Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

Chapter 11 Stabbing the Heart

Facts have proved that the thin shopkeeper did the right thing.

In order to prevent Zhao Shen from finding out that it was the cloth from Zhao’s shop that he refused to buy or forced to buy, he deliberately transported the backlog of cloth in the shop to a shop he had made a deal with for consignment. Holding the purse containing 30 taels of silver, I am happy to see my teeth but not my eyes.Dian Dian went to report to Zhao Shen's mansion and the owner's house, but the owner's master just waved his hand to show that he knew, and asked him to help Zhao Shen if he saw business difficulties in the future.Of course, this help is limited.

On the face of the thin shopkeeper, he promised with sincerity and fear, but he didn't think so in his heart.

He sold everything to his own son, so what kind of loving father is he pretending to be?

Before Zhao Shen got married, he sneaked out to learn skills, Master Zhao actually knew about it.No matter how much he didn't like Zhao Shen, he was Master Zhao's flesh and blood, and because Zhao Shen didn't do too well, Master Zhao turned a blind eye and told him to get away with it.But looking at it now, Jin Yan hasn't mastered this skill yet!Even if those old goods are turned into flowers, what good price can they turn into? !

Fortunately, he and Xin Lan were married into the Xiang family, otherwise, if such a high-sighted but low-handed ability married into any mansion in the city that he had a good relationship with, he would have to be blamed for not being able to teach his children.

Mr. Zhao is not very optimistic about Xiang Yuan.I have studied for many years, and I was selected as a scholar in my twenties. According to Mr. Zhao, this is what I will do in my life. It's not his turn either.At the beginning, she made an appointment with Xiang's family on impulse and almost killed Xinlan. Fortunately, there is a little brother named Jinyan who can replace her.

And to re-elect Sun's family for Xinlan, not only will her future son-in-law be a good-looking, suave and suave family, but the family status is also considered to be the best in Lizhong.There are not only many scholars in the family, but also officials in the capital. In the future, the two will get married, and with a little help from Xun'er and Xu'er, their Zhao family will also change their families again and make a fortune.

And Xiang Yuan, who was disliked by Mr. Zhao, squatted secretly in the corner at this time, holding the student's anthology in his hand, and while reading, he secretly glanced at Zhao Shen, who was playing chess with himself, who was bathed in the warm winter sun. .

Chess is the only skill Zhao Shen knows, and he learned it from his father Xu Yixuan.Zhao Shen likes to play chess when encountering difficulties or feeling uneasy.And Xu Yixuan was embroidering at the side.Zhao Shen avoided Xu Yixuan's attempt to make him learn how to embroider.

It cost less than one-tenth of the silver to buy good cloth.Zhao Shen decided to use the remaining money to open a clothing store. He knew the quality of the fabric, and the style of the clothes. Zhao Shen said that it was not a problem.Father Xu Yixuan has no other skills, but he is very good at designing clothes, and he is also very good at matching colors and accessories. Asking father to do the design will not only make him feel at ease, but also help him earn money so that he will not have to pay for food, clothing, housing and transportation. Relying on the Zhao family, if one day the mistress gets annoyed, what will father do for the rest of his life?

Zhao Shen was engrossed in his thoughts, but he didn't know that Xiang Yuan had already replaced his book with a paintbrush in his hand, and was painting right in front of him.

Inspiration came quickly, and Xiang Yuan only knew that when he saw it pleasing to the eye, the urge to draw this peaceful picture of the years could not be stopped at all.

The warm winter sun slanted in, casting a small halo of light. On the willow-leaf lattice window sill, there was a pot of narcissus, which was elegant and dusty. Two red fish were swimming happily in the blue and white thick porcelain pot beside it.The person in the painting, sitting under the window sill, has clear eyebrows, elegant sitting posture, and gestures like a breeze and a bright moon in his arms.

After playing a game of chess, Zhao Shen cleared his mind and got a clue about how to open the shop, so he put away the chess pieces one by one and packed them up. He turned around and saw Xiang Yuan not far away, writing with his head buried in his pen, with a concentrated expression.After hesitating again and again, unable to bear the urge to move in his heart, he walked over and pretended to pass by casually, and quickly lowered his head to take a look.

With just one glance, Zhao Shen froze in place.The eyes were surprised at first, and then became complicated and difficult to distinguish, the tip of the nose was sour and astringent, and the taste was inexplicable for a while.

Finally, when the inscription and date were put on, Xiang Yuan put down his pen with satisfaction. This work of inspiration is indeed full of passion and extraordinary agility.

Xiang Yuan had already noticed that Zhao Shen was approaching, and seeing him standing behind him staring at the painting, he smiled and said, "How is it? Did you draw one or two tenths of Jin Yan?"

Zhao Shen stared at the painting, the person in the painting had a leisurely and elegant demeanor, retracting and retracting freely, with only thoughts in his eyes and no worries.In Xiang Yuan's eyes, is this what he looks like?

"You're too modest, how can it be just one or two tenths? Let me tell you, it's been beautified a lot."

