Chapter 446: You’ll know if you give it a try.

Chapter 446: You'll know if you give it a try.

The two of them looked at the sky. It was still early before dusk, so He Zhiran asked Mo Jiuya to pick some tea leaves to bring back.

She could try experimenting with frying tea to pass the time.

Inside the space, He Zhiran took out a basket. Mo Jiuya filled the basket with tea leaves, and then they went down the mountain.

Madam He had thought that her son-in-law was taking her daughter out for a stroll. She didn’t expect them not to return even by lunchtime. Worried that something might have happened to He Zhiran, she stood at the door waiting and looking out.

Spotting the couple in the distance, Madam He went forward to meet them.

"Ran Ran, Jiuya, did you guys go into the city? Why were you gone for so long?"

As she spoke, Madam He couldn’t help but carefully examine He Zhiran’s complexion, afraid that something might be wrong with her.

He Zhiran knew that her mother truly cared about her. She had indeed been out for quite a while, so she quickly went forward and took her mother’s arm.

"Mother, my husband and I just went out for a walk. We got carried away and lost track of time."

At that moment, Madam He also noticed the basket on Mo Jiuya’s back.

"Did you guys go up the mountain?"

After living in Xiling Village for some time, Madam He had learned that the villagers here usually carried such a basket when they went up the mountain.

Mo Jiuya placed the basket on the ground.

"Mother, we just wandered around and happened to find some tea leaves. We picked some and that’s why we were delayed."

As a noblewoman from the Imperial City, Madam He had quite a lot of knowledge about tea.

In her opinion, the good tea drunk in the Imperial City all came from the south, and what people saw were finished, fried tea leaves.

Looking at the basket full of unknown leaves on Mo Jiuya’s back, she asked skeptically, "Ran Ran, Jiuya, don’t tell me this is tea?"

It wasn’t strange at all for He Zhiran that her mother would ask this.

There wasn’t much tea in the Great Shun dynasty to begin with, and due to its rarity, the price of tea was very high.

Not only that, tea farmers only sold tea after frying it, and tea drinkers only saw the finished product.

Moreover, the tea-frying technology of this era was backward. No matter what kind of tea it was, it all looked dark brown after frying. Even when brewed, the original shape of the leaves couldn’t be seen.

Most importantly, when He Zhiran had given Mo Jiuya some Tieguanyin to drink, she had specifically asked him, and there was no tea with such a flavor in the Great Shun.

Therefore, it was understandable that Madam He thought they were passing off some random leaves as tea.

"Mother, don’t worry. This is definitely tea. I read about this kind of tea in a book before. It’s very rare and has an excellent taste. Tomorrow, after I’ve studied the frying method, you’ll know when you give it a try."

Seeing her daughter so enthusiastic, Madam He didn’t want to spoil her good mood, so she just nodded half-heartedly.

In any case, as long as her daughter was happy, it didn’t matter whether it was really tea or not.

The next day, Mo Jiuya took Liang Hao, Tao Ran, and others up the mountain to make arrangements, while He Zhiran went to the small kitchen in her courtyard.

After picking the tea leaves, she had purchased a book on tea-frying techniques from Taobao Mall.

By now, she had basically grasped the frying method. Since she had nothing else to do, she decided to practice with the tea leaves they had picked from the mountain.

Not only that, for the plan from yesterday, He Zhiran had planted a large number of tea seedlings in her space.

The seeds of the tea seedlings were from the space and, like other crops, were not picky about climate or soil. They could grow even on saline-alkali land, let alone on a hillside where Tieguanyin grew.

After a busy day, He Zhiran managed to astonish Madam He.

"Ran Ran, is this really tea?" Madam He held a small ball that looked slightly worse than the Tieguanyin He Zhiran had bought from Taobao Mall, her eyes full of curiosity.

Although He Zhiran wasn’t very satisfied with the appearance of the tea, she could tell from the taste that her frying had almost succeeded. With more practice, she believed she could fry Tieguanyin just like in her previous life.

She replied happily to Madam He, "Mother, it should be a success."

After saying that, she instructed Yu’er, who had been helping by her side, to brew a few cups for everyone to taste.

Everyone in He Zhiran’s courtyard, whether it was Lan’er, Yu’er, or Madam Li, regardless of their status as master or servant, each received a cup of tea.

Lan’er and Yu’er were the maids who had grown up alongside the Fourth Princess. Naturally, they had seen a lot of good tea in the Great Shun dynasty.

As soon as Lan’er lifted the lid of her teacup, she took a deep breath.

"Ninth Madam, in my opinion, this tea can be considered the best of the best. Even the tribute tea in the palace pales in comparison by countless degrees."

He Zhiran knew that Lan’er was a knowledgeable girl. Her evaluation meant that He Zhiran’s future tea business would surely be very profitable.

Madam He also kept nodding. "I didn’t expect that such delicious tea could be produced in this barren Northwest."

She had no idea that the tea had nothing to do with the location. The good taste was entirely due to her daughter’s tea-frying method.

Madam He thinking this way saved He Zhiran the trouble of explaining.

In the evening, when Mo Jiuya returned from the mountain with the others, everything had already been arranged.

He Zhiran didn’t bother asking what kind of excuse Mo Jiuya had used to explain the appearance of the houses. In any case, after Liang Hao and the others returned, they didn’t notice anything amiss.

Not only that, Mo Jiuya had also brought back more tea leaves for He Zhiran to practice with.

The previous night, while his wife was studying the tea-frying method in the space, he had watched as well.

He had thought that with such a complicated process, his wife would need to experiment for many days, so he decided to pick more tea leaves for her to practice with.

Unexpectedly, my daughter-in-law is incredibly talented. She succeeded in roasting the tea in just one day, and the taste was in no way inferior to the Tieguanyin we purchased on Taobao.

This also made Mo Jiuya realize a problem.

In the future, apart from making jewelry, the tea business would become another lucrative high point for the Mo Family.

In fact, Mo Jiuya had underestimated his wife.

Although He Zhiran was not very enthusiastic about doing business and lacked the business acumen of someone like Tang Mingrui,

She indeed possessed knowledge from a thousand years into the future. With just this alone, even without a business mind, she could still make a fortune in ancient times.

Dinner was still in the courtyard of the second elders of the Mo family, with the exception of Mo Jiuya and He Zhiran's branch.

Considering that Mrs. He had come all the way to the Northwest to accompany her daughter during childbirth, and with so many men in the family, although the Mo family had already shed many of the customs of those big households, Mrs. He had not fully adapted to local customs.

She was afraid that her in-law might feel uncomfortable dining this way, so she sent Yu'er to He Zhiran's courtyard to take charge of her three daily meals.

Mrs. He had now completely taken a liking to the meals of her daughter's family.