Xie Banshi is a famous calligraphy and painting master in modern Chinese history, there are many people who have been guided by him, but he officially entered the door of disciples are not many, a total of no more than ten, still active in the painting world is only four or five, but these four or five are now the art world of the great fighting figures, among them, Zhao Yuanchu is not the most outstanding, he was poor when he was young, the whole family borrowed money for him to go to Beijing to go to university, he first read Chinese, and then went to Xie Banshi to start systematic learning painting, he was in his twenties when he learned painting, but his own efforts plus the guidance of famous teachers, he made rapid progress, he was best at capitalized flowers and birds, calligraphy is excellentHe also dabbled in oil painting. Although his current achievements are not as good as those of several senior brothers, his works have also been highly sought after by the market in recent years, and have repeatedly reached high prices at auction.

"Mr. Banshi is old, and few works have come out in recent years, and Mr. Zhao Yuanchu's freehand flowers and birds are recognized as the essence of Mr. Banshi's flower and bird paintings. However, in recent years, he has also begun to try some innovations, and the effect seems to be good, and his future achievements will certainly not be comparable to Mr. Banshi, but it is not surprising that he must be a master of calligraphy and painting. Since it is said that Zhao Yuanchu, Lu Jiangyuan said more, in fact, most of it was said to Chen Anxiu, who has been studying painting for a long time, and is still quite familiar with some famous artists in today's art world.

After hearing this, Chen Anxiu rubbed his hands with the cup and said, "Dad, when you say that, this person is really good." "It's just that he's getting a little bottomless. It's not that he looks down on his son, but tons and tons are so big, although in his opinion, it is good, but if he really wants to send it to other people's great painters, he may not be able to enter the eyes of others. Of course, he can't say this directly in front of Ton Ton, isn't this venting his child's anger?" "Ton Ton, what do you think, do you like what Grandpa said about this Mr. Zhao?"

"I've been to see his exhibitions before, and his paintings of flowers and birds are really good. He also painted a lot of oil paintings about Green Island. ”

"Really?" Tons of tons said this, Chen Anxiu understood that he agreed, he called Zhang Shinian again, Zhang Shinian was talking to someone outside, he couldn't take a break for the time being, and promised to come over in the evening, this matter is not said to be decided immediately, Chen Anxiu is not very anxious.

When the adults were talking about things, Mao Mao honestly sat in his grandfather's arms and nibbled a small mango by himself, and when the mango was finished, he couldn't sit still, and wanted to come down to play by himself, Lu Jiangyuan wiped his hands and mouth for him, and let him go. He dragged his toys all over the house, and after going back and forth in the house twice, he probably felt bored, and asked his brother to lead him out for a walk.

Two days ago, there was also a heavy snowfall in Beijing, although the snow has stopped today, but the temperature outside is not high, but Mao Mao has been used to being wild outside since he was a child, Chen Anxiu is not very worried, so he put a hat and scarf on him, and let him go out with his brother to play for a while.

Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the traditional breaking five, and Chen Anxiu They are all here, and Zhou Suqiu is already making dumplings in the kitchen. Lu Jiangyuan and Chen Anxiu, father and son, haven't seen each other for a long time, and after the two children went out, they were still talking in the living room.

Tons of young people can't see their father's worries, but it doesn't mean that Lu Jiangyuan can't see it, he told Chen Anxiu something about Zhao Yuanchu, "Speaking of which, this Mr. Zhao and you are still fellow villagers, a province, and there will be some face-saving feelings, even if he can't, there are other candidates on my side, you don't have to worry about this." ”

Chen Anxiu grinned and said, "I'm not very worried, my son is so good, he will definitely find a good teacher." ”

"If only you could think like that. Lu Jiangyuan looked at him stupidly, and he didn't want to break some things, not to mention that Ton Ton itself has a good foundation in painting, but Ton Ton has no foundation and talent, just with the background of Ji Zhang's two families, it is easy to hire an excellent teacher for Ton Ton, those artists are proud and proud, but they don't live in a vacuum, and they don't care about interpersonal relationships at all, but An Xiu obviously doesn't have this awareness, so he is here to worry about whether his son's strength can be valued. That's fine, if you don't have the strength to just rely on privilege, you're a waste after all, "How is your family this year? Are your parents and their health okay?"

