Chapter 66 Zhang Shiqi's Gift
"Peking University?"

"It's settled. I just had a physical examination today and am waiting for the admission letter."

After saying this, Li Changhe picked up a piece of cabbage with chopsticks and started to eat it with a bowl, slurping it up.

I don’t know if it’s a matter of time, but these days a simple dish of cabbage stewed with meat tastes really good.

"So confident? Are you sure you have enough points?"

Zhang Shiqi looked at Li Changhe and asked thoughtfully.

Li Changhe smiled and put down the bowl in his hand.

"I'm not bragging, I have the highest score in liberal arts in the whole Yanjing!"

"In the past, I would have been the top scorer. Wouldn't it be easy to get into Peking University?"

Li Changhe was usually low-key in front of others, but he didn't need to be low-key in front of Zhang Shiqi.

He also discovered that this old man has high standards, and if you try to be low-key with him, he will just sneer in his heart.

"I didn't expect you to have this ability."

Zhang Shiqi looked at Li Changhe in surprise, then suddenly put down the bowl, stood up and walked to the head of the bed.

He rummaged around there and suddenly a secret box came out. Then Zhang Shiqi took out a rectangular red wooden box and brought it over.

"Hey, I said before that if you were admitted to Peking University, I would give you something. Now that you have been admitted, I will give you this thing!"

Zhang Shiqi placed the wooden box on the table next to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe was a little surprised when he saw it.

"What's this?"

"Mahogany?"

Looking at the red box, Li Changhe picked it up and asked subconsciously.

Hearing Li Changhe's words, a trace of disgust appeared on Zhang Shiqi's face, and he felt a little regretful at this moment.

This kid knows nothing about antiques, he's really blind.

"If you don't know someone next time, don't make blind guesses."

"This is called lacquer carving, a type of lacquer carving art."

"Red?"

Li Changhe looked at the box with some confusion.

"Forget it, Jingtailan knows, right?"

“Of course I know.”

Li Changhe naturally knew about cloisonné.

"Red carving, cloisonné, ivory carving, and jade carving are the four most famous crafts."

"The one in your hand is called a red carved landscape treasure box, which was made during the reign of Emperor Qianlong."

"Go to the Forbidden City more often if you have nothing to do. There are many pieces hidden there."

Zhang Shiqi calmly explained the science to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe looked at the box curiously.

"Just give me this. I thought you were going to get me 'A Myriad of Mountains Are Red'."

When he first learned that Zhang Shiqi had a relationship with Rongbaozhai, Li Changhe was still wondering if the gift this guy gave him would be the painting "Red Mountains All Over" from Rongbaozhai.

The result is not!

After hearing what Li Changhe said, Zhang Shiqi curled his lips.

"Forget about the painting 'Red Mountains All Over'. It is the masterpiece of Rong Bao Zhai and it will not be released now."

Li Changhe became interested at this time: "Housekeeping? What does that mean?"

Zhang Shiqi looked at his clear yet stupid eyes and sighed: "I am even wondering how you know these paintings of his."

"Do you know what Li Keran's "Red Mountains" series was based on?"

"On what basis?"

Li Changhe asked subconsciously, then looked at the way Zhang Shiqi looked at him, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind.

"The mountains are all red, and the forests are all dyed red?"

Hearing that Li Changhe had answered correctly, Zhang Shiqi nodded and said, "You are smart." "The mountains are all red, red is the key, do you understand?"

Li Changhe suddenly understood at this time. No wonder Zhang Shiqi said that it was their house-guarding item.

Wow, so this is the root cause!

No wonder Rongbaozhai doesn’t sell it.

"Okay, don't worry about that painting. Maybe they will sell it in another thirty or fifty years."

"But the thing I gave you can also be used as an heirloom."

Zhang Shiqi said calmly.

"Let me see what this is?"

Li Changhe curiously opened the copper lock on the box, then opened the lid and saw a set of emerald green jewelry inside, including a necklace, a bracelet, a ring, and earrings.

“Is this emerald?”

Li Changhe looked at the jewelry in the box and asked in surprise.

"Yes, this set of old green jadeite came from the Qing Palace."

"From the Qing Palace? From that old witch Cixi?"

Li Changhe remembered that the old lady Cixi liked jadeite.

"What are you thinking? The old woman's grave has been dug up, how can I give you this?"

"Besides, this set really didn't appeal to her at the time."

Zhang Shiqi then began to explain to Li Changhe.

"If we talk about the popularity of jadeite, it was not Empress Dowager Cixi, but Emperor Qianlong who really started it. Emperor Qianlong liked it."

"But the colors they like are different from the colors in front of us. At that time, the Qing Palace paid attention to Zhengyang Green and Huangyang Green, not this old green."

"So this set, I guess it was probably given to a concubine."

"But when the Republic of China came, people's preferences changed, and this old green became the new favorite. It was even given a particularly fashionable name, such as emerald, which is the same name as a foreign toy."

"In my opinion, the quality of this old green is indeed better than Zhengyang Green and Huangyang Green. I kept it when I got it."

"I originally wanted to keep it for my daughter as a family heirloom, but with the wind direction before, I didn't dare to give it to her."

"It's even better now. You've lost your family and your life. There's no point in keeping it. Since you're getting married to that girl, I'll give it to you."

"The bracelet is not too small. I saw Zhu Lin's wrist the other day and it's definitely suitable for her."

Zhang Shiqi said this with some boredom at this time.

Li Changhe glanced at him and sighed slightly in his heart.

He didn't know about Old Green, but he knew about Emerald.

The emerald is now called emerald in the Republic of China. After a few years, people disliked the name emerald because it was the same as the name of Western gems, so they changed it and gave it a more fashionable name.

That's imperial green!

In his previous life, Li Changhe also studied some jade knowledge and watched some videos when he was writing. After all, gambling on jade and appraising treasures are also commonly used elements in cities.

Judging from the color and water quality, the set given by Zhang Shiqi is indeed top-notch jadeite, and it is very likely to be imperial green grade jewelry.

It is not wrong to say that this set of jewelry will be as valuable as "A Thousand Mountains Are Red" in the future.

"Master, are you really willing to give me such a good thing?"

Li Changhe asked with a smile at this time.

"Take it away. Now that I see it, it only makes me sadder and makes me think of my daughter all the time. Alas!"

Zhang Shiqi really seemed to not want to keep the jewelry, and waved his hand for Li Changhe to take it away.

"Okay, just for this set of jewelry, I will definitely hire a nanny and a chef for you in two years, so that you can live comfortably in the future."

At this time, Li Changhe made a promise to Zhang Shiqi.

Zhang Shiqi glanced at Li Changhe and smiled indifferently: "Okay, I'll wait!"

"Come on, let's have a drink!"

The two small wine glasses then gently touched each other.

(End of this chapter)