Alas, life in the world, although the fate is long, but the key point is only a few steps, like the bangs playing toad, the enlightenment is a blessing in life. If there were also Taoists at that time who came to confess, put a few pieces on a few papers, and accumulate ten eggs on money to make a Buddha picture, I would also say that it was dangerous; When I heard the Taoist say: People live in the field of glory and glory, and the land of sorrow is more dangerous than this. I will also be empowered, follow the mountains, eat pine and drink streams for a lifetime, why not go to the peak of the art world in painstaking and lonely, why not go to the hard pursuit to find another me......

"Comrade, do you have a girl named Red Lotus in Daba Mountain who works here?"

Du Ruofu walked down the old streets of Shenzhen, looking at the low and old houses on both sides of the street, the gray and narrow shop windows, and the potholed road surface was silted with sewage and mud. Du Ruo couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, and his tired steps were even more messy, why did Honglian leave without saying goodbye and come thousands of miles to this border town with only twenty or thirty thousand people to work. What's so good about this town, the weather is hot, the boundaries are desolate, and a few steps away are mass graves and muddy bays. How can this street scene be compared to the town in the mountains, with a bluestone pavement, a shop with a spine of cornices, and a tavern tea pavilion for visitors to rest in three or five steps; The streets are not so noisy and noisy, some leafy plane trees, and poplar forests with green shade, the streets and alleys all seem quiet and quiet. There are many young people coming and going on this street, most of them carrying large bags of luggage; There were also many two foreigners in crumpled suits, all of whom hurriedly carried sack-like canvas bags and coffin-like suitcases. There are recruitment booths with banners and long tables everywhere, and there are people everywhere who speak with accents from all over the world and come to Shenzhen to break through the world.

Du Ruo came to an electronics factory hungry, and under the recruitment column of "I am proud of the prosperity of the factory, and I am ashamed of the decline of the factory", a bucket of tea attracted his attention. Du Ruo pretended to apply for a job and stepped forward, took the tea bowl from the staff wearing toad glasses and plaid shirts, tilted his neck and poured the bowl of steaming tea into his stomach, and the abdominal cavity of hunger for three days and two nights calmed down. Du Ruo looked at the plastic surgery mirror erected at the entrance of the factory, his hair was messy, his face was full of vegetables, his chin and beard were pierced, and the place where the woolen sweater on his chest was cut with a blade was cracked. Du Ruowan shook his head in despair, the appearance of the young painter who came to dress up was now reduced to the same as a beggar: a set of imported suits, which were hung on the coat hook when taking the train at night, were taken away, along with their ID cards and work permits; The thousand dollars in the pocket of his jacket were also taken away by magic, and only a hole was made in his chest; The briefcase that was placed on the luggage rack or issued by the Road Bureau Cultural Association was also taken away by the hand, along with a change of clothes and toiletries; The items I carried with me were only the two paintings that were placed under the seat and belonged to me for the time being. When Du Ruo woke up at that time, he shouted as if he was stupid, he shouted loudly to the police, but the carriage was crowded like sardines, and there was no shadow of the police at all; He shouted to the conductor, and the people who responded to the stuffy and hot carriages in front and behind were all angry that there was not a single ghost. Du Ruo had to sigh to himself, admitting that he was unlucky, and walked out of the Shenzhen Railway Station penniless in the sympathy and cynical eyes of everyone.

Du Ruo remembered that it was noon on a day when the wind was warm and the birds were broken, and the shadows of high flowers were heavy. Du Ruo opened his eyes from the bed in the railway hospital, and the red lotus and the little evil skin accompanied him left and right. Under the melting light, Red Lotus was lying sleepy at the head of the bed, a railway cotton coat was lost on her shoulders, and a few strands of hair were stuck to her indentated and intertwined face.

"Wake up!" The little evil skin moved closer, opened his mouth and yawned, his bloodshot eyes were full of concern and envy, "Your life is really big, you broke two ribs, and you fell asleep for a day and a night. This time, I walked on the ghost gate, you said that you, quite open-minded, quite cultured person, in love, where can I not find a place for me in the mountains and fields, I have to take the herd on a rainy day to be romantic on the railway field. The work area is going to punish you if you don't know it, and the workers laugh at you without adding it, it's not that Honglian is kind-hearted, and she is stubborn and pushes the leader to reason, saying that she is a student who has just graduated, and it has nothing to do with you at all, you happened to walk there, and the work area is considered your work injury, and the tree is a typical example of righteousness and bravery, and is regarded as the new Lei Feng in the eighties, and sent me to take care of you! But seriously, you kid is blessed, how did you find such a beautiful student girl, it won't really be a thousand miles of marriage, if anything, I'm willing to ask Gu Niu to come to his chest so suddenly! ”

Du Ruo cracked his mouth with a smile, leaned back against the pillow, and pulled up the cotton coat and put it on Honglian's shoulder.

"Hey, wake up!" Honglian snorted, stood up with a hula, her tired face was covered with excitement, "I'm scared to death, everyone is in a hurry!" ”

"I said it's okay, who is Painter Du, the Wenqu stars in the sky descend to earth, and in this life, I can't close my eyes if I don't make a whole painting through the ages; If you don't marry a beauty, you can't swallow your breath, this time the show just started, and with the lotus girl as the horn, he is even more reluctant to let go of the world! The little evil skin suddenly seemed to be fake and really joked a few words, which made Du Ruo's face red, and the red lotus blushed suddenly.

"No wonder the people on your railway call you evil master, you are old and unserious nonsense, I have told your leaders several times, Master Du is righteous and brave, saying that we are driving cattle on the railway line on a rainy day to talk about friends, isn't it Kan Tianfang who chews his tongue, and only a narrow ghost like you can think of it!" Honglian pursed her lips and glanced at the little evil skin angrily.

