God Level Farm

In fact, it's nearly four o'clock now, and Li Zhifu can still rest for an hour and a half.

Xia Ruofei can really appreciate the complexity of the manual tea-making process, especially if those key processes are completed by one person, it is really hard work.

Ye Lingyun laid the floor directly in Li Zhifu's room, while Xia Ruofei went back to the car, put the back seat down, and slept with his clothes on.

He felt as if he had just closed his eyes when the alarm clock rang. In fact, for an hour, his sleep was very light.

Xia Ruofei sat up and looked out through the car window. The room where Li Zhifu was resting was already lit up. Xia Ruofei hurriedly opened the door and jumped out of the car.

After more than an hour of rest, in addition to the effect of the spirit flower petal solution, Li Zhifu seemed to be in good spirits, and was instructing Ye Lingyun to remove the water sieve.

Poplar roots have pulled a wire in the yard and hung a large 200-watt light bulb, and the yard is suddenly bright.

Xia Ruofei also stepped forward and saw Li Zhifu carefully inspecting the tea green under the light. After a long time, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "The process of making green tea is perfect! Now tea green is in a state of three reds and seven greens!"

Seeing Xia Ruofei's confused look, Li Zhifu explained with a smile: "Three reds and seven greens are our terms, that is, after the tea green goes through the process of shaking and making green, the edges of the leaves will be rubbed and collided, and the injured part will be oxidized. Dark red, and at this stage, three red and seven green is the best."

Xia Ruofei showed a educated look and said: "Mr. Li, there is too much attention to this ancient method of making tea!"

Li Zhifu smiled and said, "Where is this going? Dahongpao has more than a dozen processes, and each process has a lot of attention. If it wasn't for the master's hand-in-hand teaching and hard work every day, even the smartest person would not be able to learn it!"

Xia Ruofei nodded and said: "Yeah! I don't know if I don't see it, I just look at it... It's all doorways! Mr. Li, Lingyun is following you to learn, and I have to ask you to pay more attention..."

"Don't worry! Since I have accepted him as an apprentice, I will definitely do my best!" Li Zhifu said lightly, "There are not many people who are willing to learn this traditional tea-making craft. It would be meaningless for me to keep one. Don't go into the coffin!"

Ye Lingyun said quickly: "Master, you are in good health! Don't say such unlucky words!"

Li Zhifu looked at Ye Lingyun with undisguised love. He smiled kindly and said, "Okay, stop gossiping and start working!"

The next step is to fry the green tea, Yang Shugen has already prepared the iron pot, but the steps of making the fire are done by Li Zhifu himself, which is related to the heat of the tea, and he will never fake it.

After the pot was hot, Li Zhifu poured the fermented tea green into the iron pot, and then started to fry the green tea with his hands.

His gestures are also very peculiar. The tea leaves are turned up and down under his stirring, the moisture of the tea leaves evaporates quickly, the fermentation process is artificially stopped, and the essence of the tea juice is completely preserved in this process.

Slowly, the tea green in the iron pot began to emit a little water vapor, and the temperature of the iron pot also began to rise. Li Zhifu started to use two half-moon-shaped wooden tea steaks. First, he shook it slightly for one or two times, and then released the part. Moisture and volatilized green gas, then flip the fried green leaves between the two tea grills.

after awhile,

The tea greens were almost ready to be served. Li Zhifu shook the tea grill a little to make the tea greens evenly disperse the water. After frying for a few more times, all the tea greens were taken out of the pot.

Li Zhifu didn't even take a breath, and immediately started the kneading process.

The kneading is also purely manual, and the action is a bit like washing clothes. Li Zhifu pressed the fried green leaves in the kneading sieve and pushed and pulled them back and forth until the leaf juice flowed out in sufficient quantities, rolled into strips, and fragrantly fragrant.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhifu put the tea green into the pot to stir fry again. This process is very short, about half a minute. After turning it over a few times, it was taken out and kneaded again. The tea kneading time was also shorter than the first time.

From the beginning of frying, to rolling, re-frying, and re-kneading, the whole process takes about half an hour.

However, the workload is still very large, Li Zhifu did not stop for almost a moment, and he was sweating profusely after finishing.

Xia Ruofei quickly handed over the "nutrient solution" that had already been prepared.

Li Zhifu took the small porcelain bottle, drank the solution of the petals of Lingxin Flower in a few sips, and then wiped his mouth and said, "Gen'er, is the bakery ready?"

"Master, get ready!" Yang Shugen said quickly.

