Jianbao Lingyan

Oh, Xiao Er and Bei Zi are back, why have they stayed in Xiangjiang for so long, almost three months. "If it wasn't for the fact that they received something from Xiangjiang in July, Guo Meili would have thought that they were missing in Xiangjiang.

"Third Aunt, you don't know, Brother Beizi is amazing. When we left Xiangjiang, many people came to see us off, all of them driving beautiful cars, and it was very lively." As soon as Xu Wei entered the door, he began to talk about how he was in Xiangjiang. knowledge.

Although Xu Er said a lot, Guo Meili always thought that Xu Er's expression was exaggerated.

Guo Meili knew that Chen Zhibei was good at speculating in stocks, and he might know a few rich people, but as Xu Wei said, a dozen or so people driving high-end cars and seeing them off at the customs in person was definitely too exaggerated .

Xu Yanzhen did know some things about Chen Zhibei, but his knowledge was limited. Most of them were told by Chen Zhibei before he knew.

However, Xu Yanzhen had some connections in Shanghai, so he knew to some extent that Chen Zhibei was very capable.

Although Xu Er had sent things back before and asked Guo Meili to help distribute them to everyone, but this time he came back with a lot of things.

Most of the treasures found in the cave were sent to the Swiss Bank by Chen Zhibei for preservation. Most of the calligraphy and paintings are still being mounted in Xiangjiang, and a small part has changed hands in Xiangjiang.

In addition, both Xu Er and Chen Zhibei bought a lot of clothes for themselves, and brought a lot of souvenirs for their relatives and friends.

"Do you have any plans when you come back this time?" Xu Yanzhen is very concerned about the future of his eldest nephew. Now Xu Er is not short of money. Live your life leisurely.

But Xu You is only 20 years old, so he can't live in a muddle from now on, can he?

"Of course it is studying. I have discussed it with Grandpa Guo. When I finish my studies at this evening school, I will have a degree and I will be admitted to Grandpa Guo's graduate school."

Xu Yanzhen nodded when he heard this. The old Xu family has always attached great importance to children's education, but now, the highest degree of education is the Bachelor of Engineering from the military school of Xu Yanming, the boss of the Xu family. Learned people.

"Then listen to Uncle, buy a house in Shanghai and settle down. The remaining money is best used to buy a few houses or shops and collect rent. You don't know how to do business. It's easy to collect rent and you won't lose money. "

Xu Yanzhen carefully helped Xu Er to study which houses are good and which ones are suitable for buying and renting out.

Chen Zhibei also listened carefully, expressing some of his own opinions from time to time.

At the beginning, it was Xu Yanzhen and Chen Zhibei who told Xu You, but Xu You could do nothing but nod. Later, it was Chen Zhibei and Xu Yanzhen who studied it. As for Xu You, he just went into the room with the twins to play Contra. up.

As for the house, it is enough to live in it, as long as you have your own place.

Apparently Xu You never thought that after buying a house, it is possible not to live with Chen Zhibei.

From the second day onwards, Xu Wei retreated at home, intending to study his carving skills well.

Sculpture is the first skill that Xu You mastered, earlier than antiques and calligraphy.

Before, Xu Wei would carve something with a carving knife almost every day, most of which were small animals, either with stone or wood, and most of them were given to children in neighbors.

From Song xiaoye red sandalwood gloomy wood in and out of peace prayer card, to Zi corundum, Xu Er's carving techniques and skills have been increasing, but not systematically.

It was the zodiac dolls brought back from Xiangjiang this time, which gave Xu Wei more enthusiasm for sculpture.

Hollow carving and miniature carving are two techniques that Xu You has never touched before.

There are many dreams in this set of zodiac dolls, there are twelve in total, each representing a master sculptor.

Although these twelve zodiac dolls look like a set, they were actually jointly produced by twelve well-known sculptors in the Ming Dynasty. Each of them carved a wood carving, which contains the extremely high carving skills of the sculptor. .

From the dream, it can be seen that it was a carving competition at that time, and the organizer should be a chief eunuch. The person with the highest skill will be transferred to the capital to carve a birthday decoration for a queen mother at that time.

Although they all use wood, in fact, many of these master carvers use other materials as the main objects of carving.

Walnuts, jade blocks, stones, agates, animal bones, bamboo, as long as they can be imagined, they can be carved.

The profound skills contained in it cannot be comprehended comprehensively in a day or two.

But Xu Wei is not in a hurry, after all, he is still young, and what he needs most is time.

After more than a week, Lu Jiu brought the paintings and calligraphy entrusted by Xu Wei to Shanghai, and was warmly welcomed by Mr. Guo, Mr. Zhang, and Xu You.

Lu Jiu took all the works commissioned by Xu You, and even re-framed the painting that needed special treatment.

The painting that Boss Lu thought was an unscrupulous businessman directly mounted on an old scroll was actually a picture-in-picture.

Someone artificially used a poor work to cover up the original painting, perhaps to protect this work, or to hide it. In short, this painting was lost for some reason, and then it fell into the hands of Xu Wei. hands.

That painting is a girl, a girl sitting by the window, who is reading a book with simple but elegant temperament.It was inscribed on the seventeenth day of the eighth month of the fifth lunar month, and the seal was an official who fled Zen, followed by a collector's seal of the Qing Dynasty, Jia Le Tang Ya Jian.