"Look, cross the river and tear down the bridge, two days ago I cried and shouted that the master is long and the master is short, and the lotus flower follows my ass step by step, as if a sister Lin fell from the sky, I forgot the new love when I saw the old love, alas, I didn't say it, my brother Bao didn't have a chance to become a monk, Sister Lian, you must not learn from Zhu Yingtai, I met Liang Shanbo at the Loutai meeting, and I cried dry tears and broke my liver and intestines!" The little evil skin opened the door, turned his head to make a grimace at the red lotus, and strode out of the door.

"Sit, don't be like him, he just has a bad mouth, he can't say a good word, you're tired for a few days, I really owe you a lot!" Du Ruo lifted down his arm and tucked the quilt into the bed to make room for a little space.

Honglian took off her cotton coat disapprovingly and put it on Du Ruo's legs, "Hmph, I won't pay attention to him!" Are you hungry, you haven't eaten in two days, why don't I go buy some? ”

Du Ruo shook his head, grabbed the palm of the red lotus, and stared at the red lotus's very ruddy face for a while, "I'm still hungry, with you, I don't feel hungry, I'm hungry now, and I'm still holding my mouth open in the clouds for a long time, Sister Tianxian, can you go down to the earth to give me something to eat!" ”

Honglian sighed softly and sat down at the head of the bed, "You can take care of your injuries, I offended you, the words you say are so stiff that the cow can't step on it." I'm not a cold-blooded animal, and I'll remember your kindness to me. I won't tell you, I'll peel an apple with you, our teacher said that apples are nutritious, rich in vitamin C, and eating them regularly is good for the body! ”

Du Ruo let go of his palm, and Honglian took an apple from the bedside table, picked up the fruit knife, and peeled the apple like a radish.

Du Ruo smiled slightly, waved his hand to stop the red lotus, "I haven't learned, I am particular about cutting apples, and if you cut them like this, it is not beautiful and wasteful." You see, hold the apple with two fingers, gently turn the fruit knife, and peel it in a circle from the inside and outside. In this way, after the apple is peeled, the skin is still on the apple, and the person who eats it only needs to shake it lightly, and the skin will automatically fall off, which is both beautiful and generous, and can also show your artistic quality! ”

"Really!" Red Lotus shrugged her nose delicately, and picked up an apple childishly, and peeled it up like a gourd, and it was cut after a while, and then she took it in her hand as if she was appreciating a work of art, "It's good to peel apples like this, it's both hygienic and affordable, I really didn't expect that with you, I can learn some knowledge and see and hear for a long time!" ”

"What is this, a piece of cake, do you remember, the Southern Dynasty landscape poet Xie Lingyun, who wrote 'spring grass in the pond, and the willows in the garden become songbirds', once said: 'There is only one stone in the world, Zijian has eight buckets, I have to have a bucket, and I have used a bucket since ancient times and today', I have long been the same as Xie Lingyun, saying that the forging moon is refined with a splendid mind, and the mouth is full of pearls, but it is a pity that people hide in the deep mountains and do not know, and the poor birds in the cage cannot fly, and they have been crawling at the bottom of the society all their lives in vain!" Du Ruo smiled happily, his eyes flashed with smug brilliance, and he blurted out his angry words.

"It's not a shame, just say that you are fat and start to breathe, give a little sunshine and it will be brilliant, it is really eyes do not know Mount Tai, it turns out that in front of the eyes is a promising person who has only passed Qu Song, and under the eyes is a virtuous person who says Xihuang. If you don't brag, I'll suffocate you, no virtue, no modesty at all. Our teacher said that it is stupid to be full of losses, humble and covered, and it is stupid to rely on your own wisdom, you are a woodpecker who died in a tree hole, ate the loss of your mouth, coaxed all day long, and knocked your hot tongue on the cold ears of others, and you are a character in the world. I've been blushing for you in the hospital for the past few days, and no one from your five relatives or six relatives has said hello. You know what the leader says about you, you are so ambitious, you don't do your job, and the loaches in the small ravine still want to make a shocking wave; You know what your co-workers say about you, you are arrogant, you don't know the current affairs, and the chickadee that barks is not a good bird; The people who know you in our wall also say that you have long teeth and short hands, and you are lazy to eat, and you are not a person who lives at home at all. If you take a closer look, almost all of you are married, some of the children are two or three years old, only you are almost thirty years old and still playing singles, and none of you have a woman there who wants to marry you, they all say that you are a ruffian all day long, your soul is not in your body, you go to work, you draw women with big butts all night after work, you have a string in your head, you exchange food stamps for stones, you have the wrong tendons on your legs, you have a butt of debts, and you have to exchange treasury bills for tree sticks. Even in the countryside, there is no woman who wants to marry such an unlucky man. Do you still think that in the 70s, it was a decent thing for a rural girl to marry on the railway, and it was no longer the old imperial calendar. You said that in addition to having a commodity grain account, working on the railway, and earning a little dead salary a month, do you have some definite advantages? Our classmates work in Shenzhen, and they can earn more than 1,000 yuan a month, and their buildings have been built; It is to do agriculture at home, contract barren mountains to plant trees, and dig ponds in the fields to raise fish, and can earn tens of thousands of yuan a year. I talk to you about friends, it's your dead face that always pesters me, Wang Laohu seems to be hard for me all day long, no one agrees when I say it, my classmates say I'm crazy, I want to find an old man who is seven or eight years old; My family said that I didn't grow up, and if I found a foreigner, I couldn't take care of my family across the mountains and rivers for the rest of my life. I don't care about this, pinching my nose and coaxing my eyes to say hello, thinking that you are old, have suffered hardships, and can hurt people, as long as the two of them get along, there is a lot of discussion in case of trouble, and eating bran is also sweet. It's good for you, the feudal thinking of a brain, in addition to talking nonsense, is full of pies, does not do a little practical thing, and beats people, I am your wife, I should be beaten and scolded, and I am smart-eyed, I want to fight, I want to scold, even warm-hearted people are also chilled by you! Today you care or don't care, anyway, I made it clear, the back bridge returns to the bridge, the road returns to the road, and everyone passes their own words. Don't write me those boring letters and send me those strange poems, after all, I am still young, I have just stepped into society, and I don't understand your love, love, and wind! But don't worry, I didn't say this in front of your leaders and colleagues, and I still saved face for you. Besides, if you insist on flying high branches, the cow doesn't drink water and presses its head, it's not interesting, right? The red lotus was like a fish in his throat, gritting his teeth and exhaling his chest in one breath, as if he had a long sigh of relief from his heart, and a layer of relief and joy appeared on his face, but Leng Ding looked at Du Ruo with a discouraged and desperate look, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, and lowered his eyes strangely in his heart.

