Chapter 957:-for-tat
The dinner was set at seven o'clock in the evening, and the heat along the coast of Fujian had not yet dissipated, but considering that the old lady's physical condition was not suitable for being late, the Peng family set the dinner at seven o'clock in the evening.
The banquet living room is in the old house of the Peng family, an all-solid wood ancient building built on the mountain, with a blue-gray marble exterior wall. According to Peng Hai, these marbles were transported from Dali in Yunnan Province by Peng Zu in ancient times. Each piece is placed in modern times and is a cultural relic.
The banquet room faces the sea, and before the sun sets, gulls chirp through the calm and warm sea. The old house is surrounded by low-lying mountains, the trees are lush, the water and grass are abundant, and all kinds of insects and birds are singing one after another.
Ye Tian only knows a little bit about feng shui, but he can still see that this old mansion has excellent feng shui. The trees in and out of the yard are greener and thicker than the rest of the place, apparently remodeled.
Although the Peng family is not a strange person, because of the ancestor of the Peng family, the people in the Qi family are very polite to the Peng family. And like those so-called famous families and billionaires in the world, they are not even green onions in the eyes of Qimen people. The means and power of the people in Qimen are completely beyond the imagination of people in the world.
Ye Tian, as the most distinguished guest, naturally sat with the princess. Taigong had a total of six sons, four of whom were in Meiwan, and the rest were out of town and could not return. There are distinguished guests coming to the door, and women are not allowed to serve at the Peng family's dinner. So in fact, there were only six people at the main table, including Taigong.
At the two tables under the main table, sitting were the children of the Peng family, mainly Peng Hai and Peng Tao, who were of their generation.
The dishes were quickly served.
Buddha jumping over the wall, pearl jade abalone, chicken shredded bird's nest, oilfield chicken, soup shark fin... Plates of high-end representative dishes of southern Fujian are presented on the table. The ingredients are common high-end ingredients, but the chef of the Peng family's old house is a very famous local chef.
The old lady's spirit is good tonight, he smiled and said to Ye Tian, who was sitting in the guest of honor: "Ye Tian, you have seen the world from south to north, unlike our descendants of the Peng family, who have been living in a corner of Meiwan under the protection of their ancestors. Speaking of this, the old lady waved his hand, and the housekeeper hurriedly held two unopened jars and put them on the table.
"The Peng family has nothing to do, but thanks to Peng Zu's true biography, the aged wine of the underground dark river of the Chishui River in Jiupan Mountain, looking at the country, my Peng family wants to say second, no one dares to say first. ”
Ye Tian didn't know much about it before, but after chatting with Uncle Zhao and Senior Brother, he realized that the Peng family's wine was really not blown. So when the old lady said this, Ye Tian immediately nodded respectfully and said, "Taigong, you are right, the Peng family's wine is really good." ”
"You are a distinguished guest of the Peng family, and the Peng family has been aged for fifty years. With that, the old lady picked up a delicate stone hammer on the plate and symbolically cracked the clay seal on the jar. This is a concise ceremony that the Peng family's more than 50-year-old wine needs to be opened.
The old lady struck a hammer, and several housekeepers and servants ran to the side to open the seal with wine.
Ye Tianxin said that your fifty years of wine have been so grand, so if you know that I have drunk Peng Zu's thousand-year-old wine, what is your expression?
The mud seal at the mouth of the altar was torn open, revealing a white cloth that had changed its color, dyed a dull yellow with wine and wax seals. But the handwriting and date on it are clearly visible.
The words on it were written in a small plum blossom seal, which Ye Tian couldn't recognize. But the date is clearly written.
Ye Tian calculated that it was wine from fifty-seven years ago.
As soon as the wine is opened, the aroma of wine is immediately permeated. The wine has a viscous pale green color with a rich sauce aroma. Just by smelling it, you know it's a top-notch vintage.
"A good vintage soy sauce wine in China needs to be aged for three or five years to drink. But only our Peng family's old wine, even if it has been left for hundreds of years, can be drunk directly. ”
"The smell of wine alone is unbearable. Ye Tian complimented: "The Peng family's wine is the best in the world." ”
The old lady was happy today, looked at everyone and said, "Ye Tian is the ancestor who gave me a dream, and he is a distinguished guest of our Peng family." Today, there are distinguished guests coming to the door, according to the rules of 50 years of aging, let's go together. ”
It is very hot in the south, and liquor is rarely drunk. But the Peng family is different, and the Peng family boys drink liquor at family banquets when they become adults. Ye Tian held the wine glass in both hands to show respect, and the old housekeeper poured the wine for Ye Tian.
Taigong raised his glass, and everyone followed suit. After all, he is an old man in his nineties, and after drinking a cup of bull's eye, the old lady's spirit is much worse. Seeing this, the boss hurriedly asked, "Taigong, are you resting?"
Taigong nodded, and said to Ye Tian with a slight apology: "People are old and their energy is not enough, so I won't accompany you anymore." ”
"Princess, you have a good rest. Ye Tian stood up and said. He touched the pill that was attached to his clothes, which his senior brother had kept for him in case he needed it. Of course, this untimely need refers not to Ye Tian himself, but to the person Ye Tian wants to save. But Ye Tian didn't expect the old lady's spirit to be so bad, he just took a sip of wine, and after eating a little something, he was about to go down to rest.
