Awkward, now it's very embarrassing.
They didn't seem to expect Ruan Mingfu to jump out like this, and there were expressions of surprise on their faces.
The whole space seemed to be quiet, and after a long time, the sisters-in-law reacted quickly.
"Well... my child is about to finish school, so I went to pick him up..."
"My child and her child go to the same school, so I...I went there too..."
"Oh, I still have meat stewing in the pot!"
"Yes, yes, I have to go back and cook..."
Each of them had different reasons, and all of these sisters-in-law scattered all at once. At first they just walked quickly, and when they were far away, they ran away as if there was a ghost chasing them.
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
No, is she that scary?
Ruan Mingfu couldn't help but touch her face.
It's still very smooth, like a piece of tender tofu.
Only Li Xiaoyue's mother-in-law stood there. She looked at Ruan Mingfu with embarrassment in her eyes and tugged at the corner of her clothes.
"Xiaoyue is pregnant, I...I'm leaving too."
As soon as the sound fell, the person ran out. After a while, he disappeared.
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
No, what do they mean?
"Sister-in-law, did you see their expressions just now? They made me laugh to death."
Hu Wanning laughed so hard that she held her waist.
I guess this is the first time for these people to be caught gossiping about others in their lives.
Ruan Mingfu moved her lips, but ultimately said nothing.
"Sister-in-law, don't bother with them," Hu Wanning walked over, "They only talk behind my back, just pretend you didn't hear anything."
"They are just a bit talkative. Don't take it personally."
When Hu Wanning first moved in, she was also gossiped about.
These military wives are just idle.
First, they don't have a job, and second, they don't have to go to work like the villagers. When the husband is away and the children go to school, they have nothing to do, so they just get together and gossip about other people's affairs.
Ruan Mingfu's refrigerator became a big hit in the family compound, and everyone had to keep their eyes on her.
After two or three months, everything will be fine.
"Sister-in-law, let's go."
Ruan Mingfu shook her head.
She just needs to live her own life and doesn't care what these people think.
When she got there, Ruan Mingfu chose a piece of land for herself. Coincidentally, it was next to Hu Wanning's house.
"This piece of land is good, and many people are eyeing it," Hu Wanning said in a low voice after coming out, "The previous owner took good care of this land, which saved you a lot of trouble."
"Go and have a look?"
Ruan Mingfu: "Okay."
Just as the two were about to leave, Ruan Mingfu was stopped by someone.
"Sister-in-law, there's a phone call for you."
Ruan Mingfu was extremely confused. Who could call her at this time?
Gu Yilin?
"You go and take a look," Hu Wanning thought for a moment, "I have nothing to do when I go back anyway, so I'll wait for you here."
Anyway, it won't take too long, so she can wait here and take a rest at the same time.
"Sister-in-law, I'll leave first."
Still at the same place as before, Ruan Mingfu walked over with ease. She picked up the microphone and heard a cheerful voice.
"Comrade Ruan, do you remember who I am?"
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
She had really forgotten about it. She frowned and thought for a while before she suddenly realized it.
"How could I forget you, Professor Hu?"
Hearing this, Professor Hu on the other end of the phone smiled even more deeply.
"Comrade Ruan has a really good memory," Professor Hu suddenly sighed, "Comrade Ruan, how have you been over there these days?"
Ruan Mingfu thought about it and said, "Not bad."
Of course it was good, Xie Yanzhao was there for everything, he wished he could help Ruan Mingfu feed her, so she didn't have to do anything. Every day she just ate and waited for death, at most she worried about when the flowers and plants in the yard would survive.
Very good!
Professor Hu suddenly became serious, "Comrade Ruan, I won't beat around the bush. The purpose of this call is to ask for your help. Don't worry, the remuneration is definitely negotiable and will definitely satisfy you."
Before Ruan Mingfu could open her mouth, she heard Professor Hu continue to speak.
"I know you're having a hard time, but I really can't help it now."
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
She was not at all embarrassed.
Professor Hu wanted to invite Ruan Mingfu to help last time, and the conditions he offered were good, and she was tempted. Unfortunately, a lot of things happened later, so she refused.
"Professor Hu, please tell me what you need. I will definitely help if I can."
Professor Hu likes this point about Ruan Mingfu the most.
My goodness!
"One of our translators is ill, and we can't find a suitable person for the time being. Can you come over and help translate?"
