The sun was shining brightly at noon, and the air conditioner was turned on in the room to fight the cold wind.
In the kitchen, the oil in the pot has been heated to a boil, a pile of chopped meat is poured in, and there is a sudden sound of oil exploding.
Chu Xuan held the spatula in his hand and subconsciously took half a step back. The sound of the hot oil exploding in the fried meat in the pot made him daunted, fearing that the hot oil would splash onto his body.
Seeing this scene, her aunt laughed and shook her head. Xiaoxuan looked like he had never cooked before, so he was afraid of such little movement.
Chu Xuan glanced at his aunt's joking gaze, his expression a little embarrassed.
He woke up in the morning and missed breakfast, so he watched TV with his grandma in the living room for a while. When his aunt came back from shopping to prepare lunch, and there happened to be green beans in the ingredients, a new idea came to his mind.
I wanted to finish my work in Wuhan and go to the Shangri-La Hotel to learn how to cook my mother’s favorite dishes from a master chef after returning to Beijing. But my aunt, who has been cooking for decades, is not a ready-made master chef.
What?
How wonderful it is to learn from my aunt how to cook some of my mother's favorite dishes while working in Wuhan.
It also saves him time and gives him more hope of going to the United States to accompany his wife for graduation.
So now, he has transformed into a "chef", and under the command of his aunt, he started cooking for the first time in his life - fried pork with green beans.
"There are many ways to say stir-fried pork belly with green beans. Your mother's favorite is this stir-fried pork belly. Cut the pork belly into small pieces first, then fry it in a pan until the meat is half crispy and half burnt for the best taste. If you have
Be patient, put some cornstarch into the meat and stir it before frying, the texture will be better." My aunt temporarily acted as Chu Xuan's chef and said patiently.
"What is gorgon powder?" Chu Xuan asked.
This question left my aunt speechless for a moment, but then she smiled and said, "You will know when I buy some someday and show it to you, otherwise you won't know what it is if I tell you."
"Okay." Chu Xuan was ashamed.
Grandma came to the kitchen door, eating an apple in her hand. Looking at the back of her grandson-in-law cooking, she expressed great admiration: "Xiaoxuan is really capable."
Chu Xuan turned his head and looked at his grandmother with his aunt.
Chu Xuan immediately turned his head back in embarrassment. If he was praised for his career, then he was praised for his first time cooking, which really made him feel ashamed.
Under the full command of his aunt, a plate of stir-fried pork with green beans that looked simple but was actually very troublesome was prepared for Chu Xuan. He put his work on the dining table. Chu Xuan looked at his grandmother and aunt with dry eyes.
My uncle is away on business and his two children have to go to school. During the day, there are basically only my grandmother and my aunt at home.
Grandma picked up a string bean and tasted it, nodding repeatedly: "It's delicious, not bad!"
Chu Xuan looked at his aunt. Grandma's praise was not very credible. It was not derogatory. It was just that from the moment he entered the house yesterday to now, grandma had never stopped praising him, which made him feel like he couldn't bear it.
This feeling of doting can only be said to be true for the elderly towards their grandchildren, which is both pure and overly doting.
"It's okay, I can eat it. Keep up the good work." My aunt tasted the next dish. The stir-fry was average, but she still needed to work hard.
Chu Xuan picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the dish to try himself. It seemed a bit bland. The green beans were okay, they had a slight sweetness, and adding less salt did not affect the taste. However, the pork belly seemed to be completely tasteless.
Chu Xuan, his aunt, and his grandmother looked at each other and smiled. The three of them said nothing, but the playful smile in their eyes said everything.
After finishing the meal, Chu Xuan put down his chopsticks and barely ate half of the plate of fried pork with green beans. He waved his hands encouragingly and said: "Continue tomorrow, I promise to be better than today!"
With that said, he walked out: "Aunt, grandma, I'm leaving first."
Outside the courtyard gate, Yuan Hong drove there and waited for Chu Xuan for a few minutes.
Chu Xuan got into the passenger seat, reported the place name, and the vehicle drove straight away.
