When Li Chenghua heard this, he opened his eyes and turned his head to look, but he didn't expect him to ask like this.

He lay down with his hands on his back, and sighed slightly, "She probably will fight with you! That's my mother's life, and it's the only thing my dad left for her." If you sell her, she won't mess with you?!"

didn't hear Lin Fang speak, he closed his eyes, "Don't really sell the painting!"

"Chenghua, aren't you also ......"

"You also saw it, impossible!" Li Chenghua opened his eyes and looked at Lin Fang, "I'm just mentioning it, you also saw my mother's reaction." You'd better dispel that thought. ”

"But we can only do this now, Feifei has already been admitted to university, it is Tongcheng University! She has got the admission letter!" Lin Fang said a little excited.

"Tongcheng University?" Li Chenghua looked at his wife in surprise, he stood up slightly, and he was very surprised and excited. After thinking about it, he sighed, lay down and continued: "You know, where is there still some place in our family for her to go to college, and the art major costs money. Could it be that you really expect to sell your paintings to Feifei to go to college?"

Lin Fang got up and looked at him in amazement, "She's your daughter!" She didn't see that he was happy for his daughter in the slightest, and he was able to sleep peacefully.

"It's a daughter who has nothing to do with selling paintings! If you sell your paintings, your mother will probably divorce us. Li Chenghua closed his eyes and seemed to be very calm.

"Divorce?" Lin Fang couldn't believe that he would say this, looking at her husband lying on the bed, she pursed her lips and smiled a little.

After so many years of husband and wife, even if the family is like this now, he has become like this, and he still feels that he does not owe anyone as always.

She stopped talking and turned her back to her husband. Thinking about so many years of dedication, the grievances I have suffered, but in exchange for a sentence that I may get a divorce.

She fell asleep on her side with her eyes closed, and never heard her husband's comfort.

After a long time, she turned to look at her husband, who was already asleep, looking at the faintly dim room, the old mosquito net, and faintly thinking that only her daughter's tuition fee was in her heart.

Following.

Lin Fang heard a voice in the next room and knew that it was Li Fei inside. Seeing that she was cleaning, it didn't seem to be going out to paint, so she thought about it and walked over anyway.

Li Fei heard her mother's footsteps, and she lowered her head to sort out yesterday's rice paper and Chinese painting paints, wrapping them all so that they would not become moldy.

Seeing her mother coming, she smiled at her mother as usual. "Mom, what's the matter?"

Lin Fang watched her daughter packing up her things, and she had all those paintings installed.

"It's fine. Just take a look. She smiled softly. Looking at her daughter, who has grown into a big girl, whether she is a child or an adult, she has never let herself worry about anything.

When Li Fei saw her mother looking at her, she lowered her head slightly, suppressed the emotions in her heart, raised her head and smiled and said to her mother, "It's okay, Mom." I'll sort this out first so as not to get in the way. ”

"Hmm......" she nodded, seeing that her daughter seemed to have something to say, "What's wrong?"

"I'm fine. Li Fei looked at his mother's eyes that were a little puffy because she didn't sleep well because she was taking care of her father. The fine lines at the corners of the eyes had obviously deepened.

I must have been worried about going to college.

She didn't know what words to use to comfort her mother at this moment.

Lin Fang frowned slightly, "Feifei, don't worry! Mom will definitely let you go to college!"

Li Fei didn't know why her mother said this, so she couldn't help frowning, "Mom, our family has no money......

Seeing her daughter frowning, she reached out and touched her face, "Silly boy, nothing is as important as your college studies, mom will definitely find a way." ”

Lin Fang saw that she had been packing up her things, and even put away her drawing board.

"Feifei, there's nothing going on at home, the weather is good today, you go out to paint!" she took her daughter's hand and picked up the drawing board for her.

Li Fei was surprised for a moment, but he thought that he also wanted to earn some money to fill the family, his younger brother was going to be promoted to a year next semester, and the family also needed money.

"Hmm. She nodded, and found the drawing board she had intended to put away. Grab a bag of half-drawn sketch paper and grab a folding stool.

"Mom. I went. ”

"Well, go ahead! Be careful on the road. Go to a shady place, don't bask all the time, and come back when it's too hot. Lin Fang saw her daughter go out, and she instructed.

