Jiang Ruoning was half-covered, half-hidden, half-embarrassed, which also made Cui Qian look at her twice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Now that you have come, I will give you a place to stay."

"Sister-in-law, I won't stay long, before my eldest aunt passed away, she had someone give my mother a sum of silver, and my mother told me where to put the money. I came to vote for the cousin of the Li family, just to rely on more, not to fight the autumn breeze, I just want to open a shop and do a business in Qiantang City, with my cousin to take care of, my daughter's family will not be bullied, I will definitely do business in peace, and I will never cause trouble to Cousin Li, you can rest assured, I promise to ......"

When Cui Qian heard her say this, her liking became even stronger, "Since you are a relative of my family, you don't have to see outside." ”

"Thank you, sister-in-law!"

After the decline of the scholarly family and the official eunuch, even if it is in decline, this upbringing and temperament are still good, and at first glance, the dignified and delicate appearance is not the kind of troublemaker, and Cui Qian's love for her is more than two points.

Jiang Ruoning lived in the back house of the Qiantang Mansion, helping the girls to do some work on weekdays, and when the cook cooked, she washed and picked vegetables, and sometimes helped water the flowers and trees.

More than ten days have passed in a flash, and Li Guan still hasn't come back, but he has come back in sixteen.

"Your Excellency has returned to the capital."

"That's overstepping!" Cui Qian's face was worried.

Sixteen said: "The first day of August is the third anniversary of the princess's death, he must go back, if he is not allowed to go, he will feel uneasy." ”

"Yangzhou has built a princess temple, and adults want to worship ......" Cui Qian wanted to say, it is the same to go to the princess temple, and many princess temples have been built in Dayan in recent years. In other words, wherever there is a women's school, there is a princess temple, and even the Chunhui Temple in Qingxi County has been changed to a princess temple, with the presiding teacher of the princess temple serving as the head of the women's school, and the grandmother from the palace serving as the deputy hall master, and the prestige master of the women's workshop serving as the deputy hall master.

The women's school and women's workshop were conceived by Princess Fengge.

Building a princess temple is the meaning of Empress Xue.

Empress Xue will also be the beginning of August every year must be the "Daughter's Day", but wherever there is a women's school, the girls who have not left the pavilion in that place can celebrate the Daughter's Day, and the princess temple will be open to accept incense worship on that day.

Jiang Ruoning stood outside, "Sister-in-law, I'm Bilian, I'm here to bid you farewell." ”

Cui Qian shouted "Come in".

Jiang Ruoning entered the small courtyard of Cui Qian and his wife, this courtyard has three main rooms, two wing rooms in the east and west, and a special kitchen, but after Jiang Ruoning came, the small kitchen seems to have not been used.

Jiang Ruoning came in with two packs of dim sum and blessed herself, "Sister-in-law, I rented a shop in the city, I picked it up this morning, and added some goods tomorrow morning, and it will open for business in two days." These days, thanks to the sister-in-law and the housekeeper's eldest brother, Bilian is very grateful! Seeing that the dim sum in the dim sum shop in the city was still delicate and tasted, I bought some for the steward's sister-in-law to taste. I'm going to move to the shop today, I'm sorry to disturb it for so many days, and when the cousin of the Li family comes back, I'll come to the door to thank you. ”

Jiang Ruoning opened a bookstore, she bought a lot of books from various bookstores, and also sold some calligraphy, painting, brushes and ink, etc., and the shops that sold these were much more elegant in the eyes of the world.

She bought a pair of brothers and sisters, and the house was also flooded, leaving only the two of them in a family of seven, and they were sold to bury the whole family. Jiang Ruoning was also happy, gave ten taels of silver to buy it, and made a contract to give the two brothers and sisters three days to deal with the aftermath.

At night, she painted two pairs of flowers and plants, because the paint was uneven, just a simple painting, using Xue Jingting taught her the technique of fine brushwork, trying to sell well, if it can be sold, it is also a way to make a living.

