Chapter Ninety-Three, Trouble
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The spring was beautiful, the sunset was half-set, and the group stepped on the last golden afterglow into Wuzhou City.
I found a clean inn, booked four large shops, separated men and women, and made up one night for the time being, and dinner was naturally dry food brought from Hezhou City. Wu Tiande specially bought some eggs, told the kitchen of the inn to make egg drop soup, and ordered the special meat and vegetarian dishes of the inn itself, which can be regarded as an additional meal for the people.
They also ate these themselves, but they didn't live in the shop, and booked four rooms, one for Wu Nuandong and Wu Tiande, one for Wu Xingzhou and Old Man Wu, one for Wu Xingyi and Song Daga, and one for the Gu sisters.
Wu Tiande borrowed the backyard of the inn and asked several women to boil water, and everyone took a good bath to wash away the fatigue of the day.
The Gu family sisters rode horses all the way, and they had no energy for a long time, so they went back to the room and slept after eating, but Wu Xingzhou and Wu Nuandong were just the opposite, the carriage was too boring all the way, and they couldn't see the ten thousand customs of Wuzhou when they came, so they naturally scratched their hearts and lungs and pulled Wu Xingyi to start shopping after eating.
Wuzhou is no less lively than the coastal Qinzhou City, especially the tea culture is prevalent, just because it is the birthplace of the century-old brand Pinyuanzhai, and there are also large tea plantations around, and even the sky above Wuzhou City is faintly wafting with the quiet fragrance of tea.
I don't know much about tea culture Wu Nuandong, and I have only drunk black tea (or green tea?) Pu'er and all kinds of flower tea, the tea tree cultivated in Yufu has a fine and small yield, and she is not ready to cultivate more to seize the market, and the tea tree with excellent taste and aura is of course reserved for her family to enjoy. However, since I came to Wuzhou, I should buy some tea to bring to the neighbors as gifts.
The tea leaves of Pinyuanzhai are good, and the gift is too extravagant and unnecessary, and several small teahouses around it are also very distinctive, Wu Nuandong picked a few things at will, just about to pass through the door of Pinyuanzhai, and saw a guest holding a big silver box with a lid while walking out, while picking the lid and smelling the black cake-like tea cake inside, and said to the companions next to him: "Don't say, the tea from Yunnan is mellow, and people are also very energetic after drinking!" β
"This is Pu'er, it is said that drinking it will prolong life!" The man also held two large silver boxes and praised: "It is bitter when you start drinking, and after drinking it for a long time, it is bitter and sweet, and it has a different flavor." No, it's just a time-honored brand like Pinyuanzhai, I bought an extra box, and I plan to send one to my eldest brother. β
Wu Nuandong stopped, Pu'er has the effect of lowering lipids, improving insulin resistance and preventing cardiovascular diseases, and it seems to have the effect of killing cancer cells.
I didn't expect Pinyuanzhai to sell it, and Wu Nuandong naturally didn't want to miss stepping in.
The two elder brothers who were carrying things followed him with their heads bowed, shopping is such a thing, men have always been foils, and these two are no exception, although Wu Xingzhou was also looking forward to going around at that time, and now he has long lost the momentum and motivation of his little sister.
"What tea do you three order?" Xiao Er in the store entertained, looked at the tea bags in Wu Xingzhou and Wu Xingyi's hands with sharp eyes, and led him inside with a smile.
"Little second brother, can I take a look first!" Wu Nuandong smelled the fragrance of tea and looked around, the style of Pinyuanzhai was elegant and clean, the wall was hung with the pen and ink calligraphy and painting of literati and scholars, the shop pΓΉ was divided into one hall and two rooms, the outer room was a tea shop, the inner room was a place to drink tea and chat, the second floor was a private room, the yarn hall in the middle of the two rooms surrounded by vines and light yarn, and the elegant piano sound like mountains and flowing water came out inside, which made the taste of the whole tea house go to a higher level.
