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At five o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock woke people up from their deep sleep, packed their bags and went downstairs, the scheduled Buick GL8 commercial vehicle was already waiting in front of the hotel, carrying our group through the streets and alleys on the elevated expressway to the airport. When you leave, it is still a scene of dim lights, and when you go to the airport to check in, it is already the first day of the rising sun.
The plane that departed from the rising sun flew from Kunming in the southwest to Fuzhou in the southeast. In the habit of the past, I would carry a book with me and pass the time on the plane. Perhaps it was the continuous rush, and I rarely fell asleep on the plane, but I fell asleep groggy, until the book in my hand slipped to the floor, and I woke people up from my dream.
More than two hours later, it was from Kunming Changshui Airport to Fuzhou Changle Airport on time. After the airport, go to pick up the pre-booked off-road vehicle, and then drive to Nanping City, Northern Fujian, which is already the best choice, to start the search itinerary for oolong tea in northern Fujian this spring.
Zhang Meng, a girl who was traveling with her, slept a full day in Kunming the first day, and the whole person was once again rejuvenated, taking over Ma Bofeng as a driver, sighing while driving: "This road is also too good, or high-speed love." "This treasure girl, who has been searching for tea all the way this spring, has traveled to Fujian, Zhejiang, Suzhou, and Yunnan provinces, shouldering the heavy responsibility of driving all the way, and has experienced the arduous journey of yunnan tea visits, and has already had a clear improvement." I'm going to listen to the song, or I'm going to get sleepy. So along the way, along with the old songs of the past 80s, this post-80s girl hummed happily, without the slightest sense of violation, and drove to the destination.
At 2:30 p.m., we arrived at Jian'ou City. After searching in many ways on the mobile phone, he still could not find a national chain of hotels, so he had to follow the memory of the past to find all the way. Just when we couldn't see it and decided to fill our stomachs first, we actually looked up and saw the familiar hotel standing by the bridge not far away. After a simple lunch, happily went to the hotel to check in, originally thought that we were many people, we could strive to make the hotel a little more preferential, the result is that all the rooms in the hotel are full. Seeing that there was no chance with this hotel that had the best experience after staying in Jian'ou in the past, so I had to go out to find another place, and the security guard at the entrance of this hotel called Jiaxing gave advice: "Jian'ou only Jiaxing and Jinlong are two hotels designated by the government, you can go to Jinlong to see." "Sure enough, the locals were most familiar with the situation and we had a smooth stay at the Golden Dragon Hotel.
Another group of Xueyou from Zhengzhou encountered an unexpected high-speed rail delay, half an hour later than the scheduled time, and tossed and turned to NanpingShi Station at half three o'clock in the second half, picked up the predetermined off-road vehicle, and came all the way along the highway to Jian'ou. After the convergence of the two roads, the search for oolong tea in northern Fujian officially began.
Originally thought that after the rush, everyone would be more tired, and tried to summon a voice in the group: "Do you want to go to tea at night?" "I didn't expect everyone to respond positively, I even had a little remorse, I could have taken a break, this is good, I had to barely get up, dragging my tired bones a little painful body downstairs, with the afterglow of the sunset, out of the city on the highway, running to the destination dozens of kilometers away."
By the time we arrived at the tea factory, it was already the night when the lights were on. It is the peak season for making tea, and the workshop is a busy scene. Director Wu introduced the greening process of oolong tea to our group, and led everyone to get close to it, most of the green leaves that are being processed are daffodils, and today there are three barrels of cinnamon green leaves. The initial production of Mao tea does not end until the middle of the night, the workers work in two shifts, and there are only a few hours of sleep every day during the tea season. Director Wu said: "Every process is very important, and if you want to make good tea, you have to rely on everyone." ”
Everyone gathered in the tea room to try out this year's new Mao tea, the fragrant golden peony, the fragrant and seductive yellow rose, the fresh and sweet big-leaf oolong, the lanxiang elegant old fir daffodil, and the tea of different mountain farms, with beautiful differences, impressive.
After trying down one tea after another, Zhang Meng looked up and asked, "Will it catch fire when you try tea like this?" "Where is this just as simple as going on fire, if it goes on like this, it will not be a few days, I am afraid that it will become a Nezha who spews three flavors of real fire."
Before we knew it was midnight, we set off for the city. When I got out of the car, I overheard Zhang Meng and Zhang Lulu joking: "Get up earlier than chickens, sleep later than dogs, and at the end of the day, I only ate a bowl of noodles at three o'clock in the afternoon." Why should I choose this industry? I'm just a tea seller, and now I'm a village girl. "Everybody listened and sat in a circle.
Looking out from the window, the whole city is dimly lit, it is already a time of silence, and tomorrow there is a new itinerary, waiting for people looking for tea.
About author:Ma Zhefeng, a native of Luoyang, has lived in Zhengzhou for a long time. He studied tea with Mr. Li Wei, a famous tea culture master, for many years, and was a private disciple of the late Mr. Wang Jiuchao, a master of calligraphy and painting. National senior tea appraiser, national vocational skills appraisal senior evaluator, national vocational skills competition referee, national vocational skills appraisal quality supervisor. He also serves as a director of the Chinese Tea People's Association, deputy secretary general of the Henan Tea Culture Research Association, deputy secretary general of the Henan Tea Chamber of Commerce and other social positions. He is employed as a visiting professor of Zhengzhou Shengda College of Economics and Trade Management, Anyang Institute of Technology, Pingdingshan College, Jiyuan Vocational and Technical College, Zhoukou Vocational College of Science and Technology and other universities. Founded Zhengzhou Ma Zhefeng Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. and Xingzhi Tea Culture Training Institute, it is committed to tea education, promoting the tea economy, and promoting tea culture, and has been specially reported by many media such as the People's Political Consultative Conference Daily. In 2014, he was awarded the Top Ten Cultural Pioneers in Henan, and in 2017, he was awarded the Outstanding Writer of the Tenth Anniversary of Pu'er Magazine. His book "Pu'er Tea Search" was listed on the list of the top ten tea books recommended by tea media in 2018, "Reading Chinese Tea" was published in 2019, and "Pu'er Six Mountains" was published in 2020.