Zhu Shunyao was now part of the car-owning class. Although a Santana was nothing special in later years, in this era, and especially in his location, it was a top-tier possession. Private car owners were still very rare.
"Alright, I’ll go drive it over." Yan Aohan checked the parking spot, went out, and drove the car in, parking it precisely in the designated space.
Seeing Yan Aohan had parked, Zhu Shunyao came over to help with the luggage. Yan Aohan was driving a military jeep. He took a small suitcase directly from the car and didn’t let Zhu Shunyao lift it. "It’s just this small box. I’ll handle it myself." Zhu Shunyao didn’t insist.
Back home, Yan Aohan followed Xie Xinlian up to the last empty room on the third floor. The room was right next to Zhu Yanyi’s medicine research lab, making it quite quiet. Yan Aohan placed her luggage on the table in the room. Xie Xinlian said, "Go talk to your Uncle Shunyao. I’ll clean up here first and lay out a new bedspread and thin quilt. You can unpack your luggage later."
"That would trouble Auntie Xinlian," Yan Aohan said politely.
Xie Xinlian waved her hand. Yan Aohan said no more and went down to the first-floor study to find Zhu Shunyao. Zhu Shunyao had already brewed tea. Seeing Yan Aohan arrive, she beckoned her over. After Yan Aohan sat down, she handed her a cup. "My tea-brewing skills were learned from Ani. I learned them poorly, so they’re basically just for show. Please don’t mind if the tea doesn’t taste great."
Yan Aohan took a sip. He watched Zhu Shunyao’s movements, which looked quite professional, but the taste was indeed not very pure. He smiled. "Actually, Uncle Shunyao, you’ve done quite well."
Zhu Shunyao waved her hand, looking sentimental. "I’m just pretending to be elegant. Ani forced me to learn this. She said social engagements always have various situations, so I must learn a little, even if it’s just to fool people. Anyway, as Ani said, many rising entrepreneurs aren’t from noble families, so what they show off is often just for show. Those from true noble families wouldn’t mix with us commoners anyway. I thought about it and agreed, so I learned some fake tricks from her."
Yan Aohan listened silently. she could almost picture a little girl tricking her father into learning tea ceremony. However, since she was a late starter, as Zhu Shunyao said, she only learned superficial tricks. It wouldn’t work to show off with them.
"Being able to fool people is good enough. Besides, Uncle Shunyao, your tea leaves are top quality." Yan Aohan could tell Zhu Shunyao’s tea was premium Longjing.
"This Longjing was bought specifically by Ani’s little uncle when he returned last time. He went to Longjing Village to get it," Zhu Shunyao explained the origin of the tea.
Longjing Village was famous for producing Longjing tea. The tea there was the most authentic, but relatively expensive. Second-grade tea cost about five yuan per liang, first-grade about ten yuan, and special-grade about twenty yuan. Zhu Yanyi liked Tieguanyin in her previous life, but now, being young, she usually drank flower tea. Still, she had asked Xie Chengyu to visit Longjing Village to buy some first and second-grade tea for gifts or for Zhu Shunyao to drink. There was also one jin of special-grade tea, which Zhu Yanyi had sent to the capital. Yan Aohan remembered receiving three liang of the special-grade herself.