Chapter 51: Two Ancient Paintings

It's bustling on the bridge. www.biquge.info At this time, more stalls are set up, forming a lively night market. Han Nuo walked purposefully towards one of the stalls. The stalls sell all kinds of trinkets: hairpin corsages made of rhinestones, beautiful and crystalline; Pearl necklaces, each pearl is extremely round, of course, it is artificially cultivated...... These things are not worth much in modern times, but if you get them in ancient times......

Han Nuo spent two hundred yuan to buy a pearl necklace and three hairpins. The tops of the three hairpins are set with rhinestones, one with a green dragonfly, one with a purple butterfly, and the other with a red camellia. Although the camellia is beautiful, it is not as chic as the other two. Dragonfly wings and butterfly wings are fitted with thin springs that flutter even when there is no wind, making them look very realistic.

With these three things in hand, Han Nuo returned to the rental house, wrote down his request, and put it in the porcelain jar along with the hairpin and pearl necklace.

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In the early morning of the next day, when the two sisters and brothers of the Li family saw the contents of the porcelain jar, their mouths did not close for a long time.

"This is the real baby." Li Zhoule exclaimed, "It's so beautiful! ”

As a girl, jewelry is more attractive to her than a boy can imagine. Li Yishu only felt that the four items were beautiful and precious, but Li Zhoule had the idea of keeping them for himself. However, as soon as this idea arose, it was suppressed by Li Zhoule, these are all fairy things, and she can't covet them.

Han Nuo will not treat the people who help her with things. Seeing Han Nuo's handwriting, Li Zhoule was pleasantly surprised. Sister Han said that the red camellia hairpin was given to her. Although it is not as delicate as the other two hairpins, it is definitely a rare treasure when taken outside. Li Zhoule carefully collected the camellia hairpin. It's good to enjoy such a hairpin yourself, but you can't wear it outside. Otherwise, it will be broken, and it will be distressing.

"Sister, it turns out that Sister Han also likes to collect the calligraphy and paintings of the ancients like those big family readers." Li Yishu didn't think that the calligraphy and painting of the ancients were good. Although he was barely a reader, he did not cultivate the so-called elegant hobby of a scholar. In his opinion, antiques, calligraphy and paintings cannot be eaten or used, and must be carefully preserved, and there is no gold or silver at all.

Li Zhoule rubbed Li Yishu's head, she knew best what kind of mind her brother had: "Sister Han is noble and elegant, different from you, a guy who only knows money." ”

Li Yishu grimaced and ran out of the storage room. Those are all women's things, just give them to yourself, and he won't touch them. Although, although the dragonflies and butterflies on the hairpin are so interesting, I want to touch their fluttering wings.

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Shopkeeper Sun was accustomed to the surprises brought by Li Zhoule, Wen Zixia and others every time they came to him. However, when I saw the dragonfly and the butterfly hairpin, I was still shocked. Such a beautiful and novel hairpin, even the eldest lady of their family does not have Concubine Jiang in the palace.

"Five thousand taels of hairpins, three thousand taels of pearl necklaces." Shopkeeper Sun gave a few people a real price.

Li Zhoule and Wen Zixia were not familiar with this price, but they both trusted Sun's shopkeeper. The two parties will also cooperate for a long time, and I believe that Shopkeeper Sun will not deceive them. Li Zhoule nodded happily.

Shopkeeper Sun got up to get the silver ticket, but was stopped by Li Zhoule: "Shopkeeper Sun, don't want a silver ticket this time." We want to change some calligraphy and paintings of the ancients, do you have them here? ”

Of course, there is everything in the pawnshop. In particular, the number of calligraphy and painting antiques should not be too much -- in this era, wars and natural disasters have caused many people to be unable to survive, so they have to take all the valuable things they grow at home, and even many family heirlooms.

Shopkeeper Sun asked the guy to take out several scrolls of paintings, show them to a few people, and let them choose. The painting scrolls below the Tang Dynasty were all rejected by Wen Zixia, which Han Nuo particularly emphasized, and the calligraphy and paintings of the Tang Dynasty and its predecessors must be rejected. After the Tang Dynasty, the world turned to another historical direction. It did not go through five dynasties and ten countries, but was divided into two countries by the Yangtze River as the dividing line, and has been passed down to today's Great Zhou and Northern Liang, which has experienced 500 years.

