The Shen family’s two houses are both located in prosperous areas, in order to pay off debts, Shen Yuhan sold them at a price of more than one million yuan lower than the market price, one is a house in a school district, and the other is an apartment, the old house has a superior geographical location and is within the school district housing, the surrounding area is home to key provincial schools in Jiangcheng, it seems that the Shen family’s decision to sell this house is because they had high expectations for Shen Yuhan’s academic performance.
Shan Qihuan sent Liu Tu to buy these two houses, Liu Tu is someone who specializes in doing some secret things for him, investigating people which are not convenient for him to come forward to do things, this person looked upright and honest, about thirty-five years old, average-looking, and of medium build, no one would notice him when he walked on the street.
Liu Tu stood at the entrance of the community with a thick black briefcase under his arm, waiting for Shan Qihuan.
“Chief Shan, just drive into the community, Mr. Shen’s house has a parking space, and I bought it for you by the way. I’ll take you inside.”
With Liu Tu’s instructions, Shan Qihuan’s driver quickly found the corresponding parking space, which happened to be downstairs.
Then, he got the key to the house from Liu Tu and went upstairs.
The high price of the house is not without reason, there is also a rare elevator room here.
Liu Tu told him about the current condition of the house as he walked.
“Chief Shan, this house must have been left idle by the owner after it was sold, the furniture inside has not been touched, but I’m not sure if they have removed any valuables, after all, there is no initial photo of the house before, the contract is also scribbled and signed, there is no detail of the furniture.”
Shan Qihuan said: “It doesn’t matter, I just want to take a look at the general decoration of the house.”
Liu Tu: “Okay, I’ll wait for you outside.”
Shan Qihuan nodded: “Um.”
He opened the old-fashioned iron gate, and then pushed open the second wooden gate, before walking into the house.
Shen Yuhan was in a hurry to sell the house, except for the important documents, all the furniture in the house was kept, the subsequent owner also covered the furniture with dust-proof cloths, it is estimated that the quality of the furniture is not bad.
Shan Qihuan walked in, and saw clearly that the house was decorated in Chinese style, and the color was heavy and dark, but it could be seen that the house was well maintained.
He lifted the dust-proof cloth covering the furniture little by little to avoid choking himself with too much dust.
The dust-proof cloth on the sofa automatically slipped off, and finally he saw the true appearance of the furniture, was a set of Chinese carving furniture in the style of a noble princess, the wall behind it was covered with ink painting wallpaper, the tables and chairs in the dining room were all solid wood, and even the sideboards were in the same color.
It’s not hard to see that Shen Yuhan’s antique aesthetic is actually related to the original decoration of their house.
Shan Qihuan walked around the house, and found that the decoration of the whole house was uniform, and even the bed was all made of solid wood.
There are three bedrooms and two living rooms, covering an area of more than 100 square meters, he walked through it and saw it all.
All the personal belongings in the room have been cleared away, so it’s hard to tell which room belongs to Shen Yuhan and which belongs to Grandpa Shen, Shan Qihuan didn’t find the qin table either, maybe the person who bought the house later moved it away because it was in the way, leaving only the bed, appliances, and furniture that were useful.
Shan Qihuan bought two houses where Shen Yuhan lived just to get to know him better, it turned out that the investigation text was too cold, and he could not experience his past personally, he was still a little worried that Shen Yuhan would revert back to his past state, and it is also out of responsibility for him to have a deep understanding of his growth environment, he guessed right, Shen Yuhan’s personality really just changed drastically in the later period due to the decrease in family members, after seeing the decoration of this house, he had a general understanding, Shen Yuhan has just returned to his original temperament now.
There were no commemorative items related to the Shen family left in the house, so Shan Qihuan did not continue to look down, even if he did, he would not move in front of Shen Yuhan, these were not so good memories in the past, no need to evoke his sad memories, now he just wants to see Shen Yuhan smile happily every day.
As for the strange thoughts that had flashed through his mind, they were all caused by his distrust of Shen Yuhan, and he would trust him more in the future.
Shan Qihuan left the house.
Liu Tu was still standing outside the door and asked him: “Chief Shan, do you still want to see the next house?”
Shan Qihuan said: “I have something else to do, I won’t look at it, just give me the key.”
Liu Tu didn’t ask him why he bought these two houses, after giving him the keys, the two of them parted ways downstairs.
Shan Qihuan, who returned to the car, thought of Shen Yuhan acting coquettishly with him when he went out in the morning, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously slightly raised up.
He’ll find the right time to give him the keys to the two houses, if he needs to keep the house as a reminder, he can keep it, and if he doesn’t need it, he can get rid of it, it doesn’t take much trouble.
He wanted to send a message to Shen Yuhan, but when he thought of how focused he was when painting, Shan Qihuan put away his phone, it was better to leave him alone for the time being.
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After Shen Yuhan separated from Shan Qihuan, he went with Liu Tan to meet Old Master Liu.
