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Chapter 6 The Tao

Chen Sanyan said a place name, but Zhou Xuan didn't care. He was immersed in the joy of spending more than 100,000 yuan in his arms.

Uncle Liu failed to bring out his big smoke bong. After all, it was too long and inconvenient. Although he didn't smoke at this time, Zhou Xuan still smelled a strong smell of smoke from him.

The taxi drove for nearly an hour, and Zhou Xuan, who was confused, noticed: Why haven’t you arrived yet? After looking out the window, he was shocked again!

It turned out that I had already left the prosperous city area. There were mountains and forests on both sides of the road. There was only a street light that was so dark that I couldn't see a family.

Zhou Xuan was shocked!

Could it be that he was going to the countryside to take advantage of the dark moon and wind to rob him of more than 100,000 yuan?

Just when Zhou Xuan was suspicious and was thinking about it, a light appeared in front of the road, with a street sign guiding light, which read: "Ma Laoerjiazhuang".

It was less than a minute before driving. After getting off the car, Zhou Xuan looked around with a black leather bag. The buildings here were so wide, but all the buildings were not steel and cement, but were erected in rows of logs, which were a bit like a fence wall, but this one was taller and denser, with stone tiles on the top.

Zhou Xuan was a little surprised. Can you eat 5,000 yuan in such a garbage place? Maybe it’s a black shop like Sun Erniang!

It’s not like the restaurant in the city, where a little girl greets her smilingly as soon as she arrives. It’s so deserted here, and no one comes out to greet her.

When I got inside, in addition to a large hall, there were also small rooms divided into one side, but it was still a wall made of round wooden sticks, and floor tiles were still laid on the ground, which made me look more comfortable.

There was a fat man in the hall lying in the lounge chair watching TV, but the TV was playing Cantonese opera.

When he saw Chen San's eyes, the fat man stood up in the lounge chair and said with a smile: "Boss Chen, you are here!"

Chen San said with his eyes: "Something is a little bit late. Boss Ma, let me introduce this, this is Xiao Zhou, my child!"

When Ma Lao Er heard Chen Sanyan introducing Zhou Xuan, he was a little surprised and looked at Zhou Xuan a few more times. In his impression, it seemed that Chen Sanyan had never brought his young nephews and friends to him, and he knew Uncle Liu.

Ma Lao Er was leading the road in front and talking: "Boss Chen, your two friends have arrived early and are drinking tea in the small hall."

Zhou Xuan followed in the small hall mentioned by Ma Laoer and looked at it and it was funny. It was still a log house, but the wall was replaced by a large bamboo, which looked a little elegant, but the lights in the room were a little dazzling, so bright that it seemed that even the acne on everyone's face could be seen clearly.

There were three people in the room, two half-aged men in their fifties were sitting by the big round table drinking tea, and a slightly fat girl was making tea on the other side of the window.

Looking at the girl's face and figure of the tea girl, Zhou Xuan suddenly glanced at Ma Lao Er and looked at the girl again. It was funny. The two of them were simply made of the same mold, and they didn't have to think about it and they knew they were father and daughter.

But when Ma Lao Er looked at Zhou Xuan's expression, he shook his head and sighed, "Oh, Xiao Zhou, do you think I am a father and a daughter, why do everyone who comes here want to have this expression? If my brother and his wife were not born in another place, I would probably not be able to clear the grievance if I jumped into the Yellow River!"

The girl blushed and she said angrily: "Second Uncle!"

Ma Lao Er's expression was actually deliberately pretending. His brother's daughter looked not very similar to his parents, but he looked like his second uncle. So he liked him very much since he was a child. When he grew up, he simply took him over. First, he was a niece, and second, he looked very similar to him. Third, his husband and his husband had only one son, and his son went to college again and took his niece to raise him as his daughter.

Only then did Zhou Xuan realize that he had made another mistake, that these two people were not father and daughter.

Ma Lao Er greeted Chen San and saw Uncle Liu and the other two sitting down, her niece had already brought the cup and plate of boiling water.

Ma Lao Er beat him up and said, "Just laugh, this is my niece Ma Tingting, but it is indeed what my daughter sees."

The waiter never saw anyone except Ma Lao Er's niece Ma Tingting. Zhou Xuan murmured in his heart that it was a strange thing that such a store had not closed down!

In fact, Zhou Xuan didn't know that Ma Laoer's farm mainly relies on restaurant income and does not receive guests. Ma Laoer himself is a celebrity in the southern antique industry. His farm is a stronghold for ancient players as an underground trading base. Except for the acquaintances of the antiques, the antiques are acquaintances.

