Chapter 2 The Beginning of the Edge
When Su Qingyun returned to the Ye Mansion, it was already dark, and he had just walked into the courtyard of the Ye family. Ye Fu, the housekeeper of the Ye family, walked over without even raising his eyelids. "Uncle, Mrs. and Master are waiting for you in the living room of the front yard. ”
Su Qingyun snorted and watched Su Qingyun walk towards the living room. The housekeeper Ye Fu snorted coldly, "Waste, how could the master fall in love with such a person." Su Qingyun didn't go far, Ye Fu's words reached his ears. In this family, he has long been accustomed to such things, and no one in the Ye family, from the master to the subordinates, will take him seriously.
Coming to the living room in the front yard, there was a man about fifty years old sitting on the main seat of the hall, this man was wearing a melon skin hat on his head and a blue-gray gown, and the whole person looked very energetic. Sitting next to him was a charming-looking middle-aged woman. This woman is painted with charming makeup and is also dressed in fancy clothes. This man is his father-in-law Ye Nanjiang, and the woman is his mother-in-law Jiang Qiuhua. It should be his stepmother-in-law to be precise, because she is not the biological mother of his wife Ye Qiaomu.
Sitting in the hall, in addition to them, there was a handsome young man with an evil spirit, who was looking at himself with slanted eyes. Master Ye saw Su Qingyun coming over, and before Su Qingyun could speak, he saw Su Qingyun wearing tattered, dirty, bloodstained clothes, and suddenly became angry. I thought to myself, "This thing that doesn't have long eyes is actually wearing such clothes." I don't know, I thought our Ye family abused him. Before he could speak, the charming-looking Mrs. Ye next to him opened her mouth. "Oh, auntie, don't our Ye family care about your food, you still have to go out to ask for food. She covered her nose as she spoke.
"Oh, master, look at the man you found for our eldest lady, isn't this a shame for our Ye family. Jiang Qiuhua said angrily to Ye Nanjiang.
Ye Nanjiang listened to Jiang Qiuhua's words and skimmed her with his eyes, meaning not to talk nonsense in front of the guests. Jiang Qiuhua also knew that she had talked too much, and she stopped talking, Ye Nanjiang forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart: "Qingyun, hurry up and come over to see your cousin, this is your mother-in-law's nephew, who came from Jiangcheng to visit us." Ye Nanjiang pointed to the handsome young man and said.
Su Qingyun walked over, arched his hand at the young man and said, "Cousin has come from afar, and it has been hard. ”
The handsome young man ignored Su Qingyun and left him aside. said directly to Ye Nanjiang: "Uncle, this is the son-in-law you found for my cousin, even if my cousin has a problem with his head, you can't find one like this." ”
Su Qingyun's face turned red and white for a while, but he was used to this kind of humiliation. He stood there uncomfortably.
Jiang Qiuhua saw that Ye Nanjiang's face was not good-looking, and hurriedly played a round, "Yiwen, didn't you bring a famous painting to your uncle, hurry up and take it out to show your uncle." As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Yiwen.
Jiang Yiwen is a smart person, and he knows that his aunt is afraid that he will annoy his uncle, and it will not end well. He hurriedly took out a small scroll from a delicate cloth bag and handed it to Ye Nanjiang, "Uncle, I bought this from a loser for a hundred taels of silver, I know you like this, so I brought it to you." Jiang Yiwen looked flattering.
"Master, you see a lot of filial piety to you, and I know that you like calligraphy and painting, and it took a lot of effort to get it for you. Jiang Qiuhua echoed on the side.
"Yiwen, you bothered. Ye Nanjiang gently unfolded the painting.
This is a painting of the integration of people and scenery, the scenery in the painting is protruding, and the characters are vivid. Judging from the whole picture, the pen and ink are round, concave and convex, and the layers are delicate. At first glance, it is from everyone's hands. When Ye Nanjiang saw the payment, he not only took a deep breath, Plum Blossom Daoist.
There were not many painters in the Yuan Dynasty, and Wu Zhen was one of them, and he was called the Plum Blossom Daoist.
At this time, a voice came from the ears of Su Qingyun, who was standing there: "Good grandson, you have been wronged." See how Grandpa avenges you. Su Qingyun knew that his grandfather wanted to avenge himself. But he didn't expect his grandfather to let him do it.
"Great-grandson, you go up and tell your father-in-law, it's a fake painting. ”
"Grandpa, I don't dare, are you really sure that the painting is fake? "In order to survive in this family, Su Qingyun has always been a man with his tail between his legs. Today, let him go up and expose this as a fake painting, and he really didn't dare to go.
"You useless brat, look at your grandfather's. Su Qingyun felt as if something had penetrated his body, and he began to lose control of his body.
Su Qingyun stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "Father-in-law, can you let me take a look." ”
Ye Nanjiang didn't expect Su Qingyun to come forward to speak, and he was stunned for a moment. Before she could speak, Jiang Qiuhua shouted in a stiff tone, "You also have to see what kind of thing you are." What should I do if such a precious thing is soiled by you? ”
Jiang Yiwen on the side stood up with a smile at this time, "My cousin-in-law also wants to see, do you also have a study of calligraphy and painting." Then let's talk about what Wu Zhen is famous for. He had a smile on his face, but there was sarcasm in every word. He knew that Su Qingyun had never gone to school at all, so it could be said that he couldn't read big characters. So he dared to bet that Su Qingyun would definitely not know this, and now he looks even better.
