Chapter 69 Pheasant Soup? Go up the mountain to find tea
After Li Luotang ordered the woman to stew pheasant soup, Xiao Shitou walked over, "Young Master, should you go up the mountain now?"
"Let's go up the mountain now, boss, do you have a small basket? Give me one." Li Luotang said.
The woman went to bring a bamboo basket for Li Luotang, and Xiao Shitou held the previous basket.
Tang Chenxiao stored three horses in the small shop, "Carry two clean rooms, and my brother and I will stay in the shop tonight and smoke the room with mugwort to avoid mosquitoes."
Although the woman thought it was a bit strange that the two brothers did not live in the same room, she didn't think much and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, young master, don't worry, the little woman must clean up the room.
Under the leadership of Xiao Shitou, Tang Chenxiao and Li Luotang walked up the mountain.
There are many grass and trees on the mountain, and even in the hot summer, it is still very cool. The hunters in the village go up the mountain to hunt from time to time, resulting in no small animals seen from the foot of the mountain to the back of the mountain.
This made Li Luotang, who had originally wanted to hunt, feel a little disappointed. Fortunately, he didn't go far and saw a piece of raspberry.
Below the green leaves are red raspberries. Li Luotang cheered and ran over.
Like a hardworking little bee, looking for ripe raspberries in the raspberry field. Tang Chenxiao saw Li Luotang picking and stuffing it into his mouth, laughing silently, but he was still a little girl who had not grown up.
"Brother Tang, don't stand and watch, come and pick it, April is so sweet." Li Luotang stood under the tree with a smile, his eyebrows and eyes shining.
Although she was dressed in men's clothes, Tang Chenxiao still thought the little girl was cute and cute. Suddenly she felt that it would be pretty good if she had such a daughter.
Tang Chenxiao touched his chin, maybe he should listen to his mother and get married.
Li Luotang didn't know that Tang Chenxiao saw her cuteness, so he gave up his insistence and wanted to marry and have a daughter. If he knew, he would have to ask Tang's mother for a big red envelope as a thank-you gift.
After picking the ripe raspberries, Xiaoshi continued to lead the way.
The slender mountain road was rugged and uneven, and the wind was stretched upwards, and the narrower it was getting, and there were more and more weeds on both sides. As the woman said, even if she told the road, Li Luotang could not find a place.
"Young Master, we are here." Xiao Shitou pointed ahead, "House and wife's tea tree."
Li Luotang looked up and saw two tea trees with lush branches and leaves in front of him. One was on a cliff and the other was growing on the edge of a cliff, one tall and one short. From this perspective, he wanted to think that the two trees were snuggling together. I think this is the origin of the name of the husband and wife tree.
The tea tree growing on the cliff has a thick stem. Li Luotang roughly estimated, "The diameter is thicker than a ruler. If it can grow so big on the cliff, the roots must go deep into the cliff."
Tang Chenxiao looked at the tree about ten feet tall, "This tea tree is probably a hundred years old."
The land is too barren, and it can grow so thick, tall and so luxuriant. It will not grow like this without a hundred years.
The tea tree on the cliff is not as thick or tall as the tea tree on the cliff, and many of the tea leaves on the inside have been removed.
The tea tree on the cliff has no trace of being picked, even if its tea leaves are better, after all, according to Lu Yu's "Tea Classic: The Source of Tea": On the ground, the top of the stone grows, the middle grows in sharp soil, and the bottom grows in loess.
Li Luotang also knew that it was not because the villagers didn’t want to pick it, but because the cliff was too dangerous and the villagers didn’t dare to pick it. This was not difficult for Li Luotang, who had excellent light skills.
Seeing Li Luotang climbing up and falling lightly on the tea tree on the cliff, Xiao Shitou was stunned and murmured, "Immortal, Immortal."
"Tangtang, be careful." Tang Chenxiao reminded.
Li Luotang did not pick tea, she just looked at the tree and flew back.
Tang Chenxiao was surprised, "You are not trying to pick tea, why don't you pick it?"
"Brother Tang, have you never read the "Tea Classic"?" Li Luotang asked.
