I hadn't been out for a few days, and breathing in the air on the street, looking at the hustle and bustle outside the car window, I felt like my whole body was full of life for a while.

I don't know if it's because of the medicine I drank in the past few days, although those smelly herbs have some side effects, it also makes me feel a lot better.

The carriage ran very fast, and the location of the appointment was a teahouse on the outskirts of Qibei City, which was still a bit far.

We need to cross most of the city to the other end.

Sunlight shines through the windows of the carriage, and there is a faint scent of osmanthus in the air.

I suspected that it was the smell of the hair oil that Cui'er had smeared on my head, so I couldn't help but raise my hand and rub my hair.

A fresh breeze blew and lifted the curtain of the carriage to a corner, and it dawned on me when I looked up.

It turned out that the carriage I was riding in was passing through a large laurel forest that was growing happily.

The aroma I smelled was the smell of the osmanthus blossoms in the osmanthus forest.

"I was wrong," I muttered to myself, "Actually, I can let Cui'er make some osmanthus cakes, which is a good time for the occasion." ”

I thought in my heart that when I got back, I would definitely tell Cui'er.

Steward Feng, who was driving the car, heard the movement, glanced back and said, "Miss Xiaoling, you can get to the teahouse in half an hour." ”

My eyes wandered over the large area of luxuriant laurel forest, and I said with some puzzlement: "Steward Feng, I see that I have already left the city, and there are no people around." “

"You can't be on the wrong track, are you?"

Steward Feng laughed heartily and said: "I have been in Qibei for several years, don't worry, girl, I know the location of this teahouse very well." You can catch a car with your eyes closed. ”

Steward Feng's voice sounded full of anger.

"Do you often come to this teahouse to drink tea?" I asked curiously.

"How can it, there are not many people going to this teahouse." Steward Feng's tone was unhurried.

"Why is that?" I asked suspiciously, "Is it because the location is too remote?" ”

Looking at the large laurel forest around us, our carriage was not slow. It's been a long time.

The location is not good, away from the downtown, which is the most plausible explanation I can think of.

"The location is indeed remote, and the tea inside is precious." Feng said.

The wind is quite loud. So his voice also raised.

"Teahouse teahouse, isn't it just to drink tea, at most with some tea snacks, aren't these usually prepared in the teahouse?" I answered, "Could it be that this teahouse brings together all kinds of famous teas that are difficult to drink in the world, so the asking price for each pot is very high?" ”

"The average person can't afford it?"

"I'd like to think of other reasons for the price," I thought of another possibility, adding, "Is it not just about drinking tea?" And listen to the silk and bamboo performance or have a singer performance? ”

I think of the scenes I used to see in restaurants. When I heard about the high price of tea there, I couldn't help but think so.

"No, I don't. Without what you said, it was a quiet place. "Steward Feng is quite able to talk, "The tea in that teahouse is expensive because the owner of the teahouse doesn't rely on that to make money." ”

I was taken aback. He asked: "Tea is expensive, why don't you make money from this?" ”

"Tea is expensive. So there are few people who drink, but the owner of the teahouse doesn't care, Xiaoling girl, you don't know, this teahouse needs to be booked, there is no lobby to drink, only a private room. Steward Feng patiently explained to me.

"The people who can go to that teahouse are either rich or expensive."

"Most of those who go there are just to pick a place in Qibei where they can talk about things, just to avoid crowds."

"Where is this called a teahouse, feeling, feeling ......" I couldn't find the exact adjective for a while, but a strangeness rose up in my heart.

"I feel like this teahouse is just a name." I still couldn't find an adjective, so I could only suppress the doubts in my heart and say a word.

"That's not right, there is good tea in this teahouse from all over the world, do you know what is the most famous tea in the land of lakes?" Steward Feng replied to me.

"I know this, and I've drunk it several times, the most famous tea in the land of lakes is locally produced, Qishan Huangling."

"I've heard that it's sold all over the world, and it's very famous."

Steward Feng smiled and said, "It's indeed Qishan Huangling, but there are too many names on this tea." ”

"If you walk around Qibei Street, almost every tea house will tell you that you are selling Qishan Huangling."

"In fact, the reason why Qishan Huangling is famous is because it is precious and scarce, and its real production area is only in the tea garden on one of the peaks of Qishan, and the tea that can be produced every year is very limited."

"Then according to what you say, what is sold outside is not authentic Qishan Huangling?" I pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid there aren't many people who can drink this kind of production." ”

"Most of the ones sold outside are planted around Qishan, because the climate is relatively close, and the water and soil are not bad, so it is also called Qishan Huangling."

"Actually, they're all substitutes that don't live up to their name."

"Isn't the peak you are talking about also a peak in the Qishan Mountain Range, all of which are planted with tea, and the location is very close, is there anything special about it?"

I asked.

"What's special is that it is the highest peak in Qishan, which is extremely steep."

