Chapter 419 Collection

Wang's father is a basketball player, but Zhou Yan didn't consider sports at all when choosing gifts.

You can generally not go wrong when giving a pen to a man.

On the contrary, when it comes to sporting goods, it’s hard to give them a good gift.

Wang Yaohuang naturally liked this pen very much, but after all, it was the first time we met, so he still shied away, "It's hard for me to win over such a collectible pen."

Before Zhou Yan could say anything, Wang Zuxian stuffed the pencil box into her father's arms, "Dad, just accept it. Zhou Yan picked it carefully. Do you still want him to take it back?"

"Okay, okay, just accept Zhou Yan's wishes." Mother Wang also said helpfully.

"Okay, then I'll accept it."

Zhou Yan smiled and took out the gift prepared for Wang Zuxian's grandparents.

He first opened the box given to his grandma. Inside was a Hetian jade plaque, which was as colored as mutton fat and in good condition. It was engraved with traditional patterns of dragons and phoenixes.

The old man was a good judge of goods, and he could see at a glance that this jade plaque was of great value, and he quickly said, "This is too valuable."

"As long as you like it, everything is worth it. I have always said that I would come to my house to meet everyone, but I was delayed due to some things, so I came so late. I hope grandma won't blame me."

"It's good that you can come. How can we blame it? It's just this gift... OK, I'll accept it. In fact, we are very happy if you can come to our house."

Grandma closed the box where the jade tablets were placed, then pointed to the big box next to her and asked Zhou Yan, "What is this?"

"This is for grandpa."

Zhou Yan carefully opened the big box and placed two short scrolls and a longer scroll inside.

"Is it calligraphy and painting?" Wang Guofan asked.

Zhou Yan nodded, "It's a middle hall."

"Who wrote it?"

Zhou Yan smiled and did not answer. Instead, he carefully opened one of the short scrolls and revealed the words inside.

As soon as the scroll was opened a little, a word was revealed, and Wang Guofan was stunned, "This word..."

Everyone else looked at Wang Guofan strangely, wondering why the old man had such a reaction. Could it be that this word had a great origin and was written by some famous artist?

Not many people in their family know calligraphy and painting. When Wang Yaohuang's generation came, they changed from a scholarly family to a sports family. They usually did not study calligraphy and painting.

Let alone ordinary calligraphers, even if you put Ouyan Liuzhao's calligraphy in front of them, they may not be able to recognize it.

Zhou Yan continued to move forward, and when the third word was revealed, Wang Guofan became even more excited.

He was not sure just now, but now that he saw the first three characters and the small characters on the top paragraph, he was sure that these were the characters of his father Wang Renfeng.

But this time he didn't make a sound, but quietly waited for Zhou Yan to unfold the entire scroll.

Wang Zupei came over, looked at the couplet and read, "Qicun is..."

Afterwards, he no longer recognized him and could only scratch his head in disbelief.

Wang Guofan smiled and said, "It's a wonderful talent with amazing ideas."

Then he said to Zhou Yan, "Please open the other short scroll."

Zhou Yan nodded and slowly opened another short scroll.

"Easy enough to reach the end of the pack." The old man read out the words in the second line again.

Then he pointed to the lower part and asked, "Do you know these words?"

Everyone stretched out their heads to see.

When they saw the first two words, they were all confused, because the first two words were written very sloppily and they couldn't tell what they were.

But when it comes to the third word, it’s easy.

Although the writing of the third character is not very clear, it is easy to recognize because the character itself is simple. It is the character "王", a character they can see every day.

When it comes to the fourth word, there is some trouble again.

The fourth character looks simple, but I can’t figure out what it is. It looks like red, like Jiang, like Xian, and maybe Ren or Ren.

Although the fifth character is difficult to recognize, it can be vaguely seen that it is the character Feng.

Wang Yaohuang's eyes suddenly widened, "Isn't this grandpa's name?"

"Exactly." Wang Guofan smiled and nodded, "The two characters in front are Hui Shi, which is your grandfather's number. The two square seals printed at the bottom are indeed your grandfather's. This is what your grandfather wrote."

Upon hearing that this word was written by Wang Renfeng, everyone's expressions became dull, even Wang Zuxian was no exception.

She only knew that Zhou Yan had prepared a calligraphy painting for his grandfather, but because it was a collection, it was inconvenient to open it, so he did not read it.

