With the purchasing system in hand, he is worshipped as a god by international students

Fangzheng paper-cutting! Qiu Ling thought about it carefully. It seems that this is a national intangible cultural heritage?

In 2024, depending on its complexity, a purely handmade square paper-cut can be sold for tens to hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Qiu Ling pointed to the finished product on the table and asked, "Can I take a look?"

"Of course, whatever you want!" Ma Liang agreed without hesitation.

Qiu Ling gently picked up a few of them and looked at them. There were characters for blessing and happiness, characters for happiness, a lucky doll holding a fish, and complicated floral patterns.

Each painting is extremely delicate and detailed, and one can tell from the smallest details that Ma Liang has excellent craftsmanship!

"Let me show you something great!" Seeing that Qiu Ling liked it, Ma Liang couldn't wait to share his masterpiece with her.

Ma Liang pushed the wheelchair into the house, and soon he pushed out a rack with rollers.

Qiu Ling quickly stood up and helped push the shelf to a place in the main room with good lighting and away from the fireplace.

Hanging on the shelf was a large piece of trimmed and hollowed-out red paper. Because it was too long, it was wrapped around the shelf several times. Ma Liang covered it with a layer of gauze, which showed how much he cared for it.

"What is this?" Qiu Ling asked curiously.

Ma Liang gently lifted the gauze, spread a corner of the red paper in his palm and introduced it to Qiu Ling: "This is the Qingming Shanghe Tu that I cut out."

"What the hell?!" Qiu Ling was shocked.

She had only heard of someone embroidering a Qingming Riverside Scene, which was auctioned for millions. After this news came out, many of her colleagues challenged themselves to embroider the Qingming Riverside Scene with cross-stitch, but they found that the cross-stitch could not be sold at a high price after they finished embroidering...

Although Ma Liang's paper-cut and embroidery provide a different viewing experience, if you look closely you will find that every character, tree, and house on it are lifelike!

"Brother Ma, your craftsmanship is really great!" Qiu Ling praised sincerely.

Ma Liang was proud of the compliment, but said modestly: "It's nothing!"

At this time, Luo Guixiang walked into the main room carrying two plates of food. Seeing that familiar shelf was pushed out again, she looked helpless: "Every time there are guests, he has to push it out to show off."

Qiu Ling took over the conversation and said sincerely: "If I had this skill, I would show off every day!"

If at the beginning, her impression of Ma Liang was that of a disabled old brother with a very good attitude, but now, when she looks at Ma Liang, there is more admiration and respect for the craftsman in her eyes.

Although Luo Guixiang said she disliked it, she was very proud in her heart. "There is a picture of Along the River During the Qingming Festival in our Harbin Museum. He liked it very much when he saw it for the first time, so he spent two years copying the painting and another three years cutting it out.

I admire him, a grown man is so skillful, I don't want to live like this."

"What?" Qiu Ling was shocked again, "Did Brother Ma draw this draft himself?"

Ma Liang: "What is a manuscript?"

"It's the kind where a machine creates a pattern, and then the pattern is carved..." Seeing Ma Liang's puzzled expression, Qiu Ling guessed something, and pointed at the finished paper-cuts on the table and asked, "Are these all cut out from your imagination?"

Ma Liang shook his head: "Of course not, I always think of the pattern first, then draw it, and then cut it out."

"So, this is all your own creation?"

Ma Liang nodded: "You can say that."

Qiu Ling took a deep breath.

What is a master?

This is called a master!

Sometimes, you have to admit the power of talent!

They still have to discuss business later, and this paper-cut is in the way in the living room. If it gets dirty accidentally, she is afraid that her husband will cry to death. Thinking of this, Luo Guixiang suggested: "Put your masterpiece away quickly, or it will be tainted by the taste of my food and become a spiced paper-cut."

"Oh, yes, yes!" Ma Liang reacted instantly and asked Luo Guixiang to help push the paper-cut back to the room.

Qiu Ling reluctantly withdrew her gaze.

Seeing that Qiu Ling really liked his paper-cutting, Ma Liang picked out a few "Fu" pictures with better meanings from the finished products and handed them to her: "These three are for you, as a gift for our first meeting."

Qiu Ling was flattered and took it: "Really? No, how much do you usually sell this for? I'll buy it with my own money."

Ma Liang waved his hand, "We are friends now, so don't mention money. I'll be mad at you if you do! Just take it!"

Qiu Ling thought, since she still had to do business with his family, she just had to take care of them in the future. She put the paper-cut away contentedly, and prepared to find a store later to buy a frame to frame it.

I really didn't expect that discussing the lunch box business would bring me unexpected gains.

Luo Guixiang brought a set of bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen and handed them to Qiu Ling, "Come, try it."

There were two plates, one with shredded pork in fish-flavor sauce and the other with braised pork, both were just out of the pot and were still hot.

The fish-flavored shredded pork is salty, fresh and slightly sour, the meat is tender, and the sauce goes well with rice.

Speaking of the braised pork, the fat is soft and not greasy, the lean meat melts in the mouth and is not dry and tough, and the whole thing has the unique salty and fragrant seasoning of northern cuisine. Not to mention, it tastes quite delicious and unique!

"It's really delicious when it's fresh out of the pot. If I hadn't eaten breakfast before coming here, I would have had two bowls of rice at least." Qiu Ling put down his chopsticks and said with a lingering look.

How could Luo Guixiang not be happy to be recognized?

Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Her eyes lit up, and she stood up and said, "It must be Aunt Gu!"

Luo Guixiang trotted to open the gate.

Soon, a middle-aged aunt, wrapped tightly, came in.

Luo Guixiang introduced Qiu Ling: "This is Aunt Gu who brought me into the industry. She has been selling boxed lunches for 20 years. She is the one who I said is better at cooking than me."

Qiu Ling and Aunt Gu looked at each other.

Aunt Gu laughed coarsely and said in a familiar voice, "Sister Qiu, right? Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. I packed my lunch boxes and came over, so I was delayed for a while." As she spoke, she put a bundle on the low table, took off her scarf and hat, and said, "I heard from Guixiang that you wanted to order 500 lunch boxes from us, and she asked me to bring them over for you to taste."

Qiu Ling: “That’s true.”

Aunt Gu untied the knot on the bundle and pulled it open to reveal two aluminum lunch boxes.

"I ran all the way here, and I was afraid it would get cold." As soon as the lid was opened, a stream of hot air carrying a fragrance sprayed all over Qiu Ling's face.

Qiu Ling's throat rolled subconsciously.

Aunt Gu handed the aluminum lunch box to Qiu Ling, "The meat lunch box contains braised pork ribs, sweet and sour pork, three fresh vegetables, pickled cabbage and mapo tofu.

The vegetarian lunch box contains tomato and egg, pickled cabbage, three fresh vegetables, red sausage with hot peppers, and radish with sesame sauce. "

Fragrant, really scented!

Qiu Ling tried all the meat and vegetarian boxed lunches, and they tasted much better than the meals she had eaten in restaurants and Jianghua Hotel these days.

How should I put it? The lunch boxes made by Aunt Gu tend to be more of a street style, but precisely because of this, they can be called amazing!