"They are all very good, my farmhouse is okay, but things are trivial, and there is nothing big about it, after the New Year, I want to recruit a few more people who can manage to come in, Sun Xiao They are also very capable, but they still lack experience and experience in many things, and recruiting people can be regarded as taking them. Last year, my uncle's sister-in-law took out a loan to toss herself to prison, and now the sentence has not been handed down, and the result is not known. ”

Lu Jiangyuan didn't seem to attach much importance to this matter when he heard his tone, he thought about it for a while, and he didn't have much impression of the sister-in-law in An Xiu's mouth, he only remembered that he was not very old, and he didn't know how to hide it with a shrewd face, "What did your father and your grandmother say about this?"

Chen Anxiu understood what he meant, so he said, "My grandmother doesn't know yet, my father didn't say anything, and I don't want to interfere." Liu Xue went to his house again and again to make trouble, and wanted to send Wangwang to prison, and pushed his grandmother down and put him in the hospital, no matter how good his temper and compassionate heart were polished by this nephew and daughter-in-law, his father didn't come forward, and he didn't want to rush up to be this good person. Besides, Liu Xue's matter is not something that he can solve with his mouth, and there are a lot of problems involved in the middle, "Don't talk about her, what about my brother-in-law, is he very busy over there?"

"He also has a lot of work on hand, and in March there was a meeting on marine protection in Japan, and then he may have time to come back, but the itinerary has not been decided yet, so he didn't mention it to you, for fear that there would be something else and let you down. ”

"Then I know, I'll ask my uncle again when I get back. ”

Lu Jiangyuan wanted to say that you can take your child abroad to see him when you are free, but he still didn't say it. In addition to their similar appearances, Changning and An Xiu are really different in terms of personality, Changning is too heavy-minded, and An Xiu's heart is too big, so he can't understand Changning's concerns at all.

As they were talking, they came in with a little VIP in their hands, "Daddy, Daddy, Little Bear, Little Bear." ”

Chen Anxiu got up and said, "Whose dog is this, and where did you get it?" It was so clean and it didn't look like a stray dog, he was worried that Mao Mao was dragged back from the street, this bear child hadn't done this kind of thing before, and as a result, people chased the door to ask for a dog.

Lu Jiangyuan glanced at it and said, "Don't worry, it's like your Uncle Shi's family." ”

Then the tons that entered the door confirmed his statement, and it was indeed the ruler.

Before Chen Anxiu could say anything, he heard someone coming in the courtyard, "Lao Lu, is Anxiu here?"

Lu Jiangyuan and they went out, Shi Zheng held another puppy in his hand and said with a smile, "I was walking the dog outside, and I saw two children playing at the door from afar, looking like tons and impulses, and when did I get closer, it was really their little brothers, when did An Xiu come back?"

Chen Anxiu smiled and said, "I just came here today, and Uncle Shi came to sit inside." Aunt Zhou makes dumplings in the kitchen, so stay and eat dumplings at noon. ”

Shi Zheng looked very interested when he heard this, "Oh, then I'm in a hurry, I'll go in and see what kind of stuffing?" After speaking, he remembered something, and stretched out his finger to Lu Jiangyuan next to him, "Look at other people's Anxiu, and then look at you, I've known each other for almost thirty years, and I don't remember that you took the initiative to keep me at your house for a meal." Fortunately, in this regard, An Xiu is not with you at all. ”

"I didn't keep you, and you didn't come less. ”

The two old friends laughed and walked into the house, Shi Zheng really went to the kitchen door to take a look after entering the house, but he didn't stay here at noon, because Li Ruitang also made dumplings at home, called him to go home for dinner, what the other party said on the phone, Chen Anxiu didn't hear it, but when he heard Shi Zheng go out, he replied in a low voice, "Don't prepare Lao Lu's share, today Anxiu came, and they also made dumplings at home." Well, the two children also came. I haven't seen him for the time being. ”

After Shi Zheng left, Li Ruitang came over again after a while, saying that there were too many dumplings at home, and he knew that they had three fresh fillings, and sent them two plates of beef to taste. Two days ago, their family went to Green Island to visit the old lady of the Li family, Li Ruihua's mother is of course Li Ruitang's own mother, mentioning Chen Anxiu's rescue, Li Ruitang enthusiastically pulled and said a lot of words, until Zhou Suqiu put the meal on the table, she stopped the conversation, asked them if they had anything to do in the afternoon, knew that they had no plans to go out, and said that they would come over to talk in the afternoon.

