a daze.
Seeing Yang Anxuan come in, Qiu'er lay on the couch again, covered her head with a brocade quilt, and cried: "Who let you in, get out. I don't want to see you, liar."
Yang Anxuan handed the tray to Zhang Lan, sat on the edge of the couch and said, "Qiu'er, I made Yangchun noodles for you. You know what Yangchun noodles are..."
"Qiu'er won't listen, get out, get out quickly." Yang Qiu kicked and hit the brocade quilt and shouted.
Yang Anxuan signaled Zhang Lan to be silent. After waiting for a while, Yang Qiu didn't hear the sound. He stuck his head out and looked around, and saw Yang Anxuan looking at her with a smile.
Tears welled up again. Yang Qiu retracted his head into the brocade quilt and cried, "Third brother, you lied to Qiu'er."
Yang Anxuan felt sad in his heart. In his previous life, when he was on a business trip, his daughter had been so sad and crying. It was the same mood in different time and space.
"Qiu'er, third brother will definitely miss you when he arrives in Jiankang." Yang Anxuan said: "Jiankang is more lively than Luoyang and Jiyang. There are many delicious and fun things. Third brother, think about what good things to bring. for you."
Yang Qiu's commotion became quieter, and he was probably listening with his ears open.
Yang Anxuan laughed secretly and continued: "Last time, my elder brother brought you something from Xiangyang. Was it a small dove cart or a flower stick hammer? Why can't I remember it?"
"It's Xiaojiuchi." Yang Qiu opened the quilt and shouted.
Yang Anxuan smiled and said: "I heard that there are pottery dolls for acting in Jiankang, with a set of eighteen; there are also bamboo dolls, which are very beautiful in floral clothes. Qiu'er, what do you want? Third brother will buy them from you." "
Qiu'er pouted and looked at Yang Anxuan without saying anything. Yang Anxuan pretended to wake up and said, "I know. I bought all the fun and delicious things I saw for Qiu'er."
Yang Qiu burst into laughter, sat up, sniffed and said, "What is it? It smells so good."
Yang Anxuan said hurriedly: "Third brother went to the kitchen and made a bowl of Yangchun noodles himself. Try it. No one has ever eaten it."
After a day of hunger, Yang Qiu was already hungry. He climbed up and came to the table. When he saw the clear soup in the bowl and the white and green noodles, his appetite suddenly increased. He took the bamboo chopsticks handed over by Zhang Lan and ate happily.
After a while, the noodles and fried eggs were all eaten, and even the small plate of fermented vegetables was cleaned. Yang Qiu said dissatisfiedly: "Third brother is so stingy. This little noodle is not enough. I need to make more."
Yang Anxuan was afraid that Yang Qiu would be overstretched, so he said, "Let's eat it tonight. Third brother will take you to the streets to play."
You can put some fun and food aside. Yang Qiu happily got up and asked Zhang Lan to help her dress up.
Yang Anxuan stood waiting in the corridor, sighing secretly in his heart, finally making the girl happy.
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On February 26th, the first batch of new tea was picked in Yinjiazhuang.
After receiving Yin Xi's message, Yang Anxuan took the things prepared in advance and headed to Yinjiazhuang.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. Yang Anxuan was going to fry loose tea, so he prepared a set of tea sets in advance, including a bamboo box for tea, a red clay stove for making tea, a pottery kettle with a wide belly and a thin neck, a celadon tea cup for drinking tea, water cubes, and polyester cubes. , tumblers, utensils, bamboo clips, bamboo sweeps, etc. are all available.
Yang Anxuan knew very well that in order to change the way of drinking tea from boiling to brewing, in addition to having good tea, a sense of ritual was an indispensable factor in attracting celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
These tea sets were carefully selected. The celadon tea sets were purchased from Yangzhou by the Yin family. A set of eight pieces cost twelve gold.
However, in Yang Anxuan's opinion, it is worth it. This set of celadon has a delicate texture, green glaze, and elegant patterns. It is a high-quality porcelain. If it can be passed down to future generations, the starting price is estimated to be over 100 million.
There is a tea mountain six miles southwest of Yinjiazhuang, about 300 acres. Yin Huaqing accompanied Yang Anxuan with a smile on his face.
When Yang Anxuan came to Yinjiazhuang two years ago, it was Yin Huaqing who accompanied him. At that time, he thought that it would be embarrassing for him to be accompanying an underage boy, so he missed the opportunity to make good friends.
When the opportunity came again, Yin Huaqing certainly refused to miss it and did his best to serve as a landlord.
"...We won't pick it if it rains, we won't pick it if it's sunny or cloudy, we can only pick it if it's sunny." Yin Huaqing introduced enthusiastically.
Yang Anxuan nodded. He had seen the tea leaves and it was green tea. He felt relieved. Green tea is not fermented tea and is relatively simple and easy to make.
At two o'clock in the morning, the first batch of picked tea was spread out on the bamboo plaque to wither. Yang Anxuan asked people to select tea leaves with one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves. The buds and leaves were intact, fresh and even. After drying in the sun around the time of application, the leaf color becomes darker and the aroma of tea begins to appear.
The traditional tea making process is steaming, pounding, beating, baking, threading and sealing, a total of seven processes. The tea cake is made into a tea cake for easy storage and transportation.