Ye Nanjiang understood what Jiang Yiwen meant, although he also looked down on Su Qingyun in his heart. But after all, he is his son-in-law, Su Qingyun has no face, and he can't hang on his face.
"Qingyun, you stand down. Ye Jiangnan said with a frown.
"Father-in-law, I haven't answered my cousin's question yet, how can I go. Su Qingyun smiled, with a look of indifference.
Jiang Qiuhua muttered coldly: "I don't know what is dead or alive." ”
Su Qingyun heard it but ignored her, "Cousin, this Wu Zhen is a famous calligrapher and painter in the Yuan Dynasty. He is good at painting landscapes, plum blossoms, bamboo and stone. My cousin didn't know if I was right. Moreover, the painters of the Yuan Dynasty generally liked to paint on paper, while Wu Zhen liked to paint on silk. ”
Su Qingyun looked at Jiang Yiwen's somewhat green face, "And he is different from other painters in the Yuan Dynasty in that he prefers solid brushes and wet brushes when painting." The lines drawn in this way are more dignified and thicker. Cousin, do you think what I said is right, am I qualified to see your paintings? ”
Originally, several people thought that Su Qingyun couldn't answer, and they all wanted to see his jokes. But they didn't expect Su Qingyun to not only know, but also know so much. And every sentence is to the point.
Jiang Qiuhua looked at Su Qingyun contemptuously, "Su Qingyun, don't talk nonsense here, you nonsense, all the nonsense you said must be made up." She was originally from Qinglou, how could she know about this, so she thought that Su Qingyun was talking nonsense here in order to save face.
Ye Nanjiang's eyes were full of disbelief, how could this be. Su Qingyun was not only right, but also seemed to know quite a lot. Su Qingyun has been in his house for a year, how could he not know that Su Qingyun still has such talent. "Qingyun, what you said is right. It's me underestimating you. His attitude at this time also eased, and he handed the painting to Su Qingyun. He didn't expect Su Qingyun to understand this, he always thought that Su Qingyun grew up in a small family, and probably hadn't even read a book. Su Qingyun's words just now really surprised him.
Ye Nanjiang's words darkened Jiang Qiuhua's face more and more, and she stared at Su Qingyun with a pair of charming eyes, eager to kill him with her eyes. Su Qingyun glanced at her with the corner of his eye and gave her a roll of his eyes. This time, Jiang Qiuhua was even more angry, but Su Qingyun was holding the painting to block his face, and Ye Jiangnan didn't see his action at all.
"Su Qingyun, don't be embarrassed, what do you think you are, you are a dog of our Ye family. Jiang Qiuhua is used to being powerful, how can she allow Su Qingyun to look at her like this, and she became angry at the moment.
"Madame, you have gone too far. It's none of your business here, you go down. Ye Nanjiang didn't see Su Qingyun give Jiang Qiuhua a roll of his eyes, thinking that he asked Su Qingyun to look at the painting, Jiang Qiuhua was not happy.
"Master, he ......" Jiang Qiuhua was interrupted by Ye Nanjiang before she could finish speaking.
"Stand down, don't say any more. ”
In front of his nephew, the old man actually reprimanded himself for a waste like Su Qingyun and made himself lose face, Jiang Qiuhua put this account on Su Qingyun and his stupid daughter-in-law. Jiang Qiuhua went back to the back hall angrily, she went to the back and threw things and beat the maid without mentioning it, and then talked about the things in front of her.
Su Qingyun took the painting and looked at it for a long time, Jiang Yiwen on the side just saw that his aunt was very faceless and was bombarded by his uncle, he saw that Su Qingyun didn't speak for a long time, thinking that he was delaying time, although he was not sure whether the painting in front of him was true or false, but Su Qingyun didn't speak after looking at it for so long, he thought that Su Qingyun definitely didn't know him. So he decided to save face for his aunt.
"Cousin-in-law, how's it going. You've been looking at it for so long, if there's anything wrong with this painting, you might as well say it directly. ”
Su Qingyun understood that this Jiang Yiwen wanted to see his joke, so he smiled and said, "Cousin, you are really right, there is indeed something wrong with this painting." It's a fake. ”
Hearing Su Qingyun say this, Jiang Yiwen and Ye Nanjiang both had surprised expressions on their faces. Before Jiang Yiwen could speak, Ye Nanjiang asked, "Qingyun, tell me what's wrong with this painting." ”
"Father-in-law, look here. Su Qingyun pointed to a place for Ye Jiangnan to see, "This place obviously uses wet ink, this Wu Zhen likes to use wet ink, which is well known to the world, but his liking to use wet ink does not mean that he can't use dry ink, nor does it mean that he doesn't use dry ink." ”
"Su Qingyun, what do you mean, if you have something to say, just say it, don't waste time here. Jiang Yiwen on the side said impatiently.
"Yiwen, don't interrupt Qingyun's words. Ye Nanjiang was listening with relish, and when he heard Jiang Yiwen say this, he couldn't help but say a little angrily.
Jiang Yiwen glanced at Su Qingyun very angrily, this Su Qingyun, his aunt said that he was a waste, and now it seems that he is also a difficult master to deal with. It seems that his uncle's family property is not easy to take, but it is uncertain who will kill the deer in the future, Jiang Yiwen secretly clenched his fists, and at this time he already hated Su Qingyun to death in his heart.
"Father-in-law, Wu Zhen likes to use dry ink when painting bamboo, and all the bamboo ink he paints uses dry ink. So from this you can see that this is an imitation. Su Qingyun said brightly.
Su Qingyun's words made Ye Jiangnan look at him with admiration, but these words also offended a complete villain.