Danqing

Since Qiao's family is in a town on the outskirts of the city, there are relatively few people, there are no interesting places, and it is very cold outside, so Qin Songxue doesn't want to go out on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.The Spring Festival Gala was rebroadcasted on TV over and over again, and "Seven Days of Chinese New Year" hosted by Grandpa Bi, because it is very entertaining, adults and children love to watch it.

Qin Songxue watched TV for two full days and learned a lot of new buzzwords. On the morning of the sixth day, she sat on the train and went home contentedly.

The digital camera Father Tan bought took a lot of photos, many of which were group photos of Tan Songxue and Chen Kezhi's younger siblings. Tan Songxue had nothing to do on the train, so he took out his father's camera to look at it.

"Brother, look, they don't look like you, they are all ugly, not as good-looking as me!"

Chen Kezhi was speechless.

Both Chen's father and Qin's mother had to go to work on time on the eighth day of the eighth day, and Qin Songxue and Chen Kezhi started to practice calligraphy again.

During this winter vacation, Qin Songxue started to learn seal cutting, and took the lines of the Yishan stele. Father Qin showed him some theory books and taught him some basic knowledge of stone appreciation, such as what is chicken blood, what is Tianhuang, What kind of stone looks good but its hardness is not suitable for engraving seals. When engraving seals, pay attention to the seal method and how the font deforms.

Qin's father said that chicken blood stones are produced in many places, the most famous ones are Changhua chicken blood stones and Bahrain chicken blood stones. The former is in Zhejiang, and the latter is in Inner Mongolia.The color is very bright, with bright red blood.Tianhuang stone belongs to Fujian Shoushan stone, which is generally translucent yellow, but some have yellow as the main tone and also have other hues, which are very warm to the touch.

Some of the good stones he collected before were also taken out for Tan Songxue to try.

The maintenance of the seal is very important, Father Tan explained it very patiently.

Different stones have different maintenance methods. Qingtian is waxed, while Shoushan is oiled.If not cared for properly, a seal stone can quickly become damaged and crack.Many stones are very precious. Qin Songxue saw a thumb-sized Tianhuang jelly seal in his father's seal carving book, with clear red tendon radish patterns, and the price was 40. (The plain chapter is a chapter that has not been engraved, and the bottom is flat)

Some good-looking and heavy Tian Huang even fetched tens of millions, which is far more than "one or two Tian Huang and one or two gold".And the same precious bloodstone ornaments have also been auctioned for tens of millions of prices more than once.

Chen Kezhi focused entirely on calligraphy, ignoring traditional Chinese painting and seal cutting, and reading theories on calligraphy from past dynasties.

To learn calligraphy, you must not only know how to write, but also understand the history of the characters. The book theory of the past dynasties is a must-read.The theoretical history of Chinese calligraphy written by it, including development and evolution, is very detailed. There are separate volumes and collections. Many publishing houses have published different versions of book theory.

For this year's exhibition, Chen Kezhi prepared the official script "Ode to the West" and "Zhang Qianbei", while Qin Songxue prepared poems based on "Zhang Menglong".The two of them didn't make any changes in the font, and created it directly after holding the dictionary collection of characters. They used the Shengxuan that Tan's father had saved for more than ten years.

When the paper was brought out, Father Tan said to them: "The freshly made Xuanxuan is full of anger. When you see good paper, remember to buy two knives and keep it. The longer the raw Xuan is, the better it is. Put it away. But don't buy too expensive ones." , depending on the quality of the paper, the maximum should not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars. You don’t need to buy too much cooked Xuan Xuan, and you can’t store it for a long time, it will become brittle and easy to crack.”

Moreover, cooked Xuan Xuan will fall off after a long time, and it will start to bleed like raw Xuan.

Both of them chose antique-colored Xuan Xuan. Qin Songxue spit on her index finger and tapped on the back of the paper. The blurring speed was slower than ordinary Xuan Xuan.

Seeing Tan Songxue's actions, Father Tan said, "This is the longest batch of knife paper, and it's getting a bit ripe."

The two of them would only use old paper saved by Qin's father when writing works. Because it was rare, they were extremely careful when writing, fearing that the paper would be wasted if they made a wrong stroke.

Old paper is much warmer than new paper, and it feels softer to the touch. The ink on it is stable in color and beautiful in strokes.

