Chapter 20 Looking for Materials

Since Huo Guanyu sent the invitation letter of the root carving competition, Ning Xue swept away the melancholy and lonely feelings of the day before yesterday and went out with her brother Ouyang Hongxuan. Of course, they have another purpose for this trip.

According to the consistent rules of the competition, there are two links in the competition. First, the participants provide their own best work and send it to the judging committee. Second, on the day of the competition, the materials will be provided by the competition organizing committee, and the participants will improvise. Combined with two scores, the top three of the game are produced.

For these two links, Ning Xue is bound to win, but unfortunately, she can only fight side by side with Huo Guanyu as a special guest this year. However, she was already very lucky to be banned. Therefore, this time, she pays more attention to this opportunity than ever. She understood that this was her turnaround, if she could not reproduce her superb knife skills and her perfect carving skills on the day of the competition. Then, there is really no place for her in the root carving world.

Anyway, do your best! Ning Xue said to herself secretly.

Ouyang Hongxuan took a look, and Ning Xue, who showed firm brilliance, gave her an encouraging hug. Sister, you are the best! Believe me, you will still be the champion of next year's root carving competition!"

With an infinitely warm nod, Ning Xue knew that her mother was no longer the only one behind her, but also a group of people who cared about her like her. She believes that this year's root carving competition is more meaningful than previous years. Because she carries many caring eyes and hearts.

Climbing up a mountain, Ning Xue wiped the sweat on her forehead and sat down on a bright stone.

Ouyang Hongxuan took out the water in her backpack and handed it to her. Her bright eyes were still helping her find where there were withered trees.

After taking a sip of water, Ning Xue took him to sit down for a while. At the same time, it also opened the chat box. Hongxuan, is your noodle restaurant closed?

She likes the noodles he made very much. They are strong and the soup is delicious. But why did he open a noodle restaurant in such a remote place? Recently, he is still at home with himself and hasn't seen him go to a noodle restaurant. If the family is not rich, she really doubts what he will pay for the facade rent?

Ouyang Hongxuan replied briskly: "It was smashed and closed. Otherwise, how can I have time to run around with you?

was smashed? Ning Xue was stunned and didn't say anything. The shop opened by the prince of the Ouyang family was actually smashed. People who smash the store must not be ordinary people, right?

After being stunned for a long time, Ning Xue asked angrily, "Do you know who did it? I know someone from the police station, and I asked him for help. Be sure to bring the person who smashed your store to justice!"

Ouyang Hongxuan smiled and comforted her carelessly: "It's okay, it's just a hooligan. Sister, don't bother your friend. I just have time to cultivate our sister-brother relationship with you now.

Looking at what he said, it's not good for Ning Xue to insist on anything. However, she suddenly remembered a question: "Hong Xuan, I heard that you have another brother. Why doesn't he live with you?"

She went back to Ouyang's house three times. She didn't see Hongxuan's half-brother or heard the servants mention it. Now I have accepted Hongxuan, and naturally I have to care about his affairs.

"He? I don't know."

Ouyang Hongxuan looked indifferent, as if the person Ning Xue mentioned had nothing to do with him.

"Isn't it your mother who deliberately doesn't let people live with you?" Ning Xue made a joke.

"No! He doesn't want to be with us. He hates me so much. What else? If it hadn't been for my existence, my mother wouldn't have been with my father at all.

Speaking of this, Ouyang Hongxuan is a little sad. I also know that I am superfluous. Because of me, you and aunt left Ouyang's house. Because of me, my eldest brother became an unwanted child. It seems that it's all my fault..."

"Don't say that. At least your parents don't think so.

Ning Xue never thought that he would think so. Although he has a complete family, he doesn't seem to be living a good life. At least the sadness on his face shows that he is helpless for his life and his family.

"I'm fine, I just want to complain."

Ouyang Hongxuan said with a clear smile. So what if it's superfluous? It's superfluous!

