Chapter 60. Dominance (1)
Tea has always been called "fairy water". It is said that drinking tea can prolong life. Of course, it mainly depends on what kind of tea you drink.
Generally speaking, good tea is mainly new tea, and you can smell the natural fragrance of tea. For example, the best tea such as "Longjing, the Longjing", can smell the faint fragrance at a distance, just like a woman leaning against you.
Lin Yi has never been exposed to tea before, nor has the ability or financial strength to drink any good tea. He just helped customers to make free Maojian in the hotel when he was a waiter, which cost only 30 or 40 yuan per catty. However, since he absorbed the essence of the ancient "Tea Classic", his understanding of tea has become unparalleled.
Coupled with his sensitive sense of smell that was beyond ordinary people, when he was exposed to this rich and quaint fragrance, he couldn't help but blurt out, "Is this the legendary antique Pu'er tea?"
"Tea King" Ma Dongcheng was stunned for a moment, "Brother Lin has such a good eye! You guessed it before I announced it yet--yes, this is the antique Pu'er tea that is a century-old age!"
When I heard that it was indeed an antique-level Pu'er tea. Forget it, those who don't know tea can't help but be amazed.
Pu'er tea is a black tea, and it is named after its origin in Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan. Pu'er tea is "ancient antique". Unlike other teas, the value is new. Pu'er tea is "old" often gradually appreciates over time.
In the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Xuemin's "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "Pu'er tea cream is black as lacquer, soaking up wine first, and green is better; digesting food and resolving phlegm, clearing the stomach and producing fluid. Pu'er fish tea is steamed into a ball, and it is in Xifan City. It is the best to care about the chemicals. Pu'er tea tastes bitter and detoxifying, and it is bitter, expelling phlegm and qi, and it is good for the intestines to spread." In his Volume 6, "Weibu", it also says: "Pu'er tea cream can cure all diseases. If you are bloating and cold, use ginger soup to spread and sweating can cure it."
Therefore, Pu'er tea is known as the "ancestor of tea" and enjoys a high reputation. Pu'er tea is different from ordinary teas because the longer the age and the longer it is, it will have a rich and simple aroma, which is called "agarwood". This aroma is the most important factor that distinguishes Pu'er from other teas.
Lin Yi was able to say in one bite that the tea pot contained Pu'er tea, which was considered to be fooled by many people. After all, the "tea king" Ma Dongcheng used to play high-priced Pu'er. When Pu'er was hotly fried, Ma Dongcheng was a famous "tea king" and had the most expensive Pu'er tea in his home. However, packaging this kind of old Pu'er casually and taking it out to offer treasures made Fatty Zhu and Liu Manjiang laughed at him.
Fatty Zhu said: "Old Ma, I said before that you have made great achievements and have made a lot of money in black tea marketing. Why? I didn't have much effort to lose. I didn't even have a baby. I took your old guy to make up the numbers?"
Liu Manjiang also said: "Yes, Pu'er tea was famous in the past, but now it's too fried. You Lao Ma still took it out to offer treasures, don't you feel uncomfortable?"
Ma Dongcheng spat hard, "You know what a fuck!" Then he pinched out a piece of tea with his fingers and said, "This baby is not ordinary Pu'er tea. Pu'er tea is also divided into good and bad, and this can of mine is the best 'Miaoxiang Pu'er tea'!"
Miaoxiang Pu'er tea?
I haven't heard of it.
Fatty Zhu and others look at me, and I look at you. It seems that they have never heard of this name. Only Lin Yi, who is a bystander, suddenly thought of something. He once saw it in a reading note by Ji Xiaolan, a famous writer in the Qing Dynasty. There is a kind of superb tea among the legendary magical Pu'er tea, which can only be tasted by the top ancient powerful people. It seems to be called "Miaoxiang Pu'er", also known as "Beauty Tea" and "Widow Tea".
