Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 243 Fried Tea
The mountain village is surprisingly quiet at night.

Unlike the noise in the city, everything is so quiet, there is no sound of people walking, no roar of car engines, and no noise from the crowd.

Ring Ring Ring!
In the silent room, there was a shrill cell phone ringing.

Li Hongbing pretended not to hear, and continued to sleep soundly with his arms around Shan Xing.

"Brother, the call is coming." Shan Xing gently pushed Brother Hongbing.

Li Hongbing continued to pretend to be asleep.

The mobile phone is still clamoring persistently, and if I don't answer the phone, I can ring until the battery is dead.

"Brother, there may be something important." Shan Xing leaned closer to Li Hongbing's ear like coaxing a child.

What important things can there be at night.

Set up your own call blocking.

Li Hongbing muttered and picked up the phone beside the bed, and pressed the connect button without looking at who was calling.

Before he could speak, there was an excited roar from the opposite side.

"San'er, it's sold, it's sold out."

"What are you selling?" Li Hongbing asked vaguely, moving the phone away from his ear.

"Don't sleep, wake up." The second brother-in-law yelled back and forth on the phone, and the background noise seemed very lively.

Hi sir.

Li Hongbing lost all sleepiness from the noise, so he could only turn on the light, and sat up with Shan Xing's support, "What's the matter, tell me, you won't be fooling around with the rich again, be careful, I'll tell the second sister."

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm holding a celebration banquet at the hotel, and the second sister knows." The second brother-in-law quickly explained on the phone, but the next second the words changed, and he couldn't suppress his excitement, "San'er, today's dishes are all ready. It sold out, and you know how much it sold for.”

"Oh, do you have two hundred million?" Li Hongbing teased with the phone in one hand, and groped into the bed with the other hand.

Shan Xing blushed, and lightly pinched the mischievous hand.

"San'er, don't make trouble, I'm afraid you haven't woken up." When the second brother-in-law heard the brother-in-law say [-] million, his excitement was as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his face, and he disappeared instantly.

"I was wrong. I shouldn't have called you. Today, the oak vegetables were sold out as soon as they went on the market, and the turnover was close to 300 million."

"Well, it's not bad." Li Hongbing took the mobile phone to perfunctory the second brother-in-law, and focused on Shan Xing.

"What's your tone? Are you unhappy? Are you unhappy? Are you not excited?"

As soon as I got the sales results, my second brother-in-law wanted to share the news with my brother-in-law, but I didn’t know that the response was very indifferent. This kind of gap made the second brother-in-law very disappointed, but when I heard the slight humming on the phone, I immediately realized .

"Understood, I understand. Excuse me. You are physically disabled and strong, a role model for my generation. I will contact you tomorrow morning, so I hung up."

Li Hongbing couldn't answer after speaking, so he cut off the call directly.

Holding the beeping mobile phone, Li Hongbing turned his head to look at the peachy apricot beside him, whose eyes were glistening with water.

"You said how poor his quality is. He woke up others in the middle of the night and didn't speak clearly."

Shan Xing is not in the mood to discuss moral issues at this time, but looks at Brother Hongbing affectionately.

The lights go out!

……

The next morning.

Amidst the crowing of colorful roosters, my mother got up and went out, and saw Shan Xing washing the sheets by the well early in the morning.

There was so much noise last night in the middle of the night.

The old man was a light sleeper, so he naturally listened to the truth.

"Xing'er, why don't you use the washing machine, the well water is cold, what should you do if you're freezing?"

Shan Xing looked up and saw her mother's half-smile, with an expression of someone who came here, and immediately lowered her head in embarrassment.

"The water is not cold, and the washing machine consumes electricity."

She is a good girl who is diligent and thrifty.

The mother was satisfied, and asked casually, San'er, who is still sleeping in, how old is he, and he doesn't know how to love others, so he was tossing around in the middle of the night. "

The words came out.

The atmosphere instantly became awkward.

Shan Xing knew that her uncle and aunt had heard the noises with Brother Hongbing last night, and she was so ashamed that she wished she could get in through a crack in the ground.

"Aunt Xing, grandma, good morning."

Anna bounced down from the mushroom tree house, followed by the princess and the bear cub.

Her appearance was a relief for Shan Xing.

"Anna, there is a fool in the kitchen milking milk, remember to drink it after washing your face."

The milk mentioned here is not milk powder but buffalo milk. Since the female buffalo gave birth to a deflated calf, there is sufficient water, and the nutritional content of buffalo milk is higher than that of milk, which is especially suitable for the growth and development of children.

But the production of buffalo milk is very low, plus there is a baby with a big belly, the shriveled calf, so the silly boy will go to the barn in advance every day to prepare buffalo milk for Anna.

"Understood, where's Dad?" Anna looked towards the bedroom window.

"Sleep late, don't imitate your father." The mother took her son as a model.

in the bedroom.

In fact, Li Hongbing got up early, and he could hear the conversations outside the window, but Li Hongbing focused all his attention on his legs.

This morning, my legs felt numb and crispy.