Old Master Liu has never experienced any strong wind and big waves1大風大浪 (dà fēng dà làng): lit. strong wind and big waves; wind and waves; great storms; violent storms and waves; high waves and winds—great upheavals and changes., and the people he has met are like crucian carp crossing the river2過江之鯽 (guò jiāng zhī jì): a school of silver carps moving down a stream; a great number; there are so many things that are fashionable; after the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, northern nobles came to the south of the Yangtze River one after another, and it was said at that time that “there were more famous people crossing the river than crucian carp”., after chatting with Shen Yuhan, he felt that this child has a good manner of speaking, much more comfortable than his unfilial son, Liu Tan.
“Xiao Shen, this brat Liu Tan may not have told you very clearly about today’s gathering, we old guys each gave out some prizes, and then you, the younger generations, wrote and painted within the specified time, the theme was decided by all of us at the meeting, and then you will be graded by several teachers in the field of calligraphy and painting, I hope you don’t mind, just think of it as playing a house game.”
Liu Tan couldn’t stand listening any longer, and said with a look of displeasure on his face: “You also know it’s just a house game, and you agreed after just a few words of provocation, and even give away all our family’s treasures.”
“What do you know?” Old Master Liu gave him a dirty look, “If you have this level to earn face for me, why would I be provoked?”
As soon as Liu Tan heard that he was about to start making comments that he was deeply disgusted3深惡痛絕 (shēn wù tòng jué): to detest bitterly (idiom); implacable hatred; to hate (bitterly); to abhor; anathema; feel a profound aversion to. with, he immediately stopped talking: “Okay, okay, I’m not up to expectations, but Yuhan is Shan Qihuan’s treasure, you have to take care of him, otherwise, he will not lend you the person again next time.”
Old Master Liu said: “If he doesn’t lend me, can’t I go directly to Xiao Shen, does Xiao Shen doesn’t have the right to choose? Right, Xiao Shen.”
Shen Yuhan smiled and joked with him: “I will try my best to help Uncle Liu win the treasure back.” He felt that the relationship between father and son was quite good, although the conversation between the words is mutually damaging, it also shows a sense of intimacy, which is a real example of a good relationship between father and son in modern times.
“Hahaha, what do you like, tell your uncle later, but now you have to help your uncle regain his place first.” He pointed to the fat old man in Tang suit sitting behind the bookcase in the upper right corner, “He is my sworn enemy, he always says that are not as good as his, and my paintings are not as good as his, he taunts me when he sees me, and also says that he has brought a very talented young man with him today, he also mocked Liu Tan for being inferior, you have to compete with the young man that he has brought with him today.”
Shen Yuhan didn’t dare to make guarantee for it, he knew that this was a harmless4無傷大雅 (wú shāng dà yǎ): (of a defect etc) to be of no great matter (idiom); harmless; having only unimportant defects; not affecting the whole; not mattering much; be innocuous; not affect things as a whole; involve no major principle. dispute between old people, calligraphy and painting is also a matter of opinion5見仁見智 (jiàn rén jiàn zhì): opinions differ (idiom); different people have different views; different people, different views; there’s no accounting for taste; each according to his lights; Short for 仁者見仁，智者見智 (rénzhě jiàn rén, zhìzhě jiàn zhì), lit. the benevolent person sees benevolence, the wise person sees wisdom, From I Ching., so he didn’t dare to speak too much.
“I’ll try my best, I haven’t practiced calligraphy today, how about I practice for a while first?”
Old Master Liu also said: “Okay, people hasn’t arrived yet either, you should find the feeling first.”
This kind of small internal competition also has its own process, which is very formal, the prizes are all sponsored by several of their members who came up with the idea, there are cash and antiques, even the judging panel is made up of people with high status.
It was only when Shen Yuhan stood in his own place that he began to look at the overall layout of the painting and calligraphy scene.
They used a conference room in the hotel, with a total of three rows of tables, and more than twenty or thirty long tables, but there were probably not that many people coming, there were no names written on the front rows, and corresponding names were placed on each seat in the back rows, presumably for the evaluation and Old Master Liu and the others.
Shen Yuhan randomly chose a position and started practicing his calligraphy.
He uses ink sticks at home, and needs to grind the ink when writing, this may be a fast-paced competition, using the modern ink, Shen Yuhan doesn’t like the flavor of this ink very much, he doesn’t feel anything when using it, the texture of the painting is not very good.
At this time, the bag he was carrying came in handy, he placed the pens, inks, and papers on the table according to his own habits.
He waved his hand at Liu Tan, and Liu Tan came over.
Shen Yuhan asked him: “Do you know how to grind ink? Be my book boy6書童 (shū tóng): pageboy; boy who attends a man or his sons in their studies; a boy serving in a scholar’s study; young servant of a scholar; It close to “servant” or “attendant”, but who only serves the scholar. 書童 was an ancient profession, and now there were no such a profession. for a while.”
“Book boy?” Liu Tan thought he would just accompany his dad for a while, but he didn’t expect that he would be dragged over to work: “Okay, I used to help my dad grind ink when I was a kid, so I’m familiar with this, it’s much more interesting to grind ink here than sitting with my dad, and listening to them compare and step on me.”
Shen Yuhan smiled, and just acted as a listening audience, he didn’t say much else, he was always cautious about his words and deeds outside, so as not to bring trouble to his family, the same is true here, if there is a slight mistake, he will bring trouble to his husband, it’s best not to trouble his husband as much as possible.
He chose a pen he liked and began to find the feeling.
The next part will be up soon.
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