Chapter 162 Chapter 137 Buddha's Light Tin Can, Aged Maotai, Everyone is Astonished!
"So expensive!"
Liu Ying looked at Wu Wei with disbelief, "Then aren't these two boxes over fifty thousand?"
"Right."
Wu Wei smiled, as if it were only natural, "It's for Auntie, of course, it should be something nice."
Liu Ying felt both joyful and conflicted upon hearing this.
She was happy because her daughter's boyfriend was bringing such expensive gifts on his first visit, which made her feel very honored.
The conflict came from the fact that the gifts were too extravagant; their price was almost as much as her and her husband's annual income!
How could this be just 'a bit nice'?
It's as good as it gets!
Zhou Yongming was also wide-eyed in shock.
He had never expected his little daughter's boyfriend to be so lavish!
Tonic donkey-hide gelatin worth tens of thousands, even he, born and raised in the land of Qi and Lu, had never seen such a thing!
And Liu Fen, the young aunt, was so astonished that she was completely dumbfounded, feeling a storm of emotions inside.
Yuanyan's boyfriend was really too wealthy, wasn't he?
Could he be a second-generation rich from Beijin?
With these thoughts, her heart was filled with envy.
Last year, when her daughter had brought home a boyfriend, all the gifts combined were only about two thousand yuan.
Mere loose change compared to these two boxes of tonic!
Liu Fen couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
There was no helping it; her own daughter was not as pretty as Yuanyan!
And besides, given Yuanyan's temperament, she wouldn't have settled for anyone less than exceptional.
Liu Fen sized up Wu Wei, suppressing the emotions inside her, and pointing at the other two bags, said, "Wu, what's in those other two bags?"
Wu Wei promptly replied, "That's the tobacco and alcohol I brought for Uncle."
Hearing Wu Wei's words, Zhou Yongming couldn't help but look over, very curious to know what kind of tobacco and alcohol had been bought for him.
Considering that his wife had received tonic donkey-hide gelatin worth tens of thousands, as the birthday star himself, it surely wouldn't be anything less.
He was betting it was probably Moutai or Huazi.
Zhou Yongming wasn't the only one curious—everyone else was as well.
"If it's from Wu, it's definitely good tobacco and alcohol."
Zhang Zhi told Zhou Yongming, "Uncle, open it up and have a look!"
"Okay."
Zhou Yongming couldn't wait any longer and immediately picked up one of the bags.
The bag was quite light; no need to say, it surely contained cigarettes.
However, when he took out the cigarettes, he found they weren't the typical pack.
Instead, it was a relatively square, large box.
The box was overall black and looked very high-end.
The front had the gold characters for "Taishan."
"Is this Taishan cigarettes?"
Seeing that it was Taishan cigarettes, Zhou Yongming was full of question marks.
As an old smoker from the province of Qi and Lu, he was all too familiar with Taishan cigarettes.
But this packaging of Taishan, he had never seen before!
Zhang Zhi was equally confused.
He usually smoked Taishan too, both the cheap and the expensive kinds.
But this one he had no recollection of at all.
However, looking at this packaging box, it surely wasn't cheap.
"Is this Taishan Buddha Light?"
Zhang Zhi asked uncertainly, then turned to look at Wu Wei.
Buddha Light was Taishan's most expensive cigarette, and also the most expensive in the province of Qi and Lu, selling for a thousand yuan a pack.
"Sort of,"
Wu Wei said indifferently, "This is Taishan's Buddha Light tin can."
"Buddha Light tin can?!!"
Hearing this name, Zhou Yongming, Zhang Zhi, and Zhang Bo all involuntarily opened their mouths wide in astonishment.
For the smokers of the Qi and Lu province, the four words 'Buddha Light tin can' were thunderously famous!
It was the absolute top, the ceiling of Taishan cigarettes!
Also one of the ten most expensive cigarettes in the country!
The thousand-yuan Buddha Light simply paled in comparison to it!
Unlike other cigarettes, Buddha Light tin cans were not packed in boxes but in a tin can.
The body of the can showcased embossed designs of five Taishan landscapes, extremely delicate and attractive.
The lid of the tin was a 24K gold-plated Buddha handprint.
Hence the name Buddha Light tin can.
Inside the Buddha Light tin can, there were fifty cigarettes.
The price was a whopping fifteen thousand yuan!
That is, three hundred yuan for each cigarette!
The key was that this cigarette was not for public sale, so it was basically impossible to find on the market.
Wu Wei had come across it by chance while searching online for Qi and Lu province's most expensive cigarettes, and then tried to search on various sale platforms.
Eventually, he bought a box from a personal seller.
Zhou Yongming had seen the Buddha Light tin can online, but he had only seen the pictures of the can and did not know what the outer packaging looked like, so even with it in hand, he didn't recognize it.
"Uncle, hurry up and open it to take a look!"
Zhang Zhi said with eager eyes, too impatient to wait.
Then Zhou Yongming finally came to his senses, hurriedly placed the box on the table, and opened it.
Indeed, inside was the familiar tin can and Buddha hand.
Zhou Yongming's heart beat excitedly as he carefully picked up the tin can, admired it for a while, and then removed the gold-plated Buddha hand lid.
Inside were fully stuffed fifty cigarettes.
Zhou Yongming couldn't resist and took a close sniff, immediately revealing an expression of enjoyment on his face.
Zhang Zhi asked with gleaming eyes, "Uncle, how about we try one?"
Hearing this, Zhou Yongming couldn't help but hesitate.
Each cigarette was worth three hundred yuan!
That was enough to buy three packs of the Red General cigarettes he usually smoked!
He really didn't want to just use them up.
But since his young uncle had already asked, it would certainly be inappropriate to refuse.