The packaging of the gift was very beautiful, but I couldn't help but open it and take a look. On the one hand, I was very curious about the things inside, and on the other hand, I felt that I should open it and take a look first. After all, it was for Governor Huang. I
I feel that I cannot act rashly.
The wrapping paper is glued with transparent glue, and the transparent glue can be easily peeled off after blowing with a blower.
Inside is a large box, and on top is a small rectangular box, with a beautiful writing brush inside. On the bottom is a square box, and after opening it, it is found that there is a shiny black inkstone inside. The inkstone has a simple style and is carved.
My knife skills are proficient. I reached out and touched it, and I immediately felt a warm feeling. Under the two boxes was a stack of yellowed paper. I folded it and put it in. This should be handmade rice paper.
Already.
Very good. I looked at these things with satisfaction and nodded.
But I still called Secretary-General Li and asked, "How much did these things cost?"
He replied: "The main reason is that the inkstone is a bit more expensive, only less than 40,000 yuan in total. The coal gangue inkstone is not a good material after all, but it is a bit old. It is said to be from the early Republic of China."
I immediately felt relieved, "Yeah. Not bad. You did a good job on this matter. Li Li, from now on, you can help me collect some of these things privately, and I will pay for them myself. There are also good things like dark wood, or other things."
.You used to be a tourist, so I guess you are more knowledgeable."
He agreed repeatedly.
This is what I thought: There are very few such things in the world, and the current price is not high. It is still interesting to collect them. Even if you want to give them away in the future, you don’t have to worry about what to give them.
Then the gift box was restored. I used to be a doctor, so it is not difficult to do such a job. When doing surgery, we are required to be more delicate than this. The restored gift box looks like it has not been touched by me at all.
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After eating at home, I drank and played with my children for a while, and finally waited until after eight o'clock before going out to drive.
The new female security guard at home didn't like to talk much, which was very different from the last time she was in my office. After eating, she ran to the backyard, and my mother whispered to me: "She was pretending to be in the backyard.
He picked up a sandbag. This girl’s arm muscles are like those of a boy.”
I immediately laughed, "No way? Is that so exaggerated?"
The mother also laughed, "Anyway, she is very strong. Last night when Zhuang Yu came to the house, the two of them had a fight, but Zhuang Yu lost."
I immediately ran to the backyard and found her pressing her legs there. I said to her: "Don't do strenuous exercise just after eating, as that is not good for the digestive system."
She pursed her lips and said, "I have always been like this in the army."
I said nonchalantly: "There must be something wrong with your stomach. Occasionally you have pain before or after meals."
She looked at me in surprise, "How do you know?"
I said: "First, you eat too fast. Second, you have a bad habit of exercising immediately after eating. Just after eating, the body's blood will be supplied to the human stomach. If you exercise, the blood supply to the stomach will be reduced."
There will be a shortage, which is not conducive to digestion. This is also the reason why people tend to feel sleepy just after eating, because the blood goes to the stomach and the blood supply to the brain is relatively insufficient.
Li Qian, you are still very young, and you need to change some habits that damage your body. By the way, my family's conditions are limited. If you like to exercise, you can buy a set of fitness equipment, and I will reimburse you then."
In fact, I was secretly observing her body when I was talking to her, and found that her face was a little dark yellow, which is one of the symptoms of gastric ulcer. However, the dark yellow color on her face was not very serious, but according to my
After analyzing her habits, we came to the conclusion that she had stomach problems. In addition, her arms did not have the same muscles as men as her mother said, but she did look very healthy and powerful. As a woman
, her sense of strength is reflected in the coordination of her body and movements.
This kind of coordination can actually give people a sense of beauty.
She was looking at me, with a rare smile on her face, "Mayor Feng, do you know the price of a set of fitness equipment? And you have to find a special room to put such things."
I smiled and said, "The house is fine. The house is very spacious anyway. You can do whatever you want. A set of fitness equipment shouldn't be expensive, right? You need to practice strength, so you can't add a few things. But it's only tens of thousands of dollars."