"I don't like drinking tea." As a native of the Tang Sect, Tang Chenxiao used poison to use hidden weapons.
The aroma of tea can easily conceal the smell of poison.
When he was young, Tang Chenxiao even witnessed a martial arts master who died of bleeding after drinking a cup of tea. Since then, he has basically stopped drinking tea.
"The time for picking tea is extremely particular. According to the "Tea Classic", it is best to collect before and after Grain Rain." Li Luotang said.
"The Guyu has been there for many days." Tang Chenxiao reminded her.
"I can't pick the first spring tea, so I can only look at the weather. It has not rained these days. The weather is clear. The tea picked will only taste when it is fried." Li Luotang smiled. "There is still the time to pick tea. Before sunrise in the morning, I will go up the mountain to pick tea early tomorrow morning."
Tang Chenxiao was a little confused. If Li Luotang wants to drink good tea, he can buy it at the tea shop. Why did he work so hard to pick tea by himself?
He didn't ask this question, and Li Luotang couldn't give him the answer.
If he asked, she would tell him that in ancient times, people ate grass and drank water. Tea was also food, and they could also be eaten.
Longjing shrimp is a famous dish.
What's more, Li Luotang went up the mountain to pick tea, not just these things. Travel notes cannot just record vegetables, but also have to write about the customs and customs of various places. If they only record vegetables, it will become a recipe.
"Immortal, can you teach me how to fly?" Xiao Shitou asked.
Li Luotang was stunned and laughed silently, "I am not an immortal, that is light skills."
"Young master is a martial arts master." Xiao Shitou's eyes became brighter.
Li Luotang smiled and said modestly: "Yes."
Xiao Shitou knelt down suddenly and kowtowed, "Master."
"You are very clever, but she can't accept you as her disciple." Tang Chenxiao stopped him, fearing that Li Luotang would not know the importance of being young, so he accepted the child.
Xiao Shitou looked disappointed.
Carrying a small basket of raspberries, the three of them returned the same way. When they returned to the shop, Li Luotang ordered two more dishes, one steamed meat balls and the other scrambled eggs, which were all dishes that did not require cooking skills.
Tang Chenxiao added one, "Green Vegetable."
This girl is too picky about food. She only eats meat and not vegetarian dishes, which is not good for her health.
The meat of the croquette is tender and delicious. After an hour of stewing, the lid of the casserole can smell a particularly mellow fragrance before it is opened, which is very attractive.
When I opened the lid, I saw the golden-colored chicken oil floating soup. I took it for a long time to push it away. Below was the milky white chicken soup, and red wolfberry and red dates were floating on the chicken soup.
Li Luotang took a spoonful, slurped it lightly, and tasted it lightly. The fresh and sweet soup rippled between his lips and teeth. He swallowed it and said with satisfaction: "This soup has achieved both color, fragrance and taste. Come on, boss, you can try it too."
The woman was a little polite. At Li Luotang's insistence, she served a bowl of soup and drank it. After drinking it, she felt that there was no better soup in the world than this.
Li Luotang gave her a suggestion, "This soup is fragrant, the hungry passerby, and I must want to eat it when I smell it."
"Thank you, my son, thank you." The woman was a clear person, otherwise she would not have convinced her in-laws and husband to do in-house business on the roadside.
"And your husband's cooking skills are not very good. If possible, let him go to a restaurant in the city to study. In this way, the business in the store will be much better." Li Luotang didn't say much about how to do business, because she didn't know much.
"When you save enough money, let the head of the company go to the restaurant to study." The woman smiled heartily.
Li Luotang's eyes flashed slightly, and she smiled faintly, and continued to have supper. Under her guidance, the meat balls and scrambled eggs tasted good, and this meal was much better than the luncheon meal.
"Eat vegetables." Tang Chenxiao picked up chopsticks and put them in Li Luotang's bowl.
Li Luotang stuffed two vegetables into his mouth, chewed them randomly, and swallowed them.
Seeing this, Tang Chenxiao was so amused and laughed.
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Chapter completed!