Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1895 Buying groceries
At this point, Zhou Zhi remembered that he should prepare gifts for Feng Xueshan and Yang He.

Yang Hehao said that Feng Xueshan was indeed a picky person, and it would be a bit difficult to come up with a gift that would satisfy her.

But fortunately, there is still time to prepare well, just pay attention to it.

The house is quite big, with two floors, covering an area of ​​about 180 square meters. There is also a large balcony on the second floor above the lobby on the first floor, which is more than 30 square meters. The garden downstairs is also nearly 200 square meters. For two young people who have just started working for a few years, it is quite luxurious.

"This house is so beautiful." Zhou Zhi praised after the tour: "You are the first batch of classmates to live in a luxury house."

"It can't be compared with yours." Feng Xueshan herself was very satisfied with this house. Although the house price has been a considerable burden for her and Yang He, who have high salaries, in recent years, such a burden is worth it. However, when it comes to luxury houses, no one has as many as Zhou Zhi.

"None of my houses are habitable." Zhou Zhi was a little speechless. "Either they are salvaged cultural relics and put there, or they are like Suihuaxuan, where anyone can live. In terms of privacy and practicality, it's about the second floor of Hongqi Village Film and Television City. It's my home, and it's very shabby."

"What does your house look like?" Mai Xiaomiao opened her eyes wide and expressed her curiosity: "Suihuaxuan is quite exquisite, why don't you like it?"

"It's not that he doesn't like Suihuaxuan, but compared to Suihuaxuan, he prefers the pile of rubbish waiting to be repaired in Hongqi Village." Feng Xueshan smiled and said, "That place is as messy as a doghouse. It's where Elbow repairs calligraphy and paintings. You've studied him a lot, so you should know that he has another skill, right?"

"Oh, I know," Mai Xiaomiao was inexplicably excited when talking about Zhou Zhi. "From the "Complete Map of Bashu" in Shu University to the recent paintings of the Four Great Masters of the Six Dynasties, they were all restored by him. The Four Great Masters' paintings were even praised by the news as the highest level of restoration since the founding of the People's Republic of China. This shows that Zhou Zhi's skills in restoring artworks are world-class."

Feng Xueshan let Mai Xiaomiao hold her arm, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Zhou Zhi was full of teasing smiles. Zhou Zhi understood what she meant very well - see, I told you that this girl is very interested in you.

Zhou Zhi could only pretend he didn't see it and quickly interrupted him: "Xiao Miao, you can't say that. The artworks I can repair are limited to ancient Chinese calligraphy and paintings. My restoration level is far inferior to that of the previous masters. The reason why it is praised by the news as the highest level of restoration since the founding of the People's Republic of China is not because of the craftsmanship, but because of the restoration materials. The main reason is that we have restored high-quality imitations of Song silk, Song satin and Song brocade for restoration. Even the mounted brocade uses the same parts of the restored Qing brocade of the same period to repair it. It can be said that it has completely achieved 'restoring the old as it was before'."

"This approach is unique in the restoration of silk manuscripts in the past, and it has opened up a new path for the restoration of ancient manuscripts. That's why it received such high praise in the news. It actually has nothing to do with my personal skills."

"What about your skill in revising Yi Yuanji's "Picture of Deer and Monkey"? The old men in Rongbaozhai all said that your skill in setting fire on paper is 'unique in the world'." Mai Xiaomiao asked with his head tilted.

"Uh...how did you know about this?" Zhou Zhi helped Rongbaozhai to restore the white lead on ancient paintings by using the method of "burning lead with fire" to restore the blackening phenomenon, and to restore the white parts of the ancient paintings, so that the style of the famous paintings could be seen again. Rongbaozhai did record the process at that time, but it was basically used as video footage of important restoration techniques for internal communication. After all, if this technique is not mastered and is tried recklessly, it may cause a major disaster.

"The Capital TV channel has broadcast several programs about this before," Mai Xiaomiao said. "There was an interview about Chinese cultural relics hosted by a fat guy."

Zhou Zhi knew that Mai Xiaomiao was talking about the column "Intangible Cultural Heritage Masters" hosted by Wang Gang. Since the interview with Mr. Wang, this program has become famous. The station is determined to strike while the iron is hot and interview a group of people related to cultural intangible cultural heritage. Among them, Rongbaozhai is the highlight. Their calligraphy and painting appraisal, mounting, restoration, and imitation techniques are unique in China. Zhou Zhi's skill in restoring the "Picture of Deer and Ape" was also mentioned. However, this skill has now been completely mastered by Xu Bangda. In the program, Xu Bangda has become the demonstrator. If it were not for a caring person like Mai Xiaomiao, no one would care about the original video and narration of Xu Bangda burning the "Picture of Deer and Ape" before the show.

This made Zhou Zhi feel that the more he explained, the more trouble he had to deal with. He thought he had to change the subject quickly. He glanced at Feng Xueshan, who was smiling meaningfully, and said, "Let's discuss the transformation of the group system and how to cooperate with Xiao Miao's research project. There are still many details involved."

The weather was nice today, so everyone decided to have the barbecue on the large balcony on the second floor. Feng Xueshan threw the car keys to Zhou Zhi and asked him to take Mai Xiaomiao to go shopping, saying that she would bring Erhu with her to prepare the barbecue grill, tables and chairs and so on.

In the past, whenever there was such a gathering, Feng Xueshan and Zhou Zhi would usually go together. In Zhou Zhi's opinion, Feng Xueshan was doing this on purpose.

However, Mai Xiaomiao is very excited about going to the vegetable market. Not to mention the vegetable markets in China, even in the United States she has only been to supermarkets, and rarely went to the fresh food area.

The bustling scene of the large vegetable market with Chinese characteristics really opened Mai Xiaomiao's eyes.

The public security is not very good nowadays. Zhou Zhi reminded Mai Xiaomiao to keep an eye on his wallet and be careful of pickpockets. Mai Xiaomiao then held the purse tightly in his hand, looking around nervously and excitedly, feeling that everyone looked like a thief.

In Mai Xiaomiao's eyes, the meat and vegetables here are really too cheap. The measurement units and scales used here are also very different from those in the West. Many vendors still use the kind of scales with a thin pole, a scale plate at one end and a small weight at the other end. Zhou Zhi looked at the vendors and found that there were still about one-third of such vendors, while those who used the "high-end" electronic scales were mostly fruit stalls, meat, poultry and aquatic product stalls.

However, there is also a "fair scale" in the vegetable market, which is set up by the Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau. The purpose is to prevent small vendors from tampering with the weight.

Autumn is the season when many vegetables are on the market, such as water chestnuts and red lotus roots, which Mai Xiaomiao had never seen before. Zhou Zhi bought some large bones and asked the seller to help her cut them. The seller raised his machete and started chopping the bones with a bang, which scared her so much that she screamed and hid behind Zhou Zhi.

But she was very efficient in giving the money, and this girl has strong mental arithmetic skills, which doesn't seem like she has received an American education.

The variety of hot pot ingredients at the stall was unusually rich. Seventy percent of the items were things Mai Xiaomiao had never seen before. She couldn't even tell whether many of them were meat or vegetarian, which made her very curious.

Zhou Zhi introduced the items to her while picking, which made the proprietress laugh. Although there is no such saying as "I am responsible for making money to support the family, and you are responsible for being beautiful", the phenomenon shown by Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao is not uncommon in Shudu.

Many Shudu men give their wages to their wives. They work during the day and have to cook for their wives at night. However, it is rare to see a young wife managing the money so blatantly like this couple.