Chapter 82: Old Wine
Chapter 82: Old Wine
"Qin Feng, I'm on my way back to the hotel, my second uncle wants to invite you to have a meal together in the evening, okay, I'll send you the address now." β
Not long after the phone hung up, I received the address from Zhuang Feng, and coincidentally, it was actually a Sichuan restaurant for lunch dinner.
As soon as they met, Zhuang Feng's uncle ** held Qin Feng's hand tightly, changed his unkindness when they met in the morning, and greeted warmly: "Mr. Qin, I'm sorry, this morning's greeting was not good, there was a lot of neglect, let me introduce, don't look at this restaurant is not big, but it has the most authentic Chinese cuisine in the whole Nankan, come! Let's go in and talk." β
Speaking, ** led everyone through the back door of the restaurant, came to a stilted building, the owner of the Sichuan restaurant was busy in the open space in front of the building, a large table had been set up, heard the movement turned around, and said with a smile: "Little brother, let's meet again, I didn't expect you to be the guest invited by the boss of the village!"
"Lao Lin, do you know each other?" ** asked curiously, he heard Zhuang Feng say that Qin Feng was the first time to Nankan, how could he know Lao Lin, Lao Lin had not left Nankan for more than 10 years.
Hearing the question, Qin Feng smiled and said, "We ate lunch at Brother Lin's place!"
"You guys have tea first, and I'll arrange the dishes!" Lao Lin said and walked to the kitchen.
**In addition to their uncles and nephews, there are two masters of the dealer to identify the rough stone, and Master Du is also among them, both of them are old men who have been in the dealer for many years, and whether this auction can be harvested depends on their eyesight.
Master Du is about 50 years old, and the other master is older, about 60 years old, surnamed Tian, with the attitude of ** uncle and nephew and Master Du towards him, it can be seen that his status in the Zhuang family is extraordinary, Zhuang Feng shouted Uncle Tian one by one, but this person's face still showed a little unruly look from time to time.
What a big shelf!
"Qin Feng, thank you for the piece of jade you sold to Zhuang Feng last time, but you helped our Zhuang family a lot, you must drink two cups today!"
Qin Feng hurriedly said: "Uncle Zhuang is too polite, Zhuang Feng and I hit it off at first sight, this is nothing, by the way, how about today's auction, it must be a big gain!"
In the last two sentences, Qin Feng asked Zhuang Feng, not only does the dealer need raw materials, but Cui Xuan also took out 100 million funds this time, planning to hoard a batch of materials at the auction.
Hearing Qin Feng's question, the faces of the four Zhuang family showed far-fetched expressions, only the master Tian was silent, still drinking tea unhurriedly.
Zhuang Feng replied: "We took a total of 6 rough stones today, and paid a total of 1.17 billion Chinese dollars, after the scene was unraveled, three of them basically did not accompany or earn, and one rose by about 5 percent, however, the other two pieces of Uncle Tian are optimistic about the material, although the texture is good, but the material is too small, it is considered to have fallen, so it is calculated, today there is about 300 million losses, which is considered to be unfavorable." As he spoke, Zhuang Feng glanced at Master Tian vaguely.
Hearing this, Master Tian showed a displeased expression on his face, and said in his mouth: "Zhuang Feng, what do you mean by this, are you complaining that I am dizzy, although I am not surnamed Zhuang, but I have also followed the master for more than 30 years, looking at the dealer before and after the saddle, step by step from a small shop to the current scale, there is no credit and hard work, this gambling stone always has an eye, no one can guarantee that it is nine out of ten, if you are dissatisfied with me, I will go back to Yanjing tomorrow, let the master send others over!"
"Then what about tomorrow's auction, when Yanjing sends someone over again, the daylilies will be cold!" Zhuang Feng was also a little displeased when he heard this.
"Tian Lao, Zhuang Feng didn't mean this, you also know, the importance of this auction to our banker, this time it all depends on your old age, after eating today, go back to the hotel and rest early, I have arranged it, there are two girls to the room to give you a massage to relax, isn't there still a few days left in the auction, this money is nothing!"** Hurriedly persuaded.
Qin Feng had already seen what was going on, but as an outsider, he didn't have much to say, the meal was dull and tasteless, and the atmosphere was a little dignified.
Fortunately, ** Seeing that everyone was present and couldn't let go, after drinking two glasses, Hetian Lao said goodbye first, Lao Lin took out a few bottles of Yanjing's Erguotou, a few glasses of wine, Zhuang Feng complained.
It turned out that this Tian Lao relied on Zhuang Feng's grandfather for more than 30 years, relying on the old and selling the old, the dealer made an exception a few years ago to promote his son to be the manager of a store, and some time ago it was found out that he dared to make false accounts and embezzle public funds, you know, the wages and dividends of their grandfathers a year add up to millions, and the hearts of the people are insufficient!
Even so, for the sake of Tian Lao's family for so many years, he just asked his son to return the embezzled public funds and removed the manager, and did not pursue his legal responsibility.
This time, due to the poor health of another master who is good at gambling stones, he arranged for Tian Lao to come over, he actually insisted on going his own way, and today the two pieces of rough stones that were gambled, Master Du and ** are not very optimistic, but Tian Lao insisted again and again, saying that he was very optimistic about these two rough stones, and there was eighty percent certainty that they would rise sharply, so he competed with Liu's jewelry and raised the price.
