vines growing like crazy

After the wine tasting class, Xu Yao’s boss, Will, held another wine tasting session. It was the end of September when Xu Yao finished his work, and he was going to France from the end of the month to mid-October. September to October is the grape ripening season. Will will introduce some French private wine cellars to him every year. He will be in France for the next two weeks. In previous years, he would leave in mid-September. This year, there are more things, half a month later.

Seeing that he has been at home this year, Ms. Qin thought he would not go, so she called him to ask how he would spend his birthday in a few days.

"Xiaoyao, October 6th is your birthday, how are you going to spend it, with your friends, or come home."

Xu Yao said: "Mom, I'm going to France the day after tomorrow. I won't be able to come back for my birthday this year. I might have to spend it outside."

"Mom thought you weren't going this year."

"Go, it's just that there are a lot of things recently, so it's a little later than in previous years."

Ms. Qin said: "The temperature is not high in France at this time. You should bring extra clothes and a jacket. Be careful not to catch a cold."

Xu Yao replied, "Mom, don't worry, I go every year and I will take good care of myself."

Before Qin Qiong finished speaking, Xu Rujun over there interjected, "Xiao Yao, can you bring me a bottle this time..."

Before Lao Xu finished speaking, Ms. Qin interrupted him, "No, you can't bring wine, Xiao Yao, don't bring wine for your father."

Old Xu's voice gradually became weaker, "If you can't, then you can't. I want to tell my son, can I bring back some... specialties from France."

"I don't know you yet, what special product is on the bottle?"

……

Xu Yao heard his parents bickering, and couldn't help laughing a few times. After the quarrel between Ms. Qin and Lao Xu, she asked Xu Yao, "Xiao Yao, when you go this time, when will you be back?"

"October NO.15, I've already booked a ticket."

Ms. Qin gave a few more instructions, nothing more than paying attention to her health, but she didn't hang up the phone until she couldn't hear Lao Xu's voice over there. Xu Yao guessed that his father went to the study to drink tea again. Then I turned to the main topic and asked him: "Xiao Yao, my mother asked you, have you talked about friends recently?"

Xu Yao knew what his mother wanted to ask, so he smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry, we won't rush you."

"Mom doesn't urge you, I'm just asking casually," Ms. Qin said, "You should follow your own life and try to get along with someone who suits you. If you don't find someone who suits you, forget it. You will always meet. "

Xu Yao leaned on the sofa, smiled and coaxed his mother, "My mother is still in a hurry, Mom, I know it well, I don't resist meeting new friends, and I don't plan to stop talking forever. If I do, I will Definitely take it back to show you and Lao Xu as soon as possible, and never hide it."

After listening to Xu Yao's words, Ms. Qin laughed for a long time on the phone. She faintly felt that Xu Yao had changed a little bit. He would not talk to them like this before, and he would not tell them what was in his heart. Now he talks more , she thought it was pretty good, so she didn't urge him anymore, and asked him again: "Then will you come back before you go to France?"

"I'll go back after I come back from France. I'm at home preparing for the next two days."

"Okay, you must have a good rest."

"Understood, Mom, come back and bring you perfume."

"It would be nice to bring a handsome French guy back."

……

Just as Xu Yao was about to put down his phone, he received a message from an unfamiliar number, so he clicked on it to check.

"Yaoyao, what are you busy with?"

Xu Yao didn't even think about it, and directly deleted the message. He guessed that it might be Song Sen who sent the message, and he didn't think there was any point in Song Sen sending him another message.

Just as Xu Yao finished deleting the message, a phone call came in. Xu Yao hung up and added that phone number to the blacklist.

Lu Sheng looked at the hung up phone, and at the mobile phone that had just been fished out of the paint bucket. He picked up the mobile phone that had been colorfully dyed by the paint, stood up and went into the bathroom. The mobile phone can still be used, and I feel that the waterproof effect is not bad.

"Is it you who just texted me?"

Lu Sheng hummed, "I was going to call you just now, but my mobile phone fell into the paint bucket, and then I found a spare mobile phone with a card in it. I forgot that the number is new."

"I thought……"

"Why?"

Xu Yao paused and said, "It's nothing, sometimes I won't answer an unfamiliar number."

Lu Sheng looked at the painting in front of him, and asked Xu Yao: "I finished the last painting, when can I draw you next time?"

Lu Sheng's voice was very low, and when the voice came out of the microphone, Xu Yao felt as if his ear had been bitten gently.

Last time Lu Sheng asked him if he could draw his body, he didn't say yes or no.

After that wine tasting class, Xu Yao was busy for a while, and he never met Lu Sheng again. The two of them occasionally sent a few messages. Most of the time, Lu Sheng sent them to him in the morning, and he only had time to reply at night.

