Chapter 184 Xiamen Trip 5: Meeting Shao Youxiang
At 7:00 AM, I called Mr. Chen to wake him up. Ten minutes later, we went to the tenth floor for breakfast. Then, Zhang Meizhu called: "Mr. Wan, our return flight is booked for around 4:00 PM. What are your plans for today?"
I looked at Mr. Chen. He gave me some instructions. I replied, "Just send a driver over. We'll come to the office when we're done."
When we arrived at the restaurant, we sat down and ate and chatted.
Mr. Chen asked me: "What is the most common surname in Xiamen?"
Before coming here, I had already looked up all the history, geography, economy and culture of Xiamen. He smiled and said, "Your surname is Chen."
He smiled and said, "My ancestors are from here. It was my great-grandfather's generation that moved to Upstate."
I said, "So this half day is to go to the Chen Taifu Temple to worship our ancestors."
He nodded and said, "It's easy to communicate with you."
"I just searched Baidu first to do my homework before coming to Xiamen."
"Your research is different. You already have a wealth of knowledge, so you only need to glance over it. Others who come with me, when discussing projects, look up local investment policies, when coming for tourism, they research local attractions, and for everything else, they just sit there and do nothing."
My master once warned me: Whenever someone praises you, you must change the subject in time, otherwise it would be stupid.
I smiled and said, "Your Chen family has produced many great figures, such as the famous patriotic overseas Chinese Tan Kah Kee, who is also the glory of the Chen family."
"Yes. The Tan Kah Kee Memorial Hall is inside the ancestral hall."
After dinner, we returned to our room. Mr. Chen said, "Your toe massage was great last night. I slept really well."
"You're not really suffering from insomnia; you're being woken by an itch. Just press your big toe. For true insomnia, press the Ran Gu point. It's on the inside of the foot, in the middle of the arch. Secondly, press the Shi Mian point, in the middle of the heel."
"Did your master teach you all this?"
"Taoists usually heal illnesses. This is a Taoist tradition."
As we were talking, the driver called. We got off the car and headed straight to the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall in Tongan District.
His surname is Chen and mine is Wan. I won’t get involved in his ancestor worship.
Seeing that I didn't get out of the car, the driver smiled and said, "Why don't you go down and take a look?"
"I'm going to sit for a while before I go down."
"Then I'll go down."
"What are you going to do?"
"Pay the bill."
"Come up, he has to pay for the incense and offerings himself, that's the rule."
"Oh." He stood there motionless.
I said, "Let's go see the Tan Kah Kee Memorial Hall together."
Memorial halls like these are pretty much the same. I took a quick tour and left. I then wandered around the main ancestral hall. Mr. Chen's business was just about done.
We headed home. The driver contacted Mr. Xiong and said, "Let's go to the teahouse and have a seat."
When I stepped into the tea room, I was stunned. The other party was also stunned.
They were two acquaintances who met in an unfamiliar place, and they were afraid of calling the wrong person. He held up a finger and said, "Wan..."
I immediately went up to hug him and said, "Brother Youxiang, why are you here?"
Shao Youxiang patted me on the back and said, "I'm also in the jade business."
I tapped my forehead and laughed, "I was so excited that my mind short-circuited, short-circuited."
Everyone was shocked and asked how we knew each other.
Shao Youxiang said, "It's a long story, so I won't go into it. To sum it up, Master Wan is the person I respect the most." He then whispered, "Did he regenerate to your place?"
I nodded and whispered, "Yes."
Zhang Meizhu was smart. When she saw us whispering to each other, she said, "Boss Wan, Boss Shao, there's a small tea room inside.
The two of them entered the small tea room, and Zhang Meizhu brought in two large cups of hot tea. When she left, she closed the sliding door.
I asked, "Are you here alone?"
"There's another one, the young man sitting outside. Oh, right. After he came to your place, he lost contact with me. I haven't heard from him in years."
To protect Regeneration, I feigned disappointment and sighed, "I've lost contact with him, too. I don't know where he went."
After they sighed for a while, he asked about my recent situation. I briefly described it. Shao Youxiang pondered for a moment and said:
"I know that you Taoists have some medical skills. I have a jade friend (a friend who deals in jade) named Shu. He's from upstate too. His sister works at a TV station, and his father is over sixty and proficient in acupuncture. I think it would be great for you to get to know Mr. Shu."
