I, strive for the prosperity of the motherland! 【system】

Su Xing was not far from Zhenbaozhai, and she arrived there in just a few minutes' walk.

Zhenbaozhai is a relatively large antique shop near Panjiayuan, and it attracts many tourists during holidays.

Su Xing didn't want to disturb other people's business, so he planned to walk around the store first after entering, and then ask Shen Bai when the clerk was free.

As soon as she walked into the store, a man in his twenties approached her and asked politely, "Hello, are you Miss Su?"

Su Xing nodded, "Hello, my last name is Su."

"Our young master is in the backyard, Miss Su, please follow me."

"OK, thanks."

Su Xing thanked him and followed the other person.

The backyard of Zhenbaozhai is quite large.

The young clerk took Su Xing around the glass greenhouse she had visited last time and came to the door of an elegant and quaint tea room.

He knocked on the door and said to the inside: "Young Master, Miss Su is here."

After a while, the door opened and Shen Bai stood at the door, smiling at Su Xing: "Miss Su is indeed a person who keeps her promises."

Su Xing said politely, "Mr. Shen, I'm sorry to bother you."

"It's Shen's pleasure. Please come in."

Shen Bai made an inviting gesture to Su Xing.

Su Xing followed Shen Bai into the tea room.

The two were seated separately.

Shen Bai smiled and asked Su Xing: "Miss Su, do you have a favorite type of tea? Or should you try this new tea from Mr. Liang, Jin Jun Mei?"

Su Xing said: "I drink all kinds of tea, and I am also interested in the Jin Jun Mei made by Mr. Liang."

Jin Jun Mei has a short history. It is a high-end black tea that was only developed in June 2005.

Almost everyone who knows a little about Jin Junmei has heard about the grievances between Zhengshantang and Junde.

The question of which family, the Jiang family or the Liang family, is the legitimate successor of Jin Jun Mei has been debated for years, but no conclusion has been reached.

But there is no doubt that Mr. Liang is the founder of the first Jin Jun Mei tea.

Su Xing has tried the Jin Jun Mei that can be purchased through the official channels of these two tea factories. The special grade ones cost about ten thousand yuan per kilogram.

But the tea made by Mr. Liang himself is really in short supply. Not to mention how many times the price has increased, it is impossible to get it without connections.

So now she is really looking forward to Shen Bai's tea.

Shen Bai met Su Xing's expectant gaze and couldn't help but smile, "What a coincidence, I just happened to want to drink some black tea today."

He stood up and took out a small pot of tea from the tea cabinet.

Boiling water, warming cups and sanitary ware, pouring tea... He performed each step smoothly without pursuing too much standard movements. It did not seem deliberate at all, and was more casual and free and easy, which was pleasing to the eye.

Sometimes, you can tell a person’s family upbringing and background from his or her words, manners and life details.

This time Shen Bai also prepared a scenting cup.

He poured the tea in the fairness cup into the smelling cup, turned the tea tasting cup upside down on the smelling cup, flipped the tea cup over naturally and neatly, and then placed it on the coaster in front of Su Xing.

He looked at Su Xing and invited with a smile, "Give it a try."

"it is good."

Su Xing put his index and middle fingers together, tapped the tea table three times, and performed a finger-knocking gesture to express his gratitude to Shen Bai.

Then she held up the tea cup with her left hand and the smelling cup with her right hand. She placed the smelling cup on the rim of the tea cup and slid it gently around. After putting down the tea cup, she held the smelling cup with both hands, rubbed it lightly three times, and put it under her nose to smell the fragrance.

In fact, the room was already filled with the scent of tea from the moment Shen Bai started shaking the incense.

At this moment, she inhaled the tea fragrance with the smelling cup, and felt it was even more rich. Before she even drank the tea, she felt that the fragrance of flowers and honey had penetrated her heart.

Su Xing showed an expression of enjoyment on his face: It smells so good...

Shen Bai looked at Su Xing's skillful and natural movements, and the corners of his mouth rose a little more.

Nowadays, not many people know how to use smelling cups. Even experienced tea drinkers may not have smelling cups at home.

Most of the young people in his circle know a little about the tea ceremony because they are influenced by their elders at home, but only a few of them know how to use a smelling cup, such as Cao Yang and others.

Although Shen Bai didn't have much contact with Su Xing, he could always sense from her a quality that could only be cultivated by a noble family.

I heard from Cao Yang that she seemed to be a child from an ordinary family? How unlike her!

