Necessary expenses every day

As the saying goes: Seven things to open the door, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. Although tea ranks last, it also plays an important role in daily life and becomes a necessary item for families. Living in the plateau since I was a child, I have long been used to the generous atmosphere of eating meat, drinking in a big bowl and drinking tea in a big cup on the plateau. When tea is cooked on the fire, it is rich and red. A group of friends sat around the table, drinking cooked black tea and talking with Kan Kan, laughing and laughing constantly, which was quite interesting to drink tea in the teahouse, making people feel integrated into it.

Teahouse culture, from the beginning, is full of gossip. As early as the Song and Yuan Dynasties, tea houses appeared and were popularized in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Before the renovation of Dashilan outside the front gate of Beijing, it was a folk gathering center, operating tea, shops and catering industries. It is said that its predecessor was the Manchu Banner Binggong * * * Club. As long as people who enter the teahouse, whether you are wearing a top hat or a coarse blouse, they have to put down their status and be equal when they enter the teahouse. Teahouses sell not only tea, but also cakes, snacks, cooked food, stir-frying and shochu, and of course, a very cheap big bowl of jasmine tea.

Teahouses provide a rare place for equal communication. There is such a teahouse in Ping 'an yuanjiacun at the east end of the ancient city of Xining. On the right hand side of the door is a red brick stove. In the back hall, tea is cooked. The waiter fills the copper pot with tea and sends it to the stove. Then the old man at the stove pulls the bellows and keeps it warm with red-hot carbon blocks. The old chap is a man who knows elegant and carefree things, and he has mastered the skill of making tea. The most interesting thing is that his dark skin color is like black tea, which blends with copper pots and tea soup.

when you enter the teahouse, the rough solid wood tables and chairs are painted in ebony color, showing ancient fragrance. Three-bubble-table big-covered bowls, or coarse clay bowls, are 15 yuan each, and there is no limit to tea, so you can drink as much as you like. My wife and I asked for two clay bowls, and paid two extra dollars to dish melon seeds. After being seated, the waiter greeted other businesses. Unlike the old teahouse, the waiter must have "eyesight", take the initiative to make tea and water for the guests, and must not neglect anyone. There is a stage in front of the teahouse, which is singing Pingxian. The people in the audience are chatting and playing cards with melon seeds, and the noise is overwhelming Pingxian. The family at the next table drinks tea and plays cards. The old man takes things very seriously. After each card is finished, he will supervise the younger generation to write down the winning or losing on the paper. The small card with one yuan is playing more and more seriously. We just listened and watched, and it was already half an hour. Because of the head-up between people, everything feels more intimate and lively.

when I opened my eyes the next day, I still seemed to have some sweet tea in my mouth.