Xu Xuanming was a little surprised, but Mr. Xu raised his eyebrows and said cheerfully, "You like it? If you like it, take it. What's the point of denying love?"
"Okay," Ren Zixian nodded and dug into his pocket, "Can I swipe my card?"
The old man waved his hand very generously: "Farewell, it doesn't cost much, just think of it as a meeting gift from me to you, a junior."
Ren Zixian looked at Xu Xuanming with some embarrassment. The latter understood her difficulty and stood up and said: "Grandpa, your enthusiasm scares people away, not to mention why you are giving away a worthless cup, and there is only one. Wouldn’t that mean your grandson can’t catch anyone?”
Mr. Xu was stunned, smiled and cursed: "Why do you still rely on me if you can't catch up on your own affairs? Okay, okay, you can figure it out yourself." After that, he returned to the backyard.
"Don't mind, you come with me." Xu Xuanming understood that he had just confessed that Ren Zixian had not accepted her yet. Even if she gave her something, she couldn't easily give away hundreds of thousands of handicrafts. Should Ren Zixian accept it or not?
Xu Xuanming swiped Ren Zixian's card naturally, neither overcharging nor undercharging.
Ren Zixian breathed a sigh of relief, Xu Xuanming did not make it difficult for her.
Some people always try their best to be kind to others, but they don't know that they are also a burden to the people who are being taken care of everywhere.
What's more, Xu Xuanming had just said that he would pursue her, and turned around and gave her a tea cup worth tens of thousands of yuan.
No reward for no merit, Ren Zixian still feels more secure after swiping the card.
Gifts with clearly marked prices can still find opportunities to return gifts of equal value or make up for them. What is more difficult to deal with is the debt of favor...
Ren Zixian suddenly thought of Lin Qingsong.
Although she and Lin Qingsong had broken up, Lin Qingsong helped her a lot.
Take Jin Hai's house for example. She had just been admitted to Professor Mo Wen's graduate school, so she definitely couldn't work for a long time. Without a source of income, she could only live in the small house before.
It was Lin Qingsong who came to stay for one night and then waved her hand to Zhu Jinhai.
Ren Zixian lived there for three or four months. Although the rent was paid to him according to the market price, the house in Jinhai did provide her with a lot of conveniences. Even for a long time, Lin Qingsong was very accommodating to her.
What's more, Ren Zixian knows that the house in Jinhai cannot be rented if you have money.
There is also the lacquer coffin project, which not only uses the equipment and labor of the Zhu family, but also has more than a thousand lacquerware as test objects, which cannot be accomplished even if you have money.
In that case, Lin Qingsong's ability to stand boldly behind her really gave her no worries.
Otherwise, even if she could come up with the theory of the lacquer coffin project, the Cultural Affairs Bureau would not choose her, let alone others.
Ren Zixian rubbed the edge of the teacup. If only Lin Qingsong could set a price in anger. Even if it was a sky-high price, he could pay it back slowly. It would be better than having a big stone hanging in his heart now.
But Lin Qingsong probably doesn’t want to see her right now...
Xu Xuanming swiped her card and wrapped the tea cup for her.
"Come on, Xiao Xian'er," Mr. Xu pushed open the door and came in, carrying a red lacquered wooden food box carved with lotus flowers, "This is a snack made by grandpa. Take it back to try grandpa's craftsmanship."
"This is not good..." Ren Zixian was about to refuse when Mr. Xu handed it to his hand. He opened it and saw two packets of cheese pastry and a small box of osmanthus honey cake.
"I don't dare to refuse the gift. Brother Xuan doesn't like to eat this kind of fruit. Please help grandpa taste it and tell him how to improve it." Mr. Xu said, "When I get older, I have become a hobby in the kitchen. As a result, brother Xuan If you don’t go home either, just do grandpa a favor.”
Having said this, Ren Zixian naturally couldn't refuse. Xu Xuanming took the snack box and said, "Then I'll take her for a walk, and then send her back. I'll see you next time."
"It doesn't matter whether you come back or not," Mr. Xu waved his hand, "As long as Xiao Xian'er can find a way."
Xu Xuanming took Ren Zixian and said goodbye to Mr. Xu: "My grandfather has this kind of character. He really likes you, so please bear with me."
Ren Zixian didn't feel offended: "Well, I know."
Seeing that she was not disgusted, Xu Xuanming said: "My grandfather is a veteran. He went to the battlefield and suffered a leg injury. There were three pieces of shrapnel stuck in the thigh and tibia. Because the medical conditions on the battlefield were backward at that time, it was my grandma who saved him." Come back. It’s a very cliché love story. Later, my grandma died in childbirth after giving birth to my dad. My grandpa opened this antique store and raised my dad by himself. Maybe it was the feng shui problem of the Xu family’s ancestral tombs. After I was born Within two months, my parents died in a car accident.”
Ren Zixian didn't know what to say, so Xu Xuanming simply said: "So the old man always felt that the Xu family's incense would be cut off in his hands. He started urging me to get married when I was thirty. Maybe he was just a little excited today. .”
"The old man also cares about you." Ren Zixian chuckled, "My grandma once urged me to get married, and she does the same now when she is sober."