At that time, she also asked Zhou Yan who wrote it, but Zhou Yan gave her up.

She never expected that this calligraphy was actually written by her great-grandfather.

This calligraphy does look a bit old, and it is not very well preserved. The paper is yellow and old, and it is damaged in many places.

Although Wang Renfeng was her great-grandfather, she had not seen many of her great-grandfather's calligraphy, and most of the ones she had seen before were letters, and there were no such large-scale calligraphy and paintings at all.

When they came to Taiwan, the situation was special after all, so it was naturally impossible for them to bring their great-grandfather's name with them.

As a result, very few of Wang Renfeng's calligraphy survived, especially those with seals. When they went to Shucheng Middle School before, they had seen a couplet, but that was only the only one.

No one expected that they would see another one today, and it was in the middle hall.

Everyone looked at the remaining scroll in the box.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Zhou Yan opened the remaining long scroll.

On the nave of this painting is the "Hot Spring Inscription" written by Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, with beautiful words. Wang Renfeng's jielin is also elegant in form and spirit.

Wang Renfeng was once known as one of the three major calligraphers in Anhui, and his attainments in calligraphy are naturally high.

Wang Guofan excitedly touched the nave with his hand. He wanted to touch the calligraphy written by his father with his own hands, but he was afraid of damaging the calligraphy.

"This, this..."

Although the gift was expensive, Wang Guofan could not say anything to evade it.

This nave painting can be said to be his father's largest surviving calligraphy and painting work.

In the end, he only asked, "Where did this calligraphy come from?"

Zhou Yan smiled and replied, "It was hidden by teacher Hang Qingxiao, chairman of the trade union of Shucheng Middle School."

"Oh, so it's at his place." Wang Guofan sighed slightly.

They actually visited relatives in Shucheng three times, but never saw this nave. Only a couplet was stored in the archives of Shucheng Middle School.

Zhou Yan must have spent money to get this nave, and the price may not be low.

After pondering for a long time, Wang Guofan spoke again, "Thank you very much."

"Grandpa is serious, it's just that the property is returned to its original owner."

Wang Guofan nodded, went over in person, carefully collected the three scrolls, and slowly put them into the box.

Then he said to Zhou Yan, "Just sit down, have some tea, and rest for a while."

"I'm going to make tea." Wang Zuxian ran to the tea room.

The gift Zhou Yan gave her today was so meaningful and flattering to her.

They say everything is difficult at the beginning, but Zhou Yancai conquered their family for the first time when he came home.

At the same time, she was very grateful because she knew that it was not easy for Zhou Yan to prepare these gifts.

All other gifts are easy to talk about. As long as you have money, you can buy them. Whether it's a brooch for her mother, a jade plaque for her grandmother, or even a commemorative pen for her father, it's just a matter of spending a little more money.

Only this nave cannot be bought with money, it must be done with thought.

Most people can't even get it, even if they want to do it.

This shows that Zhou Yan really takes this matter to his heart.

…

After everyone sat down in the living room, the atmosphere was relatively harmonious. Zhou Yan was good at dealing with elders and spoke calmly and appropriately. He was the favorite of the elders.

At present, in their opinion, Zhou Yan's only shortcoming is that he is a few years younger than Wang Zuxian.

Although he is only three years younger, in their eyes, this is a shortcoming.

Fortunately, Zhou Yan behaved very calmly, which relieved a lot of their worries.

Because it was their first time here, the Wang family did not "cross-examine" Zhou Yan more, but simply asked about the situation of Zhou Yan's family.

After that, they asked Zhou Yan some work-related matters. They were very interested in "The Time Traveler" that Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian were filming recently.

Wang Zupei had seen the news about Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian's marriage in the newspaper before, and now he smiled and said, "When I saw the news about your wedding, I was shocked. I thought my little sister was hiding it from her family. I’m going to hold a wedding with you right now.”

"Brother, what are you talking about? I can still run away with someone." Wang Zuxian curled her lips and said, she was quite dissatisfied with what her elder brother said.

"The main reason is that the news was too real and I was deceived. However, the wedding scene was really well decorated. You can learn from it later when you get married."

"Otherwise, when the movie is released, our whole family can go to the cinema to watch it together. I am still very interested in the wedding scene." Wang Zuan said with a smile.

"It's better not to give it up." Wang Zuxian said quickly.

