A few days after this gathering, Chen Mingyu received another call from Luo Feng.

"Mingyu, I want to go to Tongxian tomorrow, I wonder if you, the big secretary, can take the time to have a meal together?"

"Hehe, when Brother Feng comes, I have time at any time! Brother Feng, come over tomorrow morning, and I'll have someone ready for the highest level of reception. ”

"Haha, Mingyu, don't scare me, don't make any reception, and I can't go tomorrow morning, I have to go over in the afternoon, you can be busy with you first, and after you get off work in the afternoon, let's find a small restaurant with characteristics to eat."

"Don't, Brother Feng, the first time you come to Tongxian, I have to be grandly received, let me express my heart!"

"Haha, don't mind, when you say that, I'm so scared that I don't dare to go! I'm serious, you just get busy with your work first, and when you get off work in the afternoon, I'll contact you again, let's find a small restaurant with characteristics, you don't want to call anyone, just let's have a good chat, how about it? ”

Chen Mingyu knew that Luo Feng's coming over this time must be related to what he said to Luo Feng last time in Fenglin Night, so he said: "Okay, Brother Feng, we are not outsiders, so I won't be polite to you." There is a small restaurant in our county that makes boiled fish, it is said that the raw materials for cooking are specially transported from Sichuan, and the taste is really good, how about we go to eat boiled fish tonight? ”

Luo Feng smiled: "Hey, Mingyu, do you know that I love Sichuan food?" That's it! We'll be in touch when the time comes! ”

Chen Mingyu said: "Okay, Brother Feng, you don't have to wait for me to get off work tomorrow before contacting me, if you have time, come early for a while, you can come to my office to drink tea, I really have some good tea here!" ”

"Really? Then I will definitely taste it when I have the chance. ”

"Okay, Brother Feng, waiting for you!"

At around five o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Luo Feng called Chen Mingyu again.

"Mingyu, didn't disturb your work, did you?"

"Oh, no, I was about to call you. Brother Feng, where are you? ”

"Really? I just arrived at the gate of your county party committee compound. ”

"Then you come up for a cup of tea first, and I'll ask my secretary to go down and pick you up."

"Okay, then I'll go taste your tea."

Soon, Cao Yunlei took Luo Feng to Chen Mingyu's office.

"Brother Feng, welcome! Welcome! Chen Mingyu greeted him warmly.

"Thank you, Secretary Chen!" Luo Feng quipped.

"Haha, Brother Feng, please take a seat! Yun Lei, you go make tea. Chen Mingyu laughed.

Luo Feng briefly looked at Chen Mingyu's office and praised: "Mingyu, your office is really good, simple and generous!" These plants are very beautiful, and they are carefully cultivated at first glance, which is much better than the ones sold on the street! Mingyu, you won't be the one you did with your own hands, right? ”

Chen Mingyu smiled: "Hehe, I don't have this skill. In fact, these potted plants were personally served by the director of our county party committee office. ”

"Really? The director of your county party committee office is really a versatile and capable person! ”

"Hehe, Brother Feng, if you like any pot, just say, I'll have someone send it to your house tomorrow."

"Haha, a gentleman doesn't win people's love, so let's keep it with you. I don't appreciate these things, if you put me there, it's really a pearl, it's better to put you here. ”

"Haha, Brother Feng, you are really humble!"

After Cao Yunlei brought them the tea, Chen Mingyu arranged: "You go and talk to Director Tao again, no matter what happens tonight, it's all pushed." ”

"Okay, Secretary Chen." Cao Yunlei answered, retreated, and carefully opened the door for them.