Sure enough, the "tea king" Ma Dongcheng here said: "This 'Miaoxiang Pu'er' is also called 'beauty tea' and 'widow tea', because the origin of these teas is extraordinary. You should know that Pu'er tea is a famous tea in central Yunnan, and many tea gardens are planted in them, but Pu'er is both good and bad. Among them, the best Pu'er tea trees produce only a handful of Pu'er, because the yield is small, it is more precious. Often when it comes to the tea picking season, ancient tea garden owners would select a girl from the house who is not yet married and is still a virgin. This girl cannot be over 18 years old and is absolutely beautiful, especially with a spirit, so that she can contact the king of tea trees and pick the Pu'er tea leaves on it with her delicate jade hands."
"Of course, this is not over yet. After picking Pu'er tea, you don't rush to steam it. But after screening it, the girl took the tea leaves and rubbed it day and night on her delicate and fragrant chest, accompanying the tea leaves to sleep. Like a wife treating her husband, it is meticulous and meticulous... Until the accumulation of time, these tea leaves absorbed the unique body fragrance of the girl and turned into baby tea, which was considered the first step. Then, according to the secret method of stir-frying Pu'er tea, the Pu'er tea was secretly fried... As for the girl, she could not get married since then, but unlike the "self-combed girls" in the south who never married for life, lived alone for a lifetime, and after death, she was called a pure girl. These tea girls were equivalent to marrying this Pu'er tea and living with it for the rest of her life..."
"Someone asked, how can you live with this Pu'er tea? You don't know this. It is said that this magical tea can not only prolong life, but also beautify the skin. If these girls get these treasure teas, they are equivalent to having fairy spirit. They are not ordinary people. How can fairies live with mortals? Because of their strong fairy spirit, these treasure teas can attract gods. Those gods will be with this beautiful tea girl at night, and they will be happy and happy, and they will not look lonely..." Ma Dongcheng said this, licked his lips with some envy, and they did not know whether they were envious of those tea girls who could know the gods with great powers, or those gods who could go to those beautiful tea girls at will.
As an audience member, Lin Yi knew clearly that many tea girls became the private forbidden property of tea garden owners at that time. Not only did they marry tea leaves, they would also be humiliated by their masters day and night. If there were really gods, those shitty gods were those hypocritical and beastly tea owners - for a little Pu'er tea, they harmed the girl's life, in order to obtain a lot of profits, they ate people without spitting bones, and for the sake of enjoyment, they made up stories and bullied women.
At this moment, after "Tea King" Ma Dongcheng introduced the treasures he was preparing to auction, he said proudly: "Of course, I brag about this kind of top-quality antique tea. You may not believe it. I thought I was bragging about myself and sing a one-man show. So let's do it. I'll find someone to cook a few cups for everyone to taste and see if this kind of tea is good or bad."
As he said that, Ma Dongcheng clapped his hands, and then saw someone coming in from outside. Ma Dongcheng said, "This is a tea ceremony master I hired for a lot of money. His tea making skills are excellent, and everyone has a good taste."
Tea ceremony master?
There are stewed noodles chefs, tea and tea making chefs. Today's play is quite exciting. Lin Yi thought in his heart, and then looked at the tea ceremony master curiously, not to watch it. When he saw it, he saw it, damn, acquaintance.
That's right, isn't the man in front of me the tea master who was replaced by him and then could only act as a human-shaped display board? Especially his slightly shiny little bald forehead, which is unforgettable, and he recognized it at a glance.
Last time, this tea master in his thirties wore a red and green gown embroidered with large camellias, which looked like a stage actor. This time he wore a pale blue Taoist robe with big sleeves like clouds and fluttering collars. He was just about to put a bun on his forehead and put a hairpin on his hair, and he could transform into a real Taoist priest.
In any case, this Taoist robe is much more elegant than that of the big camellia. Coupled with the classical temperament that the bald head tea master finally accumulated, he has a bit of a "fairy-like and Taoist" flavor.
When Lin Yi recognized the tea master, the tea master also recognized Lin Yi---
Big eyes
Damn, it's you again?!
Chapter completed!