"I think it's normal!"

Wu Ke's cheeks were only slightly redder than normal, and Chu Chen felt that there should be no problem.

Hearing Chu Chen say this, Wu Ke still looked in the mirror uneasily, until he felt satisfied, and then helped to walk downstairs with the gift brought by Chu Chen.

"Coco, when I hugged you just now, I felt that you were a lot thinner than before you came out to England!" Chu Chen said with some distress as he walked, the reason why Wu Ke lost a lot of weight was that he also understood that it was nothing more than studying too hard.

"Skinny? I think it's okay! Speaking of this, Wu Ke remembered something, so he patted Chu Chen's arm and said, "I tell you, in the future, don't put delicious things in front of me to lure me, you don't know, after I came back this time, I found that there were many clothes that I couldn't wear." I was almost called a fat woman by Mina......"

Wu Ke said this is somewhat exaggerated, it's just that she used to be thinner than Mina, and she could wear some beautiful clothes, she has always been a little complacent about this, and now Mina saw that she couldn't wear it, so she laughed at her a few words, which also made her linger all the time.

Chu Chen said: "This ...... Girls should not be too thin, the ribs are the same, not to mention that they are not good-looking, and the body will be affected, affecting health! ”

Wu Ke glanced at Chu Chen and said, "What do you know!" I tell sù, when I go back, put less delicious food in my bowl, otherwise be careful that I will be in a hurry with you! ”

Chu Chen smiled when he saw this and didn't say much, when a woman encounters something related to beauty, she must not argue with her, when he first lived in Uncle Wu's house. suffered this kind of loss on Wu Ke, which made him miserable. There is a way to eat a trench and grow a wisdom, since then. He kept this lesson in his heart.

Of course, having said that, he believed that after Wu Ke saw the food, he said that he would not eat it, and the movements in his hands would not be slow, and when he was there, he would definitely not have the trouble of obesity.

Imagining the cute appearance of Wu Ke grabbing vegetables with him in his mind, Chu Chen couldn't help but laugh.

"Big pervert. Why do you always want to do bad things? Wu Ke saw Chu Chen's smile, and thought that he was thinking about it again, so he couldn't help but sneer.

Chu Chen was really a little confused when he heard this, and he asked with some doubts: "How can I want to do something bad?" ”

"Then ask yourself!" After speaking, Wu Ke ran downstairs with a smile, leaving Chu Chen, who was still confused.

The gifts that Chu Chen brought to Randy's family were cloisonne jewelry box, cloisonne bracelet colorful set, and a set of Beijing Mane Mane, of which the jewelry box was given to Randy's mother, and the bracelet colorful set was given to Mina, who was still in school. Needless to say, the Mane of the Capital was given to Randy.

Westerners and Orientals have different customs, and when they receive a gift, they like to open it on the spot, when Randy's mother sees that it is well-made. When it looked like a very practical and elegant jewelry box, she immediately liked it, and she couldn't put it down and admired it for a long time.

"Chu. Thank you so much, I love this jewelry box so much! Randy's mother thanked her with praise.

Chu Chen hurriedly said that you were not welcome.

At this time. Randy opened the box containing the mane of the capital, and when he saw the delicately crafted and vivid dolls inside the box. I couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Chu, this is what you said about the mane of the capital? It's amazing! By the way, why is this thing called a mane man, is it made of pig bristles? ”

Chu Chen smiled and nodded: "Yes!" The bottom of these dolls is indeed made of bristles......"

The mane of the capital is influenced by shadow puppetry and Peking Opera, and the height of the characters is generally about 9-16 cm, and the design is ingenious and fine. Photo gallery of China.com Wang Qiong photography

The Mane People of Beijing was founded in the last years of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 100 years. The head and base are made of mastic, which is to make the head and base with cement, make the frame with straw, stretch colored paper (or colored silk) coat, and a little cotton, and then sketch the face according to the story of the characters, depict the costume, and stick a circle of pig's bristles about two or three centimeters long on the base, and make a vivid mane mane.

As long as the edge of the copper plate is gently tapped, the characters in the plate will dance by the elasticity of the bristles, and then the singing voice of Peking Opera is like a real person performing on the stage, showing the charm of classical literature and opera art.

Therefore, the people of the old capital also call it "Tongpan Man" or "Plate Show". Or simply call it "copper tea plate play".

This unique unique activity is a combination of Peking Opera culture, physics and mechanics of the concept, the trick is on the chassis below it, the bottom of the mane is glued with a circle of mane, and it is elastic, when beating, the use of copper plate and the vibration of the mane, drive the mane to rotate regularly, the mane is the only dynamic table xiàn folk handicraft.

