Top secret

"Mr. Lu Xun once said, 'To drink good tea, you need to use a tureen. So use a tureen.'" Li Du said, pushing the ceramic tea bowl in front of Jiang Yuzhou.

They were sitting downstairs today, Jiang Yuzhou swept around with the porcelain bowl, the one in his hand was no different from the one used by the guests.

Holding the bowl holder, he drank the tea in two or three sips before speaking slowly, "How do I remember you said that different teapots should be used in different teapots?"

"Have you ever said that?" Li Du took two sips from his purple sand cup, squinted his eyes and tilted his head, "When did I say that?"

"When I first arrived in Yunzhou," Jiang Yuzhou put down the tea bowl, took the kettle and added some water to himself, "basically said every time"

Li Du opened his mouth to explain, but Jiang Yuzhou cut him off, "There are only three or four purple sand pots upstairs, not to mention the ones at home."

Li Du looked at him for two seconds, reached out to take the tureen in his hand, and gestured with one hand, "Look, there is a cover on top, a holder on the bottom, and a bowl in the middle."

Jiang Yuzhou sat at the table and watched, listening to what he had to say.

"Do you know what this means?" Li Du returned the tea bowl to him and asked seriously.

Jiang Yuzhou couldn't hold back a smile, and said as he said, "What does it represent?"

"Heaven, earth and people," Li Du said, "the right time, place and people are harmonious, so pay attention."

Jiang Yuzhou snorted softly, "Then why do you toss your tea back and forth so many times, and mine is just a pot of hot water for a cup?"

Li Du coughed lightly, raised his hand to touch his nose, and shook his head pretendingly, "Brother, you are narrow-minded. The tea ceremony can be complicated or simplified, Mr. Lu Xun..."

Jiang Yuzhou interrupted him before he finished speaking.

"Zhang Can!" Jiang Yuzhou called a new waiter in Li Du's shop.

Zhang Can trotted all the way over, "What's wrong, bro?"

Jiang Yuzhou leaned back in his chair, raised his finger and pointed at Li Du's cup, "How are you doing? See what tea is in your Brother Li's cup?"

Zhang Can likes tea culture very much, and Li Du taught him something if he had nothing to do in the past two months.

Zhang Can glanced at Li Du, and Li Du took a cup to share with him.

Zhang Can was still a little nervous. Holding the cup, he looked at the tea soup and smelled it. Finally, he took a sip and said uncertainly, "Brother, this is Longjing?"

Li Du nodded, "Yes."

Zhang Can heaved a sigh of relief, just as he put down the cup, he saw Jiang Yuzhou pushing his teacup over.

"What about me?" Jiang Yuzhou asked.

Zhang Can waved his hands and smiled, "Brother, you don't need to look at it, I don't know what it is."

"Huh?" Jiang Yuzhou frowned, not understanding.

"Brother Li asked me to pick this up when I went to the supermarket to buy toilet paper last time," Zhang Can said without noticing Li Du's face, "18 yuan a box."

"Oh," Jiang Yuzhou responded with a drawn-out tone, looking at Li Du, but still asking Zhang Can, "Then how about making my 'I don't know what kind of tea' in a purple sand pot?"

"Destroy the pot." Zhang Can blurted out without thinking.

Li Du couldn't sit still anymore, he cleared his throat, "Zhang Can, go do your work."

Zhang Can nodded and was about to leave, but was stopped by Jiang Yuzhou again.

"Then what about my original box?" Jiang Yuzhou knocked on the box of Lu'an Guapian on the table, "How do I use this box?"

Zhang Can was about to speak when Li Du suddenly stood up.

The two looked at him at the same time.

Li Du licked his lips, "My legs are numb, move around."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Can again, with a smile on his face, but his tone was very cold, "Cancan, be careful with your words."

Jiang Yuzhou looked up at him and stood up, "Zhang Can, tell me."

Zhang Can didn't know what the two couples were arguing about here, and he didn't look angry or noisy, but he was a little "cautious" when he spoke.

"Our teahouse is so particular," Zhang Can said, "Brother, even if you like to drink this big foam tea, you have to match the tone of our house."

"Zhang Can," Li Du closed his eyes, with a resigned expression, "shall I give you two days off?"

"No need," Zhang Can smiled honestly, "I'd rather stay in the teahouse every day."

After he finished speaking, guests just came outside, and he said, I'm busy, and trotted to the door.

Li Du stiffened his neck and glanced at Jiang Yuzhou, and met Jiang Yuzhou's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

"I like to drink big foam tea?" Jiang Yuzhou asked with a suppressed voice.

"You've already drank half a can," Li Du struggled, "If Zhang Can didn't tell me, wouldn't you be able to taste it?"

"Oh, that's it." Jiang Yuzhou knocked on the box on the table again, "Then you just give me this box and it will make sense."

Li Du ouched, and his face almost turned red.

It wasn't that he was really reluctant to drink good tea for Jiang Yuzhou, the key point was that he didn't understand anything, so Li Du couldn't see others spoiling him.

Jiang Yuzhou looked at him with his arms crossed for a while, and he couldn't help laughing, he raised his hand and rubbed his head, "It's getting pickier."

The two sat in the teahouse until noon, and went home as soon as the meal came.

When they went out in the morning, the sun was very high. They took out the thick quilt from the closet to dry in the sun. After entering the yard, Li Du washed his hands and went back to the house with the quilt in his arms.

The quilt that had just been dried in the sun was very soft, and Li Du was stuck in the quilt, feeling sleepy for a while.

Gao Xucheng just delivered a batch of green vegetables a few days ago, Jiang Yuzhou was busy in the kitchen for a while and didn't see him, so he came to the bedroom to find him.