After the opening, because the people around Qiantang City knew that she was the cousin of Governor Li, no one came to look for trouble.

Jiang Ruoning began to practice his Liuhe secrets, practicing over and over again, from the initial jerky, slowly familiar, his arms and legs were weak earlier, and he practiced strength later.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it has entered September.

On this day, Jiang Ruoning was painting in the backyard, and there was a noise outside the door: "What about Jiang Ji Bookstore robbing money?" A picture of flowers and birds costs two taels of silver, and those who sell calligraphy and paintings outside only receive a lot of silver, and people can buy dozens of pieces for two taels of silver. ”

Look at the shop plate and say: "Clearly marked price, fair trading, two taels of silver a piece of its own two taels of good, you see how delicate this method is, my shopkeeper paints a painting for several hours, dozens of texts outside, hundreds of texts, this long half an hour to paint well, a short moment of kung fu is good, whether it is style or brushwork, can it be comparable to the outside?

Guest officer, a few days ago, Zhao Yuan in the east of the city went out for a high price of 20 taels of silver to ask for a picture of a rich peony painted by my shopkeeper, and he was very satisfied when he took it away yesterday, and he also rewarded another two taels of silver.

The guest officer took a closer look, and went back to compare the cheap ones. At a glance, you are a scholar, the best know this calligraphy Danqing, after you take a closer look, you have your own discernment. ”

The brother and sister bought by Jiang Ruoning, surnamed Shen, one is called a plate and the other is called a plate, Jiang Ruoning also joked at that time, "Do you still have chopsticks?" "There really is one, their younger brother, who died in the flood.

Jiang Ruoning promised them that they could redeem themselves when they earned enough money, she opened a monthly fee of one or two and three hundred wen for the plate, and one tael and one hundred wen for the plate, and the plate would occasionally go to the purchase, and the plate would look at the shop by the plate when it was purchased, Jiang Ruoning also taught them to know some simple words, and there would be half an hour of literacy time every night, so that they could practice with hair dipped in water on a special wooden board, so as to save ink and paper.

The young man who came was in his early twenties, looking like a scholar, he made the plate take a picture of flowers and birds, and looked at it carefully, "The pen is very familiar, quite the style of Xue's Danqing, your shopkeeper is a student of Xue Guozhang?" ”

The plate hurriedly said: "How can my shopkeeper have such an honor, the shopkeeper is the most admired Xue family's Danqing style, as soon as he has the opportunity, he will go to the most famous calligraphy and painting shop in the city to study, no, the study time is long, and it will be." ”

The young man smiled: "Your shopkeeper is a master of painting." ”

"The shopkeeper said that she only had Danqing to be able to handle it."

"Is your shopkeeper available?"

From an argument to a curiosity.

The plate said: "The shopkeeper will paint in the backyard." ”

"You call her out, I'm going to ask her to help paint a picture."

The plate pulls its throat and calls "saucer".

When the plate came out, he said dissatisfiedly: "The shopkeeper is painting, and I can't be distracted, my brother is so loud, look back and be careful that she is annoyed." ”

The plate said, "Please come out of the shopkeeper." ”

The saucer entered the backyard, stood in front of the study, and whispered to a guest outside who asked to meet and discuss.

Jiang Ruoning said: "Serve tea first!" I will go to him if I have this painting, and I will have to wait half an hour, and if it is interrupted, the painting will be ruined. ”

"Yes." The saucer received the order, passed through the curtain leading to the backyard, and said, "Guest officer, are you sitting and eating tea and reading a book?" Or go outside for a walk, my shopkeeper said, she is painting, if it is interrupted, the painting will be ruined, she will get up before dawn to paint, it is impossible to interrupt, and it will be completed in half an hour. ”

The guest stared for a moment, looked at the bookshelves in the shop, picked out a book, and read a book while eating tea, and the plate was filled with tea from time to time.

