cool summer [farming]

On the way, I went to Wang Dashi's house and called someone. Everyone carried a big basket on their backs and went up the mountain.

Fu Juyan had told about the situation on the mountain a long time ago, and when they saw this dreamy white jasmine, everyone was still mesmerized for a moment.

Ge Lixuan said in surprise: "I didn't expect there are so many treasures on this mountain!"

When he first learned that he was going to come to Luoxia Mountain, he hesitated for a while. Although he didn't really believe the rumors in the village, no matter how daring he was, no one would come here with him. He will not insist on coming to this mountain.

He is a person who likes beautiful things, and he was very pleasantly surprised when he saw this piece of jasmine. Before he plucked the jasmine, he plucked a few branches, and wanted to take it back for cuttings.

Ge Fei looked at the vast sea of ​​white flowers in front of him, and sighed slightly: "I've been here so many times, and it's the first time I've seen that besides the prey, there is such a scenery on Luoxia Mountain."

Several people expressed their emotions, but they have not forgotten the purpose of this trip.

The tea made from such beautiful flowers is incomparable.

Because of the experience in picking tea, Fu Juyan could easily get started with a few people. Jasmine is no better than tea, and there is nothing to be particular about. The few people didn’t delay any more and started picking flowers seriously. Soon the basket was full of pure white flowers. , Blossoming, like white clouds.

When it was over, only one tail was left in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Fu Juyan looked at the remaining two-thirds of the jasmine, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, "Let's go back, these are enough."

Ge Zhengxiu grabbed the edge of the pannier on his back, and with some skill, he took off the full pannier, which was still heavy with moisture, from his shoulders, and held it in his hand, while holding his hand with the other hand. hand, "Let's go."

Fu Juyan shrugged his shoulders, showed two canine teeth in a smile, and was led away by the man.

The three behind looked at each other and followed behind.

After returning home, Zhang Ji saw the couple and ran over to help unload the flowers. Then he reported to Fu Juyan: "In the evening, a total of 16 people came, and the tea they bought was 78 catties. I have poor eyesight. If there is no good or bad, I will accept the tea first, and the price will be fixed after you come back. I have memorized the addresses of each house, and after you set the price, I will send it to others."

Fu Juyan nodded, but he had overlooked this point, but I believe that Zhang Ji could not tell the good from the bad at all, it was just that he didn't get what he said, so he rashly intervened in the acquisition.

Sure enough, he saw the right person, and Zhang Ji handled things well.

"In the past few days, you should first watch how I make it. I will teach you how to distinguish the quality of fresh tea. When it is almost the same, I will let you recognize the finished product."

Zhang Ji was careful, he heard Fu Juyan's meaning of cultivation, and he was very grateful immediately, "Thank you, Master!"

He grew up in the countryside, was illiterate, and had no special skills. If he could learn even a little bit from Fu Juyan, it would be a reinvention for him.

Hearing that he was calling the boss again, Fu Juyan didn't bother to correct him, so he waved his hand, "I'll go over it later, just watch."

Zhang Ji nodded quickly.

Fu Juyan said to Ge Zhengxiu: "The temperature of the flowers we picked is too high to cool down. The backyard is open, so you can get the flowers behind."

After talking to Ge Zhengxiu in detail about how to cool scented tea, he drove them to the backyard, and then went to check today's batch of tea leaves with Zhang Ji, and quickly sorted them into ranks. , told him to record the price in the account book, and send the money to someone later.

The two worked together, one taught and the other learned, and the other talked and memorized. After a while, they checked and tasted tea from more than a dozen jins.

Zhang Ji benefited a lot, his thin and yellow face finally changed, he showed some smiles, nodded slightly to Fu Juyan, and went out with a bag of copper coins in his arms to give money to others.

Fu Juyan clapped his hands and dragged the bagged tea into the backyard with one hand. Ge Zhengxiu spread out the flowers and was squatting on the ground to pick up the branches and leaves that got in by accident.

Fu Juyan threw himself on him, but Ge Zhengxiu didn't even shake it, "Is that okay?"

Fu Juyan put his arms around his neck, covered him like a thick blanket, and whispered in his ear: "Flowers are easy to generate heat due to the pressure during transportation, and the rise in temperature is not conducive to the movement of flowers, so it must be kept in the [-]s. Only then can it be done.”

The two of them were stacked on top of each other, the temperature must have been higher than this pile of flowers, Ge Zhengxiu didn't think too much of him, so he obediently let him lie on his stomach, and after hearing his flowers, he tried them with his hands, but he didn't feel anything.

