Between mountains and seas

One month after taking office, Shao Zhongyan was very satisfied with his new job.Satisfied with the position, satisfied with the authority, and even the new residence arranged, the only person who is not very satisfied is Shao Jingxing.

"Didn't I tell you that I'm going out at night? Why don't you change your clothes?" Shao Zhongyan came out of the bedroom and saw Shao Jingxing laying back on the sofa in a daze again, he couldn't help but feel a heartache.

Before, Shao Jingxing refused to come with him desperately, but then suddenly changed his mind for some reason. He was secretly happy, thinking that Shao Jingxing finally understood his painstaking efforts. When he got home, he showed such a half-dead look from time to time, which made him angry.

Shao Jingxing sat without moving, and squinted at Shao Zhongyan: "Going on a blind date again?"

"What blind date?" Shao Zhongyan didn't change his expression, "I didn't tell you, Zhou Qingshan and your father are old acquaintances, of course we have to meet."

Shao Jingxing snorted, not wanting to expose him: "When will you arrange for me to go there?" Even if he didn't talk about the blind date, he didn't want to follow Shao Zhongyan. With a group of amiable, in fact, they are all playing the game, a waste of time.Instead of this, it is better to do something serious.

He also had a good understanding of the regulations of the Red Cross these days, and felt that if he really wanted to go there, he could still do something. Even if he couldn't rush to the front line of danger like Huo Qing and the others, at least it wouldn't be a waste life.

Yes, Shao Jingxing really felt that he was wasting his life in the past 20 years.Ah, no, at least he still studied hard before knowing his life experience—well, let’s say he wasted more than ten years of his life.Look at Huang Yu, and then look at Ji Xiaojiu—forget about Ji Xiaojiu, she just pets cats every day—look at Huo Qing...

Thinking of Huo Qing, Shao Jingxing felt his heart twitch.Originally, although he left the private restaurant, he still felt in his heart that he might have a chance to see him again in the future, after all, they were all in the same place...

But ever since he saw Huang Yu at KTV that day, he knew it was over.Huang Yu knew why he went to KTV, this means that Huo Qing knows without rounding up.Knowing that he went to get drunk with his friends, and knowing that he ordered people into the box-although it was really not what he wanted, but who would listen to his explanation.

What would Huo Qing think?You must be very disappointed, right?After all, he always said: With great power comes great responsibility.And I have always had hope for him, I have always told him that his abilities are very special and useful, I have always said that he is not an ordinary person, and can do many things...

Then he ran away.As soon as he knew that his illness was all right and he didn't need Ganoderma lucidum, he ran away.Not only ran away, but also went back to fooling around with people.Not only fooling around, but also...

When Shao Jingxing thought of Huo Qing's reaction when he knew about this matter, he wanted to bump his head.

He could imagine Huo Qing's expression.It still looks so indifferent, as if nothing can move him.But there might be a look of disappointment in his eyes, and maybe a little disgust—huh, if he knew that Shao Jingxing still had that kind of thought about him, wouldn't he be even more disgusted?

"Look at you like this. If outsiders see it, I can't do anything for you." Shao Zhongyan was annoyed when he saw his expression, and wanted to scold him.

If this was in the past, he would have trained others.But ever since the relationship between the two was broken, he felt a little bit guilty, even if he taught others, he was not as confident as before.And this time Shao Jingxing didn't know why he was crazy. In the first two days after he came here, he couldn't understand his appearance of being broken in love. Jumped up and yelled at him like he was about to bite.

That was the first time in Shao Zhongyan's life that he saw Shao Jingxing lose his temper.If you scold him, you will know how to climb up the ladder, no matter what you do, you will put your interests first, and you will always think of other people's bad things when you are mean.

Although the house was well soundproofed, it couldn't stand him being so barbaric. At that time, Shao Zhongyan was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything.Seeing Shao Jingxing's blushing and thick neck, if he gets excited and calls out the relationship between the two, if someone hears half a word, his future will be over!

