There is a bar in Houhai

Chapter 440 Osmanthus and Tea
Shen Fang asked Cheng Yue to find a hotel to ask for a business car. They drove for about 20 minutes and arrived at a fork with two roads. The uphill was a valley at the southern foot of the South Peak, and the name of the road sign was Manjuelong. road.The other slightly gentler road is the famous Hupao Road, which leads directly to Hupao Spring.There are lush forests on both sides, and the air feels a lot fresher.

Even though it was not a weekend, the parking spaces on both sides were still full of tourists who came to Pingui. Shen Fang asked Cheng Yue to find a place to park the car, and took Zhou Qi, Li Hui and others to prepare for a walking tour.

"Let's go, let's go along this road." Shen Fang pointed to the sign of Manjuelong Road and said: "The above is the famous Manjuelong Village in Hangzhou, and the 'Manlong Osmanthus Rain' here is known as the One of the ten scenic spots in the city."

"So famous? Why haven't I heard of it?" Qin Mohan didn't believe it, but the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus blowing in the wind still made her yearn for it.

"Jiangnan memories, the most memorable is Hangzhou. Mountain temples look for osmanthus seeds in the middle of the month, and county pavilions look at the tide. When will you visit again! This is what I'm talking about."

"Cut, show off. My sister can do it too!" Qin Mohan thought for a while, since he had heard this poem before, he walked forward arrogantly.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, and it is indispensable everywhere in Hangzhou, a city where sweet-scented osmanthus is the city flower.However, there is an indispensable place to see sweet-scented osmanthus in Hangzhou, and that is the "Osmanthus rain in Manlong" among the "Ten Scenes of New Hangzhou".

Manlong, also known as Manjuelong, is named after the temple Manjue Temple, which means "perfect enlightenment".In the blink of an eye, the Manjue Temple has disappeared in the long river of history, although it is not known whether the abbot of the temple has fully realized his enlightenment, and only Manjuelong Village is left here to inherit its name.

Manjuelong Road is divided into upper and lower sections. From the foot of the mountain to the top, the first to arrive is Xiamanjuelong.Park the vehicle on the side of the road, and a few people will go on a walking tour, a section of uphill that is not too hard, just to exercise.

Near the Hupao Spring, almost every household on the roadside here is engaged in tea and sweet-scented osmanthus business.In the lazy autumn sunshine, the old men in Hangzhou stretched their legs, moved a bamboo stool at random, sipped a cup of home-made tea, ate a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and squinted at passers-by.

There are osmanthus trees on both sides of the streets of Manlong Road. When the autumn wind blows and the rain comes, the golden osmanthus flowers fall to the ground. No matter where you go, you can smell the scent of osmanthus. There are osmanthus for sale on the roadside. A small sugar shop, there are rice sugar, cut sugar, and a hollow tube sugar.Qin Mohan couldn't help but bought a lot, and handed it to Shen Fang and the others, while he took a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus rice candy and ate it while walking.

"Wow, it's really beautiful." Looking at the golden piece under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, like a blanket paved with gold leaf, Qin Mohan couldn't help but admire it.

"It's a worthwhile trip." Shen Fang couldn't help but proudly said: "In the Ming Dynasty, someone wrote: Zhuying Qiongshu, the fragrance is full of empty mountains, and you can enjoy the deepness quickly, and you will enter the world of vulture and golden millet."

"Hey, I didn't expect you to be quite knowledgeable." Qin Mohan first showed a surprised look, looking at Shen Fang a little embarrassed, Qin Mohan followed his gaze and saw a stone tablet not far away, with a paragraph of words engraved on it.

"Nanshan and Longjing are the most prosperous places for sweet-scented osmanthus, and the place names are full of houses, and the forests are like rows of trees. A village takes city flowers as its industry, and all provinces get them from here. In autumn, Ceqian went to the mountains to see flowers, from a few miles away. Touching the fragrance. Entering the path, the pearls and qiong trees are full of fragrance, and the empty mountain is full of fragrance, and you can enjoy the deepness quickly, and you will enter the world of vulture and golden millet—Ming·Gao Lian.”

