There is a thatched house on the edge of the town.
Although the thatched house is a bit dilapidated, it is still neatly kept.
Outside the thatched house, there is a small yard surrounded by mud and wooden fences. Two small pine trees are planted in the yard, which is lush and green. Set against the pale yellow old thatch on the roof, it gives people a sense of tranquility and tranquility.
On this ordinary, windless and rainless day, this thatched house on the edge of the town seemed particularly quiet and peaceful.
Crunch.
The window of the thatched house was gently pushed open, and a man with a sad face poked out of the window.
"In this chaotic world, where can we find a place to live and settle down?"
However, the only thing that seemed to respond to the man was distant silence.
"Heroes emerge from troubled times! These vast and troubled times are a good opportunity for talented people like us to show their talents, display our ambitions, and stir up troubles and lift things up!"
Lan Yu's hearty laughter came from a distance, as if a stone was thrown into a pool of stagnant water, causing ripples to ripple in circles.
And this originally quiet environment also changed accordingly.
The originally sad face of the man in the window immediately changed into a cheerful look after Lan Yu's laughter came out.
"Brother Lan! You are finally back." The man shouted with a smile, and then his figure disappeared from the window, but appeared at the door in the blink of an eye.
"Huh? This little brother is..." The man's eyes stayed on He Yiqi who was following Lan Yu.
Lan Yu pushed open the small bamboo door of the courtyard and led He Yiqi in.
"This is the student I taught that I told you before, named He Yiqi." Lan Yu pointed at He Yiqi and said.
The man smiled at He Yiqi and said, "I've heard Brother Lan mention your name a long time ago, haha, being famous is not as good as meeting you. When I see you today, you are indeed very handsome and majestic!"
He Yiqi was a little embarrassed by the man's praise, and his face turned slightly red.
"Look at what you are saying!" Lan Yu glared at the man, then pointed at him and introduced to He Yiqi, "This is the friend I told you about who is staying at my house now. He My name is Qi Zixian."
"Qi...Mr. Qi." He Yiqi greeted nervously while looking curiously at Lan Yu's friend named Qi Zixian.
Qi Zixian is tall and thin, with fair skin and a pair of eyes that are exceptionally bright and clear. When he looks at her, he always feels like his thoughts are being seen through.
Seeing that He Yiqi was a little nervous, Lan Yu patted He Yiqi's shoulder and said, "Stop standing here, let's go inside and chat."
Qi Zixian also smiled and said, "Come on, come on, I just made a pot of good tea, come in and have a taste!"
The three of them entered the house together.
Qi Zixian and Lan Yu walked in front, while He Yiqi followed behind and curiously looked at the furnishings in the room.
Speaking of which, this was the first time he returned to his teacher Lan Yu's home.
The thatched house is not big. When you walk through the somewhat shabby wooden door, you enter the living room. In the center of the living room is a large round table with a tea set on it. A stream of hot tea is burning on the small stove.
Next to the tea set were a few flipped books and a half-finished painting that had been put aside.
He Yiqi walked to the table and looked at the painting carefully. The scene in the painting seemed to be exactly what it looked like in the yard. It seemed that someone wanted to paint the scene in the yard, but he suddenly stopped for some reason.
Just as He Yiqi was looking at this painting, Lan Yu also came over and said, "The brushwork is intermittent, and the stroke force is sometimes light and sometimes heavy. Although I have the ambition to reach the clouds in my heart, my artistic conception has been condensed, but my thoughts are impetuous, and after all I am not." It’s such a shame to complete this picture.”
Lan Yu looked at the painting in her hand with a look of regret.
Qi Zixian on the side also sighed softly and said, "There is no way. I have more than enough will but not enough strength. It is like a clay vat. No matter how you fill it with water or pour water into it, it will not be able to produce earth-shattering results. When the waves come out, there will only be a few small splashes at most.”
There are two rooms on the left and right of the living room. The two rooms on the left seem to be the study room and the bedroom respectively, and the two rooms on the right seem to be the kitchen and woodshed.
The bedroom only contained a somewhat crude bed and a small wardrobe. These two items alone took up almost half of the space, making the whole room seem extremely small.
The study room is the largest room, with five large bookcases crammed into it. The bookcases are filled with all kinds of books, and most of the books have yellowing and damaged pages...
"Come, have a sip of hot tea!" Qi Zixian poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Lan Yu.
Lan Yu took the tea, and Qi Zixian poured another cup for He Yiqi.
After He Yiqi took two sips, he drank it. The tea exuded a bitter taste in his mouth, which made him frown slightly, but soon the bitter taste turned into a light sweet and glutinous taste, just like It's like a sugar rice dumpling, which makes people want to chew it twice.
However, this tea cannot be chewed and will only slide into the throat quickly. When the tea is swallowed into the stomach, a refreshing feeling like mint immediately flows out from the stomach, and the slight tingling sensation of ice and coldness makes people feel Some discomfort.
He Yiqi couldn't help but frown and put down the tea cup.
