Volume 1 Wandering Dust Chapter 23 The Little Girl Who Sells Tea
In a blink of an eye, everyone had been staying in Ziwei Mountain for more than half a month.
Tao Mingxue took a cloth bag and came to the tea shop in Yehuai City.
"Shopkeeper, do you collect tea?"
The old shopkeeper squinted and took it, first looked at it twice, then took out a small pinch and chewed it twice, and said, "Three dollars and one catty." ”
"Sanwen? Is my pound of tea worth three cents? ”
"I see that you are young, and if you change someone else, you don't want to give it for nothing."
"Bad?" Tao Mingxue was puzzled: "I tried it, and the taste is not so bad." ”
"Little girl, the quality of your tea tree is good, but the tea leaves are too picky, and the heat is not well mastered when the tea is fried, some of them are paste, and there are ......."
"Wait," Tao Mingxue took out the waist card of Huancui Pavilion, carefully put it in front of the shopkeeper, and discussed: "Looking at the face of this thing, can you add a little more to me?" ”
"What is this?" The old shopkeeper took the waist card and looked at it carefully.
He has also received tea from Huancui Pavilion on weekdays, and he has also seen the waist card of Huancui Pavilion, but he has never met Tao Mingxue's style.
"Little girl, your waist card is different from that of Huancui Pavilion, you won't be here to fool me, you must know that in Yehuai City, it is difficult to deceive others."
"Truth be told, this is the chief's waist card."
"Chief? Hahaha, little girl, do you treat the old man as a blind man? The shopkeeper called the clerk and said to Tao Mingxue: "Girl, leave quickly, don't delay my business!" ”
Tao Mingxue left lonely, but met a lewd old man outside.
"Girl," the old man smiled, and then piled up the folds on his face, "The girl is the chief of the Huancui Pavilion?" ”
"Well, what's wrong?"
"If the girl doesn't dislike it, I'm willing to help the girl sell tea, the price is absolutely satisfactory to the girl, and the money received is fifty-five cents, how about it?"
Tao Mingxue was a little skeptical at first when she heard that the other party could help her, and then she thought that her tea was not worth a lot of money anyway, so she nodded and responded to this matter.
Not long after, the obscene old man stood at the door of the tea shop and shouted: "Alas, the tea is sold, the tea made by the chief of Huancui Pavilion himself, a pound of tea, only sells for fifty taels of silver, don't miss it when you pass by." ”
At first, everyone consciously was from other tea shops, and hired a bad old man to stir up trouble, but someone couldn't stand being curious, and not long after the old man shouted, a young man came over and asked, "Old man, is this really the tea made by the chief of Huancui Pavilion himself?" ”
"Hey, how dare anyone sell fakes in Night Huai City!"
"Hey, show me."
"Okay." He opened a small opening of the cloth bag and said, "Just these five catties, and it will be gone this year after buying it?" ”
"The smell of your tea leaves doesn't smell right? Is it fried? ”
"Fried paste? Do you believe that Huancui Pavilion will fry the tea leaves? ”
"You're not going to be one of those fakes, are you?"
"Cut, I'll tell you the truth. More than half a month ago, the old man in this night in the city, a little favor to a girl, unexpectedly, this girl became the chief of Huancui Pavilion, alas, she is really good, the first batch of tea in Huancui Pavilion was given to me, but the old man loves to drink more than tea. ”
Then, the old man began to brag, saying how miraculous the tea was, although it looked and tasted slightly worse, but it was indeed made with the secret method of Huancui Pavilion......
The more he talked, the more mysterious it became, it can cure all diseases, and it can make people live a long life, and all the good advantages are all set on this bag of tea.
Tao Mingxue, who was not far away, listened to the old man's boasting words, and was ashamed to find a crack in the ground to turn in.
Another person stood up and said to the old man, "Old man, you have no basis for what you say, we know so much, is this the chief tea?" ”
"I want proof, I have it!"
With that, the old man walked towards Tao Mingxue.
Tao Mingxue secretly screamed that it was not good, and turned around to leave, but was still pulled out by the old man.
"Look, this is the person from Huancui Pavilion." The old man said to Tao Mingxue: "This bag of tea, is it from the chief of your family?" ”
Tao Mingxue nodded awkwardly.
"Is what I just said true?"
She nodded her head as she felt the burning gaze of a circle of people.
Obviously, everyone already believes it, but there are still some concerns in their hearts.
