Although Xu Xun wanted to go shopping, he didn't intend to go far. In terms of liveliness, the Qinhuai River in Shili flows not far from his door, and from Taipingli to the west, there are many shops.
Wang Street, Dazhong Street, Sanshan Street, and all the way to Sanshan Gate, there are many department stores, ranging from wine shops, teahouses, silk and satin shops, salt shops, to cloak shops, ready-made clothes shops, fruit shops and bookstores, all of which are very lively. He had never been able to smoke before.
I took some free time to wander around, and now I finally managed to pry open a crack in the stone that was pressing on me. In addition, Xu Tuo still had to consider the gift, so I naturally became more interested in walking around.
Not to mention Ruisheng. He has only been in the city from the countryside for more than a month, and he is not very smart. Unless he is ordered to do so, he will stay at home almost all day long. Now he followed Xu Xun to visit a few stores.
His eyes gradually became unable to turn around. When he passed by a vendor selling candied haws, the bright color made him stand beside it for a while, unable to move. It took him a long time to react, and he reluctantly moved forward.
After a few steps, I suddenly found something stuffed in my hand.
"Master..." Ruisheng found that there was a bunch of red candied haws in his hand, and his face immediately turned red again, "Master, I'm not hungry..."
"I know you're not hungry, you're just greedy!" Xu Xun laughed dumbly. Seeing Ruisheng becoming more and more ashamed, he pursed his lips and said, "If you want to eat, just say it. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Let's go and have a look at the shop in front."
Seeing Xu Xun turn around and leave without saying a word, Ruisheng lowered his head and looked at the fresh candied haws, and finally held it tightly in his hand, chasing after Xu Xun. When he entered the rather elegant shop,
Only then did he realize that the walls were covered with many books and paintings. Some looked like fresh ink stains, while others were written on extremely old paper, which looked very old. He knew nothing about this, so he only knew what to do with it.
Behind Xu Xun, he looked at the scrolls that looked like ghostly drawings, but he didn't recognize any of them, and the scrolls where the strokes were thick or light, and he couldn't tell whether they were good or bad at all.
I remember Jin Liu said last time that Xu Hao loves calligraphy and painting. Xu Xun came out today to try his luck and see if he could find a treasure. However, he turned around and turned around, but he was very disappointed. Not to mention it was a treasure.
, many of the calligraphy and paintings on the four walls are extremely poor. The characters are just like dancing dragons and phoenixes, but the skeletons are extremely ordinary. As for the paintings, they are mostly kitsch pictures of beauties, and occasionally there are a few unsightly landscapes.
He was shaking his head secretly when he heard a somewhat familiar voice coming from behind him.
"It's now, do you still have the leisure to wander around?"
Xu Xun turned around and saw that it was the handsome "young man" who ran home and talked to himself last time. He smiled for a moment. However, he was dressed differently from last time. This time he was dressed in gray.
He was wearing a short brown dress and a funny black hat on his head. It looked a bit like Ruisheng's dress. So, he smiled and nodded and said, "Just look around."
"You are such a stubborn person!" The girl disguised as a man seemed not to realize that her dress could not be hidden from the eyes of experts. She actually glared at Xu Xun with a fierce face, "You are not elegant, why are you here to read calligraphy and painting?
?Do you still expect to be able to buy some good stuff in this shop, or are you planning to use this kind of thing to impress...wait, you can't be..."
Seeing that the other party's eyes were suddenly squinting at him, Xu Xun clasped his hands behind his back inexplicably and simply refused to explain. Sure enough, the little girl looked at him for a long time, then showed an expression of realization and looked at him.
He snorted angrily: "I don't usually burn incense, so I just improvise. Mr. Xu Liu has been in the officialdom for so many years, and he can be impressed by just buying a painting in a small shop? Besides,
I don’t know if you will show up by then..."
Although he thought this little girl talking to herself was quite funny, Xu Xun couldn't stand it when she kept chattering in his ears. Seeing that she was talking to herself and talking with enthusiasm, he remained calm.
He moved a few steps to the side. Seeing that she was completely unaware, he quietly pointed to a painting on the wall and said to Ruisheng, who had been following him silently: "Ruisheng, what do you think of this painting?"
Ruisheng was a real straight-faced man. He didn't pay much attention to the young man who came out of nowhere just now. But when Xu Xun said a word, he immediately stepped forward and carefully looked at the hanging thing in front of him.
It was a long scroll. However, the total number of characters he knew, including his own name, could not be counted on two hands, so how could he tell anything about it? Therefore, at the end, he looked at Xu Xun hesitantly and stammered
Said: "Master, I think it looks like... it looks like an ancient painting..."
"Ancient paintings? What kind of ancient paintings can be found in a store like this?"
The little girl felt that Xu Xun suddenly walked away. She was very annoyed. When she heard this, she became even more angry and immediately walked up. But after taking a look at the paintings on the wall, she frowned.
Of course she had learned about Han paper, Tang paper, and Song paper. Even if it went in one ear and out the other, she still felt something was wrong when looking at this painting, so she had to tilt her head and recall the brushwork of some famous artist. She thought about it for a long time.
, she finally felt that there was something wrong with this painting, so she turned to stare at Xu Xun as she looked at it.
"Hey, don't you really want to buy it?"
