When Li Xiaoran heard what Chu Feng said, her eyes widened to perfect circles. She stared at Chu Feng’s face for a long ti without uttering a single word.
Chu Feng looked at Li Xiaoran and said, "I know I’m very handso, but you don’t need to keep staring at , do you?"
Li Xiaoran said, "Uncle, can you not be so full of yourself? Why didn’t you tell earlier that you don’t understand Tea Ceremony?"
Chu Feng replied, "Did you ever ask ? Besides, I only agreed to compete. Did I ever say that I mastered Tea Ceremony? What’s more, with my cleverness and intelligence, it’s not too late to learn and apply it on the spot."
Li Xiaoran was really about to explode with anger at Chu Feng. She walked back and forth irritably and said, "Uncle, I really don’t know where your confidence cos from. Do you think the Qi Family can hold a Tea Battle just because they’re rich? There are plenty of rich people around.
"Tea Battle needs to be led by the Tea Immortal, and the Qi Family is that Tea Immortal. The Qi Family is the oldest Tea Immortal Family, and Qi Wen is a master of Tea Ceremony. Do you think you can just learn on the fly and have a large chance of winning? If that’s not the case, why do you think Qi Wen is so confident to compete with you?"
It was truly the first ti that Chu Feng had heard about the Qi Family’s background.
Previously, Chu Feng knew the Qi Family was a colossal presence, one of the five permanent mbers of the Family Alliance, holding a very high status among the families.
But he genuinely didn’t know that the Qi Family had such a history.
He was even more clueless that the Qi Family had made their fortune through tea.
Looking at the agitated Li Xiaoran, Chu Feng said, "You’re blocking my view. You won’t lose money whether I win or lose, so what are you so anxious about?"
Li Xiaoran thought for a mont and seed to realize that this was indeed the case.
However, Li Xiaoran was still livid and said, "Losing money is a minor issue; the main thing is losing face. Everyone saw co with you. If you lose, I lose face too. You need to compensate for my loss, regardless of the outco you have to pay double."
Chu Feng said, "I promise you, now please sit down. Otherwise, I’ll end up losing even more thoroughly."
Having gotten the answer she wanted, Li Xiaoran also sat down contentedly.
She carelessly draped her crystal-clear and tender feet on the coffee table, picked up a cup of tea, and began to drink it refreshingly.
Chu Feng glanced at Li Xiaoran and then continued to watch the two sides in the Tea Battle.
When it ca to Tea Ceremony, Chu Feng only knew about drinking, but brewing tea himself was a bit difficult.
However, Chu Feng’s ability to learn was very strong.
Li Xiaoran apparently had so understanding of Tea Ceremony.
"The two competitors in the match now, the one on the left is the South Tea King, and the one on the right is the North Tea King. Both co from tea families, and they are now deciding who is superior. Then they will determine who gets the decision-making rights in the tea market for the next year," Li Xiaoran explained.
Chu Feng looked at the groups standing behind the North and South Tea Kings, who looked as if they were about to fight, and said, "Is the tea market so big that they have to treat each other like mortal enemies?"
Li Xiaoran answered, "You really don’t understand the market. Huaxia is the birthplace of tea and also the biggest consur of tea. Data from five years ago showed that Huaxia’s annual output value had already exceeded one hundred billion Huaxia Coins.
"Over the years, with the rise of various herbal teas and the improvent in people’s living standards, the market share has already doubled. To decide on the pricing rights for a two hundred billion market, do you think they are behaving like life-or-death adversaries?"
Chu Feng, upon hearing Li Xiaoran’s words, really didn’t realize that the tea market was so huge.
And this was about determining the sole pricing rights for a monopoly; the profits for two years would not just be substantial but terrifying.
Chu Feng asked, "If the market is so imnse, why would the Qi Family give it up and let them fight over it?"
Li Xiaoran said, "How could the Qi Family possibly give up? No matter who becos the ultimate Tea King, they are required to pay the Qi Family twenty percent of their inco each year. It’s like the Qi Family does nothing and just collects money. Plus, the Qi Family has other businesses that are extrely large."
Chu Feng turned his head to look at Li Xiaoran and asked, "How do you know all this?"
Li Xiaoran took a bite of the tea snack and said, "Uncle, are you really getting old? It’s true that I follow celebrities, but I also need to understand these things. After all, my family decides all of this. And Zixuan and I are sworn enemies of the Qi Family, so of course we need to understand our enemy very well."
Chu Feng asked, "How did you and Zixuan beco such bitter enemies of the Qi Family?"
ntioning this made Li Xiaoran angry, and she stuffed the whole tea snack into her mouth, saying, "I don’t want to talk about it. Just help beat Qi Wen later."
Chu Feng replied, "Didn’t you have no confidence in ? How am I supposed to win?"
Li Xiaoran said, "I don’t know, but I just feel like you can win."
After saying this, Li Xiaoran suddenly thought of sothing and said, "Uncle, wait a mont, I need to send a text ssage."
Li Xiaoran fiddled with her phone for a while, then threw it into her purse.
The Tea Battle is not a quick process, and after all, it concerns a market worth nearly three hundred billion Huaxia Coins.
The North and South Tea Kings were very cautious; every movent was very slow. Of course, they were also very precise and similarly very graceful.
Special arrangents were made here so that no matter where one sat, they could clearly sll the fragrance of the tea.
Chu Feng, sitting in a private room, could also sll the faint fragrance of tea.
This fragrance gave one a sensation as if the lody lingered on.
As expected of the Tea King, the skill of making tea was truly different.
Fifteen minutes later, while Chu Feng was earnestly learning,
Li Xiaoran’s bodyguard also knocked and ca in.
He placed a box on the coffee table in front of Li Xiaoran, then pushed it out.
A Tea Battle lasted a full two hours. In the end, the results had not co out. They required the judgent of professionals.
"What’s this?" Chu Feng asked, pointing at the box on the table.
Li Xiaoran said, "This is my grandfather’s treasure, I’m lending it to you for today."
Chu Feng opened the lid and found a set of black glaze ceramics teaware that clearly had so years on it.
This set of ceramics teaware was obviously an old artifact with significant age.
"This is my grandfather’s treasure, the first batch of teaware from the Jian Kiln of the Song Dynasty. Nowadays, they’re truly extinct on the market. My grandfather said that there definitely couldn’t be more than five sets left," Li Xiaoran explained.
Normally, the best ceramics co from the Ru Kiln and Jingdezhen, but few people know that the best teaware for Huaxia’s tea leaves is the black glaze porcelain from the Jian Kiln.
Especially the set that Li Xiaoran brought was absolutely a gem among gems.
"Clothes make the man, just as the saddle makes the horse. Even if we lose, we can’t lose face. At least our things are better than theirs," Li Xiaoran consoled Chu Feng.
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