old grace

The next day, Xie Qinghe opened his eyes in a daze, and smelled the aroma of steamed meat buns.

Jiang Erniang is a very hard-working woman. Xie Qinghe said yesterday that it was inconvenient to move around when she first settled down. She had to go out to buy some food, or make something simple. She got up early in the morning, kneading noodles and chopping stuffing for her younger brother to steam meat Buns to eat.

"Second sister, where did you get the firewood? Didn't you let you do rough work?" Xie Qinghe got up and asked.

Jiang Erniang tidied up the yard again in a hurry, and said: "The small stove is for burning charcoal, not firewood. If I chop firewood, won't it wake you up? Wash your hands and go eat. The porridge is in the earthen pot. The big steamed buns are simmering with water on the stove. Take your chopsticks and be careful not to burn them."

Xie Qinghe was still washing his face, Jiang Erniang had already put down the broom in her hand, took off her apron, washed her hands, and said, "I'll bring it out for you."

So, after Xie Qinghe cleaned himself up, he sat in the clean open room, eating hot rice porridge and big meat buns. Jiang Erniang even brought pickles made by Mrs. Zhang and cut a plate out.

"The buns made by the second sister have different flavors." The reason why Xie Qinghe ate happily is because he tasted the taste of his hometown.

The land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River is relatively wealthy, and every family can afford sugar. When making meat buns, they are also filled with sweet meat. Xie Qinghe is not used to the steamed buns steamed by Jiang Youniang.Jiang Erniang's mother-in-law was born in Han County from her ancestors, and she happened to be able to steam the meat buns with shallots near Han Mountain. When the lean meat was chopped and seasoned, she would add a few spoonfuls of pepper powder. Xie Qinghe was used to eating it when she was a child, and she praised it in surprise.

Jiang Erniang kept it in her heart, and every time it was her turn to make breakfast, she would definitely steam the shallot and meat buns for her younger brother, which she learned from her husband's family.

Hearing her younger brother say that the steamed stuffed bun is good again, Jiang Erniang pursed her lips and smiled.

When working at home, doing well is part of my job, and if I don’t do well, the usual punishment will follow immediately, and I often don’t know the pain in my heart.

After arriving at her in-law's house, after a lot of work, her mother-in-law would occasionally praise her, saying that the family was well taught, and she felt that all the suffering she had suffered in her childhood had paid off.If it weren't for A Niang's hard upbringing, how could the mother-in-law be satisfied?In the end, she became a virtuous woman with a tutor.

It wasn't until that time when her younger brother pretended to be sick that she quickly returned home with Li and spent a few months with him that she knew it wasn't like this.

No matter what she did, all the hard work, my brother will see it.Even if it's just a pot of tea, my brother will thank her sincerely, and never think that everything she does is justified and taken for granted.

When he was at home, Xie Qinghe could do very little to help. Neither Jiang Zhanwen nor Mrs. Zhang would allow his son to do housework.

However, Jiang Erniang still had an unprecedented feeling.

She realizes that everything she does has value and should be valued.Sprinkling, sweeping, roasting, starching, washing and tidying, these tasks are indeed done by every woman, and it is not a big deal if they do it, but if they don't do it, it will be a big problem.

All women can do it, so you can't go to a random woman on the street and ask her to do it for you, right?People don't call you with big ears?

If you find another woman to do it, you have to spend money to hire it.

I came to Yangting County with my younger brother, and I obviously still do those jobs. Whether the people who enjoy my service are dismissive, critical, or thankful like my younger brother, the taste is completely different.Xie Qinghe just got up and didn't help with the work, just sat and ate porridge and steamed buns, and seriously praised Jiang Erniang, who was full of happiness.

After breakfast, Jiang Erniang asked: "Are you going to pay homage to Mr. today?"

Xie Qinghe changed his clothes for going out, took the money, and said: "Go when you have time."

Jiang Erniang was full of surprise: "Isn't it the most important thing to study with a teacher? What else do you have to do? Why don't you leave the chores to me, and quickly take Shuxiu to find the master."

Xie Qinghe didn't talk back to her, and said with a smile: "I see."

Seeing her younger brother going out, Jiang Erniang couldn't help muttering: "You are sweet, but you still don't listen to persuasion. Just perfunctory."

