Jin Yutong

Chapter 21 Mingxiang Pavilion, Minghei Tea (this chapter is free)

Gao Qiang said he asked Chen Ran to wait for him for half an hour, but in fact, in less than 10 minutes, he drove the armed police car he drove for the first time and stopped in front of Chen Ran.

"Okay, you!" Gao Qiang jumped out of the car, staring closely at the ivory birdcage in Chen Ran's hand: "It's really lucky, it only took you two or three days to find another birdcage." It’s an old thing with a promising future, even I’m about to be jealous, tell me, you might as well stop being that jade carver, and just do this instead of making money with that.”

When Gao Qiang was on his way here, Chen Ran had already told Gao Qiang about finding an ivory birdcage.Gao Qiang said that even he was jealous, but in fact it was true, it was not a matter of money or not, but the joy of picking up leaks!

With the popularity of collecting, basically everyone knows that antiques are valuable. If you want to pick up leaks, there is no door. No one is stupid, so people will not give you the chance to pick up leaks. .

Why do so many people buy lottery tickets?

Either you want to get rich overnight, or you just want to feel that kind of excitement... Collection, the same is true, many rich people play with this kind of excitement, this kind of heartbeat, and sometimes they even get deeply addicted to it !

Ever since Gao Qiang came into contact with the antique business, he had always thought that he would be able to pick up the leaks, but he tried a few times, and finally got the holes.Picking up leaks makes people feel exciting and exciting, and punching holes makes people feel depressed and vomit blood. After gaining experience, he basically rarely makes shots again.

Chen Ran just sold him an old birthday star two days ago. Although he didn't know how Chen Ran got it, he could also guess that Chen Ran picked it up by mistake based on Chen Ran's situation. He found another old thing, which naturally made him envious.

Chen Ran was noncommittal and smiled slightly.

"This red sunflower is also good!" Gao Qiang glanced at the red sleeve and stopped looking at it. Although the red sunflower bird is precious and rare, it is compared to ordinary people, just like Uncle Luo and Lao Huang want to get a red sunflower. It is obviously not that simple for Aoi, but it is not that difficult as Gao Qiang.

There must have been many dealers like Xiao Gu who took the initiative to come to the door, but if it was an ordinary person, I am afraid that they would not sell it, which made Chen Ran guess.Xiao Gu finally explained what Chen Ran needed to contact him, but it was because of Gao Qiang's face. Without Gao Qiang's recommendation, even if Chen Ran came to him, he would not be answered.

"Looks like a real thing." Gao Qiang took the birdcage from Chen Ran's hand and got into the car to observe it with the light. However, he only glanced at it twice. In fact, he didn't quite understand it, so he nodded. , he looked at Chen Ran who was sitting in the passenger seat again: "Do you want to take part in the auction or find a buyer directly?"

It will take at least two weeks for the items participating in the auction to be sold. Chen Ran obviously couldn't wait, so he directly asked, "Do you have a connection?"

"There is a way!"

Gao Qiang nodded affirmatively at first, but then his expression became a little hesitant: "The boss I know likes to collect birdcages, but I just don't know if he will take a fancy to them!"

After thinking about it, he still said to Chen Ran: "Well, let's let him take a look first. If he doesn't like it, we'll go find other buyers. As long as he likes it, the bid will never be low. of."

For Chen Ran's affairs, Gao Qiang did his best. Another point is that Chen Ran is his brother. Chen Ran picked up the leak and passed it on, and he also felt proud.

Collection, collection, that's all.

Regarding Gao Qiang's decision, Chen Ran naturally had no doubts, and from Gao Qiang's words, he could also guess that the opponent's identity was not simple, at least he was at the same level as Gao Qiang.

Gao Qiang made a phone call in front of Chen Ran, and after hanging up, he said to Chen Ran with a little excitement: "What a coincidence, he happens to be at Bailao's place now, I told him, he Let us take our things over there, Bai Lao, do you still remember, the last time I took you to dinner and invited us to drink tea, um, yes, I forgot, you and him also know each other..."

Chen Ran nodded, Bai Lao, of course he remembered that his first pot of gold was dug from Bai Lao's hands.

"Let's go!"

