The old master's daughter, Miss Ren Tingting, also greeted her master. Everyone sat down. The eyes of the two senior brothers, Wen Cai and Yu Qiusheng, were so piercing that they could not wait to pierce into their flesh. The master gritted his teeth as he saw this because it was too disappointing.
" Waiter, order. Ninth Uncle, what do you want to eat and drink? Please help yourself. Give me a cup of coffee," Master Ren said to the waiter beside him.
" Um, I'm fine." The chef took the menu.
"If there's anything, I'll do it. Master, let me do it!”Because I knew that the master had never drunk coffee from a foreign country, I quickly snatched the menu from the master's hand.
"Alright, Ah Wei, then you order something for Master to drink. You know Master's taste." You're also taking advantage of this opportunity to get off the donkey.
"Okay, Master. Please give me four cups of coffee, two cups with two pieces of sugar and milk. One cup with one piece of sugar, no milk, and one cup with one piece of sugar and milk. Oh right, give me some freshly baked egg tarts.”After I answered the master, I ordered something and finally asked Master Ren and his daughter.
At this time, Miss Ren Tingting didn't take the menu and ordered," Give me a cup of original flavor first." He said, ordering in simple English words.
"Then, Master, I don't want coffee either. I want to deduct black money too, okay?”Wencai Shixiong said he wouldn't talk much when his comical attribute burst out. He had clearly agreed, but now he had completely forgotten.
" Pfft!" Miss Ren couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.
Senior Brother Wencai, actually deducting fees and coffee are the same thing. It's just that one is Chinese reading and the other is foreign reading. You're still talking nonsense. My master said that if you say it's a point, then you'll order it. It's not good to change it. It's even more embarrassing.
" I only deducted the fee for coffee. I didn't drink it before, so I didn't know." Senior Brother Wen Cai blushed slightly. Although Senior Brother Wen Cai was sometimes funny, he was honest and trustworthy.
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm sorry! 9th Uncle, Master Ren also reacted at this time. Although this was a high-level place for communication at that time, it was not suitable for us, the local Taoists.
"Have you drunk coffee before?" Miss Ren Tingting looked at me with question marks all over her head.
"Ah, yes, but I don't really like it. I still prefer to drink our Chinese beverage tea. The tea culture is extensive and profound. There is a very long record of drinking tea in Chinese history. It is impossible to pinpoint exactly when it was, but there is a rough explanation of the era. There was also evidence that the habit of drinking tea in many parts of the world was passed down from China. Therefore, many people believed that drinking tea was first created by the Chinese. The habits of drinking tea and growing tea in other parts of the world were directly or indirectly passed down from China.
However, some people could find evidence to point out that the habit of drinking tea was not only invented by the Chinese. It was also invented in other parts of the world, such as India and Africa. In 1823, a major of the British invading army discovered a large wild tea tree in India. From then on, people began to believe that the origin of tea was in India, or at least in India. Of course, there were records of wild tea trees in China, all of which were concentrated in the southwest region. The records also included individual areas in Gansu and Hunan. The tea tree was a very ancient dicotyledonous plant that was closely related to people's lives.
There are many different opinions on the origin of tea drinking in China. Some people think that the origin of tea drinking in China started in ancient times, some think that it started in the Zhou Dynasty, Qin and Han Dynasties, the Three Kingdoms, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty. The main reason for the different opinions was that there was no "tea" before the Tang Dynasty, but only the "tea" character was recorded. It was not until the author of the Tea Classic, Lu Yu, reduced the "tea" character to "tea", so there was a saying that tea originated in the Tang Dynasty. Others said that it originated from Shennong and the Qin and Han Dynasties.
(I) Theory of the Origin of the Era
Shennong said Tang. Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" said,"Tea is a drink, originated from Shennong.”，In the history of China's cultural development, it was often attributed to Shennong that everything related to agriculture and plants originated. And the Chinese tea drinking originated from Shennong, which also gave rise to different views due to folklore. Some people believed that tea was discovered by Shennong when he boiled water in a pot in the wild. A few leaves happened to float into the pot, and the boiled water was slightly yellow in color. When drunk, it would produce saliva, quench thirst, and refresh the mind. Based on Shennong's experience in tasting hundreds of herbs in the past, he judged that it was a kind of medicine. This was the most common saying about the origin of tea drinking in China.
