At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Zhener drove with Tang Baona to pick up Xiang Kun.

Seeing Xiang Kun holding a thermos box in his left hand and a small wooden box in his right hand when he got into the car, Tang Baona, the co-pilot, couldn't help but turn around and stretched out her hand and said, "This is a wood carving for my grandfather?

Yang Zhen'er also turned around: "I want to see it too, what are you carving?"

Xiang Kun handed the wooden box to Tang Baona.

The wooden box is similar to the box used to hold the wood carvings when Xiang Kun sent them all kinds of wood carvings before, they are all simple to polish off the wooden thorns, not painted, and look relatively simple containers. When opened, inside was a boxwood carving less than a foot high.

"Nana, this is your grandfather, right?" Looking at the wood carving that Tang Baona got in her hand, Yang Zhen'er couldn't help but smile and said, "The ...... on your back Is that you? so cute!"

The wood carving was an elegant old man in a robe, carrying a little cartoonish girl on his back.

Yang Zhen'er had met Tang Baona's grandfather, Mr. Feng, a few times, and recognized the old man at a glance as Mr. Feng, and the chubby, smiling, and somewhat cartoonish little girl who was lying on Mr. Feng's back like a little fat monkey should obviously be Tang Baona's childhood.

Yang Zhen'er turned around and asked, "Chef Xiang, have you seen Grandpa Nana before?"

Xiang Kun smiled: "No, but I asked Nana for a few photos, and I roughly carved them." Nana, is it still a carving?"

"It's very similar!" Tang Baona nodded, her face full of admiration: "You only asked me for a photo the night before yesterday, and it's only been more than a day, and you've carved it?

Xiang Kun smiled: "In fact, the carving is very rough, omitting a lot of details, I'm afraid that in the eyes of a knowledgeable person like your grandfather, it is not very good on the table." ”

In the photo given to him by Tang Baona, it is not actually consistent with the complete movement and posture of this wood carving.

He is based on one of the "art photos" of Mr. Feng wearing a robe and holding a scroll, combined with another photo of Mr. Feng holding a one-year-old Tang Baona, to decompose and fuse the shape to create again.

He turned Mr. Feng's action of hugging Tang Baona into a back, and also changed the costume to the scholarly robe, and cartoonized the face and body of little Tang Baona a little, which looked round and cute, and also retained enough recognition, so that people who had seen Tang Baona when she was a child could realize that this was her at a glance.

In this way, when other people saw this wood carving, their first attention must have been attracted by Mr. Feng's clothes, overall temperament, and the cute Q version of Little Tang Baona on his back. And those aspects are exactly where Xiang Kun focuses on his efforts, and other details that don't spend so much effort and don't pay so much attention to are not easy to notice and will not affect the overall perception.

After all, this wood carving material does not establish a "super sensory connection", and in the process of production, there is no "emotional injection", it is a complete display of Xiang Kun's real wood carving technology, and in this regard, he is not a real wood carving master, still need to develop his strengths and avoid weaknesses, this work is his optimal strategy for applying technology, maximizing the advantages and avoiding the disadvantages.

To do this wood carving, Xiang Kun spent more than eight hours before and after these two days, not like other wood carvings before, but to stop for a few hours, and do it for a few hours every once in a while, after all, he has other things to do in the past two days, not only to discuss with Lao Xia the investigation of the "vampire patient", to discuss the design ideas of the research base and laboratory in Chongyun Village, but also to discuss with Zhang Qian, Zicheng and others the creation of the game company, the future operation and publicity plan, and follow-up technical support.

On the other hand, he deliberately separated the production process to avoid making this wood carving into a "love object" unconsciously.

In the end, he still finished the wood carving half an hour before Yang Zhen'er and Tang Baona came to pick him up, and then spent half an hour to get a wooden box, which can be regarded as making this meeting gift look like that.

In fact, he originally wanted to give Mr. Feng a wood carving that he had made before, but he flipped through the "inventory" - the twelve minions had been taken by him and arranged in the "Youlong Hotel", in order to prepare for the opening of the hotel in the future. The remaining wood carvings at home, except for the "eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carving", are only Alsace.

The "Eight-Armed and Eight-Eyed Wood Carving" was originally from Mr. Feng, and it was injected with fear, which was very special, so naturally it could not be sent, should it be sent to the Lich King's wood carving? That is not appropriate......

So after thinking about it, Xiang Kun still chose to make a temporary wood carving and asked Mr. Feng to "comment".

Looking at the wood carving in her hand, Tang Baona couldn't put it down, and said with a smile: "Where is it rough, it's very exquisite! And my grandfather doesn't know much about it, he is a keyboard warrior and a mouth cannon party, and he can't carve it himself." You put a hundred hearts, this wood carving, he will definitely like it!"

