For the old tea shop at the entrance of Shiqiaopu Dongsi Street, although there is a saying that "when people leave, the tea will be cold", every time I walk by that neighborhood, I still seem to be able to smell the "old tea smell" permeating the "space".
At that time, Kyle was still young and hadn't even started elementary school, right?Later on weekends, the elderly would take time to come over from Chongren Street to see their grandchildren.
The old father had a very good temper, and when he was tired of walking, he would drink a few cups of fragrant "Malaysian" ancient tree tea in a small teahouse with a tall and large iron boiler near Shiqiaopu on Dongsi Street.
The old father was a veteran of the Fourth Corps of the Second Field Army who "went south", and later transferred from the 15th Army to the public security system, and then took charge of the "culture and education" work.
At that time, the more popular on the market was Shuangxun and Sanxun flower tea, and his old man seemed to rarely taste it, but it was the large-leaf Qingmao tea from the "other five counties" at that time, especially the "Malaysian" ancient tree tea that was "re-sold" from Malaysia to the country.
At that time, one end of Dongsi Street was "connected" to Laohaigeng Road, one end was connected to Jinbi Road, and the other "one end" was near Shulin Street.
I don't know if it's because it's older than Jinbi Road and Shuncheng Street, or because of other reasons, I feel that the wooden houses next to Dongsi Street have a longer history, and the color of the stone road is darker.
There are still countless footprints of mules and horses on the stone road, old-fashioned wooden carts, and the tracks of wooden wheels pressed and scratched, and the sound of "creaking, creaking" wooden wheels seems to sound in your ears.
Sometimes, when the mood comes, the old man will also taste the "Da Malaysia" ancient tree tea that he brought to the tea shop, while humming two Peking Operas. At this time, the tea officer will also be very "knowledgeable" to add water and add more diligently, and the fragrance of tea will gradually spread.
Today's Kunming tea people, most of them only know the Kangle, Xiongda, Bangsheng tea market, but they don't know that the hottest back then, the closest to Dongsi Street is actually the avant-garde tea city.
It is said that around Dongsi Street, the reason why there were many teahouses and tea shops in the old days was because of the "Malaysian" large-leaf ancient tree tea brewed by the "tea official".
At that time, entering the gate of Kunming avant-garde tea city, you will inevitably pass through the shop that sells Malaysia's "big horse warehouse" old tea, it is no exaggeration to say that it is the largest shop in Kunming avant-garde tea city at that time, the old man only likes to go there to buy tea, and there is another reason, "kiss or not, Fujian people".
In fact, there is another reason why my father often goes to the "Da Ma Cang" in the avant-garde tea city to buy Pu'er ancient tree tea, that is, the cultural atmosphere there is relatively strong.
Including the ancient tree tea named after the "Four Beauties", "Four Great Talents" and "Four Great Emperors" in Chinese history, ancient tree tea with hundreds of surnames can be bought.
Later, Dongsi Street, Shiqiaopu, and Chongren Street all underwent the renovation of the old city one after another, and those old tea shops also disappeared.
However, I can always feel that the familiar smell of tea is still floating in the streets. Zhang Yaohui.