The Western Zhou Dynasty talked about Jin. Chang Qu's Annals of Huayang State. "Ba Zhi":"King Wu of Zhou conquered King Zhou and obtained the army of Ba and Shu. Tea and honey were all paid tribute.”This record showed that when King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty conquered King Zhou, Ba had already paid tribute to King Wu of Zhou with tea and other precious products. The Records of Huayang State also recorded that there were artificially cultivated tea gardens at that time.
Qin and Han said that the earliest existing reliable information on tea studies was in the Han Dynasty, based on the Tong Yue written by Wang Bao. This article was written on the 15th day of the first month of the third year of Emperor Xuan of Han Dynasty (59 B.C.). It was the most important literature in the history of tea studies before the tea classics. The text explained the development of tea culture at that time.
The Six Dynasties said that Chinese tea drinking originated from the Six Dynasties. Some people thought that it originated from "Sun Hao replaced wine with tea", while others thought that it began with "Wang Su's tea drinking". In Japan and India, tea drinking originated from "Dharma meditation". However, the Qin and Han theory had conclusive historical evidence, which weakened the accuracy of the Six Dynasties theory. [2]
(2) Function Origin Theory
1. Sacrifice said: This theory believes that tea and some other plants were originally used as sacrifices. Later, when someone tasted it and found that it was harmless to eat, they "used sacrifices, vegetables, and medicines" and finally became drinks.
2. Medicine said: This statement believes that tea "originally entered human society as a medicinal use." In Shen Nong's Herbal Classic, it was written," Shen Nong tasted hundreds of herbs and encountered seventy-two poisons every day. He got tea to resolve it."
3. Food said," In ancient times, people ate grass and drank water."" Food is the most important thing to the people." Eating first was in line with the evolutionary law of human society.
4. Simultaneously, the method of using tea in the beginning may be as a food to chew, or as a food to roast and cook. At the same time, it may gradually be used as a medicinal ingredient to drink.
5. Communication said: "Zai Jing Tang Ji" records: "Tea is either attributed to Yao grass or Jiamu. According to ancient records, it is divided into the name of the tree and the tea. "Er Ya·Shi Mu" said: 'The cashew tree is bitter tea.'It is a kind of herb, and the tea contains fragrance, so it is named. Tea is the late harvest of tea. Tea is also known as tea. Tea is not only used for medicine and food, but also for the needs of guests.”There is a poem called "Guest Come":"On the ninth day of the first month, the court burst into goose yellow willows." Sitting opposite each other, carefully writing articles, brewing tea fragrance is better than wine.”Theoretically, this theory introduced tea into the path of treating people and things, highlighted the elegance of social occasions, and opened the "communication theory" of the cause of tea drinking.
Research on the Origin
In recent decades, the combination of tea science and botany research, from different perspectives such as tree species and geological changes and climate changes, made a more detailed and in-depth analysis and demonstration of the origin of tea trees, further proving that Southwest China was the origin of tea trees. There were three main reasons:
From the natural distribution of tea trees, there were 23 species and more than 380 species of Theacea plants found so far. There were 15 species and more than 260 species in China, and most of them were distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. There were more than 100 species of camelia that had been discovered, and there were more than 60 species on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Among them, tea trees occupied the most important position. From the perspective of botany, the origin center of many genuses was concentrated in a certain area, which indicated that the area was the origin center of this flora. The high concentration of Theacea and camelia plants in the southwest of China indicated that the southwest of China was the origin center of camelia plants and the birthplace of tea.
From the perspective of geological changes, the mountains in the southwest were undulating, the valleys crisscrossed, and the terrain was ever-changing, resulting in the formation of many small geomorphological zones and microclimate zones. Under the circumstances of great differences in low latitudes and altitudes, the climate was greatly different, causing the tea trees that originally grew here to slowly be divided into tropical, sub-tropical, and temperate-zone climates. As a result, the tea trees mutated within the species and developed into tropical and sub-tropical large-leaf tea trees and medium-leaf tea trees. and the medium-leaf and small-leaf tea trees of the temperate-zone. Botanists believed that the place where a certain species mutated the most was the center of the origin of the species. The three provinces in the southwest of our country were the places with the most variations of tea trees and the richest resources. They were the center of the origin of tea trees.