"Bright, Hongxuan, Zhanfeng is your friend, right? Why haven't you seen him for a long time?

Ning Xue still remembers that it was he and Zhan Feng who stunned him that day. Otherwise, with Ouyang Hongxuan's physique, he may not be able to successfully get a living person out of Yu's hospital.

"He has gone home, and I haven't contacted him for a long time. Sister, I'll go over there and have a look!"

Ouyang Hongxuan stood up, stretched out, and ran to the woods on the other side of the mountain with his travel bag on his back.

Looking at his changed mood in a blink of an eye, Ning Xue smiled silently. He is very similar to himself!

Drilling into the woods, Ning Xue really had a hunch that she could find satisfactory materials. Therefore, she followed Ouyang Hongxuan with great excitement and moved forward happily on the winding mountain road.

Finally, on the side of the mountain with the sun on their back, they saw a dead tree falling obliquely in a puddle under the strange rocks that could not see the sun all year round.

Sister, I'll take a look at the tree in the water. I'm not sure. There's something you want.

Ouyang Hongxuan said, quickly put down his backpack, took out the hand saw inside, and was about to walk into the water.

"Wait!"

After the last viper time, Ning Xue has become less careless than before. He turned out the trousers in the bag and handed them to him to put them on. This place is deserted. Who knows what the danger is in the water?

Ouyang Hongxuan obediently put on waist-length trousers, explored the depth of the water step by step, and walked to the edge of the fallen tree.

Ning Xue stood on the shore, and her elite eyes swept around. She didn't see what she longed for around, so she turned her eyes back to Ouyang Hongxuan.

Suddenly, her eyes stopped on a faintly visible black object covered by countless leaves on the surface of the water.

Rubbed her eyes and looked again. She suppressed the joy in her heart and greeted Ouyang Hongxuan to stop what she was doing first.

"Sister, what's the matter?" Ouyang Hongxuan looked at her puzzledly.

Ning Xue pointed to the dark thing in the water and said, "Get that thing up quickly."

Following her eyes, Ouyang Hongxuan saw the floating leaves of the water, a piece of wood-like thing vaguely shaking gently in the water.

A few steps have passed, and the leaves have been opened. A two-meter-long, dark wood appeared in front of you. Reaching out and pinching the texture of the wood, Ouyang Hongxuan's face shocked and shouted, "Sister, it's a piece of ebony!"

As we all know, ebony is a natural variation of regional celestial bodies, which are buried by earthquakes, floods, mudslides and plants and organisms on the ground into low-lying areas such as ancient river beds. Some trees buried in the mud are a solid carbonized wood formed after thousands or even tens of thousands of years of carbonization process under the action of bacteria and other microorganisms under hypoxia and high pressure.

As the saying goes, "A box of jewelry at home is not as good as ebony." Ning Xue and Ouyang Hongxuan were naturally surprised to find such an antique wood here. Whether it can be used as a sculpture or not, it is worthless.

With the concerted efforts of the sister and brother, they took some effort to drag the ebony to the shore.

Ning Xue gasped and walked to the edge of the ebony. At a glance, she turned around and hugged Ouyang Hongxuan and almost cried with joy. Because the shape of the ebony root is like a phoenix that has been spreading its wings. When she first found this ebony, she didn't dare to expect it to be a great baby. Who would have thought that something without hope was a rare treasure. It seems that no one should have too many wishes for anything in the future. Otherwise, I really responded to that sentence - "The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment."

With this baby, Ning Xue still waited patiently for Ouyang Hongxuan to get the tree root out of the water. As she expected, the tree root is very ordinary and not suitable for carving.

Unable to destroy the hard-found ebony, Ning Xue and Ouyang Hongxuan actually carried it down the mountain.

Because they are in a good mood, they don't care about the weight of the ebony on their shoulders. It's just that all the prisoners are surprised, and they don't bother you just because you are in a good mood.

