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's Diptych, 1962, American Hollywood movie star Marilyn? Monroe committed suicide, leaving the world with a fan-like life experience and a dream-like legend, and Warhol immediately created a large number of portraits of her, the "Marilyn? Monroe's diptych, on the right are twenty-five portraits that look like black and white photographs, and on the left are twenty-five portraits that look like color photographs, and he arranges them together like a brick wall, thus creating a strong visual impact that makes people remember Monroe's beautiful face at once. 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 best style, 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 surroundings are hazy but the mood is happy......" (To be continued.) )