Perhaps because he knew he was not good-looking, the man bent his body slightly to reduce his threatening nature, but the smile on his face was still very forced. It could be seen that he probably didn't smile much on weekdays.
"You two gentlemen want to buy some wine?" the man asked calmly without any enthusiasm at all.
"How do you sell this drink?" Lu Zheng asked proactively.
"I have three kinds of wine here, one mile of incense costs ten cents per catty, ten miles of incense costs thirty cents per catty, and thyme costs eighty cents per catty."
The names are all simple. Yilixiang is the price of loose wine, which is slightly more expensive than the lowest-grade village wine. Thyme has an extraordinary name, but the price is cheaper than the fine wines in big restaurants.
"Can I try it, old man?" Qi Fengyun said with a smile.
"Okay." The man nodded, took a small three-pound jar from the table next to him, and took another bowl.
Lu Zheng saw that there were two identical wine jars on the table. Could they be specially for guests to taste?
The man poured half a bowl of wine into the bowl and handed it to Qi Fengyun, "This is a mile of incense."
Lu Zheng took a look and saw that the wine was turbid, not strong in fragrance, and slightly sour. It was the most typical low-end wine from Da Jingchao.
However, Qi Fengyun didn't dislike it. He drank it all in one gulp and smacked his lips, "It's not bad. It's lighter in sourness than the village brew. It's quite thirst-quenching."
"This is Shilixiang."
"Well, it's already very good. Generally, the quality of wine in restaurants is about this level."
"This is thyme."
"Oh, don't say that I'm ignorant, your wine is only eighty cents per catty. If such a good wine is placed in a big restaurant, it should be sold for two hundred cents."
Lu Zheng looked at the man, then at Qi Fengyun, and finally at the wine, and secretly shook his head.
The man shook his head and said calmly, "Brewed at home, it doesn't have to be so expensive. If the old gentleman thinks it's good, you can buy more."
"You are an honest man. I really should buy more. Just this thyme. I'll give you a hundred catties first. Do you have it?"
The man nodded, "Yes, twenty kilogram jars, five jars in total. Wherever you live, I will send them to you."
"I'm not a local. I'm here to meet old friends. You can just send them to Tongfu Inn and say they are guests of Room A and Room A on the fifth floor." Qi Fengyun said with a smile, "We want to visit again. "
"OK!"
The man nodded in agreement, pushed a wheelbarrow from behind the door and parked it at the door.
Then he put five of the twenty-pound jars on the car.
"Chenghui, eight pieces of money."
Lu Zheng took out a wad of treasure notes from his arms, counted one five-guan note and three one-guan note, and handed them to the man.
The man took the money and was about to push the cart out when two more people turned around not far away, one walking in front and the other pushing an empty cart behind.
"Shopkeeper Meng, I'm here to buy wine again. Bring me ten jars of your thyme."
The leader shouted, and then he saw Lu Zheng at a glance. His expression changed drastically, and he was startled. He hurriedly took two steps forward and saluted respectfully, "Master Lu!"
Seeing the person coming, Lu Zheng couldn't help but feel a little panicked. He hurriedly raised his hand and changed the subject, "Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin is here to buy wine too? It seems that the wine in this restaurant is very extraordinary."
The person who came was Lin Zhijing, a big dog owner in Wanfu County.
The Lin family is the Lin family where Liu Qingyan's childhood friend Xiao Yuzhen married Lin Zhidong, the second son of the Lin family. The head of the family, Lin Diangzhu, is the eldest son of the Lin family. Lin Zhijing is the eldest son of the Lin family.
The second son, Lin Zhidong, once mocked Lu Zheng, but that night he was sucked in by the big-headed ghost baby, and the Lin family suffered a disaster.
Later, because Lin Dianzhu was more sensible and Xiao Yuzhen was Liu Qingyan's childhood friend, Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan came to the rescue and saved the lives of dozens of Lin family members.
From then on, the Lin family strictly disciplined Lin Zhidong and cherished Xiao Yu as if they were their own, and there were no more troubles. Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan did not have any interactions with them when they came to Wanfu County later.
So Lu Zheng almost forgot about them. He didn't expect that the two sides would meet under such circumstances.
Damn it! The other party knows his identity and abilities, so don't let it slip. The person next to him is probably a thousand-year-old demon!
Lu Zheng was panicked. He tried his best to suppress the throbbing in his heart and changed the subject.
"Yes!" Lin Zhijing nodded repeatedly, "Shopkeeper Meng is very good at making wine. Even the good wine from Wanfu Restaurant is not as delicious as Thyme."
Lin Zhidong was a prodigal, but Lin Zhijing had a calm personality and would certainly not shout about Lu Zheng's identity all over the world, so he just showed great respect and did not talk nonsense.
"Shopkeeper Meng?"
"Okay." Shopkeeper Meng nodded, first parked the wheelbarrow aside, and then went to carry the wine to the car brought by Lin Zhijing.
Next to him, Lin Zhijing looked at Lu Zheng and then at Qi Fengyun, "This is..."
Lu Zheng introduced, "This is an elder in the family. He happened to pass through Wanfu County when he was visiting friends. He was wandering around the county and happened to transfer here."
"That's it." Lin Zhijing hurriedly saluted and invited, "As the saying goes, it's better to meet by chance than to invite. If you two don't have any social activities, you might as well go to the Lin family for a drink. My brothers and sisters at home also care about my wife."
Just as Lu Zheng was about to shake his head, shopkeeper Meng and the driver brought by Lin Zhijing had already loaded ten altars of thyme onto the cart.
"Thank you so much, Shopkeeper Meng. You are worthy of being the heir of Jiuxian Tower!" Lin Zhijing cupped his hands and thanked him.
Shopkeeper Meng still waved his hand, glanced at Lu Zheng and Qi Fengyun, and said with an indifferent expression, "I'm just an unworthy disciple. As long as I don't embarrass the master, Mr. Lin, please don't spread the word."
"Okay, okay." Lin Zhijing nodded in agreement, and then looked at Lu Zheng and Qi Fengyun.
Qi Fengyun nodded, "You won't disturb Mr. Lin's family, right?"
"No, Mr. Lu has been a life-saving grace to my Lin family. It is an honor for my Lin family to come to our house for dinner."
"I wonder how the second young master is doing lately?" Lu Zheng interrupted Lin Zhijing.
"Thanks to the young master, my second brother has become more sensible in the past two years. He was admitted as a scholar last year. He understands some truth and stops fooling around." Lin Zhijing said with a smile.
Lu Zheng nodded, and they left the alley together, watching shopkeeper Meng push the cart to Tongfu Inn. Lu Zheng and Lin Zhijing headed to the Lin family compound in the northeast of the city.
"By the way, did you just say Jiuxian Tower?" Lu Zheng asked immediately.
"There is a famous Jiuxian Tower in Yangzhou, Yinan Road. It is a wine-making family and a royal tribute. There was once an inscription by the Jiuxian, and then it flew away in the clouds, so it has a great reputation."
Lin Zhijing said, "This shopkeeper Meng should have stayed in Jiuxian Tower. This thyme is actually the wine and jade liquid from Jiuxian Tower.
I once went to Yangzhou Prefecture with my family's caravan, so I recognized this wine. "
"Ah this..."
Lu Zheng couldn't help but was stunned and looked at Qi Fengyun. Could it be that this winemaker was not the wolf demon Leng Li?
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