The woman standing in front of him is Xia Hongyu, Shen Xing's first guest since he opened the store.
That was the person who bought the eye pupil wood carving last time and for the first time.
Shen Xing had an impression, because the business card Xia Hongyu gave him at that time was still in the drawer of the cashier. He remembered that the other person was the general manager of a medical device company, but he forgot the name of the company.
This time Xia Hongyu wore an old red women's suit, nine-point pants, the heels of the high heels were still very high, and her hair was still the same as before, a big wave.
The bag in this woman's hand has changed. It is no longer a donkey brand, but it is still a luxury brand.
"Rare visitors, rare visitors." Shen Xing put down what he was doing, took off his gloves, and stood up.
Xia Hongyu said with a smile: "I am not disturbing you, am I?"
"No, no." Shen Xing waved his hand, "Everywhere is work. When there are no customers in the shop, I will keep doing wood carvings if I have no time to spare."
Xia Hongyu pointed to the wooden sculpture of a wall figure that was resting on the wooden frame for ventilation, and said: "What is the originality of this work...?"
Shen Xing glanced up and replied: "This is a wood carving I just completed before waxing. It mainly wants to express the complex inner world of different people in life. Of course, you can also understand it as the entanglement of life. Or the complexity and incomprehensibility of human nature.”
After a pause, Shen Xing laughed, "Actually, I can only throw some light on it. Maybe everyone will have their own understanding when they see it."
Xia Hongyu nodded thoughtfully and carefully looked at the overlapping bodies.
After a moment, she spoke silently: "What I feel is a complex body with deformities, which represents the deepest distortion in everyone's heart."
Shen Xing clapped his hands and praised: "This understanding is very profound and points out the facts of human nature."
This flattery must be photographed, and it must be photographed just right. After all, the woman in front of me is a sponsor who did not even pay back the price when she purchased the wooden eye pupil sculpture.
Shen Xing still remembers that he asked for 15,000 yuan at that time, and originally thought that he would wait for the other party to pay back the price, but in the end selling it for 12,000 yuan was also ideal.
Unexpectedly, Xia Hongyu didn't counter-offer and asked him to wrap it up and take it away.
"Will this work sell?" Xia Hongyu asked.
"Sell, of course." Shen Xing nodded.
He walked aside and made a cup of tea for Xia Hongyu, and asked the benefactor to sit down and chat slowly.
"What made you want to make such a work?" Xia Hongyu asked with interest.
Shen Xing said: "Some experiences."
Xia Hongyu picked up the tea cup and blew it lightly, but because the tea was still very hot, she didn't drink it. Instead, she put it down and said, "I can't tell, but you are still a person with stories."
Shen Xing laughed, did not answer, and asked: "Mr. Xia, have you been to my old store before coming here?"
Xia Hongyu nodded, "I saw a notice you left posted next to the old store, so I went to find it. However, the notice was almost falling off, and the font was a little blurry."
"It's okay. Almost all regular customers know this location." Shen Xing smiled and said, "You are the last one."
Xia Hongyu pursed her lips and smiled and said: "I travel all year round on business trips and rarely have time to spare. Whenever I have time, I want to come to your place to have a look. By the way, what is the name of the wood carving we just talked about? "
Shen Xing pondered for a moment, "There is no name, because everyone's understanding is different."
"Then you won't bark randomly, right?" Xia Hongyu said.
Shen Xing shook his head, "No, I have my own name for each piece of work."
"Okay." Xia Hongyu shrugged, put the slightly warmer tea into her mouth, took a sip, and asked, "How much?"
"Twenty thousand." Shen Xing had already made the price.
Xia Hongyu also did not counteroffer this time, but continued to ask: "Can I take it away now?"
Shen Xing nodded, "Let it rest for a while. I will pack it for you later. When you get home, carefully take it out and put it in a ventilated place. Just leave it for a while."
"Okay." Xia Hongyu stood up and walked to the wooden sculpture of the man on the wall, looking at it carefully.
It can be seen that this woman is very interested in human body parts because she once studied medicine. Especially if the part reveals an absurd and weird element, she can't put it down.
For example, there are other wood carvings with spiritual essence in the store at the moment, such as masks, wardrobes, stairs, etc., especially the small pool under the stairs, which can emit a lot of white mist after pouring water, but Xia Hongyu didn't even notice it. look.
After chatting with Shen Xing for a while, Xia Hongyu could feel that Shen Xing actually had a very rich personal experience and was not someone who stayed at home all day long, wondering how to make wood carvings.
Although she took another look at the wood carving of Zhong Po IV that Shen Xing was making, she felt even more surprised.