At this time, Su Xing had put down the smelling cup. She picked up the tea tasting cup, first observed the color of the tea soup, and then took a sip of tea.

Shen Bai also put down the scent cup and looked at Su Xing expectantly, "How is it?"

After tasting it carefully, Su Xing answered earnestly: "The soup is golden, translucent and clear, and the taste is richer, mellow, soft and delicate. The fragrance of flowers, fruits and honey blends just right, and it is very sweet. It feels like drinking nectar in a flower orchard. It tastes delicious."

After listening to Su Xing's description, Shen Bai also picked up the host's cup and took a sip of tea.

He tasted the tea carefully and nodded, "Miss Su knows tea well, and her description is very accurate."

Su Xing smiled slightly and said modestly: "It's because the craftsmanship of this black tea is so excellent."

Shen Bai suddenly changed his mind and asked, "Miss Su, did you gain anything in Panjiayuan today?"

Su Xing replied vaguely: "I bought a few small things."

Shen Bai's eyes lit up, "What did you buy? I'll ask the shop's chef to come over and give you a look."

Su Xing quickly refused: "No, actually... I just bought a few handicrafts and planned to take them back to practice."

When Shen Bai heard the word "handicraft", she immediately understood that she knew very well that they were imitations. After all, she needed more practical practice to study that major, and it was not realistic to practice with the real thing all the time.

"Is that so..." He nodded and said, "I hope I can have more opportunities to cooperate with Miss Su in the future."

Su Xing smiled and said, "I hope so too."

The two of them drank tea and chatted.

However, we didn't talk about antiques all the time, and the topic often revolved around tea.

Mr. Liang's Jin Jun Mei is made from the vegetable tea of ​​Tongmuguan. It can be brewed with 100-degree water and it is still not bitter or astringent. Moreover, it is very resistant to brewing among small-leaf shrub teas and can be brewed more than ten times.

But for Shen Bai, no matter how precious the tea was, he would never brew it until the water tasted good when entertaining guests, so he brewed seven cups and was ready to change the tea.

He asked Su Xing: "How about trying Zhengshan Xiaozhong? It's also Junde's tea, smoked with authentic Masson pine."

Su Xing originally wanted to finish drinking this cup of Jin Jun Mei and then leave. After hearing this, he hesitated for two seconds and nodded, "Okay."

Shrub tea is not as resistant to brewing as tree tea. A pot of tea can be drunk all day long.

It won’t take too long to taste the two black teas.

The traditional Zhengshan Xiaozhong is smoked with Masson pine and is also the ancestor of black tea.

However, Tongmuguan has been gradually restricting the felling of Masson pine trees since the late 70s, and will completely ban the felling of Masson pine trees by 2020.

In the future, genuine Tongmuguan Masson pine smoked Zhengshan Xiaozhong will become increasingly rare.

So she is quite looking forward to it now.

Shen Bai skillfully changed and brewed tea, and then used a fair cup to serve the tea to Su Xing.

Su Xing smelled the fragrance carefully and smelled the aroma of pine resin and dried longan.

Afterwards, she took a sip with great care. The distinctive aroma of pine smoke filled her mouth and she squinted her eyes in satisfaction.

Shen Bai also took a sip, looking very happy, "Not bad, right?"

Su Xing nodded. "It has a very distinctive pine smoke aroma. The red pot aroma enhancement technique is indeed well-deserved. It smells really good."

Shen Bai smiled. He liked to taste tea with people like Su Xing who knew the finer things.

"Miss Su has a very tolerant taste for tea. If she likes the traditional Zhengshan Xiaozhong, she will love it, but if she doesn't like it, she will hate its smoky taste."

He paused, and suddenly asked, "By the way, has Miss Su ever been to the Tea Expo?"

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[I wrote this chapter intermittently for several days, but I was not in the right state.

I still can't believe that my mother, such a living person, was gone all of a sudden.

The day before my mother passed away, she was still giving me books as gifts at around 5pm. On the morning of her death, she was still listening to my novels...

My mom was the first person to leave me a book review when I first published it.

My mother also left her last book review for me. She said she hadn’t read enough…

When I broke my hand and stopped writing last year, my mother said that she would not give up on the novel and would continue to follow it, but the book is not finished yet and she is no longer with us...

I will finish writing this book. Wuqi will send her a set of mobile phones and tablets. I hope she can follow it until the end...】