Because there were still guests coming in an endless stream, Su Tong thanked him for the high mountain and running water woodcarving, and Shen Xing’s own gift, the white cat woodcarving, and asked someone to put it in the gift room on the second floor. .
Immediately, she asked Shen Xing and Feifei to eat first, and she was busy greeting other guests.
At this time, Shen Xing had not seen Su Tong's grandfather Su Renxin, but the other Su family members had basically seen it.
Su Tong's appearance and figure are similar to his mother's, with a melon-seeded face and a natural delicate appearance. However, Shen Xing noticed that Su Tong's mother was very well maintained, and she did not look like she was in her 50s. She was a little more dignified and elegant than Su Tong. .
Shen Xing and Feifei didn't know anyone else, they just chose something to eat at the table.
Feifei's sense of smell has not disappeared, smelling the aroma of these foods, although there is no taste support, but also eating more than usual.
It's just that Shen Xing could feel the unhappiness hidden in her heart, it was a very depressed emotion that could not be let go.
After eating, the two sat in the corner of the drink area, Feifei carried a glass of juice, and Shen Xing was a glass of champagne. They drank while watching the Su guests coming and going.
These people are well-trained, they will show a smiling face when they see them, whether they know them or not, even if they pass by Shen Xing, they will smile and nod their heads.
Soon a servant of the Su family would come over and ask Shen Xing and Feifei what else they need. Although they didn't have any acquaintances chatting there, they didn't feel isolated by this environment from the beginning to the end, they just felt very kind.
Feifei whispered: "The people from the Su family are so kind to people."
Shen Xing nodded. In fact, you can more or less understand some of the Su family from Su Tong. If this family is domineering and defiant, it is impossible to teach Su Tong such a lady who is not a rich girl at all. Woman's.
Feifei could even see this, but Shen Xing was a little surprised.
During this period, there will be a small range of riddles every half an hour in a certain area of the field. The riddles include anagrams, poetry riddles, and some popular and fun riddles.
Although Shen Xing and Feifei did not participate, Feifei sitting in the corner guessed almost every one of them, but she just told Shen Xing, she never came forward to participate.
After another half an hour, Shen Xing asked Feifei: "Are you sleepy?"
Feifei shook her head.
At this moment, Su Tong walked quickly. She couldn't see that she was walking steadily in high heels. At first, she bowed her head and smiled apologetically, then pulled Shen Xing's sleeves: "I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Go, let's go to the second floor, my grandfather's study."
"Study?" Shen Xing was taken aback for a moment.
"Well, he and a few friends are there, so I called you after a roll call." Su Tong nodded.
"Did Grandpa Su opened my uncle's gift?" Feifei asked suddenly.
"Well, I opened it, and both woodcarving gift boxes were opened." Su Tong nodded, and then scraped Feifei's nose, "Smart little girl! I seem to know everything. Uncle Shen is with you, is there any pressure? ?"
"The pressure is great." Shen Xing said in a somewhat exaggerated tone.
Feifei laughed, stood up, adjusted his clothes, and said, "Let's go."
The two walked to the second floor under the guidance of Su Tong.
At the corner of the wide corridor on the second floor, the first room was Su Renxin's study.
Su Tong came to the door, knocked on the door, then opened the door and walked in, saying, "Grandpa, my friend is here."
"Invite them in." A mellow voice said.
I can hear other talks coming from inside, and occasionally wine glasses collide.
Shen Xing pulled Feifei into the room, and saw four or five people standing in front of the huge dark golden bookcase that looked like a wall in the study room of about 40 square meters.
One of them had all white hair, a suit and leather shoes, and a ruby ring on his right ring finger.
The people standing next to him were all about the same age, but they were dressed almost the same as the white-haired old man. They were all people with a head and a face.
In fact, these big bosses rarely wear this formal dress like today, except on special occasions. They just come to Su Renxin's birthday banquet, which is too casual and somewhat disrespectful to the owner.
Since Shen Xing had seen Su Renxin's photos on the news, he recognized the white-haired old man at a glance.
Su Ren's face was kind, his waist straightened, and his eyes turned to Shen Xing.
Shen Xing arched his hands: "I wish Su Lao good health and happiness in the future!"
Su Renxin laughed: "Thank you, Mr. Shen, and thank you for the gift you gave me."
"Old Su is polite." Shen Xing waved his hand.
"Grandpa is lucky, healthy and longevity." Feifei also said sweetly.
"Oh, thank you, kid!" Su Ren was so happy from ear to ear, touching Feifei's head, "Grandpa also wishes you healthy and happy growth!"
"Grandpa, can I read your books?" Feifei had long been greedy at the various books in the room.
