Text: Chapter 101: The Middle Way
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Anxi City is located in the north, compared with the general provincial capital city more nightlife atmosphere, when Lin Yuming drove through the street, he saw that the street was brightly lit, full of people coming and going, at night, Lin Yuming also saw many grease and powder girls with ambiguous light in their eyes, searching around, looking for prey they thought was suitable, and there were more young people cruising on the street with stiff foreign accents and smirking masks, they were squandering their youth, Lin Yuming also saw that some elderly people who looked incomplete with children, holding big bowls, won people's sympathy on the roadsideγ
Lin Yuming sighed a lot of emotion in his heart, in this world, there are always many different people, some are strong, but they mean to beg, some are young and beautiful, shocking, but they are taken care of, and there are many fame and fortune, rich and oily, but depressed and lonely, jumping off the building and taking poison, of course, there are also some people who are determined and step by step from the grassroots to the elite, Lin Yuming is lamenting them at the same time, but also constantly asking himself, what kind of person is he?
He doesn't have an answer, and he doesn't know what kind of person he is!
Lin Yuming parked the car outside a suburban teahouse, and under the night light, the teahouse was quiet and elegant, not in a hurry or impatient, quietly waiting for the guests. This is the place that Lin Yuming deliberately selected, here, he and the director will not be disturbed by anything, and more importantly, the director will definitely not bump into acquaintances here.
There are two paper lanterns at the entrance of the teahouse, swaying in the wind, the lanterns are dimly lit, and the antique door is decorated with a somewhat mysterious appearance, adding a little quaint element here.
Lin Yuming was greeted by a young girl in a Chinese suit, and she smiled beautifully and brightly.
"Welcome!
"You two, let's have a private room!"
"Okay, please come with me!"
The little girl took Lin Yuming to the inside of the teahouse, the hall on the right side was decorated in retro style, wooden doors and windows, Ming-style furniture, classical ornaments, as soon as she arrived, the quietness of the teahouse made Lin Yuming gradually enter the realm of tranquility, Lin Yuming felt a kind of historical atmosphere, and couldn't help but think of the past and reminded him of the past, arousing his nostalgic feelings.
Standing in this teahouse, Lin Yuming seemed to have suddenly returned to the ancient era when everyone was using 'zhi, hu, also,' and he liked this feeling, he always thought that he was the kind of person with retro feelings.
The little sister took Lin Yuming to a small private room, which was very simple, only a walnut tea table and four solid wood circle chairs, and there was a landscape ink painting on the wall, which was stamped with many seals and inscribed with many handwriting, Lin Yuming couldn't read it, who knew if it was a real ink treasure or a cheap fake?
"Sir, I want some tea!" the little girl asked him with a smile.
"Kung Fu tea! I brought a tea set, besides, please come to your boss!"
The girl was a little puzzled, and a little surprised to see Lin Yuming put up the tea set, she really couldn't figure it out, she had seen the lunch box that came out to eat, but she really hadn't seen anyone who came out to drink tea with a tea set, this whole day in her hand, isn't she tired?
She mistakenly thought that Lin Yuming would hold a tea set every time she went out!
Lin Yuming quickly placed this set of ebony kung fu tea sets, pots, bowls, cups, plates, trays, etc. neat and orderly, now looking at it, it is different from the feeling of the day, the color is deep, the luster is black and bright, the style is more authentic and simple, with this walnut wood tea table, it is a perfect match.
"You want to see our boss!"
"Why, can't you!"
"Okay, okay, you wait a minute!"
After a while, the owner of the teahouse went to the private room with the girl, this is a man in his forties, and he smiled when he saw people: "Sir, you are looking for me, hey, it is Mr. Lin!"
"Boss Li's memory is good, I came with Mr. Xia last time!"
"Yes, yes, I remember, Xiao is always my old classmate, oops, your tea set is good!"
Lin Yuming smiled, it seems that the boss and the little girl are indeed different, and they are more proficient in the tea ceremony, and he can see the quality of the tea set at a glance.
"Well, I'm going to accompany a friend to drink tea, try this tea set, please come, I want you to give me two packs of the best tea, I want the best!"
"I understand, I just have a little bit of Tieguanyin in front of the Ming Dynasty in my hand!"
"Thank you!"
The boss quickly sent two small packets of Tieguanyin, which weighed only more than ten grams, but the price was expensive, two hundred yuan a small packet, one pack could make a pot of tea.
Lin Yuming began to wash the tea set, boiled a pot of water, sat down, made a pot of tea and drank it first.
Looking at the time, it was still very early, Lin Yuming once again seriously thought about the meeting for a while, which took him a long time, among which Ma Xiaoxiao also made two calls, saying that she had not received a call from the director, but she had already sent the location of Lin Yuming's appointment to the director's mobile phone.