Fu Juyan patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "I'm not even sure, are you capable?"

Getting off him, he ran to the tea room and took out a long transparent column, inserted it into the pile of flowers and looked at it. The red liquid column stayed at 35 degrees, and the fluctuation did not exceed one degree.

In the suitable temperature range for flowers to bloom.

"This is a thermometer. It measures temperature. The upper limit is [-] degrees. It can be used normally."

They used ventilated panniers, and there was a small amount, so there was no need to worry about the temperature being too high, so he asked Ge Zhengxiu to spread it out to cool down, and they piled up flowers of the same size and height.

He looked at the height and size of the pile of flowers, and said to Ge Zhengxiu: "That's fine, wait a while to see if the temperature will drop, and if it's about the same, I'll follow this size and height in the future. When the flowers are almost open , when there are six out of ten, I will come to sift the flowers, separate the flowers by size, and pick off the green buds and flower stalks and other miscellaneous things."

The two of them didn't wait. Taking advantage of no one at home having a good meal in the space, they rested for a while to replenish their energy. They will be busy in the next few days, and they can't do without energy.When he came out, he brought Zhang Ji some ordinary meals.

Then I went to see the flowers in the backyard.

The white jasmine has been opened for more than half, and there is a strong aroma, which is very pleasant.

According to what Fu Juyan said, the two of them cleaned up the magazines first, divided the flowers into different sizes, and stacked them in colons according to the planned batch allocation of flowers.

Because it is a manual flower sieve, although the big Lou sieve was customized in advance, two people can grab the two ends and shake and vibrate the flowers. By the time the flower sieving process is over, the sky is completely dark.

The next scenting flower combination is the focus of the scenting process of scented tea.

They weighed and matched the amount of flowers, and grasped the temperature, moisture and thickness of the flower pile, mixed the processed tea embryos and fresh flowers together, and sprinkled a layer of tea embryos and a layer of fresh flowers on the ground. On the flat ground, use an iron rake from the top to the bottom of the cross-section to stir and let the tea embryo absorb the fully opened jasmine flowers that have begun to emit fragrance. The spirit is tense and the time of each stage is calculated.

Perhaps because of the different environment in this world, Jasmine's fragrance lasted for a full day and a half, which was half a day longer than Fu Juyan remembered.That is, it lasted 36 hours, eighteen hours.

During the scenting period, as the jasmine exhales fragrance and consumes vitality, the temperature also rises at the same time, and the temperature of the scented product changes at any time, and the water and flower aroma are lost. Turn over the pile of scented products, gradually reduce the height of the pile, and wait for the temperature to meet the requirements before closing the pile and re-scenting.

During this period, the two rarely stepped out of the backyard, locked the backyard door tightly, and handed over everything outside to Zhang Ji.

By the time it was finally possible to bloom and separate the camellias, two full days had passed.

Fu Juyan poured another glass of "self-made water" and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Look, the temperature of the tea pile has risen to forty degrees, the flowers have withered and withered, and the color has changed from white to yellowish." He picked up one, brought it to the tip of Ge Zhengxiu's nose, let him sniff it, and said, "I can't smell the fresh fragrance anymore. At this level, it can bloom."

Ge Zhengxiu said distressedly: "I've remembered it all. I'll be enough for the next time I'm going to make a scent. You go and have a good rest."

To make him understand, Fu Juyan explained the principles, reasons, process and steps in detail while demonstrating it himself. Although there is space to rest for a while when tired, frequent sitting ups, disordered work and rest, and mental consumption are Quite a lot, you have to adjust your training slowly.

Fu Juyan shook his head: "Let's do it this time."

He lowered his voice: "This time, I will make a model, and when I make it later, I will use a machine."

Ge Zhengxiu thought of the "machine" in Fu Juyan's space that could be operated at the touch of a button, and he was a little eager to try it, so he nodded, "Forget about this batch of four-scented scented tea, and one scented low-grade scented tea will have a large amount, so we must not use it when the time comes." Come by yourself."

He coughed, "Is there still more lotion? You drink more."

For such a good thing, none of the imperial healing products he saw when he joined the army could have such an effect.

"Well, drink it for a while, let's not talk about it, it hasn't bloomed yet!"

The two continued to be busy for a long time before finally completing the inspection.

The tea from outside was still being sent to Fu Juyan and the others in a steady stream. Although Fu Juyan didn't give instructions, he let Zhang Ji try to come and grasp those points. The quality of the tea is the same.