In fact, she has already begun to think about whether to find an excuse to collect this wood carving from her grandfather when she turned around, and when she was a child, she looked too cute - although she thought so, she seemed a little embarrassed.

Yang Zhen'er looked at Xiang Kun with wide eyes and said: "Chef Xiang, I also want this kind of wood carving, I will send you a photo of me when I was a child! ”

"Hehe, you're big......" Xiang Kun said helplessly: "What are your parents doing when they see me, this is weird! What kind of wood carving do you want, I will carve it for you when I have time." ”

Yang Zhen'er said: "Hey, it's true, it's not me making excuses temporarily, my dad really wants to see you, saying that he wants to discuss your game with you, maybe he also wants to invest." ”

Xiang Kun said: "Then don't want it, if your father wants to come in, it's not appropriate to take up too little, take up too much, Zhang Qian and they are probably going to jump." Most of the things in the future will have to be done by Zhang Qian to help Zhang Luo, integrate resources, and let her occupy too little, which is not fair. There are also self-contained them, and it is impossible to cut too much. So, I can only thank Uncle Yang for his kindness. ”

Yang Zhen'er blinked: "It doesn't matter if you come to eat or not, but you just promised to make a wood carving for me......! No, within a month!"

"Let's talk about this later, I'm driving, I'm driving, if I delay any longer, it's time for a traffic jam on the road! Hurry up and go!" Xiang Kun waved his hand and urged.

"You promise first, within a month!" Yang Zhen'er still held the armrest box and stared back at Xiang Kun: "If you don't agree, I won't leave!"

Tang Baona couldn't help laughing: "Zhen'er, how are you like a child." ”

Yang Zhen'er glanced at her: "How can a favored child like you understand, a stupid child like us has to be able to make trouble to eat candy! As the saying goes, a stupid bird howls first! A bird that shouts early will have worms!"

"Okay, okay, I promise, a month, a month, let's drive. Xiang Kun couldn't laugh or cry.

This time at Tang Baona's grandfather's house, in addition to Mr. Feng, there were only two sisters, Tang Baona and Tang Baoting, and Baoting's fiancé Gao Yao, Yang Zhener and Xiang Kun. Neither Tang Baona's parents, nor her two uncles and other cousins came.

Nominally, Mr. Feng wants to have dinner and chat with his grandchildren.

After seeing Mr. Feng, Xiang Kun bowed very politely and said, "Hello Mr. Feng, I'm Xiang Kun." He knew from Tang Baona that Mr. Feng had been a Chinese teacher for two years when he was young, and judging from his hobbies, usual dress, home decoration style, and form, calling him "Teacher Feng" should be closer than "Grandpa Feng" and "Mr. Feng", and it is also suitable for him to "ask for advice" with wood carvings.

Sure enough, judging by various sensory information, Xiang Kun thought that Mr. Feng's first impression of him was quite good, and after seeing the wood carving of "Back Little Nana" he sent, he also smiled from ear to ear, and his mood was very happy.

Although Xiang Kun was here as a guest today, when chatting with Tang Baona the day before yesterday, she also mentioned that she had mentioned "rabbit meat made by Chef Xiang" to her grandfather several times, and Mr. Feng also expressed interest, so he came over today and specially brought the rabbit meat marinated in advance.

After saying hello to Mr. Feng, Bao Ting, and Gao Yao, Xiang Kun went to the kitchen, and under the suspicious and distrustful eyes of Mr. Feng's nanny, he began to cook one of his signature dishes: braised rabbit meat.

The nanny thought that she knew more about the tastes of Mr. Feng, Bao Na, and Bao Ting, and couldn't help but put forward her opinions several times when Xiang Kun was cooking.

However, Xiang Kun is very clear about the final taste of his dish, this is his past many experiments, many calculations, many chefs' experience, and it is also the taste that he has specially adjusted to cater to Tang Baona, which has been processed according to his way, and the rabbit meat marinated according to his recipe has been cooked by his own hands, and the taste of the pot is very stable and does not need any adjustment.

Therefore, he gave advice to the nanny with a smile and a good attitude, and the actual operation was completely in accordance with his own plan.

Originally, the nanny was a little unimpressed with Xiang Kun's cooking process, but because he was a guest, she didn't say much. However, when the rabbit meat came out of the pot and Xiang Kun asked her to taste a piece, her attitude immediately changed.

Xiang Kun's several rabbit dishes, in the early stage in order to cater to the taste of Tang Baona, Yang Zhen'er, Lao Xia and others, the taste and cooking methods have been changed and fine-tuned, and in the later stage, in order to make a menu for the "You Long Hotel", he has made more in-depth and complex adjustments.

Therefore, this braised rabbit meat, since it is cooked by Xiang Kun himself, the basic level is there, no matter what the nanny's taste preferences are, the benchmark of deliciousness will definitely be surpassed. Of course, if it is Tang Baona or someone with the same taste as her, tasting this dish will get a higher level of taste enjoyment.

