Chapter 12 Coffee and Tea

With Ye Sen's horizontal intervention, how could the old and refined Uncle Nine not understand the little actions of Ren Tingting, a little girl? However, Uncle Nine is an elder, even if he is a little unhappy in his heart, it is impossible to go to a junior to care about anything, but as an elder, Uncle Nine also defended this junior intentionally or unintentionally.

Uncle Jiu's kindness, Ren Tingting naturally felt it, and Ren Tingting, who had been well-educated since she was a child, also knew that it was wrong to criticize the elders, if it weren't for the extreme lack of favor for Uncle Jiu as a "Taoist priest who pretends to be a ghost" like Uncle Jiu, Ren Tingting would not have risked being punished by her father to trick Uncle Jiu.

And now that the trick failed, not only did it not achieve the expected effect, but it was "magnanimously forgiven" by Uncle Jiu, which made Ren Tingting even more annoyed in her heart, but she couldn't do it. Of course, Ren Tingting is naturally full of resentment towards Ye Sen, the initiator.

Resentful, the little girl naturally pointed the finger at Ye Sen, and said indignantly, "Since Mr. Ye prides himself on knowing so much about the West, and even the combination of coffee and egg tarts is a localized way to drink, then I would like to ask Mr. Ye, what is the most authentic way to drink coffee?" ”

Seeing that the girl was staring at herself with hatred, and if she couldn't say that she was ugly, she would look good, Ye Sen smiled bitterly, and secretly regretted that she had taken this beam rashly. However, since the matter is irreparable, Ye Sen must persevere to the end, and he can't be despised by a little girl, especially if this girl is still very beautiful.

So Ye Sen made a light look and said, "Although I have been to many places abroad, I really don't know much about coffee, and as a Chinese, I still like to drink tea." However, the countries of the world are becoming more and more connected, and the Far West, which once took a year or even years to reach, can now be done in just six months, even two or three months. In the future, with the continuous progress of science and technology, this time will only get shorter and shorter. I once heard that in the United States, two brothers named Wright invented and improved the airplane so that it could fly over the blue sky and cross the barriers of mountains to another place, thus greatly reducing the distance between one place and another. If it can continue to develop, it may not become another means of transportation in the future. ”

"Wait a minute!" Listening to Ye Sen's tirade, Ren Tingting suddenly felt extremely dissatisfied, and directly interrupted, "I know what you said, and the people in the provincial city have already told us." I don't need you to go into details, now I'm asking you about coffee, what kind of plane do you say? Do you want to change the subject? ”

"Uh" Ye Sen touched his nose in embarrassment, originally he wanted to use the knowledge of the future generations to show off his knowledge fiercely, but he didn't expect people to know about it a long time ago. However, think about it, it is also the Republic of China period, more than ten years since the Wright brothers invented the airplane, and at the current speed of message transmission, some Chinese know that airplanes are not a great thing.

Pretending to be X is not the opposite**! Losing this big ugly, Ye Sen only felt that his face was hot, and he had no choice but to quickly put aside the topic and said, "Miss Ren misunderstood, I mean that the development of science and technology is the world is getting closer and closer, so coffee will be introduced to China and become popular, and compared to China's tea, it is also widely accepted by the world." However, customs and cultures and food habits vary from place to place, so it is natural that coffee and tea will change according to local conditions when they are transmitted to another place. Therefore, there is no difference between high and low coffee drinking, and it does not mean that authentic is necessarily noble, and non-authentic must be inferior. It's just that the human heart is at work.

Now, for example, is it necessarily noble for us to sit in this café and drink coffee from the West? Not necessarily! If it is changed to a thousand years ago, no, even if it was the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, who knew what coffee was, and even if it did, did coffee have the status it has today? In the final analysis, it is not because our country is too weak now, so some people worship foreign flattery, vanity, and think that drinking coffee is superior to others, in fact, for people who really understand the origin and development of coffee, this is just a means used by those with low self-esteem to hide their hearts.

Not all foreign countries are all good, and China's own is not necessarily all bad. Just like the current feng shui metaphysics, in fact, it is just a need for people's spiritual sustenance. Is there anything wrong with Chinese worshipping ancestors and hoping to choose feng shui treasures to bury their ancestors and let their heroic spirits protect future generations? Just like Westerners believe in Jesus and hope that Jesus can protect the world, it is just people's yearning for a better future. The difference is only the difference in means and methods, and there is no distinction between high and low.

Today, Master Ren invited Uncle Nine to come to see Feng Shui is this reason, what you Ren family wants, isn't it also for the blessing of an ancestor, so that children and grandchildren can be disease-free and disaster-free, and enjoy wealth forever? ”

After Ye Sen's words, not only was Ren Tingting speechless, but even Uncle Jiu couldn't help nodding yes, and even Wencai, who had been hit hard just now, couldn't help but puff up his chest and put on a look of "I'm not wrong, I'm proud". I have to say that the effect of Ye Sen's Chicken Soup for the Soul is very huge, although this Chicken Soup for the Soul is a bit poisonous, but it does not prevent Ye Sen from arguing against Ren Tingting at all, which attracted everyone's attention, and I couldn't help but applaud when I saw Ren Fa, who had just come back.