As a result, in the afternoon, not only did they come, but Lu Jiangyuan's other two old friends also came over with their families, Zhou Suqiu was busy serving tea, Lu Jiangyuan didn't celebrate the New Year at home, and there were no necessary things for the New Year, this time so many people came, there were several children inside, and there was no snack at home, Chen Anxiu drove out temporarily and bought a lot of food. There are more children rushing to eat, and even the usual things have become extraordinarily delicious, several children are chasing and fighting to grab the last piece of cake, the largest one is preserved fruit, in this way, it is a bit of trouble, but compared to the previous cold, now it is more like the atmosphere of the New Year.

Zhou Suqiu was cutting mangoes in the kitchen, and when she heard the movement outside, she couldn't help but look out again, she had been working here for some years, and it was the first time she had seen such a lively family, and these friends of the third young master also came, but everyone knew that he was alone, and he was afraid of his feelings, and the New Year's reunion moment would never bring his family over like today, often the men came to walk around, and everyone had a meal and drank some wine together and dispersed, that is, now that An Xiu is back, everyone knows that Jiang Yuan also has children and grandchildren, so the whole family will come out to visit like this。 Even in the past, the juniors of the Lu family came to pay New Year's greetings, and she didn't see the third young master smiling so relaxed and comfortable as today.

What's more, today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and none of the juniors of the Lu family have come to the door. In previous years, no matter what, the Lu family would send a junior to pick up the third young master back to the Lu family's old house for the New Year together, and the juniors often came to walk around during the holidays after the year, but since last year, she didn't know what happened, the relationship between the third young master and the Lu family was a lot colder all of a sudden, and last year, Young Master Jian Jian came once a year ago, and this year no one simply came to invite. Others are just fine, Miss Biting's third young master treats her like her own daughter, and she doesn't come to the door much on weekdays, but it's too sad to be like this during the New Year.

But this time Zhou Suqiu didn't expect it to be right, when it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Biting came, accompanied by Lu Linlin, it was a little late when they came, the lights had been turned on in the house, Lu Biting parked the car outside Lu Jiangyuan's yard, Lu Linlin looked at the yard hesitantly before getting out of the car, "Sister, are you sure this is the third uncle's house? Why do you look at so many people in the third uncle's house? Didn't you say that there are no guests at the third uncle's house at this time?" There were four or five cars parked at the door, and through the floor-to-ceiling windows, you could see a lot of people in the living room, and occasionally, and several children chased and ran out of the house.

Lu Biting obviously didn't know what was going on, how could she have seen this scene in the third uncle's house, this house has always only lived in the third uncle and Sister Zhou, the third uncle is happy, and Sister Zhou is also in her sixties, "I don't know very well, let's go in and have a look." ”

The call from the security guard at the door just now was answered by Chen Anxiu, he estimated that someone was about to arrive, so he was ready to come out to greet him, and when he saw Lu Biting and Lu Linlin getting out of the car, he greeted him and said, "You guys are here, Dad knows that you are coming, and he is waiting for you inside." ”

Lu Linlin saw that it was Chen Anxiu, he was stunned for a moment, and shouted flatly, "Brother Chen." After that, there was nothing else to say, his feelings for Chen Anxiu were complicated, and he had few contacts, he didn't have much ill feelings towards Chen Anxiu, but he was preconceived and influenced by his family and the people around him, and he didn't have a good impression of Chen Anxiu. Especially in the past two years, the third uncle has gradually drifted away from his family for Chen Anxiu and Lin Changning, and there are constant contradictions. Although he doesn't know much, he can also see that the situation of his family in the past two years, especially last year, is not very good. Dad also repeatedly told him to keep a low profile outside and not let people pinch the handle.

"Sit down in the house. Chen Anxiu also knew what the Lu family thought of him, it was nothing more than the old drama of a poor son finally meeting a rich and noble father, and playing tricks just to make money for the family, but since he didn't care about the Lu family, of course he didn't care about the attitude of the Lu family.

