Chapter 104: A Letter of Entrustment
Sister-in-law Liu's posture really frightened Liu Shuang'er, but after all, she was her own flesh and blood, but she was just a knife mouth and a tofu heart. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Yan Qingxin guessed that she wouldn't really hit Liu Shuang'er, so she really stopped.
Although Aunt Li was wiping the dust, her eyes were always looking at this side, and since she came out with tea, she began to feel that something was wrong when she saw the mother and daughter.
At this moment, after listening to the girl's heartless words, she really wasted two good teas in vain.
She also lost her good face, took a rag and began to wipe the table, Aunt Li wiped the desktop in the middle twice at will, and wiped it in front of Sister-in-law Liu, and said coldly: "It's really strange to say, why is today's desktop so unclean?"
When people who understand hear it, they can hear it, and there is something in the aunt's words.
Sister-in-law Liu smiled awkwardly, held the tea in both hands, and politely gave in.
But it seems that Aunt Li is on the table bar of this piece, she keeps wiping, and she doesn't look at Sister-in-law Liu.
"Mother, what does she mean by this!" Liu Shuang'er was not a fool, she saw that the old aunt was obviously targeting her mother, she continued to mutter: "Why don't you wipe the stupid girl's piece, but wipe the desktop in front of my mother"
Yan Qingjiao's face was light, and she didn't say anything to stop Aunt Li, but only Aunt Li would think about her like this.
She looked at Sister-in-law Liu and smiled, she didn't seem to care about Liu Shuang'er's words, and naturally she didn't take it to heart.
Sister-in-law Liu drank tea by herself, too lazy to discipline the dead girl, she came to Lan'an for two hours, and she had to spend silver to drink tea in the teahouse, or Xiaoqing was here, and there was tea for nothing.
Aunt Li wiped the desktop of Sister-in-law Liu, and then went to wipe Liu Shuang'er's desktop, she saw that the girl had thick eyebrows and big eyes, but she was not educated, she estimated that she was in the village before, and she did not give Xiaoqing any difficulties.
As soon as Liu Shuang'er saw the old aunt coming towards her, she hurriedly picked up the teacup and let go of it early, took a sip of tea and smiled proudly.
Aunt Li, who watched it, was angry.
The mother was too lazy to discipline anymore, and others didn't say much, Yan Qing diverted his eyes from Liu Shuang'er, and when he saw the outside of the art gallery, he happened to see Mrs. Wei get out of the carriage.
She smiled and said, "Aunt Li, if the desktop is dirty, it's dirty, don't care." Mrs. Wei is here, please go make a pot of tea again."
When Aunt Li heard that Mrs. Wei was coming, she was flattered and put away the rag, and said happily: "Mrs. Wei is here!
Yan Qing greeted the gallery, and Aunt Li went to the back hall to make tea.
Leaving Sister-in-law Liu and Liu Shuang'er to sit with each other looking at each other, they didn't want to leave when they came, and they didn't know what to do for a while.
Yan Qing and Liu walked into the art gallery, she smiled and quipped: "Mrs. Wei is still here today, but the business of the art gallery has been very cold recently, and I want to make Mrs. Wei laugh."
"You don't have to be discouraged!" Liu persuaded her, only to find that there were two people sitting at the table when she entered the door, looking dressed like they were from the countryside, she knew that Mr. Su and Xiaoqing were originally from Tanglin Village, and smiled: "There are people from the village."
"Hmm!" Yan Qing nodded, walked to the table and invited Mrs. Wei to sit down.
Although Yan Qing had no good impression of Sister-in-law Liu, he respected her for her seniority and introduced Sister-in-law Liu to Mrs. Wei.
"Hehe!" The old master opened the oil paper, saw that there were still three pieces of osmanthus cake, took one and gave one to Hulin and said, "Hulin will eat another piece, the master already has two pieces enough to eat."
Hulin shook his head and stood beside Yan Qing.
The old master smiled, tasted the taste of osmanthus cake, and immediately praised: "Well, this osmanthus cake is very fragrant, and I didn't feel sweet and greasy after eating a piece of it, and my aunt is a good craft."
"If the aunt knows that the master praises her, she will be very happy!" Yan Qing said with a smile.
The old master finished eating two pieces of osmanthus cake and put them on the table, and suddenly sighed heavily.
Yan Qing was puzzled, but it was not easy to ask directly, she saw that Hulin lowered her eyelids in shame, and her immature face suddenly calmed down a lot.
The atmosphere was inevitably a little frozen for a while.
In desperation, she had no choice but to find a topic on calligraphy and painting, and asked: "Master has never been to the art gallery, how did he know that there is a painting "Seclusion" in the art gallery?"
