Qi Wenyuan thought that Lin Jinyan would be polite to him, but who knew that Lin Jinyan stood up immediately after hearing this.
"Now that we have met, I would like to thank Master Qi for your love. I will leave now. The tea in this tea house is good. If Master Qi likes it, you can buy some for yourself."
Qi Wenyuan's smile froze for a moment before he smiled again.
"Ms. Lin, wait a minute, I'm really asking Miss Lin out just for more than just painting."
Lin Jinyan sat back with a calm expression: "Master Qi, please speak frankly."
The maid skillfully brewed tea and poured it into the cup in the elegant room and handed it to Lin Jinyan. Then she poured tea into the cup she brought and handed it to Qi Wenyuan.
Qi Wenyuan took it, put it on the tip of his nose, smelled it carefully, and took a sip with a face filled with intoxication.
"Miss Lin, how about you try the tea brewed by my maid?"
Lin Jinyan just watched the maid's smooth and fancy tea-making process, and knew that she had learned it specially. She picked up the tea cup and finished it slowly.
"The aroma is high, clear and sweet, and it is indeed a good tea."
Qi Wenyuan smiled like a child being praised: "If it's not good tea, I can't bring it to Miss Lin's mouth."
Lin Jinyan: "Thank you, Master Qi, for your hospitality. I saw you and drank the tea. Can you tell me what you want from me?"
Qi Wenyuan: "A few days ago, there was a grain store that collected a large amount of old grains. Seeing that the weather was good this year and there would be a bumper harvest of new grains, I sold almost all the old grains in Tai'an City. Later, I was really curious and asked about it, and then I learned that that grain store actually It’s Miss Lin’s shop, I wonder what Miss Lin does with so much old grain?”
Lin Jinyan: "I just stock up some new grain when I see that old grain is cheap when it is ready to be harvested. If I can't sell it, I will give it to poor people as a charity."
Seeing Lin Jinyan's useless expression, Qi Wenyuan leaned forward and looked directly into Lin Jinyan's eyes with a smile.
"really?"
Lin Jinyan looked unmoved: "I take it seriously. I had a dream two days before buying grain. I dreamed that many people were hungry in winter. I happened to hear that old grain was much cheaper, so I bought some."
Qi Wenyuan blinked: Is this okay? Just buy it after a dream?
"Isn't Miss Lin afraid of losing money?"
Lin Jinyan said in an ignorant and fearless tone: "My mother left all her dowry to me, and I can't afford to pay for it, which is only tens of thousands of taels of silver. If Master Qi still has old grain, he can sell it to me."
Qi Wenyuan laughed and said that he was afraid that Lin Jinyan would suffer too much and the Taifu and the General would be angry with the Qi family.
Then she talked with Lin Jinyan about helping the Han family with a smile. Seeing that Lin Jinyan was boasting about her superiority and lack of scheming, she was like a spoiled child. After staying for a while, she said she had something to do and left with her maid.
A moment after Qi Wenyuan went downstairs, Tan Yanggui walked into the private room and presented Han Qingru's painting and two hundred taels of silver. Lin Jinyan asked Bai Zhi to spread out the painting and look at it carefully before putting it back in the box.
"It does look like an authentic painting. I hope you are wise enough not to fool me with a fake painting. Otherwise, I will have to find Mr. Chen to sue you again and send you to jail."
Listening to Lin Jinyan's arrogant words, Tan Yanggui felt secretly resentful in his heart but said he didn't dare. After leaving the Hou Yehou Tea House, he got on the carriage with a gloomy face and went straight to Uncle Hong'an's Mansion.
After everyone left, Lin Jinyan made tea by herself and asked Bai Zhi to sit down and drink it.
"It's delicious. The lady's business has been done. Shall we go back home directly after drinking tea?"
Lin Jinyan held the tea cup and narrowed her eyes slightly, losing her previous arrogant and meaningless look.
"Don't wait. There are guests who haven't arrived yet. Although I haven't made an appointment, I thought he was so close and wouldn't keep me waiting too long."
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