Qin Hanzhen and they stayed in Changzhou for three or four days, then they set off again and walked south along the canal, and soon arrived in Wuxi. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The most famous thing here in Wuxi is Taihu Lake, since you have passed by, there is no reason to miss it. They went to swim in Taihu Lake, ate whitebait, tasted oily gluten and siu mai along the way, and returned to the city to buy clay figurines and a few seasonal fruits from Huishan. Qin Bai also took Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo to visit Yixing shops on the street and bought some purple sand pots, purple sand tea sets, and so on.

Their family's boat was clearly hanging the banner of Yongjiahou Mansion, and they didn't want to bother with anything on the road. However, a few days after the ship docked at the wharf in Wuxi, the local officials and gentry in Wuxi saw it, and Qin Bai inquired about them before they came back from Taihu Lake, and immediately sent a greeting post and a meeting gift, which was very rich.

Qin Bai wanted to play quietly and quietly for a few days, but since he had already alarmed the local gentry, it was not good to turn him away too much. Besides, the invitation also has the one given to Zhao Mo, and I don't know if Zhao Mo wants to stay in Jiangnan for a few more years, but he has an industry in Jiangnan, and it is good to make more contacts. So he discussed with Zhao Mo and picked out a few posts, all of which were sent by local parents, scholars, and big families, and agreed to go to the banquet they invited.

The Qin family stayed in Wuxi for a few more days. During this period, Qin Hanzhen also found boys' clothes to wear, dressed up as a little boy, and accompanied his grandfather Qin Bai and Zhao Mo to the famous Donglin Academy. Donglin Academy is said to be very prosperous in the previous dynasty, although it is not as big as before, but there are many students who come to study, and there are several famous monuments in the academy. Qin Hanzhen swam around with his grandfather and consciously gained a lot of knowledge. As for Zhao Mo, he has grown in knowledge. It's not long, Qin Bai bought him a lot of books in a row of bookstores near Donglin Academy, and he had to assign him homework.

After this time, Qin Hanzhen felt that it was much more convenient to wear men's clothes, as if she and Zhao Mo's little brother were accompanying her grandfather Qin Bai to go out to play, there was no need to bring any girls, and the robes and trousers were more convenient than wide-sleeved shirts and long skirts, not to mention that some people would say that everywhere was a man, and girls were not allowed to enter. She simply asked Qingxing and a few of them to buy suitable clothes, and made two boys' clothes for her, and when she went out to play, if she followed her grandfather Qin Bai and did not go with her grandmother Niu and Huang family's aunts and sisters-in-law, they would all dress up as men's clothes, and even the effort of combing her hair was saved a lot.

It's really convenient to dress up as a man, Qin Hanzhen is really a lot. Thanks to her dress, when the local gentry invited Qin Bai and Zhao Mo to visit the garden, she also followed. Wuxi is also a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River, there are many scholarly eunuchs and wealthy families in the city, and many families have private gardens, which are very exquisitely built. Qin Hanzhen visited a few places, and felt that he had gained a lot of knowledge. Especially in today's Jiangnan garden, what is the fashion to pay attention to what step by step, in the garden, such as in the painting, she tastes more, and when she paints in the future, she can also have a lot of inspiration.

One of the gardens, when she walked around, felt a little familiar, but there were many unfamiliar places. She pondered for a long time, and finally remembered that the layout of this home is a bit like Jichang Garden, and there are a few pavilions and pavilions that are also very similar to the impression of Jichang Garden, and then think about Jichang Garden, isn't it exactly in Wuxi? It's just not the same as what she has seen, it is estimated that it was abandoned or changed after the owner, and then it was repaired and rebuilt, right?

Qin Hanzhen sighed a few words, and happily admired this garden, after all, it was a famous garden hundreds of years later, and the scenery was naturally excellent, and she could also take the opportunity to learn more things and use them in painting skills, which was somewhat helpful.

Qin Bai got a few good calligraphy and paintings because of his friendship with the local gentry, and after returning to the boat, he ordered his granddaughter to come with Zhao Mo to take a look, so that he could learn the skills of the ancient masters.

They stayed in Wuxi for a few more days, and when they set off again, it was already September. Probably because of the delay on the way, when they approached Suzhou, they unfortunately encountered a boat heading north, which almost blocked the entire canal. Fortunately, Qin Bai played the banner of Yongjiahou, and finally squeezed out a way and barely leaned on the shore of Suzhou Wharf. But if you want to go further, I'm afraid it's a bit of a trouble. Fortunately, there are many places of interest in Suzhou, and it is also the most prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is not a bad thing to stay here for a few more days.

The dock was busy and noisy, so Qin Bai discussed with Niu, and went to seek the advice of Mrs. Huang Jincheng, and finally decided to find a large inn in Suzhou City, asked for two independent quiet courtyards and moved in, leaving only one-third of his family on the ship to guard the ship's belongings.

After this toss and tiring days of travel, Niu and Mrs. Huang Jincheng are a little tired, and Huang Qingfang is a little unbearable. They decided to rest in the inn for two days to breathe a sigh of relief. Anyway, for a while, you can't leave Suzhou, and you don't have to rush out to play.

