Fairy Gourd Farm

Chapter 857 Tea Picking
Looking at the tea tree that had sprouted buds on the hillside, Lao Suntou was also deeply surprised, and couldn't help but muttered to himself: "It's strange, why did it sprout so early?"

Zhao Lei next to him said triumphantly: "You don't understand this, it's all high-tech!"

The old grandson glanced at Zhao Lei expressionlessly and said, "Picking tea will start in two days, prepare enough manpower!"

Zhao Lei nodded repeatedly and said, "Success, everything is up to you, I'll let them find someone!"

The old grandson nodded without saying a word, walked straight into the tea garden, and carefully checked the condition of the tea trees.

Seeing the thriving tea trees in the tea garden, Lao Suntou couldn't help but nodded secretly. It could be seen that Zhao Lei really worked hard in the tea garden, which is why these tea trees grow so well.

However, the old grandson has a stubborn personality. Even if he admired Zhao Lei very much in his heart, he would not give him a good face on the surface. He just glanced at Zhao Lei coldly and said, "Why are you following me?"

Zhao Lei respected Old Suntou very much, he really regarded him as a teacher, and immediately replied with a smile: "I'm afraid you have other orders."

However, the old grandson waved his hand impatiently and said: "There is nothing else at the moment, you go and find someone to pick tea! I want to walk here alone, don't keep following me to be annoying!"

"Okay, I'll go now, you alone be careful!" Zhao Lei has long been accustomed to the old man's unsmiling style, so he simply agreed, and went back to the company to do his own business.

Picking tea leaves is the company's top priority right now. In order not to miss the best opportunity for tea picking, it is necessary to find enough manpower to complete the work of tea picking in the shortest possible time.

For this reason, Zhao Lei paid a very high salary, and easily found enough qualified tea picking workers, and officially started tea picking on the day Lao Suntou decided.

It was just after dawn that old Suntou had already arrived at the tea garden and had been carefully observing the tea trees.Nearly a hundred tea pickers are quietly waiting outside the tea garden, eagerly waiting to start work.

The salary offered by Xianhu Company is not low, which is more than three times higher than that of other tea gardens, so the tea picking workers are gearing up for a big job, so that this year's tea picking season will have a good start.

Lao Sun pinched off the buds to check the water content in them, and then looked up to see the position of the sun. He didn't seem to be in a hurry.

Zhao Lei became a little impatient, and couldn't help whispering to the stubborn old man: "Master, there are so many people waiting, don't we have to wait for a good day to pick tea?"

"You know what!" Old Sun glared at Zhao Lei and said, "Don't think that knowing how to fry tea is enough to understand tea. When picking tea is also very particular, and it will directly affect the quality of tea!"

Zhao Lei hurriedly asked for advice: "Then tell me about it!"

Zhao Lei's modest and studious attitude made the old grandson very satisfied, and told him in a low voice: "The time to pick tea should not be too early, otherwise there will still be dew on the buds, but it should not be too late, otherwise the buds will be too dry. It must be combined with the time before The weather for a few days, if it rains..."

Don't look at the old grandson who is not only talkative, but when it comes to tea-related things, he can't stop talking, and explained to Zhao Lei in detail the matters that should be paid attention to when picking tea.

It is also thanks to Zhao Lei that after practicing the Sanqingxin method, his brain is much better than ordinary people. Not only can he memorize these tricks, but he can also learn and apply them flexibly.

After the old grandson finished speaking, Zhao Lei pinched off a young bud and observed it carefully and asked him, "According to what you said just now, this tea tree is almost ready for tea picking, right?"

There was a hint of relief in the old grandson's eyes, and he nodded slightly: "It's ok, let's start from the highest place and go down!"

Of course, there is a reason for Lao Suntou's arrangement. The higher the place, the sooner the sun will be exposed to the sun, and the dew will dry the earliest, so the tea picking should start from the higher place first.

Zhao Lei immediately conveyed Lao Suntou's words, so the tea pickers came to the highest place of the tea garden to start working.

The old grandson was also supervising, and quickly told the tea pickers that as long as the top two tender leaves are not required, the third leaf that is slightly larger is not required!
This request of the stubborn old man immediately caused a burst of complaints, and the tea pickers expressed their dissatisfaction one after another.Everyone said that other tea gardens only pick three-leaf buds, and some tea gardens can even accept four-leaf buds. Lao Suntou’s requirements are too high.

You must know that the tea pickers are paid according to the amount of tea they pick. Old Sun's request will undoubtedly make their work more difficult, and the amount of tea they pick will decrease. No wonder everyone is not happy about it.

However, in the face of everyone's questions, the stubborn old man has no intention of giving in, he simply only wants two young leaves.

Seeing this, Zhao Lei hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over, and announced loudly to the tea pickers: "Everyone, stop arguing, and just follow the old grandson's request. The price agreed before will be doubled!"

The tea pickers were also worried that their income would decrease. With Zhao Lei's words, of course they would not have any opinions, and they all started to concentrate on picking tea.

The old grandson was very satisfied with Zhao Lei's attitude, nodded to him, and went to inspect the work progress of the tea pickers.

Zhao Lei, who was left behind, couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly. The obstinate old man's pursuit of tea quality was almost to the point of insanity.However, this is also in line with the principle of Xianhu brand to only produce high-quality goods, so Zhao Lei still supports it very much.

The tea pickers that Zhao Lei invited were all experienced veterans. Although the old grandson had very high requirements, the speed of tea picking was not slow.In just a few days, the tea picking work in the tea garden has ended.

Because of Lao Suntou's high requirements, the entire tea garden on the top of a mountain only picked more than 2000 catties of fresh tea leaves.And these tea leaves need to be dried, dried, roasted and other steps. In the end, it is very good to have a hundred catties of qualified Longjing tea.

Despite the small quantity, last year the best Longjing tea sold for more than 7000 yuan a tael, so these teas can also bring a lot of income to Zhao Lei.

Under the command of Lao Suntou, several workers spread out the tea leaves to dry, and then return them to the pot to finish. The most critical step is to fry the tea.

This step is directly related to the quality of Longjing tea, and requires the tea-frying master to have rich experience and make correct judgments in a timely manner in order to stir-fry really good tea.

However, only Lao Suntou and Zhao Lei are the only ones who can stir-fry tea in Xianhu Company, and fresh tea leaves cannot be stored for too long. It is absolutely impossible for them to fry all the tea leaves in time.

Fortunately, Lao Suntou is in Hangzhou and has met many experienced tea-frying masters.He had already contacted some of the most experienced tea-frying masters. The tea-frying masters came to the village in time just after the tea leaves were finished, just in time for the official tea-frying.

(End of this chapter)