The three of them came here purely for appreciation, and they didn't have any idea of buying. Passing through the hanging calligraphy and paintings, it is a feast for the eyes, there are all kinds of fonts inside, among which italics, official scripts, and line books are the most.

There is an auction hall on the second floor of the museum, but there is no one inside. After the introduction, if someone wants to sell some ancestral monuments or precious calligraphy and paintings, they will only be auctioned here. The auction may fetch a much higher price, but the price to be delivered to the museum is even more.

In the collection hall of the museum, there are also some masterpieces of famous artists, of course, no one will really put a particularly precious peerless place in this kind of low defense place, said to be a masterpiece of masters, are some very famous, but the price is not very high calligraphy and painting. Among them are a poem by Guo Moruo and a shrimp picture by Qi Baishi.

There is also an interesting corner where visitors can leave their handwriting or not. The management of the museum will select some well-written characters and hang them in the exhibition area. This is a kind of management that is more humanized.

Yang Wanli and Zhang Qianlong both left handwriting and mentioned their names, which was regarded as a souvenir of coming here. Zhang Taiping also wrote a few words on it, but did not leave his name.

After leaving the exhibition hall, I didn't walk a few steps under the guidance of passers-by and came to the neighborhood where the real large-scale exhibition was held. Sure enough, the art power of the people themselves is strong, compared to the exhibition hall, it can be said that there are many people here, and there is an endless stream of people coming and going. The whole long street is full of calligraphy and painting exhibitions, but the quality here is really not as good as the one in the exhibition hall. It's not that there are no good ones, it's just that they are uneven and need tourists to distinguish which one is good and which one is bad.

Compared with the pure art in the exhibition hall, the street is closer to life, and some people set up stalls here purely to make money to support their families.

Zhang Qianlong stopped in a shop that sold paper, ink, pen and inkstone, but he fell in love with an inkstone that looked a little old. Although he is engaged in the jewelry and jade business, he does not have much of the atmosphere of philistines and businessmen, and he looks polite, and he will always put pen and ink on the pen and ink to practice for a while in his spare time. Not long ago, I accidentally dropped the inkstone that I had used for a long time on the ground and broke it, and now I want to buy another one.

The boss is a woman in her thirties, her appearance is not beautiful, her figure is really good, and a light-colored cheongsam outlines the curves. One of China's greatest clothes, the cheongsam, has the effect of using the figure to compensate for the slight lack of face. Even if it is not a particularly beautiful face, it can also highlight the temperament under the cheongsam.

And this boss is obviously a woman who can dress up, wearing a cheongsam here, with the fragrance of white paper and ink in the store, she has her own charm. It will not be overwhelming, it can be intriguing.

The business in the store is very good, only the female boss and a teenage girl doll are busy, so there is a little shortage of manpower, and I can't take care of the three Zhang Taiping who just came in for the time being. The three of them didn't think too much, and watched the layout of the store and the goods on display on the side, waiting patiently.

Finally, a large number of guests were delivered, and there were still two or three left, and the boss handed over the little girl to entertain him, and he took a break to come to Zhang Taiping and a few people. She has already noticed Zhang Taiping and the three of them, but Zhang Taiping's height and size are the objects of attention everywhere.

"Keep the three of you waiting." The boss first came over and bowed slightly to apologize, his voice was thick and thick with a strong local accent, and then asked Zhang Taiping, "I don't know what a few gentlemen have taken a look at?" ”

Zhang Taiping waved his hand and said, "It's not me, it's him." As he spoke, he pointed to Zhang Qianlong behind him.

The female boss turned slightly and looked at Zhang Qianlong with a smile.

"Please also ask the boss to take down the eight inkstones on the shelves inside and take a look." Zhang Qianlong pointed to one of the rows of inkstones on the shelves behind the counter.

The landlady walked in from one side of the counter and asked, "Is this it?" ”

"The one with two spacers next to it."

The landlady moved her hand to the side two more.

"yes, that's it." Zhang Qianlong said loudly.

Yang Wanli asked curiously next to him: "You haven't seen it yet, so you fell in love with that?" ”

"There's no basis, it's just the first feeling, just like it." Zhang Qianlong replied with a smile.

"In fact, the use of buying this thing is the same regardless of whether it is good or bad, the main thing is that it is comfortable to look at and use comfortably, so the first feeling is that the things selected are still very good." The female boss said after taking out the inkstone.

The inside of the inkstone was inky, but it was not stained with dust, and it was apparently cleaned and wiped regularly.

