Xu Yan was finally moved by Gu Qingfeng's soft grinding and hard bubbles, but he only promised the other party to stay in the Zhuangzi for one night, and the next morning he had to continue to the north. Gu Qingfeng smiled at this and said that there was no problem, as long as he didn't learn from that Dayu and passed through his house without entering.

Leaving from the backflow, they entered a flat mountain road, originally Xu Yan and the others did not have to walk, because Gu Qingfeng arranged a very luxurious carriage for them, but they were politely refused, their original words were that walking helps the stomach and intestines to digest after the meal, and they can also have a panoramic view of the scenery along the way.

Gu Qingfeng didn't insist too much, and let them go, but he still sat in the carriage, he didn't want to take this unjust road, although it was said that from the return to Gujiaao, it was only more than ten miles away, and the road was also built by him at his expense, even smoother than the official road in the city.

"I didn't expect you, this uncle, to be really wealthy, but according to his strong family background, he won't lack you a bowl of rice, why did he send you to the Lotus Sect ruthlessly, and in my opinion, he seems to love you very much, it's not like you said before......" Xu Yan walked on the flat mountain road, while enjoying the roadside scenery, he said to Gu Xueqing. 、

When Gu Xueqing heard this, she didn't know how to answer.

Judging from her previous performance, her uncle really didn't mean not to love her at all, even if it was for her own daughter, it was nothing more than that, but when Gu Xueqing was young, she couldn't forget the fact that her uncle was ruthlessly sent to the Lotus Sect.

At that time, he was in normal shape, not at all like he is now, bloated and pot-bellied, but only on that face, there is only ruthlessness and determination, it seems that he is determined to leave her alone, and he is unwilling to adopt her, far from the way it is now, although it looks like a standard businessman, but when facing her, he is so amiable.

Seeing that Gu Xueqing was silent, Xu Yan couldn't help but glance at the luxurious carriage in front of the team, and didn't say anything more, but continued to say to Gu Xueqing: "Maybe it's because I feel wrong." ”

Gu Xueqing heard him say this, hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "Uncle back then, his family background was not solid, and the teahouse was just an ordinary teahouse at that time, but the name has not changed, mainly because although the Chunyu tea of that year was already famous in the local area, it was actually nothing in the entire continent, even in Lingzhou. When Gu Xueqing said this, he suddenly felt that the focus of his words was a little upside down, so he paused his tone, and then changed his tone and said: "I don't know why, I will always have such a not particularly good impression of my uncle, in short, after more than ten years apart, now he, although he can still vaguely see some shadows of the past, but he gave me a very strange feeling, as if the things of the past are not just what I see in my eyes." ”

Xu Yan couldn't empathize with her sense of interlacing over the years, so he didn't know how to answer.

Gu Xueqing continued: "But no matter what, in fact, I can't stay here for too long anyway, as for the future, the facts are as you said, I don't even know if I will come back here, even if it is just to come back and take a look, so Uncle can have his current life, I should actually be happy for him, and those bad impressions will be put down." ”

Gu Xueqing sighed slightly and added: "After all, from the moment you step into the Lotus Sect Mountain Gate, you should be destined to have a different path in the future, and it will be different from most people in the world." ”

Xu Yan nodded, and the voice replied: "Yes, there is a clear distinction between cultivators and mortals in the market, each performing its own duties and fulfilling its responsibilities, and the path to be taken is always different. ”

Gu Xueqing was silent about this, and at this moment, the carriage leading the way in front also stopped at the foot of a mountain.

Xu Yan looked sideways, and saw that Gu Qingfeng had already gotten out of the carriage with the support of his subordinates, and then said to the two of them: "Xiaoxue, take a look, how does Uncle take care of our Gu family's tea garden?"

