Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 264 - Chapter 264 264. Tea sample has arrived_1

Chapter 264: 264. Tea sample has arrived_1 Chapter 264: 264. Tea sample has arrived_1 The delightful Friday had arrived.

Zhao Lei, as usual, arrived at the office at eight.

He tidied up his workstation, slacked off a bit, and sorted out some materials, while also making time to brew himself a cup of coffee.

For the young people of today, the night brings high spirits, but the morning is often the peak of drowsiness.

By 9:30, the Wind Speed Express delivery man, familiar with the route, had already entered and began distributing parcels.

He was responsible for this area and had become well-acquainted with everyone. A document now landed precisely in Zhao Lei’s hands.

He was surprised, “I haven’t ordered anything recently, and it’s a document too.”

Looking it over, the recipient was indeed himself, no mistake there, but the address was in some Yunqiao Village in Yun City… which was even more strange because he had never heard of this city.

His colleague, having already opened her own package, saw him in a daze and couldn’t help but ask, “What is it?”

Zhao Lei smiled, “I don’t know who sent it–”

Mid-sentence, he remembered–the only recent purchase had been in a live stream!

He suddenly became excited, “Ah, my sample tea leaves! They’ve arrived so soon?!”

His colleague blinked, “Is it the tea you bought during Wednesday’s live stream?”

Because he had been flipping between two live streams and even borrowed a colleague’s phone to do so, the whole department knew about it.

Now, his colleague grew curious, “Is this the tea that costs thirty yuan a gram?!”

What, thirty yuan?

The others gathered around.

His colleague started to laugh, “You guys forgot? On Wednesday, he was switching back and forth between those live streams, wincing for the host. In the end, they got him good–he spent thirty yuan for just one gram of tea! These merchants really dare to ask for high prices.”

The most frustrating thing was that there were indeed people who fell for it, like our friend Zhao Lei here.

Zhao Lei huffed, “What do you guys know? I’m an old fan who’s followed from the first live stream!”

At the time, he was smitten the moment he saw Daxiong’s plump butt trembling on the Milk Vetch Flower.

Now, it was like playing a nurturing game. It was the host’s first time selling on the live stream, and whether it was thirty or even three hundred yuan–in a cough, three hundred he might need to think about it.

Anyway, at thirty yuan, there was no huge loss!

“… Besides, the original price of his tea was ten thousand yuan per half a kilo; now getting a sample for twenty yuan a gram didn’t inflate the price at all. The extra cost was just for shipping–look, it’s even delivered by Wind Speed Express!”

At that moment, holding the tea leaves, Zhao Lei couldn’t help but sing praises as if he was talking about his own business.

His colleague giggled. Who hadn’t impulsively bought in a live stream before? They understood the drill.

Now they eagerly pushed him, “Come on, brew the tea, and let us taste what kind of tea sells for ten thousand yuan per half kilo.”

With this push, Zhao Lei, still a young man, felt his cheeks grow hot.

It was a peculiar feeling, like having one’s prized possession snubbed by others, and lacking the confidence to argue back.

So, begrudgingly, he decided to flaunt his treasure and surprise everyone!

At the same time, he feared that if someone called it ordinary, he would lose face.

Torn, he nonetheless opened the envelope with deft hands.

Inside the shriveled envelope, a palm-sized self-sealing bag emerged.

The tea leaves within were thin, curved strips of very dark green, each covered with a layer of fine white down.

One of the older colleagues even offered praise,

“Not bad, this tea has plenty of down.”

Zhao Lei smiled, his heart settling a little.

Then, he opened the bag.

One gram of dry tea–neither too much nor too little. He still had a cup of freshly brewed coffee on hand, but now he whipped out a disposable paper cup and with a swish, all the tea leaves tumbled in.

He was ready to add water next.

—- There’s no helping it, the tea-making skills of the young generation can’t be set too high.

His colleagues, however, were full of praise:

“This fragrance is quite something!”

“Yeah, it’s aromatic even before brewing, really nice.”

“This has a slightly different scent from the tea I bought before, seems fresher, more invigorating…”

“It smells so comforting!”

The group was all chatter, and the female colleagues were already enamored:

“I wonder if the fragrance lasts, if it does, I might buy a couple to scent my wardrobe.”

“You want to buy some? I was thinking the same. But I plan to use it as a car freshener…”

Goodness, a slightly more tea-savvy older colleague was astounded, feeling that the young ones really dared to dream!

At that moment, a soothing, subtle fragrance filled the room.

The aroma was not overpowering; rather, it was like a quiet, babbling brook, bringing with it an inexplicable freshness that made the entire space suddenly serene.

“What a tea!”

The older colleague couldn’t resist slapping his thigh, eager to get a closer look at the cup in Zhao Lei’s hand.

His brewing method was nothing fancy, using hot water freshly boiled from the office water dispenser. The overly high temperature slightly yellowed the leaves.

But the bright green tips had begun to unfurl in the water, swaying gently as they sank to the bottom.

Against the sunlight, a layer of fine hairs on the surface of the leaves was faintly visible.

Ahhh!

When it came to evaluating aroma, the female colleagues were quite experienced and were now urgently asking him for the link to the tea:

“Quick, send it over, I want to buy a few to use as incense!”

“Me too, me too!”

“Hurry, post the link in the chat group!”

At this moment, although the hot tea had not yet been tasted, Zhao Lei already felt a particular satisfaction envelop him.

Then thinking of the live streaming room, as if nurtured by him, he grew even fonder of it. He thought, “That 30 yuan was well spent! I’ll buy again when the host is promoting goods.”

While mulling over this, he also had to explain on the host’s behalf: “The shop is pretty rudimentary, it only has this one product, and they didn’t even have time to put up a proper description. I didn’t deceive you guys, it was really just a last-minute perk they offered us…”

However, no sooner had he finished explaining than he opened the familiar store to find that all the items had been withdrawn.

Meaning that the entire store was empty, not even a place to leave a review.

Zhao Lei: …

Colleagues: …

“When exactly is this host going to broadcast again? Let’s hurry and nudge him.”

But the older colleague had already squeezed past Zhao Lei to sit at his workstation, eyes locked onto that cup of steaming tea.

What incense? Like an ox chewing on peonies!

The real merit of the tea is in its taste.

However, before he could guard it for even two seconds, someone came up with work to do–wage workers don’t have real freedom, and people scattered to attend to their tasks.

Only Zhao Lei was left flipping through his phone, full of excitement with nowhere to channel it, almost wishing he could buy another hundred or eighty packets.

—-It’s an honor, how could this streaming room be so beneficial for him!