It's okay, you go buy it and I'll pay you the bill after you buy it. Or you can ask the merchant to install it first, and then I'll pay the bill directly. I said, when you arrive at my home, the first thing
My mission is to protect my family, and if I can satisfy you with other things, I will try my best to satisfy you."
She immediately sighed and said, "I've heard people say that rich people are stingy, but I didn't expect you to be different. Then I really went and bought it?"
I smiled slightly at her, "Go ahead and buy it. It's okay. It may be true that rich people are stingy. To be precise, it should be that businessmen are often stingy. But they are not stingy about everything. Most of their stinginess is their investment habits, not
A businessman who knows how to calculate carefully will never make a fortune.
Li Ka-shing once again dropped a coin into the sewer, and he insisted on picking it up. But look at how much money he spends on charity every year? Haha! That's far away. You can do your work, I'll accompany you.
The kids have fun, and then they have to go out. I hope you can work happily at my house."
Then I turned around and heard her whispering behind me: "Thank you..."
I turned around and smiled at her, then went to the living room.
When I drove out of the garage, I found Li Qian standing outside the villa. She was looking in my direction. I stopped the car and asked her, "Is something wrong?"
She was startled for a moment, then shook her head, "It's okay."
I couldn't help but shake my head, thinking she was a little strange. Then I drove out of the community.
The person who came to open the door for me was Udon Mei. She had not changed much. She still looked as beautiful and simple as ever. There was a kind of surprise in her eyes when she looked at me. She probably did not expect that I would come today. In other words, Governor Huang did not
I didn't tell her I was coming tonight.
I still felt a little embarrassed, so I immediately asked her: "Is Governor Huang here?"
Only then did she seem to react, "Yes. Please come in." Then she took the thing from my hand.
After entering, I found Governor Huang sitting on the sofa watching TV with a newspaper in his hand. He was wearing reading glasses. At this time, he looked more like an old professor than an executive deputy mayor.
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On weekdays, when he is in public places, he always wears a white shirt, black trousers, and does not wear glasses. He is either chatting and laughing, or has a serious expression, and always gives people the image of an official. In winter, he likes to wear a jacket, but
He was still wearing a white shirt underneath. He walked smoothly and freely, showing a sense of confidence in every move he made.
But now, in front of me, he is wearing a set of pajamas, his hair is not so neat, and his official aura is suddenly gone.
"Xiao Feng, come on, come and sit down. What did you bring me again?" He greeted me warmly, then put down the newspaper and took off his glasses.
I replied respectfully: "It is a specialty of our Shangjiang City. But these specialties are not food, but inkstones, writing brushes and handmade rice paper. I remember that you seem to like calligraphy, so I brought you a set."
He immediately said happily: "Dongmei, take it here quickly, open it and take a look."
Wu Dongmei immediately put the things on the coffee table. Governor Huang tore off the wrapping paper on the gift box in a few times, and then opened the two boxes inside one by one. I couldn't help but smile bitterly: If I had known better, I wouldn't have to be so careful.
Glued back.
He picked up the brush, dipped his finger into the tip of the brush, and immediately exclaimed: "Good stuff. This is real wolf hair."
I asked: "Is it made of wolf hair? We don't have such an animal in Shangjiang City, do we?"
He suddenly laughed, "Langhao is a brush made of weasel tail hair. There are always weasels in the mountains of Shangjiang City, right? This thing is very precious and rare."
I was immediately interested and fell in love with him. So I immediately asked: "Then, which animal's hair makes the best brush?"
He smiled and replied: "I'll know you are an amateur as soon as I hear it. The material selection of the brush is based on the use. High-end brushes use the same material with more precision. According to the use, the brush hair is generally divided into purple hair and purple hair.
There are several types such as jianhao, water brush, wolf brush, sheep brush, large brush and paint brush.
The so-called goat hair is made of goat hair and is a popular product. Among them, old goat hair has been stored for many years, the fat has dried and is easy to be inked; old goat hair is somewhat rigid; young goat hair is fine and has a transparent tip; clean goat hair has no impurities and is soft.
