Chapter 12 Tea Tasting
After Xie Zhiyao came out of his home, he came to the barbecue stall for midnight snacks and talked to the stall owner about the inconvenient transportation in the village.
I remember that Xie Xiaochun and Xie Xiaoxia's father had a cerebral hemorrhage and were pulled to the hospital by Uncle Zeqing from the village on a tractor. It was too late after arriving at the hospital.
Although Yunmiao Village has been well built in the past two years due to tourism, the road from the village to the city is only the road along the lakeside road next to Erhai Lake behind the village, and the road at the entrance of the village still requires crossing mountains and ridges. However, the road along the lakeside road has to circle a large circle, and it takes a long time to go back and forth.
Xie Zhiyao said with emotion: "If this hospital is closer, it may be able to be rescued."
The two of them discussed the situation where young people rarely stay at home and they all went to work in other places.
Xu Hongdou had a lot of rest in the yard today, so she couldn't sleep. When she walked out for a walk, she saw Damai and Lin Na cooking noodles.
The three of them talked about eating noodles and shared their respective professions.
After chatting for a while, the topic turned to Zhao Shucheng without realizing it. After all, Zhao Shucheng has so many stories, it seems that it is like astronomy and geography, knowing everything and being able to do everything.
The next morning, Xie Xiaoxia came to Xie Heshun's house and was hesitating about how to go in and tell his master that he was going to the Magic City. When he saw the apprentice who was learning art with him running out of Xie Heshun's house in panic.
"Brother Xiaoxia!"
"Didn't you go to Guangzhou?"
"I haven't left yet, my dad asked me to say goodbye to the master."
Then he heard Xie Heshun shouting inside: "Stop it, stop it! Come back!"
"I'll leave first!" After that, he ran away in a hurry, just like a wolf chasing him behind him.
When Xie Xiaoxia saw the master walking out with some things, Xie Heshun threw the things on the ground and said, "Take them back for me and take them back!"
Then he saw Xie Xiaoxia standing at the door, and seemed to have guessed something and asked, "You are not staying in the wood carving factory, why are you doing here? By the way, I just returned these things to them and told their family that you should not come during festivals in the future."
Xie Xiaoxia said: ‘I'll go?’
"Who will go if you don't go? Go quickly!"
"oh!"
Looking at Xie Xiaoxia who was picking up things, Xie Heshun asked, "What's the matter with you coming to me?"
"It's okay, Master! Let's talk about it tomorrow!"
"Say it, don't be silly, say it!"
Xie Xiaoxia hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, I just want to go to the Demon City to play for a few days and see if I can find a job in the Demon City. I heard from my friend that the Demon City's wood carving studio is also recruiting people. I have never been to other places, so I just want to go and see it, and it may not be possible. Master, don't be angry."
Xie Heshun said, "Go, my small temple can't hold you, a great Bodhisattva, go!"
As he said that, he went home and closed the door.
Xie Xiaoxia originally thought that his master would be furious, but unexpectedly, his master did not get angry, and he also saw the disappointment on his face that could not be concealed.
After Zhao Shucheng got up, he had breakfast and prepared to stroll around the village.
This trip is a little different from other times. During three months, you don’t have to walk and take photos every day, just like rushing to the venue, but you can have time to observe slowly.
This slow-paced travel gives people a very different feeling. It is more exposed to the fireworks here and makes people feel more peaceful.
Of course, there are only a few attractions in Yunmiao Village. I saw them almost the same in the past two days, and the rest was just looking at different scenery in different weather and time.
Xu Hongdou also went shopping, bought some local specialty products, and sent them back to her home.
After returning to Youfeng Xiaoyuan, I saw Maqiushan still meditating and the closed doors of others. I didn’t know what to do for a while, so I went back to the room and looked at the computer for a while.
But after a while, I felt a little bored, so I took the book and went straight to the recliner and lay on it to read the book. However, after reading more than ten pages, I felt that it was meaningless and fell asleep directly.
Zhao Shucheng also came back from outside and saw Maqiushan who was still meditating and Xu Hongdou who was sleeping.
"Master Ma, Hongdou! I'm idle, let's have a tea and chat, how about it?"
After hearing this, Ma Ye opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Shucheng, saying, "Okay!"
Xu Hongdou also opened her eyes and said, "Okay!"
The three of them came to the tea room and began to prepare for tea.
Maqiushan sat directly in the main seat and said, "This is the first time we have a tea together today, so I will cook tea for you. Pu'er or black tea?"
Xu Hongdou said, "I can do it!"
"It's the hardest to serve anyone who can do it!" said Maqiushan.
Zhao Shucheng said: "Since I'm here in Dali, I think I'd better try Pu'er first, how about it?"