Du Ruo's complexion changed sharply, and a cold breath gushed out from his chest, and he suddenly felt half cold. It turned out that Honglian was so decisive, and it turned out that all her efforts were in vain. Du Ruowan tilted his head helplessly, his eyes stared at the red lotus who looked very strange in an instant, and his heart was intertwined with bitterness, hatred, and resentment, "Red Lotus, so our road has come to an end, you don't give me any hope, don't give me the slightest chance to change, isn't it not a long time since we have been dating, you just look at me like this, I am so disgraceful, I can't be on the stage, like a stinky shit, disgusting!" ”

"Is there any, the blind man eats rice balls, and he knows it in his heart. Don't you boast all day long, read a lot of books, see a lot of the world, and talk about friends is what you want me to do, do you have such a duck on the shelf? I'll go to Shenzhen to work in two days to earn some money to repeat my studies next year, and I don't want to get married at such a young age. You don't think about me at all, you're so selfish, you only think about your little all the time! Honglian pursed her lips and put down the fruit knife angrily, her love-hate gaze swept over Du Ruo's face.

"Okay, I just said that I am worthless, and now I am said that I am selfish, and I can't change it, you have to give me some thoughts of punishing the past and the future, treating the sick and saving people. Believe it or not, I'll make an oath now, next time I say a heavy word to you, I'm not human, and if I hit you again, I'll chop off my hands. If you want to study, I will support you 100% and will not hold you back. It's just that I don't read enough books, so I don't use any of them in this field today. But can't you revise at home, you can't find a repeater class anywhere in the town, so you have to go to Shenzhen to work. I have money, there are tens of thousands of fixed deposits alone, you can go to my house tomorrow to get a passbook, you want to go to graduate school, study abroad, even build a building, do an individual. Just don't say anything ruthless, let alone kick me, I just need to look at you every day and listen to you say a word and be satisfied. Du Ruo was worried and sad for a while, his heart was pounding in disillusionment, and two wisps of regret were cast helplessly on Honglian's face.

"Talking foolish things again, and drawing a big pie to coax me, you have money, your eyes have already looked to the sky, and you can afford to look down on me, the ugly duckling in the mountains. Take care of your injuries, don't talk nonsense with a white face in a hurry, it's not for your good heart, sacrificing myself to save others at the moment of life and death, I would have been too lazy to pay attention to you! Honglian turned her back unhappily, an inexplicable depression poured out from the bottom of her heart, and she couldn't help but want to wipe her face and leave, and she didn't want to break the thread without being able to wipe her face, she used half of her mind to perfunctory Du Ruo who was still indulging in sentimentality, and the other half of her mind was thinking about how to walk clearly, and for a while the room was suffocating and dull and silent.

However, when Du Ruo was able to get out of bed a little, Honglian was ruthless and never returned, so she came to Shenzhen without knowing her family, and she didn't know how to hide and work in that factory like a yellow crane.

Du Ruo picked up the painting in a trance, dragged his tired body and walked on the crowded old street, when he was confronted by a young man wearing a toad mirror and carrying a small satchel and suddenly tilted his head towards him and signaled him to go to the street. Du Ruo looked around vigilantly, and finally couldn't hold back his curiosity and walked to the corner of the street with him, the man mysteriously climbed on his shoulder, took out a deck of playing cards from his trouser pocket, and quickly spread it out in front of his eyes, and saw that the colorful cards were printed with [***] images with different postures, "Do you want a full set of **, sell you cheaply!" Du Ruo was stunned for a moment, and two red clouds appeared hot on his face. The man rolled up his sleeves again, revealing the different styles of electronic watches he was wearing on his arms, "Do you want it, Citizen, Omega, Seiko, the lowest price for you!" Du Ruo's heart was pounding, he reached out to his pocket, and as soon as his fingers reached the waistband of his pants, he stopped there as if he froze, shaking his head self-deprecatingly. Why, I don't bring any money, it doesn't matter, I sell in this area every day, and I still have [***] paintings at home, come to me if you want to! The man generously loosened his arm, rolled up his sleeves, and walked down the street as if he were all right.