"How much does this cost?" didn't allow Xiao Er to speak, Wu Nuandong pointed to a loose tea on the tea shelf specially used for guests to taste, "Little Second Brother, tell me the price." β
Xiao Er smiled, thinking that this little baby was very interesting, "Little girl, don't worry, my family is a time-honored brand, and it has always been a clear price tag." This one is ten wen one gram, forty-nine wen one tael. β
Compared with the same tea powder in other stores, the price is a few cents high, but it is not outrageous, so she put her mind at ease and pointed to the Pu'er tea cake placed in the most conspicuous position in the store, "What about this?" β
"This is a new tea that my young master brought from Yunnan, called Pu'er, which has the miraculous effect of prolonging life, and the price is naturally expensive, such as this two-year-old new tea - golden leaf white lotus ripe tea, the taste has the aroma of lotus leaves, the price is moderate, if it is the first time to taste Pu'er, this is more suitable, the tea cake is five taels of silver, about more than 300 grams." Xiao Er is also a dexterous one, seeing that the three of them are dressed plainly, not like a big family, but the little girl is articulate, and she looks like a boudoir woman who has gone to school, and her family background should be reasonable, so she introduced another one with the cheapest and most cost-effective price.
Wu Xingzhou and Wu Xingyi were speechless, and this cake was on top of all the tea bags in their hands.
Xiao Er poured three cups of boiled Pu'er tea without hurry and handed them to the three of them. Wu Nuandong took it and tasted it, and it tasted really good. "Are there any older ones?"
"This ten-year-old raw tea, tea cake twelve taels of silver, bitter and sweet taste, endless aftertaste. This 20-year-old ripe tea, 25 taels of silver, has a slightly bitter and mellow taste, a unique fragrance, and a beauty effect. Xiao Er smiled and introduced two more, and then persuaded, "Pu'er tea is not as good as other teas, what we sell is not fresh, and the little girl will know when she buys it back and gives it to the adults in the family." β
"Do you buy tea cakes and give tea boxes at home?" She tiptoed to look at the stacks of silver boxes behind the shelves, a large box with a gilded double phoenix pattern for tea cakes, and a lid box with a gilt double parrot pattern for tea powder, which was delicate and elegant, and it was just right to give it away.
Xiao Er smiled bitterly and said: "Little girl, this can't be sent, a tea box with a lid is less than five or six taels of silver, plus workmanship, the cost is also eight taels, my young master has instructed, our family sells tea naturally not to sell boxes, the box only charges silver price, and the labor fee is exempted." β
"Can tea be cheap? I buy twenty boxes of Golden Leaf White Lotus ripe tea. "The longer the Pu'er tea, the better, there is a time cheater in Yufu, even if it is one or two years, it will be unified in Yufu at that time, and the tea cakes that come out can have a few years if you want to.
"Twenty boxes?" Xiao Er's eyes burst out, and he repeated in disbelief, "It's twenty boxes, with a box of tea cakes?" β
"Yes!" Wu Nuandong spontaneously poured another cup of tea for the two elder brothers, the two of them had long been slumped on the seats used to entertain guests in the outer room, their mouths were dry, and they drank tea like cows chewing peonies, and they didn't taste the difference at all, let alone distinguish between five taels of tea and fifty wen tea. But if your sister wants to buy it, then she buys it, and shopping is not just to spend money.
"In terms of price, I want to ask my family...... The shopkeeper goes, you three wait a while, I'll go and go back! Before Xiao Er left, he added some light snacks to the tea table, and then beckoned another guy to guard the shop, and he walked to the yarn hall.
Wu Nuandong glanced twice, it seemed that the young man in his family ...... The shopkeeper is the person who caress the qin in the hall, looking faintly through the thick veil, the figure is thin and straight, lying cross-legged in a green bamboo-colored brocade robe, and his fingers have not stopped, just a few words with Xiao Er's ear on the sound of the piano.
Xiao Er changed his previous smiling appearance, walked slowly, and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, these new teas have been sold out, and only this twenty-year-old one is left, and the price is the lowest." β
Wu Nuandong sneered, even if he whispered, could he think that others couldn't hear it?
She didn't know when she had provoked this young ...... The shopkeeper made it so difficult for him.
The two-year-old new tea wants to be sold for twenty years, and I am not afraid of smashing the signboard when I do business like this!