To be honest, Shao Zhongyan regretted bringing him a little at that time.But he was worried about leaving Shao Jingxing alone in the original city - don't keep an eye on it, in case he slipped his mouth one day?That's not the same thing!

Fortunately, Shao Jingxing returned to normal the next day, and he never lost his chain in front of outsiders.However, this also made Shao Zhongyan deeply realize that the food delivery man was not simple, at least the place he occupied in Shao Jingxing's heart was not simple.

This is how to do?My nephew and son are about to bend, what should I do!Shao Zhongyan was very worried.

First of all, don't force it.Where there is oppression, there is resistance, and the harder you press, the higher you play.Shao Zhongyan understands this very well - don't look at Shao Jingxing as if he has no temper, in fact he has an idea, otherwise he would have stopped studying immediately when he secretly heard about his life experience, and the whole family would scold and beat him He was asking for it, but it didn't stop him from transforming from a three-good student into an ignorant dude.

Therefore, Shao Zhongyan decided not to mention the delivery guy anymore, even if he saw Shao Jingxing's face like a love saint, he would never mention it!It's just that I endured a little liver pain-what's so good about it, isn't it just growing better?He is still a man, so is it possible that he can still get married in the future?

Not to mention, this is just the first step.The second step is to ask Shao Jingxing to make new friends and gradually find someone who can replace the delivery boy.

"Okay, go and clean up quickly. Don't look at my face, but at your father's face. Zhou Qingshan heard that you came with me, and he mentioned you in particular." Shao Zhongyan held back his anger and slowed down his voice. "Besides, for his daughter's birthday, many people are invited, not just you."

Having said that, Shao Zhongyan finally couldn't hold back, and sarcastically said: "You don't have to be someone else to be able to fall in love with you. Zhou Qingshan's daughter has many people chasing you. You have nothing now, and you are someone else's girl." Like—then you haven’t seen the world?”

He was alarmed that he was about to slip up, and hastily swallowed the words behind him abruptly, and changed his aggressive method: "I thought you were sensible, and wanted to do business with me, to prove to others that you can't just rely on your family's help." For those who live, you have other values."

Shao Jingxing hadn't actually thought about a career or something - he couldn't do Shao Zhongyan's career either.He followed, first because he felt ashamed to stay in that city to see Huo Qing; second, he felt that compared with the people in the special affairs department, his time was wasted, and he wanted to do something practical.

Moreover, he still had some dark thoughts in his heart: Although he didn't dare to enter the world of mountains and seas, some of the work of the Red Cross Society is to help the people, so rounding up is equivalent to doing the same work as Huo Qing, right?Well, if he sees Huo Qing again that day, will Huo Qing not be so disappointed in him?

"Xiaoxing?" Seeing the change of expression on his face, Shao Zhongyan seemed to be lost in the sky again, and his heart was filled with anxiety, "It's getting late."

Shao Jingxing came back to his senses, after thinking about it, he got up and went back to his room to change his clothes.Not because of Shao Zhongyan, but mainly because Zhou Qingshan and Shao Boyan were old acquaintances. When Shao Boyan passed away, Zhou Qingshan specially sent someone over to express his condolences. Just because of this, he at least had to return the gift.

The Zhou family villa was indeed very lively.

"Director Shao—" The image of the middle-aged man who shook hands with Shao Zhongyan is quite good, even the hairline is maintained at a suitable position; the handmade suit on his body is simple and low-key, but Shao Jingxing recognized it at a glance The limited-edition watch on his wrist is now priceless, "This is Jing Xing? He has grown so big, he is really a watch."

"Uncle Zhou." Now that they're here, Shao Jingxing of course won't show face in other people's homes, and greets Zhou Qingshan very politely.

As far as Shao Jingxing's appearance was concerned, Zhou Qingshan liked it, so he mentioned a few words about his relationship with Shao Boyan before asking about Shao Jingxing's current situation.

The news that the Shao family transferred Bicheng and donated money to build a student fund has now spread, and Zhou Qingshan, like everyone else, secretly felt that this was Shao Zhongyan's idea.Of course, Shao Zhongyan saw that his official career was just right, and he had such courage. If there were no accidents, he would definitely be able to make further progress. Naturally, he wanted to make friends.That's right, as a friend of Shao Boyan, he was a little worried about Shao Jingxing's future life.