Just as Ning Xue was talking to Ouyang Hongxuan behind him, he intentionally kicked a raised stone, his body lowered, and the ebony on his shoulder slid forward with inertia.

This sudden change made Ouyang Hongxuan behind him have no time to react in the future, so he rushed forward along the ebony. Seeing that he was about to overwhelm Ning Xue, who was still stunned, he abruptly turned to the edge when he approached her to save Ning Xue from falling, but he fell to the ground himself. What's more pitiful is that a weathered stone was smashed by his heavy fall, and his body rolled uncontrollably down the hillside a few times.

"Brother, are you all right?"

Ning Xue was a little distressed to see him roll a few laps and struggle to get up from the ground.

"I'm fine."

Hearing that she finally called her brother, Ouyang Hongxuan rubbed his hurt knees and arms and smiled at her.

Just after saying that, he knew that he had lied. The left ankle is crippled at this moment, and the heart hurts. Every time you move, it will take a lot of effort. However, he still gritted his teeth secretly, pretended to be nothing, and walked towards Ning Xue.

Looking at him staggering over, Ning Xue looked at his feet worriedly. Can you roll around this mountain full of sharp stones?

In order not to worry her, Ouyang Hongxuan pretended to be okay and carried the ebony on the ground on his shoulder. However, as soon as he took a step, his shoulders tilted and almost fell to the ground again.

The ebony fell to the ground again.

"Don't be strong. I'll help you first."

Ning Xue glanced at the ebony on the ground and helped Ouyang Hongxuan to go down the mountain.

Who knows, Ouyang Hongxuan stood there and did not move.

"What's wrong?" Ning Xue is puzzled.

"It's not easy to find such a piece of something you are satisfied with. Why don't you let it go here? Isn't it a pity if someone takes it away?"

"How valuable things are, they are not important to you. There are few people here, and it won't be so unlucky.

Listening to Ouyang Hongxuan's words, Ning Xue was also reluctant. But some time ago, when I was frustrated, it was this brother who enlightened and took care of him. Today, he has been injured for that ebony and can't let him suffer any more.

Ouyang Hongxuan knew what she was thinking, so he took her hand away and walked down the mountain with difficulty. I can go by myself. Think about how to get that piece of wood back into the car?

This is really a difficult problem. Hongxuan was injured. How can a woman move? Ning Xue bit her lip and was a little worried. The roots found before weigh dozens of pounds at most. I'm not very spoiled, and I can barely move away, but now I'm facing more than 100 catties of ebony soaked in water all year round. What should I do? You can't look at such a rare baby and leave regrets in the trajectory of life!

"Sir, can you do us a favor?"

Ouyang Hongxuan, who was about to walk to the foot of the mountain, suddenly made a sound.

Ning Xue looked around and saw a burly and tall man coming from their driving way.

Suddenly, Ning Xue was overjoyed that this barren mountain could meet people. God really helped me!

Immediately, Ning Xue also sincerely shouted to the man, "Sir, please do me a favor. My brother sprained his foot. Can you help me carry this wood down the mountain?

The man at the foot of the mountain looked at the two sisters and did not answer. He just turned around and walked towards the mountain.

Ouyang Hongxuan watched him pass in front of him and nodded gratefully, but the man didn't seem to see him without any expression. It seems that he is not here to help.

Looking at the man who came slowly towards her, Ning Xue also felt strange. Does he feel that he is taller than us when helping us? Oh, it's really short!

The man walked to Ning Xue and was still blind. He didn't look at Ning Xue. He bent down and held the wood on his shoulder. His pace was light, and he strode down the mountain.

This man is awesome! Ning Xue is a little stunned. This hundred catties of wood is as light as a wooden stick to him, without any effort.

After the man went down the mountain, he carefully put the wood into the tail box. When Ning Xue and his brother had time to say thank you, he walked alone to the mountain in front of him.

"I now believe a sentence, 'The world is so big and strange'. This man is just a weirdo!"

Ning Xue looked at the distant figure and said.