Xie Qinghe wore a pair of comfortable cloth shoes today, and with the idea of ​​exercising, he took a rough tour around Yangting County.Yangting County is not big, the terrain is stable and open, there is a wharf near the shallow water, and it leads directly to the Hanjiang River.Yangting is rich and rich, and there are waterway warehouses, and the scenery from all directions gathers together, which is quite a scene of prosperity and prosperity.

Xie Qinghe walked and wandered, originally thinking of finding a dentist to help rent houses and buy people, but who knows that the city is bustling and bustling, and there are many helpers soliciting business on the road, seeing that Xie Qinghe is dressed gorgeously and no one follows, so there is Many came forward to chat.

Ever since he got to know Li Qian, Xie Qinghe was a little fond of the job of helping people, so he picked someone he liked and kept them by his side, and we walked around the county together.Coincidentally, that group of idlers was also surnamed Li, called Li Jinya, locals, talkative and frank, and told Xie Qinghe all the way along the way to tell the legends of old scenes and what's going on now.

After shopping all morning, Xie Qinghe walked home and found a nearby restaurant, and asked Li Jinya to sit down first, and he packed two dishes and sent them home.

Li Jinya thought that there was an old man in the hall at home, so she walked to the door and hurriedly said that she was going to kowtow.

Xie Qinghe smiled and said: "Only my sister is in charge of common affairs, working hard all day. I will bring her food and come back."

I have never seen someone who went home to pack meals for her sister after she came out to play. This made Li Jinya make a big joke. He said that the deep love between siblings is enviable. Seeing Xie Qinghe go far away, he was still very surprised. Who are they? Could it be a young couple who eloped and pretended to be siblings?

Jiang Erniang has already prepared meals and is waiting for her brother to go home.

When Xie Qinghe left, he didn't say that he would not come back, so Erniang Jiang acquiesced that he wanted to come back. She pityed her younger brother and stole the chicken for a few months. Erniang Jiang specially steamed a bowl of braised meat, sealed the furnace door and simmered over a low fire.

Unexpectedly, my younger brother came back with a food box, Jiang Erniang blamed: "What did you buy, and you spent that money."

What Xie Qinghe bought back was also braised meat.

One was bought from the store, and the other was steamed by Jiang Erniang herself. The two plates of braised pork were put together, and the meat was fragrant.

Jiang Erniang couldn't laugh or cry: "Oh."

Xie Qinghe has already told Jiang Erniang twice, once last night and once this morning, telling her to rest and not to be too busy.This place is a temporary residence, there is no stove, only a small stove, and it is troublesome to get water, making cooking extremely inconvenient.

Jiang Erniang's stubbornness is that no matter what her younger brother says, she will not listen.She has her own ideas.

Yesterday Jiang Erniang said that she was going to make braised meat, Xie Qinghe told her not to be busy, but she still made it today.

Mrs. Zhang, who has a bad temper, might reprimand him. Xie Qinghe originally planned to go to Li Jinya to have dinner together, and talk about renting a house to buy a servant, but changed his mind when he saw Jiang Erniang's pickled meat, and never mentioned that there were other people. While waiting, serve rice with Jiang Erniang to eat.

Xie Qinghe ate most of Jiang Erniang's steamed braised pork, and asked Jiang Erniang to eat the braised pork he brought back.

From the beginning to the end, Xie Qinghe just praised and thanked Jiang Erniang's craftsmanship, and praised Jiang Erniang's heart.

"There's so much left." Jiang Erniang combined two bowls of pork belly and counted, and there were more than ten slices of palm-sized pork belly left. "Fortunately, it's not hot today, so soak it in cold water and return it tomorrow." I can eat it. How about stewing noodles for you at night?"

Xie Qinghe now opened his mouth full of the smell of buckwheat, rinsed his mouth and was drinking tea, and said quickly: "It's better to cook some egg noodles."

Jiang Erniang picked up the food, washed a plate of apricots and brought them out, saying: "In the morning, there are apricot sellers in baskets outside the door. I saw the freshness and bought some. Yangting County is more lively than ours, and there are more things. The price It's cheaper." As she spoke, she asked tentatively, "I'll go out this afternoon and ask about the market for the work that the woman does."

Xie Qinghe didn't object to Jiang Erniang going out to make a living, but he was afraid that something would happen to her because he didn't know the place well, so he said, "Second sister, don't worry about this matter. I will accompany you tomorrow."