The Wen brothers' thoughts are the same as Li Yishu's, but after all, Wen Zixia knows more than them, has a wider knowledge, and knows more famous masters. After the selection, two images were selected. One is Li Sixun's "Jiangfan Pavilion Map", which is a representative work of early green mountains and green water paintings in ancient paintings. On the picture scroll, the light ripple of water and the boat floating in the distance are outlined with a fine brush, the boat line is gradually getting smaller, highlighting the grandeur and vastness of the river, the peaks on the river bank are towering and beautiful, the trees on the bank are lush and verdant, there are blue palaces and pavilions between the winding mountains that are layered and scattered, and the dense trees cover the winding mountains, and the water pavilion red fence is built on the pine and bamboo path, and there are visitors walking through the peach bush green; On the slope bank, the two are stopping by the water to enjoy the spring; Another four people came along the mountain path, the master rode on horseback, and the three servants either led, or carried burdens, or carried goods, and walked in front and back. This picture makes people stay away from the world, love nature, and look at thousands of miles, giving people a fresh and "transcendent" feeling.

The other is the very famous "Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu". It is also a picture of the spring tour, "The Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu" is more elegant and rich in color than "The Pavilion of Jiangfan", and the style is much more lively and bright, showing the graceful, confident and optimistic style of the Tang Dynasty. But as far as Wen Zixia is concerned, he prefers the "Jiangfan Pavilion" that depicts the scenery rather than the "Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu" with the characters.

The price of the two paintings is not low, and together they will level out the silver obtained from selling the jewelry just now. Wen Zixia smacked her tongue, she couldn't imagine that the value of a painting was so good. Do they want to learn to draw as well, and paint more for their children and grandchildren in the future? After they are ancient, and their descendants are in trouble again, and then sell one of their paintings, and they can earn silver to solve the problem?

After making two businesses at once, Shopkeeper Sun was extremely happy, thinking that the Wen family and the Li family were indeed his God of Wealth. Seeing that it was past noon, the shopkeeper Sun made the east and invited the two families to the restaurant for a good meal. Wen Zixia had a keen sense of hearing, and heard the two juniors chatting, saying that the shopkeeper bought a recipe for twenty taels of silver two days ago. Wen Zixia's heart moved.

"You eat first, and I'll come when I go." Wen Zixia put down her chopsticks and walked away. After a long while, Wen Zixia returned with a smile on his eyebrows. Li Zhoule gave him a questioning look, and Wen Zixia gave her a look: Let's go back and talk about it.

When the shopkeeper Sun saw their eyebrows, he stopped talking to them, and quickly finished eating the wine and food and sent them to the ox cart. The ox cart left the county all the way, and when there was no one on the road, Wen Zixia took out ten silver tickets totaling one hundred taels from his arms and gave five to Li Zhoule.

Li Zhoule said in surprise: "Where did you get these silver tickets?" ”

Wen Zixia said with a smile: "I heard Xiao Er in the restaurant just now that the shopkeeper spent twenty taels of silver to buy a recipe, thinking that Brother Li had taught us a novel dish before, so I sorted out a few copies and sold them to the shopkeeper, and got this one hundred taels of silver." ”

Li Yishu and Wen Ziyu's eyes widened: "Can you make money by selling recipes?" ”

"If we had known there was such a way, we wouldn't have had to go hungry before." Wen Ziyu said.

Wen Zixia flicked his brother's brain with his fingers: "The past is over, and the future will look forward." ”

Li Zhoule didn't accept the fifty taels of silver tickets: "This method is what you came up with, and the money should belong to you." We can't ask for it. ”

Wen Zixia said: "But the recipe was thought up by Brother Li, and it originally belonged to your Li family." It's no longer right for me to exchange money without authorization, how can I be greedy for all my money. If you don't take the fifty taels, then I don't want the other fifty taels. Just throw it all away. ”

After speaking, he took out another fifty taels and made a gesture of throwing it away. Li Zhoule hurriedly stopped his actions and snatched the fifty taels in one of his hands: "Okay, I can't collect it." ”

Wen Zixia smiled slightly, Yiran lowered the other fifty taels of silver, and turned his head to harvest two pairs of adoring eyes. Li Yishu and Wen Ziyu gave Wen Zixia a thumbs up together.

When he returned home, Li Yishu immediately put the two paintings into the porcelain jar, and when he saw them disappear, everyone showed a relieved smile.

