The thought flashed across Yuan Zhou's mind, but he didn't think much about it.
"Sit here. Lili, go get two cups of warm water." Zhou Shijie gestured to Yuan Zhou to sit down on the sofa and then turned his head and said to Zhong Lili.
"Ok, chairman." Zhong Lili nodded her head and then walked out with quick steps.
Once Zhong Lili went out, Zhou Shijie sat opposite to Yuan Zhou on the sofa and then said, "Look at what you've done. You've been discovered by others, haven't you?"
"Are you talking about the pandas, Uncle Zhou?" Yuan Zhou immediately reacted and asked.
"Yeah. I saw you on the hot search list early this morning." Zhou Shijie nodded his head smilingly.
"Hot search list?" Yuan Zhou asked curiously.
"Yes. It's the hot search on Weibo that you guys often talk about. If I didn't stop them, your place would have been full of reporters," Zhou Shijie said.
"Reporters interview?" Yuan Zhou asked curiously.
"You helped raise so many pandas all of a sudden. Everyone must be curious if you have a mine at home." Zhou Shijie was quite fashionable. He said several internet slang at once.
"No. I have a shop." Yuan Zhou shook his head. How could a mine be more valuable than his shop?
"Haw-haw. You are so naughty." Zhou Shijie couldn't help reaching out his hand and patting on Yuan Zhou's shoulder.
Before Yuan Zhou answered him this time, Zhou Shijie continued asking, "Tell me what else you have done that I don't know, in case you make such a big noise next time."
"The public relations department of the alliance was busy all night yesterday." Zhou Shijie teased with a smile.
Yuan Zhou found that Zhou Shijie didn't seem to be angry. Instead, he looked a little proud. He hesitated for a while and then said, "I have also donated to several foundations."
"You deserve to be the chef that I like. You are so kind." Zhou Shijie sighed with emotion and said proudly.
"No. I have a lot of money." Yuan Zhou clarified again.
That's right. Yuan Zhou's current savings are in the eight digits. He really isn't poor.
When Zhou Shijie heard Yuan Zhou say that he had a lot of money, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Obviously, he thought of something. However, before he could say anything, Zhong Lili came in with warm water.
After Zhong Lili placed the water in front of the two of them, Zhou Shijie said, "These are all good things. It's just that netizens are curious about everything nowadays, especially about a young chef like you. Moreover, they are even more curious about you."
"Mm." Yuan Zhou nodded.
"Don't worry, I've already rejected all those random interviews for you. The most important thing for you is to focus on improving your culinary skills," Zhou Shijie said seriously.
"Of course," Yuan Zhou said.
"I must have said too much. Your timetable isn't something that everyone can handle." Seeing Yuan Zhou agree, Zhou Shijie then thought of Yuan Zhou's strictness to himself and couldn't help persuading him again, "You have to strike a balance between work and rest. Walk around more and don't neglect your health just because you're young."
Zhou Shijie was extremely conflicted. On the one hand, he hoped Yuan Zhou would work hard to improve his culinary skills continuously. On the other hand, he was worried about and concerned about Yuan Zhou's health. That was why he was so conflicted.
"Don't worry, Uncle Zhou. I have other things to do to relax," Yuan Zhou said earnestly.
"Anyway, you have to strike a balance between work and rest. You can't be too tired." Zhou Shijie nodded.
"Um," Yuan Zhou answered.
"Why did you specially come to me today? What's the matter?" Zhou Shijie stopped and drank some water from the cup and then asked curiously.
He was indeed curious. After all, Yuan Zhou didn't like to go out and preferred to stay in the restaurant. Now that he specially came here, there must be something.
"Yes, I'm here to give you a small thing." While saying that, Yuan Zhou picked up the paper bag that had been placed on the ground beside the sofa ever since he sat down.
That's right. Yuan Zhou carried a paper bag with him as soon as he entered the restaurant. On the outer packaging of the paper bag, several words "XXX Communication" were written. Obviously, it was the kind of paper bag that was used to store the mobile phone when he bought it.
"What's that?" Zhou Shijie looked at the paper bag curiously.
"Xi Xi Suo Suo". Yuan Zhou straightforwardly took out a rectangular object wrapped in fine cotton cloth from the paper bag with his hand.
The fine cotton cloth was beige and was wrapped in a thick layer. Without saying anything, Yuan Zhou directly reached out his hand and opened the fine cotton cloth. Then, a beautiful purplish-black wooden box appeared in front of Zhou Shijie.
The purplish-black wooden box was about 20 cm long and 10 cm high. It was square, but the water chestnuts around it looked very round.
Moreover, the surface of the box was covered with black veined patterns. However, these veined patterns were orderly and looked like beautiful peacocks. The purplish-black wooden box exuded a natural and glossy luster, making the entire box look gorgeous and exquisite.
When the box was revealed in front of him, Yuan Zhou said calmly, "This is a box made from the leftover materials that I used to make the bowl stand. I brought it over for Uncle Zhou to play with, and also to see how my carpentry skills are."
Zhou Shijie stared blankly at the wooden box on the coffee table and did not respond.
"It's all made from leftover materials. It's not worth much, and it's not expensive either. Uncle Zhou, please accept it," Yuan Zhou continued.
Only then did Zhou Shijie react. He raised his head and looked at Yuan Zhou. The corners of his old face could not help but twitch. He pointed at Yuan Zhou and said, "Uncle Zhou, please accept it."
Actually, Zhou Shijie already knew about the bowl stand last night. After he finished his phone call last night, he received a call from Carpenter Lian.
Carpenter Lian had called to show off his disciple's thoughtful gift and to complain about Yuan Zhou's reckless waste of God's gift.
Therefore, Zhou Shijie knew that Yuan Zhou used four pieces of thousand-year scented rosewood to make five bowl stands. However, knowing was one thing, and seeing it with his own eyes was another.
Looking at the beautiful scented rosewood box on the table in front of him, and hearing Yuan Zhou casually say that the leftover materials were not worth much, Zhou Shijie felt that he could now understand Carpenter Lian's angry roar last night.
Because as someone who cared and loved Yuan Zhou so much, he could not help but want to beat him to death.
"This is the thousand-year scented rosewood that you used to make the bowl stand?" Zhou Shijie emphasized the words "thousand-year scented rosewood".
"It's the leftover wood for the bowl stand," Yuan Zhou said.
"Little Yuan, you …" Zhou Shijie sighed as he looked at Yuan Zhou with an indescribable expression.
"Uncle Zhou, please accept it." Yuan Zhou pretended not to see Zhou Shijie's heartache.
"Alright, it's fine to accept it. However, don't let that old guy Zhang Yan know that you used the thousand-year scented rosewood to make the bowl stand," Zhou Shijie sighed and said.
"Why?" Yuan Zhou asked curiously.
"I'm afraid that he'll come and tear down my table," Zhou Shijie said and shook his head. He looked at the box on the table and said, "No, he should be tearing down the building of the Alliance."
"Why would he want to tear down your table?" Yuan Zhou said and turned to look at Zhou Shijie's table curiously.
"Because he can't tear down your table, so he can only tear down mine," Zhou Shijie answered faintly.
"He thinks that I'm the reason why you're wasting God's gift. It's his fault for liking to make beads. Such good scented rosewood is usually used to make bracelets, not to mention a thousand-year one," Zhou Shijie continued.
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