Chapter 170 Gift
It rained a little, and there were no tourists on the streets of the ancient town. It was quiet, and the steam of food lingered in the shops near the water.
The signatures of the store are the same traditional recipes as the famous ones, such as ham and fresh bamboo shoot soup, steamed duck with fermented wine, eggplant dessert, yam and jujube cake. , drink almond tea.
The portions of this restaurant are small and the dishes are exquisitely presented. It is suitable to order a few more dishes to taste.
I guess it's an improved method, the eggplant is really delicious, it doesn't taste like eggplant.
"Xiao Lu came to the studio that day and said, you want to knock down the wall next to you?" Shen You was curious about the reason.
The wall she was talking about was not the outer facade, but the inner wall next to the private residence next door.
In fact, the two gardens should have been one at the beginning, and they were separated into two after changing hands and repairing several times.
The wall in the middle is also old. If it needs to be moved now, it needs to be applied for. Xiao Lu ran around for two days.
He said the matter was difficult to handle, but Mr. Wen really gave him too much.
"I live in the house next door all the time. I think it's more convenient. If I want to switch to a door in the middle, I've applied for it, but it hasn't been approved yet." Wen Zhi raised his eyes and sighed.
If I had known better, I should have changed it years ago.
"No wonder it worries him." Shen You smiled, "The wall inside is supposed to be movable, but it was built from behind, which is troublesome. The subsequent process is estimated to take a month or two at the earliest."
The diversion gate has no impact. There is no need to go around when coming from his residence.
Many of the doors of the private residences still inhabited here have been changed to antique wooden doors with steel plates in the middle and modern anti-theft locks.
Shen You spent a lot of money to make it, otherwise the previous door would have a large piece of rot at the bottom, which would make you feel uneasy.
The two of them came out after eating, and as soon as the cold wind blew outside, they had only one thought left, "Let's go back to the studio."
It's too cold at night.
On the way to the parking lot, Wen Zhi made a mysterious phone call. When he saw Shen You looking back, he immediately sped up his speech.
"Yes, that's right there."
After hanging up the phone, Shen You didn't hear it clearly. She had a little expectation in her heart, but she didn't dare to expect too much.
It only takes ten minutes to drive back from the ancient town parking lot.
The solar light source used in the outdoor part of Xiyuan is usually turned on at night. This kind of house has no lights, and it looks too unpopular after dark.
After Shen You entered the house, she had just turned on the lights and air conditioner when she suddenly heard a noise behind her.
When she turned around, she saw a person standing in the light and shadow holding flowers in the style of an oil painting, striding over and handing them to her.
Next to him was a handsome young man wearing black overalls, white gloves, and carrying a black box.
Shen You saw on the Internet that for a certain cake brand, all the delivery guys were 185 men, and a small cake cost four figures.
"Jiangcheng also opened this cake shop?"
"No, we can deliver it from Haicheng." The boy replied.
This delivery fee is not cheaper than cake.
Opening a cake was so ceremonial that Shen You was a little embarrassed when a nice voice sounded next to her,
"I don't know what flowers you like, so I asked the boss to recommend it and picked some myself. I have eaten the cake before and thought it looked good, so I ordered it for you."
He didn't know if Shen You liked this.
"Thank you. Except for my parents and you, no one will remember my birthday so carefully."
Shen You smiled with crooked eyes, reflecting his delicate face, and said sincerely, "I have never received such beautiful flowers and cakes."
Like Monet's garden, it is gorgeous and colorful. When I see it, I feel a little brighter in my heart.
The delivery boy put the cake away, blessed and left with a discerning eye. Light the candles, there are only two people here, and the one singing is definitely not Shen You himself.
Wen Zhi has never done this before. Who has he ever sung for? “Does it have to be a song for birthdays in this world?”
"Not necessarily." Shen You said without thinking.
She used to celebrate birthdays at home and couldn't sing. Her parents were embarrassed, so they used their mobile phones to sing.
There is nothing to worry about whether to sing or not. She celebrates other people's birthdays and blends in with the crowd to make up for it. After all, she sings out of tune and it doesn't sound good, so she doesn't lose that person.
The very second Shen You asked Wen Zhi to hold her phone and take a photo for her, she heard a very soft humming in her ears.
Accompanied by the sound of wind outside the door and the rustle of swaying branches, it was cold and somewhat melodious.
At that moment, Shen You heard the sound of his heart beating faster. He didn't know whether it was because of nervousness or some other reason.
She stared at the crystal-clear candy shape on the cake, and unknowingly her eyes fell on the person opposite.
From this angle where he lowered his head to make a wish, he couldn't see his face. He could only see the clothes in front of him and the hand holding her mobile phone.
Shen You raised his head slowly for a second, and missed the unnatural look on Wen Zhi's face and the redness on the tips of his ears. When they looked at each other, their expressions returned to normal, but their eyes were still a little nervous.
"Let me take a look at the photos." Shen You reached for his phone, "The composition is better than Gu Shaoyu's."
No filter is on, it's okay, she can adjust it herself.
Gu Shaoyu always only cares about the scenery when taking pictures, not about people's life and death. Can he take pictures of people that look like them?
Wen Zhi handed over a box, "Birthday gift."
Shen You smiled and took it, "Then I opened it?"
"Yes." Wen Zhi looked at her expectantly.
The box contains a hairpin carved from agarwood. It has a simple shape. It seems that the carver is not a master craftsman. There are obvious traces of handwork, but every detail has been carefully processed.
This high-variety agarwood-carved hairpin is a waste of material. If you buy it directly, it must be made by a master craftsman.
"Did you carve it yourself?" Shen You said firmly.
Wen Zhi nodded. Xiao Lu was right about what she could buy with antiques and wood. She had no shortage of them herself. Buying them directly always felt like she was missing some of what Xiao Lu said.
So he found an old wood carving craftsman and started doing it himself.
First draw the shape of the hairpin on the wood. He can draw and use carving tools.
During those two days in Daqi, the people in the house saw Wen Zhi carving wood with a carving knife and scrapping several pieces of wood for testing. Who can understand the shock.
Everyone thought he had suffered some kind of blow and had been abandoned, otherwise he hadn't seen the girl coming to the house for so many days.
He stayed up most of the night, sitting in his room carving wood, and finally let him carve it out.
"This is the first time I tried to carve hairpins by myself. My skills are not as good as those of professionals. Just watch them wear them."
Shen You's voice was firm, "I think it's great! It just wants the feeling of having handcrafted traces and retaining the characteristics of agarwood!"
Carving is time-consuming and laborious. It looks like a simple hairpin, but it is really difficult to carve it, and it takes such a short time.
Ask her to spend a few days carving something for someone. She probably can't do it herself. She will definitely choose to spend money to hire a master she knows.
The corners of Wen Zhi's lips raised slightly, his eyes lit up, and the joy was all over his face.
Just, he smiled like he was worthless.
This chapter has been stuck in QAQ since the evening, and the next chapter will be late~