However, Ye Sen forgot that women are sometimes unreasonable, especially girls in the prime of their cardamom years. Although she couldn't find a reason to refute Ye Sen, Ren Tingting still coquettishly thought that Ye Sen was deliberately embarrassing her, so the girl stared at the "triumphant" Ye Sen viciously, "Mr. Ye is so proficient in Chinese and Western cultures, then you must be very clear about the origin of coffee, since this is the case, then you might as well tell you how Western countries drink coffee?" What is the difference between them? ”

Obviously, in Ren Tingting's view, Ye Sen has always avoided talking about the specific situation of coffee, but talked about other things, such as changes in customs, obviously not knowing how to pretend to understand, and deliberately changing the topic. "The earliest origin of coffee is not in Europe, but in Ethiopia in Africa. Legend has it that in the sixth century A.D., in the Kafa region of Ethiopia, a herdsman drove sheep to the Isobia grassland to graze one day, and saw that each goat seemed extremely excited, excited, he thought it was very strange, and later after careful observation, it was found that these sheep were excited to eat some kind of red fruit, and the herdsman tasted some curiously, and found that these fruits were very sweet and delicious, and he felt very refreshed after eating, and since then he often drove the sheep to eat this delicious fruit. After the news spread, people tried to powder the fruit and boil it into a soup to drink as a drink, and coffee gradually became a fashionable drink.

Until now, coffee is still the most important drink in Ethiopia, and its status is almost equal to that of Chinese tea. The pronunciation of the word coffee is derived from the Ethiopian "coffee method". In Ethiopia, the most traditional way for locals to do this is to pour ground coffee into a clay pot and cook it slowly on charcoal, which is then served with snacks such as popcorn and other snacks. In continental Europe, Europeans will add milk to coffee and serve it with various cakes, puddings and other desserts, which is inseparable from Europeans' love for sweets.

So in fact, I don't have any contempt for how you drink coffee in Renjiazhen, even if you drink coffee with hot sauce, it is your custom and freedom, and it is also worthy of respect. ”

Ye Sen's words will come down, not only perfectly interpreting his identity as a "foreigner" and profound knowledge. At the same time, this explanation also more or less dispelled some of Ren Tingting's dissatisfaction. The sedan chair carried people, Ye Sen had already given Ren Tingting the steps down, Ren Tingting naturally would not continue to hold Ye Sen anymore, and she also understood that she might not be Ye Sen's opponent.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on Ye Sen, Wen Cai suddenly said with envy, "Brother Ye, you are so powerful!" I know so much! ”

"Nothing!" Ye Sen waved his hand very calmly and said, "Actually, I'm just hearsay, I haven't investigated the real situation, everyone listen, just have fun, there's no need to take it seriously." ”

"That's right!" When Uncle Nine heard this, he nodded, and said helpfully, "After all, coffee is a foreign product, and whether you like it or not depends on your personal hobbies, so there is no need to take it seriously." We're here today to talk about business, not to quarrel. Master Ren, what do you say? ”

"What Uncle Nine said is extremely true!" What a shrewd person Ren Fa is, seeing that his daughter has been defeated, and if he continues to entangle, he will only bring humiliation on himself, out of the need to protect his daughter, Ren Fa hurriedly followed Uncle Jiu's words and said, "Uncle Jiu, I don't know if there is anything else to pay attention to about my father's coffin and burial?" ”

Uncle Nine pondered for a while and said, "There are still a lot of taboos about the coffin and burial, I don't know what the old lady's birthday is?" When to be buried? And when..."

Seeing that the two uncles were talking about "business" as if no one was around, and the annoying "Ye Sen" only cared about slowly sipping coffee, looking like a good and wandering appearance, Ren Tingting suddenly felt very depressed, and there was a literary talent next to her who stared at her non-stop, Ren Tingting intuitively felt that the flames in her chest were rushing upward, but she couldn't get in the way of face.

After fidgeting for a few minutes, Ren Tingting couldn't stand this atmosphere, and suddenly got up and said, "Horn, I want to buy some rouge gouache." ”

"Huh?" Ren Fa was stunned, and after seeing his daughter's gloomy face, he suddenly understood something, thought about it, shook his head and said, "Okay, don't run around, I'll go to you when I'm done talking!" ”

"Good!" Ren Tingting couldn't wait to agree, and then got up and walked away. Before leaving, when he passed by Ye Sen, he glared at him fiercely. That means, obviously, boy, Miss Ben remembers you, wait and see!

"Alas!" After Ren Tingting left, Ye Sen put down the cup and sighed, this time it can be regarded as offending this little girl to death. It seems that there will be some trouble in the affairs of the Ren family in the future.

Just when Ye Sen sighed in mourning, Wen Cai, who had long been unable to bear it, still sneaked away while Uncle Nine and Ye Sen were not paying attention. Looking at Wen Cai's departing back, needless to say, Ye Sen already knew what he wanted to do. However, Ye Sen was no longer in the mood to pay attention to Wencai at the moment, and he also knew what would happen next, in order not to cause further disgust from Miss Ren, Ye Sen made up his mind that he must keep a distance from these two second-hand goods, especially Wencai. The second is a disease, and it is contagious, Ye Sen doesn't want to drop the chain at a critical moment.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Uncle Nine and Ren Fa finally agreed on the specific details of the coffin and burial. After the negotiation was over, Uncle Nine was stunned to find that Ye Sen was the only one left beside him, and couldn't help but wonder, "Ah Sen, where did Wen Cai go?" ”

Ye Sen replied, "I probably went back early!" Uncle Jiu, don't worry, a person as big as Wencai will know how to take care of himself. And this is Renjia Town, where Wencai grew up, what can happen? ”

"That's right!" Uncle Nine nodded and said, "Okay, the matter is all discussed, let's go back together!" ”