A conical transparent glass bottle was brought to the dining table by the servants. Inside the glass bottle were clear water, apple juice, distilled liquor, milk, and even a few deep blue ice cubes. Below the glass bottle was a small golden bowl containing coal and tobacco, with a slender hose inserted into the mouth of the glass bottle.
The servant lit the coal in the golden bowl, and thick blue-gray smoke rose, filtered through the mixture in the glass bottle, transforming into milky white smoke that continued to rise under the residual heat of the coal.
Jing Qingfu bit the hose, turned the small steel ball in the regulator of the hose, finally found a comfortable rhythm, and began to puff away while sitting in the wheelchair.