Chapter 8: The Enemy Created for Us
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"Buy this character?" Hearing that the man was going to buy his own pair of Man Jianghong, Yu Yu was stunned, and Doudou, who was sitting not far away, was also stunned, and then looked at Yu Yu expectantly, thinking to himself, young master, don't be stupid.
"Yes, I'd love to buy your print!" the man repeated.
"This ...... Don't sell it!" Yu Yu smiled slightly, and quickly made a decision, "This painting, no matter how much money you give, I won't sell it, senior, I'm sorry!"
"Well......" The man was also stunned when he heard Yu Yu's resolute attitude, Doudou heard Yu Yu say not to sell it on the side, his anxious little face suddenly turned red, and he tried to gouge out Yu Yu's eyes. Yu Yu didn't see it!
"Haha, okay, since it's the little brother's thing, the decision is naturally in your hands, the so-called gentleman doesn't take the favor of others, but I don't know if the little brother can write a pair for me on the spot?"
"Okay, no problem, my young master often says that he is the best at writing!" Before waiting for Yu Yu to speak, Doudou quickly stood up and took the man's words and responded.
Yu Yu's face was sad, and he smiled bitterly at the man, "There are strong maids in the family, what can I do?"
The man was also very tight, and said with a smile, "In my opinion, little brother, you and this girl are not as simple as master and servant, even if they are really master and servant, it is not an ordinary master and servant relationship!"
"Hey," Yu Yu shook his head with a bitter face, "Doudou, pen and ink are waiting!"
Doudou answered the sound and trotted to the inner room to get ready. It is not easy to prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, remove tea sets and other things, Yu Yu lifts the pen, and Doudou grinds ink.
"I don't know what the seniors want?" Yu Yu asked the man.
"Feel free to do so!" the man said with a slight smile.
"Okay!" Yu Yu agreed, dipped himself in ink, and wrote a sentence on the unfolded Liyang paper, eight words
"With the long sword in hand, I have it in the world!"
All in one go!
"Okay!good!good!" After Yu Yu finished writing those eight words, the middle-aged man standing next to him said three good words in a row, "What a long sword in hand, I have it in the world, good words, good momentum!" After saying this, when the man looked at Yu Yu again, the expression on his face was no longer as casual as just now.
In fact, Yu Yu was very lazy to write this kind of treasure offering on the spot, but the attitude of the person just now was obviously not very convinced that Man Jianghong was from his own handwriting. In order to fight for this breath, Yu Yu agreed to write a word on the spot.
"Little brother, I can't hide it, I just saw that Man Jianghong couldn't believe that this character was actually from the hand of a young man under the age of sixteen, so I had the intention to test it, but now I believe it! Little brother's calligraphy realm is so high, I am ashamed of myself!" the man said sincerely.
Yu Yu put away the pen, put it away, looked at the man and smiled slightly, "I don't know how much the predecessor bid?"
Yu Yu thought that this was the key, and Doudou also looked at the middle-aged man nervously, although he was ashamed of Yu Yu's 'naked' and 'naked' way of asking for the price, but he still stared at the middle-aged man expectantly.
The middle-aged man didn't expect Yu Yu to be so direct, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with relief, "Little brother, what is the price?"
Yu Yu said in his heart, old boy, you have been tricked!
As soon as he said "one thousand taels of silver", Yu Yu felt that he seemed to be a little ruthless, and immediately added, "How?"
"Oh" The middle-aged man was also stunned, he didn't expect Yu Yu to ask for such a price, you must know that this price is unique in the calligraphy market.
Doudou was stunned for a moment, and quickly added in a whisper, "It's cheaper, and it can be sold!"
"Haha," the middle-aged man laughed loudly, with an extremely clean and gentle laughter, "I have lived for so long, and it is the first time I have met such a real 'temperament' as a little brother and a little girl." Okay, a thousand taels, a thousand taels!"
"Ah" Doudou's little face turned a little red, not because of excitement, but because he felt that his young master was a little shameless.
Yu Yu was also stunned, scratched his head a little embarrassed and said, "Senior, please forgive me for being abrupt, I was originally a little ambitious, and it is okay to be cheaper!"
"Haha, good words, good words!" The middle-aged man ignored Yu Yu and the others, and admired the eight big characters on the table one by one.
"Sir, you haven't paid for your tea yet?" took a silver ticket of one thousand taels, and seeing that the middle-aged man was about to leave, Doudou blushed and whispered timidly.
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again, "Interesting, it's so interesting, I didn't come in vain today, I didn't come in vain, little boss, how much is it?"
"Ten taels of silver!" Doudou lowered his head and whispered.
The middle-aged man was stunned, but immediately took out an ingot of ten taels of silver and handed it to Doudou, "This tea is not cheap!"
