Heart with glazed tiles

Chapter 14 Gifts
However, to Chu Liuli's surprise, her father did not blame her, but told her stories about their youth, about him and about Wu Yongzhao.

"Your father and my life are very simple. Go to school, join the army, and build the Forbidden City. After returning from the army and assigned to work in the Forbidden City, I learned woodworking skills with two old masters. After ten years of study and practice, I have mastered the basics of large woodwork. Various crafts and technologies began to take the lead in the renovation project of the Forbidden City. Your Uncle Wu came to the Forbidden City at about the same time as me. His master Mr. Feng is a senior technician of color painting and is good at landscapes. He has worked in many royal gardens in the Summer Palace and Beihai Park There are all his color paintings. Color painting, like woodwork, requires patience and persistence. Leaking powder, brushing color, encapsulating... There is no room for sloppy in every process. Can you do it?" In silence In his study, Chu Zhiwei's voice was particularly deep and rich.

"I can! Dad!" Chu Liuli replied without thinking.

Chu Zhiwei smiled, and continued: "These things sound easy, and you naturally feel that you can do them. When you actually do them, you won't say so. However, you have an advantage in one thing, you When I was young, I learned color painting, and many of the techniques of color painting are the same as those of Chinese painting. It’s just that painting color painting is different from painting on paper, and I’m afraid you won’t be able to bear the hardship.”

"Dad, maybe you think that I just wanted to do this work on a whim. I don't know the hard work of doing this work. But in fact, I have been around you and Uncle Wu since I was a child, and I already know your work very well. I am not a brain Fever, I really want to do the renovation of the Forbidden City. I like the Forbidden City, and I want to be like you, to be the guardian of the Forbidden City, so that our descendants and generations of people can see this magnificent Forbidden City..." Said Arriving here, Chu Liuli was a little moved, and her voice trembled slightly.

Chu Zhiwei originally turned his back to his daughter, but when he heard the words, he turned around, his eyes sparkled, and he said with relief, "Father is very happy that you think so. Our generation has successors. It's just that you really Think about it, to do our job, not only must you have skills, but you must also be calm, endure loneliness, and be able to withstand the temptation of classmates around you who are rich and powerful."

Hearing her father say "all my classmates are rich and powerful", Chu Liuli couldn't help but think of Pan Rongxuan's father, Pan Yuhai. She heard Pan Rongxuan accidentally say that Pan Yuhai started his business many years ago, and now he is the chairman of a construction company. He is probably worth a lot.

However, Chu Liuli didn't care about these things. In this life, she just wanted to be like her father and concentrate on doing something she loved.

She met her father's gaze and said sincerely, "Dad, I have made up my mind. Since I was a child, you have been my role model. I want to be like you."

Chu Zhiwei nodded with tears in his eyes and said nothing.

Before this, Chu Zhiwei had never had such a heart-to-heart chat with his daughter. He was very moved and shocked by what his daughter said.He thinks that if young people today can be like his daughter, he will not worry that there will be no successors, and the construction skills of official ancient buildings will not be widely promoted.

The father and daughter came out of the study together, and Guo Yajuan was drinking tea in the living room.Seeing the faces of their father and daughter, she had already guessed eight or nine points, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although her father no longer objected to her learning color painting and repairing ancient buildings, Chu Liuli decided not to tell her parents about her application for the Imperial Palace Restoration Skill Center for the time being.She wanted to surprise them.

A few days later, it was Chu Liuli's 20th birthday.Yuan Xiaohui and her sisters in the dormitory prepared a birthday party specially for her birthday celebration.When I went home at night, my mother gave her a cardboard box.

Chu Liuli thought her mother gave her another birthday present, and said with a smile, "Mum, why are you so generous this year, giving me two presents?"

"You child, you know you want beautiful things. I didn't send this one. A postman delivered it in the afternoon. Your name is written on the box." Guo Yajuan pointed to the label on the carton and said.

Chu Liuli thought of all her good friends, but she couldn't remember who said she would send her a gift.With a bit of curiosity, she cut the tape with a paper knife and opened the carton.Inside is a scroll that looks like a painting.

Chu Liuli unfolded the scroll, and in front of her was a landscape painting by the famous contemporary painter A Liu.A Liu is good at painting landscapes. Her paintings have less changes in hills and valleys. She pays attention to the charm of brush and ink.Chu Liuli likes her paintings very much, but she is too shy to appreciate them, and has never collected A Liu's paintings.

Who the hell gave her such an expensive gift?

At night, Chu Liuli finally had the answer.The painting was given by Zhang Yifeng. He asked someone to buy the painting and sent it directly to Chu Liuli's home.Chu Liuli made up her mind to return the painting to Zhang Yifeng.If it is an ordinary gift, she can accept it, but she must not accept such an expensive gift.It's just that Zhang Yifeng is still doing an internship in another place, and she can't return it to him face to face until he comes back.

Half a month later, Chu Liuli entered the examination room confidently.A month later, she received an interview notice as she wished.There was only one step away from her ideal position, Chu Liuli was a little nervous when she was excited.

Knowing that Chu Liuli had successfully passed the written test, Guo Yajuan and Chu Jingkai were very happy. Guo Yajuan specially made some dishes after get off work, saying that she wanted to celebrate her daughter.

Chu Zhiwei worked overtime at night, and when he got home, the food was already on the table.Chu Liuli knew that her father hadn't completely changed her attitude, but she still couldn't help showing him the interview notice.

Chu Zhiwei glanced casually, then pointed to a table of delicacies and said, "We're celebrating before the interview, don't you think it's too early?"

Chu Liuli was in high spirits. Hearing her father pouring cold water on her, she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. However, she thought about it carefully and then smiled. It seems that her father has no objection to her going to repair the skill center. The subtext is to celebrate after the interview Not too late.

Thinking of this, she leaned up to her father and said with an apologetic smile, "Dad, today is not a celebration. It's the weekend, and our family will have a meal together. After the interview, I'll treat you to dinner!"

Chu Zhiwei glanced at her, wanted to say something but held back.Now that the matter has come to this point, it is useless for him to object any more, it is better to see the result.Interviews at Restoration Skills Center were not so easy.

As graduation approached, Chu Liuli received an employment notice.Zhang Yifeng also came back from the company where he practiced.For Chu Liuli, it was undoubtedly a double blessing.However, when Chu Liuli wanted to return the painting to Zhang Yifeng, he resolutely refused to accept it.

Chu Liuli's heart was disturbed again, Zhang Yifeng was so kind to her, he even knew her preferences so clearly.If one day he confessed to her, what should she do?
(End of this chapter)