Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Story Is in the Wine
Shichahai is located in the Xicheng District of the central urban area, adjacent to the central axis of Beijing, and connected with the waters of Zhongnanhai, which is the only open scenic spot with open water surface in the inner city of Beijing, and is also the largest and most intact historical district in Beijing.
It is said that the waters of Houhai are connected to the dragon veins of the Forbidden City, and have been a treasure of feng shui since ancient times.
Therefore, the monks of the past dynasties built temples and temples here, while the princes and ministers chose to build mansions and gardens on the shore, and the celebrities also moved to the lakeside one after another, starting the first waterfront life on the shore of Houhai.
Therefore, as the saying goes, "there is Shichahai first, and then there is Beijing City".
Beijing's Houhai Sea is said to be a sea, but it is actually a lake.
It's not a good summary to say it's a lake, because it's more like a southern pond.
As a Hongqing Pond exclusively enjoyed by the royal family in the old days, Houhai is located in the center of Beijing, only four or five stations away from Tiananmen Square, connected to the famous Beihai River, and opposite to Jingshan Mountain and the Forbidden City.
In the Manchu language, people used to say that the lake was the sea, so in the old Beijing dialect, there was the title "Houhai".
For example, the name of a lake with water in the center of a city requires a lot of artistic ability and imagination, and this kind of statement is completely unfamiliar with the situation, thinking that they understand the deep meaning, but in fact they don't understand it.
Houhai, Houhai, Houhai It is not a sea!
That's what a lot of people say.
But in the hearts of many people, Houhai is also a sea.
Houhai bars are more in line with the current definition of Houhai by most people.
The bar street here is the most literary and artistic bar gathering place in Beijing, and the bars are either on the Shicha beach with the shadows of trees, or in the hutong courtyard of the old Beijing style.
The bars along the lake near Shichahai are mainly distributed in three parts, namely the lotus market and the Qianhai part, the Yindian Bridge area, and the Houhai part.
Most of the bars are old buildings, and the lakeside environment is very elegant, and some bars will have tables and chairs along the road by the lake, so it is very pleasant to drink and chat outside on summer nights.
However, due to the popularity of bars in recent years, the variety of services and types has also begun to be uneven, and there are often spoiling situations such as desperate solicitation and vulgar performances on the street.
Lao Wang, the owner of the wooden bar, especially hates this kind of person who disrupts the order of the market.
His bar doesn't need to solicit customers or put on a lowbrow show, and it's a blessing for both parties to find one to sit down with a drink and stop by a bar band.
Lao Wang is not the kind of bar owner who doesn't understand music, he also formed a band in school when he was young, and he would go out every week to PK with people.
The choice of the band is an important indicator of a bar's success, even more so than his control of the drink.
According to his original words, the stories are all in the wine, and the atmosphere is that you can get drunk when you drink tea.
Of course, this does not mean that he does not pay attention to the quality control of wine.
The time is five o'clock in the afternoon, and it is the beginning of the evening session of Houhai Bar, and the tourists who go to eat and eat are shuttling through the alleys, and the alleys are full of people, and the various clothes and decorations in the characteristic shops are even more disturbing to the eyes of visitors.
The bars on Bar Street are particularly unremarkable at the moment.
In the bar of the wooden bar, the two waiters looked out the window with some boredom, Friday night was destined to be a noisy night for them, and they had not yet shown their power, so they could take advantage of this moment to rest for a while.
"When did our boss come?"
The short girl at the bar asked her colleague.
"It hasn't been long since I arrived. A colleague recalls as he tidied up the bar.
"Didn't say anything? I guess I was late last time, right?" asked the short girl, a little nervously.
The colleague glanced at the boss Lao Wang sitting on the sofa at the door and shrugged his shoulders, "It shouldn't be." ”
"I'm relieved!" Hearing her colleague's words, the girl finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The girl looked at the boss outside the window again, and bumped her elbow against her colleague before she spoke, "Is our boss waiting for his girlfriend?"
"Can you stop gossiping like this?" the colleague couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Curious, don't you think it's strange that our boss actually came over today?"
When the two people in the bar were still chatting about the boss's gossip, Lao Wang, who was sitting on the sofa at the door, finally saw the person he was waiting for.
"Oh, old Gao, we haven't seen each other for a long time!"
Seeing a few people who were late, Lao Wang stood up and walked towards each other, the two men bumped their shoulders, and laughed when they met.
"It's been a long time since we've seen each other, and your bar is a lot bigger!" Gao Ge raised his eyes and looked at the big-character sign of the wooden bar, and complimented with a smile.
"Blind busy!" Lao Wang also laughed.
Lao Wang, the owner of the wooden bar, is an old acquaintance of several people, and he has been competing in the piano together when he was young, and he has kept in touch after so many years.
After thinking about the plan of the bar tour, Gao Ge and a few people aimed at Lao Wang.
said that it was a bar tour, but in fact, everyone would adjust it according to the actual situation, and try to fight for the small and medium-sized venues that could be done, and Xu Hongfei also began to find a relationship to go through the procedures by himself.
Several people pondered for two days, and finally decided on the name of the concert, and called it on the road.
It's not so much a national tour as it is a trip down memory for these old men.
When people reach middle age, it is rare to indulge in presumptuousness!
"Come in, big guys!"
Under the leadership of Lao Wang, everyone came to the bar, there were not many guests in the bar at this time, and several guests sat by the window while basking in the sun while sipping wine.
The atmosphere of the bar was very peaceful, and there was a young man on the stage who was singing in a low voice, and the young man's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw a familiar face, and his originally low and soulful singing voice was slightly out of tune.
He actually saw Gao Ge and Xu Hongfei!
The guests just glanced curiously at the wave of people who had arrived, and then turned their heads to immerse themselves in their own world.
"What kind of wine?" asked Lao Wang to Gao Ge and the others.
"You don't need to drink anything. Hearing Lao Wang's enthusiastic words, Gao Ge hurriedly waved his hand, "Come to tea?"
"There have been a lot of banquets lately. Tian Zhuang on the side also explained, "The wine is about to vomit." ”
Hearing Gao Ge's words, Lao Wang called the waiter to pour tea for a few people, and then they started chatting.
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Outside the wooden bar.
Two well-dressed girls stood at the door of the bar, looked at the signboard and talked to their friends.
"This should be it, right?"
Zhang Yue glanced at the map of her mobile phone and nodded, and then compared it with Gao Ge's Weibo, and then nodded affirmatively.
This should be the bar right now......