Feeling Ma Xiaoxiao's anxiety and worry, Lin Yuming kept comforting her, asking her to wait patiently, saying that even if the director didn't come today, it didn't matter, and she would make an appointment tomorrow.
"Mr. Lin, thank you then, I don't want to let you wait there alone!"
"What's polite with me, I rarely have time to feel such leisure, sitting here, drinking tea, thinking about things, it's good!"
"Hey, wouldn't it be more pleasant to have a beautiful woman with you!
"Hahaha, I've never seen someone like you, I've defined myself as a beauty!"
"Am I not a beauty!"
"Yes, yes, of course you are!"
"That's it!"
Lin Yuming did not respond to Ma Xiaoxiao's question about coming to accompany him on the phone, he still felt that the director must not want to see too many people here.
After waiting for about an hour like this, Ma Xiaoxiao's call came in again: "Mr. Lin, he just called and said that he was almost there." β
"Okay, I got it!"
Finally came, Lin Yuming's heart was completely put down, he thought about it a little, stood up, and sat down on a loose seat in the hall.
Ten minutes later, there was some noise outside the teahouse, through the glass on the door, Lin Yuming saw Director Ning of the Highway Pipeline Bureau, Lin Yuming stood up from his seat, he was not going to go outside to greet him, he thought, Director Ning probably didn't want him to go out, right?
Sure enough, Director Ning said a few words to the driver who opened the car door for him, and the driver watched him walk into the teahouse, turned around and drove the car away.
Lin Yuming met Director Ning twice in the office of the director of the Highway and Road Bureau, but the time was very short, everyone was just polite, and there was no in-depth conversation at all.
At this time, Lin Yuming hurriedly greeted him.
"Ning Ju, hello, thank you for coming!"
"Haha, Mr. Lin is polite, polite. As he spoke, Director Ning lowered his head and walked inside.
Director Ning looks like he is in his fifties, with a medium grid, thin and thin, and he does not have the posture and aura of a big picture, he looks quiet and ordinary, but as long as you take a closer look, in Director Ning's quiet eyes, there is a deep light, and his expression of indifferent smile is always set off, and it sets off Director Ning's hidden and restrained temperament, and he is extremely self-contained.
Lin Yuming didn't say much, took Director Ning with him, and quickly went to his private room.
After entering, Director Ning did not sit down, he stood under the landscape painting scroll in the private room with his hands behind his back, squinted, looked at it very carefully, and looked at it very seriously, and then nodded after a while, and said: "Well, the painting is not very good, but the momentum is good, it can be seen that the painter's mentality is not impetuous, not hypocritical, not hypocritical, and good to paint." β
Lin Yuming was still a little surprised, but this was Lin Yuming's shortcoming, he would never answer the call easily, just said: "Director Ning pointed out the essence of this painting to the point, may I ask the director, is this tea made?"
Director Ning left in front of the painting, slowly paced to the side of the tea table, picked up the teapot, and suddenly, a faint, sweet, distant and unpredictable tea fragrance filled the entire tea room, soaking into the whole body of Lin Yuming and Director Ning.
Director Ning's eyes lit up and said, "Very good, it's Tieguanyin before the Ming Dynasty, let's drink this." β
As he spoke, Director Ning saw the tea set again, and was even more curious, and continued: "Mr. Lin, this small teahouse not only has good tea, but also has such a tea set, which really surprises me." β
Lin Yuming hurriedly said: "Ning Bureau, this tea is theirs, but I brought the tea set, I just want to ask Director Ning to show you the quality of the tea set." β
"Oh, hahaha, haha!"
Director Ning did not respond to Lin Yuming's words, took out a small cup from the boiling water with a tea tong, served himself a cup of tea, covered it with a fragrant cup, shook his hand, flipped it over, put down the teacup, held the fragrant cup with both hands and sniffed it at the end of his nose a few times, then put down the lid, picked up the teacup, and took a sip slowly.
"Mr. Lin, it seems that you also have a lot of research on the tea ceremony!"
"How dare you say research, just a little bit of the skin. β
"Be modest, look at the tea set, smell the fragrance of tea, taste the taste of tea, and know that Lin is always a person in this way!"
Lin Yuming may not really be good at it, but he used to think that he was a cultural person, and he usually had a general understanding of the tea ceremony, plus he was young, and he was watching this kind of introduction all day today, and his memory was good, seeing Director Ning talking about the tea ceremony, he would make up a few words from time to time, the two of them talked about it from the origin of tea, all the way to how to brew, and the subtlety of the tea ceremony, all talked about it one by one, Director Ning didn't expect Lin Yuming to be so proficient in the tea ceremony at a young age.