Just as Nie Xinghua and his party left, the farm director Pan Wanxing brought people over again to pay New Year greetings.
Another polite New Year greeting.
Pan Wanxing did not stay at Zhang Junping's house for too long. He just had a brief chat and then left.
It’s not appropriate to talk too much during New Year greetings.
After seeing off Pan Wanxing, Zhang Junping drove into the jeep and came to Wangfujing.
Wu Xinping lives in a small alley near Wangfujing.
The New Year is the most important festival among the three festivals and two longevity festivals. If you are a disciple, as long as you are not in other places, you must go to the master's home to kowtow to pay New Year greetings.
Because of Nie Xinghua and Pan Wanxing's delay, when Zhang Junping rushed to Wu Xinping's house, it was already dark.
Wu Xinping's house was very lively. There was no room left in the main room, and many people were standing in the yard.
Wu Xinping's daughter Wu Xin was also standing in the yard, chatting with a group of people who were obviously here to pay New Year's greetings.
As soon as Zhang Junping came in, Wu Xin saw Zhang Junping.
"Brother, have a wonderful New Year!" Wu Xin stepped forward and gave Zhang Junping a blessing gift.
"Happy New Year, little junior sister!" Zhang Junping said with a smile and cupped his fists at Wu Xin.
"Little senior brother!" Wu Xin looked at Zhang Junping and shouted again.
"Little junior sister, are master and master's wife inside?" Zhang Junping didn't understand for a moment and asked with a smile.
"Senior Brother!" Wu Xin shouted again, this time extending a hand to him.
Zhang Junping took a look and immediately understood that this little girl was asking for a red envelope.
Zhang Junping smiled, took out the red envelope he had prepared from his pocket, and handed it to Wu Xin, "I wish my little junior sister will become more beautiful as she grows up, and my painting skills will improve to the next level."
"Thank you, senior brother!" Wu Xin smiled sweetly and gave Zhang Junping another gift.
It’s different when you get a red envelope, this time the small print is omitted.
Just as Zhang Junping was about to go into the house, he was stopped by Wu Xin, who introduced him: "This is a closed disciple accepted by my father. Why don't you hurry up and give New Year's greetings to my uncle?"
Senior brother, these people are all apprentices of other senior brothers and sisters, that is, your senior nephews."
"Happy New Year, uncle!" Everyone clasped their fists and bowed to greet Zhang Junping.
"Happy New Year to all my nephews!" Zhang Junping smiled and cupped his fists in return.
"Brother, you can't just say auspicious words, these are your nephews.
When someone wishes you New Year greetings, why don't you give them a red envelope?" Wu Xin said with a bad smile.
When Wu Xin mentioned it, all the nephews looked at the young uncle they had just met with hope.
This little girl is really quirky and knows how to play pranks.
Money, Zhang Junping is really not short of money, but the problem is that he didn't prepare so many red envelopes at all.
There was a stone table in the yard with four stone benches. Zhang Junping sat on the stone bench.
"Then just follow the rules!" He took out a dozen brand new ten-dollar bills from his bag and slapped them on the stone table.
According to the rules, what are they?
Of course, you only get red envelopes when you kowtow.
Now, it's everyone's turn to be embarrassed.
Come on, Zhang Junping is not much older than them.
But if I don’t fight, it will really be difficult to get through this matter today.
If you don't knock, that means there are no rules.
The situation was a little tense for the moment.
At this moment, a very energetic child of thirteen or fourteen years old ran up to Zhang Junping, knelt down and kowtowed, "Happy New Year, uncle! I wish you good health and a dragon-horse spirit."
"Okay! Uncle Master loves you, let me buy some painting supplies." Zhang Junping smiled and took out a ten-dollar bill and handed it to the child.
Then another little girl of four or five years old ran in front of Zhang Junping, knelt down and kowtowed, "Happy New Year, uncle!"
"Okay! Master, I love you. Let me buy some painting materials." Zhang Junping smiled and handed the little girl a banknote.
With the leader in charge, it was easier to handle. The remaining nephews lined up one by one to kowtow to Zhang Junping, pay New Year greetings, and receive New Year's money.
Zhang Junping felt so happy!
Although I spent some money, it felt really good to be surrounded by a group of boys and girls kowtowing to celebrate the New Year.
After handing out the New Year's money, Zhang Junping stood up and said, "Okay, you guys can chat outside first! I'll go in and pay New Year's greetings to your master and grandma."
