Seeing that Nibutani's father was lost in thought, Jiayue Ou Daisei could only look at Yushan Kazuto and nodded.
Kong Yinzi was still playing chess, so she naturally couldn't see the message sent by Yushan Heren. However, Yushan Heren still needed to tell the other party in advance, otherwise after Kong Yinzi came out, she would find that he was not in the chess academy and thought that he had gone back early.
After sending the message, Yushan Kazuto walked back to the others and said, "Okay, you can go now."
On the other side, several people nodded and took steps toward the Byodoin Tea House.
It is said that shogi players have two major pursuits. The first is to be able to play chess in a mysterious room.
The Mysterious Room, as the highest-level game room of the Japan Go Association, is naturally the dream of all Go players.
The second is that you can drink tea freely in the Byodoin teahouse.
In order to be able to drink tea freely in the Byodoin Tea House, one must first have a certain income level.
After all, the fees at the Byodoin Teahouse are not cheap. Everyone can afford to come and have a drink occasionally, but if you want to taste tea freely, a certain income is required.
In addition, chess players who are able to come to the Byodoin teahouse to drink tea are generally the winners of the game.
After all, under normal circumstances, only the chess players who win the game will have the leisure and elegance to enjoy the tea in the teahouse. As for the chess players who lose the game, they usually turn left and go to the izakaya.
Of course, there are also many chess players who go to izakaya to celebrate after winning a game, and the two major pursuits are basically just jokes among the chess players.
However, the fact that the Byodoin Tea Room and the Yugen no Shimonoseki are put together as a joke actually shows the status of this tea room in the hearts of chess players.
As they entered the tea room, the two female generals bowed slightly to them.
There was no line like "Welcome", but from the actions and body language, one could see that the teahouse attaches great importance to its guests.
When I walked into the examination room, I saw a thin man in his thirties sitting at the tea table, drinking tea leisurely.
Seeing several people coming in, the man stood up and said, "Uncle Jia Yueao, Dragon King Yushan, welcome.
Welcome. "
"Byōdōin boy, do you still remember me?" On the other side, Nibutani's father walked out from behind Kayo Odaichi.
"Uncle Nibutani, of course I remember you. You came here often when I was a child, and you always brought me snacks from the chess academy." The thin man said with a smile.
"You're lucky you still have some conscience," said Nibutani's father.
"Why can't I see your father? It's just past seven o'clock, has he already gone to bed?" Looking around, Danbutani's father didn't see his old friend, so he couldn't help but ask.
"At the beginning of the year, my father handed the teahouse over to me and returned to his hometown in Uji," the thin man replied.
Hearing this, Danbuya's father was speechless. He had never considered this situation.
I originally thought that at most I would just go out for a trip, but I didn't expect that the other party had already handed over the business to his son.
"Things have changed and people have changed!" Looking around the Byodoin Tea House, this tea house is no different from when he first came to Tokyo for further studies. However, he did not expect that three generations have changed in this period of time.
At first, it was managed by the thin man's grandfather, then it was passed on to his father, and now it is in his hands.
Chapter 2293 Rise and Fall
"He is really free and easy." After a long sigh, Nibutani's father spoke.
"That's still not as good as Uncle Nibutani." The thin man couldn't help but laugh.
Hearing this, Nibutani's father couldn't help but blink slightly. Although he left the chess academy at the beginning because he had won fourth place in three consecutive three-stage leagues, which broke his defense, so he left in a fit of anger.
But in the eyes of many people, this is also a kind of free and easy performance.
After all, not everyone can easily give up nearly ten years of hard work. Nibutani's father's behavior seemed impulsive, but he did not regret it afterwards. Instead, he lived a pretty happy life.
In this case, it is reasonable to regard Nibutani's father's giving up as free and easy.
"By the way, the tea room seems to be a lot quieter." After thinking for a moment, Nibutani's father said again.
"I don't have the ability like my father to maintain friendly relations between the teahouse and every chess player, so naturally I feel a little neglected." said the thin man.
"Don't say that, Byodoin boy, you are quite capable." Nibutani's father couldn't help but say.
