Mr. Liu waved his hand with a smile, saying that he didn't need to do so. Liu Qinshu then said with a smile, "ah Chen, look at the present I prepared for you."
"All right."
With Liu's gift as the background, Chu Chen was also curious about Liu Qinshu's gift. When he opened the box, he saw a jade ornament inside.
The ornament is made of Hetian white jade seed material. It looks like the jade is warm and moist, the jade is fine and firm, the jade is pure and spotless, and it can be called the best. With this alone, the value of the jade is not low.
Of course, a good jade material also needs a good carver. The jade uses the jade skin to carve red dates and longans skillfully, and the rest is carved with peanuts and lotus seeds. These fruits look lifelike. If the color is not different from reality, they are no different from real ones. It can be seen that the author's skill is superb.
Generally speaking, there is a traditional custom in Chinese weddings. Some red dates, peanuts, longan and lotus seeds are put on the wedding bed (that is, "jujube begets Guizi"), implying "early", "birth", "expensive" and "son", which means good luck through the homophonic map. And this jade ornament obviously also represents this meaning.
"Ah Chen, I wish you an early birth." Liu Qinshu said with a smile.
"Well, hum!" Chu Chen coughed lightly and nodded solemnly: "definitely, definitely!"
Seeing Chu Chen's serious appearance, Liu Qinshu laughed and joked again. Chu Chen couldn't resist, so he had to give a ha ha to draw everyone's attention to another lion dragon statue.
After looking at the statue, Mr. Liu also felt that it was a pity that the statue could still be played, but the wrong maintenance method still damaged it, which made him scold "outrageous things".
Next, we chatted for a while, then Chu Chen left and went back.
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On Saturday, in addition to Chu Yongning, who is busy with official business, the chuchen family, together with Wu Shujia, came to chuchen's newly renovated courtyard to prepare for the decoration and welcome the guests and friends of tomorrow.
Chuchen's courtyard is located in the depth of an alley, and the front door is not big, which makes it easy for first-time visitors to miss it.
But this kind of external environment is just in line with Chu Chen's low-key style, and also makes the whole courtyard very quiet. When night comes, except for cicadas in summer, I can hardly feel that I am in a modern city. This kind of environment does not say Chu Chen likes, Zhao Heyan and others are also very satisfied with it.
Although the front door is not big, after entering the door, I found that there is a unique cave and the Grand Courtyard is coming. For the first time, Uncle Wu's family felt that it was like granny Liu visiting the Grand View Garden. In fact, to put it simply, there are only some houses in this courtyard, including a bamboo forest, a vegetable plot, and a mini garden with a small lake and rockery
You enter from the Baifu screen at the entrance and the stone toad gate pier behind. You walk through a few clumps of bamboo trees and walk along the narrow corridor to the central courtyard. You suddenly see a bright light. Two towering jujube trees, several magnolias and two elms are surrounded by the tables and chairs under the sunshade, which looks idyllic.
When Chu Chen took us to the mini garden separated by a wall, we were deeply intoxicated by the beautiful scenery.
On both sides of the corridor, there are all kinds of flowers and trees, pavilions and rockeries with unique shapes and ancient charm. What's more striking is the lotus in the middle of the lake, which occupies most of the territory.
About lotus, Yang Wanli of Song Dynasty has a very vivid poem: "after all, the scenery of the West Lake in June is different from that of the four seasons. The lotus leaves are boundless blue in the sky, and the lotus flowers are red in the sun."
Although there is no West Lake Quyuan Fenghe, it also has a special charm. In front of us, the green and pink lotus like a carpet is just like dancing with a light wind. At the same time, a light and profound fragrance floats in the air, which makes us intoxicated.
Later, Chu Chen took everyone on a walk over the designer's unique Jiuqu bridge, which immediately reminded them of Zhu Ziqing's "lotus pond". The waters with lotus were like a blanket covered with pink flowers on a green background on the lake, and those lotus flowers were like many beautiful lotus fairies dancing among the green leaves.
After enjoying the beautiful scenery, Chu Chen took the people who lingered and forgot to return to all the rooms of the courtyard. The decoration here belongs to the neoclassical style. Some young people's elements are added to the classical style. It looks full of vigor. However, because of the ingenious design of the designer and the perfect combination of the theme of siheyuan, everyone is full of praise.
Because there are too many rooms, we just have a simple stroll, but even so, after all the places have been strolled, it's already noon.
When the party came to the living room, Mrs. Ji gave us tea first, and said with a smile that we could have dinner soon. As soon as she left, Chu Yulan took Wu Ke out with her, saying that she wanted to see what delicious food she had made today.
