Chapter 272: Stir-fried Tea

Song Wei and Lin Zhen couldn't tell what it was, they just thought it smelled good.

After searching around, I found a total of twelve tea trees.

It smells so good, it must taste even better when used to make tea.

But... none of them know how to stir-fry tea.

Wouldn't it be a waste if we pick the tea leaves now?

Lin Zhen: "I remember that my great grandmother seemed to know how to stir-fry tea."

Digging out memories from childhood, his great-grandmother knew how to roast tea. There were no tea trees here, but she roasted bamboo leaves using the same method as roasting tea leaves.

She was not used to drinking plain water and tea was expensive, so she used bamboo leaves instead of tea leaves, and the water she brewed with it tasted great.

In that case, let’s pick the tea leaves and take them back.

Both were experts at climbing trees and only picked the tender tips of the tea leaves.

In fact, it can be seen from the condition of the tea tree leaves that now is not the best time to pick the tender tips of the tea trees.

Some of the young leaves have turned much darker in color; they are late.

However, those with slightly darker colors can also be picked, but the quality is not as good as the tender leaf tips.

The tips of the young leaves are emerald green and curled into a small curl. There are tiny white hairs on the back of the leaves, with a little crystal dewdrops, which looks beautiful like a layer of condensed frost.

The key is to have enough fragrance.

Especially at the moment when you pick it, the rich fragrance of the tea lingers at the tip of your nose, and it feels like your hands are stained with the scent.

Picking the tender tips of tea leaves is a very time-consuming task, but one is reluctant to pluck them directly with other leaves, as that would damage the tea trees and be a waste of resources.

Fortunately, there was plenty of sunshine here but it was not too hot. When they were hungry, they ate something on the tree and then continued picking fruits. They chatted during the time and it was not boring.

Almost the entire day was spent picking tea leaves. They both had quick hands and were good at climbing trees, but the tea trees were too big, so they only picked tea from five trees in the whole day.

"I estimate that these tender tea leaves weigh about 7 to 8 kilograms."

I picked it for a whole day. It looks like a lot, but the tea leaves are really light.

The inferior ones weigh about twenty pounds, which looks a lot more than the tender tea leaves.

"It's time to go back. I don't know if Wolf One and Wolf Two have gone back yet."

Carrying tea leaves and things they had picked up in the mountains, they went down the mountain after remembering the place.

Wolf One and Wolf Two had returned and were lying at the door with the Fox.

There are three furry heads at the door, and Heidan is doing homework in the yard.

As soon as the two of them returned, the place became lively.

While Lin Zhen went to cook, Song Wei found a winnowing basket and poured out the tea leaves and spread them out in a cool place. Otherwise, if they were piled together, they would get moldy or their taste would change tomorrow.

After having a sumptuous dinner and processing and hanging up the recently caught prey, Song Wei left and returned to the Youth League Institute.

In the Youth League Courtyard, Zhao Yuyin was talking nonsense.

"How can I be shameless just because I like Lin Zhen? Song Wei just came a little early. If I had come earlier, she would have no chance. I am not worse than her in appearance, and I am more talented than her. Her articles are not as good as mine. Free love is advocated now. I am just pursuing my freedom."

Song Wei: What’s the difference between this and those who shout that those who are not loved are mistresses.

"Free love doesn't make you a slut."

She walked in calmly.

"Don't keep waving the banner of free love. The purpose of free love is to hope that young women will no longer be arranged to marry by their elders, and to give both men and women the right to choose their own future partners, instead of destroying other people's feelings. Knowing that someone is already in a relationship and still shamelessly approaching them, what else is that but being a slut?"

"Well said!"

Several educated youth applauded.

Liu Linlin: "I said that free love has a weird taste in your mouth. I almost got fooled by you in love."

Zhao Yuyin glared at Song Wei hatefully: "What do you know? The one who is not loved is the third party!"

Song Wei crossed her arms and smiled: "So you are the third one, bah... are you worthy?"

As for being a third party, it would have to be Lin Zhenyou's response to him. Her unrequited love and secret sabotage would be nothing.

And judging from Zhao Yuyin's expression, she didn't like Lin Zhen that much. Song Wei thought of her own guess. Lin Zhen must have a status in the future, either rich or powerful, so Zhao Yuyin was so eager to get him.

But if Lin Zhen really dared to respond, she would slap him a few times and then kick him away.

The next morning, when Song Wei went to Lin Zhen's house, she saw that the grandmother was already in the yard.

The old man was so happy looking at the tea leaves in the winnowing basket that his eyes seemed to be shining.

"Good, good, this tea is good. Both in appearance and aroma, it is the best tea I have ever seen."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"But I've never seen this kind of tea before. I'm afraid it's not unique to our area. I didn't expect that there would be such good tea in our mountains."

Song Wei walked over and said, "Grandma, can you help us fry it?"

"Okay, let's keep quiet for now. I have to go prepare some things."

I don't know if it was because the grandmother was too happy to see the tea or what, but she left swiftly to prepare things.

Song Wei and Lin Zhen had breakfast and went to work in the fields.

Weeding, turning over the sweet potato vines, loosening the soil, applying fertilizer and manure. The rice fields are the main focus, after all, it is a new variety of rice.

In short, they are all trivial tasks, but they are necessary to do if you want the crops to grow well.

They worked until the afternoon, and when they returned they watched their grandmother start frying tea.

Tea cannot be made in one go; it requires many steps.

The grandmother was obviously a very patient and careful person. She personally controlled the heat and the time of frying the tea, especially the top-notch tender tips of the tea leaves.

Of course, she was also teaching Lin Zhen and Song Wei, without reservation.

"I thought my skills would rot in the ground, but I didn't expect that I would be able to see tea leaves again when I am almost in my grave. Now you listen and learn. If you learn, don't waste the tea in the mountains. I will be satisfied."

When grandma talked about tea-related knowledge, her whole body exuded a sense of energy and spirit.

Song Wei felt that she had the aura of a scholarly family.

Her personality is not as aggressive as that of northerners. Instead, she is very peaceful and kind.

It is not difficult to imagine that she must have been a gentle beauty when she was young.

But not like northerners.

Moreover, such skilled tea-frying techniques are mostly mastered by people in the south.

Tea trees prefer moist places with moderate sunlight.

The temperature and land in the south are more suitable for large-scale cultivation of tea trees.

It's not that there are no tea trees in the North. The land and water nurture the people. The tea-roasting techniques here are as rough and simple as the people, while those in the South are much more refined and the craftsmanship is much more complicated.

Nowadays, grandma’s tea-frying technique is obviously much more complicated.