Gao Qiang drove the car outside the No. [-] alley, stopped, got out of the car, and the two entered the No. [-] alley together.

"Porcelain is what Bai Lao loves most. He has two shops in this antique city, one is a porcelain shop and the other is a tea shop. He is in the porcelain shop during the day and the tea shop at night." Gao Qiang took Chen Ran into No. [-] Hutong, I briefly introduced Bai Lao to Chen Ran.

The name of the Bailao Tea Shop is Mingxiangge. The shops in No. [-] Hutong are all tea shops, and the decorations are the same, imitating ancient buildings. The gates are also red-lacquered gates. Very quaint.

When you came to the gate of Mingxiang Pavilion, a lady of etiquette in a cheongsam greeted you: "Brother Qiang, you are here, old man, Boss He, and old man Huang are all waiting for you in the box."

Gao Qiang was still chatting and laughing in front of Chen Ran, but in front of outsiders, he looked very cold and walked directly towards Mingxiang Pavilion. However, he did not walk too fast, and It was walking side by side with Chen Ran. When Chen Ran slowed down, he also slowed down naturally.

In this way, although Chen Ran looked a bit shabby in his clothes, no one would think that Chen Ran was just Gao Qiang's follower, but that both of them had equal identities.

Feeling this, Chen Ran was slightly surprised. Gao Qiang had always given him the feeling of being very cheerful, even careless, but now Gao Qiang's coldness and delicacy were beyond his expectation. .

Although Miss Manners did not know Chen Ran, she smiled at Chen Ran as she did to Gao Qiang, and taking the opportunity of nodding to Miss Manners, Chen Ran also looked at the hall of Mingxiang Pavilion. It is a very simple decoration, revealing the classical atmosphere of the ancient times everywhere, and being in it is like returning to the ancient times.

The hall was divided into a lot of tea seats by the screen. At this moment, some people were sitting in the tea seats and drinking tea. Although there were some talking in low voices, they would not make people feel that the voice was abrupt. There was only one feeling, that It is stillness, deep stillness!

The rest is the fragrance of tea!

The whole hall was filled with the fragrant but not strong tea fragrance.

The box where Bai Lao was staying was in the backyard. Miss etiquette brought Gao Qiang and Chen Ran to the door of the box, then turned around and left.As soon as Miss Manners left, Gao Qiang returned to the same way as when he was with Chen Ran. He glanced at Chen Ran, only to find that Chen Ran was carrying a plastic bag, and asked strangely, "What are you doing?" What did you bring?"

"Two small things!" Chen Ran didn't want to say much. He originally thought that when he transferred the birdcage, he would also sell these two things, but it was obviously inappropriate to take them out now.

"Xiaoqiang, come in soon—"

Gao Qiang didn't ask much, just when he was about to open the door and enter, there was a laughing and cursing sound from the box.

"Bai Lao, I have wanted to enter your box for a long time. I have never had a chance. I borrowed from Boss He today!" Gao Qiang patted Chen Ran on the shoulder, and opened the door with a smile. Followed and walked in.

As soon as I entered the room, I smelled a faint refreshing fragrance.

Chen Ran looked up, and the first thing he saw were three people. Of these three people, two of them were old people, one of them was Bai Lao, and the other had white hair, but it was short and looked very energetic. The next one is a young man in his 30s.

The three of them sat around a very simple long table. There was a small incense burner in the middle of the long table. Bursts of green smoke floated up, followed by a faint fragrance, surrounding the incense burner. There is a set of purple sand teapot tea set.

"So it's you, Xiaoran!" Elder Bai obviously didn't know that it was Chen Ran who came with Gao Qiang. When he saw Chen Ran following Gao Qiang, he was taken aback for a moment, then stood up, calling Gao Qiang and Chen Ran to sit down. down.

The other two were surprised by Bai Lao's actions, but they just nodded with a smile, but didn't stand up, and then looked at the birdcage Chen Ran was holding.

"Xiaoqiang, you've been making a lot of trouble these days, I've heard about it!" Glancing at the birdcage that Chen Ran put on the ground, the young man called Boss He laughed and cursed at Gao Qiang.

