Miss Ren Tingting, the daughter of the old man, also said hello to the master, and everyone sat down. Yu Qiusheng, a literary talent, has two senior brothers. Their eyes want to pierce into their flesh, making the master gnash his teeth, because they are so unsatisfactory.
"Waiter, take your order. Uncle Jiu, you can eat or drink whatever you want. Please feel free to give me a cup of coffee." Mr. Ren said to the waiter next to him.
"Well, I'll just do whatever you want." The chef took the menu.
"If you have something to do, please let me do it. Master, please let me do it!" Because I knew that the master had never drank anything like foreign coffee, I quickly grabbed the menu from the master's hand.
"Okay Awei, then you can order something to drink for the master. You know his taste." You also borrowed the opportunity to get off the slope.
"Okay, master, please bring me four cups of coffee, two cups with two pieces of sugar, plus milk, one cup with one piece of sugar, no milk, one cup with one piece of sugar, plus milk, and by the way, bring me the freshly baked egg tarts.
Some, Mr. Ren, Miss Ren, do you need anything else?" I ordered something after answering the master's question, and finally asked Mr. Ren and his daughter
At this time, Ms. Ren Tingting did not take the menu order and said, "First, give me a cup of original flavor with a fee." He said, ordering in simple English words
"Then Master, I don't want coffee anymore. I also want to get black points, can you?" Senior Brother Wencai promised not to talk when Doubi's attributes exploded. He obviously agreed, but now he has completely forgotten it.
"Pfft!" Ms. Ren couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.
"Brother Wencai, actually charge and coffee are the same thing. It's just that one is pronounced in Chinese and the other is pronounced in foreign ways." My master, who was still talking to me, told me that I ordered it as soon as he said it.
How bad that would be more embarrassing
"My original charge was coffee. I haven't drunk it, so I didn't know it at all." Senior Brother Wencai blushed slightly. Although Senior Brother Wencai can be funny sometimes, he is honest, honest, and very trustworthy.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I'm sorry! Uncle Jiu." Mr. Ren also reacted at this time. Although this was a relatively high-end place for communication at the time, for us native Taoist priests, it was not at all
inappropriate
"Have you ever had coffee before?" Ms. Ren Tingting looked at me with question marks on her head.
"Ah, I have drunk it, but I don't like it very much. I still prefer to drink our Chinese beverage tea. The tea culture is extensive and profound. There is a long record of tea drinking in Chinese history. It is impossible to pinpoint exactly what era it was.
, but there is a rough estimate of the era. And evidence can also be found that shows that the habit of drinking tea in many parts of the world was indeed passed from China. Therefore, many people believe that drinking tea was pioneered by the Chinese, and it is the first tea-drinking habit in the world.
The tea-drinking habits and tea-growing habits of other places were directly or indirectly passed on from China.
However, some people can find evidence to point out that the habit of drinking tea was not only invented by the Chinese, but also in other places in the world, such as India, Africa, etc. In 1823, a major of the British invasion force
Wild large tea trees were discovered in India, and some people began to believe that the birthplace of tea was in India, at least in India. Of course, China also has records of wild large tea trees, all concentrated in the southwest, and the records also include individual cases in Gansu and Hunan.
Region. The tea tree is a very ancient dicotyledonous plant that is closely related to people’s lives.
There are different opinions on the origin of tea drinking in China: tracing back to the origin of tea drinking in China, some believe it started in ancient times, some think it started in the Zhou Dynasty, Qin and Han Dynasties, the Three Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty. The main reason for the divergent opinions is that
Because there was no word for "tea" before the Tang Dynasty, but only the word "tea" was recorded. It was not until Lu Yu, the author of the Book of Tea, that he reduced the word "tea" by one stroke and wrote it as "tea". Therefore, there is a saying that tea originated in the Tang Dynasty. Others
There are also theories that it originated from Shennong, Qin and Han Dynasties, etc.
(1) Theory of the Origin of the Era
Shennong said about Tang Dynasty. Lu Yu's "The Book of Tea" states: "Tea as a drink originated from Shennong." In the history of Chinese cultural development, the origin of everything related to agriculture and plants is often attributed to Shennong.
The theory that tea drinking in China originated from Shennong has also been derived from folklore. Some people believe that tea was originated from Shennong when he was boiling water in a cauldron in the wild. A few leaves happened to float into the pot, and the boiled water became the source of tea.