Zhang Junping walked into the main room, which was also full of people.
Wu Xinping and Zhou Yuzhen sat on the Taishi chairs on both sides of the Eight Immortals table in the middle.
Then down on both sides are eight Taishi chairs and four coffee tables.
All the eight Taishi chairs were occupied by people, and there were quite a few people standing behind the Taishi chairs.
"Master, Master, Happy New Year! Student Zhang Junping kowtows to you!" Zhang Junping stepped forward and kowtowed three times to Wu Xinping and Zhou Yuzhen.
"Okay, good boy!" Zhou Yuzhen quickly stood up and helped Zhang Junping up, then took out a red envelope and gave it to him.
"Junping, come here and let me introduce you.
This is my eldest son, you call him senior brother, my second daughter, you call her senior sister, and this is my third son, you also have to call me senior brother.
This is..." Wu Xinping took Zhang Junping and introduced him one by one.
Good guy, Wu Xinping has quite a few disciples, and the ones he can solemnly introduce are all his disciples.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come to pay New Year greetings at this time.
Not counting his sons and daughters, there were sixteen disciples who entered the house.
Wu Xinping's eldest son, second daughter, and third son are aged between forty and thirty years old.
It should be the child left by his ex-wife.
The eldest son looks about the same age as Zhou Yuzhen, and even looks older than Zhou Yuzhen.
However, the art world is like this, and it is normal for an old couple to have a young couple.
Counting from his master's generation, they are all of the same moral character, old husband and young wife.
In fact, not only Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, but also their apprentices.
There are relatively few couples of the same age.
Those who engage in art are all idealists, and it is normal to pursue romance.
It is normal for some young and beautiful female students to admire them out of admiration and eventually turn into admiration.
As the saying goes, there is no cat that doesn't eat fishy food.
Not eating means the conditions are not met.
Compared with other seniors in the art world, Wu Xinping is considered a good man.
He married Zhou Yuzhen after his wife passed away, instead of remarrying after divorce.
It turned out that the children of Wu Xinping's ex-wife were dissatisfied with Wu Xinping's marriage to Zhou Yuzhen and refused to enter the house for many years.
Looking at it now, it is still very harmonious and the whole family is enjoying themselves.
It is estimated that after entering the art circle and understanding the things in the art circle, they didn't care much about their father's marriage renewal.
Zhang Junping is not concerned about Wu Xinping's family affairs. He is here today to pay New Year's greetings.
Under the introduction of Wu Xinping, Zhang Junping bowed to all the senior brothers and sisters one by one to say hello to the New Year.
Unexpectedly, he received a lot of lucky money again.
The New Year's money that was just given out in the yard will have one-third of it when I get it back.
With so many senior brothers and sisters standing, naturally he, the younger junior brother, could only stand.
Zhang Junping stood at the door, listening to the chat between the brothers and sisters and his master and his wife.
Zhang Junping originally wanted to be a quiet and handsome young man.
As a result, Wu Xinping refused to let him go.
"Junping, you don't have words yet, right?" Wu Xinping asked with a smile.
"No!"
Zhang Junping was thinking in his mind, is he going to grant a word?
"Then let me give you a nickname! It's considered arty. Nowadays, famous artists all have a nickname."
"Thank you, Master!" In front of so many senior brothers and sisters, Zhang Junping could only agree.
"Well! If you fly with the phoenix, you will be a handsome bird.
Just call him Tong Fei!" Wu Xinping stroked his beard and said with a smile.
Zhang Junping was stunned: Is it so casual?
"Tongfei, I like that you can take your senior brothers and sisters with you." Wu Xinping continued.
"Don't look at your junior brother because he is young. His talent in painting far exceeds all of you.
The current level is not much worse than that of an old man like me.
Don't have any psychological burden. Talent is something God gives you. You can't envy it, nor can you be jealous.
Just like your master, he didn't learn how to draw properly, but he relied on his talent and diligence to learn and ask questions, and eventually became a great master."
"Master, how can we be jealous of our little junior brother!
We hope that our junior brother can become a grand master like Master in the future." Senior Brother said with a smile.
"I'm not saying this today to hurt you, nor to flatter you." Wu Xinping's name for Zhang Junping became smoother and smoother as he called him.
"Tong Fei will replace me as the manager of the painting shop next year.
He has a very grand plan, which is to promote our traditional culture and traditional art to the world.