The old master came to his senses from his solemn thoughts and replied with a smile: "A few days ago, Mr. Peng invited me to the mansion as a guest, and unintentionally, I saw this landscape painting of "Seclusion" hanging in the hall of the mansion. To tell the truth, the old man's family name is Chen, and he is from Huaifeng County. And some of the scenes in Mr. Su's landscape paintings are very similar to the landscapes of Huaifeng."
"I see!" Yan Qing suddenly realized and smiled: "No wonder! Speaking of which, this can be regarded as a coincidence."
"Hmm!" the old man stroked his beard and said: "After returning to the private school, the old man tossed and turned for a few nights, and since he was sick, he was even more worried about Huaifeng, thinking about whether he could see each other again before entering the earth."
"Master!" Hulin didn't want anything to happen to his master.
Yan Qing didn't say anything anymore, because she, like her master, also had a concern for her family and hometown, and her master could still go back to her hometown to see, but she might not be able to go back for the rest of her life.
"Why doesn't the master go back to Huaifeng to visit his relatives?" she asked.
"It's not easy to talk about!" The old master smiled and glanced at Hulin, not only Hulin, but there were more than a dozen babies in the courtyard outside, if he left, who would take care of them.
"Mrs. Su?" the old master looked at her.
"Huh?" Yan Qingying said: "Master, if you have something to say, don't be afraid to say it directly"
The old master smiled and nodded, "I wonder if Mrs. Su has ever thought about opening a private school for calligraphy and painting?"
"Painting and calligraphy private school?" Yan Qing thought this was a good idea, but she didn't dare to think about it too much, the art gallery has not been peaceful recently, and even the business of the art gallery has plummeted, she still has to think about ideas to make the business of the art gallery better, as for the matter of opening a private school of calligraphy and painting, she and her husband really don't have the energy.
She smiled and said truthfully: "I haven't planned this yet."
"Hmm!" the old master seemed to be only mentioning, and when he heard Mrs. Su say that he had no such intentions, he should not say more.
Yan Qing asked her master about her husband's condition again, and when she learned that there was no major problem, she was relieved.
When I returned to the gallery after leaving the private school, it was already dark.
Aunt Li left dinner for her, cared for her husband a few words, and then went about her own business.
Because the business of the gallery has changed from prosperous in the past to such a cold situation now, bearing the gap on her heart, Yan Qing has eaten two mouthfuls of food, and she really has no appetite.
She put down the dishes and chopsticks, sat down at the counter and looked at the recent accounts, the more she looked, the more disturbed she became, she had not sold a single painting today.
Yan Qing breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and at the moment he was thinking about how to save the art gallery's business.
Su Jin finished the calligraphy and painting, and when he came down from the second floor, he saw his lady's anxious face, and he knew what the lady was thinking without asking.
"Husband, you're here..."Although Yan Qing was thoughtful, she could still feel it when her husband approached, she smiled and didn't want to think about it again, and asked, "What about Uncle Feng?
"It's almost over!" Su Jin replied to her simply, he was also thinking of a way to deal with the business of the art gallery recently, and he shouldn't worry about this matter anymore.
"I have a humble opinion in my husband's heart, I wonder if it will help the art gallery?" he said unconvinced.
"Husband, if you have any ideas, tell me quickly!" Yan Qingyuan heard the details and walked out of the counter happily.
The two walked side by side to the tea area that had not yet been demolished, and Su Jin said his thoughts: "Hongyantang is a painting gallery, which is already well-known in Qingyang Street. But once the mermaids in the gallery are mixed, it will wear out their desire to come in..."
"So, if you want to drink tea, you have a place to drink tea, not in the gallery. Husband, do you mean to demolish the tea area?" Yan Qing understood the meaning of her husband's words.
"Hmm!" Su Jin also had no choice but to say: "What happened in the Jinghua Museum recently, I figured it out for my husband, in addition..."
He stopped, looked at him and asked with a smile: "I don't know what the method that the lady used in the Qifu Embroidery Village will be used in the art gallery?"
"Hang the painting outside the door?"
"That's right, remove the tea area and hang the paintings outside!" Su Jin's tone was firm, in order to restore the vitality of the art gallery and to the lady no longer be worried, no matter what the method, she had to give it a try.
Yan Qing pursed his lips and smiled happily, wrapped his arms around his neck and nodded and smiled: "Just listen to my husband, tomorrow we will hang the calligraphy and paintings outside the art gallery, your "Seclusion" is the most popular among painters, right..."
Speaking of the landscape painting of "Seclusion", Yan Qing told him that Huaifeng, the hometown of the old master, had something similar to the scene in "Seclusion".
They chatted with joy.