The other party just smiled and shook his head without saying anything.
"Fewer chess players nowadays drink tea." On the other hand, Yushan Heren pointed out another reason why the tea room was deserted.
Hearing this, a bitter smile flashed across the thin man's face. What Yushan Heren said was indeed the truth.
Yushan Kazuto would occasionally come over to drink a cup or two of tea, about once every two or three months. However, many new generation chess players like Yushan Kazuto have no interest in tea at all.
For them, it would be better to buy a cup of milk tea than to come to the Byodoin Tea House to taste tea!
It is impossible for Byodoin Tea House to be turned into a milk tea shop. The thin man still has his own aspirations for business operations, so he can only let it go.
"Can it still be maintained?" Upon hearing this, Danshenggu's father couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"That's not a problem." said the thin man.
When the teahouse was making money, the Byodoin family had already bought the land.
There is no rent, only property tax, so it is relatively easy to maintain.
Hearing this, Danbuya's father nodded and felt relieved.
The Byodoin Tea House carries his many years of memories. If it closes down, he will not be able to find a suitable place to reminisce about the past.
"Let's order some tea first." Seeing that Nibutani's father was about to fall into his memories again, Jia Yueao Dacheng couldn't help but speak.
"Oh, yes, let's order tea first." Nibutani's father reacted.
"Give me a cup of apricot and pear tea." Looking at the thin man, Jia Yueao Dacheng said.
"Uncle Jia Yueao, aren't you going to drink black tea tonight?" the thin man couldn't help but ask.
"I've already drunk it in the chess academy." Jia Yueao Dacheng shook his head and said.
I had been thinking about sipping tea while watching the game between Yushan and Ren, but I didn't expect the game to end so quickly. I had just taken a sip or two when Yushan and Ren had already won.
The thin man nodded and silently took note of Jia Yueao Dacheng's choice.
"As for me, let's have Hu Longjing." On the other side, Nibutani's father spoke.
Neither Nibutani Morika nor Nibutani's mother had the habit of drinking tea, so Nibutani's father helped them make the choice and the family ordered a pot of Longjing tea together.
"Osmanthus Longjing, Uncle Danshenggu, what do you think?" The thin man said after thinking for a while.
"It's all right." said Nibutani's father.
The quality of Longjing tea in autumn is poorer, so it needs some other flavors to embellish it.
Now it is approaching the end of September, and the osmanthus flowers are gradually blooming. It is a great time to taste osmanthus tea.
The combination of osmanthus and Longjing tea just covers up the problem of Longjing tea's lack of flavor in autumn due to lower temperatures and less rainfall.
The combination between the two is perfect and complements each other perfectly.
Moreover, Osmanthus Longjing is also a specialty of the Byodoin Tea House. Nibutani's father used to like to order this one.
"Yushan Dragon... Hey, look at my brain, I always want to call you Yushan Dragon King." Looking at Yushan Kazuto, Nibutani's father was about to speak, but his words stopped abruptly.
On the other hand, Nibutani Morika felt a little resentful in her heart.
Yushan Heren only told Nibutani's father once not to call him Yushan Ryuoh, and the other party remembered it. However, he repeatedly asked him not to call him "Mori", but Nibutani's father always turned a deaf ear to him.
"It always feels weird to call you Yushan directly. How about I call you Brother Yushan?" After thinking for a while, Nibutani's father said.
Hearing this, Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but blink slightly.
Nibutani's father looks to be in his forties or fifties, and he calls himself "little brother"?
However, the name "Brother Yushan" is at least better than "Dragon King Yushan".
After thinking for a while, Yushan Heren couldn't help but sighed: "It's okay, just call me whatever you want."
Hearing this, Nibutani's father couldn't help but laugh: "Brother Yushan, you should also order a cup of tea."
Yushan Kazuto, however, blinked slightly and glanced at the new tea list for this season.
It is now the season for autumn tea. Compared with other seasons, the taste of autumn tea is lighter, but the aroma is slightly stronger.
Although many people admire the rich fragrance of autumn tea, Yushan Kazuto is not very interested in autumn tea. He prefers Mingqian tea, which has a pure and natural flavor.
