Entertainment starting from the windy place

Chapter 201 Teahouse, Wedding

It was cloudy and rainy yesterday, but it was sunny today. The sky was as clear as blue glass. The bright sunshine dispelled the dullness. It was a good weather for traveling.

Early in the morning, Chen Mo, Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing walked out of the room fully dressed, all dressed for a long journey.

"Where are you going?"

Hu Youyu had just gotten up and was leaning over the railing, yawning, with sleepy eyes.

"Going to Chengdu to attend a friend's wedding." Chen Mo walked downstairs carrying his suitcase.

Xu Hongdou followed him empty-handed with a bag slung across her shoulder. "I'm going with him, and I'm also going to attend a homestay industry exchange meeting."

The decoration of the B&B has been basically completed. After that, there will be a period of ventilation and vacancy. It will officially open in the spring of next year.

Therefore, Xu Hongdou and the others can be said to be half idle from now on.

"Are all three of you going?"

Chen Nanxing waved his hand and said, "We are going to Heqing to collect folk songs."

Hu Youyu was puzzled. "Two?"

Da Mai jumped from under the eaves to the yard and appeared in Hu Youyu's sight. She raised her head and waved, "And me, Nanxing and I will go together. She will go to shoot the materials, and I will go to find inspiration."

Inspired by the armor paper that Aunt Agui gave him last time, Chen Nanxing decided to expand the content of his videos to include some intangible cultural heritage skills, so as to promote local culture while recording local delicacies.

Chen Mo also laughed and said that the road of short videos is getting wider and wider for her.

Da Mai finally finished her serialized novel these two days. Last time she said that she wanted to incorporate a branch line of intangible cultural heritage into her new book, which would not only enrich the plot but also elevate the theme.

So, she decided to look for inspiration and materials with Chen Nanxing.

As for why Heqing?

Heqing is a famous "hometown of folk art". The "earth paper" used for printing and rubbing armor and horses is Heqing's white cotton paper, which is handmade from the bark of the mulberry tree.

At the same time, Heqing's silver forging skills are even more famous.

While they were talking, Nana also walked out of the room in light clothes.

Hu Youyu's eyes widened, "Nana, you want to go out too?"

Nana was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong? I'm going to Mr. Xie's e-commerce warehouse to do a live broadcast to help farmers."

A few days ago, Nana officially resigned from her job at Youfeng Restaurant.

The live broadcast team formed by Chen Mo's company arrived in Dali. Xie Zhiyao was responsible for contacting fruit farmers in several nearby towns, Nana was responsible for the online live broadcast, and the village committee coordinated. The three parties started cooperation on public welfare to help farmers.

Hu Youyu suddenly felt inexplicably melancholy and sighed: "Alas, am I the only one left?"

Chen Mo smiled and said meaningfully: "Then do you want to go to Chengdu with us?"

Hu Youyu smiled and waved his hand, "Forget it, what am I going to do?"

Chen Mo shrugged, "Then let's go."

Xu Hongdou smiled and said, "Please take care of the house."

Chen Nanxing turned around and raised his hand, "Don't worry, we will be back soon."

Barley followed suit, "You can enjoy this huge yard all to yourself."

Nana corrected from behind: "I have to come back to stay at night, okay?"

"Oh, yes."

A group of people went out talking and laughing, and the yard suddenly became quiet.

Hu Youyu stood there for a while, then became a little bored and turned back to his room.

"Let's go back and sleep for a while."

Chengdu is a leisurely city where playing mahjong and hanging out in teahouses are popular.

Take a break from the hustle and bustle to have a cup of tea, or take a break from the busy schedule to grab a cigarette.

Walking in the streets and alleys of Chengdu, you will find a teahouse every three or five steps. There are teahouses everywhere, including teahouses in downtown areas, tea stalls in alleys, teahouses in parks, and tea gardens in universities.

When visiting a teahouse, the word “drink” is the soul.

There is a saying, which is not without exaggeration, that half of the people in Chengdu live in teahouses.

As for the other half, most of them went to hot pot restaurants.

"The teahouses and mahjong here are really a unique landscape."

Xu Hongdou and Chen Mo walked hand in hand on the streets of the city, and couldn't help but sigh.