Consciousness enters the heart of nature and finds that the cracks on the surface have been repaired [-]% complete.

Holding on to the bedside table for help.

Standing up tremblingly.

Finally able to move.

Li Hongbing breathed a sigh of relief, having had enough of living in a wheelchair.

Trying to move his legs, he walked out of the room step by step, and came to the door of the main room, but was blocked by the threshold.

Anna, who was drinking buffalo milk, turned her head inadvertently,

Yah yelled loudly.

"Daddy can move."

The father, mother, Shan Xing, and the silly boy on the rice field turned their heads in a daze, and saw Li Hongbing standing at the door with a wry smile on his face, everyone's face burst into surprise.

"Slow down, walk slowly, don't fall."

"Your legs are not good yet, you can't hold back, be careful on the steps."

"Brother, I will support you."

"Grandpa, idiot will carry you on my back."

The care of relatives made Li Hongbing feel heart-warming and at the same time helpless.

Walking alone, surrounded by four people, think of yourself as a glass man!

"You have something to do, can't you? I have a fool to accompany me."

He tried to persuade his father, mother and Shan Xing to go away, but Li Hongbing was worried that they would return to the carbine, so he hurriedly asked the silly boy to help him to the backyard.

Since waking up paralyzed, I haven't seen it in the backyard.

One is that I dare not look at it, and the other is that I can't bear to look at it.

Who knows how many herbs the old Guangtou had ruined in the medicine garden when he was in a coma.

When I came to the garden, I looked up and saw that there were pits everywhere, with broken leaves and branches, and the more I walked in, the more serious it was.

Especially seeing that more than half of the ginseng was missing, the century-old ginseng that I was reluctant to use, now there is only a deep pit left.

There are also wild ginseng planted next to it, and now there are only a few small seedlings left.

Lao Tzu's medicine garden is over.

Li Hongbing's heart felt like it was pierced by thousands of arrows, and it hurt sharply.

The old wide head of the dog.

It's really ruthless to start.

I have worked so hard to grow so many wild herbs, you are really trying to squeeze them out.

No wonder I ran back to town overnight when I woke up.

You can run to a monk, but not to a temple, just wait!

Ah Choo!Ah Choo!
In Guangming Medical Center, the old Guangtou was taking the pulse of a patient when he suddenly sneezed several times. The patient kindly asked if he had a cold.

The old man waved his hands indifferently.

I am a doctor, don't I know if I am sick or not.

As the saying goes, think once, curse second, and catch a cold third.

He sneezed twice in a row, designated someone to scold him, he was so generous and approachable, no need to think about it, there was no one else except that kid Li Hongbing.

The old Guangtou looked at the counter with a guilty conscience.

A ginseng as thick as half a radish is placed in a glass jar.

To save your life, it is not too much to accept half a ginseng from you!

After inspecting the heavily damaged medicine garden, Li Hongbing was in a very sad mood. He heard the sound of rushing water in the canal, and thought of the Bailongtan at the end of the mountain depression. Recently, there was a flood in the mountains. I don’t know how the Bailongtan is.

With the help of Shawa, I walked along the gravel road to the depths of the mountain depression. The more I walked in, the thicker the water mist, and it was hazy like a fairyland.

A row of green trees in the mist caught Li Hongbing's attention.

That is!

Longjing tea seedlings.

It's grown so big.

I remember that it was half a meter high when I bought it, but now it is more than one meter high, with lush branches and leaves.

Approaching the tea tree, a faint fragrance comes to the nostrils. There are many crystal raindrops rolling on the green leaves. The tender green leaves are particularly eye-catching on the tea tree. This is the bud.

Li Hongbing picked up a piece of bud and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing slowly, the tea leaves were fragrant and refreshing in his mouth, the taste was mellow and sweet, even the breath he exhaled was as fragrant as orchids.

Good tea!

"Silly boy, go to the front yard and get a bucket back."

"Oh!"

After the silly boy left, Li Hongbing slowly continued to walk forward alone. The sound of splashing water came to his ears, and he turned a corner and came to Bailongtan.

The cliffs are more than [-] meters high, and the gaps in the cliffs are constantly gushing out surging mountain spring water.

The spring water roared and slid all the way along the sloping and uneven slope of the rock wall, sometimes separated, sometimes converging, forming hundreds of violent and violent water dragons, smashing into the pool.

Surprisingly, this circular pool more than ten meters wide did not have a large amount of mountain spring water pouring in, but there was a phenomenon of flooding. As usual, the water level was neither high nor low, and it was just level with the edge of the pool.

I reached out to test the temperature of the water, and it warmed my hands as always.

There must be a secret passage under this pool. When you have time, come to an underwater adventure.

"Grandfather, here comes the barrel." Shawa's loud voice rang through the mist.

"coming."

Go back to the tea forest and meet Shawa, roll up your sleeves and start picking tea leaves.

It didn't take long for Li Hongbing to get tired. He sat by the ditch, took off his socks, soaked his feet comfortably, and checked the tutorial on hand-made tea with his mobile phone.

Not for a while.

