Chapter 245: Soulmate
Su Qingliu stayed in the village for two days and felt like a fish in water.
After Siyuan came back, she heard that Su Qingmei was going to pick some tea leaves to take to Renzhou, so she immediately carried a basket and went up the mountain with Qingmei and Ruyi.
This time, Xiaobao didn't dare to go into the mountains.
Fortunately, he now has Miss Yaya to accompany him, and he doesn't stick to Su Qingmei so much.
Every morning when he wakes up, he sees Sister Yaya sleeping next to him, which is very novel.
He got used to it in just two days.
Yaya took good care of him. After he woke up, Yaya would find clothes for him to wear, take him to the toilet, and wipe his face and hands.
With Miss Yaya as a companion, Xiaobao's probability of looking for Su Qingmei was also dispersed.
The group left the two children and went into the mountains.
Some wild animals have begun to move after a winter of deep sleep. Without Siyuan and Siyuan, Su Qingmei didn't dare to go into the mountains alone.
On the way into the mountains, Siyuan also hunted a lot of wild animals, which opened Su Qingliu's eyes.
There is meat to eat again.
I ate a lot of meat these two days. I didn't dare to think about it before.
The group arrived at a place with wild tea trees.
Su Qingmei taught Su Qingliu and Ruyi to pick the buds in the middle of the tea leaves and demonstrated it to them.
Both of them came from farmers' families and were nimble, so Ruyi and Su Qingliu got the hang of it immediately.
Even Siyuan learned from them and picked a lot.
After picking for a few days, they got a lot.
Su Qingmei tried to stir-fry a pot and got more than a pound. She used several sealed bamboo jars to pack thirteen jars one liang at a time.
She only carried ten jars on her back, took the second batch of medicinal materials sent by Ling Fenggu, and some mountain products, and went to Renzhou with Siyuan.
This time Xiaobao didn't chase the road. Su Qingliu held him and saw him off on the mountain road, and Yaya also held his little hand.
He was only depressed for a while and then he felt better.
Knowing that the person holding him was called aunt and a relative, and with sister Yaya as a companion, he didn't miss Su Qing'an that much. He also listened to her comfort.
Yaya looked at Su Qing'an's back as she walked away and said to Su Qingliu, "Mom, I like it here."
Su Qingliu smiled at her and said, "Yeah, mom likes it too. Let's go, let's take Xiaobao to roast chestnuts."
"Okay, Xiaobao, let's go, let's go roast chestnuts."
Xiaobao turned around and ran to the flower hall hand in hand with Yaya.
In the governor's mansion, Pei Nian was also looking forward to Su Qing'an's arrival.
It's been a winter, and I don't know how the town she mentioned before is going.
Madam Ma was very happy about Su Qing'an's arrival and immediately arranged for someone to prepare the guest room.
"I've been waiting for you to come. We've almost sent all the mountain products you sent before the New Year to the north. Everyone in the family misses them."
"If you want to eat them, send someone into the mountains to tell me and I'll send them to you."
"That's good."
Without waiting for the two to reminisce, Pei Nian called her over.
When he asked about the market town, Su Qing'an told him everything.
"That's good. It looks like it will be finished next month."
Su Qing'an nodded: "Yes. I gave them two months to complete the project, so they can't delay the spring plowing."
"Yes, spring plowing is a big deal. Filling your stomach is the most important thing now. I'll go into the mountains to take a look after you finish the construction."
"Okay, you're welcome. What I'm worried about now is that each village has mountain products that can be traded or sold, but it's not easy for them to buy what they need for daily life. I went to Fengcheng once before and found that the prices of grain and salt had risen again, and many of the daily necessities I wanted to buy were not available. "
Pei Nian sighed deeply after hearing this.
"Some places in the south are peaceful now, and there is no shortage of supplies, but there are bandits all along the way, and things can't be delivered to everywhere."
After thinking for a while, he said: "I will tell Manager Li about this matter. There are more than 20 villages with thousands of people. He will be interested in this business. At that time, you can exchange what you have and benefit each other."
"Okay. I really want to find him this time."
Pei Nian looked at her.
"Didn't we sell tea seeds in the mountains last year? There are many wild teas in the mountains. I don't know if he wants tea. If I can sell some tea, I can also get some money. I have a new way to drink tea, but I don't know if everyone is used to it now."
"Oh. What new way to drink tea? "Pei Nian was very interested.
He liked to drink tea, which could sober him up and refresh his mind.
But he didn't like the tea that people drank nowadays, which was boiled and fried, and a bunch of things were added.
Su Qing'an almost introduced him as a soulmate.
She really couldn't get used to the tea that people liked to drink nowadays.
The tea leaves were made into tea cakes, and when drinking, they were crushed into powder, mixed with onions, ginger, orange peels, and cooked with salt. In Su Qing'an's opinion, it was just like the vegetable soup nowadays.
In addition to boiling tea, there are also decocted and roasted tea.
Boil the water, add salt first, then mustard, and finally the tea leaves, and fry until boiling. Su Qing'an felt that this was like Decoction of medicine.
I heard that someone invented tea.
Put the tea leaves in a teacup, mix the tea into a paste with water, and then brew it with boiling water. Some people also put some messy seasonings in it.
This kind of tea, Su Qingmei felt a bit like the sesame paste and soy milk she often made in the morning.
She knew that there were probably many princes and nobles in the Shuo Dynasty who liked to decoct and boil tea. It was said that the tea ceremony was popular and all the princes and nobles drank it.
But she really preferred to drink plain water.
The upper class nobles had played with tea drinking in many ways, but she was only used to brewing clear tea.
There is nothing else in the tea, only the tea buds can be clearly seen, floating up and down, just like life. The tea fragrance is either strong or weak, and it is most intoxicating to smell it before drinking.
Su Qingmei followed the inner courtyard manager of the governor's mansion to the warehouse to find a set of white porcelain.
The color is white, dense and transparent.
After taking it, she brewed the tea leaves and could clearly see the color of the tea soup.
When she finished brewing, the long-lasting tea fragrance came to her nose, light and refreshing.
It attracted Pei Nian to lean over and like it at first sight.
In the white porcelain cup, the tea soup is tender green and shiny, and the aroma is fresh and noble, not strong, very elegant and attractive.
Take a sip, smack your mouth a few times, and the taste is fresh and mellow. There is a tender fragrance, and a faint fragrance. Smack twice more, and you will feel that there is a softness in the fragrance.
Looking at the teapot again, the buds and leaves stood up, floating up and down.
Good tea, good tea fragrance.
Su Qingmei was a little embarrassed by his praise.
"I only have theoretical knowledge, and it's my first time to stir-fry tea. Maybe I don't control the heat very well. If there is a good tea-frying master, this tea will be more outstanding."
"Like you, I prefer this refreshing tea bud brewing method. There are not so many mixed flavors when drinking, only the unique tea fragrance."
Pei Nian nodded repeatedly: "Yes, you are right, it is very good to drink it this way. What salt and seasonings should be added. I don't like that. Now the price of salt is expensive, maybe this brewing method can be spread."
After speaking, he couldn't sit still and immediately called people: "Quickly call the caravan's manager Li to come into the mansion."
The attendant responded and left.