The eldest uncle was busy with the wedding room between him and Liu Yifei in the Shenzhen villa. She had no plans to return to Wuhan for the time being. She just heard that he was going to Wuhan, so she came back by the way and took him to a fashion design company.
Progress in clothing design.
Yuan Hong drove his car to the underground parking lot of an office building and parked it. After getting off the car, the two took the elevator and followed the aunt's text message instructions to the corresponding floor.
The entire floor is owned by the same clothing company. It seems that this company is very powerful. I heard from my aunt that this company also has its own clothing production factory. This is a large enterprise that integrates design, production and sales.
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However, this company's brand reputation is not obvious. Looking at the unfamiliar name, Chu Xuan has never heard of it. If it were based on his previous level of knowledge, he might think this company is "junk", but if it were used today,
From his perspective, with a level of cognition, this is most likely the result of domestic brands being suppressed by foreign brands.
I heard from my aunt that this company has no independent projects. It has given up its own brand and has become an OEM for overseas capital clothing brands. This is really sad.
"Xiao Xuan." The aunt appeared from the corridor to meet Chu Xuan.
"Mr. Chu Xuan, hello, hello." He was greeted by someone who looked like a company executive.
"Chu Xuan?!" The eyes of several passing staff members lit up with excitement.
Chu Xuan and Yuan Hong walked to meet their eldest uncle. After being introduced by both parties, they learned that the company executive was the chief designer of the wedding dress project. After greeting each other, they came to the design room together.
There are many clothes racks in the design room, as well as many mannequins, and a wide variety of clothing.
Among them, the most eye-catching thing is the ancient wedding clothes on the two mannequins in the center.
"Is this your and Sissy's wedding dress?" Yuan Hong looked at it with interest.
Chu Xuan nodded. The wedding clothes that the aunt brought over during the filming were not finished products and were relatively simple. However, the two sets of ancient wedding clothes in front of him were exactly the same as before after such a long time. There seemed to be no progress at all. This made him wonder.
: "Didn't you say there are a lot of accessories and they haven't been finished yet?"
The aunt shook her head and said, "It's not that simple. There are so many things that need to be paid attention to."
The designer, Mr. Song, looked slightly bitter and explained: "According to your request, we will restore the patterns and characteristics of the Song Dynasty wedding clothes as much as possible. As a person in the entertainment industry, Mr. Chu Xuan should understand the complexity of ancient clothes, and film and television
Most of the ancient costumes in the play are made of simple materials and simple designs. If you really want to restore them one-to-one, I guess no investor would do that."
Chu Xuan and Yuan Hong nodded, which was telling the truth.
The period costumes in movies and TV dramas look good, but in fact few dramas actually spend money on them.
The materials used are generally ordinary fabrics, and the gold and silver accessories are mostly fakes dyed with paint. In terms of design, you only need to make a rough outline, and the details cannot withstand in-depth study. The main purpose is to save money.
Those costume dramas really need to restore one-to-one, real makeup. The cost of costumes alone is at least tens of millions and there is no upper limit. According to the current market average investment level of 30 million for costume dramas, just think about it.
There will be a lot of quality and texture issues involved in the production.
But this is not the fault of the director and the crew. Investors are unwilling to spend money on this, and the director and the crew have nothing to do.
“In addition to the main body, which we can produce quickly with our own raw materials, the clothing accessories are currently still in the design drawing stage. The company also has dispatched personnel to visit workshops that can provide raw materials to find some materials. It will take some time to make complete products.
But it will definitely be done before the end of the year." Teacher Song said.
Chu Xuan nodded: "Can I see the design drawing?"
"Here it is." Teacher Song handed over the design drawing.
Chu Xuan took it and looked at it, and Yuan Hong also curiously poked his head over to take a look.
Teacher Song explained: "According to the introduction to the wedding dress chapter of "History and Clothing of the Song Dynasty", a woman's wedding dress has big sleeves, a collar, a long skirt, a skirt, a harem, a jade pendant, a waistband, a back, and a sachet.
Sachets, flower crowns, red hijabs, painted fans and gold and silver jewelry.”