Du Ruoru fell into the fog for five miles, and it took half a day to wake up from the surprise and doubt. This small fishing town, which is only separated from Hong Kong by a water, is really the forefront of reform and opening up, and the special economic zone that has allowed some people to get rich first has made people more avant-garde, and there are fewer rules and regulations that bind people. When Du Ruo walked all the way to Shekou Industrial Zone, there were many tower cranes and vehicles shuttling through construction sites stretching for several kilometers along the coast, and a huge slogan of "time is money, benefit is life" stood majestically. Du Ruo was immediately taken aback, and his arm holding the painting couldn't help but tremble, isn't this a criticism of the stinky idea of money fetishism, Du Ruo has always been a negative example in the work area, the leader said that he was not doing his job, his mind was full of bourgeois ideas of fame and family, and he wasted a little socially necessary labor time on the pursuit of a capitalist way of life in personal struggle, which was an outlier who was ambitious and reluctant. People can't live for money, people still have revolutionary ideals and revolutionary spirit that are more important than money, people should be a screw that never rusts, move where needed, and devote their limited lives to unlimited service to the people. What position the work area assigns him to, he has to agree with this social division of labor, meet the social status and economic income brought to him by this social role, don't try to make some changes, let alone make some transcendence, in this position, as long as he says to do it, and he does not need to make much contribution, it is the same to do more and less, and there is no difference between good and bad, as long as he attends work every day, does not be late for work, does not leave early after work, and has a fixed salary every month, with this iron salary, holding this iron rice bowl, He has to live and die in the ravines and ravines, and live a life of two and a half days a day, so that he is a good worker who loves his job and is a good model of abiding by the law. What is the concept of time and efficiency! When Du Ruo walked all the way on the highway outside the "Guan" in Shenzhen. Shenzhen's border is divided into the inside and outside of the customs, the gateway towards Hong Kong is called the first-line pass, and the gateway towards the mainland is called the second-line pass, the inside of the customs is the urban area, and the outside of the customs is mostly the suburbs. There were bursts of singing "Don't Pick Roadside Wildflowers" in countless simple workshops on both sides of the road, Du Ruo was startled at the time, and the red cheeks of the sea breeze couldn't help twitching, isn't this the voice of Teresa Teng, who was banned and banned. Du Ruo worked as a patrol worker on the railway line of the mountains and rivers all year round, and was subjected to the semi-military management of the railway, and received [***] ideological and moral education, and the most heard by the ear was "Sing a Mountain Song to the Party", "Red Star Follows Me to Fight", "Yellow River Cantata" and other revolutionary songs, even now bathed in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, you can hear Li Guyi's "Hometown Love", Zhu Fengbo's "Spring Water Dingdong", Li Guangxi's "My Sun" and other lyrical songs, which are also rare, very rare, As for the "Symphony of Destiny" of St. Beethoven of the first generation, the "Swan Lake" of Jie Tchaikovsky in the music, and the domestic violin concerto "Liangshanbo and Zhu Yingtai" are even more antelope hanging horns, and there is no trace to be found. Words are the voice of the heart, the song is the voice, the emotion is in the middle and the form is in the words, the words are insufficient, so the song is insufficient, the song is insufficient, I don't know the dance of the hand, and the foot is also. So music has a class surname. In the process of building the four modern socialist powers, literature and art serve the masses and are spiritual and cultural products that the masses like to see. Therefore, adhering to the Marxist literary and artistic thought, grasping the four cardinal principles, and better implementing the socialist core value system into literary and artistic activities are the consistent literary and artistic policies of the work area and even the road bureau. deviated from this principle, the literary and artistic works created can only be a big poisonous weed, and the little evil skin was sentenced to two years of re-education through labor because he listened to Teresa Teng's "He Yuejun Again" played in the 70s, and he was almost 30 years old and was a single like himself. Who would dare to listen to the sound of the death of this Qin Li**! When Du Ruoshen crouched in the basement of the small hotel in the middle of the night, enduring the pungent and unpleasant smell of damp and mildew, he saw that on the left were the graduates of the famous universities in China who were sweating all over his body, and on the right were the resigned officials of the domestic political axe institutions with volatile feet and stench, and the snoring in the aisles was crowded with rows of young people who came to Shenzhen to break into the world. Du Ruo suddenly understood that these people were willing to squeeze the basement, eat food stalls, and gather in Bao'an, where there were only three treasures, flies, mosquitoes, and manhole oysters, all of them came together for the same dream, and they were all so uncomplaining and unrepentant in order to realize the value of their personal lives. All human beings have the right to develop their intellectual family and talents to the fullest, and everyone is born equal and has certain birthright rights, including the right to life, liberty and happiness. This is a window to the outside world, a more open economic policy is implemented, and the development of socialist productive forces is the only priority, where people can live a "happier and more dignified" life and a "more just and harmonious" society. Here try the word first, break the word first, everyone dare to practice, the courage to explore, as long as it is gold can shine, as long as it is a talent can find a place to use. There are not so many rules to abide by, there are not so many customs to follow, and there is no social opinion that oppresses the soul at every turn. Everyone has the right to freedom of speech and fair competition, and everyone seeks development in "freedom, equality, and fraternity". No wonder Honglian wants to leave herself alone to come here to pan for gold, no wonder Honglian wants to hide from her family and be willing to come here to be a working girl.

Du Ruo walked step by step to the front of Huaqiang North Shopping Mall, which is the most prosperous place in Shenzhen, with a lot of cars and horses on the street, crowded with people, rich white-collar workers, idle blue-collar workers, workers and working girls who have little money and little leisure. Du Ruo's eyes were dazzled and leaned against the eaves, so hungry that only the belly cavity of skin and bones was full of sour water, looking at the people wandering around, some leisurely sipping drinks, some calmly holding snacks, and the stomach was like a sea and a river, and it was difficult to suppress. Where is the red lotus working, how can a palm-sized place can not see a trace, these days in the streets and alleys of the pass, one by one to search all over, the village fish village outside the gate, one by one to search, who knows that it is like looking for a needle in a haystack in vain, it is like a frightening flood after going to no trace. I have to find a way to fill my stomach, otherwise I will not find this grain of rice in the ground, and no one will find it, and I will lie down hungry first. Du Ruo looked up and thought for a while, and then pouted and shook his head in self-denial, and suddenly a disabled person lying on the pulley board at the corner of the street attracted his attention, only to see him pushing the pulley with one hand, writing art words on the ground with chalk with the other, and someone in the enamel jar around him threw money into it from time to time. Du Ruo's eyes lit up, and he looked down at the painting in his hand, it is really an endless road, it is better to see it than to hear it, this is not what Ren Yan said, there is no food to eat while guarding Jinshan. He can paint portraits of people on the street, long-distance calls at the post office are billed by the second, and the photo studio takes pictures for three or five yuan a piece, and here is like a carp crossing the river gathered migrant workers from all over the country, who is not a rare trip home for a year and a half, who is not thinking about the relatives at home. As long as you find a few pieces of photo paper, get a few paintbrushes, write a notice, and set up a stall, you will definitely be able to earn a hundred and eighty, and you will still worry about a few meals.

