Chinese The two walked along the country road all the way back home, "Mother, we're back." Xiao Chubei put up his bicycle and shouted into the courtyard.

"It's back, come in! It's hot! Nian Juying stumbled to the middle of the yard.

"It's hot to death, is my mother cold and white?" Hua Junyao said as she walked through the courtyard.

"Yes, yes, I'll pour it out to you." Nian Juying turned around and opened the curtain and entered the room, picked up the teapot and glass on the table of the Eight Immortals, and poured two glasses of water.

"Chubei drink water, this hot day is still letting you carry Yaoyao, tired!" Nian Juying took the big pu fan and fanned Xiao Chubei.

Hua Junyao poured half a cup of cold white before saying, "Mother, am I the goods?" What do you mean by carrying a carry, am I heavy? ”

"This girl?" Nian Juying cried and laughed, "My mother said the wrong thing, she was carrying, carrying." ”

Hua Junyao glanced at Xiao Chubei and said, "Who do you want to carry?" ”

"This girl is really not ashamed." Nian Juying fell down the road.

As soon as the words fell, I heard Xiao Chubei say, "I've been carrying you all my life?" Willing. ”

Nian Juying shook her head, walked out of the house, hid, and muttered, "Young people nowadays, do you really dare to say anything?" Then he smiled again, it's good to be young!

"You see you're scaring my mother." Hua Junyao glanced at him coquettishly.

"Trust me, my mother will be happy." Xiao Chubei said with great confidence.

"Come with me!" Hua Junyao beckoned him out of the hall and entered Hua Henian's room with him.

"Oh! These are the furniture. Xiao Chubei looked at the furniture placed in the room, the shape was simple and vigorous, there was no excessive decoration, only brass locks were dotted in it, and he said in amazement, "It's really exquisite, like a work of art." ”

"The bedroom is a kang, so there is no bed, wardrobe, kang table, desk......," Hua Junyao said.

The red sandalwood leggings Luo Guo Feng plus the Bawang Luo Brown Black Lacquer Desk and the Red Sandalwood Peony Pattern Armchair, the overall shape gives people a graceful and generous, flat and stable beauty.

Finding such good goods really made Hua Junyao ecstatic.

In the Ming Dynasty, red sandalwood was valued by the royal family. The development of maritime transportation and Zheng He's seven voyages to the West communicated trade and cultural exchanges with the countries of the South Seas. In their regular and irregular trade exchanges with China, countries often have a certain amount of precious wood, including rosewood. However, this was far from satisfying the needs of China's favored ruling group, so the Ming Dynasty government sent officials to Nanyang to procure. Subsequently, private trafficking also came into being.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the high-quality timber in Nanyang was basically exhausted. The rosewood, in particular, was almost all carried away. By the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the vast majority of the red sandalwood produced in the world at that time was gathered in China.

The red sandalwood used in the Qing Dynasty was all picked in the Ming Dynasty, there are historical records, the Qing Dynasty also sent people to Nanyang to pick the red sandalwood, but most of them are not thick and not full of grip, and the tune is not straight. It doesn't work at all. This is because the red sandalwood grows slowly, it can not be grown for hundreds of years, the Ming Dynasty was cut down, the Qing Dynasty has not been resurrected, and the source is exhausted, which is also an important reason why the red sandalwood is cherished by the world.

Westerners in Europe and the United States attach more importance to rosewood than in China, because they have never seen rosewood and think that it can only be used as a small object. It is rumored that there is a five-inch-long model of a rosewood coffin in front of Napoleon's tomb, and visitors are amazed and thought it is rare. It was not until the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty that Western missionaries came to China and saw many red sandalwood vessels, and they knew that the red sandalwood elite was all in China. So he bought it from many parties and transported it back to China. The red sandalwood artifacts that are now circulating in Europe and the United States are basically shipped from China. Due to the difficulty of transportation, they generally do not buy the whole piece of utensils, but only buy the cabinet doors, box surfaces and other those with patterns. After being transported back, it is installed in a wooden frame for display.

Imitation of the Tang Dynasty four-crescent stool, the bench surface is slightly curved, in line with ergonomics.

The Huanghuali screen that is more than one person high should be six screens, and now there is only one left, and the white marble inlaid on it is gone. Hua Junyao remade a base, inlaid a mirror, and used it as a dressing mirror.

"That's all, I'm afraid I won't be able to let it go." Hua Junyao scratched her chin and said.

"Enough, we'll do it when you join the army." Xiao Chubei nodded.

Hua Junyao took out a small book from the closet and said, "At this time, the account book I have written down when I buy things these days, you check it, and it won't be bad for a penny." It is better for husband and wife to settle accounts, and in the future of the province, they will become enemies for money. ”

The corners of Xiao Chubei's mouth twitched when he heard this, but he still opened it, and the records inside were clear and clear.

Hua Junyao gave him another envelope and said, "This is my dowry money." ”

"You can just take it, what are you doing for me?" Xiao Chubei looked at her puzzled and said, "It's better for you to take it!" ”

"It's a dowry, why should you give it back to me." Hua Junyao stuffed it to him again, "I don't want people to say that I will marry you without spending a penny." ”

Xiao Chubei stared at him for a moment and said, "Okay! The dowry has been received, and I have already taken it. As he spoke, he slipped the envelope into his pocket, then took it out again, "Now this is my pocket money for you." Stuffed the envelope with her and said, "Feel free to use it." ”

Hua Junyao looked at him and said, "Xiao Chubei, what is this?" ”

Xiao Chubei took out a passbook from his pocket again and said, "Oh! This is also my pay slip, which is also given to you. ”

Hua Junyao raised her eyebrows lightly, "Brother Xiao, don't bother. ”

"What am I bothering about?" Xiao Chubei looked at her with a puzzled face and said.

"To show gentlemanly demeanor." Hua Junyao raised her chin slightly and said with a smile.

"I don't know what gentlemanly demeanor is, I know that you are my daughter-in-law, who will I not give you my salary slip?" Xiao Chubei said as a matter of course.

"The money is really for me." Hua Junyao asked tentatively again.

"yes!" Xiao Chubei nodded and said, "Although you earn more money than me, it is a man's responsibility to support his wife and children." ”

"That's good! How I want to spend it, you don't have an opinion! Hua Junyao put away all the money.

"Of course!" Xiao Chubei said with a smile.

"Can you take a picture before you get married?" Hua Junyao asked.

"Yes! The wedding was still a week away, and the photos came out in three or five days. Xiao Chubei said.

Thinking of the upcoming wedding, Hua Junyao's scalp tingled, "Yes? There is still a week left before the day of Hua Junyao's demise. ”

"Hehe......" Xiao Chubei said with a smile.

"You don't need me to help you with the wedding!" Hua Junyao asked as she sat on her chair.

"No, the inferior soldiers are more enthusiastic than us." Xiao Chubei smiled and said, "When the time comes, you just need to be a bride with peace of mind." ”

"Alright, you can go back quickly!" Hua Junyao looked at him and said, "I won't send you." ”

"No, no. See if you're tired, get some rest! Xiao Chubei said and walked out of the room, stood at the door of the kitchen and said, "Mother, I'm leaving?" ”

"Let's go, why don't you sit for more." Nian Juying came out of the kitchen and said.

"No, I have to go back quickly." Xiao Chubei waved his hand and left the Hua family. (To be continued.) Cat flutter Chinese