Ruan Mingfu was a little disappointed, "How far?"
Thinking about what happened on the last train she took, her greatest interest was gone.
Professor Hu's eyes lit up, "Not far, not far, just in the city. I'll pick you up in the morning and send you back in the evening."
"That's great."
Ruan Mingfu's brows relaxed and she agreed immediately. After all, she didn't have to worry about the car pick-up and drop-off, and there was also a big unity in the account.
How nice.
Professor Hu on the other end also breathed a sigh of relief, "Then it's settled. I'll send a car to pick you up tomorrow morning."
After finishing their business, the two hung up the phone.
Phone bills are quite expensive these days, so you'd better save money.
…
"Sister-in-law, you must be getting impatient."
Ruan Mingfu saw from a distance that Hu Wanning was still sitting on the chair, so she hurried over.
"Oh, how long has it been?" Hu Wanning waved her hand, "Less than ten minutes."
"It took a lot of effort to get that little devil back to his dad. I have to go back later."
Ruan Mingfu also laughed when she heard this.
Although the little fat boy doesn't like to talk.
But children usually have a common problem, that is, they are annoying. Especially naughty children, they will be beaten as they are. The fat boy has been shrewd since he was young, and he hangs his face and pretends to be pitiful.
Seeing him like this, Hu Wanning couldn't continue beating him.
Xu Zhu was on vacation today, so Hu Wanning couldn't wait to leave the fat boy to him and went to find Ruan Mingfu.
Hu Wanning stood up and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to go see the vegetable fields? Let's go."
"good."
It is called land, but in fact it is wasteland near the family yard, which was reclaimed by people and turned into vegetable plots.
The land allocated to each household was not large.
However, my hardworking sister-in-law used it to the fullest extent, and even planted a few edamame plants in the grooves.
Except for a few pieces of land that were left uncultivated, the rest were planted with a lot of vegetables.
It just doesn't smell very good.
Ruan Mingfu held her breath and moved to the side, then she felt much better.
"Everyone wants to live in a building," Hu Wanning walked to the edge of the field, "In fact, I think a bungalow is better. Not to mention other things, just the large yard in the front and back yards. You can grow some vegetables and so on. How much can you grow in a bungalow?"
The family lives on the vegetables from this little piece of land, which is far from enough to eat.
Ruan Mingfu nodded in agreement.
"Sister-in-law is right."
Hu Wanning's gentle face was filled with a smile. "When Lao Xu said he wanted to choose a building, I scolded him."
As if she was thinking of something funny, the smile on her face deepened.
Walking a few steps forward, Hu Wanning pointed to a piece of land and said, "This is for you. Look, the one on the left is mine."
Ruan Mingfu frowned, "Sister-in-law, why is someone cultivating my land?"
The field that Hu Wanning pointed to was planted with a lot of green cabbages, with white stems and green leaves, which looked particularly fresh and tender.
"I planted these," Hu Wanning explained. "Everyone felt it was a pity to leave the land idle, so they planted some vegetables there. Sister-in-law, just tell me what you want to plant. Pull up these vegetables."
This is an unspoken agreement in the family compound.
Or the land is too small, it looks like only one-third, which is not enough for the family to eat. We can only plant the land that no one is planting.
After the land is divided, just pull out the vegetables on top.
"No, no, it's growing just fine," Ruan Mingfu was close to Hu Wanning and didn't mind it. "Besides, I haven't decided what to plant yet."
Needless to say, the relationship between the two was natural, so Hu Wanning did not insist any further.
"Okay, when you have made up your mind, tell me."
Ruan Mingfu nodded.
In fact, it's because there are not many vegetables to grow now.
Coriander that can survive a winter in the south will either be frozen to death or buried in the snow here.
Apart from radish and cabbage, I can't think of anything else.
Ruan Mingfu doesn't like these two dishes.
It was only after working in the countryside for a few days that Ruan Mingfu realized that there is a lot to learn about farming.
Headache.
While Ruan Mingfu was thinking, Hu Wanning squatted down and picked a lot of cabbage. In the end, she gave half to her, "This kind of cabbage is the best at this time. Go back and fry it with lard. It's especially fragrant and tender."
It is because this kind of green vegetable is delicious that she planted a lot of it.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Ruan Mingfu was not polite to her either.
"By the way, I see there are a lot of corns planted over there. Can we grow food here?"
I looked in the direction she pointed, and saw a dense field of corn that stretched as far as the eye could see.