Zhang Jihuo studied and applied it flexibly, worked very hard, and was cautious. Fu Juyan took the time to teach him a few times and he could almost master it.

The two took time to look at his work situation, and ordered him to send over the money that had not been settled to Wang Dashi a few days ago, and also asked him to reduce the purchase of tea first, telling everyone that it was not that they would not accept it, but to wait for a while. I'll ask for it later, let the tea stay on the tree and don't pick it, when will they bring it over again.

The scented tea they plan to make four scents this time is as much as a hundred catties, and the amount of scented tea in the back is even more. According to the standard, one catty of tea germ needs five or six catties of fresh tea leaves, and the ratio of scented tea is one catty of flower tea. One hundred catties of tea germ, of course, is only one scenting, and after many scentings, a lot of fresh flowers are used. In this way, there is no shortage of tea leaves at any time.

Zhang Ji obeyed his orders. In the past two days, he helped the two bosses with work. Everyone in the village looked up to him. Those who used to look down on him still wanted to take money from him. "Acquaintances" who had hidden resentment and had to treat each other kindly, he still couldn't express the joy in his heart, and because of this, he worked harder.

He thought for a while and said to his host: "Wang Dashi, Ge Fei and Ge Lixuan also began to collect tea and send it here, but they refused to accept money. I insisted on sending the money as you said earlier."

Fu Juyan said: "Brothers have to settle accounts clearly. Besides, it doesn't make sense for others to make money but my brother does it for nothing. If they want to say that they don't want money, just listen to it, don't take it to heart."

Zhang Ji couldn't help laughing, "Yes."

Ge Zhengxiu picked up the remaining petals on Fu Juyan's body, and said, "Okay, let's have a good meal and take a rest after washing up, and we will be busy later."

Zhang Ji asked: "Is this not over yet? It's hard work."

Ge Zhengxiu said indifferently: "It will take about ten days. Please watch outside, so don't go back to your own place. You can use the rice noodles and kitchen at home. Don't rush back and forth."

Zhang Ji was surprised and moved. He glanced at Fu Juyan and then at Ge Zhengxiu. Then he responded happily: "Hey! Brother Ge."

If Fu Juyan said this, he might still hesitate. It wasn't that he was not grateful to Fu Juyan, but that Ge Zhengxiu's kindness towards him had always been weak, which made him feel uneasy even though he lived here. Uneasy.

Today Ge Zhengxiu may have recognized him because of his ability, or it may be for some other reason, but he knows that he has really been recognized by others.

Fu Juyan and the others ate, took a short rest, and then started working again.

When the first batch of scented tea came out, as Ge Zhengxiu said, it was already ten days later.

As for the low-grade scented tea, the two no longer exhausted their physical energy to manually scent it, but used a large amount of machine scented tea in the space.

In addition to medium-grade scented tea and low-grade scented tea, the last batch of jasmine flowers that bloomed best on the mountain were used by them to scent high-grade tea and a small amount of special-grade tea.

Thanks to the power of science and technology and the ultra-slow flow of time in the space, when the two made the four scented medium scented teas, the low-grade teas and special-grade teas in the space were also completed.

In this way, the tea leaves sent by everyone have been consumed, and the jasmine on Luoxia Mountain has also been used up.Even in the end, because the tea trees were almost exhausted by everyone, less and less tea trees were sent, and the supply almost exceeded the demand.

They made quite a lot of tea, and Fu Juyan reckoned that, if nothing else happened, it would be enough for him to open up the scented tea market.

Because what was promised to Juefang was the auction volume, and they only offered a small part of medium scented teas and low-grade scented teas for sale at high prices in the short term.However, if it is not compared with their huge finished scented tea, these are still quite a lot.

When handing it over to Qian Mao, he and He Changfeng felt emotional, "It's not easy to make this scented tea, and it consumes so many raw materials that only a wealthy family can afford it."

Fu Juyan didn't hide it from them: "It's not really all that, we also kept a lot in case we need it."

The two of them got the right words, so they were relieved.

After paying the job here, the two began to buy jasmine one after another. It was still the previous rule, but jasmine was purchased for a long time, and only in July. The price was more difficult to find because of jasmine, and Fu Juyan raised it a lot, enough Outsiders are excited.

The tension was gone, and the low-grade tea that was specially displayed outside was used as a cover. The two collected a little today and a little tomorrow, and slowly scented it with the machine in layers. When July passed, they also harvested a lot. few.

Adding up the two, Fu Juyan felt that as long as the people in Dongling didn't get rich overnight, at the "normal" price, his tea would definitely be affordable.