Wang's father is a basketball player, but Zhou Yan didn't consider sports at all when choosing gifts.
Giving a pen to a man usually doesn’t go wrong.
On the other hand, when it comes to sporting goods, it’s hard to give a good gift.
Wang Yaohuang naturally liked this pen very much, but after all, it was the first time we met, he still shied away, "It's really hard for me to win over such a collectible pen."
Before Zhou Yan could say anything, Wang Zuxian stuffed the pencil box into her father's arms, "Dad, just accept it. Zhou Yan picked it carefully. Do you still want him to take it back?"
"Okay, okay, just accept Zhou Yan's wishes." Mother Wang also said helpfully.
"Okay, I'll accept it then."
Zhou Yan smiled and took out the gift prepared for Wang Zuxian's grandparents.
He first opened the box given to his grandma. Inside was a piece of Hetian jade, which was as colored as mutton fat and in good condition. The traditional pattern of dragons and phoenixes was carved on it.
The old man is a good judge of goods, and he could tell at a glance that this jade plaque was of great value, and he quickly said, "This is too valuable."
"As long as you like it, everything is worth it. I have always said that I would come to my house to meet everyone, but I was delayed due to some things, so I came so late. I hope grandma won't blame me."
"It's good that you can come. How can we blame it? It's just this gift... OK, I will accept it. In fact, we are very happy if you can come to the house."
Grandma put it down He closed the box of the jade plaque and asked Zhou Yan, pointing to the big box next to him, "What is this?"
"This is for grandpa."
Zhou Yan opened the big box carefully , containing two short scrolls and a longer scroll.
"Is it calligraphy and painting?" Wang Guofan asked.
Zhou Yan nodded, "It's a nave."
"Who wrote it?"
Zhou Yan smiled and did not answer, but carefully wrote one of the short The scroll opened, revealing the words inside.
As soon as the scroll was opened a little, a word was revealed, and Wang Guofan was stunned, "This word..."
Everyone else looked at Wang Guofan strangely, wondering why the old man had such a reaction. Could it be that this word had a great origin and was written by some famous artist?
Not many people in their family know calligraphy and painting. When Wang Yaohuang's generation came, they changed from a scholarly family to a sports family. They usually did not study calligraphy and painting.
Let alone ordinary calligraphers, even if you put Ouyan Liuzhao's calligraphy in front of them, they may not be able to recognize it.
Zhou Yan continued to expand, and when the third word was revealed, Wang Guofan became even more excited.
He was not sure just now, but now that he saw the first three characters and the small characters in the previous paragraph, he was sure that these were the characters of his father Wang Renfeng.
But this time he didn't make a sound, but quietly waited for Zhou Yan to unfold the entire scroll.
Wang Zupei came over, looked at the couplet and read, "Qicun is..."
After that, he didn't recognize it anymore and could only scratch his head.
Wang Guofan smiled and said, "It's a wonderful talent with amazing ideas."
Then he said to Zhou Yan, "Please open the other short scroll."
Zhou Yan nodded and slowly opened another short scroll.
"Yizujuejuejuejuezuoqun." The old man read out the words in the second line again.
Then he pointed to the lower part and asked, "Do you know these words?"
Everyone stretched their heads to take a look.
When they saw the first two words, they were all confused, because the first two words were written very poorly and they couldn't tell what they were.
But when it comes to the third word, it’s easy.
Although the third character is not very clearly written, it is easy to recognize because the character itself is simple. It is the character "王", a character they can see every day.
At the fourth word, there is some trouble again.
The fourth character looks simple, but I can’t figure out what it is. It looks like red, like Jiang, like immortal, and maybe Ren or Ren.
Although the fifth character is difficult to recognize, it can be vaguely seen that it is the character for peak.
Wang Yaohuang suddenly widened his eyes, "Isn't this your grandfather's name?"
"Exactly." Wang Guofan smiled and nodded, "The two characters in front are Hui Shi, which is your grandfather's nickname. The two square seals printed are indeed those of your grandfather, and this is what your grandfather wrote. "
When they heard that this word was written by Wang Renfeng, everyone's expressions became dull, even Wang Zuxian was no exception. .
She only knew that Zhou Yan prepared a painting of calligraphy for his grandfather, but because it was a collection, it was inconvenient to open it, so he did not read it.
At that time, she also asked Zhou Yan who wrote it, and Zhou Yan disowned her.