When Gu Xueqing heard him say this, she suddenly realized that she had inadvertently returned to the village back then, she looked up and glanced at the surrounding scenery, which was undoubtedly completely different from the appearance she remembered, not only the tea mountain was taken care of in an orderly manner, but even the original village with seven or eight families had long since disappeared, replaced by a huge and luxurious manor, lying on the side of the tea garden, like a giant beast, entrenched in front of her.

After Gu Xueqing flashed a trace of shock in her heart, she asked Gu Qingfeng truthfully: "Uncle takes care of this place very well, it is completely different from before. Without waiting for Gu Qingfeng to say anything, she asked again: "By the way, uncle, I don't know where all the people who lived with us in Gujia Village have gone now?"

Gu Qingfeng replied with a smile: "Naturally, they are still in the village, but most of their houses are seriously damaged, and they are now helping in my tea garden, so I simply pushed all their houses there, and then found a new house for them." ”

As he spoke, Gu Qingfeng took Gu Xueqing's hand and walked to the side of the road, and only after walking out about a hundred zhang distance did he point to a certain col in the tea garden and said to the latter: "See, that brand-new building complex is the new residential area that Uncle gave them." ”

When Gu Xueqing saw this scene, she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes, because that place was the place where she lived when she was a child, but it was obvious that the dilapidated rammed earth house couldn't hold up until she came back, and it disappeared in the long river of time.

Seeing his niece behaving like this, Gu Qingfeng just smiled and rubbed her head, with a strong sense of pampering, and then said with a smile: " Xiaoxue doesn't have to be sad, although your house collapsed shortly after you left, but Uncle built a house for the people in the village at the same time, and also let those masters build a new house for you, Uncle knows that you will come back one day, so I have always kept it for you, and every once in a while, I will ask the next person to clean the house on time, it is clean, if you want, you can move in at any time, of course, Uncle is more hope that you can live in the Zhuangzi. ”

Gu Xueqing couldn't hold back her tears and kept rolling out, and when she felt better, she whispered to Gu Qingfeng beside her, "Thank you, uncle." ”

After Gu Qingfeng heard this, he smiled heartily and said: "You stupid child, they are all a family, how can you talk about two families, you are the only daughter of the eldest brother, I don't care who you hurt, but the uncle only hopes that you don't hold a grudge against the uncle who sent you to the Lotus Sect to practice ruthlessly." ”

Gu Xueqing had talked to Xu Yan about this matter before, and most of the confusion in her heart had been resolved at that time, and now that the latter took the initiative to mention this matter, she naturally would not be angry anymore, so she shook her head lightly, and just asked, "Uncle should have had your troubles back then, right?"

When Gu Qingfeng heard this question, his eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of reminiscence, but then, he quickly got rid of this emotion, he didn't explain the reason, he just smiled lightly at the latter and replied: "It's all over, don't talk about those bad things, as long as Xiaoxue can grow up safely, Uncle didn't do that bad guy in vain, hehe." ”

"Only in this way will I not live up to my eldest brother's entrustment. However, Gu Qingfeng buried this sentence deep in his heart and did not say it to Gu Xueqing.

Subsequently, after Gu Xueqing's mood eased a little, Gu Qingfeng let Gu Xueqing and Xu Yan go to his manor.

I have to say that Gu Qingfeng is very good at enjoying, after entering the whole manor, you will find that it is far more luxurious than at a glance at the foot of the mountain, the building is always like this, the interior scene is the paradise in people's lives, and it is the resting place of everyone's soul, giving people a sense of stability, stability and steadfastness.

After Gu Qingfeng invited Xu Yan and Gu Xueqing into the main hall, he took them into various courtyards to familiarize themselves with the layout, scenery, and some extremely luxurious antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., of course, Gu Qingfeng was very generous to show his sincerity, and naturally he was very generous to let Xu Yan, who rarely came here as a guest, if he valued any favorite objects, he would directly choose and take them away.

