After school started, both Meng Tang and Wei Chuan became busy. The Cubal divisional race was about to be played, and Wei Chuan was so busy that he had no time to spare.
Fortunately, Meng Tang is not the little girl waiting behind him.
In addition to professional classes and wood carving classes, the courtyard also gave her a special activity of intangible cultural heritage handicrafts.
Meng Tang didn’t want to accept it at first, but he couldn’t resist the teacher’s force.
She said that as a descendant of boxwood carving, she should set an example and pass on the craft.
Obviously many other students could do it, but Meng Tang still went with Tan Xi in the end.
There is an intangible cultural heritage workshop in the school. Those who participate in it have to carve some things, such as bookmarks, school emblems, etc., and finally take them to the art market to set up stalls.
The cycle of this event is quite long. Led by Meng Tang and Tan Xi, everyone gathered together to plan the event.
After the event is confirmed, you still have to go through the most important design process. After the design is completed, you need to purchase and prototype, and the core carving period takes two or three weeks.
Meng Tang did the math, and the timing was quite coincidental. The art market would probably be opened after the Weichuan competition.
The days went by slowly, and Meng Tang and Wei Chuan had not contacted each other for more than ten days.
But in the shared photo album, there is a photo of him training every day.
Even with the filter, Meng Tang could still see the fatigue between his brows and eyes and the sweaty jersey.
Mengtang didn't have any words of comfort. He posted a picture of what he did every day, and paired it with a few words about what he did today. Wei Chuan felt like he had been given a shot of chicken blood again.
The comments left to her were all "kiss".
By sharing the little secrets in the photo album, it is not difficult for them in the stage of love.
Meng Tang once again entered the intangible cultural heritage activity workshop with Tan Xi, and many people had already arrived.
Meng Tang smiled when he saw a girl carving a framed painting with the words "displayed" written on it. A college student knows college students.
Tan Xi approached her: "What are you carving today?"
Meng Tang took out a piece of paper, and various gadgets suddenly appeared on the paper:
Parrots, guitars, peanuts, dragonflies, potted plants, gourds...
"This peanut is so cute." Tan Xi said with a smile.
Meng Tang sat down, took out a carving knife from the side, and said, "Come on, there are so many, I don't know when we will finish it."
Someone took a mobile phone and connected it to the speaker to play some meditative tunes. A group of people worked hard all day long. Their hands were sore and their waists hurt, but their hearts were satisfied.
After Meng Tang returned to the dormitory, he took a shower as quickly as possible.
Xie Lingyin's bed was next to hers. He saw her wiping her hands with hand cream over and over again, so he leaned over and took a look.
"Why are your hands... so broken? Are you applying hand cream to them? Are you crazy?"
"It's not broken, it just looks red." Meng Tang said, "There are just some indentations and scratches. The amount of carving today was a bit excessive."
Small objects are very labor-intensive, and the skin is considered good if it is not worn.
"How many more days will it take to carve?" Xie Lingyin asked.
"Soon." Meng Tang didn't want her to worry.
"Wei Chuan will compete soon, do you have time to watch?"
"There is not much time at the airport ahead, let's wait for him in the finals. I don't know what his name will be this year."
"Why are you suddenly worried about this?" Xie Lingyin laughed, "You didn't trust him very much before?" Meng Tang said: "It's useless for me to just trust him. Didn't they lose a veteran this year? Newcomers need to get used to the team."
Xie Lingyin: "Xu Heqing seems to have told me about this. It's okay. The coach of the men's basketball team is always annoying."
"I hope so." Meng Tang stood up, "I'm going to sleep first."
"Let's go."
She touched her phone and opened the photo album. She already had the latest photo.
It is a selfie of Wei Chuan, with only the words "Miss you" in the text.
Meng Tang commented "Good night" below.
Wei Chuan's team has gone through a round of running-in with the alternation of old and new players. At the beginning of the competition, all shortcomings were exposed.
The feeling of training on weekdays is different from actually playing on the field, and my performance on the field is a bit unstable.
Compared to the previous team's tacit cooperation, this time there were obvious fluctuations.
But Coach He will stabilize people's hearts, and Wei Chuan is the backbone of the team. These two people are emotionally stable and have excellent skills. In the mid-term competition, they forced the newcomers to grow overnight.
The competition in the divisional competition is intensive, and the several games are played with great intensity, and those who survive are all capable.
After two rounds of fighting in the group stage and knockout round, Wei Chuan still performed stably and led the Z men's basketball team to the final victory.
Compared to last year, winning this year was a little more difficult.
But it is worthy of celebration and encouragement. After Meng Tang learned about the transfer, he made the final handover of details with the person in charge of intangible cultural heritage campus activities.
The art market is located in the central square of the school. It is the core area of the school that connects the teaching buildings and the library. It has a large flow of people, but it is a bit far from the sports center.
The official campus platform and administrative system have notified students of this activity.
The counselors also posted specific activity details in various groups.
On the last day of March, campus activities on intangible cultural heritage handicrafts began in a lively manner.
