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I was born in the hometown of Yang Naiwu and Xiao Cabbage, left after studying, worked in the territory of Liangshan Po and Zhu Yingtai, and then moved, changed several times, different languages, different environments, the only constant, the scope is limited to the land of fish and rice in Jiangnan.
When I was a child, the local human touch was very strong, the hometown tone was very kind, but unfortunately my own accent is no longer pure, speaking Mandarin is obvious, speaking hometown dialect is too awkward, how to listen to how inappropriate, my own heart is afraid, fortunately, the second sister has been rooted in my hometown, I have a foothold that I can go back to at any time. Occasionally, those spirited elders are particularly enthusiastic and love to nag, reminiscing about all kinds of interesting things in the past, and insisting that I sit in the house, drink tea, eat fruit, if I refuse, they will be disappointed, if I agree, then the face of walnuts will blossom. Sometimes I can't bear to go against the old man's kindness, so I will go into the house and take a turn to show respect. One day the second sister asked me if I had gone to whose house and whose house? I admit that the second sister criticized Kai very harshly: "You know that as soon as you go in, people make good tea and take out good things that they are reluctant to eat, and you, as soon as you turn around, disappear, they can't find you." One after another, how can it be said? "Ah, I really didn't expect to be disappointed in a casual way, too much, so embarrassing!"
In the memory of childhood, the village style is simple and the neighbors are harmonious, and when it rains or when the farmers are idle, the neighbors who are well-connected often drink tea with each other and take turns to be the east. This cup of tea has become a must-have for entertaining guests, can not be neglected, never use the kettle of boiling water, boiling water teapot on the coal stove, you have to burn fresh brew, brew a circle, add cold water, continue to burn. But whenever someone is invited to drink tea, the teapot is always there to sing happily, and when the pleasant boiling sound sounds, the master picks up the teapot and pours it into a small cup of tea cups. That tea cup, made of ceramic materials, mini type, the bold person can drink the tea dry in a big mouthful, but the real tea drinker, has taken this tea as a rare luxury and enjoyment, naturally have to drink slowly, taste carefully, some people are even more drinking, lightly close their eyes, as intoxicated, and then drink the second sip, not to mention the tea drinker himself, even if it is just a bystander, it must be itchy.
This cup of tea, tea naturally can not be indiscriminately filled, must be the best tea such as Mingqian tea, home fried or purchased, with tea ingredients are roasted green beans, tsubaki peel, fried sesame seeds, carrots, dried tofu and the like, the more the merrier. Therefore, this small cup of tea, drinking up the taste is very special, in addition to the sweet aroma of tea, but also with a little salty taste, covering the aroma of all kinds of condiments, especially the Tsubaki peel, sesame aroma is the most intense, lips and teeth remain fragrant, reverberating, people are fascinated!
Tsubaki, which looks very much like an orange, can be much smaller than an orange, the orange is yellow but the tsubaki is green, verdant, and the opposite is used, only the skin is taken, and the meat is discarded (the meat inside is so sour that no one can bear it). The skin is cut into silks, salt is added, stirred, and sometimes pressed a few times with the handle of the knife to squeeze out the juice in the skin, making it more fragrant. Baked green beans, that is peeled shell green edamame cooked, add a little salt, dry at high temperature (absolutely not sun-dried, sun-dried will have a peculiar smell), carrots the same reason, cut into small pieces, but also cooked and then dried. The production of these teas is very laborious, but because they are everyone's favorite, they are extremely patient and pay attention to hygiene.
Suppose, a small cup of tea, put so many tea ingredients, turquoise tea leaves, green tsubaki peel, green baked green beans, red carrot blocks, white dried tofu diced, dot-shaped fried sesame seeds sprinkled on top... Colorful, with a bit of delicious salty taste, tempting taste, full of color and flavor, take a sip of warm drink, slow and leisurely belly, the whole body is comfortable.
However, in the early days, drinking tea was only the exclusive of adults, and children were not eligible to enjoy it with adults, even if there was, it could only be secretly drunk, and the so-called unobtainable was the best, and they were more hungry. Therefore, in the memories of my childhood, there is always such a warm picture: the neighbors are sitting around lively, drinking tea, smoking, steaming, smoke, parents are short, laughter and laughter. The host smiled, the look when making tea, the silhouette, handsome, comparable to the beautiful action of the waiter's arm clamping the long-mouthed teapot when drinking morning tea in the Guangzhou tea house, and there was nothing less.
Needless to say, that cup of tea has become a mouth-watering blessing in the depths of memory.
Today, the former hometown has long been the old look of the new, every household has at least four or five floors high farmhouse villas, the space is too large, too spacious, generally for their own use of a part, rent a part, rent a part, rent income is not cheap, living conditions are not the same, there are more houses and cars, life is rich, the habit of drinking tea is still retained. Of course, the gas replaced the coal stove, the tea material is still the same, but not just tea, the big round table replaced the previous small table, the table is no longer just a lonely tea clam, the turntable is full of various fruits and snacks, cherry, mangosteen, strawberry, durian, orange, pear, honeydew and other high-grade fruits, small walnuts, fragrant trees, melon seeds, peanuts, pistachios and many other stir-fried goods, and some fine pastries, sugar, dazzling. I have seen such scenes in the second sister's vibrato, only to understand that the so-called drinking tea meaning is completely different, which is tea drinking, it is clear that it is a quite attractive etiquette exchange, the family secretly competes, the household privately competes, anyway, not bad money, do your best to buy. Drink tea to the meal point, simply directly on the wine and cuisine, arrogant to eat together, feast.
And that cup of fragrant hometown tea, turned out to be a supporting role, the little clam changed into a cup, and no longer drink while burning, a new type of warm kettle can be.
I still don't understand whether my hometown tea has nutritional and health value. I just think my taste buds are blessed. Seeing that the current hometown tea grade has turned over several heels, it is not the same as before, and I have to be impressed by it!
Secretly, if one day, I also go to drink the tea of my hometown, what should I do?