He already knew Jiang Erniang's temperament. This sister was used to being violently suppressed by the Zhang family when she was a child. If she talked to her in a less aggressive way, she would just ignore her and not take it seriously at all.

However, if he knows it, he can't reprimand Jiang Erniang, so he has to use another way to influence.

"We might have to move and live in another place. After everything is settled, the second sister will have time to check the market."

Jiang Erniang had to be close to home if she wanted to find a job. When she heard that she was going to move, she immediately gave up the idea of ​​going out: "Oh, good. Then I don't have to go tomorrow. Let's talk about moving - where are we going? Dad Although the place I was looking for was a bit small, it was close to where you went to school..."

Xie Qinghe took two apricots in his hands, shook his hand, and went out again.

Over there, Li Jinya was still waiting helplessly. When Xie Qinghe arrived, the two of them started to eat.Xie Qinghe just ate two apricots brought from home, and half the table was set up for two. Li Jinya ate it like crazy, her mouth was full of oil.

Hearing that Xie Qinghe wanted to change houses, he was very surprised: "It's not easy to find a place now. Ever since Prime Minister Wang said that Mr. Zhuang's Yishu is the best in the world, students from all over the world, from ten miles, eight villages, and other counties have all gone to Yangting We are all ancestral houses here, and there are not so many spare rooms to rent out. You have three and a half rooms, which is already spacious, and I am afraid it will not be easy to get any bigger."

"It doesn't have to be near shallow water, the east side of the city is also fine." Xie Qinghe said.

Li Jinya didn't even ask you why you had to go for a walk in the east of the city because you couldn't live in such a good school district. He already knew that Xie Qinghe was a weirdo.

As for Xie Qinghe still wanting to buy a servant, that's easy.Yangting County is affluent and prosperous, and it is rare to see people who sell their sons and daughters.However, when the family had spare money, they thought about calling their servants and servants, and buying a servant girl to help with the work at home.Many merchants will bring some slaves along with the ship to sell, and those with legal procedures will go to the hands of officials, and those that are not legal will be sent to private teeth.

It takes time to pick a house, Xie Qinghe urgently needs a young man who can work immediately, so he went to Renshi first.

Most of the slaves in the city are innocent servants, and there are also slaves who have been sold by the master's family for generations, or slaves whose master's family has changed.Most of the housekeepers who bought slaves came to pick people in the morning, tidy them up, and let the master see them in the afternoon.It was already afternoon when Xie Qinghe came. At this time, the bustards in Huajie and Liuxiang were the ones picking up slaves in Renshi, and Renyazi mainly sold thin and beautiful women.

At Li Jinya's suggestion, Xie Qinghe spent [-] yuan to hire a Guanya who was picking his feet and drinking tea to help him choose someone.

Hearing that Xie Qinghe claimed that his family had a simple population and wanted to find a young man who could do rough work, the officer immediately thought of the big problem in the market!

That product looks good, but it doesn't know how to be a slave!Do you keep it? You can use it for chewing.Sell ​​it, sold it several times, but was returned every time!It is also said that Yangting County is rich and rich, and there are few vicious people. If you buy unsuitable slaves, you will return them to the market. They will not resell them privately, nor will they intentionally kill others.

Several officials in Renshi hated this man deeply, and wished he could die of illness.

However, this person lived very strong again.People don't get sick, and if they are a little sick, they will recover after two days.Last winter, Youguan Ya deliberately took away his cotton-padded coat, trying to make him freeze to death, but the man got frostbite all over his body, and he survived stiffly.

The few remaining officials can be persuaded to forget it, and they can't be sold to the mine, so there is no need to harm people's lives like this.

"Here, that's him. He's in good shape, can endure hardships, and looks decent when he's washed and taken out." Guan Ya took Xie Qinghe and Li Jinya to the yard, looked at the sluggish man with a straw sign on his head, "It's from an official family in Beijing." As a companion, something happened to the master's house, and the slaves were all sold..."

Before the official words were finished, Li Jinya smiled and said: "Brother Jin, isn't that right? This man is well-known in our county, and he is good in everything, but he doesn't know how to be a slave. The maid of a rich family is Vice-Miss, this is the Vice-Master who waited on Lord Hou, and asked the Huang Family to buy it back, and beat the Eighth Young Master of the Huang Family to his face, that is, the Old Master of the Huang Family was kind and compassionate, so he spared his life just now— ——I just told you that Young Master Jiang is going out to study, and the population of his family is simple, so why are you prevaricating? Return the money for the tea!"