Luo Feng said: "Mingyu, I know it's almost the New Year, you must be very busy, originally, I'm embarrassed to bother you, thinking that no matter what happens, I'll talk about it after the year." But, since we talked so much in the provincial capital, I've always thought about it in my heart, and my heart is so hot that I can't last a long time, so I decided to come and disturb you. ”

Chen Mingyu said with a smile: "Brother Feng, look at what you said, what bother or not!" During the Chinese New Year, I was indeed very busy, but I was not busy with any work, to put it mildly, I was busy. You're here today, and I'm just relaxed. Come, Brother Feng, how about drinking tea and tasting this big red robe. ”

Luo Feng took a sip of the teacup and said, "Well, yes, the fragrance is fragrant and rich, with a unique rock bone flower fragrance, which makes people have a long aftertaste!" In the past two years, I have been abroad, and I often drink coffee, as well as those black teas and flower teas abroad, and at the beginning, I thought those things were okay to drink, but after a long time, I didn't want to drink them anymore. It's still these teas in our country, which I have drunk since I was a child, and I don't get tired of drinking it. ”

Chen Mingyu said: "Yes, I also feel the same way, drink and drink, or these teas in our country are delicious." ”

Luo Feng opened his bag, took out two beautifully packaged boxes from it and put them on the table, and said, "Mingyu, I came back this time to bring you a small gift, the last time we met in the provincial capital, I was in a hurry, I didn't have time to give it to you, this time I brought it to you." ”

"Brother Feng, you're too polite, what kind of gift do you bring me!"

"Hehe, it's just a small gift, it's not worth much, but it's really hard for you to buy it in China."

"What is this?"

"Cuban cigars. And it's not your average Cuban cigar, it's one of the most famous cigar brands at the moment. ”

"The most famous cigar brand at the moment?" Chen Mingyu thought for a moment and asked, "Trinidu?" ”

Luo Feng couldn't help but extend a thumbs up to Chen Mingyu, and praised him sincerely: "Mingyu, you are really okay!" I guessed it right at once! ”

Chen Mingyu smiled: "This is also a coincidence, I happened to read about this in a magazine some time ago, it is said that Trinidad cigars are produced in the same cigar factory as Cuba's No. 1 brand COHIBA, and the manager of this factory claimed in an interview with Cigar Aficionados that the brand cigars are only for Fidel · Castro was the only cigar to be authorized by Castro as a national gift to other heads of state and diplomats. The manager also stated that Trinidad cigars have a higher quality standard than the famous Cohiba. Although Castro later refuted the manager's words, after the matter continued to ferment, the Trinidad brand quickly became popular. ”

Luo Feng praised again: "Mingyu, you really know the world without going out!" Admire! Really admire! ”

Chen Mingyu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Feng, don't praise me, I just happened to see this from a magazine." At the time, I thought I didn't know when I would ever get a chance to try this cigar made 'just for Castro'. Unexpectedly, it was not even a few months before I saw this cigar. Brother Feng, do you think this is the will of God? ”

"Yes, I think this is providence! Then you have to accept this gift! Luo Feng stretched out his hand and pointed upwards, saying, "Providence." ”

"Okay, Brother Feng, then I'm welcome, I'll definitely accept this gift! Brother Feng, you must have tasted this cigar, what do you think it tastes like? ”

"I'm not professional in this area, so I can only give you the simplest assessment: it tastes really good."

"Shall we try it now?"

"Okay!"

Immediately, Chen Mingyu opened a beautiful wooden box, which contained ten cigars, which were very exquisite, almost like works of art.

Chen Mingyu first took out one and handed it to Luo Feng, and then took out one himself, and said: "Brother Feng, I heard that there is a set of standard methods for smoking cigars, such as lighting a cigar with a match, not a lighter, and lighting it three times, and then letting the cigar smolder for a while, and then using a cigar cutter to cut off the eggplant cap, and the process of ignition is also very particular, such as the heat, the degree of ignition, etc., and even how to cut the cigar, what kind of wood matches are used." Of course, I saw all of this in magazines, do those foreigners do this when they smoke cigars? ”

Luo Feng smiled and said: "You are right, there is indeed a set of standard methods for smoking cigars, and there are some exquisite people abroad, that is, the so-called gentlemen, when they smoke cigars, they do strictly follow this set of procedures, and every step is very serious, which is called a meticulous." However, for most people, they are not so particular, generally cut the cigar, and if there is a match around, then use a match to light the fire, if there is no match around, then catch what to use. I was a guest at a friend's house in Texas once, and the guy was a musician who was very informal. At that time, we were smoking cigars at his house, but we couldn't find any lighting tools such as matches, lighters, etc. Guess how that dude ended up getting us to light the fire? That guy actually turned on his gas stove in the end, let's make the fire on the gas stove, haha......"