Xia Hongyu marveled at Shen Xing's imagination with the shape of Po IV's long hair that almost touched the floor. This kind of Po wood carving gave people the feeling that they were like characters from a movie, exuding magic and mystery.
For men between the ages of fifteen and thirty, this kind of wood carving should be very in line with their appreciation angle, so they don't have to worry about not being able to sell it.
Of course, Xia Hongyu didn't know that Shen Xing didn't intend to carve the wood carving of the mother-in-law for sale. He made it purely to save his own life.
After staying in the woodcarving shop for more than an hour, Shen Xing packed the woodcarving of the Wall-Facing Man into Xia Hongyu in a foam box and delivered it to the car parked on the street for her.
Xia Hongyu drove away and drove all the way to Yongjian Building in Yungu City.
The home in Yongjian Building was bought by Xia Hongyu after her divorce. At that time, she made a lot of money from the medical device company she ran. Thinking that she would be better to herself in the future, she gritted her teeth and bought a residence on the 37th floor of the building. .
This is a duplex house with a large area and magnificent decoration. The furniture in the house is also valuable.
Xia Hongyu rarely goes home because she is very busy at work. She has no children and lives here alone. In order to keep the home from being too deserted, she raised a dog and a cat.
I usually hire a nanny to come over regularly to clean the house, feed and clean the cats and dogs.
Parked the car in the parking lot of the building and took the elevator back home. The nanny had already left, but left the evening meal in the kitchen.
These meals are all made according to the recipes provided by Xia Hongyu. They pay attention to nutrition and at the same time, the quantity of the meals is small, avoiding waste.
When she wants it, heat it up in the microwave and eat it.
Xia Hongyu took the foam box that Shen Xing packed for her into her home. It was not heavy and she could lift it with one hand.
After entering the house, a huge golden retriever ran over and jumped up and down at her feet to welcome her. However, the gray short-haired cat did not come close. Instead, it curled up in the corner of the sofa against the wall and raised its head to glance here. , called softly, which was regarded as saying hello.
Xia Hongyu was afraid that the golden retriever would damage the wooden foam box, so she quickly put the box on top of the shoe cabinet and then changed her shoes.
At this time, she looked up at the living room and found a huge box on the floor inside, about as long as a person, and it seemed like there was only one person inside.
Walking over and picking up a message card on the box, Xia Hongyu looked at it carefully. It was a message for door-to-door delivery, and it should have been left here by the nanny.
There is indeed a person lying in this big box, but it is a dummy. It is a one-to-one simulation dummy specially used for anatomy teaching applications that Xia Hongyu ordered online last month.
Out of her love for medicine, just like she loves the wood carvings of body parts carved by Shen Xing, Xia Hongyu also loves to study and collect these things that others think are unique.
She first changed into comfortable home clothes, then brought a pair of scissors over, opened the wooden carving box she bought from Shen Xing, then carefully took out the wooden carving, placed it on a flowerpot stand next to the window, and fixed it. To prevent falling.
It is easier to ventilate here, and the short-haired cat "Big Niu" has never climbed the flower stand. She is a relatively docile type, except for the shortcoming of never paying much attention to her owner.
Then Xia Hongyu placed her target on the big box that simulated the dummy, and slowly cut the seal of the huge box with scissors. After opening it, she took out a large amount of foam inside, and then opened the transparent packaging bag, revealing a complete human body.
This is the body of a man, wearing a set of off-white short-sleeved shorts. His facial features are not very similar to those of a real person. After all, this is just a dummy used for teaching.
The body structure of the dummy is the same as that of an ordinary person, and the belly is magnetically attached and can be opened at any time. All the internal organs in the belly can be taken out individually, and even the back of the head can be uncovered.
The dummy was very heavy. Xia Hongyu spent a lot of effort to take it out completely and lay it flat on the wooden floor. Then she packed the shipping box and the waste paper stuffed in the box space. He opened the living room door and took it out and put it outside.
This kind of cardboard box is the favorite of the cleaning staff, because you can sell it for some money after taking it away, so it is usually taken away by them soon after it is placed outside the door.
Not only that, the cleaning staff will also clean the outside of the residents' door, which is a kind of reward.
After returning, Xia Hongyu wiped the surface of the dummy twice with a wet towel to make sure there was no dust on it, and then let it lie flat on the wool carpet in front of the sofa in the living room.
Her storage room is on the second floor, but she is too weak to transport the heavy dummy up.
However, Xia Hongyu once ordered a wooden bed for this kind of dummy from a furniture company, and said it would be delivered tomorrow, so that the delivery workers could help lift the dummy and put it away.