Du Ruoxing got up and walked to the stationery store on the opposite street, who knew that the shopkeeper was a porcelain rooster who didn't pluck a hair. Du Ruo's face was red, and before he finished his hurried words, his head shook like a rattle, and he squinted his eyes and refused. Du Ruo was still unwilling, and hurriedly opened the painting in his hand, the shopkeeper glanced at it casually, a sneer floated on the corner of his mouth, and his head shook like a rabbit. Du Ruo was in a hurry, hurriedly took off the gold watch on his wrist, the shopkeeper hesitated to take it, looked at the color of the watch in every suspicious way, and listened to the sound of the watch with his ear, so he reluctantly took off the paper and pen and ink from the shelf. However, when Du Ruo spread out the white paper and wrote four big characters with a pen, the shopkeeper's face changed, and he walked behind Du Ruo with novelty.

Notices for help

Yu Ben Moke, pen ploughing in Bashu, relying on grass and trees in the countryside, do not seek to reach the market. There are women who do not take care of the rest of the day, the blue eyes are pity, and they are repeatedly in the midst of hardships and hardships, so they are grateful, and they are willing to serve the phoenix amphibious in Daze, and the birds and songs in the wilderness. However, good things are good, the world is jealous, women are angry, hateful and hateful, and thousands of miles away from Shenzhen. Put the rest of the sea in the north and the south, the birds scatter and divide the thorns, and the rest of the sky knocks on the ground, and can not win itself, but travels alone, wanting to find a woman in the hustle and bustle. How do you know that Haotian does not hang, Shangxuan descends to disaster, and the night ride is actually taken by Xiaoxiao, so that the bag is lost, the body is penniless, and the rice has been eaten for three days and three nights.

Yu wandered around the city, exotic, and unrelated. Now I want to borrow the good land on the street, learn to walk in Handan for a while, and follow the example of the east in a corner. Learn the Jia character of Banqiao Long Street, sell fans in the Bohu neighborhood, and paint portraits on the street. I also look at the gentlemen passing by, pedestrians from all directions, help them, give them food, then they are proud and friendly, and they are very good.

There is a poem as proof:

The Qin girl followed Xiao Yuan, and Wu Wa threw herself into the boat.

If the eternal rhyme is there, I will laugh in vain.

"God of Wealth, living God of Wealth! Isn't Marshal Zhao Gong coming to our store! I have been selling calligraphy and paintings on this street for most of my life, and I have never seen such a strange thing or strange word! The shopkeeper shook his head, smacked his lips in admiration, and hurriedly stuffed the gold watch into Du Ruo's hand as if he had blasphemed the God of Wealth, "I said little comrade, I have a reluctant request, if you want, take care of the store a little, don't think the small shop is narrow, just set up a stall in front of the door to paint a portrait, what do you need Although the words are spoken, but this word must not be ruined, if you can stay in the small shop, I will frame it well, and hang it with the God of Wealth enshrined on the wall, it also seems that we are devout and rich, especially fate, isn't it?" ”

Du Ruo set up his desk on the street, pasted the notice on the wall with transparent glue, and put the two "Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and "Hundred Birds and Phoenixes" he brought on the table. Before Du Ruomao could put it away, a large group of people gathered around the desk, and some said in surprise, "It's strange, I didn't even mix it up, I didn't eat for three days in order to find someone!" Some pretended to be profound, saying, "As for the painter, I want to be quite high, and I want to be a street artist!" Some gods said strangely, "What is written, literary Chinese, and poetry, this word is really good!" ”

Du Ruo nervously parted from everyone, glanced around with a red face, and took the photo paper and paintbrush from the shopkeeper's hand, "Comrades and brothers, listen to me a few words, everyone saw the sand, I came to Shenzhen to find someone, and I was really desperate, so I did this insulting thing." Everyone is kind to help me, a painting is never too much, just give a phone call, take a picture of the money, as for the level of my portrait, it is by no means a ghost painting peach charm foolishness, these two paintings are proof, to ensure that the painting is good, you are satisfied. In fact, portraiture is an ancient art, and only the powerful in ancient times could paint it, but it is only with the modern camera that this art has no market. However, portraits are more magnificent than photographs, and photographs are one inch or two inches above the sky, while portraits are measured by rulers, and are divided into heads, busts, and full-body portraits. Besides, the photo is dull, the shutter clicks and it is a certainty, you have to recognize whether it is good or bad. Portraits are different, they can be changed, and the highest level of portrait and expression is not finished. Mr. Feng Zikai told a joke, saying that in the Ming Dynasty Ningbo Tiantong Temple came a foreign monk, this monk was not good at chanting the scriptures when he was a teenager and secretly learned to paint, was tied to the pillar by his master to punish the station, the monk cried loudly, tears flowed a lot, he dipped his toes in tears to draw a mouse, the master came in to see, oops, how can there be a mouse biting the toes of the apprentice, hurriedly untied the rope, it turned out to be the painting painted by this kid. In fact, the history of portrait painting in China can be said to have a long history, the silk paintings unearthed from the Western Han Tomb in Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan, including the portrait of the tomb owner, as for the portrait of the princes and generals of the past dynasties, the cloud statue of the Zen patriarch, the ancestral statue of the ancestor who pays homage to the ancestors, it is the number of Ganges sand, there are too many to count, but it is a pity that most of these paintings are scattered, most of the genealogy and the temple genealogy, literature and classics were destroyed in the war and natural disasters [***], and there are only a few pieces of Qianlong Ye of the Palace Museum. In the West, portrait painting has been passed down a lot, such as Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", Rembrandt's "Night Watch", and Dürer's "Hare", all of which are the pinnacle of portrait painting, and people with a little artistic literacy will never forget it after seeing it. And the most interesting is Warhol's "Marilyn Monroe Diptych", in 1962, the American Hollywood movie star Marilyn Monroe committed suicide, leaving the world with the same life experience and dream-like legend, Warhol immediately created a large number of her portraits, the "Marilyn Monroe Diptych", on the right is twenty-five portraits like black and white photographs, on the left is twenty-five portraits like color photographs, he arranged them together like a brick wall, so as to produce a strong visual impact, so that people will not forget, and immediately remembered Monroe's beautiful face. How's that, is there that comrade brother who wants to give it a try? ”

