my old life

Chapter 2247 Social Rules
I often feel uncomfortable when people stare at me. I'm sure I haven't seen this guy before, but it looks like he should be an overseas Chinese.

The man in his 50s was wearing a half-sleeve shirt and was followed by two young men with expressionless faces who looked like bodyguards.

This man has been staring at me the whole time, looking me up and down several times. Although he has a smile on his face, I can feel his unfriendliness!

"Mike! Long time no see!" The man took the initiative to greet him in standard Chinese. It seemed that they were old acquaintances.

"Hello!" Mike stepped forward to shake hands with the man enthusiastically, and then they gave a symbolic hug.

"Mike, who is this friend?" The man turned his eyes to look at me as soon as he changed the subject, and he didn't hide his curiosity about me at all.

"He is my friend, Hawkeye from Kyushu." Mike introduced with a smile, and I nodded as a greeting.

There is no lack of politeness and politeness that should be present on occasions. No matter how this man looks in his eyes, it seems that he should be the 'host' here.

"Come with me, I have prepared the best tea."

Mike nodded and followed the man. He said before that he would bring me to meet someone. Could it be that he came to meet this guy?

I looked up and saw an external camera on the wall. This camera was facing this corridor. Could it be that this guy saw our every move just now?
If this guy saw the way we walked across the carpet, then he should know we've seen through this feng shui arrangement...

Judging from the external conditions, Mike should have been here before, but he doesn't understand the Feng Shui pattern, so I'm the only one left.

I am a person with black hair and yellow skin, and I can judge my nationality from my appearance... No wonder the man just stared at me when I met him.

There were two security guards at a corner. The man led us past and did not accept any questioning, which confirmed my guess just now.

This man in his fifties must be from here, and he is a respectable person, otherwise Mike would not have come to visit him.

Judging from his age, the man should not be at the level of a boss. Judging from the demeanor and aura we met just now, this guy is more like a manager or a person in charge.

After entering a solid wooden door, there is a spacious office with a separate sofa and tea table, and two desks not far away.

There is a tea tray more than one meter long on the tea table, and someone comes here to pour water and make tea.

"Please sit down." The man greeted, and he took advantage of the opportunity to sit on the sofa on the left, and Mike and Jennifer and I sat in the main seat.

When Jennifer sat down, I pointed to the position of the sofa on the right, indicating that she should sit there, but she refused me with her eyes.

"Why?" Jennifer asked curiously, but I smiled and didn't answer.

In general, the seats and seats in the living room are fixed. A long sofa is paired with two short sofas, and a tea table is surrounded by three sides, and there is rarely a design that is surrounded by four sides.

A normal long sofa can accommodate three or four people, and the short sofas on the left and right sides can only accommodate one person, which is also a specially designed single seat.

In any occasion, the single sofa on the left is the position of the 'owner', the long sofa is the position of the guest, and the single sofa on the right is for the entourage or the driver's interpreter.

I signaled Mike to sit on the left side, and would not let him sit in the middle, because the closer to the left side is the more important position, it is not whoever is in the middle who is the biggest...

In the social occasions in the living room, there is a clear distinction between primary and secondary, whether it is a family or an office, whether it is a meeting between leaders and subordinates or friends, this order will not change!

Inviting guests to sit down is the most basic courtesy, and it is also a rule in social occasions.

Whether you are greeting guests or visiting, at least the location of the sofa must be clear. Don’t choose to sit on the short sofa on one side because of your age or position. It will only let people know that you don’t understand social etiquette.

If there are elderly people or the host sits in the middle of the couch, they either don't understand the etiquette rules, or they don't seem to be visiting people from the bottom of their hearts.

Generally speaking, people will understand social etiquette and rules when they are old enough, so there are a few who don't know how to do it, and the majority who are defiant...

After the tea tray is cleaned, tea is poured. Each person has a cup first for the guest of honor, then for the guest of honor, then for the sofa on the right, and finally for the host.

This order is different from the order on the wine table. On the wine table, the guest of honor comes first, then the owner, followed by the guest of honor and others.

These rules can't be wrong in all parts of the country, because they are etiquette rules passed down, unless people who don't know the rules don't play cards according to the routine...

"Hawkeye, why did you let me sit next to you just now?" Jennifer raised her teacup and asked again, her face full of curiosity.

"Because that's where you should sit." I explained with a smile, and it's reasonable for her to be a foreigner who doesn't understand these things.

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as we understand our own rules." The man took the initiative to smooth things over, and I nodded slightly as a response.

"Mike, this Kyushu friend of yours is not simple. He jumped up and down when he was walking on the carpet just now. I didn't expect him to be a friend who knows Fengshui."

"Oh?" Mike didn't know the way, but he knew that the man in front of him was praising me.

"I just know a little superficially, just now it was completely unintentional." I explained politely, after all, it is still my boss to treat each other with courtesy.

"Young people don't need to be too humble. Nowadays, there are not many young people who understand Feng Shui and rules... Where are you from?"

As soon as the subject changed the subject, the man began to make friends, which sounded kind, because foreigners never engage in such tricks.

"My hometown is Qilu, and I live in Shencheng forever." I answered politely, this kind of thing is generally not allowed to talk nonsense, if others can't answer the question, it will be revealed in an instant!
"You and I can also be regarded as fellow villagers. I am from Qilu Qingdao." The man introduced his hometown politely, but he didn't know what kind of medicine he sold in the gourd.

As the saying goes, when a fellow countryman sees a fellow countryman, his eyes are full of tears.

But now the atmosphere in this society has changed. Seeing fellow villagers has become a special trick for fellow villagers. It's all a routine!
"Little fellow, few people can see the feng shui on the carpet, you are not simple!"

When I heard this, I wondered in my heart. Few people explained that some people could see it. To say it is not simple means to be tempting.

This guy wanted to test how much I knew about Feng Shui. In fact, I just heard some nonsense from my second uncle, and Wulong taught me when I was in Wencheng.

At that time, Wulong said that he also learned Feng Shui from Brother Dong, that is, my second uncle Xiong Jiudong, but my second uncle never taught me about it.

In the past, my second uncle often said that he couldn't teach me some things, and I had to figure it out by myself. This feeling is like a thousand skills in the past.

Since I was a child, my second uncle only taught me a thousand tricks, but never taught me how to gamble. All the experience of gambling was groped out by myself bit by bit, and I walked over it step by step.

"I've heard people say it before, but I can't say I know it." I replied truthfully, and I wouldn't forcefully pretend at this time.

Just now in front of Mike and Jennifer, I can say whatever I want, because I just think they don't know how to do it, but now there is an 'expert' sitting in front of me!
"You are too humble. Mike said he would bring a friend to meet me, but he was younger than Mike!"

The man said politely. I feel that this guy is hiding his words. If you think about it carefully, you can always find another meaning.

"I have a baby face, and I'm almost thirty this year." I fooled around, he couldn't tell the difference in this kind of age.

A person's age is only written on the household registration book and ID card, but never on a person's face. Judging age from appearance is the most prone to deviation.

In the past, Xiaohua's uncle also had a baby face. In her 40s, she looked like she was in her early twenties. She had a face that was not mature enough.

"So that's it, I'm blind."

The man gave me a meaningful look. He was not sure how old I was, but there was a purpose for me to report more age.

Generally speaking, the older you are, the more things you have experienced, and the more routines you have seen, so it is not easy to be deceived...

The younger people often have insufficient experience, the label of young people is youthful and energetic, to put it bluntly, it means doing things without brains and lack of experience!
(End of this chapter)