Coming back from Xue'er Township, in the evening, Da Niu invited a few of us to eat a meal of hot pot beef.

Haiyang people eat beef, that is particular, the cattle just killed in the afternoon, the meat is very fresh, the beef balls must also be beaten by hand, with good fresh meat, the master is hand-made, the meatballs will bounce up when they fall to the ground. Lao Zhao and Ah Guang ate non-stop, Da Niu also took a bottle of two pots, and a few people came and went to drink wine, eat meat, and go back to the dormitory of Sanjiang Town Cultural Station after a full meal.

As soon as Lao Zhao and Ah Guang and I returned to Da Niu's studio, we three painters collaborated on an eight-foot paper work through Jiuxing, and also made a summary of the sketch of Sanjiang Town, and this painting was also prepared to be left for Da Niu to make a souvenir.

This is a collection of unique landmark buildings and characteristic pastoral scenery pictures of Sanjiang Town: Hanjiang River, Liyu Mountain, Sanyuan Pagoda, Rapid Water Ferry, Hanjiang Wharf, Kapok Tree, the front and back of the village, the small bridge and flowing water, the melon shed fence are all creative materials, plantain bamboo forest, sugarcane rice, greenhouse vegetables, ancient banyan old houses, goose sheds and chicken nests, etc., are all the objects of expression in the Sanjiang scenic pictures! The beautiful pastoral scenery is clear and pure, we use the smell of wine, with enthusiastic feelings, to squander the Danqing; the traditional brush and ink, with the calligraphy into the painting and the bone method with the brush, as well as the modern composition of the expression techniques; the Sanjiang Town, this paradise is vividly expressed! Lao Zhao also said to Da Niu while painting:

"Brother Niu, this painting is really a good work! There is great beauty in heaven and earth, and this work fully embodies the beauty of the whole and details of the whole and details of the big and the small. We have created a simple, elegant, fresh and idyllic work with a strong local flavor and idyllic atmosphere, which makes people yearn for it. Thinking about Nanyang Gaoshi Liu Ziji's 'arable fields in the peach garden' is nothing more than that. ”

"Yes, if people's hearts are clean, the picture will be clean!" Ah Guang said to Lao Zhao.

"Yes, Brother Zhao, your pen and ink are upright and clear, the ink is very good, and it is rich! It is indeed a good painting! It is rare, rare!" Da Niu said and gave a thumbs up.

"Yes! Pastoral landscape works try their best to create an ethereal, elegant, pure, and original ecology in the picture, and the picture strives to reflect the inner beauty, tranquility, and simplicity; and it also embodies the viewability, livability, and travel, so that people will have a sense of intimacy as soon as they see this painting! The viewer and the work will be shortened at once. This is a state of tranquility! It may be able to make people have a state of mind that is far away from the impetuousness and troubles of the city; it can cultivate their mood! They can tune the piano and read the golden scriptures. However, in today's society, this kind of spiritual thing is indeed too lacking!"

I echoed a few words, and the bull applauded and nodded at me. I went on to say:

"The so-called scenery is born from the heart, the image in the heart, and the painter's embodiment of inner beauty strives to be seen in the work. The work can see the pursuit of the painter's spiritual realm: whether it is elegant, fragrant, tranquil, or rich, majestic, etc., all of which are the expressions that the painter injects into his own thoughts. The higher level reflects the painter's understanding of man and nature, and the unique interpretation of heaven, earth, man, and the spiritual aspects of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. ”

"That's right! Hanzhe, that's a great point!" Da Niu said as he made tea for the three of us, and he also handed us tea one by one.

Ah Guang said: "Seriously, in the past few years, our brothers have traveled from south to north to sketch everywhere, and they have collaborated on many paintings, but we have never painted such a good painting! ”

Lao Zhao also followed and said: "Yes, Lao Zhong, Brother Niu, we will come often in the future, welcome?"

"That's great, you can afford it, come often, come often. Even if Hanzhe doesn't come, as long as Brother Zhao Guangge makes a phone call, I will definitely arrange it well, rest assured. Da Niu said to us with a smile on his face, and he habitually touched his bald head again.

After completing the "Three Rivers Scenic Map", a few of us sat down to drink tea and chat.

Da Niu saw that the time was more than 11 o'clock in the evening, so he called Xu Laosan from the Guantang Yusheng Shop in Shijie and asked for two catties of Hanjiang grass carp sheng (sashimi) and two catties of shrimp sheng, and one catty of dog meat.

The master of this yusheng has good knife skills, peel the bones of the fish, wipe off the fish's blood, and not leave a little bit of fish blood, so that there is no fishy smell, and then let the fish meat be hung up to dry the water, and then cut into fish fillets. Each fillet is about a millimeter thick, almost every slice is the same thickness, and the cut fillets are placed on a clean small bamboo sieve one by one. To make shrimp sheng, the shrimp is shelled and headed, leaving only the shrimp meat cut into thin slices, and then placed on a plate filled with ice cubes and ice cubes separated by plastic wrap, which can keep the fish fillets and shrimp meat smooth and fresh. When eating, take a few slices of fish fillet or shrimp meat, and then accompany it with garlic, shredded ginger, Jin Buchang, shredded radish, celery, sour Yangduo and sesame oil soy milk and other small ingredients, a small bowl and a large mouthful of this to eat, sweet and refreshing. It is very nutritious, but it must be sterilized with a high degree of alcohol, so that you are not afraid to eat it raw.

The big cow said that fish and dog meat are invincible in the world. He also took out his treasured aged Moutai, so that we drank Moutai wine and ate yusheng dog meat and started chatting again.