From the evolutionary types of tea trees, tea trees tended to evolve continuously in the long history of their systematic development. Therefore, any area where primitive tea trees were concentrated was the origin of tea trees. The wild tea trees in the three provinces in southwest China and their adjacent areas had the morphological and biochemical characteristics of the original tea trees, which also proved that the southwest region of China was the center of the origin of tea trees. I don't know why, maybe it's to show off that I'm a big fan of sex and talk about the culture I know. At this time, whether it's my master or my grandfather, especially Miss Ren Tingting, they all look at me with admiration. Unconsciously, I feel a little floating.
" Brother Wei, you really know a lot. I didn't know that tea has so many benefits. I won't drink coffee anymore," Miss Ren Tingting said to me with her hands holding her heart and her eyes shining.
" Junior Brother, you really know so much." Even Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai looked at me strangely. Later, I knew that in this era, cultured people are easily respected.
"I don't know much either. Actually, it was Master who taught me. Master, what I introduced just now wasn't wrong, right?”A smart person should learn to flatter people.
" Well, it's alright. I've said it all. After you go back, read the tea scripture again." The master's face was calm as he lectured me. However, from the slightly lowered eyes and the raised lips of the master, I knew that the master was in a very good mood.
"Ninth Uncle is indeed a great teacher. I'm impressed." Elder Ren could be said to be a businessman. He did not know that he had been fooled by us master and disciple. At this time, the things we ordered were all served. I hurriedly stood up and took them. After distributing the drinks, I said,"This cup with one sugar and milk is for the master. These two cups with two sugar and milk are for the two senior brothers. This cup with one sugar and no milk is mine." Although sugar cubes aren't particularly sweet, Japan is getting old and shouldn't eat so many sweets. My two senior brothers cultivate so hard every day, so they should supplement more sugar and protein. "No need, just one candy will do." As he spoke, he placed all these things properly and asked why he wanted so little. The master nodded with satisfaction. The two senior brothers also smiled at me happily. After drinking coffee, we talked about the matter of lifting the coffin and moving the burial of the old master.
" I'll have to trouble you with the matter of moving the coffin," Old Master Ren said to his master with a sincere expression as he cupped his fists.
"It's better to be quiet than to move." He also said sincerely to Master Ren.
" 20 years ago, when my father was buried, the Feng Shui master told us that we must move the coffin after 20 years. Otherwise, it would be disadvantageous for our Ren family, so we have to trouble Ninth Uncle." Old Master Ren's expression was very determined. He must listen to the Feng Shui master's words 20 years ago and move the coffin.
" Alright then. Three days later is a good day. We will meet up with you at the Ren residence that day and go to Old Master Ren's tomb together." Seeing Old Master Ren's resolute attitude, the master had no choice but to agree. After all, this was a business deal. No one would push the money away, especially when it was earned by their own labor.
" Dad, I want to buy some rouge and cosmetic powder." After the matter was settled, Miss Ren Tingting said that she wanted to buy some things, so the two senior brothers volunteered to accompany her. Why do you keep looking at me?
" The three of you accompany Miss Ren to buy some rouge and cosmetic powder. Coincidentally, Aunt Qiusheng's family sells rouge and cosmetic powder. They are all top-notch goods. The three of you can accompany her there." Are you afraid that your two senior brothers will cause some trouble? Then, you let me go with them. This is really an opportunity sent by the heavens. After all, I still have a system mission that needs me to complete, and that is to gain Miss Ren Tingting's favor.
Because of my participation, there weren't so many jokes. I spent my time buying cosmetic powder safely. I accompanied Miss Ren Tingting on the streets for a while before the three of us sent her back to the Ren residence. We agreed to meet again in three days. Senior Brother Qiusheng stayed at his aunt's house. Senior Brother Wencai and I bought some ingredients on the streets and returned to the mortuary. At this time, Master had already returned. He told us that we had to prepare the food in three days. After dinner, we went back to our rooms to sleep. Two days passed in the blink of an eye. The third day quietly arrived.
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