In the summer of August, although it is already evening, the sky is still bright.
To the east of Shigu Lane, in the Jinxiu Mingyuan residential complex, Mr. Fang, who had had dinner, was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and was sitting on a wicker chair in the courtyard drinking tea, looking quite contented.
The evening breeze blows, and the coolness is accompanied by the fragrance of flowers, driving away the heat of the day.
He picked up the glass tea cup, and before he could get closer, the slow and refreshing aroma suddenly hit his nostrils, making him feel refreshed.
The tea leaves in the cup are bright green, with firm roots and sharp tips.
"Haha, no wonder it's called Cuifeng. It's both beautiful and colorful, and it really deserves its name." Mr. Fang slowly looked at the tea in the cup and said to himself.
After smelling the aroma and looking at the color, I put it to my mouth and took a sip. The tea was fresh and mellow, with a long and fragrant fragrance, refreshing my heart and lungs.
It’s really delicious, Mr. Fang secretly praised it.
This was the second portion of tea given to him by Mr. Li from the bun shop two days ago, and it was still about two ounces. Of course, a bucket of special water was indispensable.
Ever since I got to know Boss Xiao Li, I seem to have started to enjoy a lot of blessings, from delicious steamed buns, to wild carp and grass carp, to more advanced wild bass and mandarin fish, as well as the delicacies that Xiao Zhang brought back two days ago.
Big river crab, and the best green tea in your hand.
Boss Xiao Li is like a magician, constantly coming up with new and good things. I really don’t know where he got them from.
In addition, in the past six months or so, my body has become much better than before. The meridians in my legs seem to have been unblocked. I finally got rid of the crutches I had been using for two years. Other parts of my body also feel quite comfortable. Not only are my ears and eyes clear, but my blood pressure is also
—Blood lipids have returned to normal.
Generally speaking, as people age, their taste system will slowly decline, but he is just the opposite. His sense of taste is now more sensitive than before. Even his wife often complains that he is too picky when eating and has a bad mouth.
Not satisfied with the food I ordered.
This made him even more convinced that the food and drinks provided by Baozi Shop had a very good health-preserving effect on the human body. So naturally he frequented it.
For a while at first, he was quite curious about the origin and background of Boss Xiao Li and wanted to know more about it.
Later, I changed my mind and thought that I had received a lot of benefits from others, which was already a great blessing. It was better to have a more indifferent attitude, and then I gave up this idea.
Besides, everyone has their own secrets. Being able to get to know each other is a kind of fate. Just let it take its course. Why do you have to figure it out clearly?
Just as I was thinking about something, I suddenly heard the doorbell ring.
After hearing the sound, the nanny Xiao Zhang came out of the house and walked a few steps to open the courtyard door.
"Mr. Hao, you are here." Xiao Zhang greeted.
"Where's Lao Fang, why don't you come to greet me?" A familiar loud voice came from the door.
This old man Hao still had the same moral character. Mr. Fang remained calm and continued drinking tea.
"Haha, you old man, you have such a big air." An old man with a big white beard came closer and sat down on another wicker chair beside the tea table.
"Oh, it's Old Hao, I didn't hear you just now." Mr. Fang looked up at him, showing surprise.
"Come on, just pretend to be confused with me. I won't argue with you. Hey, I brought you good things today." Old Man Hao said dissatisfiedly, and then took out a large item from the bag in his hand.
The rectangular box was placed on the coffee table. The outside of the box was covered with dark red velvet.
"What is this?" Mr. Fang asked doubtfully.
"You'll know if you open it and take a look. It must be something you like." Old Man Hao pretended.
They were all old comrades in arms, so Mr. Fang was not polite. He pulled the box towards him, opened the lock, and then opened the top cover.
Inside the box are two exquisitely crafted silver metal cans, with bright yellow satin lining the bottom.
He picked up one of them and brought it to his eyes to examine it.
"Taiping Monkey King, special grade." Mr. Fang read.
"How about it? I know you like to drink tea, but I, Old Hao, can't handle such things. Haha." Old Man Hao said with a sullen face.
This tea was specially brought to him by one of his old subordinates when he came to visit him the day before yesterday. There were two boxes in total. It is said that this kind of special tea can be sold in the market for several thousand kilograms.
Old Man Hao brewed a pot and tasted it. After brewing, the buds and leaves became fat and plump, like white orchids in bud, followed by the faint orchid fragrance, the taste was fresh and mellow, and the aftertaste was sweet, with "
"Monkey rhyme" is indeed the unique feature of the special Taiping Houkui.
So he divided the boxes into pieces and gave them to Mr. Fang.
"Taiping Houkui is one of the top ten famous teas in my country. It has two leaves with buds, flat and straight, naturally stretched, with hidden white hairs. It is known as 'Houkui has two pointed ends, neither loosening nor warping nor curling'. Yes, it is indeed good. Tea." Mr. Fang nodded and said.
"Old Fang, you are really knowledgeable about this. Oh, no, it's such a good tea. I think your attitude doesn't matter." Old Man Hao looked at the other person's face, but there was no expected expression of surprise.
