Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

To roast tea, the tea cakes must be placed on a tea stove for roasting. This is mainly to enhance the aroma and dry the tea cakes for subsequent work.

Next is broken tea, rolled tea and Luo tea. In this step, the tea cake is placed on a tea mortar and pounded into small pieces, which are then put into a tea grinder and ground into fine pieces.

After that, the ground tea leaves are sifted through a tea sieve into fine tea powder, so that the tea soup will be smooth and delicate.

After sifting the tea powder, carefully take it out with a teaspoon and put it in a tea box for later use.

Next, it’s time to boil the soup and scald the cups.

Waiting for the tea to boil means boiling water. Scalding the teacup, also known as warming the teacup, is the first time to use the teapot to fill the teacup with water.

A warm cup is conducive to the formation of suspension, and the tea soup is not easy to cool down.

After scalding the cup, you need to take the tea powder. Take out the crushed tea powder from the tea box and put it into the cup.

Next, pour a small amount of water into the warm tea cup and mix the tea powder and water evenly to make the paste.

After that, pour water along the wall of the cup and whisk it, and use a tea whisk to swirl and beat it. Pour water and whisk it repeatedly to stir the surface of the tea soup into a dense and lasting foam, forming a layer of suspension covering the surface of the cup, so that it can be preserved for a period of time.

This step is also called gel melting, which makes the tea soup have a gelatinous texture.

As for the number of times to inject water, it is usually three times, but everyone has his own way.

For example, Mrs. Feng would pour water seven or eight times in small amounts, and the tea she made had a unique flavor.

The last step is to divide the tea, which means adding water with a teaspoon or pouring tea from a teapot so that the tea soup forms magical patterns.

Those with superb painting skills can create a landscape painting on the tea soup, which is exquisite.

The whole process of making tea is tedious and complicated. If you are not careful, all your efforts will be wasted. However, the tea made in this way is also very delicious.

At this moment, Mrs. Feng had just finished the beating step and was serving the tea.

The aroma of tea filled the air, and Jiang Yin knew without even looking that this time Mrs. Feng had used Mengshan tea produced from Shangqing Peak.

She stood at the door, watching Madam Feng motionlessly. When she finished distributing the tea and stood up, she immediately rushed over.

Unfortunately, others thought she was also trying to grab the tea and did not give her some.

Mrs. Feng also left the teahouse through the back door when the crowd was crowded.

Jiang Yin was so anxious that she stamped her feet, and the tea master of the teahouse finally saw the owner, then he hurried over to apologize and took her out through the back door.

After coming out from the back door, Jiang Yin only saw the corner of Mrs. Feng's clothes. She didn't care about anything else, she picked up the corner of her skirt and started chasing.

"Aunt, Aunt, wait for me." Jiang Yin chased and shouted, hoping that Mrs. Feng would wait for her.

Perhaps because she was shouting and chasing too anxiously, Mrs. Feng actually slowed down her pace.

Jiang Yin was delighted upon seeing this and quickly sped up, finally catching up with Mrs. Feng when he turned into the alley of Feng Mansion.

"Aunt, I was wrong, aunt." Jiang Yin grabbed Aunt Feng's sleeve and said sincerely, "Come back, aunt. I will admit it if you hit me or scold me."

She raised her eyes and looked at Madam Feng with tears in her eyes. This was the first time she spoke to Madam Feng after her rebirth, but she felt that things had changed.

However, Madam Feng only glanced at her and then said self-deprecatingly: "Go back, where to go? Aren't you afraid that I will monopolize your Jiang family's property?"

Jiang Yin's face froze. These were the harsh words she had said to Madam Feng before her rebirth, when she listened to Zhang Yuanzhi's instigation.

Whether it was her in the previous life or her in this life, she actually regretted it after she said it.

But with Zhang Yuanzhi fanning the flames and sowing discord, she just held on and didn't remedy the situation in time.

Thinking of the hurt look in his aunt's eyes at that time, and the self-deprecating look now, Jiang Yin didn't even think twice and raised his hand and slapped himself.

"Wife!" Xiao Luo screamed and wanted to go forward to check on Jiang Yin's condition, but was pushed away by Jiang Yin.

"Aunt, I was possessed by the devil and did the wrong thing and said the wrong thing." Jiang Yin raised his hand and grabbed Mrs. Feng's sleeve, shaking it gently, saying, "Aunt, I really know I was wrong. I swear, I will never make this mistake again in the future."

Without Zhang Yuanzhi's instigation and with her experience from her previous life, she believed that she would not repeat the same mistakes in this life.

However, apart from the initial surprise, Mrs. Feng just looked at her quietly, as if she was wondering if the person in front of her was the Jiang Yin she knew.

After a long while, she finally pulled Jiang Yin's hand away and said calmly, "Let the past be the past. In the future, we will go our separate ways and live happily ever after."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and left in a hurry, leaving Jiang Yin alone crying.

"My wife." Xiao Luo hugged Jiang Yin and carefully wiped the tears from her face, complaining, "My wife has already done this, why won't my aunt forgive me?"

She gently stroked Jiang Yin's slightly red cheek, feeling very distressed.

"Don't blame Auntie." Jiang Yin raised his hand to stop Xiao Luo's complaints and continued, "I was wrong in the first place. It's normal for Auntie to be angry."

She smiled bitterly and said, "Let's go, follow aunt home first."

What does it mean to be more courageous after setbacks? This may be what Jiang Yin is like.

Even though Mrs. Feng said that the bridge and the road would be separate and unrelated from now on, she still wanted to give it another try.

Unfortunately, no matter how she knocked on the door, Mrs. Feng didn't open it or say a word.

Jiang Yin had no choice but to go back first.

It was another fruitless day. As soon as Jiang Yin returned home, he met Zhang Yuanzhi who was wandering outside the Jiang Mansion.

Her face darkened and she wanted to turn around and leave through the back door.

Day after day, she didn't want to get entangled with Zhang Yuanzhi at all. She just wanted to go back early to do other things or rest.

However, Zhang Yuanzhi, who had already seen her, hurried over and said as he ran, "Niece!"

Jiang Yin: ...

She took a deep breath, turned around and asked faintly, "What can I do for you, Uncle?"

How could she not have known before that Zhang Yuanzhi was so shameless? They had clearly broken up, so how could he have the nerve to look for her as if nothing had happened.

"That's what my niece said." Zhang Yuanzhi pretended to be unhappy and said, "There is no overnight hatred between relatives. Look, I, your second uncle, didn't blame you for tearing up the family tree yesterday."

"What's the matter? Did you run into a wall with Madam Feng again?" He said with a smug look on his face. "See, those who are not related by blood are not related. It's nothing like me, your second uncle. You just offended me yesterday, but today I am here to run errands for you wholeheartedly."

Zhang Yuanzhi wanted to continue to nag, but Jiang Yin raised his hand to stop him, saying, "Second Uncle, just speak directly. There's no need to beat around the bush. Also, I know exactly what kind of person Aunt Feng is, and I won't tolerate your slander."

She was furious. If Zhang Yuanzhi hadn't deliberately slandered Mrs. Feng to anger her, how could she have done such a thing as breaking off all ties with Mrs. Feng?

The one who should break up with her is Zhang Yuanzhi.