Xu You didn't know the previous author's seal, but Xu You did know the seal in the back. It was the collection seal of He Shen, a top official in the Qing Dynasty. His great-grandfather used to have several calligraphy and paintings on it. This kind of seal is exactly the same, but it can never be wrong.

Since it was collected by He Shen, the author should be a very famous person.Theoretically, none of the people in Heshen at that time should have reached the status that Heshen could collect. Coupled with the costumes of the girl in the painting, the author of this painting must be from the Ming Dynasty.

And the one who can paint figures so vividly and with such taste, I think there is only Tang Yin and Tang Bohu, the famous four great talents.

When he first thought this way, Xu Wei was still very excited, feeling that he had made money again this time, but because he had too many things at hand, he could only put away this picture and watch it carefully when he had time.

Xu You played with Lu Jiu for a few days, sent Lu Jiu back to Xiangjiang, and started his retreat life again.

This time, Xu Wei planned to carve something by himself.

This is what Xu You planned to do after listening to Mr. Zhang's suggestion.

"You are already proficient in your skills. If you want to achieve something, you can't always stand still. Using high-quality materials for carving will allow you not to make mistakes when carving. Instead, you can produce good works with trepidation."

However, Xu Wei still didn't dare to use the best materials as soon as he came up. At this time, the wooden box he got from Wu Pan before came in handy.

Xu Wei picked up the wooden box, discarded all the previous designs, closed his eyes and thought for a while, picked up the carving knife, and began to cut along the grain of the wood.

At the beginning, it was just some lines, and later it can be seen that it is a landscape painting, with mountains, rivers and strange rocks.

Later, there were koi in the water, monkeys in the rocks, and cranes in the water looking at themselves.

Later, the koi got a lotus leaf to play with, the monkey got an edible fruit, and the crane's eyes became more agile.

Two days later, Xu You put the box on a borrowed polishing machine, polished it carefully, removed the barbs, and applied a layer of wax, making the whole box look a bit extravagant.

After the box was carved, Xu You took the box to Mr. Zhang's place. After getting Mr. Zhang's approval, Xu You bravely began to sharpen the knives on those pieces of suet jade.

Three small pieces and two large ones, slightly yellowish in color, were quietly placed in front of Xu You.

Xu Wei calculated the population of the family. There are four younger brothers and one younger sister in his family. After designing these pieces of mutton fat jade, they can carve a pendant for each of them.The rest of the material can also be used to carve a small gadget for Chen Zhibei's three nephews and nieces to hang around his neck.

Xu Er first used the best piece of material to carve a lucky bean for his younger sister Xu Ni, and a little tiger for his younger brother Xiao Hu.

The twins were cut out from a large piece of mutton fat jade. Two little monkeys stared at each other. The youngest brother, Xu Mai, was a safety buckle carved with auspicious cloud patterns. Xu You's perception of the youngest brother is that he is a malnourished and weak child.

With the rest of the material, Xu You ground another three pairs of earrings, planning to give a pair to each of his mistress, uncle and third aunt. As for his stepmother Liu Yunhua, he simply went to the gold and silver shop and bought a pair of gold bracelets as gifts. went back.

Anyway, what Liu Yunhua likes is this kind of expensive things. Jewelry that looks like jade, which doesn't look imposing, can't be liked by her.

Chen Zhibei's three nephews and nieces all got a small jade button. Although it is not big, it is more or less a heart.

There was a large mutton fat jade material left, Xu Wei carved a Pixiu ornament, put it in Zhang Lao's Jubao Hall, and asked Zhang Lao to help sell it.

Recently, she has been spending money, which made Xu Wei feel a little confused, and planned to earn some money to go home.At the same time, it is also to test whether one's own carving skills can be recognized by others.

Xu You is not hypocritical, but lacks self-confidence.

Although many people said that his handwriting was good and his carving skills were not bad, but Xu Wei finally felt that it was the encouragement from his relatives.

Xu You needs the approval of others urgently.

In the past ten years, Xu You has been a failure. Although his hard work in the past year has made him a man of modest wealth, Xu Wei has always lacked a sense of identity in his mind.

Both Guo and Zhang felt this kind of mentality, so they actively guided Xu Wei.

Allow Xu Er to step out of his own frame and let him find his own self-confidence.

This is why Mr. Zhang kept encouraging Xu You to use good materials for carving.

Not only that, ever since Mr. Zhang read Xu Wei's handwriting, he suggested that Xu Wei should use a good Shuxuan that has been pressed for at least three years in the future, and must use a serious Langhao pen.

No matter how good the handwriting is, if the pen and ink on the paper are not strong enough, things will be of a lower grade.

Only when the characters, paper, brush and ink are all top-grade, can better works emerge.

Xu Wei had nothing to insist on this, so he readily accepted it, not to mention, it felt that his handwriting was much better than when he was in Xiangjiang.

Xu You's self-confidence was gradually built up bit by bit.

Even in November, Xu Er's Pixiu ornament was bought by an inland coal boss for 50 yuan, which was higher than the listed price, which did not surprise Xu Er too much.