Master descends to earth

Chapter 163 Strange Tea
Arousing the infinite associations of everyone, Xu Fuxing said with a smile: "If we talk about green color, rich fragrance, mellow taste, and beautiful shape, the four world-famous Longjing teas are calm and leisurely, just like a lady. The lavish and long-lasting Biluochun is a young girl in Huaichun, so I prefer Huangshan Maofeng, which has been moistened by clouds and mists for many years, with a graceful charm and a high and long-lasting fragrance, just like the Xiaojiabiyu that emerges from the lotus."

"The shape is slightly curly, like a sparrow tongue, yellowish in green, with silver hairs exposed, and with golden yellow fish leaves (commonly known as golden flakes). When brewed in a cup, the mist will form at the top, the soup color is clear and slightly yellow, and the bottom of the leaves is yellow-green. Vibrant, mellow taste, orchid-like aroma, deep flavor."

"Brew in a cup, the mist will form, the soup will be clear and blue, the buds will form flowers, and the bottom of the leaves will be yellow-green and energetic. The top Maofeng will be boiled in good water, released into the cups and cups, and sipped carefully, sweet and mellow , the aftertaste is fragrant, especially warm and comfortable, like a beautiful woman in the south of the Yangtze River, quiet and elegant, and a beauty like tea."

Mao Zhengcong stood up and said: "Today the distinguished guests are coming, I have prepared some treats, you guys have a taste."

After speaking, the apprentice brought a large celadon plate with more than a dozen sauce-colored cubes on it, Su Yuan's eyes lit up, it was actually dried tea?
"It is often said that you drink when you are sad, and chew dried tea when you are satisfied." Mao Zhengcong pointed to the dried tea and said with a smile: "First of all, you should be small and compact, gentle and elegant, and you can't fill your stomach all at once. Second, you should be chewy and chewy. And the more you chew, the more flavorful it becomes. Furthermore, it is rich in connotation, with all kinds of flavors, such as salty, sweet and delicious."

Su Yuan picked up the dried tea, which was slightly larger than a postage stamp. It was uniformly reddish-brown in sauce, pure in quality, thin in shape and full of toughness.After chewing, it is fragrant, tough, fresh and tender, with a particularly long aftertaste.

"There is Taibai Building in Caishiji. It is rumored that it has a deep relationship with Li Bai, a poet. The dry tea is big and thick. You tear the paper bag and shake it in your hand, but you can't stop twisting it. Chicken shreds, shrimp or The ham is marinated in chicken broth, so it tastes very delicious, and the mouth will remain fragrant after eating."

Xu Fuxing also picked up a piece, put it in his mouth and said: "When it comes to dried tea, I think the dried tea from Jincaidi produced in Dangtuhuangchi is coming from behind and has the potential to surpass the dried tea from Caishiji. Fortunately, this Both dried teas belong to Ma'anshan, so there should be nepotism."

"Take a bite, it's fine and tight, like chewing chicken breast, accompanied by an indescribable aroma, the more you chew, the more delicious it becomes, and you can't stop. To demonstrate that their goods are "hard", the seller will take a piece of dried tea in front of you and fold it in half without breaking it. .”

Su Yuan tasted it for the first time, but he didn't expect that the seemingly inconspicuous dried tea would have a special flavor. Sometimes when he thinks about it, tasting dried tea is like savoring life, but it's just a flattened life, and the taste in it is indescribable.

Mao Zhengcong mysteriously took out a small bag, opened it carefully, and said triumphantly: "This is today's finale, I believe none of you have tasted it!"

After speaking, he took out a few glasses, put green tea into them, and quickly put a strip of dry flat thing into the hot water. The strange aroma made people feel shocked.

Su Yuan stared at the teacup curiously, only to see balls of green mist rising from the cup, shaking slightly, the green mist dissipated, and in the clear tea soup, the lyre fish all turned their heads upwards, their tails downwards, their mouths slightly opened, their eyes wide open. Wide open, with dorsal fin standing upright, tail flapping gently, rippling with the tea soup, as if swimming in a cup, like an elf, and even heard the sound of chattering, it is a spectacle.

