Chapter 490: 490

Chapter 490: Begging For A Cup of Good Tea

Translator: Xiong_Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

“I’m sorry, I don’t know you . ” Yuan Zhou didn’t care about the pathetic actions of Division Chief Lin .

“Don’t say like that . My name is Lin Guoli and I work in the tax bureau not far from here . We can be considered working together . How about you sell a cup of the tea to me?” Division Chief Lin didn’t actually use his specific position to give Yuan Zhou pressure . Instead, he said frankly and straightforwardly .

Although the identity might not work well against Yuan Zhou, Division Chief Lin was truly not prepared to tell them .

“Xiaoyun, let’s drink . ” Yuan Zhou indicated that he had heard that with a nod, but didn’t answer him anymore . Instead, he turned to look at Mu Xiaoyun and said .

“But it is way too bitter and is not pleasant at all . I prefer the watermelon juice to the tea . ” Mu Xiaoyun said honestly .

“Dear me! Little girl, you are still too young to know the taste . ” Division Chief Lin answered first before Yuan Zhou .

“Lu Tong, known as the Tea Immortal, said in his work Songs of Seven Bowls of Tea that, ‘After drinking up seven bowls of tea, I feel like moving with the calm serenity of a god . ‘ This taste can give the feeling of becoming an immortal . ” Speaking of the tea, Division Chief Lin shook his head and appeared quite serious .

“But still, it’s bitter . ” Mu Xiaoyun stuck out her tongue secretly and then said .

Hearing that, even Yuan Zhou felt it was a pity to give good tea to the little girl to drink .

What a joke! What kind of tea did she think it was? It was the tribute Pre-Ching Ming Tea, as precious as gold and moreover was harvested from the only 18 tea plants . Even the system could only provide 400 grams of the tea every year . It would be used up after making tea twice .

One had to know what kind of existence the system was . It could even provide extinct food ingredients .

Besides, the water used to make tea came from the bamboo forests of Tiantai Mountain . It was the superior water with which Su Shunchen defeated Cai Xiang, not to mention the priceless Eggshell-Thin Delicate Porcelain Cups used to drink tea .

“Ahem ahem . If you don’t like drinking it, you can give it to others . ” Yuan Zhou said primly, yet without even looking at Division Chief Lin .

“Yes, exactly . Little girls don’t like drinking bitter things . ” On hearing that, Division Chief Lin nodded his head immediately while looking at Mu Xiaoyun with an eager look .

“Huh? Can I?” Mu Xiaoyun looked at Yuan Zhou with puzzlement .

As far as she knew, Yuan Zhou didn’t like giving food that one couldn’t eat up to others .

“Um . ” Yuan Zhou nodded lightly, indicating that he didn’t mind .

Good tea could only demonstrate its own value when it was drunk by people who knew about it . Moreover, this couldn’t be considered his treat .

“See? Even Boss Yuan agrees . Little girl, let me drink your tea, ok? Please!” Then, Division Chief Lin got quite impatient . He was now behaving like a wolf that intended to abduct and traffic kids .

“Alright . ” With a nod of her head, Mu Xiaoyun drank up the remaining tea in her teacup with a gulp .

“Hiss . It’s so bitter . ” After gulping the tea down, Mu Xiaoyun felt it was even bitterer and thus couldn’t help sticking out her tongue .

Yuan Zhou said inwardly, “What a cute girl!”

As for Division Chief Lin, he just waited there for Mu Xiaoyun to give him her teacup without even blinking . Of course, he liked the full cup of the tea on the other side more, but he didn’t dare to take it . After all, Yuan Zhou was sitting steadily beside it .

Most importantly, he wanted to drink the tea again next time . Division Chief Lin was one that always took precautions beforehand .

As an obedient girl, Mu Xiaoyun took up a beautiful cup and filled half a cup with the tea meticulously and then prepared to hand it to Division Chief Lin .

“More, more, please . It’s not full yet, little girl . ” Division Chief Lin said anxiously .

“It’s more or less good . If you can’t drink it up, you’ll waste it . ” Mu Xiaoyun said seriously .

“No, no, no . I can absolutely drink it up . Even a full cup of the tea is no problem for me . ” Division Chief Lin immediately vouched for his determination and said affirmatively .

“No . ” Mu Xiaoyun straightened her face and refused . She was now behaving as earnestly as Yuan Zhou .

“Okay . Alright . ” Division Chief Lin nodded his head helplessly .

