Chapter 28: Li Shanchuan's surrender, Lin Zhitian's plan (4)
"How is it, Secretary Lin, is this place good?" Li Shanchuan asked with a smile when he looked at Lin Zhitian who was a little intoxicated.
"Not bad," Lin Zhitian looked at the sparkling Ouhu and nodded repeatedly. "I often came here when I was working in the provincial party committee, but when I came to Quyang, I had no time to come. This place can be regarded as the Taoyuan Holy Land in Quyang. I didn't see that Director Li and Political Commissar Guo are also elegant people!" [bsp; "Ah! What kind of elegant people! For me and me and Lao Li, it is much less comfortable to eat, live, and play here." Guo Jianyong, the political commissar of the Public Security Bureau, smiled and complimented, "Only elegant people like Secretary Lin know how to appreciate the beautiful scenery here,"
"Old Guo said it right, only elegant people like Secretary Lin know how to appreciate it..."
Li Shanchuan and Guo Jianyong sang and complimented Lin Zhitian together, while Lin Zhitian sat on the rattan chair occasionally interjected a few words from time to time, and most of the time he nodded and shook his head in response.
Not long after, the door of the private room was gently knocked. Li Shanchuan said, "Please come in!" and saw Zhao Liming walking in with a smile, followed by two young women wearing cheongsams. One in front was holding a tray with exquisite tea sets on the tray, and the other in the back was holding a small charcoal stove with a kettle on the charcoal stove. The two women gently placed the things in their hands on the table, and then sat down next to the table.
Zhao Liming smiled and said, "These two are the ones I have just hired from the south for a high salary. Today, there is a distinguished guest like Secretary Lin. Let these two masters perform some tea art to Secretary Lin, and please give Secretary Lin some comments."
Although Lin Zhitian has the habit of drinking tea, he has not studied tea deeply and does not need much complex tea sets. Just a simple porcelain cup, which mostly uses pure water from boiling water or water heater. Although the tea leaves are a little high-end, they are not too outrageous. Most of them are popular brands such as Longjing and Tieguanyin given by others. When he was in the provincial party committee compound, he would occasionally listen to his colleagues talking about the tea ceremony in the south and the tea art performance. It was fresh, and he learned a little about it and found that tea ceremony and tea art actually have so much knowledge.
Later, when I went on a business trip to the south, I also admired the tea art performance several times. Sure enough, I was attracted by the profound tea ceremony and was deeply fascinated by the pleasing performance of tea art. I didn’t expect that a cup of tea would contain so much culture and history, and I became deeply fascinated by the tea ceremony since then. He didn’t expect that there would be tea art performances in such a small place in Quyang City, which was a bit unexpected.
Li Shanchuan's eyes turned and said with a smile: "I have heard that Secretary Lin has a lot of research on tea ceremony. Lao Guo and I are both rough people. Please give me some advice."
Lin Zhitian looked at Li Shanchuan with a smile and thought that Li Shanchuan looked like a rough person, but he didn't expect that he was rough and detailed. He must have found out about his preferences from the provincial party committee. He knew that he was very fascinated by tea ceremony and tea art, so he deliberately agreed to his preferences. After making arrangements for this, he thought he had worked hard.
He couldn't be too unkind about Lishanchuan's feelings. He smiled and said, "It's not very researchable, but I like it more. It's rare that Director Li is interested, so I will talk about my personal humble opinion. Drinking tea can calm your mind and calm your spirit, which helps cultivate sentiments and remove distracting thoughts. This is very consistent with the oriental philosophy of promoting "clear and quiet", and it is also in line with the "introspective practice" idea of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. The so-called "tea ceremony" is a life etiquette with tea as the theme, and it is also a way to cultivate one's own character. It cultivates the body and mind by making tea, appreciating tea, and tasting tea. The tea ceremony was first started.
Originated from China. At least before the Tang Dynasty or Tang Dynasty, the Chinese used tea drinks as a way to cultivate their nature. After the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, they developed to the extreme. "Lin Zhitian said, and everyone in the room listened intently, "... But after the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to various reasons, China's tea ceremony gradually declined. In other words, with the reform and opening up, the economic recovery, and the improvement of people's living standards, the tea ceremony gradually went back to China from Japan. The crystallization of ancient Chinese culture and art has been cut off from China at home and needs to be traced back to abroad. It is for people to feel emotion!"
"Listen to your words is better than reading for ten years!" Zhao Liming sighed, "I only know that tea ceremony, tea art is particularly popular in the south, thinking that it is a business that makes money. I didn't expect that tea art was so profound."
"I didn't expect that there would be tea art performances in our Quyang City. Such performances are rare in Dongshan Province. If Boss Zhao could really make some achievements in this business, his future would be bright."
"Then let's follow your auspicious words from Secretary Lin. If there really is one day in the future, Secretary Lin will be the most honorable guest of my Yunwu Villa."
"Old Zhao, you are not kind. Secretary Lin is a guest invited by Lao Guo and I. Secretary Lin is your most honorable guest, so what are Lao Guo and I?" Li Shanchuan said with a smile, "It's a blessing that Lao Guo and I take care of your business so much. Soon you turned around and leaned on Secretary Lin's dock."
After hearing Li Shanchuan's words, the people in the room laughed "hehe" and invisibly narrowed the distance between them.