"Tomorrow the wine will be out of the cellar, and you will stay in the old mansion tonight. ”
Ye Tian nodded: "There is Mrs. Lao." ”
"Ye Tian, come, let's drink. Waiting for the old lady to leave, the uncle smiled and raised his glass and said, "Just like the prince said, you are the distinguished guest of our Peng family." ”
Ye Tian hurriedly leaned over and held the cup with both hands and said modestly: "Uncle, I am panicked when you say this, I have a relationship with Peng Zu, so I can get his old man to take a high look." Actually, I'm just an ordinary person. ”
Uncle patted Ye Tian on the shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Even if ordinary people have a great opportunity, they will not have the blue eyes of the old man Peng Zu, let alone such a thing as entrusting dreams to Taigong." Jiupanshui, oh, there is also called Jiupanshan, Peng Zu can give you the wine there, which means that Peng Zu cares about you very much. ”
"Ye Tian, can you tell me where you met our ancestor? Also, since the ancestor wants you to come to Peng's house to get wine, it must be something about you that attracts him, so that the ancestor can look down on you. The third uncle slowly picked up an abalone with a gun and said: "This person, there must be something to take out, right? For example, our Hokkien cuisine, what we pay attention to is the freshness of an ingredient." I don't know Ye Tian, what are your advantages?"
After all, he was a member of the Peng ancestral clan, and Peng Hai had specially apologized to him before, so Ye Tian did not plan to go toe-to-toe with the third uncle of the Peng family.
"I am just an ordinary person, and I am destined to have Peng Zugao take a look. As for Peng Zu, who you asked, where did I meet him, I can't say this. ”
"Ye Tian, do you know how much the wine Taigong promised you is worth?" This time it was the fourth uncle who asked, with undisguised contempt on his face.
"I don't know exactly how much it is, but I know that a bottle of Han sauce was sold for 8 million that year, and the 80-year-old cellar Lai Mao was sold for 10 million. But those are all unique products, and the nature of the cellar wine is different from that of Pengzu Jiupanshui. Ye Tian pretended to be thinking: "But I think the price should be about the same." He took what Tang Jieyi told him and moved it out as it was.
"You... Do you know the price?"
Ye Tian nodded and began to flicker: "I know, Peng Zu also told me that the Peng family's wine can only be drunk, and it cannot be sold in the world." The wine of Jiupanshui is priceless!"
Although the Peng family abides by the ancestral precepts and does not enter the Qimen cultivation, in the secular world, especially here in Meiwan in southern Fujian, the Peng family is still very powerful in the political and business circles. The second uncle is in politics, and the eldest uncle and the third uncle and the fourth uncle are all in business. In Peng Hai's Peng Tao's generation, the Peng family began to develop and grow overseas. Southern Fujian had the earliest custom of going to the South Seas, so there were more young people of the Peng family in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Europe and the United States.
If you want to say that they speak bluntly, Ye Tianxin. But to say that they don't understand etiquette, Ye Tian doesn't believe it.
"Ye Tian, do you know what kind of people drink our Peng family's wine every year?" Peng Tao, who was sitting at another table, said with a mocking smile on his face: "Business tycoons, political leaders, strange people, and sages of the family. ”
Ye Tian nodded and continued to flicker: "I didn't know before, but I didn't know until Peng Zu told me." What's wrong?"
"Peng Tao, what are you going to do?" Peng Hai knew what virtues his cousin had, so he deliberately sat beside him for fear that he would offend Ye Tian by making extraneous branches. didn't expect this Peng Tao to promise just now, and he couldn't help but provoke when he turned his ass.
Peng Tao ignored Peng Hai's whispered warning, but said with a sneer: "I really don't know what Ye Tian's identity is, and you dare to come to Peng's house." Do you think you're qualified to drink this wine?"
"Peng Tao, you're enough!" Peng Hai stood up suddenly, raised his head and said to the third uncle: "Third uncle, Ye Tian is a distinguished guest of our Peng family, and if Peng Tao spreads it out like this, it will make people think that our Peng family's etiquette is not good." "Peng Tao's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, but Peng Hai is old and steady. Peng Zu dreamed that this was the most important thing about the Peng family recorded in the ancestral training and genealogy, and Peng Hai certainly knew that it was impossible for the prince to be so confused that he could make a mistake in this kind of thing.
can let Peng Zugao take a look at it, and ask Ye Tian to take Jiupanshui Wine Cellar for 400 years of aging, can the Peng family offend this kind of person?
The third uncle pretended to scold his son and said, "Peng Tao, how did you speak? Do you suspect that Ye Tian's identity is fake?"
Peng Taopi said with a smile: "I'm not suspicious, I just want to know what Ye Tian is doing, this request is not too much, right?"
"Does this have anything to do with taking wine?" Ye Tian smiled and was not angry, he looked at Peng Tao and asked: "Don't care what my identity is, Peng Zu promised to give me five hundred catties of 400 years of Peng family's old wine, and I can not only get it tomorrow, but I can also drink it." But you, didn't you even have a chance to meet? I know that the Peng family branch of Jiupanshui doesn't recognize anyone except Peng Zu and Taigong. Speaking of this, Ye Tian pointed at Sang very viciously and scolded Huai: "Brother Peng Tao, let me tell you the truth, if you want to be the master of the Peng family, the heat is still far away." After speaking, he deliberately turned his head and disgusted the third uncle: "Third uncle, did you say that what I said was right?"