"Big sleeves..." Yuan Hong raised his hands and looked at the cuffs: "It's the length of the sleeve, and it's very big and wide, right?"
"Yes, yes." Teacher Song said, and raised his hand to pat the front arm: "To be precise, the big sleeve refers to the position of the arm in front of the elbow, which needs to be made separately."
"Ah? Made separately?" Yuan Hong said in surprise.
The eldest uncle nodded slightly: "What the teacher just mentioned, including the big sleeves, collar, etc., all need to be made separately, and then needles and threads are used to connect them into one."
"Why not make it together?" Chu Xuanqi asked.
Teacher Song said: "According to the description in "Meng Liang Lu", the big sleeves, long skirt, Xia Pei, jade pendant, and back are all Jiangluo, and the main body and the rest are all in raw color. Jiangluo refers to silk products, which are bright red.
"The raw color in ancient times was cyan, which is dark green."
Even though Chu Xuan knew something about history and culture, this was the first time for him to hear about this kind of overly detailed culture. He was just like a primary school boy who was confused, Yuan Hong, savoring the cultural crystallization of the Song Dynasty.
Teacher Song added: "When coloring silk clothing, you can basically only use one type at a time. The main body of women's wedding clothes in the Song Dynasty was blue, and the accessories were red. The red had to be mixed with some gold patterns, so the accessories needed to be mixed.
Separate them individually, customize them one by one, color them one by one, and finally attach them to the main body with needle and thread.”
"Damn it." Yuan Hong patted Chu Xuan's shoulder and found it interesting: "The costumes used in filming in the past were all fake. Those ancient costumes were all in one set. No wonder there were problems with the coloring. I was on the set in the past two years.
It rained and my clothes all faded.”
Chu Xuan, the aunt and Teacher Song laughed, and they were full of fun for a while.
"This is just a women's wedding dress. There are countless complicated things in it, let alone Mr. Chu's men's wedding dress. Its complexity is not much worse than that of women's wear." Teacher Song said.
Chu Xuan nodded, understanding that it was not easy to restore the ancient wedding clothes one to one.
Chu Xuan turned back a few pages of the design drawings, and one of the computer-generated design drawings of a set of clothing appeared in front of his eyes. It was also a set of red clothing, but it was much simpler. It was not his wedding dress. At first glance, it was for the guests.
A style of design.
Chu Xuan glanced at Yuan Hong: "How about this set?"
"Okay." Yuan Hong didn't hesitate. The clothing style in this design was different from the main body of men's clothing produced in front of him. He only thought that this design was the second wedding dress plan prepared for Chu Xuan.
"Okay, then I'll give you this set of clothes." Chu Xuan said.
Yuan Hong was confused: "Should I wear it?"
Chu Xuan teased: "The guests who come to my wedding will all wear ancient costumes."
"Real or false!" Yuan Hong said in surprise, looking at Chu Xuan in disbelief.
"Why are you lying to me? These guest clothes will be considered as a return gift." Chu Xuan said.
"Do you mean to give it to us?" Yuan Hong was very interested. It was the first time he heard that the guests attending the wedding had to wear ancient costumes, and he was even more interested because Chu Xuan said that these ancient costumes would also be used as gifts in return.
to guests.
Yuan Hong grabbed the design drawings and looked at them with great interest: "Then I want to choose a set. This red one is too bright. Give it to Lao Hu, not me."
The auntie saw that Chu Xuan and his friend were discussing with gusto with the design drawings, and she found it interesting.
Teacher Song sighed in his heart, this is the largest private client he has ever encountered since he started his career.
In addition to wedding clothes for men and women, hundreds of sets of ancient costumes are also made for guests. This is something that has never happened before in domestic weddings, right?
The total cost of these clothes is conservatively estimated to be several million dollars less.
He can only say one thing: great atmosphere!
Fortunately, the ancient costumes designed for guests are all simple. Even though they are handicrafts and cannot be put on the assembly line, as long as the money can be received in time, let a few more people from the workshops help to make this big project before the year.
It's not difficult to get it done.