She never expected that this calligraphy was actually written by her great-grandfather.
This calligraphy does look a bit old, and the preservation is not very good. The paper is yellow and old, and it is damaged in many places.
Although Wang Renfeng is her great-grandfather, she has not seen many of her great-grandfather's calligraphy, and most of the ones she has seen before are letters, and there is no such large-scale calligraphy and painting at all.
When they came to Taiwan, the situation was special after all, so it was naturally impossible for them to bring their great-grandfather’s name with them.
As a result, very few of Wang Renfeng’s calligraphy survived, especially those with seals. When they went to Shucheng Middle School before, they had seen a couplet, but that was only the only one. .
No one expected that they would see another one today, and it was in the middle hall.
Everyone looked at the remaining scroll in the box.
Feeling the attention of everyone, Zhou Yan opened the remaining long scroll.
On the nave of this painting is the "Hot Spring Inscription" by Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. The words are beautiful, and Wang Renfeng's jielin is also full of form and spirit, elegant and elegant.
Wang Renfeng was once known as one of the three major calligraphers in Anhui, and his attainments in calligraphy are naturally high.
Wang Guofan excitedly touched the nave with his hand. He wanted to touch the calligraphy written by his father with his own hands, but he was afraid of damaging the calligraphy.
"This, this..."
Although the gift was expensive, Wang Guofan could not say anything to evade it.
This painting in the middle hall can be said to be the largest painting and calligraphy work of his father's in existence.
In the end he only asked, "Where did this calligraphy come from?"
Zhou Yan replied with a smile, "It was hidden by Teacher Hang Qingxiao, chairman of the Shucheng Middle School Trade Union."
"Oh, it turns out it is at his place." Wang Guofan sighed slightly.
They actually visited relatives in Shucheng three times, but never saw this nave. Only a couplet was stored in the archives of Shucheng Middle School.
Zhou Yan must have spent money to get this nave, and the price may not be low.
After pondering for a long time, Wang Guofan spoke again, "Thank you very much." "Grandpa, you are serious, it's just that the property is returned to its original owner."
Wang Guofan nodded, went over in person, carefully collected the three scrolls, and slowly put them into the box.
Then he said to Zhou Yan, "Just sit down, have some tea, and rest for a while."
"I'm going to make tea." Wang Zuxian ran to the tea room.
The gift Zhou Yan gave her today was so meaningful and flattering to her.
They say everything is difficult at the beginning, but Zhou Yancai conquered their family for the first time when he came home.
At the same time, she was very grateful because she knew that it was not easy for Zhou Yan to prepare these gifts.
Other gifts are easy to talk about. As long as you have money, you can buy them. Whether it is a brooch for her mother, a jade plaque for her grandmother, or even a commemorative pen for her father, it is nothing more than spending a lot of money. Just some money.
Only this nave cannot be bought with money, it must be done with thought.
Most people can't even get it, even if they want to do it.
This shows that Zhou Yan really takes this matter to heart.
......
After everyone sat down in the living room, the atmosphere became more harmonious. Zhou Yan was good at dealing with elders and spoke calmly and appropriately. He was the favorite of the elders.
Currently, in their opinion, Zhou Yan’s only shortcoming is that he is a few years younger than Wang Zuxian.
Although he is only three years younger, in their eyes, this is a shortcoming.
Fortunately, Zhou Yan behaved very calmly, which relieved a lot of their worries.
Because it was their first time here, the Wang family did not "cross-examine" Zhou Yan more, but simply asked about the situation of Zhou Yan's family.
After that, I asked Zhou Yan some work-related matters. They were very interested in the film "Space Traveler" that Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian are currently filming.
Wang Zupei had seen the news about Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian's marriage in the newspaper before, and now he smiled and said, "When I saw the news about your wedding, I was shocked. I thought it was a little kid. My sister held a wedding with you without telling her family."
"Brother, what are you talking about? I can still run away with someone," Wang Zuxian said, feeling quite sorry for what she said to her elder brother. dissatisfied.
"The main reason is that the news was too real and I was deceived. However, the wedding scene was really well decorated. You can learn from it when you get married later."
"Otherwise, wait until you get married. When the movie is released, let’s go to the cinema to watch it as a family. I’m still very interested in the wedding scene,” Wang Zuan said with a smile.
