Chapter 18: The Pit

The shopkeeper first glanced at the two paintings and calligraphy in Yan Qing's arms, but saw that there seemed to be sludge scars on the painting scroll?

He suppressed his smile inexplicably, looked at Su Jin and said softly: "The old man's surname is He, he... , I don't know what kind of masterpiece Mr. Su brought with him this time?"

Yan Qing looked at the old fox's face that changed in an instant, and secretly said that it was not good. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Su Jin naturally noticed the change in the hospitality attitude of the shopkeeper He, and he smiled and said: "Su Mou brought two paintings of "Horse Hongtu" and "Yan Nanfei" this time, I wonder if the shopkeeper is interested in watching?"

"Oh... , hehe!" Shopkeeper He heard that it was "Horse Hongtu" and "Yan Nanfei" two masterpieces, and he was a little moved.

You must know that since Mr. Wei's "Horse Hongtu" and "Yan Nanfei" two peerless masterpieces came out last year, how many talented painters in this dynasty have followed suit.

Of course, imitation can only be imitation, and for most of the year, he has seen a lot of these two paintings, some of which do not look like horses, and donkeys do not look like donkeys.

Mr. Su's bottom, he knows it in his heart.

"Interested, Mr. Su, please on the second floor!" As he spoke, he invited Su Jin and Yan Qing to the second floor, and guessed and asked, "Could it be that Mr. Su also admires Mr. Wei?"

"What Shopkeeper He said is!" Su Jin made no secret of his admiration for Mr. Wei, and his attainments in calligraphy and painting are all blessings for reading and appreciating Mr. Wei's calligraphy and painting.

"Presumably, Mr. Su has studied Mr. Zhiyuan's calligraphy and painting deeply, hehe!" said Shopkeeper He.

Su Jin smiled and acquiesced.

The three of them went upstairs, Yan Qing looked at it, it turned out that the second floor was equivalent to a small tea room, and the layout was quite elaborate and chic.

And the calligraphy and painting hall is really a calligraphy and painting museum, and when I walked there, there were paintings and calligraphy of different styles in front of me, and I don't know how much money the shopkeeper had pit those painters?

After the three of them were seated, soon, a pot of Biluochun was on the table, and in a moment, the whole room was filled with the fragrance of tea.

Shopkeeper He couldn't wait to smile and said, "Hehe, can Mr. Su unfold the two paintings and calligraphy to open the old man's eyes?"

"Don't dare to open your eyes!" Su Jin replied politely, took two paintings and calligraphy from his wife's hand, and first unfolded "Horse Hongtu" in front of Shopkeeper He.

As the picture scroll unfolded little by little, Shopkeeper He's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had seen another peerless masterpiece, unconsciously stretched out his hand, and carefully touched a horse's head on "Horse Hongtu"...

Yan Qing saw his greedy appearance, and reminded him unhappily: "Hey, Mr. He, don't touch it, if you can't get a good price, we have to keep it for other homes!

After speaking, he looked at Su Jin and smiled.

The shrewd Mrs. Su had already dug a pit and waited for him to jump, he smiled and said: "Mrs. Su said that she was laughing, how could the old man not be able to get a good price here, I don't know if I can let the old man take a look at "Yan Nanfei" again?"

"Yes!" Yan Qing guessed that the old fox seemed to see through her thoughts, and this time she didn't use her husband's hand, but directly unfolded the painting of "Yan Nanfei" in front of the shopkeeper He.

The painting slowly unfolded halfway, and when she saw the old fox coming up, she smiled and suddenly put away the painting and asked bluntly: "Everyone understands the children, why do you want these two paintings and calligraphy?"

Forced to have no choice, Shopkeeper He nodded innocently and said, "I want it..." He paused, and finally talked about the price.

He looked at Su Jin and smiled, "Then Mr. Su will make the bid, right?"

"One hundred and eight taels!" Su Jin's tone carried a non-negotiable firmness, otherwise it was insincere in his heart.

This daring bid frightened Shopkeeper He.

If Mr. Zhiyuan's two paintings and calligraphy, he bid a thousand and eighty taels, and his master is willing, in this dynasty, Mr. Zhiyuan's fame, I'm afraid he knows everything!

This Su Jin is too ignorant of lifting, if he didn't look up to him, how could he go up to the second floor and sit here drinking tea.

"Eighty taels!" shopkeeper He said, and there was no room for bargaining.

In advance, Su Jin and Yan Qing discussed, no matter what, once the calligraphy and painting are bid, they will not change their words easily, and if they really want to change their words, they must first look at the attitude of the shopkeeper.

At this moment, it seems that as the lady said, Shopkeeper He is going to trap him.

Painting was originally his hobby in his spare time, but he didn't expect to get the red ear and red bargaining price here.

If you are forced to be helpless, how will these two painstaking works be...

Fortunately, he is also a bit backbone.

Su Jin smiled, picked up the "Horse Hongtu" on the table and put it away.

What did Shopkeeper He mean when he saw him, but in order to strengthen his position, he looked indifferent and shifted his gaze.

"Lady, let's go!" Su Jin took Yan Qingdao.

"Okay!" Yan Qing felt the cold sweat oozing from her husband's palm, and her busy five fingers were close to her husband's hand.

When she left, she glared at Shopkeeper He with a good face, there are so many calligraphy and painting museums in Lan'an County, they would rather go to other homes to bid eighty taels of silver, and they would never bid eighty taels of silver at Lu's family, Lao-Fox-Raccoon.

As soon as they left.

The young man stood beside the shopkeeper He and said incomprehensibly: "Shopkeeper, those two paintings are indeed worth one hundred and eight taels of silver, why did you just let them go?

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Shopkeeper He stood by the window, looking at Mr. Su and his little lady who was still complaining on the street, with a strategic smile on his face, and asked rhetorically: "Do other families have Lu's wealth? Lu refused to bid one hundred and eight taels, and the price offered by other families was only sixty taels."

The young man understood and lowered his head.

Shopkeeper He looked at the figures of Su Jin and Yan Qing, and thought, not to mention, they should have reached the point of exhaustion now.

Seeing that both of them were tired and carrying two burdens, if they were not desperate, how would they be willing to sell those two masterpieces?

In this way, when they touched the ashes in other homes, they knew that the Lu family was kind to them, and they would not have to come back obediently when the time came.

Ha ha!

Su Jin led Yan Qing to walk on the street, he was about to find another calligraphy and painting gallery, but he suddenly couldn't pull it when he walked, he turned around and saw that his lady didn't want to go anymore, and it was almost noon, he guessed in his heart: "The lady is hungry, right?"

Yan Qing just shook his head and didn't speak.

Su Jin didn't have the leisure to find out his lady's thoughts, and asked casually and softly: "Does the lady think that we should go back to the Lu family's pavilion?"