"Let's come, two pieces for ten yuan, the painting doesn't look like no money!" Two girls with short hair and overalls in the crowd came out of the crowd.

"Okay, you two are the first to eat crabs, and with this courage, you don't want to draw like you don't need money!" Du Ruo opened the folding chair and invited the girl to sit down in the light of the street, while fixing the washstand as an easel to the table, staring at the girl's face for a long time in front of everyone's eyes, and then staring and pondering for a while with the intention of the pen, he quickly moved the pen and drew on the paper. The people behind them, who were crowded with air, first did not say a word suspiciously, then looked at each other in surprise, and then shouted loudly and loudly. "Yo, it's like it, it's just a piece of wax paper!" "Oh, what a god, it's not bad at all!" "Oh, that's amazing, this painting is even better than herself!"

When the girl heard this, she jumped three feet high and ran to the painting in three or five steps, "Hey, that's good, but it's a pity that it's just paint, if you paint it, it's even more beautiful!" Then he took out ten yuan and stuffed it to Du Ruo without saying anything. People seemed to be infected, and they all lined up in a long line, this one said I want to spread half of my body, the more beautiful the presentable, the better; The one who said that I want to open my whole body, it is better to bring some scenery of Shenzhen; Some even said that I would add ten yuan to a size like "Ten Marshals".

"Dog, who told you to stand on the street, I don't know this is Brother Qiang's territory!" Across the street, five or six horses in black suits poured out. The first person kicked the washer, grabbed the portrait and tore it to pieces. Most of the people dispersed in an uproar, and Du Ruo was just about to argue, when a horse boy split his face and a big mouth, and punched him in the eye socket, making it dark in front of his eyes. Du Ruo covered his eyes and stood still, a horse boy grabbed him on the heel, and kicked him on the buttocks, kicking him on his back and falling to the ground. As soon as Du Ruo got up, another horse boy picked up the "Hundred Birds and Phoenix" on the table and was about to throw it. Du Ruo's eyes were red, and he flew over the painting and hugged it tightly in his arms. The horses immediately gathered around. Du Ruo retreated nowhere to retreat, nowhere to escape, and in a hurry, he leaned over and fell to the ground, pressing the painting firmly against his chest. The horses exploded their lungs in anger, crooked their mouths with hatred, and smashed the field one by one, and then kicked Du Ruolai viciously.

"Stop fighting, stop fighting!" Honglian suddenly screamed and ran from the center of the street, she bowed down to protect Du Ruo, and knelt on one knee on the ground, "A few big brothers, it's okay, he has injuries on his body, he just came out of the hospital, Hua'er wants you to stay, please don't fight!" ”

"Red Lotus, is it really you!" Du Ruo was overjoyed, a carp rolled over and sat up, he couldn't care about the painting that had been protecting for a long time, his hands stubbornly clinged to the arm of the red lotus, and the tears that fell from the sky in his dark and bloody eyes flowed from tears.

A few horses snatched the painting, smashed the frame with a wave of their arms, and then rushed up, grabbed Du Ruo with their chests, and raised their fists and rammed at his body with a crackling fist, and kicked with their legs.

"Stop fighting, big brothers, okay, don't fight!" Honglian dragged her crying, hugged Du Ruo's head with her arms, and tears of anger and urgency swept away her eyes.

"Slow, cave ghost, I don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade!" At this time, a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses and a civilized stick walked slowly on the street. When the horses heard this, they all sat around the man. The man held the civilization stick in both hands, and slowly squatted on his knees in front of Du Ruo, "Yes, I haven't eaten for a few days, and I came to Shenzhen just to find her, and the mandarin duck with the same fate is enviable." But you can't occupy my territory, on this street, you have to pay a management fee to open a store, and you have to pay a protection fee to occupy the street. Forget it, look at you as a newcomer, you don't know the rules, and you love each other so much, I'll let you go. But you tell me, why didn't you want your life just now, desperately protect these paintings, I don't think it's anything special, it's very expensive, very valuable! ”

"Thank you, sir, for a lot!" Du Ruo wiped a handful of tears and endured the pain and arched his hand, "I copied these two paintings. "Hundred Birds and Phoenix" is the ink treasure of Shen Quan in the Qing Dynasty, in the picture of phoenix, peacock, crane or fly or rest, pine and cypress, sycamore, plum blossoms are varied, full of paper rich and beautiful and contain the spirit of the king; "Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains" is the treasure of the Northern Song Dynasty Wang Ximeng, in the picture of thousands of mountains vigorously compete for the male show, thousands of acres of blue waves are like rainbows, flying springs and waterfalls, green willows and red flowers dot in the meantime, the village tile house, the fishing village is dizzying, the mountains are full of flowing water, the wind and water rise, implying the source of wealth, the fortune is rolling in. If you think about it again, you are a special economic zone, and you are engaged in large-scale urban construction, where do you not need such magnificent paintings! Even if ordinary people move to a new house, there is such a simple and elegant decorative painting in the living room, which also looks auspicious and detailed, isn't it? In addition, it is close to Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong art market is mixed, and a well-copied ancient painting can sell for more than 10,000 yuan. Although my two paintings are still poor, but the brushwork can be chaotic, as long as you find a decoration shop for a little antique decoration, you can sell more than 5,000 yuan, so it's a joke! ”