Qin Bai had no choice but to go outside to wander on the street first. As usual, he brought his granddaughter Qin Hanzhen, who wore men's clothes, and Zhao Mo, who studied with him. With the experience of Wuxi, Qin Bai also has less taboos in his heart, but feels that Qin Hanzhen is still young, there is nothing to avoid, pretending to be a boy is very like, and there is no boudoir fat powder between gestures, words and demeanors, and he can take it out generously. He took Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo, dressed like ordinary old gentry, only brought two or three entourages, and walked around the streets and alleys of Suzhou City, took a small boat through the city, went to the teahouse to listen to the commentary, tasted Suzhou's special snacks, and enjoyed the scenery of this water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

After walking around like this for a few days, Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo's minds were all blue tiles and white walls in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and they all carried the fragrance of osmanthus in their gestures, Qin Bai felt that it was almost enough, and asked them to redraw the street scene of Suzhou. It is not allowed to refer to each other, and it is not allowed to look at the original manuscript painted by Zhao Mo, so it is painted according to the impressions of the past few days.

Qin Hanzhen has traveled to Suzhou as early as in modern times, has been to several places with the best scenery, and has also seen many famous paintings on the theme of Jiangnan water towns. She has more than a year of painting foundation, every day according to the paintings of ancient masters, learning to paint the street scene, and her skills have also improved greatly. At first, she didn't know how to write, but when she really calmed down, the pen moved as she wished, and the outline of a picture of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River came out.

The more she painted, the more confident she became, as if she had suddenly opened her mind, and she drew the whole picture in one go, and she was relieved only after polishing. When she came back to her senses, she found that she was hungry, sweating on her forehead and back, and her hands were sore and weak at some point.

When I looked up at the small Western clock next to the desk, it was already four hours, and it was almost dark.

Qin Hanzhen hurriedly threw away the pen, took a teacup and hurriedly poured a few sips of tea, and asked someone to get a snack.

Qin Bai walked over from the next room with a smile, looked at her painting, and nodded with satisfaction: "This year's hard work has not been in vain, and it has really benefited." ”

Zhao Mo also came over to look at the painting: "I saw that my cousin's painting is a hundred times stronger than mine, and the brushwork is generous, with the style of a famous artist, and it is very rare to have no fat powder in the boudoir." I was ashamed to look at it. My cousin learned to paint, I also learned to paint, I also saw the real scenery of Jiangnan earlier than my cousin, and I was older, but I was not as good as my cousin everywhere. ”

Qin Hanzhen also went to see his paintings, and felt that they were not much worse than themselves, but the paintings were thicker, not fresh and meticulous enough, and they didn't look like the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River, but they looked a little like the water towns of Gubei Water Town over there in Miyun, so he smiled and said: "Cousin Zhao's paintings are also excellent, at your age, it is not easy to paint like this, why bother to be presumptuous?"

Qin Bai said with a smile: "His brushwork is okay, but the taste is not quite right." After all, he was born and grew up in Liaodong since he was a child, and his temperament is not very compatible with the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. But you also grew up in the northwest, how can you draw so softly?"

Qin Han really knows that this is because she has seen too many famous calligraphy and paintings, and her so-called "seeing more" is not only the paintings collected by her grandfather, but also the calligraphy and paintings she has enjoyed in the past few days of visiting Jiangnan, and there are many real masterpieces. She snorted and said, "Probably because I'm a girl? Not like Cousin Zhao has a rough temperament......?"

Zhao Mo glanced at her, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything. Qin Hanzhen's painting skills are better than him, he is not displeased, but even happier, and he is still a little proud in his heart.

Qin Bai ordered someone to light the lamp, carefully looked at Qin Hanzhen's painting, pointed out a few deficiencies, and instructed her granddaughter how to polish it, so that she could complete the painting alone from beginning to end, without interfering at all.

Qin Hanzhen hurriedly stuffed a few snacks down, drank two cups of hot tea, and felt that he had strength in his body, so he simply went all out, followed his grandfather's instructions, finished the painting, threw the pen away, and the person leaned into the chair: "I can't do it, I'm tired, I don't want to hold a paintbrush for the next two days!"

Qin Bai glanced at his granddaughter angrily, and went to admire her painting again. In his life, he also had some attainments in calligraphy and painting, but unfortunately his two sons were in the army, and he just coped with his studies, and the few students he taught were mostly from poor backgrounds, and they were bent on going to the imperial examination, and few people had the leisure to study these calligraphy and painting skills. When he is old, he can have a granddaughter to inherit his clothes, he is still quite satisfied, and he is already thinking in his heart, he wants to add weight to Qin Hanzhen, open more small stoves, cultivate well, and never let his granddaughter waste her rare talent!

Qin Hanzhen took a breath on the chair, and then ran to find something for the girls to eat and drink. She really spent a lot of energy painting this picture, and she had to make up for it.

Little did she know what kind of situation she was about to fall into.