Liu's jewelry is the biggest competitor of the dealer in Yanjing, where the dealer opens a store, the Liu family will inevitably open a store next to it, and its Sima Yi's heart is self-evident.
In fact, there is nothing to lose 300 million, and their dealers can't afford to lose, but in this kind of auction where domestic jewelers gather, the dealers have this kind of humiliating thing, which will make people feel that the level of the dealers is like this, plus only if you have enough raw materials in your hands, you can have a say in this industry in the next few years, otherwise, you have to look at other people's faces everywhere.
Speaking of this, Zhuang Feng took another big sip of wine, his face was flushed, and his eyes were bloodshot.
For Zhuang Feng, Qin Feng had completely regarded him as a friend, and he had made up his mind that he would go to the auction site tomorrow to help him secretly, comfort him a few words at the moment, and divert the topic.
At this time, Lao Lin came to the backyard, and it seemed that the business in front of him was almost busy.
"Brother Lin, let's have a drink or two together, and have a good chat with me!" Zhuang Feng was already a little drunk, he rarely drank so much wine in normal times, and it was also because he was in a bad mood today.
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll be right away. I saw Lao Lin take a shovel, dig out a big jar from under a banana tree in the corner of the yard, hold it to the table, slap the mud seal with one palm, lift the lid, and suddenly, a strong aroma of wine came to the nose.
Seeing the longing in the eyes of Qin Feng and Liu Yong, Lao Lin said with a smile: "Today is your blessing, I have buried this jar of wine for 18 years, and today I will accompany you young people not to get drunk and not return!"
Lao Lin Hao effortlessly hugged the wine jar and poured it into a few large bowls, the clear and viscous wine met the air, and the fragrance became stronger.
"Brother Lin, is this your daughter Hong? You, a native of Sichuan Province, how can you have this kind of wine, and besides, this is too valuable, right?"
Lan Ying asked curiously, she knew that the price of this kind of rice wine from the south of the Yangtze River in Huaguo is generally not high, but once it reaches a certain year, there will be a qualitative change, the so-called 5-year-old and 10-year-old wine on the market is actually at most a vat of new wine to add a little old wine, that is comparable to this look to know that it is buried in the ground for an unknown number of years, the appearance of the wine jar has been eroded by the soil, and mold has been born, which is enough to prove that Lao Lin said 18 years, only a lot more, this kind of wine is not said to be more expensive than gold, but it is not much worse, the key is that you don't have to buy, you can't drink it with money at allγ
Daughter red, as the name suggests, this is a custom in the ancient Jiangnan region of China, if the family gives birth to a girl, generally when the child is full moon, the father will bury a few jars of rice wine in his yard, and wait until the daughter reaches the age of 18 to get married.
At this time, Qin Feng discovered that Lao Lin's hands were short and thick, and the muscles at the tiger's mouth were much thicker than ordinary people, and when he was digging from the ground with a shovel just now, a large piece of soil was easily thrown aside by him.
You must know that the climate in Southeast Asia is humid, and the soil has a lot of moisture, and a shovel of soil is afraid of more than 20 catties, which is not enough for a person who does manual work all year round, let alone a restaurant owner!
Also, when he poured the wine just now, this jar of wine weighed at least 50 pounds, and there was no place to borrow strength on the round jar, so he clamped it with both hands, and the wine jar did not move in his hands, and poured out a bowl of bowls steadily, even the young and strong Ma Liang may not be able to do it, even if Liu Yong can do it, I am afraid it will not be so easy.
One by one, question marks appeared in Qin Feng's mind!
The smile on Lao Lin's face is still the same, it may be that he has developed the habit of welcoming customers with a smile after opening a restaurant for so many years: "I don't plan to sell the wine I drink, I don't care if it's worth it or not, look at a few little brothers looking at each other, just drink two glasses today, and a few girls can also taste it, this wine is really not drinkable!"
After speaking, a large bowl full of bowls was poured into his throat, Lao Lin's face became ruddy, and his mouth made a coughing sound, it seemed that he was in a hurry to drink.
Qin Feng also picked up the bowl and poured it down, although he was in a foreign country, but with his confidence in his own strength, there was no need to be afraid of anything, and he had already heard what Second Uncle Zhuang Feng said, he and this Lao Lin had known each other for 10 years, every time he came to Nankan to eat at his house, and slowly became friends with each other, and every time he came, he brought him some domestic liquor and tea, and Lao Lin also treated him as a friend, otherwise, he would not have set up such a table for everyone in his backyard.
The sky overhead, the banana leaves around are rattling in the wind, it is indeed much more comfortable than in the room, and a bowl of old wine is in the stomach, not to mention how comfortable it is.
Under Qin Feng's signal, several girls also picked up the bowl and took a big sip, their cheeks suddenly became red, and they added a little color one by one, and they looked even more amorous, even Ji Yu, who was not smiling, looked much gentler than usual.
Several girls have their own merits, Gu Xue's white face is like a blush, Lan Ying's eyes seem to be able to drip water, Ji Yu is even more elfty, she also said in her mouth: "This is similar to the taste of the wine I drank at my grandfather's house during the Spring Festival last year, last time he was reluctant to let me drink more, Brother Lin, can I drink two more bowls today?"
"Don't worry, the food tube is full, and the wine tube is enough!" This jar has 30 catties, and Lao Lin is not worried about not drinking enough at all.