"The army doesn't grow food, so where do they get their food from?" Hu Wanning said with a smile, "Not to mention the army, even on the land allocated to us in the courtyard, many sisters-in-law grow food."
The little allowance the man in the family gets is gone by the middle of the year.
People usually replace refined rice and flour with coarse grains, which can at least make it to the end of the year. If there are many children in the family, life will be even tighter, and you have to think of some solutions.
Ruan Mingfu frowned, "Since my family members are here to accompany the army, won't the army arrange work for them?"
“How many jobs are there?”
No matter how much work there is, there are always too many people and too little work.
Nowadays, unless the family is in extreme financial difficulty and has many children and has no idea where to put the next meal, they are generally not given any food.
"So how do you spend your days?"
Ruan Mingfu couldn't imagine it.
The original owner had never been hungry even when she was in the countryside, no matter how hard and tiring her life was. And the feeling of being hungry was even more unimaginable for Miss Ruan.
Hu Wanning shook her head. "Who knows?"
The two were about to go back, and when they passed by the cornfield, they suddenly heard a rustling sound next to them.
In the empty and silent scene, it is easy to make people think of some particularly terrifying pictures.
Ruan Mingfu got goosebumps all over her body and took several steps back.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law..."
Hu Wanning was not afraid at first, but was influenced by Ruan Mingfu and began to panic.
She swallowed and said, "Don't be afraid."
Hu Wanning stared at the place where there was constant movement. He picked up a stick as thick as his index finger from the ground and then pushed away the weeds.
A skinny figure appeared in front of the two people.
Ruan Mingfu breathed a sigh of relief.
Oh my god, she was so scared. She really thought she encountered a ghost in broad daylight.
"Tiezhu, why are you here?"
Hu Wanning obviously knew this child.
Tiezhu was obviously panicked for a moment when he heard the sound, but he still turned around.
Only then did Ruan Mingfu see the appearance of the child.
He looked young, about five or six years old. He was skinny and bony, and even with a knife, he couldn't cut off two taels of meat. Nowadays, people are generally thin, and fat is a minority.
Ruan Mingfu didn't care either.
But this child is really dirty. I don’t know whose clothes he is wearing, they are patched up, and he looks like a little beggar.
His face was also pitch black, with black marks all over it.
I can't tell what he looks like at all.
When Tiezhu saw the two of them, he almost cried. His small body was shaking violently, and he shrank into himself.
"I didn't mean to destroy collective property... I, I was just too hungry. Can you please not report me over there?"
Thinking of being kicked out, Tiezhu's body shook even more violently.
Only then did Ruan Mingfu notice that there were two or three cleanly eaten corn cobs in front of the iron pillar.
Ruan Mingfu frowned and looked at Hu Wanning.
But she sighed, "We are not full and have nothing to do, why would we report you? Tiezhu, come here quickly, I have a few mixed flour steamed buns here, they have been left for too long and have a bit of smell, can you help me eat them?"
Tiezhu paused and looked at her with his head tilted.
"You won't report me?"
He saw a man who destroyed collective property in the countryside. He was arrested and made to kneel in an open space while others started to hit him with objects. Tiezhu never saw this man in the village again.
Tiezhu was still young when he saw this scene, but it left a deep impression on him.
"Why would I report you?" Hu Wanning waved at him, "Are you leaving or not? If not, I will leave."
Seeing this, Tiezhu didn't hesitate any longer and quickly climbed out.
Only then did Ruan Mingfu see that he was so thin that he was almost unrecognizable.
Compared with the white and chubby little fat boy, the iron pillar is almost a skeleton.
Ruan Mingfu wanted to ask, but she didn't know how to start in front of Tiezhu, so she could only watch Hu Wanning take Tiezhu back. She took out three or four steamed buns from the kitchen and handed them to Tiezhu.
"Here."
Tiezhu was a little hesitant.
The steamed buns were white and plump, clearly made from refined flour, nothing like the coarse grain steamed buns that Hu Wanning had mentioned.
He stared at the steamed bun in Hu Wanning's hand, but shook his head quickly, "No, I can't take it."
Tiezhu said this while putting his two little hands behind his back.
"Just take it if I tell you to," Hu Wanning said with a look of disdain, "These steamed buns have been stored for a long time and they smell bad. Who would dare to eat them? If you don't want them, I can only throw them away."
