Chapter 428 Am I the successor?
After dinner, Siyu led me into another room and said, "This is Mr. Dong's studio."
Oh, so I went into Mr. Dong's bedroom. I looked around the studio, it was very simple.
On the north side is a mahogany carved armchair, which must be Mr. Dong's seat.
The coffee table in the middle is not the long and narrow one we usually see, but a square coffee table with a mahogany chair on each of the three sides.
Siyu extended her hand, pointed to the seat to the south, and said, "Please take a seat."
She began to burn incense in the room, and the scent of sandalwood filled the room. Then she sat aside and began to make tea.
After brewing, she poured me a cup and said with a smile: "Yunnan flower tea, the flowers are dried, without tea leaves. Smell it first."
Dali is famous for making tea from flowers. I looked it up online. As soon as I entered Xizhou Ancient Town, I saw shops selling fresh flowers on both sides. It turned out they were bought to make tea.
I smelled it, but I couldn't even describe the fragrance.
She looked at me and asked, "What kind of fragrance?"
I sniffed it again and said with an awkward smile, "I can't describe it."
She smiled sweetly: "Fragrant."
Subtle fragrance? This kind of fragrance has already broken away from concrete images, such as the fragrance of jasmine, chrysanthemum, and osmanthus.
Suddenly I understood that the word "fragrance" she mentioned was very appropriate.
I gave him a thumbs-up. "That's a brilliant word. It's exactly that feeling. You can't smell it, but as soon as you leave, it seems like a fragrance hits you."
She pursed her lips, then smiled and said, "That's how Mr. Dong described it. I just picked up his words."
The expression on her face when she pursed her lips and then smiled startled me and I couldn't help but look at her again.
Suddenly, I found that this woman named Siyu was somewhat similar to Cheng Na whom I met in Shangqing Ancient Town, Jiangxi.
Cheng Na and Chen Siyu both run B&Bs in ancient towns, Jiangxi and Yunnan respectively. Mr. Dong has stayed in B&Bs in ancient towns.
There seemed to be some kind of connection between them, and between them and Mr. Dong. It was our first meeting, so I didn't dare ask.
Besides, Mr. Dong is a master I respect. It's not my place to ask about matters between men and women.
I glanced at her, then immediately looked away, picking up my tea and taking a sip, then another. She tilted her head, looking at me with a smile, waiting for my comment.
This comment puzzled me because the tea was a little astringent. Not bitter, but a little tight in the throat.
"Have another drink," she said, pouring another small cup. I took a sip to test the temperature, then took another sip. The fragrance and sweetness spread around my tongue, and I couldn't help but smack my lips and say, "Subtle sweetness."
She laughed and said, "You're right this time."
I didn't care about her praise. But it was the row of neat, slender teeth she showed when she laughed, and the charming smile at the corners of her eyes that firmly convinced me: Cheng Na and Chen Siyu must be sisters.
As she poured me the third cup of tea, I felt a little strange. Why hadn't Mr. Dong come yet? I turned and glanced out the door.
She understood what I meant and said, "He'll be right here. He needs to sit for ten minutes after dinner."
After a while, Mr. Dong came over and walked straight to the armchair. After he sat down, Siyu replaced the cup with a bamboo straight-cylinder one and poured him a large cup of tea.
Mr. Dong blew on his cup, took a sip, then put it down and said to me, "Before we eat, I see you look like you have a lot of questions. Just ask whatever you have."
Siyu poured me another cup of tea. I thought she would get up and leave after pouring it. But she didn't leave. Instead, she looked at me like Mr. Dong, waiting for me to speak.
Could it be that she is Mr. Dong’s female disciple?
Since Mr. Dong didn't ask her to leave, I knew what was going on and said, "I do have a lot of questions I'd like to ask you."
Mr. Dong didn't say anything, but still looked at me with a smile.
This expression is very similar to that of Master Hongyi.
I said, "Where are you from?"
“Fujian.”
It was just as I expected. I asked my second question: "Fujian is thousands of miles away from my hometown, He Village. Why did you come to my hometown to tell fortunes?"
"When traveling, fortune-telling reveals the distant, not the near."
That makes sense; fortune tellers tell fortunes wherever they go. I posed a third question: "Twenty years later, are you still visiting our village?"
"Yes, I made a follow-up visit to all the typical fortune-telling cases I had done. I checked whether my predictions were correct or not. I not only visited that woman, but also visited your case."
I was surprised. I said, "Your spirit of striving for perfection is worthy of emulation."
"Fortune-telling only seeks to accurately predict typical horoscopes. Most people are about the same. Life is just ordinary, so what's there to calculate?
If you calculate that he earns 100,000 yuan a year, there is actually not much difference between him and another person who earns 1 million yuan a year."
"Why?"
"If you make 100,000 yuan a year, you can be frugal. If you make 1 million yuan a year, you can live better and spend more lavishly. Life is pretty much the same. Fortune-telling is for those with special circumstances.
For example, if I predict that someone will become very rich, that doesn't interest me. But if I predict that someone has a vision, then I'm interested.
"What does the vision mean?"
"Early death, sudden death, changing fate against all odds, extraordinary wisdom, spark, enlightenment..."
I understood the first three, but I was a bit confused by them. I'm good at fortune-telling, and although Nanxi taught me how to tell fortunes, it was just some specific methods.
"What does exceptional wisdom, spark, and enlightenment mean?"
Mr. Dong smiled and said, "For example, Bi Sheng and I are from different generations. I cannot calculate that he accelerated the spread of human civilization.
For example, Cai Lun and I are not from the same era, so I cannot calculate that he invented paper for mankind.
For example, I did not live in the same era as Wang Yangming, so I cannot predict that his philosophy of mind would bring me another kind of enlightenment."
My heart was filled with emotion. It turned out that he was looking for someone who could bring about a revolutionary change for mankind.
He gave a wry smile and then said, "I've only found you. Based on your numerology and face reading, I've confirmed that you are my successor. You can continue to search for me."
I didn't say anything for a long time.
Because I never thought that I could take on such a huge responsibility. Moreover, I have almost become a worldly person now.
To escape the scramble for supper, he learned fortune-telling. To earn money for a house, he worked hard. To earn more money, he switched to other teachers, learned magic, bone setting, and acupuncture. To buy a villa and live a better life in the future, he resigned and started a business with Mr. Deng.
I couldn't hold it in any longer and blurted out all my dirty thoughts and actions, like a believer confessing before God.
After hearing this, Mr. Dong burst into laughter.
The tiles rattled.
At this moment, there was a loud noise in the backyard, and Siyu and I ran out subconsciously.
A large eagle that had just landed took off into the sky.
Mr. Dong also came out, looked at the eagle with its huge wings spread out, and said:
"It is so full that it fills the sky."
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