It is slightly yellow in color. Drinking it in your mouth will produce fluid, quench thirst, and refresh your mind. Based on Shen Nong’s past experience of tasting herbs, he judged that it was a medicine and discovered it. This is the most common theory about the origin of tea drinking in China.
The Western Zhou Dynasty talks about the Jin Dynasty. Chang Cu's "Huayang Kingdom Chronicles. Ba Chronicles": "King Wu of Zhou defeated Zhou and actually gained the masters of Bashu,...tea and honey...all paid tribute." This record
This shows that when King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty conquered Zhou, Ba State had already paid tribute to King Wu of Zhou Dynasty with tea and other precious products. "Huayang Guozhi" also records that at that time, there were artificially cultivated tea gardens.
The Qin and Han Dynasties say that the earliest existing relatively reliable information on tea science is in the Han Dynasty, which is mainly based on the Tong Jing written by Wang Bao. This article was written on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the third year of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty (59 BC), and is in the Tea Book
Previously, it was the most important document in the history of tea science, and its text explained the development of tea culture at that time.
It is said that tea drinking in China started in the Six Dynasties. Some people think that it started when "Sun Hao replaced wine with tea", and some people think that it started when "Wang Su drank tea". In Japan and India, it is said that tea drinking started in "Dharma meditation"
". However, the Qin-Han theory has conclusive historical evidence, which weakens the correctness of the Six Dynasties theory.[2]
(2) Theory of functional origin
1. Sacrifice theory: This theory holds that tea and some other plants were first used as sacrifices. Later, some people tasted them and found that they were harmless, so they "turned from sacrifices to vegetables and medicinal uses."
become a drink;
2. Medicine theory: This theory holds that tea "originally entered human society as a medicinal use". "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" writes: "Shen Nong tasted hundreds of herbs, encountered seventy-two poisons every day, and got tea to cure them";
3. The theory of food: "In ancient times, people lived on grass and drank water" and "food was their first priority". Food comes first, which is in line with the evolutionary law of human society;
4. Synchronic theory: The initial use of tea may be as chewing food, roasted food, and gradually also as medicine;
5. Communication theory: "Zai Jing Tang Ji" records: "Tea, either attributed to Yao Cao or Jia Mu, is a treasure among plants. In ancient times, it was named 槧苎茌荌." "Erya·Shimu" said: '槚, bitter
Tea. 'Roseberry' is also a herb. Tea contains fragrance, so it is called 'Roseberry'.
There is a need for it." There is a poem called "Guests" that goes: "On the ninth day of the first lunar month when guests come, yellow willows burst out in the courtyard. We sit across from each other and study carefully, and the aroma of tea is better than that of wine." This theory theoretically introduces tea into the category of treating people, highlighting the
A kind of elegance in social situations, which is the beginning of the "communication theory" of the origin of tea drinking.
Origin verification
In recent decades, tea science and botany research have been combined to conduct more detailed and in-depth analysis and demonstration of the origin of tea trees from different perspectives such as tree species, geological changes and climate changes, further proving that southwest China is the origin of tea trees.
The main arguments, simply put, have three aspects:
Judging from the natural distribution of tea trees, there are currently 23 genera and more than 380 species of Camellia plants discovered, while China has 15 genera and more than 260 species, most of which are distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. The discovered Camellia genus There are more than 100 species, and there are more than 60 species in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, among which tea tree species occupy the most important position. From a botanical perspective, the centers of origin of many genera are concentrated in a certain area, which means that the area is home to this flora. The center of origin. The Camellia family and Camellia plants are highly concentrated in southwest my country, which shows that southwest my country is the center of origin of Camellia plants and is definitely the birthplace of tea.
From the perspective of geological changes, the southwest region has undulating mountains, criss-crossed river valleys, and varied topography, resulting in the formation of many small landform areas and microclimate areas. In the case of large differences in low latitude and altitude, resulting in large climate differences, making The tea trees that originally grew here were gradually separated into different climates of the tropics, subtropics and temperate zones, which led to intra-species variation in the tea trees and developed into tropical and subtropical large-leaf and medium-leaf tea trees, as well as temperate medium-leaf tea trees. and small-leaf tea trees. Botanists believe that the place where a certain species has the most variation is the center of the origin of that species. The three provinces in southwestern my country are the places where tea trees have the most variation and are richest in resources, and should be the center of the origin of the tea tree. .