"Mr. Zhou is going to pass his birthday soon, so don't let him live in peace." The old man Huang, whom Chen Ran had never seen before, frowned and blamed Gao Qiang with some dissatisfaction.

Bai Lao laughed: "You still don't understand Xiaoqiang's thoughts, hey, it's good to be young!" When Bai Lao was talking, he didn't neglect Chen Ran, and gave Chen Ran a cup of brewed tea: "Xiao Ran, This is the first time you come to my place, I want to treat you well, this is the old Anhua black tea I just got, try to see if it suits your taste..."

"Thank you, Bai Lao!"

Chen Ran thanked him, and quickly took it with both hands. The book he bought not long ago was also about tea. I happened to have read this Anhua Old Black Tea, and it was a very rare kind.

According to the appearance of the finished tea, it is black, so it is called black tea. Dark tea is also one of the six major teas. According to the geographical distribution, it is mainly divided into Hunan Anhua dark tea, Sichuan dark tea, Yunnan dark tea and Hubei dark tea. .

For example, Yunnan black tea is actually Yunnan Pu'er tea.

The earliest black tea was produced by Hunan Anhua, and now the most famous black tea is also Hunan Anhua dark tea. Since the beginning of the 21st century, it has been popular in Guangdong and Southeast Asian markets. It is known as the classic of tea culture and the condensed history of tea. , the ultimate in tea.

Chen Ran just took it, and Gao Qiang on the other side had already picked up a cup and drank it down. Seeing this scene, Bai Lao immediately scolded with anger and laughter: "What taste can you drink, you have wasted all the good tea! "

"Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, there are all kinds of flavors!"

Gao Qiang had a bright smile on his face, everyone laughed after hearing his words.

Chen Ran also took a sip of tea lightly, the aroma was not strong, on the contrary it was a little bland, with a slightly burnt aroma, and the taste was slightly astringent.

"How about it, Xiaoran, my tea is not bad."

Noticing Chen Ran's movements, Bai Lao looked at Chen Ran, and the others also looked over with a smile.

"Bai Lao's tea is really good!"

To be honest, although Chen Ran tasted something, he couldn't say whether it was good or not.

Chen Ran's answer was ambiguous, but Bai Lao didn't want to let him go, so he asked with a smile, "Then I'm going to test you. Can you guess which type of black tea this black tea belongs to?"

When Bai Lao asked this question, Mr. Huang and Boss He also looked at Chen Ran with great interest.

"Old man Bai, didn't you say that this tea is old black tea from Anhua, Hunan? Now that you are taking the test on Xiaoran like this, you don't know what to ask!" And Boss He laughed out loud.

"Mr. Zhou loves tea the most. If he listens to what you say, he will surely scold you!" Mr. Huang scolded with a smile.

In fact, when Bai Lao just asked this question, Chen Ran and Gao Qiang had the same idea, but after Gao Qiang said this, and then looked at the reactions of everyone, it was obviously not the case. Chen Ran quickly recalled the book he read about Black tea book.

It is also thanks to his recent memory improvement a lot, his memory has improved, and his reading speed is also very fast. Although he only read the books he bought back for a day, he has read more than half of them. some impressions.

As soon as he thought about it, he thought of the records about black tea.

According to the region, dark tea is indeed divided into Hunan dark tea and so on, but according to the method and process of making dark tea and the final shape, it is divided into four varieties, namely three-pointed, tiled, Fuzhuan, and black tea. brick.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran picked up the purple sand teacup and looked at the 'color' of the soup and the bottom of the leaves, and then took another sip of tea, savoring the taste carefully.

When the others saw Chen Ran like this, they looked at him expectantly. Only Gao Qiang secretly sweated for Chen Ran. Of course, he hoped that Chen Ran could say something so that he could stay in front of Boss He. It's a good impression, but he still knows a little about Chen Ran's details, so he thinks this possibility is very small.

It’s okay to say no, but it’s not good to say it’s wrong. Don’t be afraid of not being able to, just be afraid of pretending to understand if you don’t understand. Of course, if you can, that’s even better!

If he said something wrong, it would undoubtedly leave a bad impression of not being able to do things well - at this moment, the entire box fell silent.