Guan Ya was a little embarrassed by him, and he still laughed: "If he is really a slave, can we not teach him the rules? Zheng Zheng is a good slave, but he is a little... what's going on here, we can't talk about it. We can only Said, you really only want someone who carries water, chops firewood and guards the door, you can’t go wrong buying him.”

Li Jinya wanted to urge Guan Ya to replace him, but Guan Ya glanced at that person, shook his head and sighed, and had no choice but to open another door.

Xie Qinghe didn't leave right away, and asked, "What's your name?"

The man raised his eyelids and glanced at Xie Qinghe, before answering after a while: "Aren't the names all from the master's house?"

"Would you like to do rough work carrying water and chopping firewood?" Xie Qinghe asked again.

The man lowered his head and smiled, and said, "You want to buy me?"

Xie Qinghe nodded.

The man thought for a while before saying, "I am willing to do it."

Xie Qinghe asked Guan Ya: "How much?"

Guan Ya was taken aback, and quickly quoted: "This slave is sold by the official, and the price is 20 taels of silver. If you want to take it back, you don't need to pay for the chewing expenses these days, and add another [-] taels to the middleman."

"20 taels?" Xie Qinghe glanced at Li Jinya.No wonder this person can't be sold, and ordinary boys buy them casually two by two.

Li Jinya explained in a low voice: "Master, this is a sin slave sold by the government. The price is set by the court, and the market cannot be reduced. There are only a few people in the county who can afford it. They sold it several times and returned it." When I came back, no one bought it now. I heard that I wanted to send it to the mine, but I sent it to the ship several times, but it was returned. The mine thought it was too expensive and not worth it-you just bought a boy, so you can’t afford to spend so much money. "

Xie Qinghe still has more than 60 taels of silver in his hand, which is Jiang Yingzhou's own private money, and Jiang Erniang's school expenses are in the hands of Jiang Erniang.

——Jiang Zhanwen knows his son very well. He will spend all his money in his hands, but his daughter is tight.Therefore, he prepared a sum of money for his son, and asked Jiang Erniang to keep it, and told his son to go to Jiang Erniang to ask for it when he ran out of money.

"That's him." Xie Qinghe bought the servant who refused to reveal his name.

This body can not only carry water and chop firewood, but it can also catch thieves and protect it. It is very suitable for Jiang Yingzhou, a waste of firewood, as a servant.

After picking a good person, Xie Qinghe gave Guan Ya an extra [-] yuan, and asked him to take this servant to go through the formalities, and said that after finishing, let the servant wait at the gate of a certain place.Guan Ya opened his eyes wide because of the commotion: "Aren't you afraid that he will run away?"

This time without Xie Qinghe's words, Li Jinya said angrily: "You also know that my young master has a simple population. Is it useful to prevent him from running away now? In the future, my young master will have to stare at him every day? He will overthrow my young master." Run away, what can my young master do?"

Guan Ya showed a guilty and vague smile: "This... is also... just report to the official, hahaha."

The government was very diligent in catching fugitive slaves, and once the fugitive slaves were captured, they were killed without guilt, and few slaves fled risking their lives.What's more, a slave beating his master is like a son beating his parents, and it is a capital crime if he overthrows his master's escaped servant, or he will escape alive, and he will surely die if he is caught.

The man looked up at Xie Qinghe again, and said, "I won't run."

Xie Qinghe believed what he said.

With this man's kung fu, how could the shackle guards in the city trap him?Wanting to run has long since disappeared.

After coming out of Renshi, Xie Qinghe followed Li Jinya to the east of the city to look at the house.

Many houses are leased these days, especially in a small place like Yangting County, and the tooth shop is not so powerful.

Many people rent houses by word of mouth. Neighbors and relatives have vacant houses for rent and sell, and neighbors and relatives want to buy houses and rent houses. Just digest it internally.

Li Jinya is a local, knocking on doors in the streets and alleys to ask if there are any houses for rent nearby, and someone will point him out.Sometimes the person who knocked on the door and poked his head out to show the way might be Li Jinya's relatives and friends, so after a few words of pleasantries, he simply took him to find him.

In the end, Xie Qinghe really fell in love with a yard rented out by relatives of Li Jinya's sister-in-law's family.