Li Du was trapped under the quilt, his hair covered his sight, and he couldn't tell whether he was asleep or not.

Jiang Yuzhou came over and pressed on him, "It's only a few minutes before I'm lazy."

It was a little cold at the end of September, even at noon, the wind blowing in through the window was still cool.

"Still asleep," Li Du wrapped his arms around Jiang Yuzhou's waist, patted him on the back, and called him, "Brother."

Jiang Yuzhou's body temperature was a little higher than his, and he stuck to him inch by inch, making him feel very warm.

"Well," Jiang Yuzhou raised his hand to push away the few strands of hair on his forehead, and kissed him delicately, "Here it is."

Li Du stopped talking, and took a nap under the quilt.

When he woke up, Jiang Yuzhou was no longer in the bedroom.

He listened to the movement in the kitchen and looked for it. Jiang Yuzhou was cutting cucumbers with his back to the door.

As if he had eyes on his back, he asked him without turning his head, "Are you awake?"

"Well," Li Du responded and walked over, leaning on the console to look at him, "Did I sleep for a long time?"

"Ten minutes," Jiang Yuzhou reached out and stuffed a piece of cucumber into his mouth, "Are you still sleepy?"

Li Du shook his head, and opened his mouth again after eating the piece in his mouth, "I woke up."

Jiang Yuzhou stuffed another piece into his mouth, "Wash your hands, you have 10 minutes to eat."

Li Du nodded, walked to the sink, washed his hands, wiped Jiang Yuzhou's body clean, and sat at the table outside.

The dining room was facing the kitchen, and Li Du could see Jiang Yuzhou's back, and he looked very comfortable, as if he belonged here in the first place.

Jiang Yuzhou's hands and feet were very nimble, and he came out with food in less than 10 minutes. Li Du saw him coming in and out, and stopped him.

"Brother," Li Du propped his arms on the table to support his chin, and asked abruptly, "Has Uncle Wu contacted you recently?"

Jiang Yuzhou froze for a moment, walked to the table and sat down, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Li Du shook his head, "I think you haven't traveled far for a long time."

The last time Jiang Yuzhou went out was last winter, and he walked for more than three months, and he never went there again after he came back, but Li Du never asked.

Jiang Yuzhou looked at Li Du, stretched out his hand and pinched his fingertips, hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "I'm in the late game."

"Ah," Li Du didn't seem too surprised, he nodded, "I said so."

But there is not much joy.

Jiang Yuzhou looked at him, and then fell silent.

"Purple clay teapots are not suitable for all kinds of tea," Li Du said slowly, "and a purple clay teapot can only make one kind of tea."

Jiang Yuzhou looked at him, still holding Li Du's hand, waiting for him to continue.

"Different tea leaves are suitable for different tea sets," Li Du said, pausing for a moment, and then continued, "Maybe I belong to the Spring Breeze Road."

Jiang Yuzhou wanted to interrupt him, but was stopped by Li Du.

"But if you have to choose," Li Du looked at Jiang Yuzhou and said seriously, "I don't have to choose Chunfeng Road."

He said, "Jiang Yuzhou, don't underestimate me."

Many people may not understand Li Du's love for this old city, this old house, and this teahouse.

He is not from Yuncheng, but like everyone who was born and raised here in Chunfeng Road, he has many dissatisfaction but loves here.

The large amount of air filled in the quilt, the four corners of the "half-day leisure" hanging high, and the puddles of different shades after the rain in the alleys are all corners of this city.

They do best here.

But Jiang Yuzhou was not.

Jiang Yuzhou looked at Li Du's downcast eyes, and his heart ached slowly.

Before he met Jiang Yuzhou, Li Du did everything because of the phrase "I like it", and even chasing Jiang Yuzhou because of love at first sight that couldn't be more vulgar.

But after Jiang Yuzhou went into his teahouse and drank his tea, Li Du became hesitant about everything he did.

Jiang Yuzhou didn't want this.

"Li Du," Jiang Yuzhou said, "I am here because of you."

Li Du's eyes were a little dry, he turned his head and blinked.

"But I didn't switch to late stage because of you." Jiang Yuzhou said, leading Li Du's hand to touch his ribs, "Seven ribs were broken here."

Li Du gently pressed his waist with his fingertips, but did not speak.

"This is the lightest injury," Jiang Yuzhou said, "Gaiwan is suitable for all tea leaves, but I can't."

Jiang Yuzhou was 22 years old when he joined the army. After this year, he became a person after the age of 30. His old captain and his brothers were all dedicated to lofty ideals.

If necessary, he will also be one of them, and it is his duty to never back down.

But now it's just a different way.

Jiang Yuzhou and Li Du looked at each other for a few seconds, pulled him to stand up and bent slightly to hug him.

"We don't devote ourselves to this cause to make sacrifices," Jiang Yuzhou said, "We do so to stop making sacrifices."

When he spoke, the heat was clearly sprayed on the side of Li Du's neck, but Li Du felt his eyes were a little hot.

"I've dedicated my whole being to this cause," Jiang Yuzhou said with a slightly hoarse voice, "I'm sorry for you, so I won't talk about my family and country with you."

Li Du stepped back a little and looked up at Jiang Yuzhou.

"I have nothing else to give you," Jiang Yuzhou said, pausing for two seconds, as if the next words were a bit difficult to speak, but he still looked at Li Du intently, and said, "So I can only love you more .”

"I may be able to work elsewhere, and my rank may be higher," Jiang Yuzhou said, "but you are here."

"So I'm not going anywhere."