"Let's start baking with water!" Li Zhifu said decisively.

"OK!"

When he came to the roasting room, Li Zhifu placed the fried tea leaves evenly in the roasting cage made of narrow-waisted bamboo strips, and then started to light a fire in the roasting cave and add charcoal.

The temperature of this process is also very critical. Li Zhifu has been making tea for decades. The reason why he is famous is precisely because the roasting temperature is mastered to the top, so in the process of his operation, Ye Lingyun and Yang Shugen are all eyes. Staring, for fear of missing a certain detail.

The charcoal in the baking cave soon began to turn red, and Xia Ruofei could feel the heat waves standing in the room.

Li Zhifu felt it carefully, adjusted the position of the charcoal several times, and then evenly sprinkled plant ash on it.

After several adjustments, Li Zhifu finally nodded.

Ye Lingyun and Yang Shugen quickly worked together to lift the roasting cage and place it on top of the roasting cave.

The doors and windows of the entire bakery are tightly closed, and moisture can only pass through the roof gaps, so it is very hot inside, but Li Zhifu still stays in front of the bakery, always observing the condition of the tea leaves, and turning over them during the period. Fried several times.

After about 15 to 20 minutes, the water bake was successfully completed.

After the tea leaves were roasted, Li Zhifu asked Ye Lingyun to pour the tea leaves into the dustpan arc, and then personally used the dustpan to lift the yellow flakes, fragments, tea dust and other impurities, and then spread the tea leaves and moved them to the outside rack for drying. .

After Li Zhifu personally inspected it, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Xiao Xia, it will take about five hours to dry now, let's all go to rest for a while!"

Xia Ruofei knew that Li Zhifu had a chance to sleep all night without sleeping. Although there were a few hours in the middle, the old man's sleep was very light. He could tell whether Li Zhifu fell asleep or not!

He hurriedly said: "Okay, Mr. Li, it's really hard for you! Go and rest for a while!"

Xia Ruofei didn't rest much, so after sending Li Zhifu to the door of the room, he also quickly got into the car and lay down.

After sleeping until about eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Xia Ruofei woke up refreshed, took out the regular travel wash bag from the trunk, and went to the faucet in the yard to wash briefly.

Li Zhifu was also up at this time, and he was checking the status of the tea leaves on the green rack.

Xia Ruofei quickly said hello: "Mr. Li, how are you resting?"

Li Zhifu said with a smile: "It's alright, I slept for a while. Xiao Xia, the process of making tea by hand is more than half completed, and there are still the last few steps, and it will be ready before noon!"

"You've worked hard!" Xia Ruofei said sincerely.

Xia Ruofei's words came from the heart. You must know that this is a ninety-year-old old man! I stayed up all night last night!

Li Zhifu smiled and waved his hand and said, "It's not hard, it's not hard, I like such a good tea, I don't feel tired at all!"

Next, Li Zhifu asked Ye Lingyun and Yang Shugen to carry the tea leaves into the baking room, and started the finishing procedures such as re-baking and stirring.

At about 11:30, Dahongpao's Maocha was finally made successfully!

Yang Shugen found an electronic scale and weighed it, a total of about one pound and two taels.

However, the entire production process is not complete.

After everyone had a brief lunch at the small tea factory in Yangshugen, Li Zhifu began to refine the Maocha himself.

This is another complicated process, including primary sorting, sifting, secondary sorting, wind selection, primary baking, and uniform stacking. After being refined by Li Zhifu, the final finished Dahongpao is finally presented to everyone.

I saw that the Dahongpao tea strips were strong and even, dark brown with an oily treasure light, and when I got close, I smelled a very strong tea fragrance, which made people feel relaxed and happy.

Ye Lingyun and Yang Shugen both looked at Li Zhifu with admiration.

And Li Zhifu looked at the finished Dahongpao, which only weighed about a pound, and couldn't help showing a very satisfied look, stroked his beard and smiled: "Xiaoxia, the fresh leaves you provided are really of high quality! Over the years, I have been very impressed with this time. Tea making is the most satisfying thing, you can see that this rope is quite tight and strong, the color is quite pure, and it has such an obvious treasure, not bad..."

Xia Ruofei said happily: "Mr. Li, this is because of your superb skills, otherwise even the best tea leaves would not be able to make tea of ​​this quality."

In terms of tea making, Li Zhifu was not humble, he smiled and nodded and said, "How about it, let's try this tea!"

