Siheyuan: Traveling through Sizhu, the scumbag father ran away at the beginning

Suddenly, Qi Qianshi looked at He Yuzhu and Xu Huizhen curiously and asked, "I remember you were running a tavern, why are you all at home today? Aren't you going to close the tavern today?"

Xu Huizhen replied, "Mr. Qi, you may not be able to guide me. My tavern has joined the public-private partnership, but the manager Fan Jinyou sent by the government is really annoying. He fired Yuzhu and made me a waiter."

He Yuzhu said nonchalantly: "It's okay, we are just taking a few days off and will go back to the pub after a while.

After all, Xu's Tavern is my father-in-law's life's work.

Niu Ye, who was already slightly drunk, said dissatisfiedly: "You don't know that Fan Jinyou is just a bluffing waste.

His ugly face makes us old customers feel disgusted by him! He forced you two to leave a few days ago... We old customers also left that day and never went back. "

"I said it right there that day. If you two weren't there, I would never go to the Xu's Tavern to drink! To hell with that bastard Fan Jinyou!"

Xu Huizhen was very grateful when she heard this, and asked anxiously: "Master Niu, how can you live without wine these days? I know you can't live without wine at every meal."

Uncle Niu is a veteran alcoholic. He will feel very uncomfortable if he does not have alcohol to drink for a while.

Uncle Niu sighed, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then slowly said: "I really haven't drunk a drop of wine these days! I'm so greedy!"

"I just learned that Mr. Qi was coming to your house as a guest, so I shamelessly followed him, just to have a few sips of your wine!"

He Yuzhu was delighted when he heard this, and said generously: "Uncle Niu, for your support for us, I will bring you three pounds of good wine today to satisfy your craving! Anyway, Huizhen and I will return to the tavern in a few days, and then we will definitely invite everyone to our tavern for a drink!"

When Uncle Niu heard that he could take three kilograms of wine back to drink, the gloom on his face instantly disappeared and he was filled with smiles.

"Oh, how can I do this?" Grandpa Niu rubbed his hands and said, "I can't take this wine for free, right? I still have to pay for it!"

Xu Huizhen smiled and said, "Uncle Niu, why are you being so polite? Please don't mention money. If you mention money again, it will hurt our friendship!"

She then changed the subject: "But next time you come to our bar to drink, you have to pay for the drinks!"

Liang Sicheng was a public official. When he heard about Fan Jinyou's evil deeds in Xu's Tavern, he was furious and said, "Fan Jinyou is messing around like this. The tavern won't be able to operate for long! The Military Control Office will never condone such behavior!"

Old Yu on the side waved his hand at Liang Sicheng and changed the subject: "Let's just drink as much as we can! Let's put all these troubles aside! Today I want to see Old Qi show off his painting skills, so that everyone can see for themselves whether he is truly a master painter!"

He Yuzhu nodded in agreement: "Mr. Yu, I fully agree with your suggestion! Mr. Qi's paintings have not yet fully demonstrated their value, but we will wait and see in a few years or decades. The price of Mr. Qi's paintings... will definitely be extremely high."

When listening to Lao Yu talking about Qi Qianshi's paintings, He Yuzhu's mind flashed back to a scene in which Qi Qianshi's painting "Shrimp" was sold for 200 million yuan at an auction in his previous life, which was far more valuable than the shrimp in the painting.

He Yuzhu said hurriedly: "Mr. Qi, could you please draw a picture of cicada for us? After all, my family has already collected your painting "Shrimp"!"

Hearing this, Qi Qianshi felt a little embarrassed. Painting a cicada was obviously much more complicated than painting a shrimp, and he didn't want to agree.

At this time, He Yuzhu recalled what his master Li Guodong once said casually: "Qi Qianshi is a good person, but it's a pity that he loves money and beauty. When he gets angry, he is like a child. He is really disrespectful to his elders, haha!"

He Yuzhu's mind was stirred, and an idea quietly came to him. He approached Qi Qianshi and whispered, "Mr. Qi, I have a book called "The Art of Bedroom" which was given to me by my master! Maybe it can inspire your creative desire to draw a cicada painting for us?"

Hearing this, Qi Qianshi's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he also asked softly: "Oh? Are you serious?"

He Yuzhu responded confidently: "Absolutely true!" He did have a set of "inner house skills", and this book actually came from his other master Zhang Jianguo, not from Li Guodong.

But he didn't lie. What my master gave it to me was nothing wrong, right?

When people around saw He Yuzhu and Qi Qianshi talking in low voices, they were all confused.

Although the two of them showed a strange expression from time to time, making people wonder if there was some unknown "good thing" hidden.

However, Qi Qianshi didn't care about people's eyes at all. What he wanted most now was how to exchange for the precious "The Art of Bedroom" from Li Guodong.

Because this book is said to have the effect of increasing a man's endurance and balancing the yin and yang of the human body. He had asked Li Guodong for it many times before, but Li Guodong always made excuses and refused to lend it to him.

Now he can get the book for just one painting, which is a great deal.

Qi Qianshi agreed to He Yuzhu's request to paint a cicada, and He Yuzhu immediately went to get the necessary painting tools and ink.

Qi Qianshi slowly calmed down his breathing which had become rapid due to excitement, then he calmed down, slowly picked up the paintbrush, and gently placed it on the newly ground inkstone. With his eyes slightly closed, Qi Qianshi sketched out the picture of a cicada in his mind, and then he suddenly opened his eyes, and the brush, like a living thing, jumped onto the prepared drawing paper.

As Qi Qianshi's movements were as smooth as flowing water, a cicada resting quietly on a branch gradually appeared on the drawing paper.

When people walked closer to take a look, they found that the motionless cicada seemed to be chirping silently, and it seemed as if it would jump out of the drawing paper in the next moment.

Looking at this amazing cicada painting, everyone applauded and praised Qi Qianshi for his excellent painting skills. He said that he is still strong despite his age and his reputation is well-deserved.

Mr. Niu, who makes a living by appraising treasures, exclaimed: "Mr. Qi, your skill in painting cicadas is as superb as your skill in painting shrimps! The cicada painting, which seems simple at first, actually contains deep meaning. Many people who don't know Chinese painting may think that painting cicadas is easy, but in fact, it is very complicated, especially how to delicately paint the wings of the cicada, which is a great challenge."

The cicadas painted by Qi Qianshi are as lifelike as real living cicadas.

Qi Qianshi paid particular attention to details, and endowed the cicada with a soul through his brushstrokes: the transparent thin wings outlined by fine lines seem to be vibrating alive, making the viewer immersed in the painting and linger.