“It’s better not to give it up.” Wang Zuxian said quickly.
The main reason is that there is a passionate scene in the movie. Although the scale is not bigger than "Green Snake", it always felt awkward when the family organized a group to go to the cinema to watch the passionate scene between him and Zhou Yan.
Even after so many years of acting, Joey Wong still feels embarrassed.
Seeing Wang Zuxian's reaction, Wang Zuan probably knew why. There must be some scenes in the movie that are not suitable for children.
"Ahem, it's still early for the movie to be released, let's talk about it then." Mother Wang smiled and asked Zhou Yan, "Zhou Yan, how long are you planning to stay in Taiwan this time? If you have time, , Just stay a little longer. I heard from Xiaoxian that you have been gaining weight recently, right? It just so happens that Auntie will cook you something delicious."
"Thank you, Auntie, but I can't stay here in Beishi. In a few days, I will leave tomorrow if possible, or the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Although the filming is finished, the rest of the crew have returned to Yanjing and are waiting for me to return. "
"Indeed, you are the director. If you are not here, it will be difficult for others to carry out their work." Mother Wang expressed her understanding.
"Don't worry, Auntie, I will come here often when I have time. If you have time, you can also go to the mainland. Before you went to the mainland, you haven't been to Yanjing, right?"
"Well, before I went to the mainland, I spent most of my time in Hefei and didn't go to other places. If I have time, I would like to go back to Jinling to visit."
"Okay, when do you want to go? Just tell me and I will come to receive you."
Mother Wang waved her hand, "No, you are so busy in Yanjing, you don't have time to receive us. If I want to go, let Xiaoxian take me. That’s enough, didn’t she also go to Jinling?”
Although Mother Wang didn’t say anything else, Wang Zuxian lowered his head in embarrassment.
She secretly went to Zhou Yan's house alone, and took turns eating at Zhou Yan's grandparents, uncle, and third uncle's houses for several days, as if she was going there as a prospective daughter-in-law.
But for such a long time, she didn't even tell her family. Naturally, Wang's mother had objections. She had also told Wang Zuxian about this before, saying that she was irrational in her actions.
"It's okay, I have to go home anyway. Although Xiaoxian has been to Jinling, but in terms of familiarity, I am more familiar."
Mother Wang smiled and nodded, "That's fine. . "
......
When it was time to eat, Wang Yaohuang took out two bottles of wine and asked Zhou Yan, "Zhou Yan, how do you drink? "
Zhou Yan said modestly, "I can drink a little."
Hearing this answer, Wang Yaohuang smiled and took out two bottles of wine from the cabinet.
Wang Zupei smiled and said, "Those who say they can drink a little are basically good drinkers."
"Uh... I really can only drink a little."
" Haha, let’s just drink a little.”
The men in the Wang family have a good drinking capacity, after all, their physical condition is here.
Although there is no necessary relationship between alcohol consumption and body shape, tall people are more likely to have high alcohol consumption.
However, their drinking capacity is still within the range that Zhou Yan can handle.
Everyone at the table finished four bottles of wine, which was basically enough.
If we stop at this time, everyone will be in good condition, but if we continue drinking, someone will definitely get drunk.
The two elders left the formation first, leaving the three juniors to continue.
Wang Zupei got a little excited and took out another bottle. "Come on, let the three of us divide this bottle."
Wang Zuxian next to him wanted to stop him, but he couldn't stop him at all.
The two brothers had a tacit understanding. The second oldest, Wang Zuan, blocked the younger sister, and then Wang Zupei poured wine for Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan was actually a little dizzy at this time, but Wang Zupei was so enthusiastic that he finally let Wang Zupei pour it into his cup.
This glass of wine was less than two taels, and the three of them had to pour at least two rounds to finish the bottle.
Zhou Yan was worrying. If he finished dividing the bottle of wine, he should probably pour it. After finishing a glass of wine, Wang Zupei was defeated and ran to the toilet to vomit.
Wang Zuan didn’t hold on for long and followed him after a while.
Seeing his two brothers going to the toilet, Wang Zuxian rolled his eyes and said in a weird voice, "Fortunately, there are many toilets at home, otherwise the eldest brother and the second brother would have to queue up."
Zhou Yan is loose. After taking a breath, he finished the glass of wine. If he drank any more, he would really die.
He could also feel his stomach churning, but fortunately he could hold it back. (End of this chapter)