“Don’t throw it!”
Tiezhu said quickly: "I want it, give it to me."
As he said this, he took the steamed bun. However, his hand was like a chicken claw, and just by touching the bun, a black handprint was left on it.
There was some shyness in Tiezhu's eyes.
He quickly took the three steamed buns into his arms and said, "Thank you, Auntie."
"Go ahead," Hu Wanning watched him run out the door and said, "Come back after you finish eating."
Ruan Mingfu frowned as she watched this scene.
"Sister-in-law, this child is the same as that girl..."
No father and no mother, an orphan?
Hu Wanning sighed, "This child is so pitiful, living under the control of his stepmother."
In just one sentence, Ruan Mingfu understood.
"Tiezhu is a good kid," Hu Wanning's eyes flashed with sarcasm when she thought of his parents, "It's a pity that he met such a stepmother."
Ruan Mingfu seemed to be thinking about something.
…
The next day, Ruan Mingfu got up very early.
She had something important to do today, so she dressed a little more formally. The white shirt and floral skirt showed off Ruan Mingfu's beautiful calves. She braided her hair into a fishbone braid before going out.
Xie Yanzhao, the good husband, had already prepared breakfast.
He looked at Ruan Mingfu dressed like this, his eyes darkened slightly. When he saw her long skirt that was shorter than usual, his eyes narrowed slightly.
The most common breakfast in the army is steamed corn bread with sweet potatoes, meat buns and fried noodles, which you may not see for several months.
Ruan Mingfu sat next to Xie Yanzhao and said, "I won't be back at noon today, so you can eat by yourself and don't wait for me."
He responded calmly and raised his hand to bring over a glass of boiled water.
"Thanks."
Ruan Mingfu tilted her head back, took a sip, and put it aside.
Today's breakfast is a simple whole grain steamed bun.
Ruan Mingfu ate one and then stopped, her throat was a little sore. The porridge was made by Xie Yanzhao himself, and it was very thick. She drank half a bowl of it with the pickles given by Hu Wanning.
"I'll pick you up in the evening."
"No need," Ruan Mingfu said without even raising her head, "Professor Hu said that he will arrange for someone to send me back when the time comes, so you don't have to worry."
Professor Hu?
Xie Yanzhao immediately thought of Professor Hu's beloved disciple Gu Qingsong...
Just because he remembered it, there was a dark light in his eyes.
Ruan Mingfu raised her cup, and Xie Yanzhao handed the water to her at the right time. She blocked it slightly, and it was unknown whether she was too strong or what, and the water in the cup poured onto her skirt.
The fabric is soft and sticks to the body easily when wet.
Ruan Mingfu screamed and stood up quickly.
But it was too late, the water had already seeped in and spread.
Xie Yanzhao is faster.
He quickly put the water back and said, "Are you okay?"
There was no paper, and there was no clean towel nearby, so there was no way to wipe it off. Ruan Mingfu looked at the watermark and waved her hand.
"Okay, I better go inside and change."
Watching Ruan Mingfu's back as she entered the room, Xie Yanzhao sat calmly on the chair, squinting his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
Not long after, Ruan Mingfu changed into another set of clothes.
This time I wore a skirt.
It was also white, nothing special about it. It was just the most popular design at the moment, with lotus leaf sleeves, which made Ruan Mingfu's bright and beautiful face look a little softer.
The skirt hugs her waist, highlighting Ruan Mingfu's good figure.
This piece was bought by the original owner, and she was not very satisfied with it.
After learning how to make clothes from Hu Wanning, I added two darts on the back of my clothes. When I put them on, I felt like a completely different person.
Xie Yanzhao's Adam's apple rolled, and his eyes, like deep pools, began to ripple.
"How about it?"
Ruan Mingfu walked over and looked at him with sparkling eyes.
Xie Yanzhao's eyes deepened slightly, "Very beautiful."
"Humph! You just talk sweetly."
Even though she was so happy in her heart, she still scolded him.
Ruan Mingfu heard a satisfactory answer and then sat down again.
Xie Yanzhao scooped another bowl of porridge for her, "Eat it quickly, it will get cold soon."
"Put less in my bag. I can't eat that much."
Ruan Mingfu took a small bowl of porridge and sipped it. "By the way, who will feed Wangcai when I leave?"
Wangcai is still young and can’t starve.
She still likes dogs very much.