"Is his sister's name Shu Xiaoting?"
"Yes, her sister is very famous."
I laughed out loud.
"Are you acquaintances?"
I nodded.
Shao Youxiang said: "This world is really too small."
I briefly introduced how I met Shu Xiaoting.
Shao Youxiang patted his head and said, "My thinking was short-circuited too. We all knew that you hired reporters to bring down Xiang Batian. It's just that for a moment, I didn't connect the two of you."
I called Shu Xiaoting, and before I could say anything, she started complaining, "Master, are you a hermit? You've been here for so long and you haven't contacted me."
"No counterfeiting has been discovered so far, so I haven't contacted you."
There was a burst of "chuckle" from the other side.
"So when can I visit you?"
"You don't have to come visit me, just take me to visit your father?"
"My father? What are you doing visiting my father?"
"I have something to ask for."
"Stop beating around the bush."
"I just like to go for a spin with you. Listening to beautiful women's voices more often can help you live longer."
"Stop talking nonsense."
Then I told him the whole story.
She said, "Okay. Then please give Mr. Shao his regards."
After hanging up the phone, I said, "After searching everywhere for something, I finally found it without any effort. Thank you for your help."
Shao Youxiang laughed and said, "It's mainly because you have friends all over the world. If you say Zhang San, you know him; if you say Li Si, you also know him. If you learn acupuncture, you will take off."
The two were chatting when Zhang Meizhu knocked on the door and came in, saying with a smile, "It's time for dinner."
At noon, we moved to a new private room and hung a sign saying "Have a safe journey".
I looked at these four words and said, "Boss Xiong, you are such a thoughtful person."
President Xiong pursed his lips. "These are all Meizhu's good intentions. Yesterday, when we were on the boat to Kinmen, she said 'Bon voyage' at breakfast. This afternoon, when you and President Shao were both on a plane, she said 'Have a safe trip'."
The young man accompanying Mr. Shao was confused when he heard this and whispered to Shao Youxiang, "What's the difference?"
Shao Youxiang smiled and said, "Ask Master Wan, he knows everything."
I lowered my voice and said, "Planes always fly against the wind. A smooth journey means they've crashed."
The young man scratched his head and said, "It's really broadening my horizons to be with such learned people like you."
After dinner, Shao Youxiang's flight was earlier, so he got up to say goodbye. I walked him downstairs. We hugged each other before reluctantly leaving.
Back in the teahouse, Zhang Meizhu brought two jade pots on a tray. Mr. Xiong said, "Thank you, Mr. Chen and Mr. Wan, for your support. You've come so far, and it's not convenient to bring other things on the plane. So, I'll borrow a line from an ancient poem: 'If friends and family in Luoyang ask about me, I'll tell you my heart is as pure as ice, and I'll tell you how I feel about it in the jade pot.'"
Then, ask Zhang Meizhu to take it and pack it.
Mr. Chen said, "There's no need to be polite between brothers."
Mr. Xiong pulled two large red envelopes from his briefcase. Mr. Chen refused to accept any of them. He said, "If you give them to Shanhong, he can accept them, but it would be awkward to give them to me."
Seeing that Mr. Chen was determined, Mr. Xiong said, "Then Shanhong will collect it for you. As for Shanhong's, I know the rules. If he doesn't accept it, it means his words are useless."
Mr. Chen frowned: "Neither you nor I need money, so why should we pay? If Shanhong doesn't want to check the Feng Shui, he won't accept it."
I said, "Okay, I'll take it. This is the industry standard. It's Mr. Chen's, so Mr. Xiong, please don't force it."
Mr. Chen looked at his watch, stood up and said with a smile: "Just accept a piece of Bing Xin."
Mr. Xiong and Chen Zhenglong accompanied us all the way to the store entrance. Zhang Meizhu and the driver took us to the airport.
Along the way, Zhang Meizhu chatted and laughed, saying that she would definitely come to Shangzhou to see me next time, the one whose name contains "Lin" and "Sen".
Mr. Chen said, "She is a great beauty."
Zhang Meizhu laughed and said, "No wonder you can't get used to our Xiamen seafood."
Even the driver laughed.
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