Chen Mo said with a smile: "Teahouses in Sichuan are the best in the world, and teahouses in Chengdu are the best in Sichuan."

"In the eyes of Chengdu people, teahouses in the north are all about sitting at high square tables, long benches, and teapots. Drinking tea is tiring and tasteless. Teahouses in the south are splendidly decorated, and guests are mainly served homemade dim sum. It's 'there are seats but no tea.'"

"In the eastern Sichuan area, people drink Laoyin tea on long wooden benches, which are purely for drinking water to quench thirst and take a break. There is no tea and no seats." (Laoyin tea is a kind of leaf, not real tea leaves. It is often used as the soup base of Chongqing hot pot, so Chengdu people do not think Laoyin tea is tea.)
“Only teahouses in Chengdu have seats, tea and fun. The teahouses here can be described in one word: ‘comfortable’.”

Xu Hongdou asked curiously, "How do you know this so clearly?"

Chen Mo shrugged, "Master Ma's second move will be in Chengdu."

According to Ma Ye’s plan, the “Ancient Tea-Horse Road” will seize the BJ market within three months, and then expand to other cities.

The key landing point of the second step was decided by Master Ma in Chengdu.

As a partner, although Chen Mo does not ask about specific business, he is clearly aware of the company's development strategies and policies.

Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou came to a teahouse that looked very old.

The reason why you can tell the "age" at a glance is that this teahouse has no floor, let alone floor tiles. Instead, it has a bumpy cement floor, the wooden gables of the house are hollowed out, the water collection tank is a bit old, and the environment can be said to be simple and noisy.

But it is precisely this kind of teahouse where you can feel the most authentic "Chengdu flavor" as soon as you sit down: bamboo chairs, small square tables, three-piece tea sets, tiger stoves, copper kettles, and the waiters and waitresses.

The liveliness of Chengdu's teahouses has always been more than just about drinking tea. At a glance, you can see people playing mahjong, playing cards, discussing business, dozing off, writing articles, all doing their own thing. There are also vendors selling melon seeds, newspapers, ears, shoes, and muscles. It seems that people from all walks of life have to squeeze into a teahouse together.

Although the content and stories in teahouses today are not as rich as those in the last century, they still have a unique flavor.

Here, Chen Mo and the others saw Su Qingya playing mahjong in Sichuan dialect.

That posture is quite lazy and casual.

Xu Hongdou walked over with a smile and patted her on the shoulder.

"Hongdou, you guys are here." Su Qingya turned around and said to the person next to her, "Auntie, my friend is here, please take my place."

"That's fine."

Su Qingya and Chen Mo found a seat. They sat down and leaned back on the bamboo chair, then raised their hand to call the waiter to make tea.

The skill of “making tea” is a unique skill of Chengdu teahouses, just like an acrobatic performance.

I saw the waiter coming to the table with a pile of tea bowls. As he raised his hand, the tray had slid in front of each person, and the covered bowl sat on the tray with a click. Then he held the pot in one hand and opened the lid with the other hand. A white line dotted into the tea bowl and the lid was quickly closed. The speed was amazing but not a single hair was messy.

In addition to the basic skills of "fast, accurate and steady", there are also some fancy moves such as "Su Qin carrying a sword on his back" and "dragon exploring the sea".

After the waiter left, Su Qingya pointed and smiled, "This kind of waiter who mixes tea in the teahouse was called 'Tea Doctor' in the past."

"Tea Doctor?" Xu Hongdou was a little surprised when she heard this term for the first time.

Su Qingya nodded and said, "In a teahouse, waiters can come into contact with people from all walks of life every day. Over time, they will naturally have a wide range of knowledge. Whether it is news anecdotes or folk anecdotes, if you ask them, they can tell you one, two, three."

As the saying goes, 'the world is as vast as a cup, the days and months are as long as a cup of tea', a small teahouse is a big society. Since ancient times, teahouses have gathered guests from all walks of life and accommodated people from all over the world.

Su Qingya said with a smile: "But now everyone has computers and mobile phones, with keyboards in hand, everyone can point fingers at others, so this title has naturally disappeared."

