Fairy Gourd Farm

Chapter 297 Old Sun Tou and the Dragon Well Imperial Tea Tree

Eighteen tea trees have gnarled branches and old bark, which can be seen to be quite old.The trunk of the thickest tree was thicker than Zhao Lei's thigh, and it was two stories high, which was really spectacular.

However, Zhao Lei also found that, as the tea farmer said, the growth of these tea trees was not very good.It is already the season of warm spring and flowers blooming, but the tea trees have not sprouted many new buds, and the sparseness makes people feel not very energetic.

However, even so, many people stopped in front of the Tea Immortal Temple to watch these tea trees, which shows how famous these plants are.

And more people gathered around a stubborn old man with a thin figure and wrinkled face, eagerly buying new tea from the eighteen Longjing imperial tea trees from him.

Zhao Lei guessed it without asking, this thin and stubborn old man must be the old grandson that the tea farmer said.

Lao Suntou is not only responsible for taking care of these tea trees, but also the only person who has the right to pick tea leaves from these tea trees and sell them.Although the output of these royal tea trees is not high, the price of tea leaves is sold at sky-high prices every year. This thin and stubborn old man earns a lot of money every year.

Don't look at the old grandson who is thin and small, but he speaks with full of air, loudly said to the people surrounding him: "If you don't have it, you don't have it. This year, there are only half a tael of tea in total. Anyone who wants it can ask for a price, five grams." One copy, a total of five copies, starting at [-] each, if sold out, they will be gone!"

A fat man wearing glasses immediately shouted: "I offer five thousand!"

An old man in his 60s next to him snorted coldly: "Eight thousand!"

Another middle-aged man continued without thinking, "Ten thousand!"

Several other people reported the price, and finally the first five-gram Longjing was sold for an astonishing 5000 yuan!

Seeing that the bidder paid the price and got five grams of tea with a smile on his face, the others felt even more threatened, and one of them immediately shouted: "I will pay [-] for the second tea!"

However, the old grandson smiled coldly and said, "The price for the second cup of tea starts at [-]!"

The man was surprised: "Why did the price increase?"

The old grandson said indifferently: "The first copy has been sold for [-] yuan, and the second copy will of course start at this price. If you don't buy it, you can leave."

The man's expression changed, and he finally gritted his teeth and said, "I'll pay fifteen thousand!"

A person next to him immediately bid: "Eighteen thousand!"

Zhao Lei, who was not far away, looked at this scene, and he deeply agreed with the old grandson's actions, and almost took him as a confidant, so he couldn't help muttering to himself with admiration: "I can't see it, this old man is quite kind!" Economically minded!"

Under Lao Suntou's aggressive attitude, he sold only half a tael of tea leaves for more than [-] yuan, which made Zhao Lei admire the old man with all his heart.

However, there are too few half tea leaves, and many buyers are empty-handed.

A middle-aged man wearing glasses and full of arrogance came to the old grandson, squinted at him and said coldly: "I am a friend of Mayor Liu, and he introduced me to buy tea from this imperial tea tree."

The old grandson looked at the other party expressionlessly, and said calmly: "It's sold out, please come early next year!"

"It doesn't matter if it's sold out." The middle-aged man said proudly, "Aren't there still a lot of buds on the tea tree? If you pick some more, there will be more?"

The old grandson gave him a sideways glance and said, "Impossible!"

"I was introduced by Mayor Liu..." I didn't expect Old Suntou to refuse so simply, the middle-aged man wanted to emphasize his origin.

However, the old grandson didn't give him this chance at all, frowned and said loudly: "Don't come to hinder me from doing things, if you don't leave, I will let the dog go!"

The man glanced at the big dog tied to the fence around the imperial tea tree, swallowed secretly, and walked away dejectedly.

As soon as this guy left, several other buyers laughed.

One of them said cheerfully: "This guy is really interesting. He actually used the leader to overwhelm the old grandson. I don't know that he is famous for not taking soft and hard, but only looking at money?"

Another person continued: "That's right, last year the old grandson didn't even give face to the county magistrate, this guy actually thought that mentioning the mayor's name could frighten him, it's so funny!"

The old grandson didn't participate in the conversation of these people, but just collected the money silently, and walked down the mountain expressionlessly.

Zhao Lei, who had been waiting for a long time, felt that the opportunity had come, and quickly rushed to the old grandson and said, "Old man, please stay!"

The old grandson stopped immediately, with one hand tightly holding the hatchet at his waist.

Zhao Lei knew that the stubborn old man had misunderstood him, so he quickly stopped and said, "Don't get me wrong, I just have something to discuss with you."

Seeing that Zhao Lei really didn't look like a bad guy, Old Sun let go of the handle of the knife and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Lei tentatively asked: "Can you sell me some branches of Longjing imperial tea tree? I plan to go back and propagate a batch of tea trees from cuttings."

The old grandson immediately shook his head expressionlessly and said, "No way!"

"Don't refuse in such a hurry!" Zhao Lei smiled and said to Lao Sun, "You can set the price as you like, as long as you give me a few branches."

Zhao Lei thought that the greedy old grandson would definitely agree to sell a few branches to him after hearing what he said.However, the stubborn old man was uncharacteristically shaking his head firmly and said, "Impossible!"

Zhao Lei couldn't help asking curiously: "It's just buying a few branches, why not?"

Seeing that Zhao Lei's attitude was not bad, Lao Sun explained with a straight face: "The growth of these tea trees is getting weaker and weaker. This year's tea picking is already the limit, and the branches must not be pruned any more."

Unexpectedly, the money-greedy old grandson cared so much about tea trees. Zhao Lei couldn't help but ask, "You refused that guy's request to pick some more tea just now to protect the tea trees?"

Old Sun gave Zhao Lei a glance and said, "What do you think?"

Zhao Lei smiled awkwardly, but still said the truth: "I thought you wanted to control the quantity of supply to ensure that the tea can be sold at a high price."

The old grandson just glanced at Zhao Lei, ignored him, and walked down the mountain silently.

Although he was rejected by the stubborn old man, Zhao Lei did not give up. He felt that as long as he had a good relationship with him, he should still have a chance, so he hurried up and asked, "Where are you going? It's not safe to carry so much money by yourself. Don't want me to take you there?"

Zhao Lei was still afraid that the old grandson would misunderstand, so he quickly opened his backpack, but he looked at dozens of stacks of hundred yuan bills inside and said: "I am definitely not a bad person, you don't have to worry."

The old grandson pondered for a moment, finally nodded and said: "I'm going to the town."

Zhao Lei quickly said: "No problem, my car is parked in Longjing Village, I will take you there."

The old grandson nodded and took the lead in walking ahead.From going down the mountain to when Zhao Lei drove Lao Suntou to the town, the two of them didn't talk all the way.

It wasn't until after sending the stubborn old man to the town that Zhao Lei realized that he had a big misunderstanding about the old grandson.

(End of this chapter)