At that time, he remembered that when Gu Qiaoqiao was young she learned sculpting from her grandfather, and she was extremely skillful with her hands, so he gladly agreed.
He immediately called his father to send the set of carving tools Gu Qiaoqiao had left at their home in the Imperial Capital.
After receiving the carving tools from the Imperial Capital, Gu Qiaoqiao began sculpting.
The way Gu Qiaoqiao looked while seriously sculpting was something he had never seen before.
Perhaps because she hadn't used the carving tools for a long time, her technique was somewhat awkward at first. But once she got the hang of it, watching her sculpt became a pleasure.
During that period, he was on a break and rarely went on assignments. Even if he did, he'd be back in about three to four days, and it was already the summer of 1988.
Gu Qiaoqiao planted flowers in the yard, those that were easy to cultivate yet bloomed beautifully—cosmos, which the locals called scarlet sage.