In Ruan Mingfu's heart, she has become someone who is close to Xie Yanzhaoran's status. As for whether Wangcai will be ranked first, it depends on whether the dog man knows how to behave.
"Don't worry," Xie Yanzhao's eyes moved slightly, "I'll take it to Old Xu's house later."
Hu Wanning has to take care of the children, so she is always at home on this day.
Ruan Mingfu nodded.
She put down the bowl in her hand and was about to stand up when the water on the table spilled.
The water spread straight towards her, even more violently than last time.
My skirt is wet again!
Ruan Mingfu began to doubt her life.
They all began to doubt whether today's trip would be successful. After all, she had suffered bad luck twice in a row without even leaving the house.
Xie Yanzhao's expression remained the same, "Change your clothes, don't catch a cold."
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
I don’t know if it’s too late to cancel today’s trip to Professor Hu.
She was disappointed, so she wore the green skirt she bought last time. This time, Ruan Mingfu was very careful, fearing that something unexpected would happen again.
I don't know if it was because she took proper precautions or what, but nothing happened until she went out.
Ruan Mingfu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'll pick you up this afternoon."
Walking on the road, Xie Yanzhao was holding Wangcai in his arms, and on his right was Ruan Mingfu.
Ruan Mingfu did not refuse this time, but just said: "Let's talk about it when the time comes."
Maybe she will come back earlier than that bad man.
The sisters-in-law who were passing by looked at them in surprise; it was the first time for them to see the newlyweds come out together.
The two of them stood together, the man was handsome and the woman was beautiful, a perfect match.
"Comrade Ruan, get out."
"Yeah, I have something to do."
"Ruan Mingfu..."
Along the way, many sisters-in-law greeted Ruan Mingfu. She couldn't understand why she became so welcome in the family compound.
After entrusting the dog to Hu Wanning, the two of them continued walking towards the gate.
It was a coincidence that a car drove over just as Ruan Mingfu arrived. When Gu Qingsong, who was sitting in the passenger seat, saw Ruan Mingfu on the side of the road, his eyes were filled with amazement.
He stretched out his hand from the car, "Comrade Ruan."
Xie Yanzhao narrowed his eyes and looked towards Gu Qingsong with a hint of danger in his eyes.
Although Gu Qingsong felt a little cold, he quickly put it out of his mind and waved excitedly to Ruan Mingfu, as if they were close friends whom he had not seen for a long time.
"Comrade Gu."
Compared to him, Ruan Mingfu seemed much colder.
But Ruan Mingfu's attitude did not dampen his enthusiasm. Gu Qingsong jumped out of the car and said, "Comrade Ruan, long time no see."
Xie Yanzhao took a step forward and looked at him with narrow eyes.
"Hello, Comrade Gu," he shook hands with Gu Qingsong, "I'll trouble Professor Hu to take care of my wife today."
Gu Qingsong: ...My hand hurts a little.
But it didn't look like he did it on purpose, Gu Qingsong thought about it and felt that he was a soldier, so he used too much force. This reason seemed to convince him, and Gu Qingsong smiled innocently again.
"I understand. Don't worry, I will take good care of Comrade Ruan."
Xie Yanzhao: “…”
Looking at Gu Qingsong's silly smile, Xie Yanzhao tasted the feeling of punching cotton for the first time from someone other than Ruan Mingfu.
He stroked Ruan Mingfu's hair with his big hand and said in a deep voice, "Go early and come back early."
"Got it," Ruan Mingfu walked over, "You should go back quickly, or it will be too late."
Xie Yanzhao responded but did not move.
After Ruan Mingfu got in the car, they could still see Xie Yanzhao standing at the gate watching them from a distance. Gu Qingsong, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and spoke to Ruan Mingfu.
"Comrade Ruan, you two have such a good relationship."
He is so envious.
I don’t know when I can have such a beautiful love.
There was a look of longing in Gu Qingsong's clear eyes.
Ruan Mingfu nodded.
The man was indeed good to her, which made her very satisfied. Ruan Mingfu even thought that it would be nice for the two of them to live like this for the rest of their lives.
Gu Qingsong yearned for a while, then remembered the important matter, took out a booklet and handed it over.
"Comrade Ruan, this is the information from the Diplomatic Association. You can take a look at it first."
The booklet is beautifully printed.
There are also small images of various kinds of porcelain, sugar paintings, embroidery, etc. painted on it.