Just as the few people were chatting, the water in the kettle on the charcoal stove was boiling. One of the women who were kneeling picked up the tea set on the table and introduced it to several people in the house: "Tea is the most clean and clean. The spiritual creatures raised by the heaven and earth. The utensils needed for making tea must also be clean and clean. This is a set of white porcelain tea sets, produced in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. The porcelain is hard, has high density and low water absorption. It is the best among tea sets today. This set of tea sets includes teapots, tea boats, cover bowls, tea cups, and cup holders. We use boiling water to clean the tea sets. The tea cup is clean and clean, spotless. This is called "Bing Xin Go to the Immortal World."
One woman cleaned the tea cup on the table, and the other woman did pick up the tea leaves on the table and handed it to Lin Zhitian, saying, "Please watch the tea, leaders."
Lin Zhitian took the exquisite teapot handed over by the woman. He saw that the buds were tender and green in color. He put them at the nose and smelled them lightly, fresh and fragrant, with a slight scent of ripe chestnuts. Lin Zhitian nodded slightly and handed the teapot to Lishanchuan beside him. Lishanchuan and Guo Jianyong also followed suit and tasted it. The teapot was handed over to Zhao Liming.
Lin Zhitian saw Zhao Liming carefully holding the tea tube in his hand, and his face was full of fascination, and seemed to be a little reluctant. I think this tea should have some origin, otherwise it would not have made him so nostalgic. Lin Zhitian asked tentatively: "Boss Zhao, your tea seems to have some origin."
"Secretary Lin, you are so kind. Just call me Xiao Zhao." As he said that, Zhao Liming handed the tea barrel in his hand to the woman who made tea, saying, "To be honest, this tea does have some origins. This tea is a fine product among the green tea in Laoshan. Although such wild tea trees are not large in number due to the living environment, it will not become a priceless treasure. However, the tea leaves in my hand are not produced by ordinary tea trees in the mountains, but are produced by a tea tree struck by lightning. After this tea tree was struck by lightning, it seems to have mutated. There is only an indescribable fairy charm in it, which is completely different from the tea leaves picked on other tea trees. Therefore, it is said that green tea picked from such tea trees is called immortal tea. It is said that just by hearing it, it can also make people feel refreshed, have salivation, detoxify and nourish the skin, and prolong life."
"The only half of the wild tea tree that was struck by lightning is still alive. The top tea leaves that can be produced every year are only two or three taels. What ordinary people can get is made of tea trees that are artificially planted near the tea tree. It is hard to find, and it is hard to distinguish between true and false. What's more, it is a real fairy tea." Zhao Liming let out a long sigh and continued: "When I was serving in the army, I followed an old leader in the army for special reasons. This old leader knew that I liked drinking tea, so he gave me such little tea. It has been a lot of years in my hands. Today, Secretary Lin is rarely here to come and let several leaders evaluate it."
Fairy Tea! Not to mention drinking such tea, it is absolutely unheard of. The people in the house were shocked by Zhao Liming's words, and were even more curious. I wonder what it tastes like when brewing this fairy tea, and whether it is really as magical as Zhao Liming said.
Two women who made tea put the tea leaves from the tea barrel into each porcelain cup in sequence. One of them said, "Several leaders, Su Dongpo, have a poem: Don't laugh when you play the poem, do not laugh, good tea is always like a beautiful woman. He compared tea to a beautiful woman who makes people fall in love with at first sight, which is called "A clean official welcomes a beautiful woman."
Then, one of the women picked up the kettle on the charcoal stove and poured a small amount of hot water into each cup. Another woman continued: "Good tea leaves look as tender as lotus hearts. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty once called tea leaves 'moistening lotus'. Before brewing the tea leaves, inject a small amount of hot water into the cup to moisten the tea buds, which is conducive to the uniform brewing of the ingredients in the tea leaves. We call it 'nectar moistening lotus hearts'."
"The next step is Phoenix nodding three times. When brewing green tea, it is important to have high flushing. When flushing, the kettle must have rhythmic three ups and three falls. It is like the phoenix nodding to all leaders and expressing our respect for the leaders." As he said that, another woman really raised the kettle high, and when pouring water into each cup, there were rhythmic three ups and three falls. Her posture was elegant and looked pleasing to the eye.
"Before tasting tea, please ask all leaders to watch the tea dance first. The hot water in the cup is like spring waves, the tea buds slowly stretch in the hot water, the pointed tea buds are like guns, and the green leaves are like flags. The water waves sway, and the tea buds seem to have life in the water, and dance with it."
A moment later, a woman held up the tea cup with both hands and handed it to the several presents. Another woman still explained: "Let us use tea as a medium to convey our respect to all leaders."
Lin Zhitian took the cup holder with his left hand, gently lifted the lid of the cup with his right hand, and sniffed the tea fragrance from the gap. Perhaps this fairy tea is indeed well-known, or perhaps it is because of the psychological hints caused by Zhao Liming's words just now, Lin Zhitian felt that the tea smells like orchids, and it was coming to his nose and the aftertaste was timeless. Lin Zhitian took a sip, let the tea stay in his mouth for a moment, inhale vigorously, so that the tea flows on the tongue so that the tea and taste buds can be fully in contact. He gently closed his mouth and felt that the taste was mellow and rich, and the aromatic spirit was spread between his lips and teeth.
There were only two or three sips of tea in the porcelain cup. Although it was a slow drink, it was quickly exhausted. Everyone put the tea cup back on the table, and one of them said again: "Tea tastes life carefully. People think that there are many flavors in a cup of tea, some people 'sip bitterness is inspirational', and some people 'swallow it and want to serve the country'. Whether the tea is bitter, sweet or fresh, or peaceful, mellow, there will be many insights and associations from a cup of tea. Tea taste is about tasting."
The two women cleaned up the tea set on the table, then bowed to the few people in the house and left.
Chapter completed!