Xu Yan couldn't laugh at this, as a cultivator, how could he covet this kind of thing from outside the market, he smiled and refused one by one, but unexpectedly, Gu Qingfeng made a straight face, saying that no matter what, let him choose one or two of them, even if he didn't use it, it would be good to use it as a souvenir, otherwise he would look down on him.

Xu Yan felt helpless, and then he could only choose two of them, which didn't look very expensive, and put them in his pocket, but as everyone knows, when Xu Yan put away these two things that seemed to be out of place, Gu Qingfeng deliberately turned his head at the corner of his eyes, but he couldn't help but tremble.

It can be said that in Gu Qingfeng's entire collection room, those two things are the most special, although they are certainly not the most precious and valuable objects, but there is no doubt that the meaning contained in them is the most special to him, but since he has already said everything before, and now he suddenly changes his words, it is something that he can't do, otherwise, it will be a loss of face.

After watching the collection room, Gu Qingfeng took Xu Yan and the others to a viewing platform, which was built on the west side of Zhuangzi on the side of a semi-cliff, the entire platform is made of solid wood, but sitting here, you can see the scenery of the entire tea garden under the mountain.

As a tea merchant, Gu Qingfeng naturally can't do without tea when entertaining guests, so after arranging for Xu Yan and the two to rest here, he hurriedly turned around and went back to make tea.

Seeing her uncle leaving, Gu Xueqing hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said with a smile to Xu Yan: "Little junior brother, you didn't see it just now, when my uncle saw you pick those two objects, he couldn't help but secretly turn his head and twitch the corners of his eyes, and his heart ached." ”

Xu Yan really didn't care about this, and said with a wry smile: "In order not to let him break the bank, I deliberately picked two things that look the cheapest, I didn't expect your uncle to care so much about these two things, even so, the gentleman doesn't take people's favor, then I'll return it to him later." ”

After Gu Xueqing heard this, she replied with a dumb smile: "Little junior brother, this is what you think is wrong, a businessman like my uncle values reputation and face more than anything else, how can there be any reason to go back if you really do this?"

Xu Yan shook his head and said nothing, too lazy to think about these crooked bowels when interacting with people, so he asked Gu Xueqing: "Then according to what Senior Sister Gu said, how should this matter be done?"

Gu Xueqing said with a smile: "Since the little junior brother has accepted it, it is natural to accept it with peace of mind, my little uncle's family is rich, and he has a little reaction to these things, that is, he has a little reaction on the spot, and he must have forgotten it after turning his head, you don't have to care, the reason why I told you his reaction was just to joke with you." ”

Xu Yan had never seen Gu Xueqing's side, so he said with a smile: "I didn't expect Senior Sister Gu to also joke and play tricks on people. ”

Gu Xue chuckled softly: "It's just occasionally." ”

Without waiting for Xu Yan to say anything more, Gu Qingfeng, who had gone and returned, personally walked towards them from the Zhuangzi with tea, and then went to the table where it was placed. Gu Qingfeng said with a smile: "How, sitting here and watching the tea garden, do you feel relaxed?"

Xu Yan replied solemnly: "It's really good, the location of the shopkeeper Gu is very good." ”

Gu Xueqing, who was sitting opposite Xu Yan, heard this, but secretly glanced at him, compared to the magnificent waves and clouds in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range, what is the scenery in this tea garden? Of course, she will definitely not debunk Xu Yan's polite flattery at this time in person.

However, Gu Xueqing was certainly a little disdainful of Xu Yan's polite words at the moment, but obviously her uncle was very useful, and with a smile on his face, he opened his mouth and asked, "Xu Gongzi usually likes to drink tea?"

