Oil Paper Umbrella and Tofu Brain

Gu Bai also hastily took a bath and changed into clean clothes.At this time, sitting at the small old desk, he read with relish the Preface to the Lanting Collection copied by Shen Muyuan.

"There are only 320 words in total, can you tell if the flowers are coming or not?"

Gu Bai lightly raised his head to look at Shen Muyuan, then lowered his head, "There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book."

Shen Muyuan teased, "Then do you want the Golden House or Yan Ruyu?"

Gu Bai looked embarrassed, and said something else with twinkling eyes, "Brother Mu Yuan, your regular script is so beautiful."

Shen Muyuan said, "I'll write a copy of running script for you when you finish practicing the regular script." After thinking for a while, he said, "Why don't you take advantage of your free time today and show me your masterpiece."

Hearing this, Gu Bai was invigorated, "How about I write it now, how about you pointing it out?"

Shen Muyuan hugged Mrs. Tang and stood up straight under the quilt, intending to look at the desk three or four steps away.

Gu Bai happily took out the Four Treasures of the Study that he kept carefully.That devout appearance made Shen Muyuan feel really uncomfortable with that cheap and defective set.The dark yellow rice paper is rough and messy, and the brush is sparse and hairless, but Gu Bai still uses it sparingly and cherishes it, stroke by stroke, with full attention and concentration.

On the contrary, Shen Muyuan focused on the serious side face.The edges and corners are sharp and childish, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, piercing and energetic.The young man frowned slightly, and he couldn't describe whether it was good-looking or handsome, but it seemed that he had seen it in his heart.

"Brother Mu Yuan, why are you not like Mr., you are right to remind me of my strokes?" Gu Bai separated his pen, pouted his expression, and complained a little.

Shen Muyuan put away his messy thoughts, nodded his head indiscriminately, "I saw it, it's not bad." Gu Bai took the paper and approached to comment on Shen Muyuan, and Shen Muyuan looked at it seriously with his hand, "This scattered character, two words The vertical is not compact enough; how can the word Jing be the same size up and down, the upper part is smaller and the lower part is big, the structure is beautiful; for lovesickness, the word heart at the bottom would be beautiful if it is so smooth." The slender fingers gestured on the rice paper, one by one Commenting on the past word by word, Gu Bai listened carefully, although he might not understand everything.

When Shen Muyuan talked about the happy place, he threw off the quilt, got out of the bed and picked up the bald brush, and began to write on the other half of the rice paper, in a smooth, neat and concise manner.

Gu Bai was dumbfounded when he saw the two words on the same piece of paper.Beside Shen Muyuan's penetrating ink on the back of the paper, his unrefined handwriting was really horrible.

Shen Muyuan threw away the brush before recovering. Seeing Gu Bai's self-ashamed appearance, he comforted him, "You just lacked practice. Judging by your handwriting, you already have a bit of character. This handwriting is the best The hard thing is to write with a strong character, some people may not be able to write in their entire life, if you practice your handwriting more, you will be able to write good handwriting that is not inferior to mine." Only in this way, Gu Bai regained a little lively.

Originally, it is meaningful to compare evenly matched, and what's the fun in unilateral crushing.

Gu Bai spread that word on the table like a treasure, intending to observe it carefully.He said humbly, "Gu Baiding will redouble his efforts to strive to be qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with Brother Mu Yuan as soon as possible."

Shen Muyuan snuggled into the bed again, "You Li Bai's little poems are pretty good."

Gu Bai was stunned for a moment, his face flushed red, "I just randomly turned to this page and copied it down."

"Three five or seven words, a work of sorrowful autumn." Fu asked again, "How much of this word do you recognize now?"

"Most of the words that are often used are recognizable."

Shen Muyuan nodded, "I'll just look at it today, don't need to practice any more. I've just used this pen. After practicing for the first time, I have to find a slightly better set of the Four Treasures of the Study. I'll find someone to give you a set tomorrow. Since it's my brother , and you don’t have to be polite to me.”

Gu Bai pursed his lips, his eyes flickered, and in the end he hummed lightly without saying anything.

Shen Muyuan felt that he was so well-behaved, and was very pleased.

"I haven't slept well in the past two days. I'll sleep first. You also got up early, why don't you come and lie down together."

Gu Bai's blood that had just faded turned up again.Turning around to accept the picture I just wrote on the table, I only felt that it was a bit obstructive to my eyes, and said slowly, "I went to bed early, and I am not sleepy. I will go and prepare some food, and I will wake you up at noon to eat."

Shen Muyuan nodded perfunctorily under the quilt, regardless of whether Gu Bai could see it or not, and went to see Duke Zhou alone.

