"Two brothers, we're home!"

Twenty minutes later, Zhao Qi, Chen Ji and Yao Ran returned to the cave and talked and laughed.

Looking at the dilapidated tiled kiln in front of him, Chen Ji and Yao Ran were not only a little dazed.

On the way, I heard Zhao Qi say that he lives in a cave, but when I see it, it is even more dilapidated than I imagined.

"Brother is back!" Hearing the sound of talking outside, Xiao Zhu Huan ran out of the cave happily, and then saw two young scholars in neat clothes and gentle clothes. After a moment, he was a little shy and quickly tidied up the worn dress on his body.

"Xiaozhu comes here quickly. These are the two juren I met in the town today. This is Brother Chen Ji and Brother Chen. This is Brother Yao Ran and Brother Yao!" Zhao Qi greeted Xiaozhu.

"I have met Mr. Chen, Mr. Yao!" Xiaozhu saluted respectfully.

"Hey, Brother Zhao actually has such a well-behaved slave?" The two were surprised.

"Xiaozhu was bought by my grandmother five years ago. I have always regarded it as a real girl. The sun is strong outside and the inside is cool. First go in and wash and rest, and then try the tea I bought today!" Zhao Qi smiled and led the way.

"Okay, it's really hot, Brother Zhao, please, Sister Xiaozhu!" Chen Ji and the other two bowed together.

"Ahem, Qi'er is back, and there are two more guests..." After entering the cave, Old Mrs. Su, who was sitting under the awning, stood up in surprise, and helped to move the stool with a crutch.

"Brother Chen, Brother Yao, this is my grandmother!"

"Grandma, these two are two juren whom I met in the town who went to Beijing to participate in the provincial examination. Because they were having a good chat, they specially invited them home for tea!"

Zhao Qi smiled and introduced it again.

"Chen Ji, Yao Ran has met the grandmother!"

As the saying goes, "People's mouth is short and people are short. After exchanges in the town, Chen Ji and Yao Ran no longer regarded Zhao Qi as an ordinary mountain boy. They put down the tea leaves and bowed respectfully.

"It turned out to be two juren. Cough cough, I'm rude. My family is poor and I laughed at you. I'm so happy to be entertained and talked, so I'm going to make tea!" The surprise on Mrs. Su's face quickly turned into a kind smile, and she went to the stove to boil water with a crutch.

Xiaozhu was also busy fetching water and holding a hand towel, and serving three of them to wash their faces and hands.

"Xiao Zhu, did the porter in the town send back all the rice, flour, wine and meat I sold?" Zhao Qi asked after wiping his face.

"It's been a long time since I've been sent. I've packed the rice and flour and washed the meat. I can't make the only large intestines!" Xiaozhu replied in a low voice with a blushing face.

"I'll go and deal with it later. I'll wash a few tea cups for me first, and then bring a clean pottery bowl over!"

"Okay!" Xiaozhu turned around and went to find something, and Zhao Qi and the other two sat down in the pergola.

"Although the cold kiln is dilapidated, it is indeed dry and cool inside. These bamboo and wood cottages are also small and unique, so it is not bad to live here!" Yao Ran nodded and said after looking around in the cave.

"Brother Yao said that it is open enough here without fear of wind and rain. There are so many birds building nests. Swallows come in and out of the kiln every morning and evening, and there is also a unique scenery, full of poetry and painting!" Chen Ji nodded repeatedly to agree.

"Haha, the two brothers don't have to let me go. When I have money, I must build a large house and live in a cave. It's just a forced one!" Zhao Qi waved his hand with a smile.

Next, the three of them chatted. Chen Ji and the others talked about the customs and customs of Guangzhou and other places, the folk and the movements of the capital, and Zhao Qi also told some stories that were heard from Yanggong Town. After two moments, Mrs. Su's water boiled. Zhao Qi also moved the small bamboo table where he was eating to the awning, put five tea cups, opened a pack of tea leaves, took out a piece of tea cake and broke off a small piece, placed it in a pottery bowl and grind it into powder with a spoon.

Looking at Zhao Qi's clumsy appearance, Chen Ji and Yao Ran wanted to speak but stopped.

Zhao Dalang's actions are amazing, but he is obviously a variety that has never drunk tea. Even though his family is poor and has no tea sets, the action of grinding tea is obviously an amateur.

Just when Yao Ran, who was straightforward and had the characteristics of being a stubborn person, was about to ask for help, Mrs. Su came over with a steaming kettle, stood beside her and looked for a while, then rolled up her sleeves and said, "Go away from the grandson, come on, old woman!"

"Uh!" Zhao Qi hesitated for a moment and wanted to ask, but he swallowed his words into his stomach and let go.

Old Mrs. Su has extraordinary knowledge and seems to be good at martial arts. There must be many secrets hidden in her body. If she is the daughter of a wealthy family, she should be able to make tea.

Sure enough, although Old Mrs. Su seemed to be unable to stand firmly in her till age, she immediately looked serious and serious when she first grinds tea. Her movements seemed unfamiliar, but she was all chaotic. She grinds the spoons back and forth in the bowl. After three or five times, she became more skillful in her technique. Her movements were gentle and soothing, and she was never tired of it over and over again.

Old Mrs. Su's serious expression and soothing and orderly movements seemed to have aura that shocked Chen Ji and Yao Ran. Their expressions gradually became quiet. After looking at each other, there was a light of surprise in their eyes.

"This tea brewing mainly involves mixing paste, and the paste is mainly grinding. There are five processes in grinding, first crushing, grinding, then grinding, sieve, and grinding. Each tea powder must be evenly sized as powder and dust. The finer the tea powder, the thicker the tea paste will be, and the more fragrant the tea water will be..."

After going back and forth more than ten times, the pottery bowl was already half a bowl of blue-white fine tea powder, which was similar to the matcha in later generations.

"It is best to use Jianzhan to drink tea. Black-bottomed ice silk is the best. Use seven cents of tea for each cup, and add ten cents of boiling spring to make tea paste. The tea paste should be thick but not thick, not sticky to teaspoons. The paste should be made of four parts of water, and should not be filled at one time. Seven times of blowing. The tea soup is milky white and the green is the bottom. The water paste blends and the milk mist floats surgingly at the mouth of the cup, and it is as thorough as smoke and clouds appearing in the mountains. If it shows the shape of flowers, birds, insects and fish, it is called entering the Tao..."

Old Mrs. Su had a solemn and steady expression. While speaking, she added tea powder to each coarse pottery tea cup with a spoon. First, inject a little boiling water and finely made into tea paste. Then slowly inject boiling water again. While adding water, she kept stirring with a small spoon. Soon, as the yellow and white tea powder floated up, there were patterns like clouds, flowers and plants in the tea cup.

"Wow, the grandmother is really a master of tea ordering. I have also attended tea banquets with my teachers and friends in the capital and Guangzhou. I have never seen anyone share tea and see such a scene, which has really opened my eyes!" Yao Ranqing couldn't help but stand up and applaud and exclaim.
Chapter completed!