The next morning, Yang Jing first went to Zhang Yiyuan in Dashilan, where he spent 60,000 yuan to buy four kilograms of first-harvest Mingqian Longjing tea, and then drove directly to the Palace Museum.
If I come to Yanjing, I must meet my four future masters, not to mention that the real apprenticeship ceremony will be held in more than ten days.
The four old men have a common hobby, which is tea.
Nothing is better than visiting the four old men with tea.
However, they came in a hurry this time and did not say hello in advance. Yang Jing only met Mr. Guo and Mr. Liu in the courtyard. Cai Yi and Mr. Xiao had gone to attend a meeting at the National Museum of China and would not be back for three or four days.
The two old men were very surprised at Yang Jing's arrival. They talked to Yang Jing for a long time. If the two old men had not been busy at noon, they would have made it a point to have a meal at noon and could not refuse.
Having nothing to do in the afternoon, Yang Jing drove to Tsinghua University. After Wang Jiazan finished his get out of class, he took him out for dinner.
"How come you have time to come to Yanjing today?" Wang Jiazan asked Yang Jing.
The two of them found a small restaurant, drank Niu Er and ate Bao Du, which was quite comfortable.
"I missed you, so I came to see you."
"Tsk, don't talk nonsense. If you say you want Gege, I believe you, but why do you want me? I'm not your wife."
"Haha, in a month and a half, Gege and I will be engaged. What do you think? Are you jealous?"
"Damn, you beast!" Wang Jiazan gave Yang Jing a middle finger.
"By the way, how are you and Gege's doctoral studies going?"
"It's almost done. Anyway, there's no need to take the exam. With those old men here, I'm sure I'll get a doctorate. As for Gege, it's no problem either. Her family conditions are there. There's no threshold for her to get a doctorate."
"That's right." Wang Jiazan added a piece of fried tripe to his mouth and said while eating, "Gege's father is now a deputy minister, right?"
"Well, the mayor of a sub-provincial city is definitely at the vice-ministerial level."
"You are the best. Gege's family is so well-off. Her father is a senior executive and her mother is very wealthy. Why did she choose you?"
"Haha, you are just jealous and envious. But I am not doing badly now. I have worked hard all by myself."
Wang Jiazan had to obey this. He could disobey other things, but he really couldn't disobey this.
There were more than 40 people in their class back then, and now Yang Jing is the most successful one, and he has left a huge gap with other students - a gap that is almost despairing and there is no way to catch up.
"Oh, by the way, you are now busy with those antiques, would you like to collect some old wine?" Wang Jiazan asked after clinking glasses with Yang Jing.
"Old wine? What brand of old wine? Moutai or Wuliangye?"
"Tsk, now you only care about Moutai and Wuliangye?" Wang Jiazan said to Yang Jing, "I don't have the ability to get that brand of old wine. A bottle costs tens of thousands. I can't afford that kind of old wine. I'm talking about the local wine in Yanjing, which is definitely an old wine with a long history."
Upon hearing this, Yang Jinglai became interested, "Tell me about it, if possible, it would be nice to collect a batch of old wine and store it."
"One of the little brothers on our school's football team is from Niulanshan Town. His grandfather was a winemaker at Fushuncheng. He made wine at Fushuncheng before the Japanese invaders entered Yanjing City. Later, the old man went out on his own and made wine at home in the countryside and sold it. He passed away after liberation, and there is a lot of old wine stored in his family."
"Hey, this is quite interesting. If it's according to what you said, the old wines in your brother's house are very valuable. Why would he be willing to sell them?"
"It's not that he's reluctant to sell it. His father found these old wines when he was cleaning up the old house, so he planned to sell a batch for some money. My little brother told me about this the day before yesterday, and you happened to be here today, so I'm telling you about it."
"So, there is a lot of old wine found in your little brother's house."
Wang Jiazan nodded and said, "Indeed, there are quite a few. My little brother's great-grandfather and grandfather were both winemakers. It seems that they did it for many years after liberation, until the three-year natural disaster when there was really no grain to make wine, so they stopped this business. After the three-year natural disaster, their family wanted to resume this business, but it turned out to be a turmoil, and the two old men were tortured to death. My little brother's grandmother also hanged herself at home, leaving only my little brother's father in the family..."
Yang Jing shook his head speechlessly. In that era, many people died in torture.
"What's the name of your little brother? How come you only discovered the old wine at home now?"
"My little brother is called Bi Fucheng..."
Yang Jing almost spit out his tea. "Damn, this name is impressive! Lao Bi's brother?"
Wang Jiazan also laughed and said, “That’s what everyone in our team says.”
After a pause, Wang Jiazan continued, "Chengzi's father was lucky. He ate food from many families in the village, wore clothes from many families, and survived. Later, he got married and had him. But because the two old men died early, Chengzi's grandmother also died early, Chengzi's father was only three or four years old at the time, and he had no idea what happened at home. In addition, his family's wine-making workshop was smashed by the Red Guards, and the house was taken over by the government, but no one took care of it, and the house had already half collapsed. After the reform and opening up, the government returned the house to Chengzi's father, but at that time Chengzi's father had not yet married, and there was no way for him to repair the old house by himself, so the house has been idle ever since."
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