Organize a world touring exhibition of traditional Chinese art.
Let’s fly together! I hope that when you implement that plan next year, you can give more consideration to you, my brothers and sisters.
Over the years, I, as a master, have not done much to help them.
Masters usually lead their apprentices to hold painting exhibitions and symposiums.
Only I, as a master, will only let them bring their paintings to the art shop again and again to enrich the warehouse." Wu Xinping became quite emotional as he spoke.
Zhang Junping frowned secretly.
He has a plan, but this plan must be implemented step by step to achieve a true win-win situation in the end.
However, now Wu Xinping directly revealed this matter in front of so many disciples.
It is estimated that tomorrow, or even this afternoon, the BJ art circle will know about such a plan.
This is tantamount to disrupting one's own plans.
"So, let's fly together! I hope you can fly together with your senior brothers and sisters. In the touring exhibition, I will promote the works of your senior brothers and sisters more.
Although they can't become phoenixes, they can still be handsome birds." Wu Xinping was still immersed in his own world.
The other disciples, at this time, had changed from being angry and dissatisfied at the beginning to being grateful to Wu Xinping.
"Master, you are wrong! Brothers and sisters are the phoenix, and I am the handsome bird flying with the phoenix.
You forgot, my name is Zhang Junping!" Zhang Junping suppressed his dissatisfaction and said with a smile.
"Haha...ha!" Zhang Junping's words made everyone laugh.
I don’t know if it’s really funny or just for fun.
Anyway, they all laughed happily.
Only Zhang Junping laughed loudly, but his heart was full of bitterness.
I worshiped this master, but I haven't seen the benefits yet. I created a big trouble for myself first.
Apart from anything else, who wouldn’t want to participate in an art traveling exhibition organized by the state?
They gave money and everyone rushed to participate.
Rather than making money, the exhibition tour only enhances their academic status in the art circle.
Everyone wants to participate. There are hundreds of artists at the same level as Wu Xinping, Wu Guanzhong and Qi Gong.
In addition to bamboo and wood carving, jade carving, root carving, sculpture, porcelain, silk, paper-cutting, etc., at the same level, there are hundreds of people who can be called masters.
It is certainly impossible for so many artists to participate at one time, and they will be divided into batches of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 for promotional tours.
Now, the news is out.
Look, it’s time for the Eight Immortals to cross the sea and show off their magical powers.
Not only him, but even Wu Xinping, the instigator, could not relax.
If you are not good, you will offend others.
Not to mention anything else, after Wu Xinping finished talking about this matter, the brothers and sisters all started to take the initiative to get close to Zhang Junping.
Zhang Junping kept his posture very low and talked to his brothers and sisters.
In his heart, Zhang Junping secretly shook his head, Wu Xinping had tricked himself now.
Zhang Junping just chatted with his senior brothers and sisters without saying a word, not even a reminder to tell the story.
It’s useless to say it!
This is human nature.
After about an hour, the brothers and sisters began to say goodbye and left one after another.
Zhang Junping also took advantage of the opportunity to say goodbye and leave.
Driving back to the courtyard.
"Uncle Liu, Aunt Liu, happy New Year!" Zhang Junping knocked on the door of Uncle Liu's house and wished the two of them a happy New Year.
"Pingzi is back, wish you a happy New Year!" Uncle Liu responded hurriedly.
After leaving Uncle Liu's house, he went to Aunt Wang's house. In the courtyard, Zhang Junping went from house to house to pay New Year's greetings.
Then he went home and waited for others to wish him New Year greetings.
Zhang Junping took out a large bag of fruit candies, milk candies, and chocolate candies from the space. These are all imported candies.
The candies purchased at Double Headed Eagle for zero yuan should also be imported candies.
The double-headed eagle is famous for its sweet tooth and love of eating candies.
Of course, their candies are also famous.
Zhang Junping took out another large bag of melon seeds and peanuts.
After a while, the two Huaizhi brothers entered the house with their sister.
As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down, kowtowed to Zhang Junping three times, and said blessings in a decent manner, "Uncle Pingzi, happy New Year! I wish you great financial resources and promotion."
"Happy New Year to you too!" Zhang Junping helped the three people up, gave each of them a red envelope, grabbed a handful of candies, and stuffed them into their pockets.
The money was not much, only ten cents in each red envelope. Zhang Junping prepared the same red envelopes for all the naughty children in the yard.
A dime is enough to make the children happy.