Just by looking at the cover, Ruan Mingfu knew what the Shanghai International Trade Fair was about. She turned a page and started reading, and sure enough, except for the first page which gave a brief introduction to the Shanghai International Trade Fair, the following pages were all introductions to various national specialties.
"This is... let me introduce these things?"
Gu Qingsong nodded.
"By then, countless foreign merchants will come to do business."
In fact, Professor Hu said it more bluntly, anyway, this diplomatic meeting is to fool these foreigners and let them buy more. But facing Ruan Mingfu's bright face, Gu Qingsong couldn't say it.
How could such yellow and white stuff defile his goddess?
"I see."
Ruan Mingfu flipped through the booklet a few times and put it aside.
"By the way, what activity did you attend last time? Why did you stay here for so long?"
Ruan Mingfu thought that Professor Hu had returned to Beijing a long time ago.
"We were originally planning to leave," Gu Qingsong said with a bitter look on his face, "We had already bought the tickets, but the task of attending the Shanghai International Trade Fair was temporarily assigned to us."
Gu Qingsong also felt uncomfortable.
He has been so busy this month that he has lost a lot of weight.
Ji Mingfu nodded, "Are there many people coming this time?"
"A lot, of course not a lot."
It can be said that the Shanghai International Technology Fair is much better than the event they participated in before.
The Shanghai International Technology Fair is an event for all parts of the country, and people from all corners of the country come. The number of people planned by foreign businessmen exceeds 10,000. When the day really comes, it is estimated that there will be a huge crowd.
Ruan Mingfu understood the importance of this activity.
"By the way, look at my memory," Gu Qingsong handed a sign to Ruan Mingfu, "After entering the venue, you must wear it."
The brand is a bit ugly.
The color combination is very attractive, so Ruan Mingfu still wears it.
She was also very curious about the Shanghai International Technology Fair. Even if she wasn't working as a translator, she would like to go in and take a look.
The car drove very steadily, and when they entered the city, they could see cars coming and going. The last time she and Xie Yanzhao got married, there were few cars on the road. But in just four or five seconds, several cars passed by.
The Shanghai International Technology Fair is indeed extraordinary.
The further you drive in, the more cars there are. Fortunately, someone cleared the traffic, otherwise Ruan Mingfu would have experienced the feeling of traffic jams in this era.
After getting off the car, Gu Qingsong took Ruan Mingfu and walked inside.
There were a lot of people, and you could vaguely see a few tall white people. Gu Qingsong took a roundabout way and led Ruan Mingfu into a small office.
Professor Hu, who was sitting inside, saw Ruan Mingfu and felt like he had seen a savior.
"Comrade Ruan, you are finally here."
Ruan Mingfu nodded, "Professor Hu, long time no see."
Only then did she notice that there were quite a few boys and girls in the room. They all looked unhappy, and it seemed that they had just been scolded.
Ruan Mingfu's eyes flashed, but she didn't ask any more questions.
"Professor Hu, is there anything I can do?"
"You are here to help me out of my urgent need," said Professor Hu, who was in charge of the translation arrangements for the Shanghai International Technology Fair. He was extremely nervous, fearing that any trouble would arise. "Comrade Ruan, you will be responsible for explaining tea. Get used to it first, and then we can make arrangements when the time comes."
Ruan Mingfu thought about it and agreed.
When the boys and girls saw Ruan Mingfu agreed, their eyes widened.
Does she know how many types of tea there are at the show?
Do you know what the characteristics of each tea are?
Does she give a complete introduction to tea fluently?
Tea has a history of thousands of years, and countless varieties have been derived from it. Every region has its own representative famous tea. Tea is also one of the things that best represents a country's culture, and it is of utmost importance.
Their teacher couldn't even translate it, so they let a little girl who was about their age take the class?
Are they crazy, or is Professor Hu crazy...
It's a pity that they have no right to speak here, so even if they have many questions, they have to keep them to themselves.
Professor Hu was delighted to see Ruan Mingfu agreed. He pointed at Gu Qingsong and said, "Take Comrade Ruan to the tea exhibition to familiarize himself with the environment."
"Comrade Ruan, follow me."
…
Perhaps because of the flavor of tea itself, the tea exhibition is indeed much quieter than other places.
The person who arranged this place is also very creative.
Decorated with bamboo, you can smell a faint bamboo fragrance when you walk in. It smells very consistent with the fragrance of tea.
