There is a rain mist mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, shrouded in clouds and mist all the year round, the climate is humid and warm, the production is abundant, and the rain and mist tea is passed on to drink the world's tea shop.

The twin peaks of Yuwu Mountain stand side by side, living in the two great families in the martial arts, the left peak is the Zhujiazhuang that is a Ruyi sword to deter the heroes, and the right peak is the Bai family of Xiuhuangzhai who is famous for the Qingfeng sword.

The southern county seat is under the Yuwu Mountain, and a small river runs around the city.

It was nearly noon, the market was very lively, the sound of selling and shouting prices rose and fell, listening to the ears of the locals is the familiarity of the noisy noise, but in the ears of a swordsman who runs around the rivers and lakes all the year round, it is a long-lost cordial warmth.

Avoid the hustle and bustle of the city, turn to the side, is a rough alley hidden among the towering ancient trees, although there are no gorgeous carved beams and paintings, there are no precious exotic flowers and plants, but there is a kind of simplicity and free and easy.

At the end of the alley is a small teahouse. The old bamboo roof, the bluestone paved floor, the steaming big tea stove, and the old shopkeeper and young man with smiles on their faces.

This teahouse has gone through generations, just like the big teapot used to make tea, with thick tea dirt inside and out. Over time, the original name of the teahouse has been forgotten, and the local customers simply call it the old teahouse.

Walk into the old teahouse, sit at the table, pour a mellow hot tea, smell the fragrance of tea on the cup, and then take a sip, the warmth falls straight into the abdomen, instantly making people forget the difficulties of the world, and also make the originally anxious heart have a moment of calm.

Shen Yi was sitting at the table by the window of this old teahouse at the moment, bowed his head and coughed lightly twice, took a sip of hot tea, smiled back with gratitude to the young man who served the tea and poured water, and then looked out the window casually.

Directly across the street from the window is a small noodle shop, and business is as prosperous as this old teahouse.

Next to the noodle shop is a small flower shop, the lintel is embedded with an old wood, rough planing, carved "Qijia flower shop" four words, the word is also like this small flower shop, at first glance looks rough, look at more but feel interesting. There is no owner in the flower shop, and there are few customers coming to the door. There are several pots of flowers on the bamboo stand at the entrance of the flower shop, all of which are budding camellias, which seem to have just been sprinkled with water, and the water droplets on the branches and leaves are shining in the sun.

The young man in the old teahouse, Amu, took special care of Shen Yi and was extremely attentive. He felt that although the stranger carried a simple long sword and had a sickly face, he often smiled before saying a word, and his warm smile seemed to warm people's hearts more than freshly brewed new tea.

The young man, Amu, has nimble hands and feet, and talks a lot. "Guest officer, don't look at our Yuwu County as a small place, but it extends in all directions and is rich in products. Let's just say that our tea is called Yuwu tea, and even the name of this mountain comes from the name of tea, and it has also been passed down because of tea. Every year, new tea shops are on the market, and tea merchants from all over the country flock to it, but they are sold out in just a few days. Amu said happily, swallowed his saliva, and continued: "The tea in our store is all self-produced, and our shopkeeper himself has a tea forest on the mountain...... I'll tell you about the guest officer, but I'm just secretly telling you that our local folks keep the really good tea for their own use, and only sell those second- and third-class secondary teas......"

Shen Yi smiled slightly when he heard this, lowered his eyes and looked at the tea in his cup.

Amu was very clever, and when he saw his actions, he immediately said: "Guest officer, you can come by coincidence, the pot of tea you drank was picked by us this spring, and it was roasted, and it is guaranteed to be the best tea in the local area, and you will never be able to drink it in other places......"

He raised the big teapot, hurriedly filled the teacup for Shen Yi, and said: "You take another sip, don't be in a hurry to swallow, hold it in your mouth, swallow it slowly, and smack your lips again, is there a fragrance in your mouth?" This tea is most suitable for drinking in this summer, quenching your thirst, and you won't feel hot all day long." ”

He looked at Shen Yi's pale face again, and said flatteringly: "Guest officer, you don't look very good, if you are unwell, you should drink more tea." This rain and fog tea, although it cannot be said to cure all diseases, can at least relieve pain and fever, clear the heart and strengthen the body. ”

Shen Yi glanced at him with a smile, took a sip of tea from a cup, swallowed it slowly according to Amu's words, tasted it a little, and sure enough, it was fragrant, and he couldn't help but nod and praise: "Good tea." ”

Amu became more and more interested, his face was bright, he couldn't stop grinning, and he talked endlessly, praising the rain and fog tea as rare in the sky and rare in the world.

As he spoke, as soon as he looked up, he saw a little girl walking out of the Qi family flower shop across the street, so he opened his voice and greeted: "Qi Xiaoyu, Qi Xiaoyu, quickly send your fresh camellia over to this distant guest to reward." ”

Shen Yi also turned his head to look, and saw a little girl standing in front of the Qi family's flower shop, only sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, with a small face, clear big eyes, and a large flower basket on her arm, full of camellias.

The flower basket is large, the camellia is gorgeous, and it makes her whole person thin and pale. Hearing Amu's shout, she hesitated for a moment before she walked in timidly, and when she arrived at Shen Yi's table, she didn't dare to raise her head or speak.

Amu didn't pay attention to the girl who sold flowers at all, and said, "This guest officer is coming to us for the first time, so give him a branch of your camellia to see." As he spoke, without waiting for the girl to reply, he took matters into his own hands, reaching out and fiddling with the large basket of flowers.

Qi Xiaoyu watched Amu's thick hands pick up the fresh camellia without pity, and she was so distressed that she wanted to stop it, but she didn't dare, her little face turned red, and there were tears in her big eyes.