The main reason is that there is a passionate scene in the movie. Although the scale is not bigger than "Green Snake", it always felt awkward when the family organized a group to go to the cinema to watch the passionate scene between him and Zhou Yan.

Even after so many years of acting, Joey Wong still feels embarrassed.

Seeing Wang Zuxian's reaction, Wang Zuan probably knew why. There must be some scenes in the movie that are not suitable for children.

"Ahem, it's still early for the movie to be released. Let's talk about it then." Mother Wang smiled and asked Zhou Yan, "Zhou Yan, how long are you planning to stay in Taiwan this time? If you have time, just stay longer. , I heard from Xiaoxian, you have been gaining weight recently, right, and my aunt will cook you something delicious. "

"Thank you, auntie, but I can't stay here in Beishi for a few days. I'll leave tomorrow at the earliest, or the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Although the filming of the movie has been completed, the post-production work has not been completed. Now the rest of the crew have returned. Yanjing, just waiting for me to go back."

"Indeed, you are the director. If you are not here, it will be difficult for others to carry out their work." Mother Wang expressed her understanding.

"Don't worry, Auntie, I will come over often when I have time. If you have time, you can also go to the mainland. Before you went to the mainland, you haven't been to Yanjing, right?"

"Well, when I went to the mainland before, I spent most of my time in Hefei and didn't go to other places. If I have time, I would like to go back to Jinling to visit."

"Okay, when do you want to go, just tell me and I will receive you."

Mother Wang waved her hand, "No, you are so busy in Yanjing, how can you have time to receive us. If I want to go then, just let Xiaoxian take me. Didn't she also go to Jinling?"

Although Mrs. Wang said nothing else, Wang Zuxian lowered his head in embarrassment.

She had secretly gone to Zhou Yan's house alone before, and had eaten at Zhou Yan's grandparents, uncle, and third uncle's house for several days in turn, as if she was going there as a future daughter-in-law.

But for such a long time, she didn't tell her family. Mother Wang naturally had an opinion. She had previously criticized Wang Zuxian for this matter, saying that she was not thoughtful in her actions.

"It's okay. Anyway, I have to go home. Although Xiaoxian has been to Jinling, I am more familiar with it."

Mother Wang nodded with a smile, "Okay."

...

When it was time to eat, Wang Yaohuang took out two bottles of wine and asked Zhou Yan, "Zhou Yan, how much can you drink?"

Zhou Yan said modestly, "I can drink a little."

Hearing this answer, Wang Yaohuang smiled and took out two more bottles of wine from the cabinet.

Wang Zupei smiled and said, "Those who say they can drink a little basically have a good alcohol tolerance."

"Uh... I can only drink a little."

"Haha, then we will only drink a little."

The men in the Wang family have a good alcohol tolerance, after all, their physical conditions are here.

Although there is no necessary relationship between alcohol tolerance and body size, tall people are more likely to have a high alcohol tolerance.

However, their alcohol tolerance is still within Zhou Yan's ability to handle.

After the table of people finished four bottles of wine, they were basically almost done.

If they stopped at this time, everyone would be in good condition, but if they continued drinking, someone would definitely get drunk.

The two elders left first, leaving the three younger generations to continue.

Wang Zupei was a little drunk, and he took out another bottle, "Come on, let's divide this bottle among the three of us."

Wang Zuxian wanted to stop him, but she couldn't.

The two brothers had a tacit understanding. The second brother Wang Zuan blocked the younger sister, and then Wang Zupei poured wine for Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan was actually a little dizzy at this time, but Wang Zupei was really enthusiastic, and finally let Wang Zupei pour it into his glass.

This glass of wine was less than two taels, and the three of them had to pour at least two rounds to divide the bottle of wine.

Zhou Yan was worried that if he finished this bottle of wine, he would probably fall down too. After finishing a glass of wine, Wang Zupei was the first to give up and ran to the toilet to vomit.

Wang Zuan didn't hold out for too long and soon followed.

Seeing the two brothers go to the toilet one after another, Wang Zuxian rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "Fortunately there are many toilets in the house, otherwise the eldest and second brothers would have to wait in line."

Zhou Yan also breathed a sigh of relief. After finishing this glass of wine, if he drank more later, he would really be in trouble.

He could also feel his stomach churning, but fortunately he could still hold on. (End of this chapter)