"How is it? This tea doesn't taste good!" Qi Zixi said to He Yiqi with a smile.
He Yiqi nodded and said. "What kind of tea is this? I have never drunk it before. It feels... feels..."
"It tastes terrible, doesn't it?" Lan Yu said, "This tea is not an ordinary tea, but a famous tea that this friend of mine specially brought back from Chang'an! It's so expensive!"
"Hey, stop bragging. How many people still drink this gentleman's tea in Chang'an! The price of this tea is almost the same as the gypsophila at the roadside tea stalls. Some tea bosses have even started to treat this tea as gifts. , as long as you buy other tea, I will give you Junzi tea directly." Qi Zixian said while drinking the tea in his hand.
He Yiqi also nodded in agreement when he heard the words. This gentleman's tea is so terrible to drink, it has no taste of tea at all. If many people can accept and like to drink this kind of tea, then there is something wrong.
"Why is this tea called Gentleman's Tea?" He Yiqi suddenly asked.
Lan Yu looked at Qi Zixian aside and said, "You have to ask this guy this question. He brought it back to me from Chang'an."
Qi Zixian put down the tea cup and explained, "If you want to know the origin of this gentleman's tea, you must first know about a kind of tea called Fugui tea.
This rich tea is a peculiar tea tree that grows deep in the thousands of miles of ice fields in Jizhou. It only produces tea leaves in the summer. The tea leaves only last for nearly thirty days. After thirty days, the tea leaves will all dry up. fall off.
And the time for picking tea leaves is also particular. If it is picked in the first twenty days, the tea leaves will be rich tea. If it is picked in the last ten days, the tea leaves will be gentleman tea!
You can understand that the taste of Fugui tea is only the middle part of Junzi tea, which is the sweet and waxy taste.
However, I think the flavor of Fugui tea is stronger than that of Junzi tea.
When the rich tea was sold to Chang'an by tea merchants, it quickly spread among the dignitaries, so the rich tea became a gift for the officials to flatter each other.
The price of Fugui Tea has risen accordingly. As for Junzi Tea, which is almost the same mother as Fugui Tea, the market is bleak. The reason is simply that Junzi Tea was born twenty days late. "
Lan Yu took over the conversation and continued, "Those who can drink this gentleman's tea will naturally not be able to become rich, nor can they afford to drink rich tea."
"Haha, that's true. I rarely had the opportunity to drink the Rich Tea in Chang'an. When I left, I heard that the Rich Tea had been sold for a hundred taels of silver and one tael of tea leaves. Those people are really rich." Qi Zixian said with a smile.
"Chang'an? Are you from Chang'an?" He Yiqi said with a surprised look on his face.
Before Qi Zixian could say anything, Lan Yu said, "Yes, and he is still a high official!"
"High official?! Are you so powerful? What official? What rank is it? I heard that the first-rank official is the highest official. It seems that the magistrate of our county is only the ninth-rank sesame official, which is the smallest official." Why? Qi asked with curiosity on his face.
Qi Zixian helplessly held his forehead, looked at Lan Yu and said, "If I had known better, I wouldn't have come to you to find fault. I also wanted you to comfort me, but you are still here to expose my scars." , I really admire you."
Lan Yu laughed loudly after hearing this and said, "Haha, if a jade is not polished, it will become useless. If I let you beat me more, maybe you can get up and go back to Chang'an again in the future!"
"Oh, I won't go, I won't go. Chang'an is now in a smoky atmosphere. It really doesn't have the clean atmosphere it once had." Qi Zixian said with a melancholy look on his face.
Lan Yu looked at the confused He Yiqi, touched his head, pointed at Qi Zixian beside him and said, "See, this is a good negative teaching material. This guy just doesn't have enough strength. People who were still thinking about getting more benefits have been kicked out now. So, you can do as much as you have the ability. People who are not in their positions and do not pursue their political goals, and who are so ambitious, are nothing. It will end well."
He Yiqi nodded in understanding, and his eyes looking at Qi Zixian lost a little doubt and sympathy.
Qi Zixian listened to Lan Yu's evaluation of herself and didn't complain. She just lowered her head and lamented in her heart that she had made careless friends.
Lan Yu turned back and glared at Qi Zixian, and then said to He Yiqi, "This guy came to Chang'an with me to take part in the palace examination. As a result, although this guy didn't write anything, he relied on his martial arts cultivation. You snuck into the Dali Temple, and later became the Young Minister of the Dali Temple. That is a fourth-grade official, and it is impossible for ordinary people to become one in their lifetime. Oh, if I had known that you would become the Young Minister of the Dali Temple later, I would have I should fawn over you more, so maybe you can reward me with some money every now and then, or get me an official position or something."
"Haha, you guy even gave up on the imperial examination and focused on this town. I later sent you so many letters, asking you to come to Chang'an to accompany me, but you refused."
Lan Yu laughed, scratched her head in embarrassment, and said, "Oh? Is there such a thing? Why don't I remember it?"