"Haha!" Qin Mohan looked at Shen Fang and couldn't help laughing: "I mean, you've heard of such a niche article, so it's because of the good eyes."

Shen Fang, who was exposed, didn't care, and smiled: "West Lake is clear in August. Where can you enjoy the fragrance? There are golden millets all over the Long River, and the wind blows down the mountains and autumn. Then this poem you Have you heard of it?"

Qin Mohan looked at the stele repeatedly, but didn't find the poem, so he glared at him angrily: "Hmph, although I haven't heard of it, it must be recorded in this village, and I'll talk about it when I find it." After finishing speaking, he went along Continue to go up Zhuomanlong Road.

In Shangmanjuelong Village, there is a homestay called Feiniaoji. It was one of the first shops in Hangzhou to start a "homestay plus coffee shop". Qin Mohan, who was tired from walking, walked straight into this coffee shop.

"Hey, orange cat." Looking at an orange cat lying on the side of the guardrail, Qin Mohan couldn't help but yelled out: "If little orange grows up, won't it become so fat?"

"Nine of the ten orange cats are fat, and the remaining one is crushed. Our little orange will be better than it in the future. That weight will definitely turn all living beings upside down."

"Upside down all beings..." Qin Mohan burst out laughing at his adjective, and patted him, but looking at the little fat cat in front of him, he was also worried about the little orange in the future.

After only being home for more than two months, my little orange cat has grown to about 6 catties, and it feels heavy to hold.And the little orange is lazy, lying on the guardrail of the verandah all day long and napping, and even Mocha ignores it when it is harassing it.Fortunately, now that Sisi and Jiajia have returned to Yanjing after school, they can tease it when they get it from time to time, otherwise it will be even more serious.

The outside of the shop is a Chinese-style building with blue bricks and gray tiles, but the inside is more Japanese-style, with wooden fences, courtyards, creepers...

There are quite a lot of tourists today. During the period, some tourists who recognized the two also politely asked if they could take a group photo.Despite the exhaustion of going up the mountain, Qin Mohan still did not refuse the fans' request.Seeing that there were more and more visitors, Shen Fang bought two cups of hand-made coffee here and dragged Qin Mohan away in a hurry.

Most of Shangmanjuelong Road are converted homestays, which basically inherit the gracefulness and tranquility of this Jiangnan city, especially the homestays hidden in the mountains, if they are matched with the misty scenery after the rain, It's really a vivid landscape painting.

Every object in the mountain house is well integrated into the hostel, the space uses a lot of white space, and the rooms are all in a simple style.When you open the window, you can see the whole green of Manjuelong Mountain, without the slightest disturbance from tourists.

But for Qin Mohan and the two of them, they had no desire to appreciate them. They drank coffee and walked downhill along the road they came from.Before reaching Manjuelong Village, Zhou Qi handed over the phone, and it was Liang Hui.

"Sister Hui, have you arrived in Hangzhou too?... I'm here with Shen Fang to see the sweet-scented osmanthus.... Wait, I'll ask him." Qin Mohan covered the microphone and said to Shen Fang: "Hui Fang Sister arrived at the hotel and asked where we were, and planned to have dinner with us in the evening."

"Give me the phone, and I'll talk to her." Shen Fang reached out and took Qin Mohan's cell phone: "Liang Hui, I'm Shen Fang. Deng Chao and the others are also at the hotel?...Okay, I'll invite you tonight Dinner....I'll ask Master Cheng to pick you up by car...you came by car, then I'll send you the address later, so you can drive over here, it's not far from the hotel...Okay, I'll give Chao right away Brother, make a phone call and we'll talk when we meet."

Then Shen Fang called Deng Chao and asked him to have dinner with him in the evening. It happened that Chen He was with him, so he asked him to bring Chen He with him.