No matter how much you do, even if you create conflicts, you will be taken for granted.
In fact, for children, lucky money is not as popular as candy.
Because even a dime may be confiscated by your parents in the name of helping you save it.
Only candies, melon seeds, and peanuts truly belong to them.
Before Huaizhi and the others could go out, a group of naughty children crowded in.
After entering the door, he immediately knelt down, kowtowed to Zhang Junping, and said noisy New Year greetings.
Zhang Junping each received a red envelope, a handful of candies, a handful of melon seeds and peanuts, stuffing their pockets full.
Just after sending the naughty children away, Li Wenjuan walked in.
"Master, I wish you a happy New Year! I wish Master a prosperous career, and I wish Master and his wife will have a son soon." Li Wenjuan respectfully kowtowed to Zhang Junping three times.
"Get up! Master will reward you!" Zhang Junping gave Li Wenjuan a thick red envelope.
This is his own disciple, so Zhang Junping cannot be stingy. Inside are ten brand-new ten-dollar bills.
"Thank you, Master!" Li Wenjuan happily accepted the red envelope.
"Master, isn't my wife at home?"
"What are you doing? Do you still want to ask your wife for another piece of lucky money?" Zhang Junping asked with a smile.
"No way! If the master's wife wants to give it, I can't refuse it, right?" Li Wenjuan stuck out her tongue naughtily.
"Then I'm afraid you will be disappointed. Although your wife and I have received the certificate, we have not held a wedding, so she is at her home." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Xiao Li, do you know what Shu Xiu is?"
"I know! It's the ancient apprenticeship ceremony!
There are six kinds of gifts, including dried meat, celery, dried longan, lotus seeds, red dates, and red beans.
Dried meat means gratitude to teachers, celery means diligence, and dried longan means..." Li Wenjuan pointed with her hands.
Zhang Junping looked at her with a smile and said nothing.
"Ah! Master, you want to tell me that I didn't give you the Sixth Rite of Shu Xiu, right?" Li Wenjuan suddenly reacted and shouted.
"I have done more than self-cultivation, and I am not without any teachings." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Master, what do you mean by this?" Li Wenjuan touched her head and didn't understand what it meant.
"How did you get into high school?" Zhang Junping smiled and knocked Li Wenjuan over the head.
"This is a saying of Confucius recorded in the Analects. It means, as long as you send me the apprenticeship ceremony, no matter how high or low you are, I will teach you seriously.
Shuxiu originally came from the Analects of Confucius and refers to ten strips of dried meat tied into a bundle.
The dried meat here refers to dried pork or bacon.
In ancient times, pork was considered a despicable meat. Nobles and scholars would not eat pork.
Therefore, ten strips of dried meat are a very humble gift.
The meaning of what I said just now is to tell you that it’s time for you to give me the apprenticeship ceremony.
It doesn't matter whether the gift is high or low, what matters is the thoughtfulness.
Do you understand?"
"I understand, Master!
I will send you a bundle tomorrow!" Li Wenjuan said happily.
Zhang Junping hit Li Wenjuan again and said, "Ask your parents to send Shu Xiu away!"
It didn't matter when I was in the Materials Bureau before. I was just a master who taught you how to purchase. I didn't pay attention to those ancient rituals.
However, now that our master and apprentice are involved in the art world, we must pay attention to ancient etiquette.
You go back and tell your parents that if they are willing to let you become my disciple, ask them to write a letter to do so.
On the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, I was waiting for them in the Dashilan Siheyuan." Zhang Junping said seriously.
"I understand, Master!" Li Wenjuan was also infected and became serious.
"Have you practiced calligraphy at home these days?" After talking about business, Zhang Junping began to take exams and start his studies.
"After practicing, I wrote one big character every day and I didn't miss it all day."
"Write a few words and let me take a look!" Zhang Junping pointed to his book and said.
"Master, happy New Year!" As soon as Li Wenjuan picked up the pen, Xia Guoxiang rushed in. As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down and kowtowed to Zhang Junping three times.
"What are you doing? Why are you still sweating?" Zhang Junping helped Xia Guoxiang up, gave him a red envelope, and asked with a smile.
"Master, I rode to Hongxing Farm early in the morning. Grandpa said that you went into the city to pay Master a New Year's greetings.
After I kowtowed to my grandparents, I went to Master and said that you had just left.
After I kowtowed to Master and Master, I came to you." Xia Guoxiang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a silly smile.