Leisurely Daily [System]

Years ago, several main roads leading to Wangjia Village were almost completed.The foreman of this engineering team knew that these roads would be used by mid-February at the latest, so he hired a lot of short-term workers to repair them together. While ensuring the quality, the speed is fast with many people, and horse-drawn carriages can also be used when picking tea. ran on it.

During the road construction period, Zhang Shumo followed Jiang Fan's instructions and sent people from various places to look at some projects, while recruiting tea pickers in nearby villages. The requirements are higher.

Therefore, even during the Chinese New Year, people from several nearby villages came to apply for the recruitment, most of whom came back from other places and came in a hurry after hearing the news.

Calculated by two tea pickers per mu, Jiang Fan needs more than 1000 tea pickers. In fact, Jiang Fan does not need so many, but in order to ensure the highest quality of tea, if there are enough people to ensure timely picking of tea, of course it is the best.

Jiang Fan thought that the tea pickers might be a little short, but he didn't expect that the village on the other side of the Wangjiacun River has a large population, and there are more than 300 households in the village.In this era, the country encourages childbirth due to the sparse population. The minimum family size is four or five people. This village alone recruited nearly 1000 tea pickers. It is close to Wangjia Village, just across the river. Jiang Fan solved the possibility of shortage of manpower.

The fifth day of the first lunar month.

It was just dawn, and the villagers of Ganping Village, who were supposed to be snoozing in bed, were already busy on this leisurely day in previous years when they were either staying at home or visiting relatives.

Last year, their village found a tea-picking job in Wangjia Village. Except for the children who could not run and jump, almost everyone in the village signed up. Today is the day to go to Wangjia Village to pick tea.

After the villagers have had breakfast, they will gather at the entrance of the village, where there will be a carriage to pick them up.

Their village is a little far from Wangjia Village, and it takes more than half an hour to walk there. The owner of Chashan prepared a carriage to take them back and forth every morning and sunset.

The villagers went to the entrance of the village one after another, all wearing thick jackets and carrying baskets for picking tea. On the first day of work, they looked a little excited. Even though the weather is still a little cold, the cold wind can't blow out everyone's hearts. hot.

When the villagers came one after another, the sound of horseshoes clattering and coachman whipping empty whips could be heard on the road that had not been paved for a long time.

As soon as everyone cheered up, they saw a row of more than a dozen carriages appear in sight, and finally stopped at the entrance of the village.

The leading coachman jumped out of the car and announced with a loud voice: "The one going to Wangjia Village Chashan is getting on the car."

These carriages that pull people are very simple, only a wooden plank is laid on them, and the horses that pull the carts look very strong, and a dozen people can sit in one cart.There have always been people waiting for cars, not cars waiting for people.When everyone at the entrance of the village got into the cart, the coachman directed the horse to turn around without asking if they were all there, slammed the empty whip, and started to run.

When this convoy was running to its destination, there were several teams of horse-drawn carriages picking up people in nearby villages, and they slowly gathered together along the newly built road, which was quite large.

These carriages arrived at Wangjia Village at about the same time. After delivering the people, the carriages left. As soon as the people from other villages got off the carriages, they saw many people getting off the boats on the other side of the river. , and many people are waiting.

The other villages are envious of those on the other side. They are so close, and they only need to cross a small river to go home. They can save a lot of time.

Of course, the most convenient one is Wangjia Village. The tea mountain is just behind their village, which is even closer.

Most of the tea pickers are women, and men have the advantage of physical strength. Most of them apply for tea fryers. There are many experienced tea pickers waiting at the foot of the mountain. They went to the tea tree fields of Shiyin tea and explained to these tea pickers how to pick them. After the explanation, they checked their nails and confirmed that they had all trimmed their nails. Then they spread out evenly and started picking tea.

The tea leaves picked in the first wave generally become the first tea, while the tea leaves in Shiyin tea are picked from young buds, the second wave is one bud and one leaf, and the third wave only picks two or three young leaves.When picking, you can't pinch with your nails, but you have to break it, otherwise the end will change color, and the color of the brewed tea will also be affected.If someone is lazy and cuts off with his nails and is found, he will be fined.

When the tea pickers have basically arrived, the sky is finally bright at this time, and you can see the busy tea pickers all over the mountain.

Picking pure tender buds for the first tea, the wages given by Jiang Fan for pure tender buds are [-] Wen per catty, and a skilled tea picker can pick at most three or four catties a day; when one bud and one leaf are added, the weight will increase due to the leaves Yes, a skilled worker can pick five to seven catties a day. Jiang Fan's price is fifteen cents per catty. By the third wave, it's all leaves. Picking is faster and the price is relatively lower.

The average yield of one mu of tea-drinking tea trees is [-] catties of tea leaves, and according to the ratio of five catties of fresh leaves to one catty of dry tea, one mu of tea trees can produce ten catties of finished tea.

No wonder tea has been expensive since ancient times.

Tea pickers hand over tea twice a day, once at noon and once in the afternoon.The quantity of tea is weighed and recorded, and the wages are settled once a month.

At the foot of the mountain, there are rows of fried tea houses and cooling troughs.The tea leaves picked that day must be roasted that day, and after noon, the hundreds of tea roasters that Jiang Fan recruited will start working.

There are several processes in making tea. A skilled tea maker can roast two catties of tea a day.