However, Lu Biting's attitude was much more mellow, "I was still wondering if you came back just now, and the family was so lively." It's been a long time since I've seen them. ”

"It's all here, I'm playing chess with my grandfather, come in. Chen Anxiu took the things in her hand and found that in addition to a delicately packaged scarf, there were also some fresh vegetables and meat, he estimated that he should have bought them at the supermarket at the door, and he should have wanted to accompany Uncle Lu for a meal.

"Risking two and a half years old to play chess?"

"He's just messing around. ”

After Lu Linlin entered the door, he first followed Chen Anxiu to the kitchen to put things, Lu Biting came in later, she changed her shoes and just turned to the living room, the first thing that caught their eyes was the extremely happy scene in front of them, the third uncle didn't notice her arrival, at the moment he was still sitting on the couch and talking to people while watching chess, he was sitting in his arms, and he was still a chubby baby in his impression, which would be holding a small water cup in both hands and drinking water, the third uncle might be afraid that he would not be able to hold it steadily, his left hand helped him hold the cup, and next to them sat tons of tons, it was him and Shi Zheng who played chess, and there were many people watching chess around them, and she knew most of those people, is the third uncle's friend and their family. Maybe Ton Ton Chess is doing well, even the next step of governance is hesitant, his fingers are lightly buckled on the edge of the chessboard, thinking with a face, at this time someone praised Ton Ton Chess for the wonder of this move, and the third uncle was not modest to show some proud gestures, and even opened his mouth to squeeze the governance, so that he could not be replaced.

Her third uncle has always been indifferent and self-controlled, even if pride is already engraved in his bones, he rarely shows it so naked, naked, like every success she has achieved, the third uncle will give encouragement, guidance, expensive rewards and even promise to fulfill one of her wishes, but he has never been so undisguised in front of people to show off and proud. It's still different after all, right?

"Tingting, why don't you stand there and not come?" Lu Jiangyuan looked up and saw her inadvertently.

Lu Biting restrained the complicated thoughts in her heart, a smile appeared on her face, she went over to greet them one by one, and said to Lu Jiangyuan, "I knew that Uncle Shi and they were all there, so I bought more food when I came." It seems that the food is not enough now, and I will go out again later. ”

Li Ruitang has been a warm and straightforward person since he was young, and now he is more restrained when he is older, but now when he hears Lu Biting's words, he still frowns on the spot, and he is about to say something.

Shi Zheng knew his wife's personality very well, so he secretly pulled her and said first, "Biting and your third uncle are still so close, your third uncle really hasn't loved you in vain since childhood." ”

Li Ruitang knew that the administration would not let her speak, but the Lu family was too bullying, if she was happy, she would say two good words, and if she was unhappy, she would cut off contact, did they regard Lu Jiangyuan as their own family in their hearts? But look at the affectionate picture of Lu Jiangyuan holding the bubble, she finally endured it, and during the New Year, she didn't want to make everyone look bad, but she was a little uncomfortable, and when she saw Chen Anxiu coming out of the kitchen, she greeted her and asked, "How is Sister Zhou busy in the kitchen, I'll go in and see if there is anything to help." If you don't have enough food, you can go out and buy some more, there are many people at home today. We're not going to leave today. ”

Chen Anxiu didn't know how to turn to this topic, but he still responded, "Aunt Zhou said that it's about the same, I'll go out to buy some cooked food later, it should be enough." ”

"Forget about cooked food, I made some for the New Year, and there are still a lot in the refrigerator, I'll go back and bring it." ”

When Shi Zheng heard their words, he gave up the chess game and said that he would accompany Li Ruitang to go back to get it.