Chen Kezhi stood on a stool and hung up the works of the two to dry, while Qin Songxue stood below and handed them to him, thinking that this time he would go back to school and buy rice paper for storage, and he would be able to use it when he participated in the National Exhibition in ten years. up.And he has to buy a lot, and he can use as much as he wants at that time. His father is really stingy, and he only gives him two quartos every time. It is not fun to write at all.

Father Tan was smoking a cigarette and was calling Yi Xiuyun about selling paintings. If he knew what this little brat was thinking, he would be so mad.

As long as the business of selling calligraphy and painting is opened, it can solve the problem of livelihood for almost a year. The key is to have a market. Last year, Father Tan was still worrying about tuition fees. This year, he already has a lot of surplus in his hands.

After going to the imperial capital, Father Tan and Yi Xiuyun were quite appreciated by the professors. In the first semester, the paintings of flowers, birds, landscapes and characters he created sold a total of more than [-] pieces. Next, he had to raise money to open a studio.After all, he and Yi Xiuyun are in partnership, so it is impossible for Yi Xiuyun to contribute all the funds by himself.

In the second semester of junior high school, Qin Songxue started to change her voice. She complained of joint pain every day. Although she didn’t lose weight, she looked so thin. Although her body was still soft to the touch, her chubby belly was gone. .After measuring his height after one semester, he has grown to 1.6, breaking through the [-]-meter mark, and Chen Kezhi is almost [-] centimeters taller than him.Qin Songxue was very dissatisfied with this, and went to play basketball with Gao Chengxi every day, but he dragged her up when she wanted to sleep in on weekends, Gao Chengxi had no choice but to go home and hide for two days.

In June, Yi Xiuyun had already done the work of the studio, including working hard for about a year before and after the renovation.The location is near N University, not far from the city center, with convenient transportation and a quiet environment. Father Qin can often visit his son. The only drawback is that the price is a bit expensive.The house is a 330-square-meter two-storey villa. It was bought at a price of [-] yuan. The loan is also handled by Yi Xiuyun alone. Qin's father and Yi Xiuyun are split between four and six. The future income is also the same. Qian Xian Yi Xiuyun came out, and then Father Qin returned it bit by bit.

As expected, Chen Kezhi did not take the senior high school entrance examination, and was assigned to the key class for high school direct promotion.

Since he ranked fourth in the grade in several monthly exams, the grade director asked him if he wanted to go to the experimental class, but Chen Kezhi refused.After entering the experimental class, the schedule is different from other classes, and he has to spend a lot of time preparing for various Olympiads, so he has no time to accompany Tan Songxue.

When Chen Kezhi decided to go straight to the school, he still lived in the school for a period of time, until the third year of junior high school entrance examination, the life teacher began to clean the dormitory.Afterwards, he moved to Father Qin's place and devoted himself to practicing calligraphy, never returning to S City.

Because Chen Kezhi was not at school, Tan Songxue also started not staying at school on weekends, and Yi Xiuyun drove his original car over, but Tan's father had neither a driver's license test nor could he drive, and he couldn't bother Yi Xiuyun again and again, so every time This time, Chen Kezhi took the bus to pick up Tan Songxue from school on Friday afternoon, and sent him to study in the evening on Sunday afternoon.

There are quite a lot of rooms in the villa. Both Qin Songxue and Chen Kezhi can be assigned to separate rooms, but the two of them have never slept separately. Father Tan does not doubt that he is there, so he casually said "Don't be clingy to Chen Kezhi all the time" and never mentioned it again. The two children had a good relationship since childhood, and he didn't think too much about it.

Qin Songxue took more than 30 students in his class at the end of the semester exam. He was barely able to make it. He usually didn’t study hard. Relying on his good memory, he took the history, politics, and geography exams for a week before the exam. The scores of the three subjects were dropped by others, and the English was also below the class average.However, they are a key class after all, and the average score is [-] points higher than the average of the grade as a whole, which is quite good compared to the scores in the [-]s and [-]s in the primary school English test.

After the summer vacation, Tan Songxue stayed directly with his father and did not return to city S. Qin's mother often came to city n for meetings, and the family of three often saw each other.Chen Kezhi has been independent since he was a child. After he said that he wanted to practice calligraphy here, his father and mother did not object, so just let him go home and have a look at it when he has time.