After the nanny ate a piece of braised rabbit meat, she knew that Xiang Kun was indeed at a level, and this level was definitely higher than herself.

As soon as Xiang Kun brought the braised rabbit meat to the table, he noticed Tang Baona swallowing saliva and Yang Zhen'er licking her lips, and even Baoting and Gao Yao locked their eyes on the rabbit meat in his hand - people who have eaten the dishes he cooked, especially those who have eaten it several times, and those who have been adjusted by him to make exclusive flavor dishes based on meal feedback, will have this natural reaction.

The reaction of the four young people, Mr. Feng also has a subtle awareness, he usually listens to his two granddaughters tell him that the rabbit meat made by "Chef Xiang" is a must, delicious in the world, and delicious, but as an old man who is relatively wealthy, and is relatively particular about eating, and has tasted all kinds of delicacies and dishes, he has always felt that what the two granddaughters said is a bit exaggerated, a non-professional chef, and a person who has not been teaching himself to cook for a long time, how good can the dishes he make?

But seeing the reactions of these four young people today, Mr. Feng's previous opinion was a little shaken, and his expectations for the plate of rabbit meat in Xiang Kun's hand also increased a lot.

"Teacher Feng, you try it, this is my specialty dish, Nana, Zhen'er, Sister Baoting, and Brother Yao have eaten it, and they all think it tastes okay. Xiang Kun knows that at this time, don't be overly modest, when it's time to raise the sense of expectation, you have to raise the sense of expectation, Tang Baona said that her grandfather's taste should be similar to hers, so this dish should be able to achieve a better effect.

So Mr. Feng didn't wait for the nanny to serve other dishes, he picked up the chopsticks first, sandwiched a piece of braised rabbit meat and tasted it.

Rabbit meat is delicate, delicious, the taste of Xiang Kun is very fragrant, and there is a sense of layering, there is a little bit of spicy after the entrance, the juice comes out after biting, there is a little salty, and then it turns slightly sweet, the more you chew, the more delicious it is, the more you chew the more rich the taste, after swallowing a piece, you will subconsciously raise the chopsticks to clip the second piece.

After picking up the second piece, Mr. Feng was slightly stunned, and felt that he seemed to be in a hurry to eat, so he couldn't help laughing, put the piece of rabbit meat in the bowl first, and then said to Xiang Kun: "It's really delicious, it's really delicious, your rabbit meat is indeed a must!

"Thank you Mr. Feng for your compliment, I just have a little bit of talent for this cooking, and I am better at making rabbit meat. Xiang Kun said with a smile.

Gao Yao couldn't help but say: "Not only rabbit meat, but also the beef soup made by Xiang Kun is also delicious." ”

Yang Zhen'er said: "The best thing to eat should be dry pot rabbit meat, hey, but in order to please Nana, Chef Xiang will always deliberately make the taste lighter, so it is not so perfect!"

Bao Ting also nodded: "Nana's taste is too light!"

started the discussion with the dishes, and everyone's conversation was naturally aroused, that is, Gao Yao, who usually doesn't like to talk, will also speak frequently, so that Mr. Feng, who has seen this prospective grandson-in-law a few times before, is also quite surprised, I didn't expect "Xiao Gao" to be able to say it?

After eating, everyone changed the tea tray and began to chat while drinking tea again.

Mr. Feng took the wood carving that Xiang Kun gave today, as well as the "golden glittering wood carving" that Tang Baona handed over last time, and commented while comparing and commenting, thinking that Xiang Kun's "craftsmanship" is indeed very good and has improved.

For the knowledge related to wood carving, Xiang Kun basically has something to answer, and does not deliberately pretend to compare, if you understand, you understand, and if you don't understand, you can't say you can't.

However, when he taught himself wood carving before, he looked for information on the Internet, looked for tutorials, and read a lot of things, and at that time his memory was already very strong, and basically the things he had seen were unforgettable.

After talking about wood carving, and talking about calligraphy, Xiang Kun is really not good at this aspect, and to tell the truth, when I was a child, I learned the Yongzi Eight Methods with the old man next door, and I haven't learned any other skills.

Unconsciously, the topic came to Xiang Kun's recent "industrial creation project".

Mr. Feng himself has rich experience and is well-informed, and his two sons are also in the business world, and they have always paid attention to the Internet and related emerging industries.

Chatting and chatting, Gao Yao couldn't help but mention: "Chairman Lucheng Anlu of 'Shenxing Technology', do you know him? He seems to be from this city?" He is half a fan of "Shenxing Technology", and he pays more attention to various related black technologies.

Xiang Kun secretly praised him in his heart, which was also a question he was interested in.