Ah Guang and Lao Zhao had never tried to eat yusheng, but they were very happy to eat it, and Ah Guang praised the delicious food!

"I have benefited a lot from this trip to Sanjiang in just a few days! I am used to painting the landscapes of the north, and these days I have painted the countryside of the south, but it is a different feeling. It is no wonder that the Lingnan School of painting has always enjoyed a high reputation in the Chinese painting world, and this southern style is different. Here, let's have a toast brothers. ”

The four of us clinked glasses and drank them all.

Freehand!

"Yes, it is indeed different from the scenery of the northern country, so Lao Zhong's painting is unique, and it seems that it has been fully blessed with the beauty of the countryside of his hometown and the nourishment of Han Shui. It's not easy!"

Lao Zhao looked at me after speaking, and then said:

"Pastoral landscapes are sometimes difficult to deal with, because they are mostly plains and wilderness, and there are very few high and low levels. Hanzhe's paintings can gain a foothold in the art world, which can be seen from the fact that he once lived in the countryside and town of his hometown in eastern Guangdong, the original ecology is well preserved, the damage is not too serious, and he is attached to his hometown, and he has moved his own work, and he has also moved others! ”

The four of them had another dry glass.

"The stationmaster did a good job, received us thoughtfully, and took us to the best scenic spots to collect style, which is really worthy of being a person engaged in culture! Come, the three of us brothers salute Brother Niu, and I will do it first. As soon as I said this, Lao Zhao and Ah Guang followed with another cup of Da Niu.

At this time, Da Niu smiled and touched his general's belly with one hand, and habitually touched his bald head with the other hand and said:

"Thank you, thank you for coming to our poor country, this is Hanzhe looks up to my old Cui, brotherhood! brotherhood! If you are not well served, I hope you will bear with me. Here, let's have another drink. ”

The four of them raised their glasses and drank them all.

The so-called "wine is less than a thousand cups of confidants"!

I know that Da Niu is a master of the lantern riddle industry in Haiyang County, and often makes riddles in the city radio station lantern riddle program for people to guess, Lao Zhao is also a good guesser, so he proposed that Da Niu improvise a few riddles to help the wine.

When Lao Zhao heard this, he said even more energetically: "Okay, okay, Lao Zhong, don't you say it earlier, Brother Niu, come, come a few, let us also learn and learn." ”

Da Niu touched his bald head, and said with a self-contained face: "Don't dare to study, let's learn from each other, and we will help the fun." It just so happens that this weekend the city radio station lantern riddle is used as a riddle I made, I will say two, let everyone point out, the first: the husband tried to get the first name, guess the ancient title two; Guess what, cheer up, come, let's drink. ”

The four of them had another glass, and when the big cow saw that the wine was almost finished, he was still unsatisfied, so he took out another bottle of Moutai and opened it, and several people continued to drink and guess the riddle.

"I'll take a guess first, and give it a try. Lao Zhao smiled on his face, touched his long beard, and pretended to be embarrassed to say to the big cow: "I'll guess the word first, Brother Niu, is it the word Xiang? Isn't that Brother Niu?"

"Applause! That's right, it seems that Brother Zhao is a master. ”

Da Niu said, taking the lead, and several of us applauded.

Lao Zhao came to Xing and continued: "This husband tried to get the first name, the ancient title is two, it should be Lang Zhong and Zhuangyuan, right? The husband is Lang, and the first name of the palace test is the champion, so it should be the meaning of Lang Zhongzhuang. ”

"That's right, that's right, master, really master. Brother Zhao hides it deeply, okay, brother only toasts you with a glass. Da Niu said and drank it all. Lao Zhao also drank happily, Ah Guang and I applauded, and I also praised Lao Zhao: "There are really two hits!" Ah Guang also echoed: "The bearded man really has two brushes! I don't know anything about this riddle, I am just a rough person." However, this is also a long knowledge, I learned, learned. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, this riddle is in front of Brother Niu, the class door has an axe, the class door has an axe, and my beard is only at the kindergarten level. Lao Zhao laughed after saying this, and asked everyone to eat dog meat and drink.

The big cow borrowed the wine, took the sprinkle cup, stood on the chair, touched the bald head, and immediately recited a few words: "The spring is bright, the insects are mating, ah, cousin, not to mention humans." ”

After the big cow finished reciting, the wine was exhausted, and there was a crackling sound, and the three of them laughed heartily, all of them had different shapes and ugliness, and I laughed too, and the laughter resounded throughout the cultural station. I also have to admire the urgency of the big cow! A few gentlemen just drank wine and enjoyed the paintings while eating yusheng, which can really be described as "talking and laughing with Confucianism". At this time, Lao Zhao suddenly pointed at me and said with a wicked smile:

"It's a pity! Hanzhe didn't see the person he wanted to see the most, and this trip back to his hometown was a bit of a fly in the ointment. ”

Da Niu also knew the meaning of Lao Zhao's words, so he looked at me. I said, "Brother Zhao, the brothers are happy today, don't talk about this topic, tomorrow I will send you and Ah Guang back to Kyoto with Da Niu, and then I will go to Guangzhou the day after tomorrow, and I may also stay in Guangzhou for a while." You also know that there are people in the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts who I am looking for......"

"I knew you had this plan, okay, let's get together again in Kyoto, and Brother Niu will come to Beijing with Hanzhe next time. Come, just a few more drinks. Lao Zhao stood up and raised his wine glass after speaking, and the three of us also stood up and raised our wine glasses, and the four of us drank it all......