It is a single family, near the Earth Temple. It is said that someone died unexpectedly, and the family members dare not live in it because of the bad luck. It has been vacant for a year.

"No one lives there, and dubious people come in every few days, drinking and gambling, making a mess. They don't care about money, and they give two taels of silver every year. That's what it means." Li Jinya's relatives Honestly.

Li Jinya is not willing to let Xie Qinghe rent the yard.Firstly, people have died, and secondly, this place has become a place for idlers to drink and gamble. If you live in it, you may even be troubled by idlers.He is a business that values ​​word of mouth, taking Xie Qinghe to Renshi to be taken advantage of for a time has already made his reputation shaky, and letting Xie Qinghe rent the problematic yard of his cousin's relative's house, his reputation will be wiped out.

Unexpectedly, Xie Qinghe was very satisfied with this place: "Okay, that's it. Write a receipt, and I will pay the rent."

The landlord actually shook his head and said, "No, no, no rent will be collected after the contract is over. I give you the key, and you can arrange the rest of the furniture at your discretion. If you don't need to find a room to lock up for me, don't give me the peach tree in the yard." I cut it off, and everything else is fine."

Li Jinya breathed a sigh of relief, after all, he didn't cheat the money, right?In the yard where Bai lives, it can't be said that he intentionally tricked the official!

After buying a servant and finding an apartment, Xie Qinghe paid Li Jinya today's wages and half a tael of silver as a reward. Li Jinya parted ways with him in a complicated mood.Xie Qinghe strolled back home and found that it was still early and the manor was nearby, so he simply turned around.

The manor does not look like a school or private school, it looks like a normal private house with the word "manor" hanging on the door.

Xie Qinghe knocked on the door, and a book boy in white clothes came to answer the door, Shi Li asked: "What's your business?"

"See Mr. Zhuang." Xie Qinghe said.

The bookboy said skillfully: "If guests come to study, they can go to Shanshui Study to meet Mr. Liu Qin. If they want to see our master, please leave a greeting card and come back tomorrow."

Xie Qinghe returned the courtesy and said: "Please tell me the way, Mr. Xiao, how can I get to Shanshui Study?"

The book boy smiled: "Guests, please come in."

The manor is a real viewing garden. A lotus pond was dug, and water was drawn in from shallow water. The gates are one east and one west, but there is still water and deep flow.

It is said that old Mr. Zhuang is a master of Yi learning, learning Yi must be learned, and learning is necessary to wait and see. Xie Qinghe just walked into the gate of the manor, and he knew that this old Mr. Zhuang was not a vain name, but a master of secrets in the world.

After entering the manor, the setting sun gradually slanted, and many students took a walk in the yard after eating, which was like a private school.

Seeing that the book boy led Xie Qinghe in, everyone on the side of the road saluted and said hello.

Xie Qinghe just nodded slightly.

This caused a lot of people to look sideways, and there was a lot of anger.

The so-called etiquette means reciprocity.

Others treat each other with courtesy, but Xie Qinghe refuses to respond equally, which will naturally lead to dissatisfaction, which is called being arrogant.

Even if it is a big brother like Mr. Zhuang, if a student comes up to pay respects, he will not pass by without raising his eyelids and arrogantly. Nodding his head in return is the most basic thing, maybe he will stop and say a few words.

Now Xie Qinghe, like the old scholars in their [-]s and [-]s, only nodded in response to the greetings of the students on the roadside, which made people angry.

who do you think You Are?I bow to you, what are you pretending to be, and nodding on Nima's head?

If it wasn't for being pulled by the students around him, the grumpy students almost rushed up and wanted to beat Xie Qinghe violently.

——A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy in brocade clothes, without ten or eight guards around him, his family background is too good.How dare you pretend to be so aggressive, if you don't beat him, who will you beat? !

The book boy also thought Xie Qinghe was very strange.You were very polite at the door just now, why did you change after entering the door?

Walking all the way to Shanshui Study, the news that a very arrogant boy came to study as a teacher has spread throughout the manor.Many good people came here after hearing the news, wanting to see what this product looks like and how much money it has.

Shanshui Study is the place responsible for the entrance examination. Mr. Zhuang does not have the rule of not giving entry to the school if he is poor in aptitude or poor study. A test that all schools and private schools do.

