There is a big difference between Ti Pian and Guapian. Ti Pian is scarce, so the price is quite high, while Guapian is a bulk product with average quality, so it is not priced that way.
As for the "plum leaves" that the old lady mentioned, they refer to the tea leaves picked during the plum rain season. They are of coarse and old quality and are of the most ordinary quality. The price is very different from that of the tea leaves.
Butler Cheng has been in charge of purchasing tea. Logically, he should be able to tell the difference. The old lady is worried that he will pass off inferior goods as good ones and embezzle the Lu family's funds.
When Butler Cheng heard this, he knew he couldn't hide it, so he could only bite the bullet and say:
"Grandma, you said the farm needs to cut back on budget. It's not that it's impossible, it's just that they're cutting down on one thing and leaking out on the other. I had to be a little bit averse to the tea. Who knew you'd taste it once you tasted it?"
When Yu Shuning heard this, she understood.
Butler Cheng was not deliberately concealing the truth just now. He was pretending not to know because he was afraid of losing face in front of outsiders in front of Li Siqing.
I just didn't think about it that way.
Thinking of this, she felt quite helpless and said:
"Although we should save as much as possible now, how can we make do if we live day by day? If I replace good melon tea with plum tea, I might as well not drink tea at all."
Butler Cheng's forehead was covered with sweat: "You are right."
"Do you have any other tea at home?"
"No more. I bought about ten cans of these plum slices. Do you think I should return them?"
Yu Shuning frowned, waved her hand, and said:
"Don't do such a shameful thing. Since you've bought it, drink it wisely. We can't waste it."
After teaching Cheng Guanjia a lesson, the grandmother turned around and said to Li Siqing, "Mr. Li, the people below are ignorant and embarrassed."
Li Siqing waved her hand and said, "It's okay, grandma. I don't know much about tea, so I can't tell the difference. They all taste the same."
As the three of them were talking, they suddenly heard the sound of a violin coming from a terrace not far away across a tree.
"Ah," Li Siqing realized in surprise, "My Stradivarius is still on the terrace over there. Who played my violin?"
"It's Nana," said the great-grandmother. "Nana is back."
Stradivarius is very valuable. Apart from Li Siqing's direct disciple Lu Ningna, no one would dare to touch his violin.
Gao Jinliang frowned. "Why did she go play the violin? Didn't I tell her to come see Teacher Li as soon as she got back?"
Li Siqing waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I want to hear about her progress during this period."
That terrace is where Lu Ningna practices the piano. It is not far from here, separated by a row of trees. You can vaguely see someone playing the piano there.
"Yeah, not bad," Li Siqing nodded immediately after listening to it. "This is Bach #3: Unaccompanied Violin Sonata, by JX."
After a pause, he continued, "This piece is known as the encyclopedia of the violin. It contains every chord that can be played on the violin, and even includes some counterpoint techniques that are almost impossible to perform. Nana, after not seeing her for a few days, dared to challenge such a difficult piece. She is really impressive."
Gao Jinliang, who was standing aside, frowned secretly.
Not for anything else, just because I heard the name jx.
Unlike the heyday of jx elsewhere, it is difficult to see anything related to jx in the Lu family.
After all, the culprit who caused the Lu family to decline to this point was this jx.
It is no exaggeration to say that he was the culprit that caused both Lu Nina's parents to be imprisoned.
How could Lu Nina play this man's music?
The grandmother standing by didn't say anything, just closed her eyes and listened.
After listening for a while, Li Siqing raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "This part is great. How did Nana improve so quickly?"
No one answered him. After a while, the floating violin sound continued to float over, and Li Siqing realized that something was wrong.
"No, this is definitely not Nana."
Mrs. Yu then whispered, "Keep your voice down. I realized it wasn't Lu Nina a long time ago. I heard her practicing the piano at home yesterday, and her level was completely different."
Although the old lady loved her granddaughter, she knew her own limitations very well. She could tell the difference in her performance level with just one ear.
Li Siqing listened to the sound of the violin, but his eyes became more and more trembling.
"Bach #3" is precise and rigorous, like a math problem, with a strict logical beauty, but at the same time, it is also quite difficult to play.
Even for the top musicians, it is difficult to easily challenge to perform "Bach #3" live.
According to legend, JX once talked about two minor wrong notes when he played Bach #3 in the Golden Hall.
You know, the violinist for JX in the Golden Hall at that time was one of the greatest living violinists in the world - Perlman!
It’s not that Perlman’s level is not good enough, but that this set of violin solo suites is too difficult, so difficult that it is unnatural.
Perlman's version can be called the "original version". If even the original version is so bad, what about the later generations?
Now, for the violinist, the technical difficulties were handled as if it were a piece of cake, without any danger or ripples.
In fact, while overcoming all the difficulties, this person even has his own interpretation in the performance.
Li Siqing dared to say that this person's performance of "Bach #3" was the best version he had ever heard!
Even if he did it himself, he might not be able to play it so well!
After the end of a section, the violin sound stopped, and Li Siqing still felt a little unsatisfied.
At first, Gao Jinliang saw that he was listening attentively and did not dare to interrupt him. After the performance, he asked his old friend:
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