Xu Hongdou smiled, "There's not much difference between staying in Chengdu and going to Dali. The atmosphere in Chengdu is also quite relaxed."

"In terms of pace of life, Chengdu is indeed very comfortable and relaxing, but compared with Yunnan, its disadvantage is that there is less sunshine."

Su Qingya shrugged, "There is an idiom called 'Shu dogs barking at the sun', which is very descriptive."

"There is less blue sky above, but more teahouses in front of us." Chen Mo shouted in Sichuan dialect, "Let's brew tea, set up the dragon gate formation, and live a prosperous life."

Su Qingya smiled knowingly and said, "This is the jasmine tea that people here often drink. How about you try it?"

Chen Mo drank tea, listened to the excitement around him, and nodded slightly, "Ba Shi."

To be honest, purely in terms of taste, the tea here is definitely not as good as the one he usually gets from Master Ma. After all, there is a reason why it is expensive.

But in this kind of environment, drinking is about a leisurely attitude towards life, so the taste is secondary.

"Hey, who is this?"

"Are you bringing your family? Can you introduce them to me?"

At the wedding venue, Chen Mo just approached the banquet table when he heard some teasing. He raised his hand that was shaking with Xu Hongdou and grinned:

"Isn't it obvious? My girlfriend."

Hu Youwei joked, "I think he has a fairy hidden and doesn't want people to see it, right?"

Zhang Mingyu nodded, "Indeed, this kid has been waiting for so many years."

"I would say he has high standards."

Others at the table echoed him.

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows and said, "Needless to say, you should all prepare your share of the money. I have given out so much over the years, it is my turn to take it back."

"Has she agreed to marry you? You just collect the gift money."

"That's right. We don't engage in moral blackmail."

The people present started to make noises and jokes.

Xu Hongdou did not feel uncomfortable, but smiled and leaned her head lightly on Chen Mo's shoulder in response.

"Wow--"

What followed was even louder booing.

Chen Mo didn't bother to pay attention to these guys. He pulled Xu Hongdou and gave her a brief introduction of each person.

The people at this table are all old classmates who are quite close to Chen Mo. They all came to attend Liu Qing's wedding.

Except Zhang Mingyu who had known her in advance, no one else had met Xu Hongdou.

Therefore, this is the first time that Chen Mo officially introduced Xu Hongdou in his social network.

After everyone exchanged greetings and chatted for a while, the lights dimmed and the wedding began.

Next, a set of process rituals will be carried out under the auspices of the master of ceremonies.

"Please invite the bride in!"

"Swear to each other!"

"The bride and groom exchange rings!"

[Unconsciously, the bell rang, and you stayed where you were, waiting for him to come closer. He knelt on one knee gently, and slowly put the diamond ring on your ring finger.]

"You can't say it, right?"

Chen Mo walked over to Ning Zhijian who had arrived at the scene at some point.

"Just passing by."

Ning Zhijian looked at the bride on the stage from afar and gave a reason that he himself did not believe.

[Today you are dressed up very beautifully, and I have embraced this beauty, but it is a pity that this is your wedding with him, and I am just a guest.]

Chen Mo joked, "I thought you were here to steal my wedding. I've even discussed this with Fatty Hu and the others in advance. If you were here to steal my wedding, we would definitely help you stop them."

Ning Zhijian sneered, "This isn't an idol drama, how can I act out such an unbearable plot?"

[I shed all my memories to celebrate your wedding, but I still don’t have the courage to wish you a happy wedding. Thank you for giving me the final clarity and returning myself to myself.]

The two of them looked at the newlyweds on the wedding stage together.

Chen Mo sighed: "Liu Qing hasn't changed much. When I talked to her just now, she still felt the same as before."

Looking at the girl on the stage wearing a wedding dress whose eyes were red with emotion, Ning Zhijian responded softly, "Yeah."

It’s indeed the same as before, still so easy to cry.

After a moment of silence, Chen Mo suddenly asked, "Do you regret it?"

Ning Zhijian said calmly: "Rereading a book may give you new insights, but there won't be a new ending."

[At least I can still be the guest who witnesses your love. He is so lucky to meet you. I hope he will love you more than I do.]

(End of this chapter)