Before Shen Xing had time to say anything, Su Renxin nodded: "Okay, just look at it. If it's too high to reach, let Tongtong help you get it."
"Thank you, grandpa." Feifei bowed slightly and walked aside.
"These wood carvings are all from your hands?" Su Renxin pointed to the two wood carvings placed on the large desk beside him, and asked Shen Xing.
Shen Xing nodded: "I heard that Su Lao likes to keep cats, so I carved this white cat woodcarving as a gift. The mountain and flowing water are given to you by Su Tong."
At this moment, there is still a little white air surrounding the pool of wood carvings with high mountains and flowing water, and it only rises slightly, adding a sense of immortality to the study.
An old man in Chinese tunic suit standing next to Su Renxin, with a delicate dragon head stick in his hand, asked: "I'm curious that this wood carving has no power-on device. What we poured in was ordinary clean water. How did it volatilize? "
Shen Xing smiled and said nothing.
Su Tong immediately said for him: "Grandpa Wang, this is the secret of other people's woodcarving. Don't embarrass him."
"Maybe there was a special substance added to it, or it might be due to wood." Another distinguished guest guessed: "Maybe as time goes by, there will be no effect in the future."
"There will always be." Shen Xing said.
At this time, among Su Renxin's friends and guests, the eyes of a bald old man standing at the back lit up slightly, and he was immediately covered up.
After a while, the bald old man said: "This Mr. Shen, has there ever been any special experience?"
Shen Xing looked up at him and saw that the bald old man was not tall, of medium build, and wore a Tang suit with a jade finger on his thumb. His whole momentum was restrained, giving people a very ordinary feeling, unlike Su Renxin and others. The look of a person.
If he hadn't spoken suddenly, Shen Xing would even ignore his existence.
With a slight turn in his heart, Shen Xing said noncommittal: "I don't know what you are talking about, and I don't know what a special encounter is."
The bald old man suddenly said, "For example...
Speaking of this, he suddenly slapped his mouth lightly, and smiled apologetically at Su Renxin: "Sorry, sorry, look at my mouth, I still talk nonsense on this occasion."
Su Renxin shook his head with a smile, but he could see that the smile was somewhat reluctant.
Shen Xing observed his words and looks, and judged that the relationship between this bald old man and Su Renxin should not be as good as the relationship between Su Renxin and the others present.
Not enough to be sure, the bald old man must have encountered an abnormality, at least he knew that there was an abnormality, otherwise it would be impossible to ask himself just now.
Shen Xing turned away from the topic and pointed to the white cat wood carving and said, "Lao Su, this wood carving belongs to the quintessential series in our shop. What do you think?"
Su Renxin nodded: "I'm just about to discuss with you. This cat is very beautiful, not only does it work well, but also every hair is lifelike, especially its cat face, which is obviously like a cat, but it always looks like a cat. I feel as if I have seen a human face. Are you weird?"
Of course Shen Xing knows this feeling, but this illusion does not make people feel scared or fearful. It is just a very novel motivation that can inspire more curiosity to further appreciate wood carvings.
"I feel that after I watched too much, the cat seemed to be alive, just lying on the table lazily." Another Su Renxin's friend said.
"When I was carving, I incorporated my understanding of cats and some feelings." Shen Xing explained.
Su Renxin asked: "You said this is just the quintessential series in your store. Are there any other series of works?"
Shen Xing nodded: "There are common types, then fine products, then the best products you see now, and finally collections."
"Then what type of high mountain and flowing water?" Su Renxin asked.
"This work was re-carved by me, and it can barely be counted as a perfect product. If you remove the technique of pouring in clear water and gushing out white mist, it can only be qualified as a fine product." Shen Xing did not hide it.
"What are the top collections?" Su Renxin became more and more curious.
Shen Xing smiled and said: "Those works, I'm afraid they won't fit today's occasion, so I didn't consider them."
Su Renxin nodded: "Mr. Shen is interested, I will personally visit your store another day."
"I am going too."
"Well, call me."
"I won't be free until a few days later. I will go alone when that happens."
Several other people also said.
Shen Xing handed the business cards that had been prepared to Su Tong, and Su Tong gave them one by one to those present. The bald old man who was standing behind did not speak also took one, but did not indicate whether he would go.
"If possible, Mr. Shen, prepare a few for me for collections. I may need some in the future." Su Renxin said bluntly.
"No problem." Shen Xing nodded.
"Are the wood carvings of the collection type similar to the wood carvings of the high mountains and the rising clouds?" The bald old man suddenly asked.
"Not all." Shen Xing replied, "but each work has its own characteristics and artistic conception, so everyone's perspective and feelings on these works will also be different, and it is impossible to generalize."
The bald old man nodded: "After Mr. Su chooses your collections, I want all the remaining collections."