When she was taking a break to wash her hands, the golden retriever ran to the side of the dummy, sniffed around, and soon stuck out its tongue to lick it.
When Xia Hongyu saw this scene after going out, she said angrily: "Maomao, don't lick! I finally wiped it clean, and now it's all covered with your saliva."
The golden retriever seemed to understand his master's words. He immediately stopped talking, walked aside, and lay down in front of the dummy's head. He raised his head and stuck out his tongue, staring at Xia Hongyu.
Xia Hongyu went to the kitchen and was about to use the coffee machine to make some coffee. When she was pouring coffee beans into the machine, the short-haired cat named Da Niu stood up on the sofa outside the living room, stretched out her two front paws, and stretched her buttocks. With a pout, the hair all over his body slowly stood up and then slowly fell down.
After stretching, it jumped off the sofa and walked past the golden retriever with elegant cat steps.
The cat and the dog are already very familiar with each other. The saying "cats and dogs have a mortal hatred" is completely ineffective here.
The golden retriever turned his head and glanced at the big girl, and saw that the big girl jumped slightly and jumped on the chest of the lying family member. His nose twitched slightly and sniffed on the dummy's belly and chest.
Of course, this dummy has just left a bit of dog smell like a golden retriever. This smell is very familiar to the big girl.
It continued to sniff, and there seemed to be something that made it unable to stop.
When she smelled the dummy's chin, suddenly, the big girl jumped up as if she was electrocuted, let out a miserable meow, and when she landed, she had already jumped onto the stairs leading to the second floor without even looking. He quickly ran up to the second floor.
Hearing the cat's meow, Xia Hongyu was slightly startled. She quickly walked out of the kitchen and took a look, and saw the golden retriever still lying on the spot, looking at her in confusion.
Xia Hongyu looked at all this in confusion. She didn't see Da Niu, but the sound she heard just now was indeed Da Niu calling.
"Maomao, are you bullying a big girl?"
When she thought about it, the cat and the dog had not fought for a long time. It could be said that the relationship between them was very harmonious. This kind of situation should not happen unless they were fighting for food.
"Ouch"
The golden retriever let out an aggrieved howl, stood up, flicked his tail, turned around and left with unspeakable pain.
Xia Hongyu walked to the front of the dummy lying on the ground and looked in the direction of the second floor. She didn't see the big girl. Then she looked at the wrongly accused Golden Retriever and found that the guy had got under the curtain, only a touch of golden hair was exposed. Tail.
She smiled and returned to the kitchen to continue making coffee. Then she heated her food in the microwave and made two small bowls of cat food and dog food for one cat and one dog.
They were carried out separately and placed under the stairs, where the two guys ate and slept.
After a while, the big girl ran down from the second floor, got under the stairs, and started to enjoy the food. Maomao also ran out from behind the curtain, wagging her tail at Xia Hongyu for a while, and then ran to eat.
With these two guys in the house, Xia Hongyu felt a lot of happiness. She rarely thinks about the unpleasant things before the divorce.
I ate by myself, washed the dishes, poured the coffee, sat in the living room and watched TV for a while, and checked my phone for a while.
As the sky outside slowly turned dark, Xia Hongyu turned on the treadmill in the private gym, set it to brisk walking mode, and then started exercising.
From time to time, the golden retriever would run in to take a look, and then disappear again in a blink of an eye, while the big girl would always lie down in the cattery after eating, and occasionally get up and go to the kitchen for a walk.
When Xia Hongyu returned to the living room after finishing her exercise, she saw the golden retriever licking the dummy's cheek again, making saliva everywhere and making it sticky.
Xia Hongyu immediately scolded her, making her golden hair tremble in fright, and ran away with her tail between her legs.
Xia Hongyu was helpless, so she quickly brought a wet towel over and wiped the dummy's face clean. She thought that this would definitely not work. She was worried that the golden retriever might bite the dummy's skin within the next day.
After thinking about it, he got up and found a thin blanket that was rarely used. He came over and covered the whole body of the dummy. Then he folded the edge of the blanket and stuffed it under the dummy to prevent the golden retriever from tearing it apart with his mouth. .
After doing this, Xia Hongyu stood up and took a look, feeling that there should be no problem. When she turned around, a strange feeling suddenly filled her heart.
She turned back and took another look at the dummy covered by the blanket. At a glance, the scene on the ground looked very much like a scene in a morgue where a white cloth was draped over the dead body.
Xia Hongyu felt a chill for no reason. She suddenly turned away and found a larger quilt, then brought it over and put it all over the dummy.
Taking two steps back like this, it seems that although there is still a humanoid convex part, fortunately, it doesn't have the same scary feeling as when I saw it just now.
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