$681 You Are Still Too Cautious
Tao Zhixing, Lanxiang and a driver arrived before 12:30.
The four people in the box stood up to greet them. Tao Zhixing said with a smile: "You have only been here for one day, why, Professor Lan said you are leaving?"
After he and Lanxiang took off their coats and put them aside, and everyone sat down, Chen Xiaolong stood up and talked to the waiter to ask for food, and then turned around to open the bottle of Maozi.
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "It's not that I am in a hurry to leave Dunhuang, but the purpose of coming here has been achieved."
He glanced at Lanxiang who was silent and continued: "Professor Lan solved a big problem for me, thank you very much!"
Tao Zhixing was also polite and didn't want to ask too much about other people's private affairs. Hearing this, he smiled and said to Lanxiang: "Professor Lan is really amazing, hehe...
Mr. Chen, Dunhuang is a very small city. Although the population is much larger now than in the past, it was really an insignificant place decades ago."
Chen Pingan smiled and nodded.
Tao Zhixing looked at Chen Shuhui and Chen Yangyang again, "Oh, you didn't say hello before you came. I was quite busy this morning.
So, if you really want to leave tomorrow, please wait a moment. I have prepared a few small gifts for you. Take them with you when you go."
Chen Xiaolong took the wine dispenser silently and put it on the table.
The cold dishes came up quickly. As soon as the waiter left, Chen Xiaolong also divided the wine and placed it on the table.
Chen Ping'an said: "Dean Tao, then I would like to thank you first.
I would also like to thank Professor Lan for taking the time to accompany us to the grotto. This is not a treatment that ordinary people can get!"
Tao Zhixing smiled.
Lan Xiang smiled and said, "Mr. Chen is too polite.
We bothered you a lot in Vienna last year. In comparison, we can do very little."
Chen Xiaolong interrupted at this time and said, "Dean Tao, Professor Lan, your exhibition tour should have been in Paris last year.
My home is in Paris, and Chen Pingan didn't tell me, otherwise I would have invited you to dinner in Paris.
My family's manor is not small, and my sister didn't tell me...
But I didn't know that you spent the Chinese New Year in the Chinese community in Paris last year until I was about to come back this time..."
Chen Yangyang glared at him, pouting a little unhappy.
What she hated most was that others would bring her up when they were about to say something.
Especially when they said that they didn't take her seriously at all.
If it were someone else, she would have stood up and scolded him.
Tao Zhixing nodded with a smile on his face.
Chen Xiaolong continued, "Chen Ping'an is my cousin. He doesn't like to talk about anything.
In fact, he said when he came this time that he mainly wanted to visit Dean Tao and Professor Lan at the Calligraphy and Painting Academy.
Now his wish has been fulfilled, and he will go to the plateau to see other scenery.
But we are not locals, and we don't know much about the situation here..."
He raised the wine glass, "I will toast you two first! Thank you Dean Tao and Professor Lan."
Chen Ping'an raised the wine glass speechlessly, and then drank it with everyone.
The two girls drank beverages.
Neither Chen Ping'an nor Chen Xiaolong would let them drink outside.
Dean Tao said a few polite words, picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
Lan Xiang took the tea placed next to her and took a sip to suppress the smell of alcohol.
Chen Pingan said: "My cousin just said that we are not familiar with each other. Does Dean Tao have any friends in a travel agency that he can trust?
I want to go to Labrang Monastery, and then go to the Tibetan area to learn about thangka."
Tao Zhixing put down his chopsticks and said: "Of course there are friends in the travel agency. If you need it, I will ask him to contact you later.
But they are not willing to go to the plateau in this season. It is too cold there.
I don’t recommend you to go now. Altitude sickness is a terrible thing.
If something really happens, if the weather is bad, the helicopter can’t go up.
I personally suggest that you go in summer. It will be better. Whether it is weather or scenery, it is much better than now."
Chen Pingan hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Lanxiang spoke at this time: "What Dean Tao said is from the bottom of his heart.
Some people have a better tolerance to altitude sickness, as long as they don't do strenuous exercise or carry oxygen cylinders.
But some people can't stand it even with oxygen.
Once there is a blizzard, you can't see the road, and it's difficult for rescue to arrive quickly."
When Chen Shuhui heard this, she looked at Chen Yangyang, and then felt it was terrible.
They had only seen this kind of thing on the news, and had never experienced it personally.
Chen Pingan nodded, "Yeah, I understand."
Chen Xiaolong didn't say anything else.
People have advised him, if he still wants to go, if something happens, he will be known as ignorant.
Not worth it!
He came here to accompany Chen Pingan, and of course everything is based on Chen Pingan.
No one mentioned this topic again.
During the meal, Tao Zhixing briefly explained the differences between Buddhist believers in Tibet.
The Red and Yellow Sect is different...
Lan Xiang never refused the wine, smiling, and took the initiative to stand up and clink glasses with the four people on Chen Pingan's side.
She was not so proactive during the reception last night.
The meal was quite comfortable, especially since Tao Zhixing, although he was the vice president, knew a lot about Buddhism.
Lanxiang obviously knew about it, but she didn't interrupt much.
After dinner, Chen Yangyang and Chen Shuhui drove their rented car to go shopping, and the two brothers returned to their room and sat down.
"When are you going to ask Huo Xiuzhu to come over?" Chen Xiaolong took a bottle of mineral water and sipped it.
Four people drinking from a bottle of wine can't get drunk at all.
Chen Pingan thought for a moment, "Even if we invite him over, no matter what we talk about, it won't take too much time.
We've both been drinking, so in order to avoid making mistakes after drinking, let's not call him first.
If you also want to talk to him face to face, think about whether he might know that you've already taken over. If he knows that you're now the head of the family, how would you talk to each other?
I can probably guess the purpose of his coming, but I don't want to talk to him in this drunken state.
At least, I don't want you or me to have an unpleasant conversation with him..."
Chen Xiaolong laughed, "You're still too cautious.
We're all heads of the family, I'm not afraid of him.
Besides, I know how capable he is.
The problem is that he may not know my ability!"
Chen Pingan shook his head, "Don't forget the people of the Huo family in Paris. It's probably not Huo Zhiqiang but Huo Xiuzhu who arranged them there.
The purpose of the Huo family is basically clear at a glance."
Chen Xiaolong smiled and nodded, "I know, don't worry about it.
There's one thing I don't understand .
You obviously like Professor Lan, why don't you just invite her to go to the plateau with you?
Besides, the two girls and I can go to Beijing to see Grandpa, and it's not a problem to wait for you in Beijing!"
Chen Pingan did not refute or answer this question.
"Okay, I want to sleep for a while.
You can either go back to your room to sleep for a while, or find a room here to sleep for a while.
Huo Xiuzhu didn't come here just for himself!"
Chen Xiaolong nodded and said, "I understand what you mean. Huo Xiuwen told me a lot about Huo Xiuzhu.
I know what can be said and what can't be said. "
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