"Haha, this buddy's method is really amazing!" Chen Mingyu also laughed.

"Mingyu, do you have matches here?"

"It doesn't seem to be here, otherwise, I'll have someone go get us a box of matches."

"Forget it, let's just light it with a lighter, anyway, we're not professionals, use a lighter or a match, there may be a little gap, but I don't think we can feel it at our level, so we don't have to work hard!"

Although Chen Mingyu is also an informal person, he still wants to retain the original taste of this famous Trinidad cigar as much as possible, otherwise it will be a bit violent, so he said: "Anyway, I need someone to find a pair of scissors to cut our cigars, so it is better to let him find a box of matches and bring it over." ”

Luo Feng smiled: "As long as you don't feel troublesome." ”

Immediately, Chen Mingyu called Cao Yunlei with the landline on the table and asked him to find a clean pair of scissors and a box of matches as soon as possible.

Cao Yunlei also acted very quickly, and soon found these things and sent them over.

"Yun Lei, thank you for your hard work, this cigar is for you. This cigar is called Trinidad and is custom-made for Cuban leader Fidel Castro, and it is very precious! So, don't smoke it as a regular cigarette, be sure to store it well, and when you're in a particularly happy mood and want to celebrate, enjoy this cigar, understand? Chen Mingyu handed Cao Yunlei a cigar and said with a smile.

"Yes, Secretary Chen, I will definitely treasure this cigar!" Cao Yunlei stretched out his hands and solemnly took the cigar.

"Haha, there you go." Chen Mingyu laughed.

Luo Feng also smiled and shook his head.

Chen Mingyu actually knows the whole process of smoking a cigar, and after Cao Yunlei left, he lit two cigars in a decent manner according to the standard process.

After tasting a few sips, Luo Feng asked, "How is it, this cigar is okay, right?" ”

Chen Mingyu slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "I heard that most people who have smoked cigars will quit cigarettes, this statement is really true!" ”

Luo Feng smiled and said, "The taste of cigars is indeed much better than that of cigarettes. But why do I think cigars don't seem to have the power of cigarettes? ”

Chen Mingyu took another puff of cigar and said: "Because cigarettes are generally circulated as a whole, the smoke enters the lungs in the body through the mouth and throat, and then discharges. Cigar smoking is generally a local cycle, only a small sip to the mouth, not inhaled into the lungs, only let the smoke in the mouth for a few seconds before trying to expel it, and then through the nasal cavity to feel the smoke around the body, of course, this only refers to hand-rolled high-end cigars, low-end machine-made cigars are not included. In addition, there are a lot of chemicals added to the tobacco of cigarettes, so the aroma is not natural, while the aroma of cigars is a natural tobacco aroma, which is completely different from the taste of cigarettes. When smoking a cigar, inhale the smoke into the mouth in small sips, do not inhale into the lungs, only let the smoke remain in the mouth for a few seconds and then try to expel it, and then feel the smoke around the body through the nasal cavity, feel the original and simple aroma, and at the same time relax the mind and enjoy it slowly, which is really a great feeling! ”

Luo Feng has smoked a lot of cigars, and almost all of them are high-end brands, but he really hasn't felt it as carefully as Chen Mingyu said, let alone specifically understood the real difference between cigarettes and cigars, so after listening to Chen Mingyu's words, he couldn't help but admire Chen Mingyu even more, and praised: "Mingyu, you are really good, it's just an encyclopedia!" ”

Chen Mingyu smiled: "Brother Feng, you praise it falsely!" Actually, I just happened to read about it in a magazine, and I was quite interested in it, so I wrote it down. ”