Iron Bull Legend

"Grandpa, according to you, Pumpkin Tribute Tea was ranked first, why didn't you introduce it?" Xiao Tieniu asked, pointing out the flaw in Mr. Guo's words.

"The Golden Melon Tribute Tea is an antique. It is a national second-class cultural relic. My master has never drunk it, haha." After Mr. Guo finished speaking, he smiled, with that expectant look in his eyes, he was really yearning for it.

Xiao Tieniu was already amazed by what Mr. Guo said. Such a small cup of tea can actually have such a big business opportunity and such a great knowledge. How much more is there? Grandpa did not say how much more is needed. Do you know? Little Tieniu couldn't help but think about it.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Tieniu asked: "Grandpa, how do you distinguish what is green tea, what is black tea, and what is white tea and black tea? By the way, are there really white, black, and red tea leaves?"

"Wuyishan mother tree Dahongpao and Tieguanyin are green in color, but they belong to the category of oolong tea. Anxi white tea is called white tea, but it is green tea. Tea is divided into many grades. Take Pu'er as an example, it is divided into grade nine, grade seven. First grade, fifth grade, third grade, first grade, special grade and the highest grade tribute tea..." Mr. Guo said with a dry mouth.

"Grandpa, there are so many things to say in a small cup of tea." Little Tieniu couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, they all say that tea is like life, with bitterness and sweetness. One person calls it drinking tea, two people call it tasting tea, and three people call it moistening tea. What one drinks is loneliness. Feeling the various flavors from the tea soup is definitely A kind of happiness..." Mr. Guo introduced.

"Grandpa, are those seven or eight people having tea?" Xiao Jinlan asked from the side.

"Haha, drinking tea with seven or eight people is called picking up tea." Mr. Guo looked at the funny little girl, lovingly rubbed her head.

The food on the big table has gone cold, and several people are not full yet, so they all start shopping. With more children, it is also a kind of happiness to rush to eat, but in this era, who has a family of three to five and a half years old? Son, that is not happiness, but disaster, a disaster that will destroy the world.

In the era when the debts of the Soviet Union were being repaid, the whole country tightened their belts, and they were so hungry that they were still working hard, and there were natural disasters, and they were fleeing from famine everywhere, just to have a mouthful of food, and to trade a burlap for a big girl as a wife. Think about it, what is that concept?

From south to north, there are people fleeing from starvation everywhere. There are no plants everywhere. After eating the food, they eat straw, corn cobs, sorghum husks, chaff, leaves, grass roots. Finally, if there is nothing to eat, they eat something called Guanyin. Soil cannot be digested after being eaten. In the end, the stomach and intestines will bulge and die. That is really a death with eyes open.

How difficult it is to survive. A family fled from inside the pass to outside the pass. In the end, how many people could survive? Who can know how miserable it was. As long as they lived, they lived. People of that era were struggling on the verge of death. On, countless.

In this family, in terms of composition, there are the Jin family, the Guo family, the Chu family, the Tie family, the old beggar whose last name I don’t know, and a little fat man Tang who is a complete foodie. He has already told us about the hardships of life in this era, and being able to eat Food, having enough food is already the biggest difficulty.

Mr. Guo chose not to talk about tea sets with Xiao Tieniu. He knew that there are many things to say about tea sets, especially those antique national treasure teapots made by ancient sages. Tea pets are of heavenly quality.

The meaning and connotation inside are sought after by countless people, and they represent the civilization of an era and the historical changes of an era.

He thought that in the future, Little Tieniu would have a knowledgeable master to teach him about the appreciation, identification, restoration, and inheritance of antiques and miscellaneous items. He put all his efforts on this little guy, just like, The master’s sincere teachings to me back then.

Where is Master? It's been so long and there's still no movement, right? Mr. Guo didn't dare to think about it any further. He was also afraid of the result.

The little guys' bellies swelled up after eating and they burped with satisfaction, especially Little Fatty Tang. He licked his big belly and picked out the few sparse teeth with a toothpick. Looking at the deflated appearance of the little Tieniu, he stood up. , slapped the little Tantou, and the little Tantou bit and roared unconvinced.

This meal was the longest and most meaningful meal that the whole family had eaten. It allowed several children to learn etiquette and knowledge. Sister-in-law Jin poured boiling water for everyone. Several little guys had Performing various actions in a stylish manner, causing laughter.

Xiao Tieniu is still digesting the knowledge that Mr. Guo said. Compared with today's tea ceremony between Bogutang boss Xu and his friend Lao Wang, the tea language and tea meaning hidden in it cannot be learned in books.

It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. This proverb passed down from the old generation is really a wise saying. If you stay in the room and read books all the time, you will only be able to understand the textbook knowledge and the small movements and gestures in the world. of.

There is a golden house in the book, but it also needs practice to witness. Without practice to demonstrate dialectics, it can only be a theory, a useless theory.

This also solidifies Xiao Tieniu's great plan to travel thousands of miles. For this great theory, Xiao Tieniu must make a very detailed plan in all aspects. No mistakes are allowed in every key point, which also reflects Xiao Tieniu's performance. The stability of an iron bull.

Xiao Tieniu returned to the room, took out his planned route map, and added detailed annotations on it.

Tieniu once again mingled with the monotonous and depressing lives of old Beijing people like Liulichang, walking birds, and fighting crickets. He learned a lot of knowledge from these people at all levels of society. It is said that cats have catwalks, and dogs have catwalks. Dog ways, these are the ways of survival for each class.