It made him even more intoxicated.
"Let's have a cup of Uji." After thinking for a while, Yushan Kazuto said.
Uji City is a famous tea producing area in Japan, and its matcha is considered a famous product throughout Japan.
But in addition to matcha, the tea produced in Uji is actually very good.
"The Uji tea in the teahouse this year was all hand-selected and picked by my father. The taste may be slightly different from previous years," said the thin man.
"It doesn't matter." Yushan Heren shook his head and said.
Compared to the old manager of Byodoin Tea House, the thin man is still a little young. Yushan Kazuto believes that with his vision, he will be able to pick out the top-quality Uji tea.
In fact, when the other party returned to his hometown this time, he also had the idea of cultivating Uji tea varieties.
However, he only returned to his hometown in Uji at the beginning of this year, and it is still somewhat difficult to cultivate a tea variety in just one year.
Therefore, his main job this year is tea tasting and seed selection, which is quite leisurely and comfortable.
"Baidoin boy, why didn't you say so earlier?" Nibutani's father couldn't help but ask.
"Uncle Nibutani, if you want to change, that's no problem." The thin man smiled.
I haven't started making tea yet. If I want to change to another method, isn't that easy?
"No need, just soak in it first." Nibutani's father shook his head and said.
"By the way, bring a chessboard over for our table." Walking towards the tea table, Nibutani's father suddenly remembered the real purpose of coming to the tea room and couldn't help but speak.
Chapter 2294: Old Friend Murakami Sei
As a "supporting" tea room of the Japan Shogi Institute, the Shogi supplies in the Byodoin Tea Room are quite complete.
After all, many chess players will come to Byodoin Chess Institute to drink tea and review the game after finishing their game.
Nibutani's father was one of them. When he was studying at the Go Institute, the place where he played chess most was in the game room of the Japan Go Institute, and the second place was in the Byodoin Tea Room.
Nibutani's father, Kayo Okuda and their old friend actually rented a small house together in Tokyo.
The three of them also often studied shogi and exchanged their skills in the house they shared.
Even so, the time the three of them spent playing chess in the shared house was not as long as the time they spent playing chess in the Byodoin tea room.
Sitting at the tea table, they looked around and saw that in the huge tea room, there were only three or four people besides them.
Even though the fees charged by Byodoin Tea House are not low, the raw materials they use are indeed very good, and the actual gross profit is only around 30%.
With three or four guests, it is basically difficult to keep the teahouse running with this amount of customers.
But after thinking about it, Nibutani's father suddenly realized: It is now past seven o'clock in the evening, and most of the games in the chess academy have not ended yet. It is normal that the Byodoin tea room is a little deserted.
Once the evening game is over, the Byodoin Tea House will actually open for business.
It is not uncommon to see chess players drinking tea and staying up late to review the game.
Compared to before, Byodoin Tea House has indeed declined a bit, but the basic base is still there, so it should not be a problem to maintain it.
On the other side, the thin man had already brought the chessboard over.
Looking at the shiny chessboard that had just been wiped, Nibutani's father couldn't help but blink slightly: "This chessboard..."
"This chessboard is the one that Uncle Nibutani and Uncle Jiayue often use." The thin man said with a smile.
Hearing this, Nibutani's father did blink slightly.
On one corner of the chessboard, there is a deep fingernail mark, which is the masterpiece of Nibutani's father and his old friend Kayo Okudaisei.
Every time he was thinking, the other party would unconsciously press the chessboard with his fingernails, and the position was always fixed.
Therefore, over time, a deep mark was left on this chessboard.
This fingernail mark can be regarded as one of the few memories left by the two old friends, Nibutani's father and Kayo Okudasei.
On the other side, Jia Yueao Dacheng couldn't help but blink slightly.
The fact that this chessboard has been preserved so well till now is in fact partly due to the efforts of Jia Yueao Dacheng.
Over the years, whenever Jia Yueao Dacheng came to the teahouse, he would occasionally ask the teahouse to take out the chessboard as a souvenir.
But the greatest credit actually lies in the teahouse itself.