"Oh, don't get up, it turns out that the God of Wealth is coming!" The man dropped the civilized stick, supported Du Ruo with both hands and stood up, and behind him, Ma Zai moved chairs and towels, and handed towels, all of which were busy in an orderly manner. "It's really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family doesn't recognize the family, they all go out to ask for money. Look at you, you'd rather starve than beg, desperately want to protect the painting, it's not like a person who puts on the vernacular, I want these two paintings, 500 yuan deal, this is my business card, what is difficult to do in Shenzhen in the future, although I came to find Brother Qiang, I really want to be like you said, the painting sells well, I find a façade, let's make a fortune together, the little brother is not shallow, the younger brother and sister are like movie stars, and they don't complain about being a little guilty and hungry. After speaking, he took out the money and stuffed it into Du Ruo's hand, and swaggered away with a group of horses.

"Red Lotus, why is it so coincidental, I haven't seen anyone for a few days after looking for you, and you are suffering, you are like a fairy falling from the sky!" Later, Honglian supported Du Ruo on the way back to the factory. Du Ruo limped and limped, and saw that Honglian was also dressed in overalls, with short hair that reached her ears, and her whole body was filled with an obsessive youthful atmosphere, and a sense of joy in her heart that was worthwhile and bittersweet arose.

"What a coincidence! I saw you at the gate of the factory after the night shift, and I didn't bother to pay attention to you, but I looked like you had lost your soul, and I didn't feel at ease, so I followed you from afar. Does it make sense for you to say that you, from far away, have to suffer this sin and come to me? Red Lotus sighed faintly, glanced at Du Ruo quickly with eyes that could not be said to be moved or complained, and for a moment did not know how to face the irritability of him who had come thousands of miles to find him, and jumped on his eyebrows, and turned his head suddenly as if he had lost something.

Du Ruo was secretly stunned, his face suddenly gloomy, and the feeling of loneliness after a long time was coiled in his heart, "Maybe I shouldn't come, but I just can't control myself, you don't say a word when you leave, it makes me go up and down, I can't lift a little energy when I go to work during the day, and I want to cry in the face of the empty room at night." You don't know, you have taken away most of my soul with you, I can't imagine that if I can't find you this time, I will have the courage to return to the mountains. In the past few days, I have squeezed through the basement, slept in culverts, crossed the eaves of the station, and survived the long nights by reminiscing about the days we were together like a movie, without food, dizzy with hunger, and you don't feel hungry when you think about it. I don't want to be separated from you anymore, since you came to Shenzhen, I quit my job, and I came to Shenzhen with you to try, what do you mean by saying that I am holding an iron rice bowl, I am exiled in the mountains like a savage all day long, I can't do my career, I can't find love, and the iron salary of 100 yuan a month will pass away the years. I might as well come to Shenzhen, first, I can see you every day, and second, I can see if I can find some way to develop. Don't worry, this time I will never pester you, make you angry, say things you don't like to hear, you go to your class, live your life, I will never come to you without your summons, do you think this is okay? ”

"Don't say it, you're rushing to coax me on the show again, your mind is all written on your face, I can't see it when I'm a three-year-old child!" Red Lotus smiled sadly, choked out a sentence with hatred, and took a mechanical step forward, her two stagnant eyeballs staring blankly into the distance. But in a blink of an eye, I thought that this person was not easy, for himself to be hungry for a few days, the money was lost, and he was beaten, and he became a flower child who was pitiful, and his tone eased again, "If you want to come to Shenzhen to do things, of course it's good, but you can't pick your shoulders, you can't lift your hands, you can't do anything except draw a picture, what can you do." You take the train differently than people, others take the train and it's fine, you take the train with rich people, you are very arrogant, the thief doesn't steal who you steal, this time you suffer such a big crime, next time look at the long memory of the surname? ”

"Aren't people honest, they haven't seen the world! I don't always sleep with the door open in the mountains, and I haven't seen anyone lose anything! But I really have something to do, I just find a house near your factory, when the street paints, you can help me when you have time, there is no time for me to send a telegram to call the little evil skin over, there are a lot of rich people here, there are a lot of idlers, my paintings must be bought, you don't see, just a blink of an eye to earn five hundred. Alas, you always don't believe me, and your temper is strong, and I am coaxing you when I say something. You don't want to think about it, I've been painting for four or five years, I'm painting with my heart and soul with my family name, and one day I'll draw a famous name! Du Ruoqiang squeezed out a smile on his face, and his mind was completely chaotic, and his limp and painful steps became more and more messy.

"It's quite fresh to open a shop and paint, many people in our factory are working to earn some money and jump to become a small boss, but you are a worker in the mountains, and you will only take a T-shaped hammer to patrol the road every day, and you don't have much ability, and a little talent is useless. Shenzhen is complicated, crowded with people, and there are many bad people in human skin, I heard that in our place, fortune tellers and deceive people here are called psychiatrists, usury and defraud money here are called finance, and even the matchmaker who is full of vernacular is also called a broker. You haven't studied management, you don't know anything about trading, you open a shop, buy materials, sell paintings, and there are too many things, and if you don't do a good job in one link, you have to lose money. Didn't you just sell paintings on the street, and when you sold one, someone turned off the stall, and I don't think it will work! Honglian was melancholy for a while, many troubles came to her heart, and the confused doubts in her chest became more and more confused, and a wry smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"So I need your help, you are talented, virtuous, knowledgeable, and virtuous. Since you dare to come to Shenzhen to work alone, it means that you are very ambitious, you would rather review while working, and do not accept my funding, which means that you are very good, and you must be able to help you come to the shop to be the boss, I concentrate on painting, even if it is not successful, do it for a year, and make money for you to go to college should be no problem! Du Ruo's face changed suddenly, her eyes flickered and looked at the red lotus, for fear that she would take advantage of this to shirk and never find a chance to get close again, the idea occupied the whole mind, and the nervous inner world also shook violently, and her face was hot like a burning fireball for a while.