"Got it. Li Fei carried the sketchpad on his back, took his things and walked out of the gate.

Seeing that her daughter was far away, Lin Fang returned to the house, and saw that there was no one in the house, her mother-in-law went outside early in the morning to be busy, and her husband was still reading in the room.

She passed by the house where the old man lived before his death, and she stopped and looked. Having made up her mind, she looked around, directly and quietly took out the key, and opened the lock.

Lin Fang quietly entered the room, and in the dim room, Lin Fang didn't even dare to turn on the light. For fear of being seen.

The windows had long been sealed, and as soon as you entered, there was a puff of dust and the smell of being there for a long time.

She searched in the dark, and her heart was full of thoughts.

Suddenly, there was a sound of an iron basin falling outside, which frightened her almost to her feet, and she stood and looked at the door.

Hearing the occasional rooster crow, she remembered that she had put the iron basin in the chicken coop before. She patted her chest, thinking that her mother-in-law had returned.

I saw the wooden box on the table, and there was a lock on it.

She frowned and walked out of the house again, went to her mother-in-law's room, and successfully found the key.

Lin Fang, who soon got the painting, hid the painting in a pile of vegetable leaves in the basket, picked up the burden, and went out directly.

……

When she walked to the entrance of Bluestone Street, she saw that her daughter did not paint in the place where she used to set up a stall, so she must have gone to the mall.

She carried the burden and walked to a shop selling calligraphy and paintings, and stood at the door of the calligraphy and painting shop and hesitated for a moment.

Seeing that the owner of the shop was greeting a young customer, she looked left and right, afraid that she would meet her daughter on the street. He decisively put down his burden, took off the straw hat on his head, and put the flat hat by the door. I took the painting that was tightly covered with vegetable leaves, and walked straight in.

The owner of the shop was an old man in his sixties, and he looked at the middle-aged woman opposite in surprise, and saw that her flat shoulder was still placed by the door, which made her a little puzzled, "...... are you?"

Lin Fang knew that this was a famous calligraphy and painting shop in the city, and there were many works of famous painters hanging here. Some wealthy people came here specifically to buy paintings.

"Boss, I'm here to sell paintings. Lin Fang looked at the calligraphy and paintings hanging in the store, and was a little timid, for fear of breaking those expensive tea sets. I didn't dare to look at the seemingly noble young man next to me.

She took out a scroll wrapped in cloth and painted, "This is my family's ancestor. She said, holding the painting in both hands and about to open it.

The boss looked at the scroll painting she was holding, and said to the guest who turned around to continue looking at the painting, "Mr. Lu, you wait a minute. He motioned for her to go to the compartment of the screen, put it on the table, and saw her carefully open it. As soon as he saw the payment, he immediately knew whose painting it was.

Lin Fang looked at the boss's expression and knew that he must know that the price of this painting must not be low.

"How? boss. She asked eagerly.

The boss put on his reading glasses and bent down to look at a painting in front of him.

Lin Fang didn't know the bottom of his heart, but he still followed the boss to look at the painting, and then looked at the boss's attitude. Seeing that the boss's eyes were squinted, he looked at the painting carefully, and didn't speak for a long time.

In the end, the boss looked at the painting and nodded, and looked at Lin Fang, obviously she was dressed as a peasant woman, and she didn't want to be a person who could have such a painting at home.

"This painting belongs to your family, are you a descendant of Li Chengxi?" the boss looked at her, a little surprised, he could see Li Chengxi's painting now.

Lin Fang knew that the boss didn't believe it, and when she saw the boss's looking eyes, she smiled awkwardly, "Yes." ”

The boss lifted his reading glasses, looked at the guest who was looking at the painting, and he looked at the woman who was waiting for a reply. "Are you in a hurry to sell this painting?"

Seeing the honest woman nodding, the boss was silent for a moment, "So, let me tell you and see if the guest over there is willing to buy." ”

Lin Fang looked at the young guest through the screen, and when he came in, he didn't dare to look more, and vaguely saw the tall figure of the young guest. Estimated to be less than thirty years old, "It's up to the boss to sell you for a good price." ”

The boss held reading glasses in his hand and waved his hand, "If you can come to me to buy a painting, there is naturally no shortage of money, this painting is quite well preserved, and it will not be low from the hands of Mr. Li Chengxi, but it depends on whether Mr. Lu can see it." ”

"This ......"

