tea edge

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During the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, there was a merchant in northern Guangdong who ran a tea business surnamed Wang. Before his death, he left his son Wang Da 10,000 taels of silver, and also urged and instructed his son to manage the tea business well.

Who would have thought that Wang Da was addicted to tea as his life, and had no intention of inheriting his father's business at all. He only cared about making tea and drinking tea every day, and making tea customers all over the world. In a few years, he squandered the huge family business, and in the end even his wife was sold to others, and he wandered everywhere, begging for a living.

On this day, Wang Da went to Jiayingzhou, a famous city in eastern Guangdong, and stood in front of a tea house for a long time without leaving. When the owner of the tea house saw it, he ordered his staff to bring him some leftovers of soup. Who knew that Wang Da saw that there were many famous teas in the store, which were fragrant to the nose and stirred up the tea worms in his stomach, like an opium addiction, so he begged the boss: "I don't want food, can you give me a cup of tea?"

The boss was very surprised when he heard that and asked, "You beggar, why do you want tea instead of rice?"

Wang Da said: "I used to eat tea every day and loved famous tea very much. Now that I see so many good teas in your store, I can't help but be greedy, so I dare to beg."

When the boss heard the beggar boast about using tea as a meal, he didn't say anything in his heart, so he wanted to try it and deliberately asked, "Since you used to use tea as a meal, you must be very proficient in the tea ceremony.

Wang Da replied loudly, "If you can't tell the difference, let the boss handle it!"

So, the boss immediately ordered the staff to brew a cup of tea in the back hall. Wang Da took two sips, and after a brief taste, he told the tea variety, the origin, and the approximate price on the market one by one, and then said: "Although this tea is of the highest quality, it is a pity that the charcoal used to boil the water is not good. It is not the hard charcoal burned in the kiln in the mountain, but the charcoal made from ash after the firewood is burned. Because the firepower is not enough, the taste of the tea leaves is discounted."

The boss didn't believe it, so he asked the guy to go to the kitchen to check the matter. The guy came back and said it was true.

The boss was surprised in his heart, but he calmly asked again, "I was lucky to be told by you just now, I will make another cup of tea, do you dare to taste it again?"

Wang Da smiled indifferently and said, "As you please."

After a while, the man brought another cup of tea, and Wang Da took it. Just as he took a sip, he burst into tears. The boss asked why. Wang Da replied, "The person who made the tea is my former wife!"

The boss hurriedly summoned the cook to meet her. She was indeed Wang Da's former wife.

At that moment, the husband and wife reunited, hugging their heads and crying. The boss is also a lover of talents. Seeing that Wang Da is so proficient in tea ceremony, he can really be called a tea fairy. He invested in the reunion of their husband and wife. And keep Wang Da in the tea house, specializing in purchasing business.