Li Ruitang didn't object in the house, and ignored him after he went out, so Shi Zheng followed her and explained, "I know that you are unhappy with Lao Lu in your heart, but Biting and Lin Lin are just children, and it is not their juniors' turn to call the shots in the family, why do you bother to compete with a child." ”

"If you want to shirk responsibility, you can find 10,000 reasons, Lu Linlin and Lu Jiangyuan are not close for the time being, let's not talk about Lu Biting, how Lu Jiangyuan treats her, she can't be the master, so the third uncle's door will not be closed, in the final analysis, she still doesn't stand on the same line with the Lu family and wants to force Lu Jiangyuan to obey, and then return to the Lu family and make cattle and horses for the Lu family. ”

"You be quiet, auntie, you haven't walked a few steps yet, be careful to be heard, okay, let's not talk about this, you see that Anxiu and they came back today, Lao Lu has been busy for a year, it's rare to be so happy, don't you say that these are not ruinous people's interest? Besides, Lao Lu is not confused, can he understand the things you can see clearly? ”

Of course, Lu Jiangyuan was not confused, but he saw the ground too clearly, but he didn't want to say anything.

Lu Biting and Lu Linlin chatted with him, and he also asked them about their work and study, which was no different from ordinary elders. It's just that now it's closest to him, sitting in his arms is his grandson, but this grandson is not a worry-free one, he started to make trouble for his brother after drinking water, shouting at his brother for a while, shouting at his brother for a while, his brother didn't agree, he was in a hurry, Lu Jiangyuan took the captured chess pieces to him to play in order to divert his attention, "Mao Mao, what do you think this is? What do you think this is?"

How do you know that a mouth is coming, "Cannon." ”

Lu Jiangyuan just wanted to tease him, so he took one in his hand, and he really didn't pay attention to which chess piece it was, but now when he heard him say this, he held his little paw and raised it to see that it was really a "cannon".

He thought it was a coincidence, so he took a "pawn" and asked him, "Mao Mao, what about this? Can you tell grandpa what this is?"

"Little Tangerine. ”

It took Lu Jiangyuan two seconds to understand that he was talking about a pawn. But I felt that it was also possible that I had misunderstood, so I took a "horse" and asked Mao Mao, and Mao Mao took it over and said, "Big Ma".

Many people around are watching chess, their grandparents and grandchildren asked and answered, soon attracted a lot of people's attention, the pronunciation of some words is not accurate, but listen carefully, the approximate meaning can still be heard, most of the adults are willing to tease children, especially the little baby who is so risky, there are people who ask him with chess pieces one after another, Mao Mao belongs to the kind, the more you break him, the more energetic he is, boast more, who asks him, he answers, if one two or three may be the child guessed, but everyone asked, he recognized it, that can only show that this child really knows chess, especially when tons of tons take a"Che" asked him, he opened his mouth crunched and said "ju", which provoked the whole room of people to laugh, and a friend of Lu Jiangyuan couldn't help but pinch his hand and praise him, "This kid is still very expert." Mao Mao also happily fluttered his legs into his grandfather's arms and was straight, and Lu Jiangyuan also liked to be like holding a baby egg.

When someone saw Chen Anxiu nearby, they asked him how to teach the children, and Chen Anxiu said sloppily, "At home, he watched adults play chess, and he learned it himself." In fact, he is really not very clear, he is also the first time to see Mao Mao show this ability, but eight out of ten should be taught by Dad, Dad's chess skills are not very superb, but since he was young, he was addicted to chess, and when he was free, he asked someone to come to the house to kill two games, Mao Mao, and often followed his grandfather to make trouble, twice he met Mao Mao always reached out to grab the chess pieces on the chessboard, Dad took people in his arms, and taught him that this is a general, this is a generalissimo. It looks like my father taught this language style.

When Zhang Shinian entered the door, he saw this lively scene, he didn't know what was going on, Chen Anxiu explained to him in a whisper, and he also bent the corners of his lips.

Even if Lu Jiangyuan's friends don't know Zhang Shinian, looking at his close attitude with Chen Anxiu, they probably know who this is, they got up one after another, Lu Jiangyuan introduced them, and everyone ate together in the evening, because they had been here for a long time in the afternoon, and everyone didn't stay much after dinner, and they left after a short rest, Lu Biting and Lu Linlin were late, but they left before ten o'clock.

There are so many people in the house today, the happiest is not others, but risky, he is willing to play with people, today with people for most of the day, after eating dinner, he will be sleepy in his father's arms. Zhang Shinian lured him with a toy, but he only let people play for half an hour more, and then he couldn't get off the ground no matter how he coaxed him, but it was a little more than eight o'clock.

