After Niu Dacheng became the shopkeeper, he changed his name so that people wouldn't call him shopkeeper Niu. He said that the name was still given by Mr. Cao at that time. The word "Liu" had the same pronunciation as Liu, so he was called Liu Jingshan.
The meaning is a little more profound, but it is also a hope that Niu Da will be able to bear this name after becoming the shopkeeper.
Chen Changsheng asked: "Is Mr. Cao still telling stories in the teahouse now?"
Shopkeeper Liu shook his head and said, "He was gone a few years ago."
"About three years ago, the teahouse storyteller scolded Mr. Cao and handed it over to his apprentice, and Mr. Cao himself followed Mr. Jin to Shangjing."
"Master Jin San is back?" Chen Changsheng paused and asked.
Shopkeeper Liu nodded and said: "Master Jin came back four years ago. He has changed a lot. Mr. Cao and I can't recognize him anymore."
Chen Changsheng paused for a moment, and then took another look at the pack of dried fish he had brought with him.
How can this be done?
They're all gone.
Chen Changsheng then asked: "Did you say when you would come back?"
Shopkeeper Liu said: "Mr. Cao and Mr. Jin come back every year, but it's still early."
"It's good to come back."
Chen Changsheng handed over the package containing dried fish and said: "I was walking from the southern coastal area and met an old friend of Jin Sanye on the way. He asked me to deliver this package of dried fish to Jin Sanye, and I also left two coins.
Words."
Shopkeeper Liu was stunned for a moment after hearing this and said: "Coastal!?"
"Ouch."
"What a long way it is!"
Nowadays, it is particularly difficult to carry a letter, not to mention dried fish. The longer the journey, the more difficult it is to carry it. Sometimes the same letter is sent out ten times, and it is enough to receive only one.
Especially difficult.
Therefore, shopkeeper Liu was shocked when he heard him talk about this and took the package of dried fish with both hands.
Chen Changsheng said: "The man said that his name is Hei Liuzi, and he also asked Chen to bring something to Mr. Jin..."
Shopkeeper Liu asked: "Is it a lot? If it is a lot, I will prepare pen and paper?"
Chen Changsheng shook his head and said, "I guess it's not necessary. The man asked me to tell Mr. Jin that there are a lot of fish and clams this year, so we can all have enough to eat, and everyone is doing well. Please don't worry too much about it."
Shopkeeper Liu was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
After coming back to his senses after a moment, he looked down at the dried fish wrapped in a bag in his hand, feeling a little dazed for a moment.
"It's really..."
Shopkeeper Liu didn't know how to describe this feeling.
Chen Changsheng was stunned for a moment when he heard the man say this, but he understood it later.
Perhaps this is the elusive human touch in the world of mortals, which has never faded away even though we have traveled across mountains and rivers.
Shopkeeper Liu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "When Mr. Jin comes back, I will hand it over on your behalf."
Chen Changsheng nodded, and that was the end of the matter.
Shopkeeper Liu asked where he lived, and when he learned where he lived, he reacted, "Is it the courtyard where Mr. Chen lived before?"
"Exactly."
"Is there anything you're missing? I'll send someone to bring you some."
"There's no need to bother, shopkeeper. Chen won't be able to live here long, and he doesn't lack anything."
"That's not possible. Mr. Chen was kind to the teahouse back then. Now that I am the shopkeeper, I naturally want to repay this kindness. You are Mr. Chen's descendant, and I should treat you with courtesy. Now that you have come to Qingshan City, I can't treat you badly.
no."
Shopkeeper Liu is very polite. Compared to when he was a clerk, he is now much more tactful.
Vaguely, Chen Changsheng also had the shadow of the former shopkeeper Zhuang in him. Niu Da learned many things little by little from watching shopkeeper Zhuang.
This is the worldliness of humanity, mixed with the figure of shopkeeper Zhuang.
Maybe this shadow will exist in the teahouse for a long time, or maybe it will disappear after one day, but it is undeniable that when today's shopkeeper Liu talks and does things, he always has a trace of...
With the shadow of the shopkeeper.
Tea patrons in the tea house may even be in a trance at a certain moment, as if they saw the old shopkeeper.
This is the human touch of a teahouse.
It's the same as the dried fish brought by Chen Changsheng.
After Chen Changsheng resisted several times, shopkeeper Liu stopped forcing anything and ordered someone to prepare some fine tea for Chen Changsheng to take back. He couldn't refuse.
"In those days, Mr. Chen was famous as Mr. Wine and Tea. Good wine, good tea, wine comes first. Unfortunately, after Mr. Cao left, there is no good wine left in the teahouse. This tea tastes good, so take it back and try it."
"Thank you very much, shopkeeper."
Chen Changsheng didn't stay in the teahouse any longer and went out with a bag of tea.
Shopkeeper Liu personally escorted him out and walked him dozens of steps out of the teahouse. He didn't stop until Chen Changsheng said there was no need to escort him away anymore.
After saying goodbye, he watched Chen Changsheng walk step by step into the crowd on the street.
Shopkeeper Liu looked at the figure and couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment.
"It's so similar..."
Sometimes he felt that this person was not Mr. Chen's nephew, but Mr. Chen in person.
Probably because of this, when he was sitting in the teahouse chatting, he didn't know what to call him at the moment. He felt that no matter how he called him, it was wrong and it always felt disrespectful.
He admired Mr. Chen from the bottom of his heart. Although those years were not long, he still remembered them in his heart. It was the most lively period in the tea house.
………
When Chen Changsheng returned to the courtyard, he boiled a pot of water and made a bowl of tea.
He is not very good at making tea. He can drink the hot water after it has cooled for a while. He is really not particular about it.
But why doesn't it matter? Aren't we doing whatever we eat, what we wear, what we do for pleasure?
The civet cat lay aside and looked at the steam rising from the tea bowl. It stretched out its paw and pinched it, and the heat dissipated.
The civet cat opened its eyes wide and was very curious about this.
For a while, I had a great time playing with the white smoke rising from the tea bowl.
When Cihua saw Chen Changsheng take a sip, it blinked and asked, "What kind of water are you drinking?"
"This is tea, not water."
"Tea."
"Um."
Ci Huamao has heard of tea before, but has never drank it.
"It smells quite fragrant." Li Hua said.
Chen Changsheng turned his head and glanced at it, and said, "Want to try it?"
"May I?"
"nature."
"I want to taste that raccoon flower."
Chen Changsheng placed the bowl lid on the table, and then poured some tea from the bowl onto the bowl lid.
The civet cat tentatively stepped forward, sniffed, and then stretched out its tongue and licked a small mouth.
"puff……"
The civet cat opened its mouth with its hand. After a moment, it looked at Chen Changsheng and said, "It's bitter! It doesn't taste good!"
Chen Changsheng smiled and said: "Tea has feelings and people have intentions. It's just that I can't drink the civet flower now. Maybe I can understand it in the future."
"not understand."
"You'll understand."
Lihua still shook her head and said, "It's bitter, what's there to drink?"
It was very disgusted and deliberately moved to the side, further away from the tea cup.
Chen Changsheng couldn't help but laugh when he saw it looking like this.
With civet flowers around, you will never feel bored.