Shen Yi glanced at Qi Xiaoyu, stopped Amu, and said, "Beware of damaging the flowers, don't hold them in your hands, I'll just look at it like this." ”

He looked carefully at the basket full of camellias, and sure enough, it was different from what he had seen before, with many colors and beautiful postures, and he praised it, and said with regret: "It's a pity that this flower has been picked, and it would be nice if it could be left on the branch." ”

Qi Xiaoyu quickly raised her eyes and looked at Shen Yi, lowered her head again, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said in a low voice, "Thank you." ”

Shen Yi looked up at her and said with a smile: "What are you thanking me? I didn't buy your flowers either." ”

Qi Xiaoyu's little face turned red again, and she still whispered, "Thank you for cherishing the flowers." ”

Shen Yi was stunned, smiled again, and did not speak. Of course, he cherishes and appreciates these flowers, but he can better understand Qi Xiaoyu's heart of protecting flowers and loving flowers.

Amu stood impatiently, waved at Qi Xiaoyu, and said, "The guest officer is not willing to buy your flowers, so you can leave quickly." However, you don't have to worry about not being able to sell it, and when you take the flowers to Uncle Zhu's mansion, you can sell them at a good price. ”

With an omniscient look on his face, he turned his head to Shen Yi and said, "Guest officer, don't look at this Qi Xiaoyu's young age, but he has learned the good skills of raising camellia from his family, even if it is not the first in our realm, it is almost the same." Like our new tea, her camellia is also a lot of seekers, those big girls and little daughters-in-law in the boudoir, who don't want to insert a fresh camellia on their heads every day, reflecting people more delicate than flowers. It's a pity that this little girl has the same stubborn donkey-like temper as her dead grandfather, and only picks out this basket of flowers every day, and never sells one more than she gives more money, saying that the flowers should only be admired from afar, how can she break the branches and play with them? In order to make a living, she has to sell this basket of flowers, otherwise she will not be willing to pick even one of the branches. ”

Shen Yi turned his head and looked at Qi Xiaoyu intently for a few more moments, and then he understood why she said that she shouldn't pick the flowers, and she would thank her so gratefully. He secretly said in his heart: "I want to come to love flowers like love swords, only by careful care and dedication, can we raise the most beautiful flowers, and can we practice the most brilliant swordsmanship." ”

Seeing that Qi Xiaoyu was still standing in front of the table in a daze, Amu shouted: "Since the guest officer doesn't want to spend, what are you still standing here for, why don't you go out quickly?"

Qi Xiaoyu bit her lower lip lightly, but she still didn't move or speak, it seemed that although she could raise flowers, she was not good at adapting to the world. It took a long time for her to stretch out a small pale hand, take out a camellia from the flower basket, and hand it to Shen Yi.

This camellia is the most inconspicuous of all flowers, the flower color is light, the flower posture is not graceful, but it is fragrant, which makes people smell the heart clearly.

Shen Yi looked up at her, a little surprised, and asked, "This flower ...... Was it given to me?"

Qi Xiaoyu nodded.

Amu said: "Oh, since you send flowers, you will send a big and bright flower, this branch is so ugly, and you can get it." ”

Shen Yi didn't care, and hurriedly reached out to take the flower, his eyes still looked at Qi Xiaoyu, and said sincerely: "Thank you." ”

Qi Xiaoyu's face was delicate, she raised her eyes and looked at Shen Yi quickly, and turned away.

Amu looked at Qi Xiaoyu's thin figure in the distance, shook his head constantly, and said: "This Qi family is full of weirdos, they are just impersonal, very withdrawn, and they don't interact with anyone. If it weren't for her luck, Zhujiazhuang took a fancy to these flowers and bought them all year round, I'm afraid she would have starved to death. ”

"Zhujiazhuang?But Zhujiazhuang on the left peak of Yuwu Mountain?" Shen Yi carefully placed the camellia in his hand on the table, lowered his head, couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hand, and coughed softly.

"Who says it's not? We have three treasures on Yuwu Mountain, which are Yuwu Tea, Qijia Camellia and Zhu Tianwei Zhu Uncle of Zhujiazhuang. To say that Uncle Zhu and Uncle Bai on the twin peaks of Yuwu Mountain are both famous big names in the rivers and lakes, especially Uncle Zhu, known as Sai Mengwei, bold and righteous, not stingy with money, and making heroes all over the world......" Amu glanced at Xiao Long, who Shen Yi put on the table, and said: "Officer, you are wearing a long sword, you must also be a person in the martial arts?" In fact, it doesn't matter if you are a friend of Uncle Zhu, even if you have never seen Uncle Zhu before, as long as you report it to the gate of Zhujiazhuang, you will say that you are admiring it, and you will keep Uncle Zhu personally to greet you, eat and drink, and entertain with all your heart. If you have any difficulties, whether it is a lack of money or something, Uncle Zhu will definitely contribute money and efforts, just like his own brother. Think about it, just by virtue of a person like Uncle Zhu and such enthusiasm, can you not have friends all over the world?"

Shen Yi smiled, but his smile was a little bitter, and his bright eyes were a little dim, and he said, "May I ask which way to get to Zhujiazhuang?"

Amu raised his hand and pointed out the way, but thought in his heart: "Sure enough, let me guess, this guest officer looked at Sven Junxiu, and it turned out that he was also a person who mixed food on the rivers and lakes." I must have heard of Uncle Zhu's reputation, and I wanted to eat and drink for nothing, and get some silver taels for nothing. He peeked at Shen Yi up and down again, and said to himself with a smile: "Seeing that he is dressed simply, he must not have enough money, and it is common for him to want to fight Uncle Zhu." ”