In addition to selling calligraphy and paintings, Yi Xiuyun and Father Tan also opened a calligraphy class. The cheapest elementary class charged four figures for one session, and one-on-one tutoring was calculated on a per-class basis.Although the price was high, after the two had a long list of titles, people flocked to sign up, and Yi Xiuyun and Father Tan made a lot of money.

After Gao Chengxi knew that Father Qin had settled down in City n and started classes to recruit students, he resolutely fired his current calligraphy teacher and asked his mother to enroll in Father Qin's class.Qin's father is indeed more famous than his previous teacher. Gao's mother thinks that this matter is not important anyway. Father, she is also relieved here.

Gao Chengxi was very happy when he knew that his mother had finished the matter. In order to surprise Qin Songxue and Chen Kezhi, he called directly without revealing a word to them.

After arriving at the studio, Gao Chengxi saw Tan Songxue who was writing "Fu of Luoshen", Gao Chengxi looked proud: "How about it, I didn't expect me to come!"

Qin Songxue was surprised and disgusted: "Why are you again? Why are you coming to my house? Looking for my brother? Tell you, my brother is collecting calligraphy in the study now, don't bother him!"

After going through that incident, although the relationship between the two of them improved a lot, they only got harmonious for a while, and then they started to sneer at each other again, and they felt uncomfortable if they didn't bicker for a day.

Gao Chengxi: "..."

"I'm here to learn to write from your father and Teacher Yi!" Gao Chengxi felt that he would fight Tan Songxue again sooner or later.

Tan Songxue said contemptuously, "Are you here to learn how to write?"

Gao Chengxi clearly felt that what Tan Songxue was going to say was "You are the only one here to learn how to write?"

"My writing is not bad, okay! I even won the third prize in this year's city n competition!"

"The children's competition?" Tan Songxue never participated in this competition, and still had a look of disdain.

"What kid! It's obviously a competition for middle school students in n city!"

"Oh." Tan Songxue didn't care.

Gao Chengxi was pissed off by his attitude, and asked him, "Where's your brother? I'll go find him."

Qin Songxue replied with an expression of "I knew it", "Didn't I tell you just now? My brother is going to participate in the fair again, and he is looking up the words in the data set. What are you going to do?"

"Do you think your brother is the same as you? I'll tell him that I'm starting to write here now, he must be very happy!"

"It's strange, why should my brother be happy, who are you?"

The two of them quarreled, and the students around couldn't write anymore, which alarmed Chen Kezhi in the study. He came out holding a calligraphy dictionary and looked at them speechlessly.

Among the two, the second boy stared at each other and stopped talking.

Gao Chengxi's eyes lit up when he saw Chen Kezhi: "I'm here to write."

Chen Kezhi nodded, but he couldn't see whether he was happy or not.

Gao Chengxi continued: "Then you will be my elder brother from now on?"

Before Chen Kezhi could answer, Tan Songxue confronted him again: "What big brother, you are still the second junior! My father only has two apprentices, me and my elder brother, at your level, and you still want my father to accept you as apprentices?" !"

"Aren't you the second junior brother!" Gao Chengxi pushed back.

"There are three in Journey to the West, you silly!"

"I'll beat you to death!" Gao Chengxi swung his fist to hit Tan Songxue.

Tan Songxue moved her face closer, pointed one cheek at Gao Chengxi, raised her palm and patted it lightly twice, and said meanly: "Hit, hit, hit here..."

Gao Chengxi: "You think I dare not!" He raised his hand and hit him.

Tan Songxue dodged deftly: "My son is so good! You listen to your father so well!"

"you wanna die!"

Chen Kezhi supports the forehead.

The author has something to say: [Dear readers, this is the second update, don't miss the last chapter otz. 】

The bloodstone is shown in the picture ↓.This stone has a characteristic. After it is stained with oil, the red color will become very bright, and after the oil is wiped off, it will return to the original red color.

Tianhuang steatite ↓.One or two fields of yellow and one or two golds are very beautiful and very valuable. (haven't touched it yet)

The picture has been saved in my Weibo, and there is my Weibo link and Weibo id name in the copy, which is very convenient for everyone who uses mobile phones.