His collection was also eaten up, and he was no longer interested in the ones with thin fog. He also knew that the older those items were, the thicker the fog, the better the quality, and the more complete the fog.

During this period, he had exchanged money with Tang Zhongcheng several times, and now he had very little money left. However, he never tired of it and still lingered in Liulichang every day.

"Kid, I have an old book here, do you want to take it?" a female employee of a store shouted when she saw Little Tieniu standing on the street watching a few people playing chess.

"Wait a minute, come here right away." Xiao Tieniu hurriedly threw out the crowd. During this period, his love of books, paintings, and antiques has become a signature of Liulichang. According to his words, as long as you like it, then Buy it, but you can't fool him. Bargaining is a smooth process.

The price is right, he never goes on credit, and he doesn't ask for debt in cash transactions. Everyone regards him as the God of Wealth. No one looks down on him or despises him. This is Xiao Tieniu's reputation on the street of Liulichang.

"What kind of book is this? The writing is crooked." Xiao Tieniu said as he took the tattered ancient book with thick fog and missing corners.

"Do you want to take it or not?" the female employee asked, not taking the book seriously.

"Fifty cents." Xiao Tieniu took out a crumpled banknote.

"One piece." The female employee also had the idea of ​​teasing the child.

"Four cents." Xiao Tieniu smiled and stared at the female employee with both eyes.

"Hey, I'm talking about children. I gave you fifty cents just now. Why are you giving me only forty cents now?" The female employee smiled and looked at the half-grown child in front of her.

"Beautiful sister, if you raise the price, I have to lower the price no matter what." Xiao Tieniu said with a small mouth, praising.

"Just call me sister and take the fifty cents." The female employee said, snatching the fifty cents from Xiao Tieniu's hand and turning around to leave.

"Beautiful sister, this is a hairpin for you, it belongs to Butterfly." Xiao Tieniu took the ancient book, ran to bring a butterfly hairpin, turned around and got into the crowd to watch the chess game.

The ancient book had been thrown into the mysterious place in the ring.

"Little guy, how much have you learned by watching it every day?" asked the old man who was sitting next to the chessboard and playing chess.

"It's not bad." Xiao Tieniu said in a low voice, not because of the mocking look in his eyes.

"Want a game?" The old man became interested.

"Okay, it's no fun just playing." Xiao Tieniu smiled. Today's lunch was settled, and he knew how the old man was playing chess.

"What are you talking about?" The old man also became interested.

"Lunch." Little Tieniu raised his face and replied with a smile.

"Okay, it's a deal, I'm going to drink wine and eat meat at noon." The old man was full of confidence.

"No problem, but... you don't have that blessing." Xiao Tieniu didn't mean to give in at all, and just shouted back.

"Haha, that's not a small tone." The person next to him laughed and joked.

"What's the point of just talking without practicing? Don't you know it after just talking about it?" Xiao Tieniu's small mouth is not at all humble, and he has the most incisive and old style of an old gun in the alleys of the old capital.

"Okay." The old man shouted, and the person opposite gave way.

Little Tieniu sat there steadily, letting the opponent hold the red chess piece, and stretched out his hand to ask the opponent to move. The momentum of his movements was no less powerful than those of the old chess players.

The old man thought about giving the little guy a showdown, and started using his best killing move. The little Tieniu couldn't help but smile when he saw his second step.

"Kid, why are you laughing?" the old man asked doubtfully.

"Haha, I will make you surrender in ten moves." Xiao Tieniu has already figured out a way. In fact, he has seen this move of the old man and has come up with several countermeasures. He can checkmate the opponent in seven to eight moves. , however, he made reservations.

"Haha, your tone is not small. You are quite young, but your tone is so loud." The old man obviously meant that the little iron cow was bragging.

"Haha." Xiao Tieniu chuckled again, stretched out his little hand, and the gesture of invitation was clearly signaling a challenge.

"Let's see how I can make you take responsibility for what you said." The old man said the second move and walked out, looking at Little Tieniu.

Xiao Tieniu ignored it and took out the rook next to him. It looked like a casual move, but this was the first step of Xiao Tieniu's plan against the old man. The two of them went back and forth. On the seventh step, it was perfect. Killer.

The old man looked at the positions of the opponent's chess pieces and was stunned. In addition, the few steps he took before were less than ten, and he was completely confused. The crowd around him was in an uproar. The one who gave up his position was often killed by him and lost his helmet. The old man who had taken off his armor pursed his lips and chuckled.

"This is impossible. I have been playing for more than thirty years and no one can crack it. This is a classic layout in the endgame." The old man sat there and stared blankly.

"Haha, that's the endgame, that's the beginning, you ignored the conditions of the endgame." Xiao Tieniu clapped his hands and stood up, looking at the old man in front of him.

"Can you take a step slower?" the old man asked.

"Okay." Tieniu didn't even sit still. He put the dying chess piece back to its original position. The old man sat there. After thinking, he started to perform blocking and defensive moves. However, Tieniu's other long-range cannon Put directly on the old man's dead end, another dead end.

The old man's eyes widened again, with a look of disbelief on his face, and he stared straight at the cannon on Xiao Tieniu's head. Then, instead of regretting his move, he began to calculate on Xiao Tieniu's layout, and saw two more In the dying game, he put down the chess piece in his hand dejectedly.