Mr. Liu Qin, who was in charge of receiving the freshmen, was very elegant and kind. When receiving Xie Qinghe, he even asked the book boy to serve him a cup of tea.

As usual, he asked about his name, his place of origin, his teacher, and what books he had read. Liu Qincai wrote a few exam questions and asked Xie Qinghe to do it on the spot. Afraid that Xie Qinghe would be nervous, he said: "Just do it with confidence, this volume is only for teaching and dividing classes. , not related to admission."

Xie Qinghe asked for another piece of paper and skillfully checked the pen and ink.

Liu Qin couldn't help but nodded his head just watching his methodical movements of studying ink.Whether one has been well-educated and has good study habits can be distinguished from the details of studying ink and serving inkstones.Just looking at this disciple's demeanor, no matter how bad he is, there is a limit.

Unexpectedly, when Xie Qinghe picked up the pen and dropped the paper, Liu Qin was startled by the first stroke.

This is a fucking exaggeration!

Seriously, the three questions of the Eight Classics, this guy wrote it down, and actually started to draw!

This is the standard answer.

Liu Qin has been working as a researcher in Shanshui Study for several years. He has seen all kinds of strange students. He doesn't mention the normal ones, but the abnormal ones are either stupid, stupid, or crazy. They all like to show off their cleverness and show off Do your own thing.

If you are so good at drawing, you should learn to draw.Mr. Zhuang is a master of Yi, focusing on the Book of Changes, the "Book of Changes" in the Five Classics, after learning it, he is going to take the imperial examination, not the one used for fortune-telling!What are you doing here to show off?They sell meat, you say your embroidery work is good, but you can't beat it!

Liu Qin was very self-cultivated, he still sat on the side, waiting for Xie Qinghe to "answer the question".

If Xie Qinghe answered the questions normally, even if he didn't understand anything, as long as he filled up the test paper, Liu Qin would let him enter the school.However, Liu Qin would not be polite to a student like him who answered irrelevant questions and showed off, and would directly persuade him to quit.

The way of scholarship is nothing more than piety.

If you are arrogant and show off, it is impossible to study patiently, so what's the use of staying?

Time passed slowly.

Liu Qin was delayed for dinner and was so hungry that his stomach was growling.

However, Xie Qinghe was still brushing and brushing, and he couldn't urge him to deprive him of the exam qualification, so he had to stand up and hold the lamp, and brought a plate of refreshments, thinking that it was not suitable for him to eat alone, so he planned to give Xie Qinghe two pieces.

Walking in front of Xie Qinghe, he was about to share the walnut cakes when he saw Xie Qinghe's seventy-eight pieces of drawing paper in a blink of an eye.

Clang.

Xie Qinghe lowered his head when he heard the sound, a walnut cake rolled to his feet.

He didn't have dinner either, and he was also missed.Looking up and seeing Liu Qin regained his senses, Liu Qin also saw his burning eyes, and quickly gave him two of the walnut cakes in his hand.

"How many years have you been studying painting? Did you learn it from your master?" Liu Qin pulled up a small bench, sat down beside Xie Qinghe, and ate walnut cakes with him.

"It's been a few years." Xie Qinghe doesn't like to lie, but it's really hard to tell when he learned to paint. It's like an old fairy hanging and beating little Mengtong, "I've been painting all these years by myself."

"You have roots of wisdom." Liu Qin praised him sincerely.

If an old man in his 80s or [-]s painted this landscape, Liu Qin would not be so surprised that he would tilt his dim sum plate.

It is precisely because he underestimated it from the very beginning, no matter how talented a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child is, how good a picture can he draw?

Xie Qinghe didn't quite agree with his idea.Whether it is painting or writing, skill is the most basic thing, and talent determines the height.Throughout the ages, many painters are in their early twenties, and they laugh at countless old painters who have painted for decades but have no shape and no soul.

Fifteen or sixteen years old is a little young. The shortcoming of being young is not because of immature skills, but because of immature thinking.

Any work of art that has been handed down through the ages is not only the skill, but the unique thought and soul that infects people's hearts.

From Xie Qinghe's point of view, Liu Qin doesn't have the ability to appreciate his own painting at all.All he sees is skill, and all he can judge is skill.He could only feel what was beyond the skills, but he couldn't understand exactly what it was.

Xie Qinghe gnawed on the walnut cake with one hand, and still held the pen in the other hand, sketching and smearing in the painting from time to time.