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Randy asked with a look of surprise, "Chu, do you mean that these puppets will move when they are placed on the copper plate?" ”

Chu Chen replied with a smile: "Yes, as long as you knock it, it will move, and we can test it later." ”

Randy couldn't wait to say, "Then let's try ......"

Underneath the dolls was a copper plate, and Randy quickly took out the dolls, copper plates, and striking tools.

After putting the puppets away, he followed Chu Chen's instructions and quickly tapped the copper plate with tools, and saw that the five dolls of Shengdan Jingmo Chou were really like Chu Chen's introduction, and began to rotate, which made Randy and his mother feel very new at this time, if it weren't for the fact that Randy's hands were a little sore after a long time, otherwise he could keep knocking.

Randy put down the beating tool in his hand and asked Chu Chen next to him, "Chu, such an interesting puppet, why have I never seen it in the market?" ”

Chu Chen spread his hands and said: "This is also no way, this kind of puppet is very labor-intensive, it takes more than thirty days to make a good one, and it takes half a year to complete such a meeting of five people, and it can't form a scale at all, so it is not common even in the market in the capital, let alone your country." ”

Randy said with some regret, "Oh, that's a shame, but I think your government should take the lead in protecting this craft." Such interesting traditional crafts should be passed down from generation to generation. ”

Chu Chen nodded in agreement, but this kind of thing depends on the efforts of the state, even if he wants to protect, he doesn't have so much energy to deal with it.

Speaking of which, the British country attaches great importance to the protection of traditional culture and customs, and many traditions are still maintained to this day, and are proud of the British people.

Today, the Royal Horse Corps, and the Mounted Police patrolling around Buckingham Palace, have little advantage in real combat. However, its symbolic meaning is enormous, and for the British it is an honor, a bloodline, a uniqueness and superiority that distinguishes it from other peoples.

For China, the economic development in the past two decades has been very rapid, and the speed of integration with international standards is not fast, but while spitting out the old and accepting the new, Chu Chen feels that China should pay the same attention to the protection of traditional culture as the United Kingdom.

If China wants to become a world power, it must have the capital of a great country, which is not a high-rise building, but a unique and profound culture of China standing among the nations of the world! Chu Chen believes that as long as the Chinese culture can be spread to the whole world and accepted by the people of the world, then respect, understanding and status will definitely follow. ……

At noon, he had a hearty lunch at Randy's house, and then Chu Chen wanted to go back to the room with Wu Ke to talk "whispering", but what made Chu Chen feel very depressed was that Randy might have been sick and held back too much recently, and after lunch, he pulled Chu Chen for a walk.

For a full four hours, Randy's mouth didn't stop, so Chu Chen almost lost the power to parry, and finally when Randy stopped talking, he saw Mina walking in from outside the door with Josie, Selina, and a girl carrying a suitcase.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen was so depressed that he almost raised his head to the sky and wailed, and Wu Ke, who understood his thoughts, covered his mouth and laughed secretly.

Mina and the others said hello to Chu Chen, and then introduced the friend named Kelly to Chu Chen.

Kelly was Mina's elementary school classmate, and the two had a very good relationship at the time, but later Kelly moved out of town, and the two have never been in touch. Later, in a college sorority, the two met unexpectedly. Although everyone has grown up, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the friendship between the two sides has not changed, and it didn't take much time for the two to become best friends who have nothing to say.

When Mina came in just now, she saw Wu Ke covering her mouth next to Chu Chen and stealing fun, and after she introduced Kelly, she asked with some curiosity: "Ellie, you are smiling so happily, did you encounter something good?" ”

Of course, Wu Ke couldn't tell what Chu Chen was thinking, she was also in a hurry, and immediately hugged Chu Chen's arm and said, "My fiancé is here, of course I'm very happy!" ”

Mina didn't believe Wu Ke's explanation, she looked at the couple in front of her with suspicion, and just as she wanted to speak again, Randy next to her just rightly relieved the two of them.

"Mina, this is a gift from Chu!" With that, Randy placed a gift box in front of Mina's eyes.

This time, Mina's attention was all on the gift box in front of her, which also made Chu Chen and Wu Ke's hearts breathe a sigh of relief.

"Wow! It's so beautiful! As soon as Mina opened the box, several girls at the scene were attracted by the cloisonné bracelet in the box.

There are seven bracelets composed of seven colors in the box, specifically there are seven kinds of red, black, white, dark blue, light blue, green, and yellow, these bracelets do not look gorgeous, but have a sense of dexterity and refinement, which makes several girls love it at first sight. (To be continued......)