After more than half an hour, the saucer said, "Guest officer, the shopkeeper is here." ”

Jiang Ruoning was wearing an emerald green long skirt, which she asked the embroidery workshop in the city to make according to the style of the dress made by Xue Yulan, the emerald green long skirt was embroidered with a few white lotuses in a staggered manner, the lotus flower was not big, the size of a pigeon's egg, but it was just right, the cuffs of the placket were embroidered with honeysuckle vine ornamentation, a circle of silver white, the hair was loose and tied, only the white-edged silk silk was tied, and a pearl was tied on the forehead to wipe the forehead, this kind of freshwater pearl in the Jiangnan water town is the most worthless, especially like this one that is slightly larger than mung beans, you can buy several pieces of silver for one or two silver, The most valuable thing is the droplet-shaped blood jade hanging from the forehead.

The guest was taken aback, he didn't expect that the shopkeeper of these bookstores was a pretty girl, and what was even more surprising was the temperament of this girl, who was generous, neither humble nor arrogant, she was blessed, "Let the son wait for a long time!" What does Childe want to paint? ”

"You painted this picture too?"

Jiang Ruoning replied with a "yes".

He took the painting in his hand, the bird was delicately painted, and even the feathers were clearly visible, this kind of fine brush painting, only Xue Guozhang Xue Jingting would know, I heard that even his son had never learned.

"This painting of yours is more delicate than the one that hangs."

"The magpie Dengmei was specially booked by Mrs. Nancheng Mei, and she has already paid a deposit, saying that she will come to pick it up at noon in the future."

"How much is this?"

"What kind of requirements do you see? The more delicate it is, the more expensive it is. This is a painting of ten taels of silver. ”

The guests took a closer look, just as the plate said earlier, people paint well, not comparable to the stalls outside, naturally more expensive.

"I'd like to ask you to draw a portrait of a person, can you take it?"

Jiang Ruoning became solemn, this painting character is the most difficult, "I don't know who Gongzi wants to paint?" ”

"Princess Fengge!" Guest Tract.

Her heart sank again, her previous appearance, she remembered it very clearly, but this painter is the same, it is easy to paint others, but it is difficult to paint yourself, "Do you have her picture?" ”

"Princess Fengge is a peerless beauty, how can such an idle person be able to paint, it is of great use in the next, and ask the girl to help, how much silver do you need, just open your mouth, but you must paint the image, the more similar it is, the more it is painted, and it will be painted before October 18."

"Can you tell me about Princess Fengge's appearance?"

She didn't remember recognizing such a person.

The guest tilted his head and thought for a long time, "I heard that she has a pair of phoenix eyes, which are the eyes of royal talents, which are very beautiful; It's a goose egg face, with eyebrows like mountains and skin like snow......"

The more Jiang Ruoning listened, the more confused she became, and she felt dizzy, what she looked like before, and she didn't remember, but she knew what King Rong and Murong Lang looked like, and she was familiar with it, and it shouldn't be difficult to compare the paintings.

"Can you ask Childe if you keep this painting for yourself or give it away?"

The guest said "oops" and said with a smile: "How can I keep the painting of Princess Fengge, this is a great disrespect to her." I'll just say it bluntly, Master Li, the prefect of Qiantang, is my classmate, and he used to study at Jinling Academy. I heard that October 18 was his birthday, and his classmates and friends in Jiangnan wanted to come to Qiantang to congratulate him.

He has been obsessed with Princess Fengge all his life, and I heard that he has always wanted to paint the portrait of Princess Fengge in recent years, and every time he paints it for a while, he is grief-stricken and sad, and he can't paint it again. I inquired about many painters, and I also invited two, but they didn't dare to take it, saying that if they couldn't paint, it would be disrespectful. If you can paint it, you can only ask for a price, but you must draw it well and draw it likely. ”

There's still a little more than a month to go. (To be continued.) )