Gu Qingsong briefly introduced Ruan Mingfu to the people here.
There was suspicion in their eyes, as if they were questioning Ruan Mingfu's ability.
After all, it was not their first time to attend the Shanghai International Trade Fair, but they could not buy much each time. If tea was not so important to the country, it would have been withdrawn from the exhibition long ago.
They also understood that the result this time would probably be the same as the previous times.
The little girl is just here to gild herself, just going through the motions.
None of them cared and greeted Ruan Mingfu in a friendly manner.
Gu Qingsong adjusted his glasses and said, "Comrade Ruan, you can take a look around here and get familiar with it. The teacher has something else to do, so I have to leave first."
"good."
Ruan Mingfu walked around the exhibition hall, smelling the fragrance of tea in the air.
All tea factories were well prepared, and some even tried new tricks, such as frying tea on site. Ruan Mingfu walked to a place and looked at the tea leaves on the exhibition stand, with satisfaction in her eyes.
Old Ruan loves drinking tea, and Ruan Mingfu followed him and poured a lot of famous tea.
The more you drink tea, the more you learn to appreciate it.
A middle-aged man with a gentle appearance and about the same age as Lao Ruan walked over.
"Comrade Ruan also drinks tea?"
As soon as I said it, I felt something was wrong.
Unless through special channels, where can you buy tea now?
"Want a drink?"
Although he said this, he had already taken a cup and poured it for Ruan Mingfu.
She picked it up and smelled it.
"It has a refreshing and rich fragrance," Ruan Mingfu took a sip and then looked at the tea in the cup. "This is the best Fenghuang Dancong oolong tea."
The man's eyes lit up, and then he was surprised.
"Comrade Ruan also knows tea?"
From what Ruan Mingfu said just now, he knew that she was an expert. After all, many people regard oolong tea as a kind of tea, but they don't know that it is a kind of craft.
In particular, she can taste the flavor of Phoenix Dancong tea in one breath.
He is an expert among experts.
In fact, the two most famous types of oolong tea are Tieguanyin and Dahongpao. Phoenix Dancong is not as famous as the first two, and it is difficult for tea experts to distinguish them.
Ruan Mingfu smiled slightly.
"I drank with my family for a few years."
"Comrade Ruan, please come and sit down," the man said enthusiastically, "My last name is Liu, and I'm the deputy director of this tea factory."
Ruan Mingfu sat down and said, "Then I won't be polite to you and call you Uncle Liu."
"It should be. It should be."
Uncle Liu was very excited.
Looking at Ruan Mingfu, he began to look forward to this trip to the Shanghai International Technology Fair again.
Oolong tea is a semi-fermented tea, and its sales volume ranks last in the entire tea exhibition. If the factory cannot get orders, it will have no money. Although there are regions that provide them with tea, how can they feel at ease to take this money?
The Shanghai International Technology Fair was going on in great success, so naturally they wanted to contribute.
Uncle Liu brewed the tea he brought with him and asked Ruan Mingfu to drink it.
"Comrade Ruan, what do you think of this tea?"
“Of course these teas are good.”
The technology at that time was not as advanced as that of fifty or sixty years later, and each tea leaf was made by hand. Ruan Mingfu took a sip and found that it tasted much better than the tea produced on the assembly line in later times.
Uncle Liu rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly.
"Then I hope Comrade Ruan can introduce our tea well... I heard that those foreign idiots drink coffee? This bitter thing is not as good as our tea."
Ruan Mingfu nodded, "Uncle Liu is right."
She certainly prefers tea to coffee.
Not only can it refresh your mind, but it can also strengthen your body.
After hearing this, Uncle Liu's eyes brightened.
"Then I'll leave it to you from now on."
Although I didn't believe in Ruan Mingfu's professional ability before, she knows how to taste tea... and can talk about it very clearly, so she must love tea, right?
Uncle Liu thought that since the situation was already like this, he might as well trust her.
Ruan Mingfu put down the cup.
The crisp porcelain hits the table, making a crisp sound.
"Okay, Uncle Liu, don't worry."
The translators at the diplomatic conference also play a role in attracting orders. The translators mainly work together with the manufacturers to get the orders.
Ruan Mingfu likes to drink tea.
Naturally, I can't bear to see such a good thing being buried.
There was still some time before the exhibition started, and Ruan Mingfu was planning to look around, but was pulled over by the exhibition venue operator nearby.
