The seventh day of the lunar month in Ding'an City is the summer solstice.
As promised, it began to rain heavily in the city, as if to announce to the world that summer is coming as promised.
Rumor has it that Ximen Lone Star, the young master of the City Lord's Mansion, will get married tomorrow.
For a time, people in the streets and alleys were talking about each other. Everyone looked at each other, and they were all guessing that it would take a woman who looked like a fairy to make the city lord's son willingly put down his figure?
"Don't believe it, you can watch the excitement outside the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow."
"That's right. If you have nothing to do tomorrow, let's go to the City Lord's Mansion to watch the excitement."
"It's so busy, let's all come together tomorrow!"
Li Qiushui, the shopkeeper of Jinyifang, also took his maid with him early in the morning and hurried to the city lord's mansion. This was an important event for her and she couldn't make any mistakes.
Li Xiuyuan got up early and practiced swordplay in the yard for an hour. He didn't know how long it had been since he practiced swordplay.
He didn't dare practice swordplay on the Great Wall because he was afraid that others would know too much about him.
When he came to Ding'an City, he was no longer Li Xiuyuan, and the overwhelming wanted list had nothing to do with him. Lock yourself in this small courtyard where no one knows, and just practice swordplay in your spare time.
After spending an hour practicing his sword, Li Xiuyuan just finished cooking a pot of white porridge. After eating two bowls of porridge, he washed up and put on the white gown given by Li Qiushui.
Gently stroking the close-fitting fabric, it feels strong yet gorgeous.
If he hadn't been wearing a black mask on his face, everyone would have thought him to be a rich man. No one would have thought that the man in front of him was Li Xiuyuan, the Talisman Master who was wanted throughout the Wilderness and the Great Wall.
Thinking that he would open to customers tomorrow, Li Xiuyuan went to the shop outside the hall to pack up after washing himself.
I have to put some cheap black bean wine and newly brewed sorghum on the shelf. Fortunately, after these days of fermentation, the newly brewed wine is not too bad to drink. It costs the same as a spiritual stone.
It was already past noon when I finished my work, so I took the soy sauce beef that Li Qiushui would deliver yesterday and had a hasty lunch with half a bowl of white porridge.
The summer was getting longer, and thinking that he would have to suffer in this wine shop from tomorrow on, Li Xiuyuan went into the house and moved some tea-making items into the shop.
From now on, I will have to make tea and sell wine in this shop, suffering for the rest of my life.
As for the Great Wall, he won't go back, at least he won't leave Ding'an City until he gets it.
The bird finally left the cage. Even if he were killed, he would not return to the Great Wall.
Guarding this small wine shop, I am afraid that all the monks in the wild would not think that I was hiding here. After meeting Chen Shanshan, he told her that after finishing this matter, he was going to the wild main city of Fucheng.
Through this girl's mouth, tell the hundreds of thousands of monks on the Great Wall that I am in Fucheng and come here to find me.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan shook his head gently and uttered two words: "Talent!"
The water is boiling, the tea is warmed, the pot is warmed, and the cups are warmed. All the movements are smooth and smooth. In an instant, a strong aroma of tea spreads in a small wine shop.
"Tea, wine and stories, this is the life I, Li Xiuyuan, want!"
Holding a cup of tea in his hand, Li Xiuyuan's heart flew back to Luoxia Mountain.
I don’t know if Nangong Ruyu, who calls her master next summer, will actually go to the Taoist temple on the mountain to find her? Li Xiuyuan had a headache when he thought of Nangong Ruyu.
A girl in her twenties called herself Master, but he felt awkward hearing it.
"The world is a big dream, and there are several cool autumns in life. I am often worried about the lack of guests when I drink wine, and the moonlight is blocked by clouds."
"What a rare couplet in the world! I like it!"
Just when Li Xiuyuan released his consciousness and thought about Nangong Ruyu, a woman's gentle voice came from outside the door.
When he looked up, he saw a woman wearing a white shirt, waist-length black hair, and a white silk scarf tied casually behind her, standing in front of her like a fairy.
Upon seeing it, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help frowning and said: "Hello, girl, the shop has not opened yet, and we will not be able to serve customers until tomorrow. I don't mean to offend you..."