Xia Ruofei said immediately: "Okay!"

No matter how good the appearance of tea, the final quality still has to be implemented in the taste. Only after soaking in a bubble will you know after tasting it.

Ye Lingyun and Yang Shugen were naturally full of expectations, and Yang Shugen hurriedly brought a full set of tea sets.

Li Zhifu said: "Gen'er, you first find a tea can and help Xiao Xia seal the tea!"

"okay!"

Yang Shugen originally opened a tea factory here, and there was no shortage of tea cans. He quickly brought a one-pound bag over, carefully put the Dahongpao made by Li Zhifu himself into the tea can, and sealed it tightly. .

Li Zhifu put about a cup of tea leaves specially left by Yang Shugen into the purple sand pot. The purple sand pot also looks a little old, and the purple light is translucent. It should be used by Yang Shugen to make tea by himself.

After the mountain spring water first boiled, Li Zhifu poured the water into the purple clay pot, and the aroma of tea in the room immediately floated up. Everyone's eyes lit up. This tea is really fragrant!

Li Zhifu put down the kettle and immediately picked up the purple clay pot and poured out the tea soup inside. Dahongpao also needs to wash the tea, but the brewing process is very short, and there is no need to wait for a few seconds like Tieguanyin.

Then Li Zhifu poured the still-boiling mountain spring water again, let it sit for about ten seconds, and then poured it directly into the smelling cup in front of everyone.

When the tea soup was poured into the smelling cup, Yang Shugen's eyes suddenly lit up and he said happily, "The tea soup is clear and bright! Good tea!"

Xia Ruofei took a closer look, and the tea soup in the smelling cup in front of him was dark orange, very clear and translucent.

Li Zhifu smiled slightly, poured the tea in the smelling cup into another tea tasting cup, then picked up the smelling cup, rubbed his hands gently, then brought the smelling cup to his nose, closed his eyes slightly, deeply Take a deep breath...

Xia Ruofei also learned the same way. He smelled the tea aroma after learning Li Zhifu's actions. He couldn't say what was good.

"Clear and secluded! The fragrance is overflowing! Good tea!" Li Zhifu said excitedly.

Then, Li Zhifu put down the smelling cup, and finally picked up the tea tasting cup. Both Yang Shugen and Ye Lingyun were no rookies. They were quite skilled in tea tasting, and picked up the tea tasting cup after smelling the fragrance.

Xia Ruofei also learned that everyone took up the tea cup.

Smelling the fragrance of the tea in the room, Xia Ruofei's mood seemed to have become calm, and his eyes could not help showing appreciation and playfulness. He slowly inhaled the tea soup, and then slowly swallowed it.

Xia Ruofei suddenly felt the mellow and sweet taste echoing in his mouth, and he couldn't help showing an expression of enjoyment.

Li Zhifu opened his eyes and asked with a smile, "Xiao Xia, how are you feeling?"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "Mr. Li, I am an amateur in tea tasting, but I feel that the taste of this tea soup is very mellow, and at the same time has a very attractive fragrance. In addition, there is an indescribable charm in Inside..."

Yang Shugen immediately said: "Yan Yun! Master, this Dahongpao has a very obvious rocky rhythm. It's really an excellent tea!"

Li Zhifu nodded with a smile and said, "Gen'er is right, Xiao Xia, you can taste the fragrance of rock and fragrance, which shows that my Dahongpao has been successfully made!"

"Yan Yun?" Xia Ruofei asked in confusion.

Li Zhifu nodded and said, "Yes! In layman's terms, it is the charm of rocks. This is the unique charm of our Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao."

"Sounds a bit mysterious..." Xia Ruofei said with a smile.

"It's not mysterious at all. Our Dahongpao in Wuyishan has turned the seemingly mysterious rhyme into a tangible and tasteful rhyme." Li Zhifu said.

Then, there was a hint of deepness in his eyes, and he said, "In my opinion, Da Hong Pao is like an old man who has gone through vicissitudes of life. It can stand the test of time and the scrutiny of the years."

Xia Ruofei was instantly awe-inspiring. He never imagined that an old tea farmer who had been engaged in tea making in Wuyi Mountain for decades would be able to say such philosophical and poetic words.

Xia Ruofei took a deep look at Li Zhifu, and then asked, "Mr. Li, how do you think the quality of the Dahongpao made this time compares to the legendary mother tree Dahongpao?"

[ps: Thanks to Zheng Jiaerlang and Xiangjun 1 children's shoes for their support! 】

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