"Then Uncle Zhao, what are we going to do next?" At this time, Bai Xuanyuan took Cen Li's hand and looked at Uncle Zhao and said.
"The first step is naturally to start with tea picking." Uncle Zhao said, handing a basket to each of Cen Li and Bai Xuanyuan.
The two of them packed their backpacks and followed Uncle Zhao's footsteps.
In front of you is a terraced tea garden. Viewed from the bottom of the mountain, the mountains are layered upon layers of green, and the mountains seem to be covered with a thick green velvet carpet, which is spectacular.
When we arrived among the tea trees, the aroma of tea leaves immediately hit our face, very fresh and pleasant.
"Xiao Yuan, what you want is the finest silver needle, which requires certain techniques."
When they arrived at a tea tree, Uncle Zhao demonstrated to the two of them, "Find the bud in the center, and then use the picking method to pick out the leaves. If you break them diagonally, the remaining leaves will be taken away, making it easier to pick later."
trouble."
"Okay, let's try."
Bai Xuanyuan nodded, and then picked according to Uncle Zhao's method. When he found that he couldn't use his strength, he picked it with his nails.
As a result, the bud was broken directly.
"You can't pinch it." Uncle Zhao saw it and quickly reminded him, "You can only pick it using the method I taught you. If you pinch out the juice from the tea leaves, the surface of the silver needle will turn black."
"So that's it. There are a lot of things to pay attention to when picking tea." Cen Li nodded clearly.
"Although you are newbies, you must follow the requirements and don't try to save trouble."
Brother Zhao emphasized again and then continued to demonstrate, "Look, the speed must be fast. The buds will rise easily. The slower it is, the harder it will be to operate."
"Okay, we got it." Bai Xuanyuan followed the instructions honestly this time, pinched the bud and pulled it up hard.
There was a soft sound of "pop..." and the bud really fell into my hand.
"Well, that's right, that's it." Uncle Zhao took a look and nodded with satisfaction.
"Wow, I'll try it too."
Cen Li said and started to follow suit, but in the end, she didn't use the right strength and only half of it was pulled out.
"This finger should be a little lower." Although Uncle Zhao felt distressed, he still pointed patiently.
Cen Li tried again, and finally got it right this time.
Uncle Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, the tea mountain is really afraid of novices. After all, especially for the best tea like Silver Needle, every leaf is very precious.
"It's almost done. Just follow that method. When the time is almost up, I'll call you again." After Uncle Zhao finished speaking, he got busy on his own.
Cen Li and Bai Xuanyuan looked at each other and started picking diligently.
Both of them are people with strong learning ability. After making a mistake at the beginning, they both completed very well.
Because the two of them were exposed to tea picking for the first time, they both felt it was very novel, so they didn't pay attention to the time. It was almost noon before Uncle Zhao came to call them.
"Well, not bad, I picked quite a lot. Let's go down first and ask you to proceed to the next step." Uncle Zhao checked the baskets of the two of them and nodded with satisfaction.
After arriving at the tea room, Uncle Zhao asked them to pour out the tea leaves gently and then select them.
"These old leaves and inclusions need to be cleaned up." Uncle Zhao explained while demonstrating.
"It's so strange. We obviously didn't have these things when we picked them." Cen Li looked at the old leaves and dead leaves he picked out with a puzzled look on his face.
When Uncle Zhao heard this, he smiled and said, "Maybe I bumped into it accidentally. This is normal."
"That's it, no wonder." Cen Li nodded clearly and started picking carefully.