"Can!"
Zhao Shucheng saw Maqiushan preparing to make tea and said, "This is tea but not music, which is somewhat flawed. I will play the song played by the Guzheng with my mobile phone to add some artistic conception."
"This is a great good word!"
When Maqiushan heard Zhao Shucheng say this, the scene began to appear in his mind. As the sound of the piano sounded, the three of them tasted tea and chatted, which was so pleasant.
While making tea, Maqiushan said, "Are you bored?"
Xu Hongdou said: "No."
"I have read dozens of pages of the book, is it still fun for mobile phones?"
"It's fun, but you can't keep playing. It's bad for your eyes, and it will be quite empty."
Maqiushan said: "This person's brain will react strongly when stimulated, the excitement threshold will become higher and higher, and the emotional control will become worse and worse. So when you put down your phone, you will feel empty and bored. Then your emotions will be excited and irritable, and over time you will be useless."
After hearing this, Xu Hongdou felt a little alarmist and asked, "Then do I have any help?"
“Mediation!”
“What are you thinking about when you meditate?”
Machushan said: "When you first start meditating, you must learn to control yourself, get rid of all the distractions in your mind, and focus all your attention on your breathing."
"What if you concentrate on breathing?"
"Just focus on breathing!"
"That's it?"
"that's all!"
Zhao Shucheng looked at Xu Hongdou who had started meditating with Maqiushan, couldn't help laughing and said, "Master Ma, it's not enough for you to meditate yourself, you have to expand the team."
"No, I'm telling her the philosophy of life. For example, this tea..."
Xu Hongdou said: "You want to say that this tea also needs to be tempered and needs to be fermented for a long time before it can become tea. Everything in this world needs to be practiced, right?"
Maqiushan was stunned. All his words were said. What else could he say? He could only say: "I want to say that the tea soup is rosy and shiny, so it can be drunk."
However, just as I was drinking tea, Maqiushan's cell phone rang, but Maqiushan was unmoved at all.
Xu Hongdou looked at Zhao Shucheng and asked, "Don't you answer?"
"No need to take it. Drinking tea at this time, nothing else is serious."
Xu Hongdou said, "But, it's a little annoying!"
Maqiushan was immediately embarrassed and said, "I'm polite!" As he said that, he took out his phone and turned it off. What's strange is that Maqiushan's phone is not a smartphone, but a long time ago.
Zhao Shucheng looked at Maqiushan and said, "Master Ma, your phone is retro enough. Why can't you use a smartphone? Or do you just use such a phone?"
"It's enough to be able to talk and send text messages in such a place!"
Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "That's true. After all, we are here to travel and rest. We should not let too many chores involve our energy."
Maqiushan nodded and said, "No. By the way, Zhao Shucheng, I call you Xiao Zhao, is that okay?"
"The name is just a code name, Xiao Zhao and Shu Cheng, can be either."
"Okay, when you are here, I see that you are not idle every day, either going out for a trip or scrambling furniture at home, why?"
Zhao Shucheng said: "It's nothing, I just think that since I'm here, I should at least be familiar with the environment. Besides, sometimes I find something for myself to do so that I won't be so bored."
"Why might as well meditate with me?"
Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said, "I can't compare to you. I don't have that much concentration. With this skill, I might as well sleep on a recliner and not think about anything."
"Oh, it's a pity, it's a pity!"
"It's not a pity that everyone has their own lifestyle. Just like those of us who come from big cities, everyone is used to fast-paced life. On the contrary, the slow pace of the countryside makes people unable to adapt for a while. But after a long time, they might think that this lifestyle is also good."
Zhao Shucheng said as he looked at Xu Hongdou and said, "Hongdou, actually, I don't think you have to stay at home or read books all day. Instead, you can take advantage of the time to have a good time to go around the village. Whether it is local wood carving or embroidery, you can try it out, maybe you can have new hobbies."
"Forget it, wood carvings, I have a headache when I see so many knives, but I don't think the embroidery you mentioned can't be tried."
Xu Hongdou didn't expect that Zhao Shucheng would give such advice, and was a little moved. After all, he was idle every day, so it would be better to find something for himself as Zhao Shucheng said.
Just like Maqiushan, what he finds for himself every day is meditation. Dabae rests during the day and writes at night, and Lin Na will also go to the cafe to help, not letting herself be completely idle.
Then, as if he remembered something, Xu Hongdou asked, "By the way, what are you going to do next?"
Zhao Shucheng said: "It's nothing, it's just that many things in the village are very interested in. They all want to try them, such as raising horses, wood carvings or embroidery, and other unique things here. They all want to try them."
"That's pretty good. But you have such a good wood carving skills, do you still need to try it again?"
Chapter completed!