Early the next morning, everyone asked to be sent to the airport. The father and son rejected everyone's kindness and took a taxi to the airport. After sitting on the plane, Ouyang Tian asked Luo Tian: "How is it?"
"How's it going? I feel pretty good today. I don't feel any discomfort." Luo Tian thought his father was asking about his health.
Ouyang Tian shook his head: "What I'm asking is whether I should tell Cheng Zhen about this."
"I haven't thought about it yet." Luo Tian said: "If you want to talk about it, how do you say it? Dad, have you told mom? Not really. I have always felt that if you tell mom your biggest secret, say
Maybe you two wouldn’t have made it this far.”
Hearing what Luo Tian meant, he wanted to tell Cheng Zhen the whole thing. Ouyang Tian smiled and said: "Maybe it's what you said, because I still have reservations about her, so the two of us couldn't live together in the end because I wasn't enough.
I love her so much, I can't compare to that British guy, Luo Tian, don't make the same mistake I did, just do whatever you want, I support you."
Perhaps because of Ouyang Tian's encouragement, Luo Tian went directly to the company as soon as he got off the plane. It was time to go to work. Cheng Zhen saw Luo Tian carrying his luggage and was a little dumbfounded: "Why didn't you call when you came back suddenly?
Say hello, with so much luggage, you should go home first."
"Do you have a job?" Luo Tian looked at Cheng Zhen. What he wanted to say suddenly got stuck in his throat and he couldn't say a word.
"Of course, you have been away for so long this time, and there has been a mountain of them." Cheng Zhen was a little annoyed: "It's not like you don't know your own business."
Luo Tian put the luggage at his feet: "Okay, let's work first, and we'll talk about it after the work is done."
Luo Tian felt a little weird today. This was Cheng Zhen's first feeling. She stopped saying any unnecessary words and just nodded: "Okay, I'll give you a hand, let's go."
The first thing Cheng Zhen brought was a wood carving, "Kuixing Wood Carving," Luo Tian said: "This is also the first time I have seen the Kuixing wood carving. Kuixing is a Chinese word and the name of an ancient Chinese constellation. At the same time, Kuixing is also the name of an ancient Chinese star.
A legendary mythological figure who dominates literary fortunes. In the minds of Confucian scholars, Kuixing has the supreme status. In layman's terms, it is the star that can bless students in high school, that is, a god. Ancient literati would worship Kuixing before taking exams, hoping that they would go to high school.
, Kuixing is also called Emperor Wenchang."
Luo Tian spoke very slowly today, no longer than usual, as if he was anxious to complete his work. Cheng Zhen asked him: "But Kuixing is supposed to be gentle and gentle, but look at this wooden sculpture, it looks so fierce."
The Kuixing of this wooden sculpture has a ferocious face, a golden body and a green face, red hair and eyes, and two horns on his head. The whole thing looks like a ghost. The Kuixing holds a large brush in his right hand, which is called Zhubi, which means to point with a pen.
To determine the name of a person in Chinese style, the left hand holds an ink fountain, the right foot is independent of the golden rooster, and the foot is stepping on the head of a big turtle in the sea, which means dominating, and the left foot is raised and kicked to echo the shape.
There is a big curved hook on the lower right side of the word "Kui", and on the foot is the Big Dipper.
"That's because it's related to a legend." Luo Tian suddenly smiled and looked at Cheng Zhen: "I don't think I'm particularly wordy today."
"How come, I thought you were too fast before, but now you have lost the fun of work." Cheng Zhen said: "It's no wonder, after doing any work for a long time, you will feel tired. In fact, everyone is the same.
We are all human beings, and we all get tired, and you are the same, okay, let’s not talk about this anymore, first tell me why Kuixing is so ugly?”
"The story of Kuixing is this: There was a scholar in ancient times, whose name is no longer available, so let's just call him Kuixing. This man was extremely intelligent and talented. He had an impressive record and an excellent speech, but his appearance was extremely ugly.
So he failed in interviews every time. What does he look like? It is said that he is ugly, has pockmarks all over his face, is lame on one foot, and walks with a limp, but his writing is so good.
Finally, he was admitted to the provincial examination, and he was admitted step by step in the high school examination. When it came to the palace examination, the emperor personally interviewed his literary talent. When he saw his appearance and the walking posture of drawing circles to the palace, he felt unhappy. The emperor asked: "What are you doing?"
What's wrong with your face?' He replied: 'Back to the Holy Emperor, this is a pockmarked face reflecting the sky, holding up stars.' The emperor thought this man was very interesting, and asked: 'What about your lameness?' He replied:
"Back to the Holy Spirit, this is a leap from the dragon's gate to dominate the world." The emperor was very pleased with his agility and asked again: "Then I ask you a question, and you have to answer it truthfully: Who writes the best articles in the world now?"
’ He thought for a while and said: ‘The articles in the world belong to my county, the articles in my county belong to my hometown, the articles in my hometown belong to my brother-in-law, and my brother-in-law asked me to change the article.’ The emperor was overjoyed. After reading his article, he was even more impressed.
"He deserves to be number one in the world!" So he was appointed the number one scholar."
"The talents, wisdom and hard work of this ugly scholar made him ascend to heaven and become Kuixing - the first four stars of the Big Dipper, which are responsible for fame and fortune. When the word Kui is broken down, half of it means "ghost", and Ying Kuixing's face is ugly, and half of it means "ghost".
Dou, Ying Kuixing's talent is eight buckets high, and it also corresponds to the Big Dipper constellation. It is said that the ink pen in Kuixing's hand is what you are, and it is said among the literati that your article is eight buckets high, and it is afraid that the ink pen will not nod, so it comes from this."
"It is said that from then on, the stone slab in the middle of the steps of the main hall of the palace was engraved with dragon and ao patterns, and a Kuidou was placed next to it. When the palace examination was completed and the results were announced, the candidates gathered in front of the palace gate, and the Jinshi stood at the foot of the steps to welcome the results.
The number one scholar holds the Kui Dou in one hand and stands on the top of the head with one foot to show off, which means that he has won the championship in one fell swoop and is the leader."
Cheng Zhen suddenly realized: "So that's what happened. No wonder the owner of this wood carving said that if it was an antique, it would be protected by gods, and his son would definitely be able to go to college. I was still wondering, but I didn't dare to ask.
You said that if I ask an employee of the restoration company to ask such a question to a customer, wouldn’t it be against the standards of our company?”
"That's right, luckily you didn't ask, otherwise he would have taken this wooden carving and left." Luo Tian laughed loudly: "My woman is too cute."
Yuan Jie, who was repairing things next to him, turned around and said, "Can you please stop doing this? It's during working hours."
Cheng Zhen stuck out his tongue: "Continue, continue."
Luo Tian said: "This is just one of the most widely circulated legends. In fact, there is another version, a completely different legend. It is said that although Lord Kuixing was full of knowledge during his lifetime, he failed every exam, so he drowned himself in grief and anger.
He committed suicide. Unexpectedly, he was rescued by a turtle and ascended to heaven to become Kuixing. Because Kuixing can influence the luck of scholars in exams, scholars solemnly worship him every July 7th, his birthday."
This story is a bit sad in comparison. Stories of unrecognized talents exist in every dynasty, including now. Luo Tian continued: "This wood carving is not a close-up view of a distant mountain, and the layers are very clear. This is a distinctive feature of Qing Dynasty wood carvings.
The shape is relatively large, and the market price can be around 50,000 yuan."