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Chapter 69: Pretending to be a pig, not eating a tiger

The next morning, Chen Xiyi was worried about changing the Spring Festival couplets on the door, so she got up early and rushed to Huiniang's medicine shop.

Hui Niang gets up very early every day. At this time, she was cleaning the shop. When she heard the knock on the door, she saw Chen Xi through the crack in the back door. She quickly opened the door, her eyes full of questions: "Xiao Lang, are you getting up so early and you are full?"

"Aunt, I suddenly felt that the Spring Festival couplets I wrote yesterday were not well written. Others were afraid that they would make a joke when they saw it, so I should write a new one and hang it on it."

After saying that, Chen Xiyi ran towards the front hall, and Hui Niang's voice came from behind: "What's the good or bad? If you hang up and change it, it's not good." But the man followed Chen Xi inside.

Chen Xi wrote Spring Festival couplets again, so he was much more careful this time. Although the handwriting looked very good, it was just neat.

Chen Xi opened the door panel and was about to replace it with a new couplet, but saw that there was a shopkeeper Xu from the calligraphy and painting shop next door standing at the door. He was holding a Spring Festival couplet in his hand, as if he was about to post it, but when he saw the Spring Festival couplet written by Chen Xi last night, he was amazed and was looking up at the moment.

"It looks like Mrs. Lu, who has such a masterpiece, has such a masterpiece, why do you need to change Spring Festival couplets?" Manager Xu asked in surprise when he saw the calligraphy in Chen Xi's hand.

"excellent work!?"

Hui Niang was a little surprised. She carefully looked at the Spring Festival couplets hanging on both sides of the gate. With her brief understanding of calligraphy, she had no idea how outstanding the character Chen Xi was.

Chen Xi didn't have the heart to talk nonsense to Manager Xu. When Hui Niang finished painting the paste, he took the stool that Xiu'er brought and pasted the old Spring Festival couplets, but said in his mouth: "The Xu Bo family must be better, we just think it's not well written and afraid of making a laugh, so we changed it to a new one."

Uncle Xu smiled, said nothing, and then began to post Spring Festival couplets by himself.

Chen Xi hanged the New Year's Couplet and breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't let his letter appear outside for too long. If it was seen, it would be difficult to explain.

If it is a knowledge, it can be explained by not forgetting it. Then calligraphy really needs to be practiced over time. He has just learned to write for a while and it doesn't make sense at all.

Chen Xi honestly swept the red paper left after setting off firecrackers at the door in the morning as Zhou's instructions. Not long after, the upper and lower eyelids started fighting, so he simply went back to make up for his sleep.

It was almost noon that Chen Xi was pushed to wake up by Lin Dai.

"Get up, get up quickly. Something happened to the pharmacy. It seems that there is something wrong with the peach talisman you wrote last night." Lin Dai's little face was full of nervousness.

Chen Xi felt a little sad. It was already replaced with the Spring Festival couplet. Something would happen if something happened? He quickly put on his clothes and ran to the door of the medicine shop. He saw that the outgoing county magistrate Han, accompanied by Manager Xu, asked the yachae to uncover the spring couplets that Chen Xi had just pasted in the morning, and was enjoying the words inside.

"Mr. Magistrate, I'm right? This word is also somewhat accomplished." Manager Xu said with a smug look, as if he had discovered something amazing.

Hui Niang and Zhou were watching from the side. There were many people watching on the street. The county magistrate suddenly arrived, and the first time he came out to visit and greet the New Year, there were more people on the street than before, so soon the three layers inside and three layers inside and outside were crowded with people.

Chen Xi sighed inwardly, but he was careless. When he pasted the Spring Festival couplets before, Hui Niang just applied a layer on the outer ring of the red paper in order to save the paste. If she pasted it in this way, it would be easy to be peeled off, and the handwriting inside was not damaged at all.

After Han Xie read it, he said to Hui Niang with satisfaction: "Lu Sun, your calligraphy should be written by a famous artist. It is quite in the style of four famous calligraphy masters of the previous dynasty, Su Huangmi, Cai Zhongmi, Nanguan. It is well written and well written. But I don't know who it was written by, so could he ask him to come out and splash ink on the spot to let this official see the story?"

Mi Nanguan was the great calligrapher of the Song Dynasty, Mi Fu, who was especially good at running and cursive script. Although Chen Xi's characters are still a little different from Mi Fu, they are quite charming.

Hui Niang was completely confused now.

She watched Chen Xi with her own eyes when she was writing yesterday. Although it was a bit unusual for her to see the calligraphy, she didn't feel that it was so good. So Chen Xi insisted on changing the calligraphy in the morning, but she did not refuse.

However, in the morning, the shopkeeper Xu kept praising him. Now even the magistrate admired him quite well, and she didn't know what to say.