Yuan Zhou watched them at the side and felt it quite interesting .

At first glance, Division Chief Lin must be in a high position . Although he didn’t introduce his title, it was definitely not a low one . On this point, Yuan Zhou was very clear . However, he was surprisingly controlled by the little girl, Mu Xiaoyun, now .

“The Pre-Ching Ming Tea seems to be really powerful . ” Yuan Zhou sipped the tea lightly and felt complacent in his heart .

“Uncle, you can’t waste even a drop of the tea . Otherwise, you can no longer drink Brother Yuan’s tea, nor eat his delicacies next time . ” Mu Xiaoyun told him with an expression of solemnity .

Mu Xiaoyun didn’t like drinking tea, but judging from Division Chief Lin’s manner, she knew the tea was definitely very precious . The main point was that everything served by Yuan Zhou wasn’t cheap, on which Mu Xiaoyun was fairly experienced .

“Yes, sure . ” Division Chief Lin received the teacup meticulously .

The thin milky white porcelain surface was painted with the orchids and the dark green tea water inside the cup was slightly revealed . It appeared as if the orchids were growing on a vast grassland . However, only the orchid flower in front of him appeared to be unique and exceedingly beautiful .

When it was held close, the Longjing Tea emitted a fascinating fragrance, which stimulated Division Chief Lin so much that he almost wanted to drink it up in one gulp . However, he tried to resist the urge to do that and looked carefully at the tea water in the cup .

“Good tea! It’s really good tea . ” Division Chief Lin couldn’t help saying that .

“It’s good tea only after you drink it . ” Yuan Zhou drank a mouthful of the tea lightly and then said .

He behaved as if he were just drinking something very ordinary, but his actions were elegant and good-looking . He totally appeared to be a great master of the tea ceremony .

“You are right . ” Division Chief Lin nodded approvingly, but still stared at the tea water in the cup carefully .

At first glance, the tea wasn’t extraordinary . It was really a waste to drink it up like this .

“There really is some soybean fragrance . What a luxury it is to use the soybean to fertilize the Longjing Tea!” Division Chief Lin sighed with emotion revealing an intoxicated look .

“Moreover, the fragrance was like orchid flowers, but is better than that . It’s really like an ancient plum blossom revealing its most delicate fragrance to me . ” Division Chief Lin narrowed his eyes and just stood there with an intoxicated expression .

The quality of the tea was supposed to be graded as per its color, fragrance, taste, and shape . And Division Chief Lin had just reached the stage of taste now .

“Absorb . ” He took the teacup up and sipped it lightly .

Immediately, he closed his eyes and mouth, leaving the fragrance and tea water fermenting slowly in his mouth . Only after that did he gulp the tea down quickly .

“Surprisingly, I have a warm feeling like spring in such weather . ” Division Chief Lin instantly opened his eyes and looked at Yuan Zhou with his eyes brimming with radiating vigour .

“This is absolutely not the Pre-Ching Ming Longjing Tea, is it?” Division Chief Lin asked extremely anxiously .

“How is it possible that the Pre-Ching Ming Longjing Tea is so elegant and authentic? It’s simply the strengthened version of the Pre-Ching Ming Longjing Tea . No, even that couldn’t describe such good tea as this . ” Division Chief Lin said to himself and denied his own speculations ceaselessly .

“It’s indeed the Pre-Ching Ming Longjing Tea, yet with a slightly better quality . ” Yuan Zhou answered him lightly as if it weren’t so surprising .

“You say it’s just slightly better? Oh God, I have really been through half a lifetime in vain . Though I’m a government official, I ended up in failure . Can you believe it’s only the first time that I drank such good tea? Only this can be called tea . Only this can be called Pre-Ching Ming Longjing Tea . ” Division Chief Lin first contradicted Yuan Zhou loudly and then he looked at the remaining little tea in the teacup expectantly .

“Xiaoyun, fill my teacup again . ” Having paid no attention to Division Chief Lin that was obsessed with the tea, Yuan Zhou contrarily said that .

“Oh . Okay . ” Mu Xiaoyun revealed a proud look .

“Look! How calm Brother Yuan is! Even if it’s good tea, one can’t forget himself . ” Looking at Yuan Zhou, Mu Xiaoyun thought like this .

Of course, it was because Mu Xiaoyun didn’t know the value of the tea at all . If she had known that, she would probably choke Yuan Zhou, who always postured in front of others, to death like what Division Chief Lin was intending to do now .