"Kexin, Chu Lao, is this a personal name?" Fang You looked at these two unfamiliar words a little blankly, and asked Old Chu suspiciously.

Old Chu smiled, lying on the Taishi chair and didn't seem to have the intention of solving Fang You's doubts, "Xiaoyou, I remember telling you this name before, you think about it again." ”

Looking at the delicate purple sand pot lid, Fang You kept chanting the name, and finally his eyes widened, and he pointed to the purple sand pot in disbelief and said, "Old Chu, is this really the work of Master Zhu Kexin." ”

He remembered that Chu Lao had told him a story about Zhu Kexin and the purple clay pot before, but he didn't have an in-depth understanding, he only knew that the purple clay pot made by Zhu Kexin was exquisite, and the portrayal on the pot was integrated with the body of the pot, which could be described as a must, at first glance, when he saw this name, Fang You didn't think of it.

In Chen Zongyi's place, Fang You was accustomed to absorbing aura to judge the value and age of an antique, and only knew that this purple clay pot was a modern thing, and he didn't care that it would be Zhu Kexin's work.

"Of course, do you think that the old man Chen will give you an ordinary teapot, so where to put his old face, this is the spring pot in Master Zhu Kexin's spring series, looking at this spring pot, it makes people feel like coming to the south of the apricot blossom spring rain, it seems to have entered the peach and willow green garden full of spring, I only told you a little knowledge of caring about Master Zhu Kexin, and now, with this pot, I will tell you his legendary life." Chu Lao smiled, picked up the purple clay pot, kept playing with it, and slowly fell into the memory.

Master Zhu Kexin's scientific name is Kaichang, and later changed his name to Kexin, which means that he is an open-minded person, but he is also a teacher, and he also has a glass of water in the mountain, which can clear the heart of heaven and earth.

In 1959, he participated in the World Ceramics Exhibition held by the Palace Museum in Beijing as a representative of the cooperative. His works squirrel grape pot and pine, bamboo and plum Sanyou pot were selected to be exhibited abroad in the "China Arts and Crafts Tour Exhibition" and won the first prize.

All the purple sand pots made by Zhu Kexin, once they were born, set off a wave of new works in the purple sand world.

Zhu Kexin lived a poor life all his life, living extremely frugally, in his later years, he was seriously ill and could no longer make pots himself, and at that time, the purple clay pot was in a boom, Zhu Kexin's works were even more difficult to find, and some people found excuses, saying that they wanted to borrow his seal and sell the pot after five or five accounts.

What's more, he threw a wad of money directly to Zhu Kexin's table, in the face of these people's shameless requests, Zhu Kexin resolutely refused, it was not a pot made by him, and it must not be stamped with his seal, and tried his best to warn his family, don't see money, purple sand is an art, not something that can be measured by money, otherwise, it will be in vain for Zhu Kexin's descendants.

When his body was not as good as day by day, Zhu Kexin, who was admitted to the hospital, couldn't help but worry about the seals stored at home, and he urged his family again and again to destroy the seals in front of him, until his family had no choice but to do what he wanted.

"Old Chu, I can't imagine that Master Zhu Kexin's life is so admirable, and I really feel fortunate to be able to see his works with my own eyes." After listening to Chu Lao's narration, Fang You said with a sigh on his face, in modern society, those who are desperate for the sake of profit are not qualified to compare with Zhu Kexin at all.

This may be the difference between a master and an ordinary person, who is not moved by external objects, adheres to his principles, and will not give up even if he dies.

"At the beginning, this pot was bought by one of his apprentices at a high price to honor him, and he kicked it out, shouting that he was going to break this pot, his apprentice heard it, and immediately became anxious, pulled his legs, and cried and told the origin of this pot, Chen Zongyi heard it, and immediately showed admiration, so he accepted the pot, and said that Master Zhu Kexin was his model, where there were apprentices who reciprocated with money, they were all driven out of the school, I saw that this old Chen was not dead at that time, that is, he said it on his lips, looking at his appearance of not being able to put it down, I am afraid that he will not really fall."

Speaking of this, Old Chu touched the pot and smiled proudly, "No matter how old man Chen thinks, he would never have thought that this pot would have been tossed and turned many times, and finally came to me, haha." ”

"Old Chu, the master knows about my relationship with you, maybe he lent my hand to give you this pot." Fang You smiled, complaining to Chen Zongyi in his heart, he knew the value of this pot, and he gave it to himself as if he had given it to him as if he had given it to tatters, if he knew the value of this pot, he would definitely not accept it.