"The name of your shop is very interesting, eh, drunken life and dreaming of death?" The woman in white shirt said with emotion: "I have traveled all over the wilderness, and this is the only wine shop that interests me."
Li Xiuyuan frowned slightly when he heard this. He wanted to say something, but he didn't speak.
The woman in white clothes in front looked at his expression and said with a smile: "I have already entered your shop, you can't kick me out as a customer who came to your door, right?"
"Now that you've come, let's make peace with you. Please sit down."
Li Xiuyuan didn't mean to chase them away, he just wanted to see what this strange woman wanted to do. He picked up a cup and put it on the table, pouring hot tea into it.
While thinking about Nangong Ruyu's appearance, he smiled and said, "Please have tea."
"Are you the shopkeeper of this wine shop? Or are you the waiter?" The woman in white shirt frowned and asked: "Judging from your age, I am much older than you. I don't look like the shopkeeper of this shop." ah."
Li Xiuyuan frowned and said, "My wife, Shura, is indeed not as old as the girl, but it does not prevent me from becoming the shopkeeper of this wine shop."
The woman in white clothes glanced at Li Xiuyuan and saw the serious look on his face. She couldn't help but said: "My name is Huangfu Qingmei. You must remember that I come from a wild city..."
Li Xiuyuan didn't expect the woman in front of him to be so direct and told him his name and where he was from. He thought, "I'm not familiar with you either?"
"I said this is a place where you sell wine. As the shopkeeper, why do you want to make a pot of tea to entertain guests?"
The woman who called herself Fucheng Huangfu Qingmei looked at Li Xiuyuan and laughed, then picked up the cup on the table and took a sip.
After a while, the woman took another sip, savored it carefully for a while, and then softly replied: "Good tea!"
Li Xiuyuan was amused, looked at her pen and said: "This tea was only bought in Ding'an City, it is not considered good tea."
Probably after hearing the meaning of Li Xiuyuan's words, Huangfu Qingmei waved her hand, and a wooden box appeared in her hand, and she pushed it in front of Li Xiuyuan.
"Try the new Yuqian tea I brought from Fucheng!"
Li Xiuyuan was stunned, looking at the smiling Huangfu Qingmei, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
When he came to his senses, he poured out the remaining tea in the pot, washed it again with boiling water, and then carefully opened the wooden box, only to see a faint fragrance spreading slowly.
"This isn't tea, it's poison!" Li Xiuyuan sniffed at the mouth of the pot and exclaimed softly.
"Is the wine sold poisonous?" Huangfu Qingmei was amused by Li Xiuyuan and couldn't help but giggle.
Li Xiuyuan was stunned, looked at her and said with a smile: "They say wine is a poison that penetrates the intestines. If I couldn't do this, I wouldn't have to open a wine shop in Ding'an City."
Huangfu Qingmei shook her head, looked at him and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll drink three cups of tea first, and then I'll try your intestinal poison later."
While washing the tea and warming the cup, Li Xiuyuan replied: "In Ding'an City, there is nothing more expensive than what I sell. Even the female shopkeeper of Jinyi Square thinks she can't afford the wine I brew."
"Just brag. Pour me hot tea quickly. It's extremely hot today. It's just a good time to drink a cup of hot tea to relieve the heat." Huangfu Qingmei looked at Li Xiuyuan anxiously.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiuyuan didn't buy her account at all. He just continued what he was doing. After replacing the two people's cups with new tea, he said softly: "Try again."
The master in the academy said that no one in the entire academy could make tea better than Li Xiuyuan. Guiguzi in the Great Wall also liked to drink tea made by Li Xiuyuan. I am afraid that there would be no monk in the entire Ding'an city who could make tea better than Li Xiuyuan.
Smelling the faint fragrance of tea, Huangfu Qingmei picked up the cup and put it under her nose to smell it. She looked at Li Xiuyuan and smiled and said, "Yes, this is the taste."
However, after she took a brief sip, she sighed softly and asked: "Is the tea better? Or is your water better? Or is it you, the tea maker?"
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he shook his head and said with a smile: "All are good. But what I like most is: the feeling of tea becoming tasteless."