Xu Xuanming's heart suddenly moved: "What's wrong with grandma?"
"Alzheimer's disease," Ren Zixian said, "It's been a few years, and my kidneys are not in good condition. I can manage it now, but the doctor says he's not completely sure of the cure."
Xu Xuanming had read the student books before, and Ren Zixian only had his grandma as a relative.
The experiences of the two of them were so similar that Xu Xuanming's heart palpitated. Ren Zixian might not be very good at rejecting others. Apart from academics, he had an unknowing persistence and cuteness.
People in unrequited love can always discover the goodness of the person they love. Xu Xuanming has had little material desires since he was a child, and rarely has what he wants.
He doesn't know if he really likes Ren Zixian, nor does he know how much or to what extent he likes her.
But one thing he was sure of was that if he gave up this opportunity, he would regret it.
In the debate competition before, I thought she was a very dazzling student.
However, since he had dinner with Ren Zixian last time, he was able to confirm that he was indeed moved by her.
Although it sounds like he is arrogant, Xu Xuanming does think that he is smart enough.
In elementary school, you know what kind of middle school you want to go to. In middle school, you know what kind of university you want to go to next and what kind of major you want to get.
People like Ren Zixian have clearly embarked on the path of microbial research, and their future is as far as the eye can see.
However, in a short period of time, there are not many people who changed their majors during graduate school because they so-called "wanted to learn". It can be said that she is the only one.
Xu Xuanming was a little jealous of her chicness and willfulness at first. At this time, Xu Xuanming allowed himself to talk about her family affairs for the first time, and then he realized that she also had her own difficulties and confusion, and for a while she didn't know how to comfort her.
Instead, Ren Zixian suddenly laughed: "It's just that things in the world are unpredictable. Now I am very happy that she can still remember me occasionally. Without talking about this, where should we go for a walk first?"
The topic was so heavy that Ren Zixian was a little out of breath. She looked around and saw that Chengjiayuan Ghost Market was not open every day, so there were many merchants who took advantage of the opportunity to set up stalls.
The lights in the venue are turned on so brightly that it feels like daytime. Unlike the daytime, the ghost market is even more lively at night.
There is a square on the east and west sides of the ghost market. Most of the stalls in the square are mobile vendors. Spread a piece of cotton cloth or set up a small table with two or three small chairs to turn it into a simple stall. Stalls.
Because it is close to the edge of the ghost market, the lighting is not good, so experienced stall owners will bring their own lights.
The market is divided into two areas: east and west. The east area mainly sells some modern trinkets, such as hand-made blind boxes, even childhood toys, and children's painting books.
You can even find some hard-to-find out-of-print books in foreign languages.
The West District is the main target of Ren Zixian and Xu Xuanming.
The West District mainly sells antique calligraphy and paintings, furniture ornaments, and cultural toys and bracelets. The stalls are almost tightly packed together without any gaps.
Gadgets such as Wenwan walnut bracelets are sold in piles and piles. On the piles, there are words such as [10 yuan/item, no negotiation], [100 yuan/pile, no choice, buy four piles, get one pile free] and so on. Hard-shell cardboard.
"In recent years, young people like to play with a lot of cultural products such as turquoise, agate, and Bodhi seeds," Xu Xuanming said, pointing to a pile of burned Bodhi seeds. "There are also raw materials like this, and there are also finished products. , especially those carved into various shapes sell better."
In recent years, a large number of novices have followed the trend and poured into the cultural entertainment market, and the cultural entertainment market has experienced unprecedented prosperity.
At that time, you could make money by making any kind of cultural toys, so merchants who sensed business opportunities began to stock up on goods and resell them in large quantities.
There are many kinds of cultural toys, and the quality levels are also very complex.
A true literary and entertainment enthusiast cannot develop his own vision and opinions within a few years.
Old players are also willing to bring new players to play, so in recent years, the literary and entertainment circle has produced many tutorials in response to the times.
Even Chengjiayuan has its own free cultural and entertainment classes, which are not only free and open to the public, but even distribute some entry-level cultural and entertainment classes to retain customers.
The next step in Wenwan is to play with antiques.
Chinese people always have a special era filter for old objects.
It's like touching the bullet marks on the wall, and it's like returning to that war-torn era; standing in the old palace, it seems that you can empathize with the ancients.
Therefore, due to the prosperity of the literary and entertainment circle, the antique industry has also begun to develop.
Ren Zixian rarely came to places like this, and everything he saw was novel. He followed the crowd and walked into the market: "Why didn't you see any antiques or anything like that?"
"These items are all in the booth inside." Xu Xuanming changed the snack box from his left hand to his right hand, taking advantage of the situation to separate Ren Zixian from the crowd. "Furniture and the like are not easy to move, and porcelain and jade are easily damaged, so they are arranged inside. Stalls with relatively few people." Xu Xuanming said, "Because they are placed everywhere, you have to pay attention to your steps. If something breaks, it is a minor problem. The most important thing is not to drop it."
Ren Zixian will naturally notice that the goods of these vendors are of mixed quality, and if you want to find something you like, you need to be particularly discerning and discerning.