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On the other side, Han Nuo came to the rental house after breakfast, practicing calligraphy while waiting for the movement on the side of the porcelain jar. Never felt like it was so long. After waiting for a whole morning, the porcelain jar did not move. Han Nuo was too lazy to go home and didn't bother to go out, so he called for a takeout to eat. There is a Northeast dumpling restaurant near the community, authentic Northeast style food, sauerkraut dumplings and cabbage dumplings are Han Nuo's favorites, she called one is Leyi two, and another is called a sauce skeleton - Han Nuo is a carnivore, although he also eats green vegetables, but eats more meat. After eating and drinking, I slept for more than half an hour, but the porcelain jar still did not respond. Han Nuo picked up a novel and read it. "Blue Blood Sword", one of the masterpieces of Jin Juju. Han Nuo didn't like it very much, just to pass the time. Han Nuo doesn't like the protagonist and supporting roles in this novel, especially the heroine Xia Qingqing, who is brutal and petty. In fact, Huang Rong is also very rude and petty, but she is far a hundred times cuter than Xia Qingqing. Yuan Chengzhi's eyes are blurred before he likes Xia Qingqing, right? There is also the most popular supporting character Xia Xueyi, a big scumbag, what is there to like? As for the original protagonist Yuan Chengzhi, heh, Yuan Chonghuan's son! A guy who killed Mao Wenlong, the anti-Jin general, relieved his worries about the Hou Jin Chang drive south, and made the Hou Jin soldiers come to the city of Beijing, and the "change of his own life" occurred, what "will" can he inherit? Where did Chongzhen kill him wrong? Zhu Shunshui, known as one of the five great scholars of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, participated in the activities of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty", and in his book "Zhu Shunshui Collection", Yuan Chonghuan was called a "traitor". Xu Shiqi, a general at the end of the Ming Dynasty, also believed that Yuan Chonghuan ostensibly fought the main battle, but actually wanted to make peace, and even won the trust of the Qing court by capturing and killing Mao Wenlong. And Zhang Tingyu, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, also thought that Yuan Chonghuan's killing of Mao Wenlong was "vain killing" when he wrote the "History of the Ming Dynasty". Ji Liuqi believes in "Ming Ji Beiluo" that although Yuan Chonghuan died unjustly, he listed twelve charges to kill Mao Wenlong, just like Qin Hui killed Yue Fei with twelve gold medals. What's more, Yuan Chengzhi helped Li Zicheng break through the Ming Dynasty for personal revenge, and indirectly helped the Qing army to move into the Central Plains. Fortunately, he took a group of people to take refuge overseas, leaving innocent people to suffer the "Ten Days of Yangzhou" and "Three Massacres in Jiading". In addition to Chen Jialuo, Yuan Chengzhi is Han Nuo's second annoying actor.

Boredom flipped through the book until about four o'clock in the afternoon, when the porcelain jar finally moved. Seeing the two scrolls that suddenly appeared inside, Han Nuo picked them up and opened them to take a look.

"Hiss~" Han Nuo gasped wildly. She is not an ancient boy with little knowledge, calligraphy and painting are all connected, Han Nuo learns calligraphy, and naturally has a study of Chinese painting. "Jiang Fan Pavilion Map" and "Lady of the Kingdom of Yu Chun", no matter which one is a national treasure! Earned, earned! 200 yuan in exchange for two national treasure-level Chinese paintings, and the protagonists who picked up big leaks in those novels can't match her luck!

Han Nuo happily went home with two scrolls, Han's father and Han's mother were not at home. Han Nuo put the scroll away and decided to make a delicious meal to celebrate. The ingredients in the refrigerator are very rich, and Han Nuo shows off his cooking skills, but because it is dinner, Han Nuo only makes two meat dishes, and the rest are all vegetarian dishes. I made "Diao Chan Tofu" and sweet and sour pork ribs hand-picked by Han Dad, and the rest was red oil bamboo shoots, ground three fresh, honey yam, celery lily and cold fungus, and then burned a tomato egg drop soup. When Han's father and Han's mother came home, they were all shocked to see such a rich dish on the table.

"Girl, how did you cook so many dishes?" Han's mother asked suspiciously.

"Celebrate!" Han Nuo replied with a smile on his face.

Han's father asked, "Did you win the lottery?" ”

Han Nuo bent the two crescents: "It's even more powerful than winning the lottery, I missed it." ”

"Really?" Han's father and Han's mother asked in surprise.

"What's missing? Take it out and show it to me and your mother. Dad Han said with great interest. A few years ago, treasure appreciation programs were often broadcast on TV, and Han's father and Han's mother loved it very much, and they also had the idea of collecting. However, after a few glances, the two elders understood that the depth of the collecting world is not something that these amateurs can insert. So don't waste money on TV watching, collections, or whatever. At this time, when they heard that their daughter had missed it, on the one hand, they were very happy, but on the other hand, they were worried that their daughter would look away like them.

"Wait a minute." Han Nuo ran back to his room and took out the "Jiangfan Pavilion Map". "Jiang Fan Pavilion Map" is not as famous as "Mrs. Qiuguo You Chuntu", Han's father and Han's mother definitely don't know its origin and value, and they can let Han Nuo fool him. Han Nuo didn't want to scare the two elders by telling the true price of the scrolls, and she would use a large part of the money from the sale of these two paintings for other purposes.

"It's an ancient painting!" Han's father and Han's mother really don't know "Jiangfan Pavilion Picture", and only regard this painting as an ordinary ancient painting. They didn't even know who Li Sixun was.