"I didn't do anything, I won't take your money. Xu Yan first opened his mouth to dispel the young man's concerns, and then took out fifty copper coins from his pocket and put them on the edge of the bed, saying, "This money is not much, you can take it and buy some good cooking for your mother." ”

It's not that he's soft-hearted, but in the face of a teenager who wants to take care of his mother, he can't be hard-hearted.

The young man was slightly stunned, and then refused: "How can this be, Doctor Xu, you have already made me very grateful if you don't take my money, how can I ask for your money again." ”

He has nothing to repay Xu Yan, so he doesn't want to accept Xu Yan's money, his mother taught him since he was a child that no matter how poor a person is, he must earn money with his own hands.

"You're still not a man, your mother needs you to take care of it, and you're still here to pay attention to it. Xu Yan's tone was a little impatient, and after speaking, he walked directly out of the house.

As a person he didn't know, he had already done a good job, and the next thing was to see the young man's own creation.

Poof!

As soon as Xu Yan walked to the door, he heard a voice from behind him, turned around and looked, and found that the young man was kneeling in front of him.

He said, "What are you doing here?" I have already told you, how can a man kneel down easily and get up quickly. ”

The young man looked at Xu Yan with firm eyes, and said very seriously: "Doctor Xu's great kindness, Jiang Li will remember it in his heart, if Doctor Xu needs to use me in the future, just give orders!"

Today's grace, he Jiang Li, toothless unforgettable!

"I just gave you fifty copper coins, it doesn't have to be. Xu Yan was slightly moved and spoke.

Then, he stepped out of the dilapidated hut.

Jiang Li watched Xu Yan's back disappear before he got up and walked to the bed, looked at his mother lying on the bed, and said softly: "Mother, I met a noble man today, and I will definitely repay him." ”

With that, he carefully put away the copper coins and went to buy food.

......

Xu Yan, who had left Jiang Li, walked down the street, and instead of immediately returning to his small shop, he walked towards the market.

There are a variety of vendors selling goods in the market, and you can buy everything you need for your daily life.

"Master Xu, do you want to buy a chicken?"

"Doctor Xu, thank you so much last time, this is a wild crab, you can take a few, you don't have to give money. ”

“......”

Lin Yansheng has a very good reputation in this area, many people know him, and some people want to give him things directly, but basically he refuses.

He went all the way to the deepest part of the market, where there was an old man selling turtles.

Xu Yan walked up to the old man and said with a smile: "Old man, your green-haired turtle hasn't been sold yet." ”

This old man is very eccentric, he is not a native of Celestial City, he came to Celestial City a month ago.

After coming to the Celestial City, he would come to the deepest part of the market every day to sell turtles.

A palm-sized green turtle is placed in a small transparent water tank with a few stones in it.

At this time, the green-haired turtle was lying on a stone basking in the sun, and when Xu Yan spoke, it seemed to open his eyes and glance at Xu Yan, and then closed his eyes again.

The old man lay on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, and after hearing Xu Yan's words, he opened his eyes and looked at Xu Yan and said, "You come to me every once in a while, but you don't buy it every time, otherwise why would I come here every day." ”

He only sold this green-haired turtle every time, and Xu Yan had been here seven or eight times, and every time he only chatted with him a few times.

At first, he ignored Xu Yan, but after many times, he also began to reply to Xu Yan's words.

Xu Yan replied with a smile: "Old man, your green-haired turtle will be sold for 100,000 copper coins, and I can't afford to sell iron by smashing pots." ”

When he first saw this green-haired turtle, he thought it was quite interesting, so he asked the old man about the price.

As a result, the old man opened his mouth for 100,000 copper coins, so he kept his mouth shut about buying the green turtle, and every time he came here, he would take a look at the green turtle and chat with the old man by the way.

The old man said nonchalantly: "Only those who have a small eye will feel expensive." ”

No one was willing to buy his turtle even after a month, and he had no intention of lowering the price.

Xu Yan knew that this old man had a lot of personality, so he didn't mind the old man's words, and said with a smile: "Old man, according to what you say, the entire Heavenly City is blinded. ”

100,000 copper coins is already a huge amount of money for most ordinary people, and even wealthy businessmen are reluctant to buy a green-haired turtle with 100,000 copper coins.

The old man was not afraid of offending people at all, and said leisurely: "That's it, not only Heavenly and Human City, but everywhere I go, there are people with rat eyes. ”

Every time he stayed in one place for a while, he would move to the next place to sell the green turtle, but he hadn't met anyone who bought the green turtle so far, so the people in those places were all short-sighted.

The old gentleman's words were a bit arbitrary. Xu Yan didn't agree with this sentence and said with a smile.

Then he looked at the green-haired turtle basking in the sun in the water tank, and said, "This green-haired turtle seems to like basking in the sun very much, and I see it basking in the sun every time I come here." ”

He felt that this green-haired turtle was a little different, but he couldn't say what was different, after all, he was just a mortal, and what he could see was limited.

The old man did not reply to Xu Yan's words, closed his eyes again, and basked in the sun with the green-haired turtle.

He doesn't like to talk to people, if Xu Yan doesn't often come here to take the initiative to speak, he wouldn't pay attention to Xu Yan at all.

Xu Yan stared at the green-haired turtle for a moment, and said, "Old man, I'll come back tomorrow, and I'll give you a painting when the time comes." ”

He turned and walked away towards the outside of the market, where he had only come to see the green turtle and make small talk with the old man for a while.

After Xu Yan left, the old man and the green-haired turtle both opened their eyes, glanced at Xu Yan who was far away, and then closed their eyes.

......

On the second day, Xu Yan came again.

This time, he took a painting with him and went straight to the depths of the market.

The old man and the green-haired turtle were still in the old place, Xu Yan opened the painting and presented it in front of him, and said with a smile: "Old man, this painting is for you." ”

"I don't want to paint, these things are worthless to me, they can't be worth money. The old man spoke slowly, and then opened his eyes.

After that, there was surprise in his eyes.

The old man changed his previous casual and lazy attitude, and said with some excitement: "Is this painting really painted by yourself?"

In the painting, an old man is lying on a chair with his eyes closed, and a green-haired turtle basking in the sun in a water tank on the ground.

Xu Yan's painting is the old man and the green turtle.

He was here a lot, and he had already memorized the subtleties of the old man and the green-haired turtle, so he painted this picture when he returned yesterday.

This painting can almost be said to be his pinnacle work, and the subtleties are very well drawn, showing a quiet and peaceful beauty.

Even a layman can see that this painting is a masterpiece.