Then I edited the address and sent it to Liang Hui and Deng Chao.Handed the mobile phone to Zhou Qi, and said to Qin Mohan: "Brother Chao and Chen He have also arrived in Hangzhou, we will gather together at night, if you guys want to make a show this time, you need more help from Brother Chao and the others." OK."

"Where are you going to invite them to dinner? Outside the building?"

"The building outside the building is to deceive tourists from other places. We will eat near here, and I will take you to a place you have never been to."

"Then let's go there quickly. I feel hungry when you say that, and I have already digested the buffet at noon."

"Or I'll carry you on my back." Shen Fang was about to squat down, Qin Mohan looked at the tourists passing by on both sides and hurriedly pulled him up. The two of them are wearing sunglasses, which is already a bit strange. If they are playing around like this, they may attract onlookers .

Shen Fang smiled and didn't tease her, pointing to the corner of Hupao Road ahead and said: "It's just ahead."

On Hupao Road, walk ten meters up the slope, and there is a small path, with a bluestone gate wall erected beside it, with the shop sign "Scarlett Garden" written on it, and four words beside it: there are wisterias in spring, and wisteria in summer. Take advantage of the shade of trees, enjoy the scent of cinnamon in autumn, and enjoy the snow scenery in winter.

"Oh, the artistic conception is good. I just don't know how the dishes are." Just after passing the door wall, Qin Mohan didn't even bother to appreciate the courtyard scenery, so he dragged Shen Fang into the courtyard.

The square courtyard is full of greenery.The breeze blows the sweet-scented osmanthus and falls into the pool, and several koi eat the flowers, wanton and happy.Entering the restaurant, although the furnishings are ordinary, it is spacious and comfortable. Two waiters in blue and white cheongsams in the welcoming area stood in front of a screen with the store name "Scaria Garden", watched several people enter, and looked at the leader Shen Fang and Qin Mohan asked, "Welcome! Do you have an appointment?"

"Ah, this restaurant still needs to be reserved?" Qin Mohan asked Shen Fang in surprise. It was only around five o'clock at this time, and it was not yet time for meal. Could it be that the meal time was already full.

Shen Fang said to Qin Mohan: "Yes, this place is the same as Yan Bo's Linhu residence. It is a private kitchen. If you don't make an appointment, you can only have seasonal vegetables, and there are no meat dishes."

"Then let's change one?" Qin Mohan asked Shen Fang uncertainly.

"Since I brought you here, there must be a box." Shen Fang said to the waiter, "Please call Manager Yao."

The waiter looked at the two people in front of him, although their faces were covered by large sunglasses, but they had an extraordinary bearing, and a few people following behind were always paying attention to their surroundings, obviously bodyguards or assistants.Seeing this style, one of the waiters said: "Manager Yao is picking up water at Hupao, and he will be back in about 10 minutes. Please come with me, and you can wait for tea in the tea area first."

Seeing Shen Fang and the two puzzled eyes, the waiter explained: "Every morning, nearby residents, including some citizens in Hangzhou, will bring buckets to Hupao Spring to pick up water. We belong to the catering industry and use a lot of water, so every afternoon Water can be fetched at a fixed time, and in order to ensure that the water quality is not polluted, Manager Yao personally takes people to fetch it.”

Shen Fang was very satisfied with the waiter's attitude, and followed Qin Mohan to a tea house next to the hall.The tea house is small, more than ten square meters, a mahogany tea table with a width of one meter and a length of two meters is placed in the center, and there are several wooden pier cut from the same mahogany as stools on the front, which is full of original ecology.The curtains woven with green bamboo on both sides are half-hanging in the middle of the window. Through the solid wood window, you can see the distant mountains, and bursts of osmanthus are wafting in, filling the room with a dark fragrance.

There is a full-time tea artist in the teahouse, wearing a blue double-breasted Chinese-style short-sleeved dress, with hair combed delicately behind the ears, the waiter greets Shen Fang and the others to sit down, and then nods to the tea artist: "These few It's Manager Yao's friend, please welcome me."