Shao Zhongyan had already thought about the answer to this question: "This child has been with me all the time. No, my wife can't make it through this transfer—it happens that my daughter has a baby and needs someone to take care of him—he doesn't worry about me being alone. , must come along.”

Don't mention the transfer of Bicheng, no matter what, it's impossible to get it over with - Shao Jingxing lost his family's wealth at a young age, unless he sees through the red dust, or personally thinks his way of doing it is incredible.Either others said that Shao Jingxing was crazy, or that Shao Zhongyan had a big plan, anyway, there must be one of the two, so it would be better not to explain, but to make him appear more frank.

So he only talked about Shao Jingxing's future plans: "...take your time, he is young, and he still has to go step by step. This kid likes to do charity, he is careful and responsible, I think since he has this ambition, it is also a good thing, he should support."

Zhou Qingshan nodded, but he really wanted to complain.At their wealth, the metropolis "likes" doing charity - who doesn't "like" it?But I didn't see anyone donate the family property.And since I love doing charity, why don't I set up a fund to manage it myself, instead of going to the Red Cross to do it for others?

However, no matter how much he complained in his heart, Zhou Qingshan would not show it on the surface.He had some sympathy for Shao Jingxing, but he would never offend Shao Zhongyan because of it - his friendship with Shao Boyan was not enough to let him take care of Shao's family affairs, at most he would have a chance to take care of Shao Jingxing in the future.

On the other hand, Shao Jingxing wanted to roll his eyes when he heard it, and smiled at Zhou Qingshan: "I'm young, and I'm not very sensible, so I have to learn slowly. But I heard from my father before that Uncle Zhou has a lot of research on antiques. There are a lot of good things in the house." Quickly change the topic, he would feel embarrassed when he heard what Shao Zhongyan said, and it was fortunate that Shao Zhongyan could not change his face, and said it as if it was true.

Zhou Qingshan was also willing to change the subject.However, Shao Jingxing's sudden change proved that there was something tricky about donating property.He felt more and more pitiful for Shao Jingxing, and quickly followed his words: "I have a bit of a hobby in this area. Speaking of it, I first met Brother Boyan because of a piece of porcelain. Do you like this too, Xiaoxing?"

In fact, Shao Zhongyan was eager to talk about it.What Shao Jingxing did has screwed him over, okay?Being able to speak without changing his face is a skill he has practiced for many years, but it does not mean that he is not embarrassed.Seeing that Zhou Qingshan wanted to pick up Shao Jingxing's topic, he said with a smile, "This kid likes it too. But the knowledge of antiques is too deep, so he still needs to practice his eyesight."

Zhou Qingshan laughed: "That's just right. I just got something a few days ago, Xiao Xing has a look and can help me palm my eyes."

Looking at antiques is much better than chatting awkwardly, Shao Jingxing said a few words of modesty, and followed Zhou Qingshan to his collection room.

As far as Zhou Qingshan's collection is concerned, it is indeed quite good.In the basement with constant temperature and humidity, the Duobaoge and several cabinets for collections alone are old furniture with collection value, and there are rare sets of them.

Of course Shao Jingxing was full of praise.He has not fooled around with Hu Yuan in the past few years. Although he doesn't talk much, there are a few compliments that hit the point.Zhou Qingshan himself was a half-expert, listening to his insightful words, it wasn't all Shao Zhongyan's bragging, so he couldn't help but admire him even more.

"I got this just the day before yesterday." Zhou Qingshan clicked on a glass cover on Duobaoge, and inside it was a horn carving, "I'm not sure if it's from the Ming Dynasty. How about Xiaoxing? "

Shao Jingxing leaned over and took a closer look.This horn carving has the length of a forearm, and it is carved into a boat according to the shape of the horn. The waves on the side of the ship are undulating, as if it is sailing in the sea.