It was Friday again, and within a few minutes of students rushing out of the teaching building, they completely occupied the central square.
Meng Tang and Tan Xi were guarding their stalls and were shocked to see the shouting from the other side.
Meng Tang reached out to Tan Xi: "Do you still want to shout? Why don't you just wait for others to buy?"
Tan Xi shrugged: "Currently, no one cares about our stall."
Meng Tang: "..."
She couldn't shout.
Tan Xi sighed: "Then... what if we can't sell it? These are the carvings we worked so hard on, and our hands are worn out."
"I still believe in my craftsmanship." Meng Tang said, "Wait a minute. "Alright."
The two waited for a while, but no one showed up. Tan Xi stood up, looked at the stall, and then at his own stall, and felt that something was not right.
Meng Tang followed and took a look, and realized that other people's booths were decorated with great care. The two of them just took the paper shells and wrote ten yuan each, which was completely devoid of aesthetics.
After talking to Tan Xi about his idea, Tan Xi had no choice but to think about it: "Aren't we thinking about winning with quality? Where can we find materials and decoration materials to revitalize this little stall?"
Two people who were highly confident in their craftsmanship failed in the decoration.
Mengtang's cell phone rang, and a photo was uploaded to the shared album. It was taken by Wei Chuan in the bus. The text read: On the way back.
Meng Tang raised the corners of his mouth and stared at it for a long time.
"What are you looking at?" Tan Xi leaned over, "Hey, the people who went out to fight for the school are back."
Mengtang put away his phone, concealed his excitement and shyness, and pulled Tan Xi back to the stall.
Tan Xi approached her: "Hey, you can ask your boyfriend to come."
Meng Tang looked at her: "Why did you let him come?"
Wei Chuan must have been tired from the past few days of competition. Although Meng Tang missed him, he didn't want to ruin his rest rhythm. After the national competition, the training level will only be greater.
"You are stupid," Tan Xi said, "As soon as he came, these things of yours were sold in two minutes."
Meng Tang accepted it immediately, holding the bird carved on the stall and pecking at the table.
“I’m at school, where are you?”
Meng Tang said, “Of course I’m at school too. How are you, are you tired?”
“It’s okay.” Wei Chuan said, "You've rested after the competition. You don't have any classes this afternoon, right? Didn't I promise to take you to Cuiyun Mountain Highway to see the wild cherry blossoms? The time is just right. It's already been busy these two days. I made an appointment with Qin Yuan. Tomorrow is Saturday, so I took this opportunity to see the wild cherry blossoms. It's done."
Meng Tang laughed: "It's like rushing through a process."
"There's no way." Wei Chuan snorted, "I only have time in the next two days, so I think I won. It’s the benefit of the competition.”
Meng Tang responded: “Okay.”
Wei Chuan didn’t hear clearly and raised his voice and asked, “Are you outside? Why is the phone so noisy?”
"There is an event outside." Meng Tang did not say directly, "Are you going back to the dormitory now?" "
Wei Chuan said, "It's up to you. You can live there if you like it. If you don't, I'll take you to Compaq."
After Wei Chuan talked about the Cuiyun Mountain Highway, Meng Tang actually checked the route. It was definitely a reasonable and close route from the Wei family's villa, and it was a bit detoured from Compaq.
After only thinking for five seconds, Meng Tang agreed: "Okay, let's go to the villa."
She was still afraid that he would mess with her at night. If he went to the villa, he should not dare to mess around. Chu Yin must have prepared two rooms.
The bus stopped at the school gate. Wei Chuan and a group of others entered the school gate. When they passed the central square, they were shocked at how there were so many people.
Tian Yu pointed to the sign on the largest decorative door and read it word by word: "Intangible Cultural Heritage Handmade Campus Activities Art Market."
Wei Chuan paused and looked over.
Intangible cultural heritage activities? He rolled his eyes and continued to ask Meng Tang on the phone: "Are you in the central square?" Meng Tang was stunned: "How do you know?"
"I was passing by." Wei Chuan said lightly He laughed and said, "Okay, hang up. I'll go find you."
"No, there are too many people." Meng Tang quickly stopped him, "Do you know your reputation? Do you want to cause a 'traffic paralysis'?"
"I'm wearing a hat. Besides, I didn't see anyone blocking me at school all day long. I went there alone, quietly, don't worry."
Wei Chuan hung up the phone and was about to leave when he was stopped by Tian Yu He and Shao Yiming pressed their shoulders on the left and right: "Where are you going?"
Meng Tang pointed ahead: "Meng Tang is setting up a stall over there, I'll go take a look."
Tian Yu and Shao Yiming looked at each other and smiled: "Take one of us."
Others in the team also came up: "Brother Chuan, take one of us."
"Get out of here, everyone. "Wei Chuan laughed and scolded, "Is your girlfriend there too?"
"Maybe." Shao Yiming teased, "There are so many beauties in the Academy of Fine Arts, why are you taking one of us?"
“Go if you like, I’m really convinced.” Wei Chuan shook them off and walked directly to the central square.