"Hello." The tea art master looked at Shen Fang and Qin Mohan sitting in front of him, sitting opposite him, and the rest Cheng Yue and others sat on the chairs near the door, knowing that these two were the right masters.

The tea artisan said: "We have Mingqian Longjing picked from our own tea garden here. It is most suitable to use the water from Hupao Spring for brewing. Would you like to taste it?"

"Okay, just drink Longjing." Shen Fang nodded.

The tea master squatted slightly in front of the tea table, took out a white porcelain covered cup from the side, took out the transparent kettle next to it, poured it on it, and then poured it away.After warming the cup, use a bamboo teaspoon to take out half a teaspoon of tea from a tea tube made of old green bamboo, and put it into a white porcelain cup.

First add a little warm water, pick up the brewing cup, shake it slowly to make the tea leaves completely wet, and let the tea leaves stretch naturally.After the tea leaves are stretched a little, add [-]% boiling water.Wait for the tea leaves to dissolve into the tea soup.Use the cup lid to shake the tea soup slightly to make the tea soup dissolve more evenly.Finally, pour them into the small teacups in front of Shen Fang and Qin Mohan.

"Please!" The tea artisan stretched out his palms towards the two of them, then poured out three more cups and handed them to Cheng Yue and the others.

"It smells so good." Qin Mohan picked up the small cup with two fingers and sniffed it in front of his nose.After smelling the sweet-scented osmanthus all afternoon, I couldn't hide the unique tea fragrance like orchid beans.Drinking in the mouth, it is fresh and sweet, quiet but not cold, and it is indifferent to sip.

"I feel like the tea leaves we used to drink were all wasted." Qin Mohan said after drinking the tea.

"It's not ruined. I feel that Longjing tea is still comfortable to drink in a glass." Shen Fang didn't have so much emotion: "You feel delicious, probably because of this water. Although Hupao Spring is only the third spring in the world, but The taste of soaking in Longjing still depends on Hupao Spring."

"What this gentleman said is true. Only the water from Hupao Spring can truly show the characteristics of Longjing tea's 'green color, rich fragrance, sweet taste, and beautiful shape'." The tea art master said to Shen Fang: "And only Only our tea garden can grow such tea."

"Where does the Longjing we drink come from?" Qin Mohan suddenly remembered, and asked Shen Fang.

"Hehe, I finally got to the point." Shen Fang smiled and said, "Our tea is produced here, and we take it from this tea garden every year."

Hearing Shen Fang's words, the tea master took a closer look at the two people in front of him, and then asked uncertainly, "What's your surname, sir?"

Shen Fang took off his sunglasses and motioned for Qin Mohan to take off his sunglasses too.

"It turned out to be Mr. Shen." The tea artisan stood up and saluted, and then said to Shen Fang: "Please wait a moment, I will call Manager Yao and hurry up." After speaking, he left and went out.

"So this is Sister Hui's tea garden." Qin Mohan remembered the signboard at the door, and asked uncertainly, "Sijia Garden? Sisi and Jiajia?"

"Well, it's their names. This restaurant and the tea garden behind belong to their little sisters." Shen Fang said to Qin Mohan: "The Longjing tea you drink every year belongs to them. Next time, remember to give them more. A gift in return."

"Hehe, I didn't expect that the two little girls, Sisi and Jiajia, would have a business." Qin Mohan thought about the appearance of the two cute babies. It would be fun to be a little boss in a serious way: "Sister Xiaoying last time She mentioned it to me and is going to ask me to do some side business. She wants to invest in a restaurant in Hengdian and ask me to join her. What do you think?"

"If you want to invest, you can invest. The place in Hengdian is not too big. I guess Xiaoying is planning to invest because she thinks she can feel at ease when she is filming."

"Well, I'll give her an answer next time I meet her."

　I can't stop, and it's a big chapter of more than 4000 words.Sometimes the fat man thinks, if he only writes [-] words per chapter like everyone else, there will be almost [-] to [-] chapters now.

　　
　
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