When Xu Yan heard this question, he didn't think too much about it, and replied truthfully: "When I was in the sect before, I often drank tea like a cow, just to quench my thirst, and now it's a little better, but I can't talk about how much I like it, but I don't dare to talk about my love of tea in front of you insiders, the shopkeeper of Gu, otherwise you will laugh and be generous." ”

Gu Qingfeng saw that Xu Yan's words were sincere and humble, and he couldn't help but feel good, and immediately replied with a smile: "Xu Gongzi's words are serious, I just want to drink tea to have a Yaxing, or just to discuss business, in fact, those rules and regulations, but they are all poor and exquisite, and I am quite disdainful, but now that I am in this position, I have to pay attention to these." ”

When Xu Yan heard him say this, he smiled lightly, and at this moment, Gu Qingfeng, who had already washed the tea leaves, took out the teacup and filled it with Xu Yaner and Gu Xueqing, and then said: "Come, Xu Gongzi might as well taste my current pot of tea and see how it is different from the pot at noon." ”

Xu Yan took the teacup with a smile and took a sip gently, but the moment the tea entered his mouth, his deep eyes were shocked, but then he found that Gu Qingfeng on the opposite side was looking at him with straight eyes, he looked at him with straight eyes, and said with a smile: "Compared with the tea at noon, the aroma of this tea seems to be worse, but between each other, the difference is very small, if I expect it to be good, this tea should be the tea before the spring rain in Wuyang, and the tea before the rain is drunk at noon." ”

Gu Qingfeng saw that his eyes just flashed, and he thought that the other party was so keen, and drank the ingredients that he had been entrusted to secretly add by others, and his heart was tight, but then he saw that the other party did not have this performance, but only said the nuances of the tea, Gu Qingfeng's heart secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, without the slightest hesitation on his face, he directly praised: "Xu Gongzi is really a keen sense of taste, I didn't expect that just this slightest difference was drunk by you, yes, this tea is this year's new tea spring rain, but the tea leaves in the pot are really one of the few Ming Dynasty teas, that is, Gu himself, and there is only about a pound left." ”

After Xu Yan heard this, the smile on his face was still there, and he replied: "Shopkeeper Gu has won the prize, but I am actually just making a bold guess, not that I am sure of this answer, and I can't do it." ”

When Gu Qingfeng heard this, he smiled and waved his hand, and replied, "Where is it, Xu Gongzi is too humble. ”

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Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was approaching again, Gu Qingfeng saw that after Xu Yan and Gu Xueqing finished drinking tea, there was nothing unusual, and his heart was slightly relieved, it seemed that the man surnamed Shi really did not lie to him, this thing did not have any negative effect.

As everyone knows, as soon as Xu Yan drank it in his abdomen, he controlled his martial arts true qi and forced the tea out of his body, leaving only a puddle of wet water vapor, which remained under the seat behind him. Subsequently, Gu Qingfeng saw that it was not early, so he took the lead in returning to the manor and instructed his subordinates to start preparing for the dinner.

It didn't take an hour and a half, the dinner party was ready, Xu Yan and Gu Xueqing were invited to the table, I have to say that although the mortals in the market are not as free as the people on the mountain, they can one day gallop between heaven and earth, but in terms of enjoying food, compared with the rich people in the mortal world, it is really not only a star and a half, but a world of difference.

For example, the dinner that Gu Qingfeng prepared for the two of them simply made Xu Yan completely realize what it means to cook a dragon and a gluttonous meal, because the former ordered people, and on a long and huge dining table, it was almost full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, as well as melons, fruits, pears and dates.

Xu Yan was dumbfounded when he saw this extremely spectacular scene, and then saw that the people who participated in this dinner party were only the three of them, and finally couldn't help but smile at Gu Qingfeng and said: "Shopkeeper Gu arranged this dinner, isn't it too rich, the three of us, where did we eat so much." ”

Unexpectedly, after Gu Qingfeng heard this, he waved his hand indifferently, and replied: "Xu Gongzi rarely comes to my manor once, plus Xiaoxue only comes back once after so many years, Gu's sincerity is not worth mentioning, come and come, eat vegetables and eat vegetables." ”

Xu Yan couldn't help but look at Gu Xueqing opposite, but then he saw that the other party only shrugged his shoulders helplessly.