After spending an afternoon in the clothing company, he got a general understanding of the progress in wedding clothing and learned some new knowledge. After saying goodbye to Yuan Hong for a while, Chu Xuan got into his aunt's car and headed to An's house for dinner.
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"Grandpa and grandma, I'm here to see you." Chu Xuan walked into the house with some fruits in his hand. He bought them on the way here. He wanted to buy some better gifts, but his aunt refused to let him go, so he had to give up.
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And when the elderly see their grandchildren coming to visit, they don't care whether you carry something in your hand. As long as people are here, this is what makes them happiest: "Xiaoxuan, come in quickly."
Grandma was very happy to see Chu Xuan. Although she was not as doting as her grandmother, her expression of joy and opening the shoe cabinet to get Chu Xuan's slippers also expressed her welcome to her grandson-in-law.
"Cici went to the United States?" Grandpa asked.
"Yes, she is about to graduate from her further studies there. I am here to say hello to her grandparents on her behalf," Chu Xuan said.
"Okay, okay, okay." Grandpa said "ok" three times in a row, and his naturally serious face squeezed out a smile full of wrinkles. It could be said to be ugly, but it was more kind.
The food has been prepared by a nanny.
The An family had never hired a nanny before when my aunt was here.
Just because the eldest uncle represents the An family this year and is busy with their marriage, she has no choice but to hire a nanny to take care of her grandparents.
Thinking about it from another perspective, it has become a habit for grandparents to be taken care of by their aunt all year round, and the elderly’s mood has a great impact on their health. Suddenly, a strange nanny comes to take care of them. Regardless of whether the nanny is considerate or not,
Just because I am not used to it will make my grandparents very uncomfortable.
However, the grandparents did not express any discomfort with this situation when he arrived, and there was no negative emotion on their faces.
Chu Xuan more or less guessed that hiring a nanny was the tacit approval of his grandparents, and the fact that the eldest aunt was busy with their marriage was the reason why the grandparents had no complaints.
In the final analysis, this is all for the smooth marriage of him and Liu Yifei. Not only grandma and the others are eagerly looking forward to it, but the grandparents have also made compromises for this. They would rather have their living environment become unfamiliar and uncomfortable than to make it happen.
The happiness of children and grandchildren.
Chu Xuan felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he had no choice but to make more trips to Wuhan to spend more time with his grandparents and make them happy.
"Xiaoxuan, where do you live in Wuhan? Grandma Qianqian's place? I asked Axiu to clean up Qianqian's room and put on new bedding. Why don't you stay with us?"
During dinner, grandma pointed to the small room where Liu Yifei once lived, and looked at Chu Xuan with a little longing, hoping that Chu Xuan could live at home.
Chu Xuan paused while picking up the rice with chopsticks, raised his head and asked tentatively: "I don't know how many days I will stay in Wuhan. How about staying with my grandma for one night and my grandparents for one night?"
Grandpa pointed at Chu Xuan, with a slight smile on his old face: "You little naughty boy."
Grandma and aunt couldn't help laughing, while Chu Xuan smiled and lowered his head to eat.
Since grandma brought up the matter of living here, that's all he could say.
Otherwise, my grandmother would not be happy if I kept living here with An's family.
If he had been living with his grandma, An's family would also have concerns about the lack of security.
He doesn't know how to clone himself, so if he lets himself go, he can only live with a bowl of water for a day.
"He's so clever." He secretly admired his cleverness.
At the same time, he also deeply understood the troubles that divorced families caused to their children.
If mom and dad hadn't divorced, grandma and grandparents would be one family, and there would be no need for him to bring a bowl of water to calm things down. This kind of thing wouldn't exist at all.
Now, he, the son-in-law, was in a dilemma. He had to take care of the mood of his grandmother's family and his grandparents.
In the final analysis, the root of the problem lies with the mother-in-law and the father-in-law.
Since you have chosen to get married, why should you get divorced?
Since you have your heart's desire, why should you be afraid of obstacles and long paths?
These two adults are really ignorant, their structure is too small, and they should be criticized.
Taking history as a mirror and emotions as a reflection, his heart was sublimated in the elusive world through the connection with Liu Yifei's family.