To put it bluntly, what he does is a job of re-sale in auctions, but it is not public but underground, so it has to be done secretly. Because it is illegal, he has no outsiders here. The waiter is a niece, the kitchen chef is his girl, the outside is his nephew, the person who collects money is his wife, and the family is his family, so the safety is still very high.

Moreover, when he got together for a game, Ma Laoer's income was not low. He charged a commission of 5% for each item. Sometimes he took action when he saw it and then changed hands. He basically had no loss. Although he looked deserted and withered, his wallet was swollen and his net worth was no lower than Chen Sanyan.

In fact, who can come to Ma Lao Er, who has a net worth of hundreds of millions? Of course, except for Zhou Xuan, this is an alien!

The fat meat on Ma Lao Er's face was filled with laughter. If there weren't any gaps in his eyes, others would have thought they were smiling with their eyes closed.

Ma Tingting was still boiling water in a transparent glass cup, and Ma Laoer said again: "Boss Chen, the pangolin I got back yesterday is 8 kilograms and 2 kilograms, so let's count them. The old price is 1,510 kilograms and 12 kilograms."

Chen San smiled faintly, pointed his fingers on the round wooden table, and said, "Skin and put them into the pot!"

Ma Lao Er beat him again and said, "You guys talk first, I'll make arrangements."

Zhou Xuan was secretly shocked at this time. Look at all these people, including the little girl Ma Tingting, who was also very 12,000 yuan, just one meal. My mother, the 170,000 yuan in her black leather bag in her arms was not enough for them to eat for a week. At first, she thought she was generous and generous and threw five thousand yuan. Who knew it was really not enough. Fortunately, I didn't say that I had to pay, otherwise I would have to hurt myself again. Besides, pangolins, eating this thing is illegal!

Today, Ma Lao Er was not doing an underground transaction, but Chen Sanyan wanted to entertain his two old friends and specially ordered pangolins. It was just Chen Sanyan's private dinner.

Chen Sanyan only introduced the few people at the table. In fact, his two old friends and Zhou Xuan did not know each other, and Uncle Liu was acquainted with them.

Chen Sanyan's two friends, one is Xu Wangcai and the other is Wu Cheng. They are both old men in their fifties and nearly sixty years old. Don't be too disrespectful, but if they want to pay three to five million, they won't even blink. In the Yangzhou antique industry, they are also old seniors who have been struggling for decades.

After hearing Chen San's serious introduction to Zhou Xuan, Xu Wangcai and Wu Cheng looked at it in surprise, but then shrank their eyes back.

Zhou Xuan is indeed inconspicuous. Besides, there are not many people who are too young nowadays who can attract attention. The words of being hairless and not being able to do things are indeed good. Nowadays, young people, if they have good family backgrounds, they spend their money to pick up girls and do bad things. They just don’t do anything good. If they have bad family backgrounds, they don’t have the opportunity to come into contact with money to the upper class. The antique industry is not something that young people can play with. Even if they are old guys who have been immersed in this industry for decades, they still have missed their eyes, let alone young people.

Ma Tingting placed a set of dark red purple clay teapots on the wooden table. The purple clay teapots were only the size of babies' fists, and four small cups of the same color were only enough to fill their fingers.

Zhou Xuan thought to himself, this cup can’t be filled with one or two, and if you drink it in your mouth, your tongue may only be wet. What does it taste like to drink like this?

Chen San saw that Zhou Xuan didn't understand the tea ceremony very much, so he smiled and explained to him, "Xiao Zhou, don't look at the inconspicuous little water in the glassware, it was returned from a special utensil in the cold spring of Longshan, more than 300 miles away. This tea also has a 'Tao'! There are many specialties. Generally speaking, most people drink tea to quench their thirst, which is called 'cow drink', but it is different to taste tea."

Chen Sanyan took the purple clay pot and cup in front of him, and used a clip to clip the tea leaves in the small box that Ma Tingting took out, then put it into the purple clay pot, covered the lid, and there was a small eye on the lid.

Chen Sanyan made these things and said: "Buying a pot of good tea is not only good, but other things such as water for making tea, teapots and tea sets must be specially designed for matching with tea. In addition, it also requires utensils and heat for boiling water. Haha, although the boiling water is simple, there are many requirements for it. If you use ordinary iron and aluminum products to boil water, the water will deteriorate and smell. It is best to use a glass cup, and there are also requirements for fire. Using firewood to smoke will contain smoke, preferably alcohol."

"The requirements for water are the same. The best water for tea brewing in Tongfan is cold spring water. Ordinary spring water can be frozen into cold springs with a freezer, but the water burned after thawing has a slightly spicy taste, and it will taste bitter after being stored for a long time, so this cold spring water is also difficult to find."
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