William's lavish gift was not in vain, and shortly after he sat down, Emma Cole Brooke brought a plate of biscuits and a set of favorite tea sets for the English. I don't know why, as the tea set was fiddled, Emma Cole Brooke, who had always looked virtuous, suddenly became excited, and her brown eyes looked at William, full of excitement.

William was so frightened that he almost collapsed on the sofa, although Emma looked good and should have been a beauty when she was young, but she was also a mother-in-law. If Old Brooke wasn't there, but this Old Brooke was still around......

"William, you are a Chinese and should know porcelain very well, this is the Yuan Qinghua I bought in the antique shop some time ago, what do you think. ”

“......”

Yes, I have misunderstood.

Looking at Emma Cole Brooke, who was like a treasure, and then at the old Brooke, who was sitting but looking at him with interest, William subconsciously glanced down at the tea set on the table.

The white glaze is painted with a blue bamboo vividly, the pattern of blue and white contrasts with each other, there is a sense of pleasing to the eye; the color is light and elegant and lovely, there is a flashy but not glamorous power, the milky white inner porcelain is pure in color, but there is a kind of scattered and ethereal solemnity. After picking it up and looking at it carefully, William was a little puzzled why this cheap mother-in-law was so excited about a tea set, but he still made a judgment truthfully.

"The texture of this set of tea sets is considered to be bright and clear, and it is undoubtedly high-grade porcelain. How much did my mother pay for it? ”

"A thousand pounds. ”

"If it's really Yuan Qinghua, the price is not bad. ”

"Of course it's true. I often buy things in that store, and the owner doesn't dare to lie to me. ”

After a pause, Emma Cole smiled apologetically.

"Oh. It's rude to see that I'm so bluster to talk to you about this that I forgot that the water should be boiling. ”

Soon.

Emma Cole came from the kitchen with a kettle, and Sasha Brooke stood up and winked at William.

"William. I went to help my mom cook. You talk to your father. ”

“......”

The two women left together, leaving only two men in the living room, and unlike Emma Cole's love of porcelain, Old Brooke seemed to have a great love for tea.

"William, you are a Chinese and should know tea very well!"

"I know a little bit about it, but the way we drink it may be a little different from the UK. Kung Fu tea. ”

Pound Brooke was taken aback, and his eyes widened and he shrank back exaggeratedly.

"KONGFU, BRUCE LEE'S KONGFU?"

Old Brooke added with his hands on his chest.

"Is that tea?"

William couldn't laugh or cry, and he didn't understand why the British were so fond of drama, but it seemed that this cheap old man was still a little cuter than those guys in Hong Kong.

"It's not. It is a way to drink tea. ”

"Can you show me a demo?"

"Of course. ”

As he spoke, William opened the bag of tea, but when he saw the tea inside, he couldn't help but be stunned. Dry-fried red tea leaves, a little broken, very low-grade tea.

"What's wrong with this tea?" William?"

"No problem. If my father likes it, I'll bring you some good tea next time I go back to Hong Kong. You're going to love it so much. ”

"Damn bastards, they actually lied to me and said that this is the best tea in Huaxia Wuyi Mountain Da Hong Pao. ”

The big red robe of Wuyi Mountain is the big red robe of Wuyi Mountain, but this is all scum. William felt a little pity for the poor old man, if it weren't for a cheap son-in-law like him, I don't know how long he would have been fooled.

However, it is not to blame that Old Brooke does not know the goods, for the British, drinking tea and adding various materials, where can they taste the true texture of tea.

After a few words of relief, William picked up the tea, and with the boiling water continued to boil, the smoke and dust rose in the Yuan Qinghua teacup, and the milky white teacup licked half a cup of red tea, and the flowing action had a pleasing beauty.

Old Brooke was dumbfounded, he didn't expect to be able to play such a new trick with tea, and couldn't help but extend a thumbs up.

"You Chinese people really know too much about tea. ”

"Thank you. Father, please. ”

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but I always have to add some milk or sugar to feel good tea, and there is a faint sweetness in addition to the bitterness.

Old Brooke couldn't help but sigh.

"The taste is so unique. It's a shame I haven't tried it. ”

"This is the original taste of tea, if it is a good tea, you can leave it fragrant for a long time, and the next time you have the opportunity, you must let your father taste the taste of top black tea." ”

"That's great, William, can you teach me this?"

"Of course. However, it may take a long time to learn, otherwise it is easy to burn your hands. My father is busy with work, so I'm afraid I won't have much time. ”

"Hey. Do you think I'm like I'm busy with work? That Pemberton guy has been ostracizing me since he became president, and Lamont's bastard has been supporting him, and I'm afraid it won't be long before I'm retiring. ”

William couldn't help but have a smile on his face, the new British Prime Minister John Major is the leader of the Conservative Party, as the executive of the left-wing Labour Party in the central bank, it is hell that the old Brooke is not excluded.

Because the Labour Party has always opposed the Conservatives' proposal to join the European Community, the Labour Party believes that joining the European Community is a further strategy of the Conservative Party to promote the privatization process, which will only form more capital monopolies, so that the promotion space of ordinary people will be compressed again, and the gap between the rich and the poor will be further widened.

Joining the European Community was the most important political declaration after Major defeated Margaret Thatcher, and it was natural to strike at all the voices of opposition, and unfortunately, Brooke Sr. was the most suitable target.

Pound Brooke was able to hold an important position in the Bank of England, he still had two brushes, he proposed that the United Kingdom in terms of geographical location, joining the European Community does not get a lot of trade advantages like landlocked countries, on the contrary, the ECU exchange rate mechanism, let the British economy be kidnapped by Germany, which is not in the interests of the United Kingdom.

Obviously, this philosophy is the opposite of Major's governing philosophy, and it would be hell if a guy like Old Brooke, who could criticize joining the European Community from all sorts of economic logics, would not be hit.

Isn't there a saying that if you can't be defeated logically, you will be defeated by power.

Pinching the teacup and taking a sip of tea, William smashed his mouth as if nothing happened.

"My father is in the prime of life, just like this tea, he tasted bitterness for the first time, but there is sweetness in addition to bitterness, so why be so pessimistic. ”

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