At this time, the clerk of the tea shop had already found the law enforcement team of the Tianjun Mansion.
It turned out that when the old man started selling, the shopkeeper already knew that the other party was doing the game, so he secretly asked the clerk to find the law enforcement team, and he also occupied a good position early and waited to watch the show.
The clerk pointed at the old man and said, "He's fooling people." ”
Then, he pointed to Tao Mingxue again, "And her, they are in a group, this little girl has just come to our store, and she said that she is directly the chief of Huancui Pavilion." Fortunately, our old shopkeeper has a discerning eye and can see through her details at a glance. ”
Tao Mingxue hurriedly stood in front of the law enforcement team and said, "This adult, can you take a step to speak?" ”
"Don't argue, you two come with me and explain how much money you cheated."
"Wait."
Tao Mingxue saw that the situation was about to get out of control, and the eyes of the people around her became more and more indifferent.
"I, really, the chief of the Huancui Pavilion."
"Forget it, don't hold on." The enforcer laughed: "The chief of Huancui Pavilion will go to the street to sell tea? Even an ordinary disciple of Huancui Pavilion would not do such a thing. ”
"Girl, slap the evidence in his face!" The old man shouted, "Show them if the old man's tea is worth the money!" ”
Tao Mingxue was helpless, and handed over the waist card tremblingly.
The moment the law enforcer saw the waist card, he frowned, after he took the waist card, he looked at it for a long time, and then glanced at Tao Mingxue with a group of incredulous eyes, and said: "This waist card, it shouldn't have been picked up by you." ”
Tao Mingxue was silent, she understood that today's matter could no longer be suppressed, so she adjusted her demeanor and said slowly: "This waist card is mine." ”
The enforcer was surprised for a moment, then returned the waist card to Tao Mingxue, and said respectfully: "I have seen the chief lord." ”
The crowd was as silent as death, and it didn't take long for the first person to react and shout at the tea seller: "I want all these teas!" ”
The old man responded: "I think fifty taels is too cheap, from now on, two hundred taels and one catty!" ”
"Two hundred taels and one pound, I want them all!"
"First come, I'll come first!"
"Don't rob it!"
A group of people surrounded the old man, but squeezed Tao Mingxue outside, as if these tea leaves were even more rare than her.
Then, a small hand grabbed Tao Mingxue's hand, and she looked down to see that it was a seven or eight-year-old girl.
"Mother, I touched the chief's hand! Will the tea I make in the future be better? ”
Tao Mingxue slowly broke away from the little girl's hand and fled, repeating the word "finished" in her mouth.
Half an hour later, the old man found Tao Mingxue again and handed her five hundred taels of silver tickets.
"According to the agreement, five or five points."
"I'm so afraid to take this money?"
"If you don't want it, I'll take it to buy wine and drink it, old man."
"Then give it to me."
Although Tao Mingxue took the money, she was still uneasy in her heart, and after a few days, nothing happened.
Just when she thought it was over, the Lord of the Burning Flower Pavilion came over and said to her, "Have you heard? The tea leaves of the chief of Cuihuan Pavilion were lifted to five hundred taels and one taels? ”
Tao Mingxue didn't react much when she heard five hundred taels at first, and when she heard that five hundred taels and one taels, the whole person felt uncomfortable, like ants crawling on her body.
"Two hundred taels and one pound, it's still cheap." Zhuo Hua continued to sarcastically say: "Those people are really interesting, they spent so much money to buy tea but didn't keep it for themselves, but took it to give it away, oops, this layer by layer was sent up, and finally, it was even sent to Ye Huaijun." ”
He ...... Did Ye Huaijun taste it? ”
"He said it tasted weird, a bit like damp wheat stalks."
"Well, it shouldn't be so strange."
"In short, this time has had a great impact on the reputation of my Huancui Pavilion." Zhuohua picked up a few packets of tea wrapped in oiled paper, threw them into Tao Mingxue's arms, and said, "Fortunately, I still have a little face, and I spent some money to take back all these teas." What about the money you make from selling tea? ”
Tao Mingxue reluctantly took out five hundred taels of silver tickets, "I didn't move anything." ”
"You still owe me 1,500 taels, earn money to pay off your debts." Zhuo Hua grabbed the money and comforted: "It's okay, help your senior brothers and sisters take care of the tea garden, and I'll ask them to give you more money." This money can be exchanged soon. ”