Tea ancestor - west lake folktale

In the past, dragon Well tea is a desolate little village. In hill Ao Ao, sparse ground is scattering 10 come to a family. People grows Zhu Mu on far hill, plant on close hill 6 cereal, all the year round lives hard time.

Village edge has the broken thatched cottage of a leak leakage rain, there is a grandma inside. The grandma is done not have also do not have female, orphaned and helpless a person. Her age is old, cannot go up hill, cannot leave the ground, can the tea tree of 18 individual plant behind house of in charge of of in charge of. Grow when these tea tree or her old partner are alive, appear also have a few years. Old tea tree is short of labour little fertilizer, what new part of a historical period goes out is very few, can pick old woman of a few jins of old tea every year only.

The grandma is a well-meaning person, she auxes would rather him time passes bit more painstakingly, always want every year to leave a few tea, cook Huo tea every day, in doorway mat-awning lap two slat stool, to on the pedestrian traffic of the mountain below hill rests the satisfy one's thirst when force.

Have a year of the New Year's Eve, the sky falls heavy snow, zun Lin is right how much to abandon to do dot special purchases for the Spring Festival, preparation spends the New Year. In grandma home honest end, rice crock is fast also empty, besides mother-in-law of a few of the remnant in earthen jar old tea, other whats were done not have. But she still is taking established custom or practice, early in the morning rises, catch a tea to be in Huo, send flourishing fire, sit before kitchen to cook tea. At this moment, listen to “ to prattle suddenly ” , the door of thatched cottage is pushed. Come in an old man, full snowflake falls on the body. The grandma is busy stand up accost: “ old uncle, this hill is windward snow is big, sit in speed house. ”

The snowflake on body of whisk of old man whisk, walk into house in, face kitchen hole nurse a fire, accost with the grandma at the same time: “ grandma, the what thing that burns in your Huo? ”

Tea is cooked in “ Huo in! ”

“ today the New Year's Eve, will spend the New Year tomorrow. The other people is busy quick-boil ceremony of blessing of 3 animal sacrifice, how does your home cook tea? ”

The grandma sighs, say: “ dims, my Gu old woman is poor, do not to remove ceremony of blessing of 3 animal sacrifice to offer a look, be forced to burn Huo tea to go convenient to passer everyday. ”

Old man listened to breath out Ha Xiaodao: “ is not poor, not poor, there still is baby at the door you. ”

It is very strange that the grandma listened, outside reaching head whereaboutldirection door, look, still be loose wool below the ma shelter that take two old bench, still wall corner head breaks stone any mortar-shaped thing only, the stack in broken stone joint of bones is age everything returns rubbish —— is old pattern.
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