"However, there is a hot spring on the top of the mountain, and the tea garden is on the edge of the hot spring, a very small garden."

"Steward Feng, I heard you say that, you haven't been there." I poked my head out of the car window to look at the laurel forest, and I could already see a house with blue tiles and white walls not far away.

"I haven't been there, I've heard of it, the teahouse you are going to now will be able to drink authentic Qishan Huangling."

"Drive--" Steward Feng whipped the horse again, and the car went faster.

"It seems that this teahouse is not simple, it can actually provide special tea, which is difficult to drink in other places, and he has it."

Steward Feng said in a hearty tone: "He has, because the owner of the tea house and the owner of the tea garden, haha is the same." “

I widened my eyes and froze, and I was stunned for a few seconds before I realized, "They're exclusive." No wonder it can be sold for a very expensive price, this boss is very rich, the only one. “

"This house is not bad for money, haven't you heard? Litong was opened by his family. Steward Feng replied to me without hurry.

"What?" I was so shocked by this sentence that I almost fell off the seat of the car, "After talking for a long time, the owner of the tea house and the owner of the tea garden you said belong to the Liu family?" “

"Exactly."

I was a little dazed as I looked at the large laurel grove that was nearing the end and the garden in front of me that was getting closer and closer, and I couldn't speak.

…… The carriage had just arrived at the gate of the garden. A little guy came up to answer it.

Steward Feng bowed to me and said, "When you are going back after seeing the doctor, there will be a guy to inform me." ”

The little servant took Steward Feng to a room set up at the gate of the courtyard to rest and drink tea.

Then a little servant came out of the house, and led the horse away, grazing, and drinking.

I stood under the eaves, looking intently at the continuous courtyard walls, and realized that the area inside should be not small.

Just as he was thinking about it, the gate of the garden suddenly creaked open, and out of it came a smiling boy.

He had good facial features, wore a clean and tidy green coat, and saluted me: "May I ask this son." Do you have an appointment with Dr. Liu? ”

I nodded. The boy led me through the door.

before crossing the threshold. I couldn't help but sigh.

The green bamboo shakes the wind, stretches into a piece, and the rockery fountain. Elegant and quiet.

In the bamboo forest, a bluestone paved road winds its way to a small building with its exposed eaves and difficult to see the whole picture.

It should be the place where I went to see Dr. Liu on this trip.

Such a quiet garden could not have imagined that it would be the location of a teahouse, but like the private residence of a literati and artist.

I followed the boy through the bamboo forest. came to the small building.

The boy saluted me again and said, "Turn left on the second floor, the first private room is, you go up and have a cup of tea first, and Dr. Liu will arrive later." “

I went up the stairs and pushed open the door to the first private room on the second floor and turned left.

In the center of the room were several desks and two cushions.

I walked over and picked one of the cushions and sat down.

Soon another man, dressed like the boy who had led me earlier, came in with a tray for refreshments and a teapot.

Sure enough, it is "Qishan Huangling", the same as the one I drank on the ship of the Martyrdom Pavilion, the tea soup is orange and bright, and the aroma is clear and fragrant.

When you lift the lid of the teapot, you can see the brewed tea leaves standing up one by one.

I closed the lid and made myself a cup of tea.

The sweets served with tea are also exquisite.

Lotus root powder osmanthus cake, each piece is not much bigger than a chess piece, and it is pressed into the shape of a plum blossom with an abrasive.

The honey-marinated and pitted plum cakes are neatly stacked on a plate.

Tea is good tea, and refreshments are delicious.

I went from sitting cross-legged on the cushion as soon as I entered the door to getting up and moving my numb legs.

I was always alone in this room, and no one came in.

I waited patiently at first, and gradually became a little anxious.

After another cup of tea, no one showed up.

At last I couldn't take it anymore, and I turned back and pushed open the door of the private room, where the boy was waiting.

"May I ask Dr. Liu to wait here? Or another private room. “

I was a little skeptical that the boy had mistaken the place.

"It's here, there's nothing wrong with it, please be patient and wait."

The boy's expression was very calm, and his attitude was still modest and polite.

"Dr. Liu should be coming soon."

In desperation, I could only turn back to the table with doubts and sit down cross-legged.

The second pot of tea had already come up, and I frowned and looked at the large plate of refreshments that had changed again and was speechless.

What is this?

made an appointment to meet here, but Dr. Liu did not appear.

The shadows from the three poles of the sun to the sun are a little slanted.

I was still alone in the room.

What can I do?

I was a little confused and almost couldn't wait any longer, and was about to get up and go outside the door to ask the boy again.

The door was gently pushed open.

The boy who had been waiting at the door came in.

He looked at me with regret in his eyes and said, "Dr. Liu wants to treat a patient, and he delayed the time, and he asked me to apologize to you on his behalf." ”

"It's really a last resort, I hope you will forgive me."