After speaking, the man picked up the words in his hand, and the words that were still dripping with ink dripping were dried in an instant, rolled up and put them in his sleeves, smiled at Yu Yu and the others, picked up the umbrella, and quietly left the Yanyun Teahouse!
"It's not atmospheric, it's really not atmospheric!" As soon as the middle-aged man left, Yu Yu counted Doudou vigorously, Doudou didn't care, holding the silver ticket with a face value of 1,000 taels, as if he hadn't recovered from the shock just now.
"Young master, let's sell words" Ignoring Yu Yu, Doudou suddenly said this.
"Selling words?" Yu Yu was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily, "How can you call it selling words, call calligraphy, do you understand calligraphy? Besides, young master, how can I not be reduced to the point of selling words for a living like a poor Xiucai, oh, no, selling calligraphy for a living." Don't sell, don't sell!" Saying that, Yu Yu hurriedly walked from the teahouse to the back room, no longer paying attention to Doudou, and said loudly as he walked, "Doudou, close the 'door' and eat hot pot tonight!"
Although he had a thousand taels of silver in his hand, the business of the teahouse never improved. On the issue of whether to sell words, the master and servant had a quarrel for a few days. There was nothing to do during the day, and Yu Yu began to come out and walk around. The main thing is to inquire about the performance of the Li family after Li Fu was killed.
Unexpectedly calm!
There is no news about this, Yu Yu is not sure that the Li family does not pay attention to this Li Fu at all, thinking that he caused trouble outside and was killed, or is the Li family simply disdainful of reporting to the official, and he is 'privately' visiting? If it is the first, he does not have to worry, but what if it is the second?
Yu Yu decided to be quiet for a while, and then talk about it after this limelight. Although it didn't seem to be in the limelight, the calmer it was, the more uneasy Yu felt. Because even for the first reason, killing the Li family's housekeeper, it stands to reason that this is tantamount to slapping the Li family in the face, why would they behave so calmly?
Due to the large number of monks in the holy city, and the status of the Qianzheng Academy is too unique, all the students of the Qianzheng Academy must go to the imperial court for registration for future inquiries.
After a few days of busyness and walking through many ya'men', Yu Yu got this matter done. As a native of Yanguo, he has long heard the name of the Qianzheng Academy, and he also knows that many civil officials in the DPRK and China were born in the Qianzheng Academy, but when he walked into those ya's 'doors' and showed his Aoki card, the high standard of treatment he received still made him unable to help but sigh at the transcendent status of the Qianzheng Academy. When I arrived at the Holy City Mansion, it turned out that the prefect himself received it, which was very high for a student who had not yet entered the school.
Being busy with these things is actually a manifestation of Yu Yu pretending to be busy. No way, there are thugs at home!
But the one who should come still has to come, and seeing that a month has passed, except for the tea money that the wronged boss paid ten taels of silver last time, no one has ever come to the teahouse. During this time, Yu Yu was busy with his own admission, and Doudou ignored him. This night, Yu Yugang lay down and held Doudou in his arms, and Doudou spoke:
"Young master, we can't sit and eat like this, in fact, no one has ever been to the teahouse, and occasionally someone comes to see the list, and they are all scared away, saying that the price we ask here is too expensive, and saying ugly things, ugly!"
Doudou is aggrieved!
"Well, if those idiots say bad things in the future, you let them fuck off!" Yu Yu comforted.
"But we always have to make money, young master!" Doudou continued after rubbing his chest against Yu Yu's chest.
Yu Yu hugged the cold Doudou and was speechless for a moment. A thousand taels of silver on hand is a lot, but the problem is to think of a long-term plan, if the teahouse is never opened, is it possible to let Doudou beg for food?
"Well, I'll think of a way, think of a way, don't mention the matter of selling words, no, isn't there still two months before school starts, you let me think about it, there is always a way!" Yu Yu was helpless, so he could only comfort him like this.
The reluctance to sell words is not Yu Yu's sourness, and he thinks that selling words is not a business after all. As a modern person with nearly 30 years of life experience, he still has a business mindset. I had never heard of a calligrapher who could become a rich man, they were all businessmen.
In addition, Yanguo is full of calligraphy shops, bookstores, too many, and the fierce competition can be said to be the most serious industry in the country, so he is reluctant to sell words, "waste" and "fine" time, although he is very confident in his calligraphy, but Yu Yu thinks that there are always not many people who know the goods.
"That's right, Doudou" Yu Yu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered something, and said to Doudou, "I thought of a good way!"
"Young Master, what can you do?" Doudou's eyes also lit up, and he raised his little face and asked.
"There is a saying that there are no guns and no cannons, and the enemy makes them for us, you know?"
"Young Master, what is a cannon?"
"A very powerful weapon!"
"And what do you mean by that?"
"It means robbing!"