In fact, Xu Yao knows that it’s not that he’s so busy that he doesn’t have any free time. He just doesn’t want to paint nudes. He doesn’t think he’s a traditional and conservative person, but he still doesn’t want to paint. He can’t say why, maybe it’s Because he couldn't imagine that besides the relationship between him and Lu Sheng on the bed, where would he be sitting or lying naked in other scenes, while Lu Sheng was fully dressed and sitting behind the easel.

Xu Yao only said that he was busy, and said a few other words to avoid the topic.

Lu Sheng asked again, he was a little surprised when he knew that Xu Yao was going to France, "Are you coming to France?"

At this time, Xu Yao didn't realize that Lu Sheng asked him just now that he was coming to France instead of going to France. He said: "I go there once a year when the grapes are ripe, and this time I will go to some private wine cellars."

"Are you yourself?" Lu Sheng asked him.

"Yes, myself. Originally, my assistant would be with me, but something happened to her recently, so I will go by myself this year."

"Which private wine cellars did you go to this time?" Lu Sheng asked him.

Xu Yao said a few words, and Lu Sheng asked him after he finished speaking: "Do you want to go to DTC winery?"

Xu Yao was taken aback, "DTC? It's the largest private winery in France. I've always wanted to go there before, but I haven't found a suitable opportunity..."

When he said this, he suddenly stopped. He thought of the red wine on the wine cabinet of Lu Sheng's house before, and remembered that he had said that his family had a winery. He asked, "DTC, is it yours?"

"Well, in Bordeaux."

Xu Yao was silent. Two of the private wine cellars he went to this time were in Bordeaux, and the other two were in Paris. In his heart, he really wanted to go to the DTC winery. Although it was a private winery, he never Winemaking began in the middle of the last century. DTC Winery has its own vineyards, and only a small amount of grapes are planted every year. All grapes are strictly selected manually. If the year is not good, they will directly abandon the grapes of the year. Only qualified grapes can be used to make wine, so the quantity is naturally very limited, and each bottle is guaranteed to be a high-quality product. Although DTC is not listed as one of the famous chateaux in France, its status is very high. The red wine produced every year is not only for personal use, but also for personal use. Many nobles and royals also have a special liking for DTC. They do not sell wine, and it is not easy to buy. In addition, DTC wineries also collect other wines, many of which are limited edition and no longer produced. It is indeed a great temptation to go to DTC.

But now Lu Sheng's casual words made him hesitate.

Lu Sheng knew what he was worried about, he said, "Maybe you can do me a favor."

"What are you busy with?"

Lu Sheng was silent for a while and said: "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll tell you when I think about it, don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you."

It was ten o'clock in the evening when the plane landed at Merignac Airport. Xu Yao took off his blindfold and received a call as soon as he turned on his mobile phone. The other party asked him in French, "Consultant Xu, have you got off the plane?"

The plane was still taxiing, and the voice in his ear was a bit noisy. Xu Yao only thought the voice was familiar, but he didn't think much about it, and replied in French: "Just landed."

"Okay, the car is parked at the exit, black."

The other party said the license plate again, and Xu Yao memorized it. After he went out, he saw a black commercial vehicle parked outside at a glance. He dragged the suitcase and walked there. Before he reached the side of the car, the passenger door opened, and a person got out .

When Xu Yao saw clearly that the person who got off the car was Lu Sheng, he thought the time was wrong. He blinked and made sure that he was right, the person in front of him was indeed Lu Sheng.

He asked: "Lu Sheng, why are you here? You were the one who called me just now?"

Lu Sheng nodded, "It's me. I came with another partner of the gallery last week, but we have been in Paris until today. We came to participate in a few art exhibitions. The gallery also wants to sign a few painters. I was planning to go back the day after tomorrow. Yes, I heard that you are coming, and I plan to go back with you later in the day."

It was windy at night, not too cold, but after blowing for a long time, Xu Yao still felt his eyes were a little sore. He lowered his eyes and raised his hands to wrap his coat around his body.

"It's windy, it's still a bit cold, let's get in the car first." Lu Sheng opened the rear door for him, and took the suitcase from his hand.

Without hesitation, Xu Yao raised his legs and got into the car. There was a French man sitting in the driver's seat of the car. He greeted him in French after getting into the car.Xu Yao responded and sat down in the back row.

After putting away the suitcase, Lu Sheng got into the back seat of the car and sat with Xu Yao. He handed him a bottle of water, "Drink?"

"Thank you," Xu Yao took a sip of the water, opened it, and asked Lu Sheng, "Will you delay your time if you go back late? You don't need to delay your own affairs because of me."

Lu Sheng turned his head to look at him and said, "No, I might go to Paris next week, do you want to come with me?"

There was still some water on Xu Yao's lips after drinking water just now. The street lamp outside the window kept flashing on Xu Yao's face, and a faint light and shadow slid across from time to time. He looked back at Lu Sheng and said, "This time There are also two private wine cellars in Paris, just right.”