Zhang Qianlong took it in his hand and looked at it, and liked it, so he asked, "How much?" ”

The landlady still smiled and said, "One hundred and fifty yuan." ”

Such a beautiful and temperamental female boss looked at you with a smile, a man is embarrassed to bargain, Zhang Qianlong estimated it, in fact, the price is not wanted, a slightly better inkstone is this price, the inkstone in his hand is really good, and the main thing is that he likes it.

"Okay, just one hundred and fifty dollars." Zhang Qianlong happily took out 200 yuan, and the female boss asked him for 50. It seems that the charm of beautiful women is endless, and even the bargaining is directly saved.

At this moment, I heard the voice of the little girl: "Auntie, come here, there is a bird that has trampled all the papers." ”

When the female boss heard this, she hurriedly walked over, and Zhang Taiping and Yang Wanli also walked over. When he entered the store just now, Xiaoxi flew out from Zhang Taiping's shoulder, and it is estimated that this guy is in trouble now.

Sure enough, I saw that the little guy would leave two colored paw prints on it wherever he fell. It turned out that this shop not only sold pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, but also carried some paints for painting. Just now, a customer came to buy paint, opened it on the field and tried it, who would have thought that the birds would come over and step on it twice, and then leave a portrait of a bamboo leaf every place in the store.

The landlady was a little surprised at how such a bird came to the shop.

Zhang Taiping also had a headache, seeing that this little guy was having fun, he probably didn't know that he was in trouble. Zhang Qianlong and Yang Wanli in the back also couldn't cry or laugh. Zhang Taiping shouted: "Xiaoxi come here!" ”

The little guy heard Zhang Taiping's voice a little stern, and flew down from the air and just wanted to land on Zhang Taiping's shoulder to please him, but Zhang Taiping grabbed it in his hand, and the two paws were full of paint, and he couldn't wear clothes if he landed on his shoulder. Flicked his hand lightly on its little head, and the little guy shrank back to look particularly aggrieved. Zhang Taiping was reluctant to discipline him anymore.

"This bird is yours?" The landlady asked in surprise.

Zhang Taiping nodded embarrassedly and said, "You calculate how much the paper stained with paint is worth." ”

"No, children are always startled, in fact, there are not a few, you can clean the counter after a while." The female boss said with a smile.

"What kind of bird are you? So smart. The young men with the paint gathered together and asked.

Zhang Taiping looked at Xiao Xi, who was now honestly nesting in his hands, and said, "It's a magpie." ”

There were a few people next to him who were amazed, and there were such smart and clever magpies.

Zhang Taiping looked at the paint stained on his hands and asked, "Do you have any water in here?" ”

"Yes. Come over and lead this gentleman to the water pipe inside. The female boss shouted at the little girl.

The little girl led Zhang Taiping to the back and ran out next to the water pipe. Zhang Taiping cleaned Xiaoxi's two paws next to the faucet, and then washed his own hands. When I came out, there was a large group of customers shopping in the store.

After talking to the female boss, the female boss still emphasized that she did not stain a few and was not in the way, and seeing that the boss was busy greeting guests, Zhang Taiping did not insist anymore, and the three of them went out of the store.

On the street, there are many people who are related to calligraphy and painting, but it is not calligraphy and painting, and there are stalls with four gentlemen, Meilan, bamboo and chrysanthemum. A paper scroll one foot wide and two feet long was made up of three or four pieces of paper that the guests wanted, ranging from ten to twenty pieces each.

There is also a cottage where you can sketch on the spot, and if you sit on a chair for a while, the person who paints the portrait can draw the portrait of the guest with a pencil, which is vivid.

After Xiaoxi entered the house, he stood on the chair where the guest was sitting when he painted the portrait and did not get down, and the person who painted the portrait immediately took a pencil and swished to draw a portrait of Xiaoxi.

After the painting was completed, it was handed to Zhang Taiping. "How much?" Zhang Taiping asked.

The portrait holder holds up three fingers.

Zhang Taiping was stunned, it turned out to be a mute, whether it was true or not, it was not good to entangle with him anymore. "Thirty?"

The portrait man nodded. Zhang Taiping didn't say anything more, took out thirty yuan and handed it to him. He bowed down and thanked him and got out of the house.

After most of the afternoon on the street, I opened my eyes, and it is worthy of being called the "city of calligraphy", there are countless ancient books of calligraphy and painting listed on the whole street, and there are many ancient paintings and ancient authentic works that do not distinguish the authenticity. There was even a chapter of Wang Xizhi's words. The group of people around him had different opinions, and Zhang Taiping and the three of them watched from the side for a while and left, no matter whether it was true or not, they were not interested.

It was already late afternoon when I returned to the hotel from the street of the calligraphy and painting exhibition.