"The customer wants to buy a painting?"
Xu Xun was about to answer the little girl's words when a short, fat man suddenly jumped out from the side. He was the owner of this small calligraphy and painting shop. He had been dozing next to him and was awakened by the noisy sound. He was about to get angry when he realized that someone was watching.
Naturally, he was overjoyed when he saw his calligraphy and painting. Even though the two people in front of him looked ordinary in their clothes, he still rubbed his hands diligently and said with a smile: "You guys have really good taste. This is a painting by Li Tang, a famous artist from the Song Dynasty.
It’s also Xiao Ke’s treasure.”
"The treasure of the store?" Xu Xun raised his eyebrows and asked with a sneer, "Does that mean it won't be sold?"
"That's not necessarily the case, as long as you two can afford the price." The short, fat man explained with a smile on his face. Seeing Xu Xun's hesitation, the young man who looked too handsome sneered. He couldn't help but become a little anxious, and quickly said
He smiled and said, "A thousand pieces of gold are valuable, but a famous painting is priceless. Whether you keep it as a treasure or give it away, what could be more appropriate than this famous painting?"
Knowing that this short and fat man was taking advantage of him, Xu Xun smiled suddenly and was about to reject him when he suddenly saw someone poking his head at the door. Although the man retracted his head after just one look, he was so
With sharp eyes, he saw at a glance that Yue Mo looked like a boy he had seen following Xu Jin before. I remember that Xu Jin spent three days fishing and two days drying nets in the clan school. He was no better than himself, who was a broken pot. Moreover, he was with
The eldest brother Xu Dong had been secretly competing with each other, and he suddenly became dissatisfied.
After pondering for a moment, he seemed to be tempted, but he did not look at the short and fat shopkeeper. Instead, he turned to the little girl and asked sincerely: "Do you know the famous Li Tang from the Song Dynasty?"
"Isn't it Li Daizhao!" The little girl snorted softly. She didn't want to say it, but she looked at Xu Xun sincerely and said angrily, "This person's experience is very legendary, he is a fine landscape figure, but
At first, he just made a living by selling paintings. After moving to the south, he was recommended to the art academy by others. He was almost eighty at that time, and he..."
Under Xu Xun's deliberate guidance, the little girl started talking excitedly. In addition, the short and fat shopkeeper beside her nodded with a smile on her face and complimented her from time to time. She suddenly forgot that she hadn't noticed this yet.
Whether the painting was real or fake, Xu Xun was just talking about the stories he had heard when he was learning to paint. Xu Xun kept paying attention with the corner of his eye, and saw the boy looking outside stretched his head twice again, and suddenly jumped up.
Ran.
The little girl finished speaking in one breath, and then Xu Xun found faults and flaws, and actually bargained with the short and fat man every dollar. The short and fat man didn't let go even if he had to bite a hundred strings. This shows that Xu Xun's period
As if he was about to leave, he immediately softened his face. The little girl on the side wanted to speak several times but was interrupted by Xu Xun, and she couldn't help but become even more angry. Seeing Xu Xun kill the price to 50 yuan, her
When his face was almost darker than that of Ruisheng, who had never said a word, a sneer suddenly came from outside the door.
"Seventh brother, you still want to be so messy about such an elegant thing as buying a painting. Our Xu family is going to be so polite!"
While he was talking, the person who came in waving a fan was none other than Xu Jin. He looked at Xu Xun with a smile, as if he was surprised, and then said to the short and fat boss: "Give me this painting."
Get up, I'll buy it for sixty dollars!"
Cheng Yaojin appeared on the way, and Xu Xun naturally darkened his face: "Third brother, don't forget that in business, there is a first-come, first-served basis!"
"First come, first served? I only know that the one with the highest price gets it, boss, is that right?" Xu Jin closed the folding fan at once and saw the short and fat boss nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
Without looking at Xu Xun, he bowed his hands to the little girl reservedly and said, "Besides, good things must be appreciated by others. My seventh brother has a reputation for being uneducated and unskilled, so even if he bought this painting, it would be as good as
The pearl casts a secret shadow, does the girl think so?"
The little girl was about to speak when she suddenly realized the girl's name just now. Her heart was frightened for a moment, so she snorted and kept silent. However, when Xu Xun saw Xu Jinzhi complacently gesturing to the short and fat shopkeeper, he immediately said angrily.
Added another sentence.
"I don't know how to paint, but I also know that sixty guan is not a small amount. Even if the eldest brother is rich, he can't afford it. Third brother, you have a broken courtyard today and a broken painting tomorrow. Third brother, please think carefully.
If it’s a fake, it’s too late for you to regret it!”
As soon as these words came out, the short and fat shop owner came up in annoyance, gave Xu Xun a fierce look, and actually slapped his chest and said to Xu Jin: "Sir, ours is an old shop. If there is any fraud, come back to you."
Smashed my sign!"
Xu Jin glanced at Xu Xun arrogantly, waved his hand to the boy who followed him, took the wrapped painting, and walked out of the store without looking back. When he stepped out of the threshold, he was calm and calm.
He smiled and said: "Seventh brother, this business is all about who makes the quickest move. Don't say such harsh words if you don't have money! Remember to bring more money when you come next time! By the way, I forgot about those things in your family.
All your belongings have been completely destroyed by you a long time ago!"