Seeing that the situation was not very good, Zhou quickly stepped forward to explain: "The magistrate is here. My child has only been studying for a few days, so he can't tell the word ". The magistrate is probably wrong, right?"

The smile on County Magistrate Han suddenly froze, and he turned around and squinted his eyes to look at Chen Xi standing at the door.

Although he was the magistrate and Chen Xi was just a seven-year-old child, he recognized Chen Xi. When Chen Xi was making a bellows and delivering a playbook, Xia Zhuan mentioned that the Shen family's young son was a bit of a ghost elves. Later, Xie Duo, as an imperial envoy, went to Ninghua County to inspect and control the plague, and Chen Xi personally demonstrated the acne. He was present at that time.

But he didn't believe that Chen Xi could write such good words that are of such charm as famous calligraphy and painting masters at a young age.

Han Xie asked Hui Niang. Although Zhou gave the answer on his behalf, he was not very satisfied and his face turned dark. Fortunately, he was able to maintain his demeanor. No matter what, his promotion this time was due to Hui Niang, so he would not turn against him on the spot.

In Han Xie's view, the playbooks and calligraphy and paintings given to Lin Zhongye, who has been transferred to the left minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, have also played a lot in this promotion. Therefore, I wanted to go to "Siguzhai" before leaving to see if I could take out two more treasures. I accidentally heard from Manager Xu that there were spring couplets hanging on both sides of the medicine shop next to me, so I was very curious and found that the trip was indeed worth it.

"Lu Sun, my official is about to step down as the magistrate of Ninghua County. I wanted to call the gentry from the county to say goodbye together. Unfortunately, the Shangguan was anxious and I was afraid that I would set off in two days. I wonder if you can send this Spring Festival couplet to me and let me go back and discuss it carefully?"

Hui Niang breathed a little relieved after hearing this. She was just a couplet. At worst, she could just write another one.

She quickly asked Xiu'er to reveal the characters, but Han Xie waved his hand and signaled his master to come forward to reveal the characters, for fear that Xiu'er would reveal the characters badly.

After taking the Spring Festival couplets and holding them in hand, Han Xie carefully looked at them and praised them: "It is definitely from a famous artist, what a baby! Lu Huiniang, I will not take advantage of you. Let me send you two excellent Spring Festival couplets."

Hui Niang quickly said, "No, no, if the magistrate likes it, just take it away."

Han Xie showed a "You know your identity" expression and took people away from the pharmacy. On the way, he kept bragging to his master how good this letter was.

The onlookers were talking and gradually dissipated.

After the person finished walking, Yi's family returned to the shop. Zhou stared at Chen Xi and said, "Tell me, what's going on? How did you attract all the magistrates?"

Chen Xi looked at Hui Niang, and at this time Hui Niang also looked at him with confusing and questioning eyes.

Chen Xiyi looked innocent: "Mom, aunt, I don't know what happened. You saw it when I was writing yesterday. It was not brought from outside at all. The county magistrate insisted that it was written by a famous artist. Maybe he was confused and admitted his mistake, right?"

Hui Niang shook her head slightly: "It's reasonable for us ordinary people not to understand calligraphy, painting and calligraphy, but they are old parents in this county. I heard that County Magistrate Han likes something very much. He had bought some calligraphy and paintings from the shop next door before. He was a person who knew how to appreciate it. Logically speaking, it's unlikely that he would misunderstand it."

Chen Xi evaded: "If a person fails, a horse will make a mistake, or the magistrate claims to be of high level of appreciation, so he will miss it. I really think the handwriting was not written well yesterday, did I say it?"

Zhou frowned, his face full of confusion: "Although I can't read, I look at the words you made yesterday, which are really ugly. They are not as good as those you write on weekdays, and I don't know what the magistrate looked at. I have to say that the one you made yesterday is good. Or he is really a devil."

It was difficult to explain what was originally difficult to explain, even Hui Niang was skeptical after Zhou's words. Finally, Chen Xi was careless and said that she would write a new spring couplet and post it. Hui Niang put it down for the time being, but after Shen Xi wrote a spring couplet that looked static and neat, she still looked at Chen Xi from time to time.

If it were an ordinary child, Hui Niang would not have too many doubts. At most, she would be mistaken for County Magistrate Han, but Chen Xi's occasionally showing talent is too outstanding.

Hui Niang never thought before that she could become a "girl doctor" that the people would compete to spread by the plague when it broke out, and even be received by the imperial envoy. What a glory it would be?

And the initiator behind this is Chen Xi.

Hui Niang still has certain limitations in her thinking. Even if she was suspicious, she just felt that there should be guidance from Chen Xi behind her. The old man in Chen Xi's mouth became a reasonable explanation.

Finally, Chen Xi was secretly grateful to him. He reminded himself to be cautious and cautious in the future and not to take it lightly at any time.

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