"You are so good, you are willing to make money for me to go to college, and you are not afraid that I will not be good with you when I go to college!" Red Lotus's eyes lit up, and the surprise that she didn't realize the benefits of the object flashed in her mind, and the deeply hidden heart couldn't help but open a door, and a smile suddenly jumped on her cheeks.

"Are you such a person! Thou art kind-hearted and kind, and would rather suffer than sin one's sinner. In my previous life, I burned incense to the old man under the moon well, and I only met you in this life, otherwise it would have been scattered early, how could I have the blessing to persuade you so bitterly! Du Ruo's heart was wide, and he sighed happily, and finally said that the comfort of the heavenly maiden's ice heart spread all over her body, and the sorrow accumulated in her chest was also dispersed with the wind, "Or let's try it hard, I have painted murals in the mountains, although there is a risk, but the money is fast, there is a lot of money here, people are stupid, there must be a market, but I can't find a buyer, I want our door-to-door sales one by one, I'm afraid that I can't fold this face." It's really not good, invite the little evil skin, you see what's going on. He has a lively brain, is familiar with people, and has diligent legs and feet, so he must be willing to run sales. In the work area, he is still a friend of me, usually said that he is also very compatible, he has overseas relations, only last month to get a Taiwan compatriot permit, for this is also a marriage struggle, the years are bumpy, he may be able to sell paintings to Hong Kong. In any case, we will not get rich in a year and a half, and we will still need to work in Shenzhen. Didn't you say that your classmates all built buildings, and if we had money, we would buy a piece of land in the town, and also build a three-story building, with a shop on the first floor, a studio on the second floor, and a person on the third floor. After graduating from college, you don't need to work, just make your career bigger and stronger! Look at it, what a beautiful thing, it's hard to find it with a lantern, come and be the boss, and use your ingenuity! This is not a pie, this is a long-term plan, and it is the achievement that you have led us to do since you became the boss. I miss you for your kindness, and I can't help but say, I can't say that I coax you and ignore people! ”

Red Lotus smirked, an unprecedented sweet feeling grew in her heart, and the sweetness that she couldn't imagine that this person could put herself in his shoes overflowed his chest, and his face suddenly soared with a happy and happy look, "I won't tell you, anyway, you are a cat's paw stretched out in the fish pond, trying to take advantage of me in every possible way, and the weasel gives the chicken a New Year's greeting, and also says that it is too good to be with the chicken!" ”

"Look, it's a little belly, I'm always uneasy and kind-hearted, I want to marry you, I want you to be my wife, my son's mother, I don't want to take advantage of you!"

"Think beautifully! Return your son's mother, if you give birth to a girl, you won't be your daughter's mother! Honglian suddenly said that she had revealed, and all the things that had been reconciled as before were exposed, and she turned her back in a shy answer, her expression was even more embarrassed, and her heart that had been quietly opened became more and more open.

Du Ruo suddenly fell from the sky, and the happiness of the emperor and the sky was in his heart, and his eyes were still flashing with tears that those who have a will can do it, and he couldn't help but stand up with excitement, trying not to let the tears full of doubts roll down his cheeks, "Red Lotus, why don't you go back first, I'm like this, how can I go to your factory, I'll rest on the side of the road, I'll go to eat some food, and then find a shopping mall to buy clothes, and I'll go to your place tomorrow." It doesn't matter, didn't I see you, I can look at you every day, listen to you talk, and be content, don't hide tomorrow! ”

"What are you talking about, I just said that I am your boss, and now you want to fire me for squid, but there is no door. From now on, I promise to be nice to you, but I also have to make three chapters of the law: first, you must not be machismo, you must be civilized and polite; The second financial power belongs to me, and I arrange the food and clothing; Third, the implementation of the style of boiling, in case of trouble, there must be a lot of discussion. ”

"Red Lotus, you...... What do you tell me to say, you're so good to me! Du Ruo's heart was sour, his throat was so choked that he couldn't speak, big tears rolled down his face, he wanted to pick out the most beautiful words in the world, make the most solemn promise, and felt that all words were superfluous at this time; He wanted to pick out the best emotions in his chest and make the most holy confession, but he felt that all his actions were purely useless at the moment, and he was stunned for a while.

Honglian's heart was hot, and she couldn't help but hang her head silently with emotion, it turned out that this sloppy and sloppy family who couldn't get rid of it cared so much about herself, always regarded herself as a carved jade in her heart, and held it in her hand as a noble peony, really guarding herself like a big brother, like a man who stood up to the sky to support her. Red Lotus suddenly felt that her mood was cheerful, and all the flying streams that tortured her spirit, and the stereotypes that bound her thoughts, were scattered in an instant. She unconsciously approached her body very gently, naturally picked up Du Ruo, snuggled up to each other and walked back, "Brother Ruo, go back, go back and I'll make the best food with you, I don't feel at ease when you're out alone, you take a good rest, look at the sins you have suffered these days, what's wrong, it hurts so much, go to the house and go to the doctor, the hospital is near where I live, or I'll sing "A Little Umbrella" with you, I don't feel pain when I divert my attention, I sing well, no worse than Teresa Teng, and I won an award at schoolListen!

The two of us, together with a small umbrella.

The wind and rain are strong, you will take care of me, I will take care of you.

The two of us are heart-to-heart, and we are so stormy.

The bumpy path is difficult to navigate, so we need to be careful.

You and I, together with a small umbrella.

The wind and rain are strong, and the surrounding is hazy but the mood is happy......"