This boat is not carved in the shape of a dragon boat like ordinary ivory carvings, and then carefully carved with multi-layered pavilions and figures, but is shaped like a section of tree trunk. .

Above the tree trunk are two old men in Han costumes sitting opposite each other, with a game of chess in the middle.Take a closer look at the skirts and hair of the two of them fluttering towards the stern, as if the tree is really speeding forward in the sea waves.

Although it seems that this horn carving is relatively simple, not as rich and exquisite as a multi-storey ship, but the knife technique is vivid, although every strand of hair and clothing is not meticulously carved, but the detail of the fluttering skirt makes people The characters are lifelike, but they don't have a kind of sparseness.

Shao Jingxing was thoughtful: "When I saw this cup, I thought of it—the Taipei National Palace Museum has a 'Machine Cup made by Zhu Bishan'."

"Haha——" Zhou Qingshan laughed immediately, "Not bad, I thought of that too!"

Zhu Bishan was a famous silversmith in the Yuan Dynasty, and the Zhiji cup is one of the four Cha cups handed down from him.

The so-called cha cup is to make the wine cup into a cha shape.And Cha refers to this kind of raft in the shape of a tree trunk.

Silver wine vessels were already popular in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but Zhu Bishan was the first to create the shape of the cup.The machine cup collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei is an old man sitting on a wooden tree made of an old tree trunk, holding a machine stone and looking up at the sky.There is also a seven-character poem engraved at Chawei, which shows the story of Zhang Qian's chance encounter with the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

That machine cup was exquisitely crafted and ingeniously conceived, so when Shao Jingxing saw this corner carving, he couldn't help but think of it.From a stylistic point of view, this horn carving does have similarities.

"However, what does this flame mean?" Zhang Qian held a stone in the support cup, which was Zhinu's support stone.It is this stone that illuminates the whole story.But what is the meaning of the flame in this horn sculpture?Sailing a boat at night, hanging fire lighting?But such a wind, even if a torch is lit, it will be blown out.

Shao Zhongyan didn't understand these things, and said with a smile: "It may not be blown out, right?" Why are we still discussing such details, maybe the craftsman just carved it casually, how could he expect so much.

Zhou Qingshan said with a smile: "This horn carving is said to be from the Ming Dynasty, but I don't think it is. But the carving is really good, so even if it is a fake, it is worth collecting. But generally speaking, the craftsman's craftsmanship is so superb, it is difficult to conceive Most of the above is also prudent, and there should be no common-sense mistakes—you can’t use torches to illuminate a boat in the sea, and this one has only carved a flame, but it doesn’t show what is burning. It’s really strange. It can’t be burning. Is it the lighting of the boat? Maybe the craftsman had hidden intentions, but we didn’t guess it.”

Shao Zhongyan didn't understand the fun here.But it seems that Shao Jingxing understands, of course Shao Zhongyan will not miss this opportunity, and said with a smile: "If you want to talk about this, Jing Xing and Mr. Zhou have hit it off, I can't do it. An ordinary person can't taste the taste here. "

Of course Zhou Qingshan was modest, but he also felt that Shao Jingxing was not an ordinary person, and said with a smile: "I bought this horn carving at the time because the original owner said that the raw material is Tongtian rhino horn. Does Xiao Xing know Tongtian rhino? "

Shao Jingxing was stunned for a moment: "Is this Tongtian rhinoceros horn?" He didn't know anything else, but he knew Tongtian rhinoceros horn!

"That's right." Zhou Qingshan patted the glass cover lightly, "Why don't you say that in the collection circle...sometimes it's really tongue-in-cheek, and you can tear anything out."

Shao Zhongyan didn't understand, so he said, "Are you saying that this is a rhino horn carving? If so, it would be really valuable." Rhino horn carvings were not rare in the past, but now rhinos are rare and protected animals, and smuggling of rhino horns is strictly prohibited. Difficult and illegal, the value of already existing rhino horn handicrafts is naturally multiplied.The same is true for ivory products.

Zhou Qingshan said with a smile: "It's not just about rhino horns. Hey - Xiaoxing knows about it?"