Aunt Li came out of the back hall with a pot of freshly brewed tea, and saw that Mr. Su and his family were in love, and she was really envious of others.
She put two cups of tea on the table, relaxed her steps, and was about to go up to the second floor to bring tea to Mr. Feng.
Yan Qing saw her, smiled and said to him: "Aunt Li, Uncle Feng's painting should be finished, you let him drink tea and come down!
How could Aunt Li hear what Xiao Qing said that had affected them, but listening to Xiao Qing's tone, hadn't he and Mr. Su already thought of a way to save the gallery?
She immediately said happily: "Okay! I'll go and bring him tea and persuade him to go back and rest early."
Listening to Aunt Li, she happily went upstairs.
Su Jin and Yan Qing looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
Early the next morning.
They came to the gallery early, Feng Zicheng and Aunt Li demolished the tea area, and Su Jin and Yan Qing selected a few of the most popular paintings and calligraphy on weekdays and hung them outside the gallery, which really attracted some attention.
After a busy time, Su Jin went up to the second floor to continue painting.
Yan Qing sat in the hall and painted, looking up from time to time to look outside the gallery, but whenever she saw a painter stopping in front of the door to watch the calligraphy and painting, she immediately put down her pen and got up to entertain.
However, the painters outside seemed to only stop at the paintings, and did not want to enter the gallery, as long as she approached a little, the painters seemed to have bumped into something, took three steps back, and walked away in panic.
Yan Qing had no choice but to sit back in her seat, and she really couldn't understand why they had such a reaction, could it be because someone in the gallery was frightened last time? Also, there was no impermeable wall, even if she gave the scholar a painting, she couldn't hide it from the gallery There was a snake for no reason.
She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't see the pen she picked up for a long time.
At this time, the two of them walked into the gallery, and Aunt Li just came back from outside and warmly welcomed them.
Yan Qing looked up and saw that the two people standing in front of her were Sister-in-law Liu and Liu Shuang'er, why did they suddenly come to the art gallery?
"Xiaoqing!" Sister-in-law Liu shouted affectionately.
Liu Shuang'er followed her mother and shouted: "Sister-in-law Su"
Aunt Li saw that this sister-in-law and the girl were very warm to Xiaoqing, and estimated that it should be someone from Tanglin Village who came to see Xiaoqing.
She smiled and said to Sister-in-law Liu and Liu Shuang'er: "Quick, come into the gallery and sit down, I'll make tea for you."
"Thank you!" Sister-in-law Liu responded with a smile, walking in the gallery, her eyes have been looking at the layout of the furnishings.
Yan Qing invited them to sit down and asked, "Sister-in-law Liu, why do you have time to come to Lan'an today?"
Sister-in-law Liu replied with a smile: "Shuang'er has reached the age when she should get married, no, there is no movement yet, her father is in a hurry, let me come to Lan'an to make two new clothes and skirts for Shuang'er"
"So that's the case!" Yan Qing glanced at Liu Shuang'er, since the girl entered the door, when she called her, she glanced at her, and still hasn't seen enough?
Sister-in-law Liu smiled, turned her head and saw that the dead girl didn't know what she was still looking at? Not very embarrassed, she smiled at Yan Qing again, and turned Liu Shuang'er with her elbow dissatisfied.
"Mother?" Liu Shuang'er withdrew her arm in pain, and muttered impatiently: "What do you have to say! Blame me for not being able to get married until now, and you haven't taught me well..."
"What are you muttering?" Sister-in-law Liu glared at her.
"No, no..." Liu Shuang'er said angrily, and hurriedly covered his face with his hand.
Yan Qing lukewarmly watched Sister-in-law Liu's mother and daughter play a farce here, and she didn't bother to dissuade them.
Aunt Li made tea and came out, poured one for each sister-in-law and girl, and politely brought it to the two. Then he took a rag and wiped the dust in the hall.
Sister-in-law Liu's mother and daughter have had enough trouble, she remembers that the last time Xiaoqing returned to the village, she also said that the business of the art gallery was good, how... Didn't you see anyone patronizing it?
"Xiao Qing!" Sister-in-law Liu couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why is the gallery out of business today?"
Yan Qing's words have not yet been spoken...
was quickly picked up by Liu Shuang'er and said: "It's a waste of such a good look, it's not that no one has come to buy paintings"
As soon as she heard this, Sister-in-law Liu took her elbow and turned Liu Shuang'er again, and gave a look to say: "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a dumb person."
Liu Shuang'er was already on guard at this time, and dodged her mother's sneak attack in time, and her mother's eyes were meaningless, and she smiled proudly without knowing the sky.
"I said you dead girl..."Sister-in-law Liu raised the fabric she had bought, raised her hand and wanted to fight it.