Pick it up, take a sip, and press your tongue to gargle slightly, only to feel the mellow and delicate fragrance overflowing, without the fishy smell at all.Such a sip is full of emotion, taste, and wit, which is indeed beyond the comparison of ordinary tea tasting.After drinking the tea, slowly chew the soaked dried fish, it is sweet and salty, the tea is rich in fragrance, and the taste is full and novel.

"This is... Yongxi Huoqing? And... Qinyu!"

Seeing Xu Fuxing's surprised expression, Mao Zhengcong laughed and said, "It takes two hours to drive south from Wuhu to Qinxi, Jingxian County. You can go rafting there, see the bamboo sea, eat farmhouse entertainment, and buy good tea."

"A small fish produced in Qinxi is called Qinyu. Although it is only as thick as a little finger, it is famous enough. Since ancient times, it has been called the second wonder of Jing County along with Xuan paper.

"Jing County is located in the northeast of Huangshan Mountain. The peaks and ridges are like Daisy, the forests are deep and beautiful, and every stream is clear and transparent. The water of Qinxi River is especially light and shallow. Spiritual fish come out of the spiritual water. Although Qinyu is a fish, it is never a delicacy on the plate. , and enjoys a high reputation for tea drinking products.”

"There is Yinyu Rock nearby, and there is a cave under the rock, which is unfathomable. It is said that every night when people are quiet, you can hear the sound of the zither flowing with the gurgling water. With the moving piano sound, the small fish come out from the crevice near the Dan cave under the high platform of the piano."

These words aroused Su Yuan's curiosity even more. He raised his cup and looked at the lyre fish carefully. It has a very strange shape, less than an inch in size, but it has a tiger head and a phoenix tail, dragon fins and a snake belly, heavy lips and four gills, and eyes like rapeseeds. The scales are silvery white, much like a miniature version of a four-gilled bass.

"Every year around the Qingming Festival, the lyre fish grows fat and floats to the water to play, so the local people will catch them on time. With a special triangular dense net, they patiently paddle forward from the deep stream little by little to drive the fish into the net. If you When you come to Qinxiqiao Town, you will see a busy scene."

"I saw the villagers on both sides of the Qinxi Bridge holding bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, stretching triangular nets, and even building dams with shovels. They were arrested at the beach of Qinxi. There were also seven or eight-year-old children. A small dam will be built on the shoal to stop the water flow, and then a small ditch will be drawn under the dam, and a fine net will be spread in the ditch, waiting for the lyre fish to fall into the net."

"I don't want to put too much tea when making tea, and I am willing to serve it as a cup of good tea to entertain distinguished guests during the New Year's festival. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Mei Yaochen wrote many poems praising the qin fish in his hometown. , riding a fish to the blue sky. The small scales follow the water, and the riverside is full in March."

After finishing speaking, Mao Zhengcong regretted: "Because the taste is very delicious, qin fish was listed as a tribute as early as the Tang Dynasty, and it was only enjoyed by the royal family. The local people have to catch qin fish and send it to the government every year. A layer of mystery. To this day, the output is still unable to break through, and it is only about two to three hundred kilograms at most."

"It is a blessing to be able to taste Qinyu tea. In the early years, friends in Jing County sent Qinyu tea in bamboo tubes made of handicrafts. Now there is another exquisite packaging of ingot bamboo baskets on the market. The handle is a pair of bamboo roots, very delicate and eye-catching."

"But people who are familiar with the land still like to go directly to the villagers' homes to find goods. The dried harp fish that the host gives you with both hands is bright and clean, not burnt or dark, chew it in your mouth, it is crispy and soft , full of faint fragrance, meaningful and long."

"If you can talk deeply, the host will pour the dried fish into a glass for you to taste, and let the guests witness the lyre fish come back to life, wagging its tail and swimming, as if playing in the water, with its mouth slightly open, and it seems like a smile It's not a smile."

(End of this chapter)