"Mr. Lu is not from the south, so naturally he will not know Mr. Li's name. ”

"Then ......" Lin Fang glanced at the young guest who had been standing looking at the painting, and turned his head to look at the boss, "Then it depends on the boss to tell you a good price, our family is in a hurry to use the money now." ”

"It's up to your luck. The boss said, carefully rolling up the painting, and walked out of the cubicle with the painting.

Lin Fang hurriedly followed.

Lu Junyu saw that the boss was talking to a middle-aged woman for a long time before coming out. The middle-aged woman was wearing a light blue floral shirt and a pair of sleeves. He looked and saw the middle-aged woman looking at him, admiring the paintings hanging on either side. Although they are all masterpieces, none of them have his eye.

He put his right hand in his trouser pocket and took two steps. Seeing the boss coming over, he looked back and saw the boss coming over with a smile.

"Mr. Lu still hasn't taken a fancy to it?" the boss took off his reading glasses, walked up to him, and motioned for him to come over and take a look.

Lin Fang dared to take a serious look at this young man's appearance, and he knew by looking at the way he was dressed that he was not a rich second generation, but also a person with a successful career. Otherwise, I don't have the leisure to buy any paintings.

She saw that he must have come to buy a painting she liked, and wondered what to say, but she, a woman from the countryside, didn't understand anything, so she didn't dare to come forward and say it, so she stood aside and watched.

Seeing that the boss came up to talk to him, she had to wait.

Lu Junyu saw that the boss asked him to go over and look at a painting on the table over there, and saw a middle-aged woman standing next to the painting, looking at him fixedly.

"Mr. Lu, take a look at whether this painting is what you want. The boss looked at the painting in front of him and continued: "This is a Danqing painting by Li Chengxi, I saw it, this is a real handiwork." ”

He lifted the reading glasses under the bridge of his nose and glanced at Lu Junyu's expression, "You can take a look at the inscription, it is indeed genuine." Not to mention the fame of his paintings at that time or now, just look at his brushwork, which can be regarded as a superb painting. ”

Lu Junyu didn't listen to what the boss said, he quietly looked at the subtle and slightly warped old man depicted in the painting, and an old woman, obviously a loving couple. It is conceivable that this was the artist's state of mind at that time, and the picture revealed the implication of husband and wife sharing hardships and working together for a hundred years.

The old man lives on the rock, leaning on the pine and painting in the coolness. The old woman stood aside, holding a broken palmetto fan, looking down at the picture with a side face.

In the painting, it can be seen that although the two old men are not dressed in fancy clothes, they are even dressed in rags. But the subtle and slightly warped depiction of the demeanor is very expressive.

Seeing the old man's demeanor of looking up and laughing, it instantly reminded him of when his grandmother was still alive when he was a child, and his grandfather often laughed.

This painting touched him at once. He thought it was wonderful, and he could see it.

"Mr. Lu, although this painting depicts life, it is a genre painting. But it's a masterpiece of realism and art. It is also the last painting of the painter in his later years, and he did not paint much in his life, but it is a fine product. The boss saw that the young man did not speak, but he was still satisfied, and said vigorously: "If you believe the old man, this painting is his most representative one, although the fame is not everyone, but it is related to the environment to which he belonged at that time." This is also a fly in the ointment. ”

The boss looked at the woman who had been standing without speaking, and saw that her eyes were very excited. He could also see that their family needed money, otherwise they wouldn't have sold the painting.

"How?" asked the boss, looking at the young man's serious expression.

Lu Junyu came back to his senses, nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's it." ”

As soon as Lin Fang heard that he was willing to buy this painting, he couldn't help but look at him with wide eyes. I saw that he was tall, with a straight figure and extraordinary clothes, and at first glance he was a rich man, not an ordinary person. She clasped her hands and lowered her head, letting her boss talk to him. I was very nervous, and I didn't know how much I could buy.