Chu Lao hurriedly waved his hand and shook his head resolutely, "Xiaoyou, if that old immortal knows that it is me who wants it, he will not give it to me if he is killed, will he give it to me for nothing, but you kid, unconsciously learned Tai Chi with that old immortal for a month, you just give it to me, I will not ask for it, even if you want my old man to pay for it, I will not buy it, this is something that Chen Lao Immortal gave you, I can't snatch love from the sword." ”

"Hehe, Chu Lao, since this is the case, then do what I said before, anyway, I don't need this teapot now, and it's not safe at home, so I'll put it here for you first, and let you look at the head office for me." Looking at Chu Lao's reluctant appearance, Fang You said with a smile, he had known Chu Lao for so many days, and he already knew his temper, even if he forced it into him, he wouldn't ask for it, Fang You had to find an excuse.

Old Chu thought for a long time, and then nodded, "Xiaoyou, I know this is your excuse, but it's okay to put it here with me first, when you buy a house and it's safer, you have to come and get this pot back, otherwise, I will personally send it back to you, old man." ”

"Old Chu, isn't it okay to follow your old intentions, by the way, how did you and my master know each other." Fang You smiled, and then once again asked the question that he had been wondering about for a long time in his heart.

Seeing the curious look on Fang You's face, Chu Lao took a sip of tea and moistened his throat, "I and that old man are immortal, we have grown up together since we were children, I didn't have a chance to know him when I was a child, but in an accident, he saved me, so we have known the present from now on." Speaking of the back, Chu Lao had a happy smile on his face, as if he was nostalgic for the carefree life of his childhood.

"Old Chu, the accident, can you tell me about the accident." Hearing Chu Lao's words, Fang You suddenly became more interested, from Chu Lao's current situation, there was a momentum of not being angry and arrogant, coupled with the red flag car, it could be known that Chu Lao's family was definitely incomparable to ordinary people, and what accidents could be encountered.

Seeing Fang You's inquiring look, Chu Lao pointed at him and scolded with a smile, "You kid, you have to clean up all the secrets in my stomach, at that time, I sneaked out alone to play in the streets and alleys, and a few young people who were smoking cigarettes saw that I was dressed very cleanly, like a child from a wealthy family, so they stopped me in a corner and prepared to search me." ”

"At that time, I was not convinced, and resisted directly, when I was only four or five years old, my strength was very small, I was not their opponent at all, and I was easily pressed to the ground by them, just when I was desperate, suddenly a sturdy little fat man fell from the sky, he waved his fists, there was a slow fist, knocked down all these people, I was very strange that those young people were originally very fierce punches, but when they came to him, just a light press and a push, and those young people pushed back far away."

Fang You smiled, as soon as he heard it, he knew that this was the push hand in Taijiquan, using the method of four or two thousand catties to use his strength.

"Later, after a long time, I learned that the slow boxing method is Tai Chi, since then, I often sneak out, follow Chen Lao Immortal to play, and then my father found out about it, so he arrested me back and locked me up for a few days, but did not prohibit me from playing with that Chen Lao Immortal, so we have been playing from childhood to adulthood."

"Once, this guy felt that he was a great boxer, so he ran away to Shaolin Temple, and came back with a blue nose and swollen face, afraid that his father would beat him, and lived in my house for half a month, when I gave him medicine, he was so painful that he cried and called his mother, and now, this old immortal dragged it like 2580000, and even I don't come here often." The smile on Chu Lao's face became thicker and thicker, and when he said that Chen Zongyi went to Shaolin Temple, when he was beaten and his nose was blue and his face was swollen, he held his stomach and smiled so much that his face turned red.

Hearing that the old Chen who often had an iron face would also cry in pain and call his mother, Fang You couldn't help laughing, "Old Chu, the master told me about this, but he didn't even mention it when he cried out in pain, he just said that later he picked out the Shaolin Temple, and no one could beat him." ”

"Listen to him brag, that was when the Shaolin abbot saw that this kid came to challenge every day, and if he didn't fight, he also took a big loudspeaker in front of the door and shouted loudly that Shaolin Temple was a shrunken turtle, and finally had to send a few Shaolin Temple miscellaneous monks dressed as warrior monks, and was easily defeated by this old immortal, so the Shaolin abbot's plan succeeded, this old immortal realized that his martial arts were strong, and no one in Shaolin Temple was worthy of his challenge, so he never went to Shaolin again." Hearing Fang You's words, Old Chu looked disdainful and pursed his lips and said.

Fang You was a little dumbfounded, and said with some surprise: "There is also this matter. ”

"Of course, otherwise do you think that with this kid who has only practiced Tai Chi three-legged cat kung fu for more than ten years, he is the opponent of those Shaolin warrior monks." In the end, he suddenly sensed something, quickly covered his mouth, kept shaking his head and sighing, and never said anything more.

Fang You looked at it and asked with some doubts: "Old Chu, what's wrong with you, do you have a toothache?" ”

"My teeth don't hurt, Xiaoyou, don't tell your master about today's incident, otherwise, this old immortal knows that I have exposed so many disgraceful things about him, and he will definitely come to play with me, and I can't beat him with this body." Old General Chu let go of the hand covering his mouth, and said with a bitter face and a little depressed.

(To be continued)