When I wake up, I feel refreshed.His suit of clothes was neatly folded by the bed, Shen Muyuan changed into the clothes that had been dried, and walked out of the living room.The rain was much lighter, and the patter was still a little bit unstoppable.On the moss-covered old tile eaves, large drops of water dripped down, landed on the bluestone ground, or smashed into the tile vat in the courtyard.The noise of the street market not far away can be vaguely heard.

The dense smoke wafted from the stove, with the smell of cooking vegetables and the sound of sizzling hot oil, making Shen Muyuan a little hungry.

Lunch is a bowl of stir-fried vegetables, a pot of tofu crucian carp soup and half a roast chicken bought outside.Shen Muyuan stopped his chopsticks only after eating four bowls of rice, he only felt that the vegetables and rice were very fragrant and delicious, which suits his appetite.Wiping his greasy mouth, he asked, "What is Gu Bai's plan for today, and how is it on weekdays?"

Gu Bai respectfully replied, "Mr. is giving a lecture this afternoon. I originally planned to go and listen to it. On weekdays, I get up early to make tofu braised marinade, and take it outside to do some business. Wait for the breakfast time to pass. , and came back to clean up. Aunt Wang next door is an old neighbor for many years. She has always helped me, and sometimes she will introduce a job to anyone who needs part-time jobs. If the husband has time to teach, then I will go to the class first. "

Shen Muyuan ate his farewell after eating, and wandered leisurely out of the alley with an oil-paper umbrella, but his heart was always sour and tight, Gu Bai, this kid, it's not easy.

After returning home, I spent half a day fiddling in the study.When he came out again, he sorted out two stacks of books, several sets of pens and inks, and a lot of high-quality rice paper, and sent his personal book boy, A Huan, to deliver them to Gu Bai early in the morning.

When the whole family had dinner at night, Mr. Shen couldn't show a good face to the kid.Let him run the shop with the boss, but he just doesn't have the heart and patience.It is reasonable to say that the boy is good at reading and writing, reciting poems and painting, and getting fame is also a serious matter, but it is perfunctory and perfunctory, not serious.

Young Master Shen was not as harsh as his father, but he also tried to comfort him, "Ah Qing, you are in your twenties now, brother, I think it's better for you to start a family as soon as possible, set your mind on it. You say You just want to find someone you like, but how can you usually see this girl from a good family, let alone get along day and night to cultivate some affection?" Then he looked at his daughter-in-law, "I and Your sister-in-law looked at the arrangements when my mother was there, and now we are also in love with each other."

While feeding the youngest son, the eldest grandma of the Shen family cast an angry look at her husband, her tenderness and charm.I opened my mouth to help my uncle and said a few words.

Mentioning this important matter of marriage, Mr. Shen became even more furious, and slapped the bowl heavily on the mahogany table, "You are really relying on the name of a talented person to think yourself up to heaven, no girl from any family is worthy of you? Every day, there is no righteous action! How many of you are as old as you are bare? You really can't help it!"

Who would have known that Shen Muyuan, a Jiangnan talent who is sought after by others, would be dismissed as such a useless kid at home.

The second son of the Shen family only felt that he couldn't eat well, but he didn't have any other words to argue with.Just waiting for dinner, I found my eldest brother, begged for mercy, and asked him to help my father to speak well in front of my father, so that his little brother, who is not good enough, can move out of the house as soon as possible and set up a family on his own.

Mr. Shen sighed, "Ah Qing, I haven't read many books for you, so I'm not as knowledgeable as you. Some things can't be talked about with you, but you have to know what you want. What are you asking for, what are you thinking? It’s just some empty-headed things. Brother knows that you are used to being free, and you can’t listen to much when you say it. Hey, I read a lot of poems and listened to words. I think so, you don’t know yourself. It’s nothing but ignorant and unwilling.”

Shen Muyuan admired in his heart, as expected, the eldest brother understood him, and he really couldn't listen to a word.With an agreeable expression on his face, he obediently sent the elder brother back to his room.In my heart, I only hope that I can move out by myself as soon as possible, so as to save myself from being taught a lesson every day.

However, he slept deeply during the day, so he didn't feel so sleepy at night.He sent Ah Huan to the county magistrate's young master for a while, and when he came back to report, he held up an umbrella by himself again and went to the appointment.Before leaving, he did not forget to remind Ah Huan that he must not forget what he will do tomorrow morning.

The youngest son of the county magistrate is named Shuhao and named Hanyuan.Shen Muyuan and Shen Muyuan can be regarded as brothers who have been worshiped since childhood, and they usually call each other by their first names.The two recite poems and compose poems, and they can't forget the elegance of enjoying the moon with wine.

Well!A young man is in vain if he is not romantic.How can this serious spring night be wasted.