Judging from the evolutionary types of tea trees, tea trees always tend to continue to evolve in the long history of their phylogeny. Therefore, any area where primitive tea trees are concentrated must be the origin of tea trees. The three southwestern provinces of my country and its adjacent areas The wild tea trees in the area have the morphological characteristics and biochemical characteristics of the original tea trees, which also proves that the southwest region of my country is the center of the origin of tea trees." (from Baidu search, I have been drinking tea) I don't know why, maybe it is also In order to show off my prowess in talking, I talked a lot about the culture I knew. At this time, both the master and my grandfather, especially Miss Ren Tingting, looked at me with admiration. Unknowingly, I Feeling a little floating
"Brother Wei, you know so much. It turns out that tea has so many benefits. I will never drink coffee again." Ms. Ren Tingting said to me with her hands on her heart and her eyes shining brightly.
"Junior brother, you know so much." Even two senior brothers, Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai, looked at me with strange eyes. Later I realized that in this era, educated people are easily respected.
people
"I don't know a lot. In fact, it was all taught by my master. Master, what I just introduced is correct, right?" A smart person must learn to flatter you without any boundaries.
"Well, it's okay. I've probably said it all. When you go back, you can read the Tea Sutra again." The master taught me a lesson with a calm face. However, from the slightly lowered corners of the master's eyes and the upturned look of his bird,
From my lips, I know that Master is in a very comfortable mood
"Uncle Jiu is worthy of being a great disciple from a famous teacher. I admire him." Mr. Ren can also be said to be a complete businessman. He doesn't understand at all that these things have been deceived by our master and apprentice together. At this time, all the things we ordered are served.
, I quickly stood up and took the things over. After all the things were distributed, don't say, "This cup with one sugar and milk belongs to the master, and these two cups with two sugars and milk belong to the two senior brothers."
, add a sugar to this cup, the one without milk is mine. Although the sugar cube is not particularly sweet, Japan is old and shouldn’t eat so many sweets. The two brothers practice so hard every day, so they should supplement more sugar and protein.
What about me? No need, I just need one candy." As he said that, he placed all these things and asked why I should order so much? The master nodded with great satisfaction, and the two senior brothers were also very happy.
He smiled at me, drank coffee, and then we talked about the matter of raising the coffin and reburying Mr. Ren.
"I'm sorry to trouble you about the coffin removal and burial at home," Master Ren said to the master with his hands clasped in a sincere expression.
"It's better to be quiet when something like this happens," he said to Mr. Ren sincerely.
"Twenty years ago, when my father was buried, the Feng Shui master told us that the coffin must be moved and buried in 20 years, otherwise our Ren family would be in trouble, so we would trouble Uncle Nine." Mr. Ren's expression was very determined.
You must listen to the words of the Feng Shui master 20 years ago and move the coffin for burial
"Okay then, it will be a good day in three days. We will meet you at Ren's Mansion that day and go to Mr. Ren's tomb together." When the master saw Mr. Ren's decisive attitude, he had no choice but to agree. After all, this is a business.
No one will push money outside, especially the income from their own labor
"Dad, I want to buy some rouge and gouache." After the matter was settled, Miss Ren Tingting said that she wanted to buy something, so the two senior brothers volunteered to accompany them. If you want to buy gouache, why do you buy gouache? Your eyes keep looking at me.
Aim, what does it mean?
"The three of you accompany Miss Ren to buy some rouge and gouache. It happens that Aunt Qiu Sheng's house sells rouge and gouache. They are all of the best quality. You three can accompany her there." Are you afraid that the two senior brothers are causing trouble?
Come on, then let me go with you. This is really an opportunity sent by God. After all, I still have a system task that needs to be completed, which is to gain the favor of Miss Ren Tingting.
Because of my participation, there were not so many jokes. I spent my time buying gouache in peace. I accompanied Miss Ren Tingting on the street for a while, and then the three of us sent him back to Ren Tingting.
We agreed to see each other in three days. Brother Qiu Sheng stayed at his aunt's house. Brother Wencai and I bought some ingredients on the street and returned to Yizhuang. At this time, the master had come back. He told us what we would prepare in three days.
After dinner, everyone went back to their houses to sleep. Two days passed by in the blink of an eye, and the third day came quietly.
Do you know what happened next? Let’s listen to the breakdown in the next chapter (to be continued)