Xiang Yuan smiled and said nothing, carefully dried the painting and rolled it up. During the whole process, although the two did not speak, there was warmth between them, just like the couple who respect each other as guests in the drama.Zhao Shen's thoughts couldn't help but run wild, and ran away.

"I can't bear to hang this painting up for display by the shopkeeper of the painting shop, so how about sending it to Jin Yan for safekeeping?"

Zhao Shen was caught off guard and flustered.

"give me?"

Xiang Yuan nodded.

"The painting is about you, and it would be most appropriate for you to keep it."

After just a few days of hard work, Xiang Yuan got a good grasp of Zhao Shen's temper.If you directly stated that you gave it to him, according to Zhao Shen's personality, you would definitely not accept it, but if you change the language a little, so that he can't delay it, I think his wife will be happy to keep it.

Sure enough, after seeing Xiang Yuan handing the painting to him, he turned around and wandered out, so Zhao Shen had no choice but to hold up the painting carefully, and after Xiang Yuan disappeared, he secretly reopened the painting and looked at it carefully.

It's the first time someone paints for themselves!I didn't expect him to look like this in the painting.

Thinking of the weather getting warmer after the vernal equinox and the continuous rain in spring, Zhao Shen was worried that the painting would be damp and blurred, so he decided to frame it tomorrow.

Zhao Shen really knew one of the famous framers in the city.He lives in Yangjia Hutong not far from Chuiliu Lane. He is an elderly master.When Zhao Shen was looking for it, the old master had just mounted a painting, and was instructing the young apprentice to hang it up for the guests to pick up. When he turned around and saw Zhao Shen opened the painting, he let out a "Huh" and walked over to take a closer look.

"Xiang Congzi? Which famous artist is this?"

Zhao Shen froze for a moment, then shook his head. "Master Lu, this is not that famous family. Xiang Congzi is a scholar from the Xiang family in Chuiliu Lane." After a pause, he said, "It's also from my family."

Master Lu looked at Zhao Shen in surprise, Zhao Shen touched his nose, a little embarrassed.At the beginning, he told Master Lu that he would not get married even if he was killed.

"In time, Xiang Congzi will definitely be famous in the painting and calligraphy world." Master Lu looked at the painting with admiration in his eyes. "Stop arrogance and impetuosity, keep improving, we are afraid that we will have to produce a master."

Seeing Master Lu's face full of love for talents, Zhao Shen had to cruelly interrupt his fantasy. "I'm afraid it's not easy. Xiang Congzi is going to take the imperial examination to become an official. Painting? I'm afraid it's just a pastime in his spare time."

"Why do good people want to be officials? They all focus on sharpening their heads to get into the officialdom. The officialdom is so easy to mess with?" Master Lu shook his head regretfully, "How do you want to be mounted? Ordinary or hardcover?"

"Let's be more precise."

"It's quite a treasure!" Master Lu sneered, "But you have a good eye, and this painting is indeed a masterpiece. Not only is the painting skill good, but also it is very good at grasping, and every stroke is agile. From this It can also be seen that the painter is very attentive to the person in the painting!"

Zhao Shen's face turned red suddenly, seeing that Master Lu didn't speak.

"Okay, okay, you're so thin-skinned." Master Lu packed up his tools, "You can't do this! If Xiang Congzi really becomes an official in the future, his vision and knowledge will increase, and he will be surrounded by fat, swallows, and thin beauties, what kind of beauties do you want? What kind of thing is there, and then, what will you do?"

It was like a blow to the head.

Master Lu's words made Zhao Shen, who had been a little slack for a while, tighten his mind again. He tried to think about the scene, and suddenly felt anxious, and then thought of his father's hopeless waiting in the back house of Zhao Mansion, and Zhao Shen shuddered.

If this day really comes, he will try his best to make up with Xiang Yuan!

"Go back and wait, pick it up in two days. If possible, ask your family to pick it up."

Master Lu stopped talking and stopped talking.

"What I sent, naturally I will take it."

On Zhao Shen's way back, the vague joy he felt when he came here disappeared, replaced by an indescribable depression.

Sure enough, I still have to rely on myself, and I can't have any other hopes, otherwise I will really fall into the same situation as my father. According to his character, I am afraid that it will be the same as the previous life, and both sides will suffer.

At this time, Zhao Shen didn't know that the painting he left at Master Lu happened to be seen by Nan Daozi, a master of painting and calligraphy from Lizhong, who went to meet Master Lu for tea and chat.Nan Daozi liked it very much and praised it a few times.For a while, without knowing it himself, Xiang Yuan, through Nan Daozi's mouth, became a new star of Lizhong Yiqu Realism School.And with such a name, a year later, Jing'an vigorously advocated the atmosphere of returning to basics and being diligent and pragmatic, and once became the leader of the interesting realism school.In addition to being a student, Xiang Yuan also has the identity of a calligrapher and painter, which gives him another bargaining chip in the officialdom in the future.

Compared with this, what made Xiang Yuan even more depressed was that he worked hard to open up Zhao Shen's little care, because the experience of mounting the painting was easily folded in Master Lu's understatement.

Slightly stuffy!