The father, mother, and Shan Xing saw that the two of them had entered the col and could not come out for a long time, so they came in worriedly.

Seeing Li Hongbing lazily soaking his feet and asking a fool to pick tea leaves, he began to turn his gun around and scold Li Hongbing again. There is no such thing as a parent who lets his children work while he is lazy.

Li Hongbing naturally used his legs as a shield, which was forgiven by everyone.

So, Dad and the others joined the tea team. There were a lot of people and strength, and soon the bucket was full, estimated to be about ten catties, and more than half of the tea leaves remained on this tea tree.

Back to the yard.

Li Hongbing asked Shawa to take out a large iron pot from the warehouse and put it on the earthen stove that had not been removed when making crayfish.

"San'er, what are you doing?" Dad asked curiously.

Li Hongbing poured the tea leaves in the barrel into the rafts and spread them out without raising his head, "Stir fry tea."

"You know how to fry?" Dad was surprised.

"Live to be old, learn to be old, you can find it by searching on the Internet." Li Hongbing took the opportunity to show contempt, and avenged the double standard last night.

The old man ate for a while, and walked aside to watch the fun.

Firewood was lit in the earthen stove, and soon the iron pot emitted bursts of heat.

Li Hongbing was watching the tutorial with his mobile phone, and at the same time asked the silly boy to pick up the bamboo strips, pour the tea into the pot, and keep stirring it with his hands.

"Silly boy, remember to toss the tea leaves while turning them, so that the tea leaves can be heated evenly."

"Oh!" The silly baby was obedient, grabbed a handful of tea leaves and threw them into the sky, and the finely divided tea leaves were scattered in the rice field.

Ah ha ha!
The old man sat in the chair and covered his stomach with a smile, leaning forward and backward.

Li Hongbing cast a disdainful look, "Silly boy, sprinkle lightly, don't go beyond the range of the iron pot."

The silly boy who knew he had done something wrong, acted carefully, gently turned the tea leaves, and then slightly tossed them.

"Yes, that's it." Li Hongbing hurriedly sent out encouragement.

After frying for about ten minutes.

Li Hongbing used the tutorial to check the state of the tea leaves in the pot, "Silly boy, you can stir-fry while rubbing the tea leaves with your hands."

Oh!
The silly boy paid attention this time, picked up a handful of tea leaves carefully and rubbed them, and stared at Li Hongbing while rubbing, as long as Li Hongbing yelled to stop, he would let go immediately.

"Okay, just with this strength, don't use too much force to crush it."

The next step is to enter the boring time, while continuing to stir fry, while rubbing the tea leaves, as the moisture in the tea leaves is fried, the rich bean curd fragrance floats from the pot.

Even the scent rushed into the corners of the whole old house, and even my mother and Shan Xing walked out of the kitchen smelling the smell.

As an old tea drinker, my daughter, son-in-law, and son often bring him tea, expensive tea and cheap tea, but today my father can't sit still just smelling it.

Scratching his ears and cheeks like a monkey, he leaned over to the iron pot and took a deep breath of the tea fragrance, with an intoxicated expression on his face.

"Good tea, top quality tea."

Li Hongbing chuckled, "Being more arrogant than the second brother-in-law in Dahongpao."

"It's not as good as your tea." The old man shook his head again and again, not forgetting to tell the silly boy not to fry the tea.

Another half hour.

The tea leaves were finally roasted dry. After two hours of continuous roasting, the tea leaves were still emerald green.

Put the tea leaves into the slats to cool down, the old man took out a crystal clear glass, put a pinch of tea leaves in it, poured boiling water, in the rising water vapor.

The fragrant young leaves slowly stretched their bodies and swayed from side to side, floating up and down, some quickly sank to the bottom of the cup, and some floated out of the water.

The tea soup becomes green and bright in color, and the fragrance that wafts out is fresh and clear.

The old man didn't care about scalding his mouth, and took a sip of the tea soup lightly.

next second.

But he sighed deeply.

"I won't be able to drink other tea leaves in the future."

Hearing this, Li Hongbing immediately felt a sense of crisis, picked up the bamboo strips, and walked towards the main room.

Dad asked hastily.

"Hey, hey, where are you going, put down the tea, it's not cold yet."

Li Hongbing turned his head while walking and said, "When it cools down, I'm afraid there won't even be any tea leaves left, so save yourself!"

"Unfilial son, put down the tea, what's wrong with me drinking your tea, stop, do you hear me?"

The old man became furious and regretted saying that sentence, which made the little brat hear it, and hurriedly chased after him.

Seeing the father and son fighting, the mother said to Shan Xing disdainfully, "The leaves of the broken tree are still being snatched. A father is not like a father, and a son is not like a son."

Shan Xing naturally cooperated, "Yes, but the tea smells like bean curd."

Douhua.

After saying these two words, Shan Xing froze for a moment, and immediately ran to the warehouse in a hurry.

"Myolie, what's wrong with you?" Mom asked curiously.

"Soak soybeans for two days, I'm afraid they will germinate."

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(End of this chapter)