When I heard the news, my heart sank inexplicably, as if something was broken, and I reluctantly smiled and said, "I don't know yet, wait until I go back and see, who is the bride?" ”

I don't know how other women feel in the face of this kind of crush getting married, maybe others will be relieved, but I really feel relieved and a little lost at the same time. Women's vanity is like that, contradictory and superficial.

The faint loss and shock in my tone even heard Shen Mo beside me, and he looked at me strangely.

I don't know if He Liancheng heard it on the phone, he just continued to say in a very normal tone: "The bride is Guo Mingming, I heard that the two of them had a relationship in the mountains for a few days and nights, and the parents of both sides seem to be quite satisfied." The engagement address is an old mansion in the second ring road, and I don't know whose assets it is. He Liancheng said that the more detailed he was, he even wanted to go through it in detail by car, in the first few alleys and streets.

His deliberate explanation made me suddenly realize that he knew about my tone and reaction, but he didn't say it. I quickly packed up my feelings, tried to make myself smile heartily and said, "That's really congratulations to him, Guo Mingming is much better than Jia Yuhan, and he just dumped Jia Yuhan a few streets." ”

"You'll talk about it when you come back." He Liancheng finally stopped the endless explanation, and when he heard that the environment around me was quiet, he took the initiative to hang up the phone.

By this time, the car had already driven into a quiet mountain path, with tall trees on both sides, and the sky suddenly darkened, as if it was evening.

At the end of the path, there is an old courtyard that looks like a dilapidated temple, but the walls and tiles have traces of repair. He parked the car, got out of the car and walked straight to the gate of the courtyard, raised his hand and knocked on the door, and when I followed to the door, someone opened the door from the inside.

The person who came was dressed plainly, wearing Gebu linen clothes, with extremely short hair, and his appearance was even more ordinary, not at all like a friend of the demon Shen Mo.

Shen Mo was lukewarm to him, and said not far away: "This is my friend, come to drink tea, Lu'an melon slices." ”

The man replied lightly and walked in front, and Shen Mo motioned for me to follow.

After entering the door, I realized that this courtyard was unique. The ground in the courtyard is paved with mossy quaint blue striped stones, and in the corner of the courtyard there are several old white embroidery trees, and the delicate flower balls like pompoms bloom among the dark green leaves, filling the courtyard with quiet and elegant.

These plants are at least hundreds of years old, with thick branches and unique shapes, like dead branches and old plums. On the canopy of a tree about two meters high, there are dense small flowers, which make people feel calm.

There are three rooms in the courtyard, one main room in the middle, and one wing room in the east and west.

Looking at the brick walls and roof windows, they are all ancient buildings that have been repaired, and the original windows have been transformed into floor-to-ceiling carved glass screens. In one of the rooms, the screen is folded up, and the wooden tatami mats are covered with bamboo mats, deliberately aged colors, and the low tea table makes people feel interesting.

On both sides of the tea table, there is a grass beige linen cushion, on the tea table is a purple sand tea set, and a small flower pot with a shape is inserted in a group embroidery with three buds and five or six green leaves. In this way, a branch is slanted, and Zen is born.

The spring water in the clay pot on the small clay stove on the side is just open, and the white gas rises up.

The man went to the door and motioned for us to take off our shoes and go in. I saw that the house was covered with old wooden floors, which were all rubbed with some old colors, and the midday sun shone through the canopy of trees, and time seemed to stand still.

I've actually drunk a lot of tea, but it's the first time I've ever been exposed to the tea ceremony in such an authentic way, and I don't know which foot to walk on first. Shen Mo is really a careful person, he looks at me sideways every time he makes a move. I bowed my head and followed his example.

After sitting down in one of the only three compartments, I realized that the scenery outside the window was different, the front window was wide and bright, and the carved screen divided the sunlight into various shapes, falling on the table, the tea set, and the person, like a delicate tattoo. The rear window is short and cramped, with a few unadorned branches diagonally horizontally, full of wild fun.

The man quickly brought up the tea, water, kettle, and stove, and nodded slightly: "Use it slowly." Then he withdrew.

This is probably the most authentic tea ceremony I have ever come across, imitating the ancient Tang Dynasty and with some solemnity of a Japanese tea ceremony. Whether it's the utensils or the environment, it makes me feel that my appearance is a bit redundant, or vulgar.

Even when Shen Mo was concentrating on cooking tea, I didn't dare to come out, let alone ask the reporter about gossip news that I wanted to ask.

His demeanor is elegant, his expression is indifferent, his movements are smooth and skillful, and his eyebrows are as solemn as a ceremony. Needless to say, tea tasting, even just watching Shen Mo cooking tea is also a rare visual enjoyment.

I remember when I was very young, I used to be obsessed with a certain popular male star, and I was a nymphomaniac when I read posters every day. My mother once pointed at my head and said, "What's the use of being handsome, can it be used as a meal?" ”

At that time, I couldn't answer, about whether "good-looking" can be eaten as a meal, and now seeing Shen Mo in this situation, I can give a positive answer to my mother's question back then - good-looking can really be eaten as a meal! The goods in front of me are simply a red fruit to explain what is called beautiful and delicious. Of course, this kind of "edible" is absolutely not blasphemous.