Uncle Wu looked around at the layout of the living room and asked with a smile, "Xiao Chen, you have a good design of mahogany furniture, and the quality of mahogany is also very good. Where did you get these things?"Chuchen said with a smile: "it's brother Yi's friend who opened a new furniture factory, specializing in high-end furniture. Last time he recommended it to me. I thought it was good, so I ordered a batch. If you want, I'll give you the sample book of their factory later. I'll let them do what you want. "
Uncle Wu waved his hand and said, "if you have feelings for the furniture at home, you don't need it. I asked for it for Lao Zhao."
Chu Chen said clearly: "Oh, is it for the decoration of his son's new house?"
Uncle Wu said with a smile: "yes, the day before yesterday, he asked me if there was any reliable high-grade mahogany furniture factory. As a porcelain business man, I didn't have much contact with furniture. How could I know that?"
Chu Chen nodded and said, "I have to deal with the museum these days. I can only trouble you to bring him that pamphlet."
"No problem."
"However, uncle Zhao has been doing business for so many years. Don't you know a reliable mahogany furniture factory?" After all, Zhao Xueyi is an old broker in the Beijing antique market. How could he not know a mahogany furniture factory? Chu Chen thought it was strange.
Uncle Wu replied: "how can I not know him? The key is that someone won't let him buy it."
"Don't let him buy it? Why? " Chu Chen was surprised to hear that this was the reason.
Uncle Wu said angrily, "do you remember when Lao Zhao's arm was broken last year?"
"I remember." Chu Chen said he knew about it, and then he said strangely, "isn't it over? At that time, uncle Zhao also found a better one than before, and the price was 20% off. Is that enough? "
"That's it
Uncle Wu said: "a few days ago, Lao Zhao went to a friend he knew who specialized in high-grade mahogany furniture and wanted to ask him how many pieces of mahogany furniture to buy. As a result, he just met Lin Laosan. At that time, although Lao Zhao was a little embarrassed, he politely said hello to him. He said that Lin Laosan didn't say anything at that time. As a result, when he went back, his friend actually told him that the furniture couldn't be sold to him. What do you call that? "
When chuchen heard that it was so, he frowned and asked, "did Uncle Zhao ask what happened?"
Uncle Wu sneered: "of course, he said that it was Lin Laosan who told him not to sell it. He also threatened him that if he sold one to Lao Zhao, his factory would not open. And Lin Laosan also told Zhao's friends that he would not be able to buy a piece of mahogany furniture. "
"That's too much!"
After hearing this, Chu Chen felt that Lin Laosan was too arrogant. Of course, Lin Laosan's warning was also a big joke. Did he think he was the king of heaven?
"What's the matter?"
Seeing that her son's face was not very good, Zhao Yunlin quickly asked. Later, Chu Chen told his mother what had happened.
Zhao Yunlin listened to the story and said with disdain: "it's Lin Laosan. With his small stomach, it's possible to do so. However, it's too shameful for him to do so. If you ask Zhao Xueyi to buy from his friends, I'll see how Lin dares to stop him! "
This matter is already over under Zhao Qirui's mediation, now Lin Laosan does so, is not to give Zhao Qirui face! What's more, the relationship between the Lin family and the Zhao family is not bad. Lin Laosan's move is that the Lin family is ready to go their separate ways with the Zhao family. How can Zhao Yunlin not be angry?
"OK, I'll call uncle Zhao right away." With that, Chu Chen took out his mobile phone and called Zhao Xueyi.
"Xiao Chen, is there anything good about it?" Zhao Xueyi's laughter came from his mobile phone.
"That's a good thing." Chuchen laughed and then told Zhao Xueyi about it.
When Zhao Xueyi heard that this was the case, he felt ashamed and said, "it's really troublesome for you, but will it bring trouble to your family?"
Chu Chen said, "Uncle Zhao, don't worry. It's no trouble. What's more, he didn't talk about morality and justice. How could he have done something that had already been settled? To do so is to ignore my uncle at all! "
"In addition, please tell your friend that if this matter brings him any trouble and loss, I will be responsible for dealing with it."
"OK, I'll bring it."
Zhao Xueyi quickly agreed to come down. Chu Chen said that he was completely giving his friend an opportunity to hold his thigh. No matter how much trouble he had for a while, he would not have any problem coming to his friend's side.
"By the way, how is your friend?"
"He has a good character. This time, he can't wring his arm but his thigh. I don't blame him. And then he came to my house with a gift and apologized to me. "
"That's good..."
Next, they said a few more words. Finally, Chu Chen asked him not to forget to come to him tomorrow and hung up.