As soon as this remark came out, except for a few people including Su Renxin, the others were slightly surprised.
Su Tong touched Shen Xing's hand with his elbow, smiling and his eyes flickering.
Su Renxin smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, this old man Lu has a wide range of resources. As long as his works are favored by him, there will be almost no worries about sales.
Shen Xing nodded at the bald old man: "It's my eyesight, Lu always..."
Su Renxin said: "Lu is always the chairman of the Kuazhou Chamber of Commerce. He has more than a dozen companies under his name, covering many fields such as engine manufacturing, real estate, investment, tobacco and alcohol. Among them, the listed company Mingzhu has a market value of 100 billion yuan. Other states are also famous."
His explanation seemed to Shen Xing as if he was going to turn out the old man's innocence, and he didn't know if he said it so carefully on purpose.
"I will contact you again after Mr. Su has selected the woodcarving he wants in a few days." The bald old man said.
"Okay." Shen Xing said no more.
Everyone talked a lot about woodcarving, which gave Shen Xing the feeling that these people are not just businessmen, they are very knowledgeable, and they are quoted from others in the discussion. Various opinions and golden sentences are readily available. Not only woodcarving, but also carving. Then there are some traditional crafts, such as batik, stone carving, shadow puppetry and so on.
Shen Xing has his own unique insights on these things. These few old people who are almost 500 years old together will ask him what he thinks when they are talking, but they can also be integrated into the circle at the moment.
Su Tong and his companion Feifei turned the book for a while, and then went out to greet the guests.
At about ten o'clock, Shen Xing took Feifei to leave.
At the entrance of the villa, Su Tong walked with them for a while, and asked, "How about it? This time, the business should be able to expand!"
"Thank you!" Shen Xing smiled.
"Thank you, I'm going to write a few travel notes, and then I will ask you to help." Su Tong said casually.
Shen Xing didn't ask her what travelogue she was, but asked, "Lao Lu, are you friends who have known your grandfather for many years?"
"It seems not. I met him last year." Su Tong said: "At that time, Mr. Lu was elected chairman of the Kwazhou Chamber of Commerce. My grandfather went to the meeting to congratulate him. After returning, he said that Lu Yuan's background was a bit different. The one who stood out and was selected, I haven't heard of this person much before."
Shen Xing pondered for a moment without speaking.
Coming to the gate of the compound, Feifei waved: "Goodbye Sister Su."
Shen Xing recovered and left after saying goodbye to Su Tong.
Before leaving, Shen Xing had used his cell phone to call a car. At this time, the car had arrived and was waiting on the side of the road.
After getting in the car and leaving Su's villa for about two kilometers, Shen Xing asked Feifei: "Did you pay attention to the bald old man in the study?"
Feifei nodded: "I noticed, because he is looking at me from time to time."
"Is he looking at you?" Shen Xing was taken aback, but he didn't pay attention to this.
"Yeah." Feifei said: "I can feel that he is observing me, he is a kind of heart."
"How do you feel about this person?" Shen Xing continued to ask.
"I feel very upset, you have to pay attention." Feifei said bluntly.
"He ordered all my collection-level wood carvings." Shen Xing added.
"If that's the case, my aversion to him can be lowered." Feifei nodded.
Shen Xing couldn't help laughing: "Anyway, pay attention."
Back at home, the two separated to wash and prepare to rest.
Soon after Feifei fell asleep, Shen Xing was about to go to the studio to do wood carving for a while, but at this moment, he heard a slight noise from downstairs.
When he came to the stairs on the second floor, Shen Xing did not go downstairs. Instead, he stood here and looked towards the first floor, but saw nothing.
After thinking about it, he did not choose to turn on the different pupil.
This thing has the side effect of short-term blindness. If it is turned on frequently as before, it is really uncertain whether it will cause serious sequelae damage in the future. Therefore, it is better to turn it on less often.
And the ability of this different pupil has been collected by him using memes.
Although he didn't turn on the different pupils at this moment, after Shen Xing noticed the abnormality, he carefully looked at it. With his naked eyes, he could see a vague shadow sitting on the sofa on the first floor.
"Why are you looking at me?" The cat puppet's voice rang in his mind, but at the same time it also reached his ears, creating a strange resonance.
For a moment, Shen Xing was convinced that the shadow outline was the cat puppet itself, and now a large tail was swaying there.
But Shen Xing was more certain that he hadn't turned on the different pupil, and now through the feature collection, he could directly observe the appearance of the cat puppet in this way.
Not only that, he could hear the cat puppet directly, instead of knowing what the cat puppet said through resonance in his mind as in the past.
"Hey, I think you are a little different." The cat puppet's surprised voice came into his ears again. (End of this chapter)