This really made him a little frustrated.
"Is there any? I like it very much, so I accepted it." Mr. Fang understood what the other party was referring to and said quickly.
Having said that, it is so easy to think of surprises when you already have jewels in front of you. "Well, it smells so good. What does it smell like?" Old Man Hao sniffed, and there was an elegant and pure fragrance in the air.
breath.
Soon, his eyes fell on the tea cup in front of Mr. Fang.
Yes, the scent should come from there, it's very special.
The color of the soup is green and clear, and the tea leaves are lifelike. It looks quite good. However, this green tea has two buds and two leaves, so the grade does not seem to be high. But the aroma is extraordinary.
"Old Fang, what kind of tea are you drinking?" Old Man Hao asked.
"Haha, there is a lot of slander. There is a new product called Cuifeng." Mr. Fang didn't want to explain too much, because there was really too little Cuifeng tea. The total of the two gifts from Boss Li was only about four taels.
He also said that due to the scarcity of supply, there might not be any more for a while.
"Cuifeng? I've never heard of it. But the smell is quite distinctive. Give me a cup to try." Old Man Hao requested.
Mr. Fang had no choice but to make him a cup.
Old Man Hao was very dissatisfied with his attitude. He waited for the tea to cool down a little, then brought it to his mouth, blew on it, and took a sip.
With just one mouthful, his complexion changed, and even his big white beard began to tremble slightly.
"Hey old Fang, why don't you take my Taiping Houkui seriously? It turns out he has something good hidden there." He yelled at Mr. Fang.
"Haha, blah, blah, blah, it's just a gift from an ordinary friend, and I just drank it." Mr. Fang laughed.
"Ordinary friend? No way, this tea is quite high-end. Isn't it a high-end specialty from somewhere?" Old Man Hao didn't believe it, so he took another sip, closing his eyes and sipping the taste, -
His face looked intoxicated.
"It's nothing special. This is a new tea that has just been developed. I don't know anything else." Mr. Fang shook his head and denied.
"Anyway, you are not a good old boy. You still hide some good things. It's too bad."
As Old Man Hao was talking, he saw a small tea can on the coffee table. He took it over and opened the lid and smelled it to confirm. Then he put the tea can into his bag.
"Hey, you..." Mr. Fang became anxious when he saw this.
"What's yours, just like this - Xiaotong, I don't even have two ounces, but I feel so distressed for you. No matter, I'll take it back and drink it, and let your friends give you your own." Old Man Hao said nothing.
Said politely.
Seeing that the matter was irreversible, Mr. Fang had no choice but to persuade him, explaining that the tea had just been planted on a trial basis and was in small quantity. If he took it all away, he would not be able to drink it.
Then Old Man Hao asked Old Man Hao to take out the tea tube, separate it with his nose and give half of it back to him.
But this time, Mr. Fang insisted on his principle and would never tell the other party the origin of the tea.
Old Man Hao used both soft and hard tactics, coercion and inducement for a while, but seeing that he was resolute, he finally gave up.
Before leaving in the evening, Old Man Hao reminded him again and again that when there are new products in the future, he should not hide his secrets anymore, otherwise he would not blame himself for being rude.
After Old Man Hao left, the old man specially called for the nanny Xiao Zhang and specifically told her not to tell anyone about the specialties of the bun shop, especially to acquaintances like Old Man Hao.
The nanny Xiao Zhang naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
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Over at the Baozi Shop, Li Zhengran naturally didn't know what was going on at Mr. Fang's house. He was sitting at the computer desk in the bedroom, playing hard on the Xinghai Chess Club website.
The doors and windows of the room are wide open, and there is light convection, so it doesn't feel too hot.
After watching Go for so long, I feel a little itchy. By chance, I met a newbie like him in the Go hall tonight, and the two met to start a game.
—After handing it over, I realized that I really had met my opponent in chess and would meet a good talent.
The opponent took the lead with black, and after a simple and quick layout, black took the lead in provoking a war at the white corner, and the two sides fought fiercely.
You come and go, and Li Youran enjoys it. Although he feels that his game has many loopholes, the opponent is also a good person.
Sure enough, it is still interesting to play against opponents of similar skill. Otherwise, it would be very depressing to meet those experienced players and get beaten to a pulp in a contact battle. Of course, it is better to play handicap chess.
-Until the middle of the game, neither of them had much advantage. However, the chess pieces of both sides were scattered into pieces, and they were fighting on their own.
Finally, in the empty space above the black chess piece, both sides' chess pieces were disconnected by the other side, and the fierce battle entered the fighting stage.
At this time, Li Youran showed his strong memory and accurate calculations, and finally captured a black piece with more than a dozen pieces with the slight advantage of extra breath.
Having suffered such a huge loss, of course there was no need to continue, and Black immediately surrendered.
At this point, Li Youran won his first victory in learning Go, and also gained valuable five mo points.
It was truly an amazing and epoch-making victory for Victoria University. He let go of the mouse and keyboard and let out a proud and confident laugh like a winner.
Unexpectedly, the laughter called the little girl over and asked him worriedly if he was stimulated in any way.