After eating three walnut cakes in a row and drinking a cup of tea from Liu Qin, Xie Qinghe finished the painting.

Liu Qin held the desk lamp in one hand, and his eyes were full of fascination: "The old man has been teaching here for six years, and I only know the beauty of the manor today."

What Xie Qinghe painted was the whole picture of the manor.The manor itself is the meticulous work of Mr. Zhuang. The houses, rocks, and ponds all have mysteries in every square inch. Together, they are sweet and beautiful, and it is an extremely beautiful place.Laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the doorway.Xie Qinghe not only saw the ability of Mr. Zhuang, but also saw the shortcomings of Mr. Zhuang. The manor on his drawing paper is the manor in a perfect state - there is a slight difference from the real scene today.

Xie Qinghe waited for the ink stains on the paper to dry a bit, then licked the pen again to write down the inscription.

[The number of Dayan is fifty, and its use is nine out of forty. 】

This painting is full of Xie Qinghe's own vision of practice, and Jiang Yingzhou's name will be entangled with karma.

After Xie Qinghe hesitated for a moment, he drew a line for the signature.

Liu Qin is not very professional when looking at paintings, but he becomes more energetic when he looks at characters.Xie Qinghe's handwriting has been carefully practiced for many lifetimes. Almost every life and even daily life is inseparable from writing. This handwriting is so sophisticated, round and perfect that ordinary people can't even imagine.

Xie Qinghe asked at this time: "Please see Mr. Zhuang."

Liu Qin quickly said: "Mr. Zhuang hasn't fallen asleep yet, just wait, I'll ask."

Liu Qin felt that just based on this handwriting, this "little disciple" was qualified to meet Mr. Zhuang.That is to say, the disadvantage is that you are still young. If you are an old man in his seventies and eighties, you can use this pen to write a greeting card, and Mr. Zhuang will have to invite him in immediately.

Seeing that Liu Qin had taken away his painting, Xie Qinghe knew it was a stepping stone to see Mr. Zhuang, so he took another piece of walnut cake to eat.

Over there, Liu Qin trotted all the way to the old mountain residence where Mr. Zhuang lived. Mr. Zhuang was not very old, but in his early fifties, but when he was young, he had troubles in the examination room, frequent accidents, and suffered too many blows. After a while, the hair was all white, and he looked older.

Old Mr. Zhuang was holding a flagon in one hand, and with sauced elbows beside him, he was actually soaking his feet.

"Mr. Zhuang, look. Come and see!" Liu Qin unfolded the scroll carefully, "A student just came, and I gave him a question. I didn't write a single question, and I just drew when I asked for paper. I originally Thinking that this person is too arrogant and needs to be expelled, how could he know...Look! This handwriting! It's so sophisticated and steady, it's really good, look at this one...Oh, the book sage is only so alive...Ten How can a child of how old write such words, if I didn't see him write it with my own eyes, I would think he found a gunman... How could he afford such a gunman..."

Liu Qin pointed to the words in Xie Qinghe's inscription and chatted endlessly, while Zhuang Xuling looked at the painting intently.

After looking at it for a while, Zhuang Xuling got up suddenly, walked into the house with a splash, and walked into the house with his feet full of water. He lit two lamps and walked out holding them up. He looked at the subtle differences between the painting and the real scene of the manor three or five times, and sighed: " Where are you here to study?"

Liu Qin looked at him in surprise: "Huh?"

Obviously, he came to kick the gym.

The owner of this painting, Yu Yidao, has deep insights, so why should he study?Enough to start a mountain to teach.

Zhuang Xuling knew that Liu Qin's book was the Spring and Autumn Annals, but he only had a little understanding of the Book of Changes, so he couldn't explain this to Liu Qin.Hearing that Xie Qinghe asked to see him, Zhuang Xuling found a quick towel to wipe his feet, and said, "Go and call someone. I'll prepare two dishes and two liang of wine here, and open the door to welcome guests."

As we all know, Mr. Zhuang is an unlucky guy who was frustrated in the examination room, so Mr. Zhuang especially hates high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

It is impossible for him to make an exception to entertain him after nightfall. It cannot be ordinary students who come to study, nor can it be arrogant officials and dignitaries.

——If he is not convinced, don't even try to enter the door, let alone fix two dishes and prepare two taels of wine?