"The tea is tasteless? What does it feel like? I'm not short of tea. At worst, if it's tasteless, I'll just pour it in and replace it with new tea?"
Huangfu Qingmei was confused by Li Xiuyuan and looked at him blankly and asked.
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while, looked at her and replied: "Because of this, you can't taste the tea until it's tasteless. A wealthy family like you will naturally buy the best and most expensive tea in spring, but how can ordinary monks enjoy it?" Can you afford it?”
"Don't you want to stop drinking tea if you can't enjoy this delicacy in the world? Just like we eat meat, we eat lean meat, and some people also like fat meat. If you go to the market and tell the butcher to give me a piece of good meat, he will I will ask you, my guest, which piece of meat at my meat stall is not good?"
Looking at Huangfu Qingmei who lowered his head in silence, Li Xiuyuan continued: "For the wine sold in my shop, one silver coin can buy a pound of black bean wine, and ten spiritual stones can buy a limited glass of wine."
"If those monks are addicted to alcohol and don't have spiritual stones, shouldn't they stop drinking?"
Looking at this ridiculously beautiful woman in front of him, Li Xiuyuan thought to himself: If it comes to this, I don’t need to say anything anymore, right? I'm not your husband, so there's no need to explain more to you.
"It's just a dish of tea, but you actually mentioned wine and pork... It seems that your reasoning is too profound. I'm afraid I can't understand it now. I've written it down and will think about it in the future."
Huangfu Qingmei looked at Li Xiuyuan and laughed. She pushed the empty tea cup in front of Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "Please continue."
Li Xiuyuan didn't try to convince her, he just made a simple analogy. I'm afraid only monks like Master can understand the truth of the heart, right?
But who taught me this truth in my heart? The old Taoist priest on Luoxia Mountain? It seems that the old Taoist priest doesn't know how to make tea, so he always does it for himself?
The eldest grandson queen of Tianfeng Kingdom? It seems that Sister Bian Xiaoyun also likes to drink tea made by herself. How could they understand this?
After thinking for a long time, Li Xiuyuan shook his head, looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and said with a bitter smile: "If you want to drink my poison, you can only do so on an empty stomach. Because it is not open, my store has not prepared wine and food.
Unexpectedly, Huangfu Qingmei chuckled, shook her head and said with a smile: "Your words don't bother me. I just passed by... and happened to buy two roast chickens... You're in luck, little shopkeeper." ”
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, wondering why all the women he met were like this. They all brought with them snacks, either soy sauce beef or roasted chicken. He turned out to be a pure Taoist priest.
After drinking another cup of tea, Li Xiuyuan recollected the hint of bitterness and the hint of sweetness in his mouth, and said with a smile: "This spring tea is just like life. You have to taste the inexplicable bitterness first before you can appreciate the light sweetness afterwards... ..”
Huangfu Qingmei was startled, then looked at Li Xiuyuan and laughed: "Speaking of Shopkeeper Shura, if you hadn't been selling wine here, I would have thought you were either a Taoist priest or a young monk from the temple just by listening to your words."
"I am a Taoist priest. I lived in a Taoist temple since I was a child. It wasn't until my master left me that I came down to wander the world." Thinking of the old Taoist priest who had ascended and left, Li Yeli had a look of nostalgia in his eyes.
"I never thought you were really a Taoist priest? It's interesting. This is the first time I've met a little Taoist priest who can write a wonderful couplet, make good tea, and brew a vat of intestinal poison."
After drinking all the spring tea in the cup, Huangfu Qingmei chuckled: "After three courses of tea, shouldn't the shopkeeper serve you some wine?"
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he couldn't help but sigh. He put all the tea-making supplies on the table into the counter. After thinking about it, he took out half a jar of medicinal wine and placed it on the table. He took out two more wine glasses and poured them into it. Serve two cups.
"This is the first vat of wine I have brewed in my life. I just want you to try it and remember the taste." Li Xiuyuan picked up the cup and took a sip.
Huangfu Qingmei also picked up the cup and took a sip.
"How about it? This is a taste that you can't buy in the Great Wall or the Wilderness. As long as you remember this taste, you will have a comparison when you drink wine made by others in the future."
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and smiled proudly.