He poured the tea soup into the purple sand shallow cup with a small bamboo spoon, leaned forward slightly and put it in front of me, raised his eyes and whispered: "You taste it, this is the best Lu'an melon slices in a serious way." ”

What I say now is superfluous, and I really sigh at the world of the rich, which is simply too hateful. Who would have thought that in the back mountain of the eight places, there is still such an ancient tea house, or not open to the public, enter the door to brush your face, after coming in the full set of services so good that I was shocked. It's like moving the authentic tea ceremony in Sensoji Temple in Japan as it was. It's just that the tea set is basically restored to the style of the ancient Tang Dynasty according to the tea scripture, and the sense of ceremony is full.

I enjoyed the time of being served like this by the male Xi Shi Shen Mo, but I was anxious to know the news of the gossip reporter earlier, and I was still entangled in Liu Tian's engagement banquet. For a while, like this, for a while, it was really like a restless cat getting into it, and it was very entangled.

But his gesture really didn't allow anything else to be said, and I drank my tea slowly, admiring his graceful gesture.

He knelt on the cushion, slowly filled the cup in front of him, put down the wooden spoon, took the teacup in both hands, brought it to his lips and took a small sip.

I looked into his eyes, calm as water, and opened my mouth to swallow what I wanted to ask.

I really wish I was in a restaurant now, and I was talking about it while eating meat, not to mention asking for the contact information of a reporter, it was appropriate to ask his wife how many children she had. At this moment, I really understood that I was a flat-headed ordinary person, and these elegant arts played by the upper class really had no resonance with me.

He looked at me and said, "Your heart is not pure. ”

"It's strange to be quiet, you have whetted my appetite and brought me here to grind my temperament." I smiled wryly.

"If you have too little in your eyes, it will be unclean, so you should really open your eyes a little." He put down the teacup leisurely, and his movements were still not hurried.

I laughed at him, put down my teacup and said, "Forget it, I won't pretend." I can't pretend to, I don't understand the tea ceremony, and the tea is all cow drink. If I had to pick a drink, I think red wine would be more suitable for me. ”

"Yes." He nodded and knocked on the table and said, "Look at you fidgeting like this, I won't let you eat it." He said as he took out a business card from his jacket pocket and said, "This is the author, you can contact yourself when you get back." As soon as I saw the scandal, I contacted the author as soon as possible, saying that there was a more popular grievance of a wealthy family that was going to be exposed to him, and he was very interested. Use this as an excuse to make an appointment with him. ”

"Shen Mo, it's absolutely unprofitable for you to do things early, why are you helping me so much?" I was drinking other people's tea, and I was still talking like this, and I felt a little blushing.

"You're right, for profit." He drank tea indifferently.

I wanted to continue to ask him why he was profitable, but before I could open my mouth, he interrupted me and said, "Calm down, drink tea with me, and I will give you another big gift." ”

"What a gift? It's hard for me to meditate, so it's better for me to hear if it's tempting for me so I can decide if I want to try to meditate. "I'm really vulgar, and I can't leave the exchange of interests.

He sighed and said, "A person like you is only suitable for He Liancheng's kind of turtle." ”

I was not convinced, and raised my eyebrows and looked back. He hid the smile in his eyes and said, "Okay, then let me tell me, you see if you are interested." Say more mundane things for three minutes at most, otherwise you will really not be in the mood for tea. ”

I nodded violently, and said that if the conditions were attractive enough, I would definitely be able to calm down in three minutes. I am a woman who can do anything for her own benefit.

"If He Xiao can be kicked out of the group, is it a big gift?" He asked.

My heart moved and I asked, "Can you do it?" ”

"Can you calm down?" He asked nonchalantly. I didn't continue the topic, but I couldn't believe it, thinking that what he said would definitely be done. Even when he came, he was so grinding and turned into more trust.

I held my breath and looked out the window at the brocade of the embroidery, and my heart sank little by little, and finally came to the waves.

He smiled and said, "I really don't have any ill will towards you, it's just about my original intention and why I want to be friends with you, I don't want to say it now." Whether you are with He Liancheng, or with Liu Tian, I will help you. ”

Then I kept my promise, and really didn't say anything unrelated to tea, and drank tea for two hours, and when the sun went down behind the mountain, I left the Eight Great Places with him.

He sent me to Xizhimen, opened the car door and said, "Go back by yourself, I won't send you at night." Besides, I don't like He Liancheng and don't want to have too much intersection with him. ”

I thanked me and got out of the car, and I stopped the taxi in the evening rush hour after work and went straight home.

As soon as I entered the door, my aunt handed over a bright red invitation, the color was particularly dazzling, I could guess what it was, and the smile on my face was a little unbearable, this must be Liu Tian's engagement invitation.

The aunt said happily: "You have a friend who is going to get engaged, a young man named Liu Tian personally sent him over, seeing that he looks thoughtful, speaks kindly and decently, he is really a good boy." ”

I opened the invitation card and saw that it was written with the time and address, the names of the bride and groom, and a three-inch color photo, on which the man was handsome and handsome, and the woman was bright and dignified, which was really quite a match