Purple hair is made from the black tips on the back of mountain rabbits. The hair is relatively rigid and is suitable for writing running and cursive scripts. There is also wolf hair. As I said just now, it is made from weasel tail hair, which is slightly stiffer.
Worse than rabbit hair. In addition, there are rat-whisker pens, chicken-hao pens, pig-bristle pens, and jianhao. Rat-whisker pens are made from the sideburns of domestic rats. The pen strokes are pure and smooth, with a sharp edge, and the written characters are soft and soft.
The chicken hair pen is made of chicken breast hair, which is quite soft and difficult for beginners to master calligraphy, so it is not suitable to use. The pig bristle pen is made of steamed pig bristles and is used to write large plaques.
Jianhao is made by blending different animal hairs in different proportions. It can be hard and soft when writing. For example, it is made of purple hair and sheep hair. The more purple hair, the harder it is, and vice versa. So when purchasing, you can follow the different requirements of the calligrapher.
It depends. Take He Lianqing, the imperial brush used by the Chinese royal family, as an example. Its soft sheep hair 'Shenyou Tiandi' and hard purple hair 'Iron Painting Yingou' are considered to be the best among brushes. The Huying purple hair used to make the brush tip is completely collected from Hu sheep, a specialty of Jiangnan.
Like the old rabbit on the stone in the south of the Yangtze River, choose one out of ten thousand, choose the best among the best, it is more precious than red gold, every bit is rare..."
I immediately clicked my tongue, "It's so complicated."
He smiled and continued: "Because everyone who likes calligraphy has different calligraphy styles, everyone has different ideas about what kind of brush is more suitable for their own skills. Generally speaking, there are hard calligraphy and soft calligraphy, and soft and hard calligraphy.
Rules. In other words, the more varied the characters you want to write, such as running script and cursive script, generally the harder ones are better, while the written characters pay attention to the momentum and rendering.
For example, for Wei stele and other works, soft brush strokes are preferred. In addition, before the Middle Ages, calligraphers mainly wrote with hard brush strokes. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, both soft brush strokes and soft brush strokes became mainstream. Among all kinds of brush strokes, rat whiskers are the hardest, followed by
There are wolf hair and rabbit hair, which are all hard hair pens, while chicken hair and sheep hair are soft hair. Hard hair has good elasticity, but is sharp and sharp, so it is not suitable for writing implicit fonts. Soft hair has poor elasticity, but has some
Whether Hanrun is good or not depends on the style of calligraphy you want to write and the habits of the calligrapher.
For example, for the same Monument of Zhang Menglong, later generations advocated using long-edged sheep hair, while others advocated using hard hair. The writing style was very different. In addition, there was also combined hair, which used hard hair as the core and soft hair as an external supplement.
The intention is to take the best of both worlds.”
I smiled bitterly and said, "I don't quite understand. Governor Huang, what kind of style do you belong to? If you think this brush is not suitable, I will find another one for you."
He shook his head and said: "I haven't learned calligraphy yet. This wolf hair is just right. It's just suitable for people like me."
I said with some embarrassment: "You are too modest."
He immediately said seriously: "Calligraphy is like martial arts. There is no best, only better. Calligraphy is an art that reflects life. People's inner emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and joy can also be expressed in calligraphy, just like poetry and music.
.The knowledge here is so profound...Well, let me take a look at this inkstone."
Then he took out the inkstone from the box and put on his glasses to look at it carefully, "Well, this thing is good. It is much more precious than the brush just now. This is an inkstone made of coal gangue. Judging from the knife skills,
, this thing should have a history of nearly a hundred years. The inkstone made of coal gangue is not considered to be the best, after all, the material is a bit inferior. But this thing is already very rare. The appreciation of the inkstone is more complicated. Nowadays, people who use brushes to write
Except for calligraphers, there are almost none, so this thing is mainly for collection. People who like calligraphy are exceptions. It is rare to find such a good thing in Shangjiang City." (To be continued)