Tons of music practiced for an hour, and then went into the house to play games, Chen Anxiu didn't know what time he went to bed, but when he took a second bath at half past eleven, the lights in Tons' room had been turned off.

Chen Anxiu had just finished exercising and couldn't sleep for a while, so he and Zhang Shinian were wrapped in quilts and chatting on the bed. Although he couldn't feel the coldness in the room, Chen Anxiu still leaned closer to Zhang Shinian's side, and one leg was directly pressed on Zhang Shinian's leg.

Zhang Shinian felt that he was entangled by an octopus, he patted the pillow and pulled out the people in the quilt, so as not to suffocate himself before freezing to death.

Since you want to chat, you can't help but talk about Zhao Yuanchu that Lu Jiangyuan said today, Chen Anxiu asked Zhang Shinian, "Do you know this person?"

Zhang Shinian is not very familiar with Zhao Yuanchu, but he has deliberately collected information in order to choose the right teacher for Tonton, Zhao Yuanchu is one of the selected, the teacher's qualifications and character are not too much to find fault with, and more importantly, this person is less than sixty, with a tough body and enough energy to lead students. In addition, Lu Jiangyuan took the initiative to mention it this time, and he liked it again, so of course he did not object.

"Since you also agree, then I will talk to Uncle Lu tomorrow. Ask him to help contact him, and then listen to what Mr. Zhao means. ”

Now that the decision has been made here, Lu Jiangyuan's suggestion is that it is better to call Zhao Yuanchu on the same day and explain the meaning, Zhao Yuanchu heard that his grandson was going to apprentice, and promised to meet the child, but he returned to his hometown this year, and he could not come back until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. The two made an appointment to meet on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year and talk in detail.

The other party didn't let go, the tenth day of the Lunar New Year was not a formal apprenticeship, and Chen Anxiu and they didn't plan to make the land too prosperous to mobilize the public, and on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Jiangyuan went alone with Tonton.

Zhao Yuanchu and Lu Jiangyuan are also old acquaintances, but it is not inevitable to say how deep the relationship is, after all, there are not many intersections, as far as he knows, Lu Jiangyuan has been single for many years and has never been married, he is very curious about where Lu Jiangyuan's grandson came from, he is still in his teens, but when they meet, they are still half acquaintances, and the Green Island auction is only three months away, of course he will not forget this child who even the teacher paid attention to at that time, the reason why he said half is because this child does not know him at all.

Since it was a child who wanted to apprentice, Zhao Yuanchu didn't waste too much attention on greeting Lu Jiangyuan, he knew that this child named Chen Qiuyang had a certain ability to appreciate, but the foundation and talent of painting were not clear, he called Ton Ton to the studio alone, and didn't ask Ton Ton how long he had been learning to paint, and what he had learned, so he let Ton Ton pick his own tools, pick up two paintings that he was good at, and after explaining this, he didn't keep it, and went out to talk to Lu Jiangyuan.

Tons of tons stayed in it for about two hours before they came out, Lu Jiangyuan didn't know what he was drawing, Zhao Yuanchu went in to see it, and he didn't say much when he came out, only that he would think about it seriously.

People didn't agree, Lu Jiangyuan didn't force it, just came back from his hometown, in the afternoon, Zhao Yuanchu went to see the teacher Xie Banshi, and said that someone came to learn painting today, "That child took my little grandson's watercolor pen and painted me two children's paintings." I don't even know whether to call him confident or arrogant. But I can still see that there is a good foundation in painting, and more importantly, this child is very aura, I originally heard Lu Jiangyuan say that the child learned to paint with others in the studio, and I was worried that the child would be infected with craftsmanship at a young age. I wanted to take him, but this kid was a little arrogant. ”

After listening to him, Xie Banshi slowly spoke, "Lu Jiangyuan's grandson, a child from such a family, it is inevitable to be proud. ”

Zhao Yuanchu thought for a while and said, "It's a little strange to talk about this, Lu Jiangyuan is not married, where did the grandson come from, what's even more strange is that this child's surname is Chen, he is from Green Island, teacher, it is the child we met at the Green Island auction last time, do you still have an impression?"

"Is he? He's Lu Jiangyuan's grandson? You can bring his painting another day and I'll take a look." 166 Reading Network