"Comrade Ruan, look at our side..."
Seeing this, other manufacturers had no place to sit and began to emerge.
"Comrade Ruan, our tea is also good..."
"Yes, and ours..."
…
Almost all the vendors at the tea exhibition gathered around.
Ruan Mingfu spoke to Uncle Liu in a low voice, and they all heard it. It didn't make sense to help this family and not them.
Everyone is like this.
Big brother, don't laugh at second brother.
This was the first time that Ruan Mingfu encountered such a scene. It was really exciting.
She calmed them down one by one and was able to escape.
Ruan Mingfu breathed a sigh of relief.
Oh my god, those people looked so excited as if they wanted to eat her, it was really scary.
Time passed slowly, and at nine o'clock, the Shanghai International Technology Fair officially began.
The tea exhibition was not far away, but it was also at the back. Foreign merchants were attracted by the stalls outside, and no one came in half an hour. Ruan Mingfu asked someone to move a stool to the front, and sat there to make tea.
Not anxious at all.
Uncle Liu was so anxious that sweat broke out on his head. He moved his lips, looking like he wanted to ask something but didn't dare to.
Just when everyone was getting anxious, a group of people came over. These people had white skin and red hair, and it was hard to tell where they were from. They looked at the tea exhibition in amazement, attracted by the decorations inside.
He talked a lot of gibberish, but Uncle Liu and the others didn't understand a word he said.
Ruan Mingfu, who was making tea, understood that this was a person from country T.
She poured three cups of tea, looked at those people, and spoke fluent T language:
"Guest from afar, would you like a cup of tea?"
As if surprised that Ruan Mingfu could speak their country's language, the three of them walked over curiously, looked at the three cups of strange wine on the table, and said a lot of things to Ruan Mingfu.
Ruan Mingfu replied with a smile: "Yes, it is the tea you are thinking of."
No one knew where these three people came from. They had groped their way here without an interpreter.
Seeing that they were very curious, Ruan Mingfu began to introduce them.
Uncle Liu and several other manufacturers watched the two parties talking back and forth, chattering away without knowing what they were talking about. But the smiles on their faces grew bigger and bigger, if not for someone who really wanted to pick up Ruan Mingfu and spin her around three times.
As for things, I'm not afraid of people asking about them, I'm just afraid that others will ignore me.
The Shanghai International Studies University finally found a reliable person for them.
One of them held an empty cup and extended it to Ruan Mingfu. Uncle Liu was so jealous of this scene that he could not sit down anymore. He personally picked up the teapot and served tea.
Those who were not as quick as Uncle Liu could only curse in their hearts.
Ruan Mingfu opened a bag of tea and placed it in front of them.
"This is our famous tea Tieguanyin. It is both the name of the tea and the variety of the tea tree. Look at its appearance..."
As she spoke, she twisted up the tea leaves and placed them on a piece of white paper so that they could see more clearly.
"... As the water evaporates, white frost will form on the tea leaves, which is also called 'sand green frost'. After brewing, the fragrance is fragrant and the throat is sweet..."
Following Ruan Mingfu's introduction, the three foreigners kept shouting "wow wow".
The look in his eyes when he looked at the tea leaves became more and more surprising.
Ruan Mingfu sat in the chair and looked at them with a smile.
"Guest, tea is indeed a very good thing, are you sure you don't want some?"
The foreigners looked at each other, and then spoke a lot in a low voice. Then they stood up, said something to Ruan Mingfu, turned around and left.
Uncle Liu was confused.
We were talking so well before, why did you suddenly leave in the end?
"Comrade Ruan, what did they just say?"
"They said they didn't bring much money this time, so they would look around first before deciding whether to buy anything."
Several manufacturers looked discouraged when they heard this. If they couldn't get any more orders, the factory would be closed.
Uncle Liu and the others all had bitter expressions.
Ruan Mingfu was not disappointed.
Business can't be done in one go.
I don't know if my luck ran out, but for the next hour or so, almost no one came.
Uncle Liu was so anxious that he simply moved a stool and sat at the intersection to guard it.
He craned his neck to stare at the entrance, like a husband-waiting rock.
Perhaps God couldn't bear to see Uncle Liu's disappointment, and suddenly a lot of people came in front and ran straight here. Uncle Liu was so happy that he ran back excitedly with a stool.
"Hurry, get ready, the guests are coming!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