Of course, most people don't know how to stir-fry tea, and it is necessary to spoil the tea at the beginning.Not to mention tea picking, tea frying skills are different, and the quality of the tea leaves is also high or low.Jiang Fan set up an award within the tea maker, and whoever roasted the finished tea every day exceeded the quality, he would have a prize.

This has greatly reduced the waste of tea leaves by tea fryers, and also increased their enthusiasm for research on improving the quality of tea.

Jiang Fan arrived at Wangjia Village in the afternoon, followed by Gu Changqing's family.

Although Chashan has started work now, the noodle shop in the village will not start until the eighth day of the lunar new year. Mrs. Gu Li is still idle, and Gu Fangqiu will not return to Beijing until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The whole family is free, so they come together , By the way, I also went back to the village to see their house and land.

The Gu family has been busy this year, and the new house has been built, but it was built more casually, and the inside is empty and there is no furniture at all.The Gu family still has an acre of land left in Wangjia Village, and because they are busy taking care of Jiang Fan's business, they rented it out to people in the village for planting.

Gu Changqing and Gu Lishi, although they have changed a lot, many people of the same age can still recognize them when they see them, but they are black and thin like before, but now they are white and tender. Gu Yuantao, who looks like a young master of a family, some people They couldn't recognize it when they looked at it, but it was Gu Fangqiu who surprised them the most.

Even when Gu Fangqiu was not married, when the family had some money and well-dressed clothing, it was much worse than it is now. How can this be a divorced abandoned woman? Judging by her dress, she is clearly a lady in charge of the family, and she behaves like a lady. Gentle and kind, but there is a faint awe-inspiring aura in the kindness.

Now Tang Zhili of the Tang family in the village cooperates with Jiang Fan's weaving and dyeing workshop. Some people in the village know that there are many women from the village in Tang Zhili's embroidery workshop. Some of the embroidery mother's family have heard a few words. Jiang Fan now sells the shop. He drove to Shangjing, so Gu Fangqiu went to Shangjing to take care of Jiang Fan's shop last year.In Shangjing, there are either rich people or powerful people. After staying for a long time, it is not surprising that Gu Fangqiu has such an aura.

Make them quite envious.

The tea mountain was quite high, and Jiang Fan and his party went down only halfway up the mountain, and then went to the tea house.

In the tea-frying room, there is a row of earthen stoves, on which there is an iron pot specially used for tea-frying at a certain angle.Frying this pot of tea usually requires two people to work together, one person burns firewood under the stove, and the other concentrates on frying tea.

The tea-frying room is full of heat, because the hands are constantly moving and the body heats up quickly. Most of the workers wear only one piece of clothing when they go up. They roll up their sleeves or stir-fry or knead the tea. Because they come late, there is already some tea. , but one more step of screening is required.

Shiyin tea is white, and the fried tea is white and shiny, and it looks very good when piled up.

Gu Fangqiu stayed in Beijing for a few months, took care of two shops, and was also the person in charge of Guishoushan. She had more relationships with her than her father, and she drank a lot of good tea. This is the first time I saw a white taxi drinking tea. From the surface, I can't see anything good or bad.Just following Jiang Fan's example, he picked up a piece and brought it to the tip of his nose to sniff, and there was a faint fragrance of green tea.

Generally, freshly brewed tea is not suitable for drinking right away, it is better to keep it for half a month, but this is not the case with tea drinking, Jiang Fan packed some ready-made tea and left, ready to go back and make a cup of tea.

Drinking tea can detoxify and lower blood pressure. The most important thing is that it also has the effect of calming the mind, such as neurasthenia insomnia or nervous insomnia, drinking tea is the best.

When Jiang Fan and the others returned to Lishan Village, the manager of Zhuangzi said that there was a matchmaker sitting in the side hall, who was from the county.

Zhang Shumo frowned: "I didn't say that, the young master is not talking about matchmaking right now."

The steward shrank his head, and said in a low voice, "This is not for matchmaking with the young master, but for Miss Biao."

The whole group immediately looked at Gu Fangqiu.

Gu Fangqiu was also taken aback.

Gu Changqing said: "Xiaofan, let's go first."

Jiang Fan nodded. Gu Fangqiu's cousin was really not good at raising opinions about Gu Fangqiu's marriage.So he took Zhang Shumo and his tea to Guanyu Tower.Tasting tea, for something so leisurely, it is natural to find a good place.

As soon as Zhang Shumo made tea for him, Gu Fangqiu and Gu Yuantao came up together.

Jiang Fan poured tea for both of them.

The tea soup of the scholar drinking tea is clear with some whiteness, and the hot air floats like clouds in the mountains. It is paired with a black porcelain cup, and the color collision is particularly vivid.

Jiang Fan picked up a cup and took a sip, the light tea aroma was more obvious than before.Take a sip, the tea is smooth and smooth, unlike ordinary tea that has a bit of astringency at the beginning, the tasteless tea is tasteless at the entrance, and after a few seconds, the moist and sweetness sprouts from the root of the tongue, which is endless aftertaste.

"Good tea." Gu Fangqiu put down the teacup, her eyes lit up slightly, with an expression of admiration.

Jiang Fan is usually too lazy to taste tea slowly, and usually drinks tea like a cow. Even so, he has a clear understanding of the quality of tea for scholars.

The scholar drank tea to calm his mind and calm his nerves. Jiang Fanna was a little irritable and unable to fall asleep because of missing Guan Xiujin. After drinking this tea, he only tossed and turned a little that night, and fell asleep very quickly.