Yang Anxuan's method is to stir-fry the green tea by hand in a wok. This method was also used by the Yin family in making tea in the past, and it was done by experienced hands. Yang Anxuan just paid attention to the temperature of the pot and the temperature of the leaves.
After stir-frying, the grassy smell is dispersed and the tea aroma develops.
Yin Xi stood aside and watched with interest. Yang Anxuan had brought him many surprises. The book "Tiangong Kaiwu" was really a magical book. This tea making might bring another opportunity for the Yin family to make a fortune.
The fried tea leaves were spread on the bamboo strips. Yang Anxuan held the tea leaves in his palms with both hands and kneaded them, turning the tea balls over in his hands. The leaves should not knot quickly and the tea leaves would be evenly formed.
Yin Xi signaled the women selected from the clan to follow Yang An's metaphysics. Two quarters of an hour later, the tea leaves were in the shape of ropes. Yang Anxuan had people remove the broken leaves, leaving only the intact leaves.
The last step is drying. The sun has gone down, so it can only be dried over charcoal fire. Yang Anxuan told the servants and wives what to pay attention to, and then went to rest.
When I came to the drying room early the next morning, the tea leaves turned dark yellow and shrank into rope-like shapes. They were dry to the touch and had a strong aroma under my nose. It was ready.
After putting the prepared tea leaves into bamboo boxes, the three-inch high and two-inch diameter tea box contained eighteen boxes. Yang Anxuan returned to his residence carrying the bamboo basket with a smile.
After breakfast, he excitedly came to Yin Xi to taste tea with the tea set he had brought.
Yin Xi was very interested in the new tea being prepared. He sat on the table and watched Yang Anxuan place the tea sets one by one.
Yin Xi smiled and said: "I have been drinking tea for decades, and now I know that there are so many things to pay attention to when drinking tea."
Yang Anxuan smiled and said nothing. He placed the red clay stove on top of the charcoal fire. After the water boiled, he put the teapot and teacup in the teapot and rinsed it. Use bamboo clips to drain the water and place it on the table. .
Then open the tea box, use a bamboo spoon to scoop out some tea leaves and put them into the cup. When the water in the red clay stove boils, the crab's eyes are raised, and the kettle is tilted down and lifted up three times. Yang Anxuan explained with a smile: "The Phoenix nods three times to show respect."
Yin Xi watched Yang Anxuan's performance quietly. This set of movements was like flowing water, which was pleasing to the eye. He couldn't help but sigh: "You can get the taste of tea by drinking it like this. An Xuan, I intend to let my clan members learn from each other, and I hope you can give me some advice."
Holding the tea with both hands, he stretched out his left palm in front of Yin Xi as a gesture of respect. Yang Anxuan smiled and said, "It's a small thing. Mr. Yin, please have some tea."
The curled tea leaves unfold under the hot water, just like the first blooming buds. The light green tea in the celadon cup is green in color, refreshing and pleasing to the eye.
Yin Xi took the tea, and a refreshing fragrance hit his nostrils, and he praised it uncontrollably: "Good tea."
When the tea soup flows from the tip of the tongue along both sides to the base of the tongue, and then returns from the base of the tongue to the tip of the tongue, after swallowing it twice, your mouth will be filled with fragrance and sweetness.
"Good tea." Yin Xi praised again with a smile on his face.
Yang Anxuan sipped tea quietly and relived the past years. There was no words in the room, the charcoal fire made a light roar in the furnace, and the two of them were intoxicated by the fragrance of tea.
After drinking a pot of tea, Yin Xi said: "An Xuan, could you please stay in the village for a few more days and teach the clansmen how to make and brew tea? How much do you want for this tea-making art? This year's Yin family has new tea. I will divide 30% of it and prepare it like this, and I will give it to relatives and friends to taste. The new tea has a pleasant color and an extraordinary fragrance, and it will definitely be liked by others."
Yang Anxuan waved his sleeves and said with a chuckle: "Tea is an elegant thing, so why talk about it? No money is needed, Yin Gong only needs to give the servant several kilograms of new tea every year."
Yin Xi laughed and agreed, and ordered eight elders to be summoned, allowing Yang Anxuan to make tea again and demonstrate his skills, and also let them learn tea art.
Yang Anxuan did not hide his secrets. He explained everything in detail from the selection and production of tea leaves, to the use and selection of tea sets, the selection and temperature of water, the etiquette of brewing and even the way of tasting tea.
Finally, he said: "There are eight truths in the tea ceremony: sincerity of heart, respectful etiquette, appropriate behavior, spiritual joy, fire calmness, clean utensils, pure water, and pure tea."
The sun shines slantly into the room, the tea mist is thick, and the fragrance of tea overflows. Sipping the brewed tea and smelling the elegant tea fragrance, everyone in the audience was intoxicated.
Yang Anxuan looked at the intoxicated expressions of everyone and knew that the production of new tea was successful. The next step was to go to Xiangyang to show it to Governor Xi.
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Those who are in ecstasy can only say goodbye.
A few days later, Yang Anxuan drove south with Hu Yuan, Zhang Feng and a carriage, leaving his reluctance, tears and crying behind.
The capital is prosperous, the dragon is in the tiger's den, let's see Yang Anxuan stir up trouble.
Note: It was not divided into volumes at the time of writing. This should be the end of the first volume of "The Newborn Calf", followed by the second volume of "The Storm in the Capital".
