Nanchang.

If there is a strange thing in Nanchang, it is known to men, women and children.

In this Nanchang, there is a great painter, who is a monk, and he also calls himself "a mountain donkey".

They all say that this bald donkey, bald donkey, this is scolding!

It's strange enough to take the donkey as the name, and the birds, fish, and insects painted by this person are all rolling their eyes, as if they are mocking something.

If you look closely, you will find that this person is on the painting, and the signature is even more interesting, and it is actually a cursive "氵September".

Some say it's "March 19th", a date.

Why?

It is said that this mountain donkey is the royal family of Zhu Ming, and this date is the day when Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide and martyrdom.

There are even old people who say that this person is a direct descendant of King Ning.

It is the king of Ning who actively rebelled in history, and then was given by Wang Chongyang, the county order, and was strictly ordered by Zhu Houzhao to let him go and let him continue to rebel, so that Zhu Houzhao could put down the rebellion again!

But ah, this legend is a legend, but the government doesn't believe it.

Why?

This person is the apprentice of the local great monk, and there are a lot of people in this empty door, and he has raised a lot of warrior monks and thugs, and it is not cost-effective to offend the empty door for an unverifiable thing.

Of course, more importantly, this person is deaf!

And it's genetic, and the ancestors are like this......

It is precisely because of these disturbing news that a mountain donkey can enter and exit Nanchang freely, and has become a guest of many local wealthy families.

When the mountain donkey was young, his wife died, so he took his younger brother to become a monk.

It's just that he is a poor monk.

Fortunately, I can paint, and from time to time I wander around the Shengjin Pagoda outside the Jinxian Gate in Nanchang.

……

Nanchang, but it is a big city, but also because it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with developed commerce, even though this place is outside the city, there are also many shops.

Because it is outside the city, the prices for the goods sold in these shops are very cheap.

A mountain donkey is shy, partial and loves to drink, every two copper plates are the cheapest rice wine, but more than half a bowl, he will get drunk.

When he is drunk, he will ask for more than a dozen blank papers, splash ink to paint, and a mountain donkey after being drunk, as long as someone asks for it, he will give the painting away, whether it is a peddler, a monk, or a beggar on the street, he has everything he wants.

This person sends paintings, and he doesn't ask people for money, anyway, every time he gets drunk, he must have more than a dozen paintings, and he leaves after painting, never staying.

As for the people who get the calligraphy and paintings, whether they are willing to give money or not, it is all voluntary.

Of course, because he is facing ordinary people, everyone can't take out too much money, and even if they give, it's just a few dozen big money.

Some people have found the law of a mountain donkey, so as long as he is drunk, he hurriedly guards on the side.

Although this person is sloppy, the calligraphy and paintings he makes are very valuable!

If you take a casual pair and get it in the city, you can attract the rich to buy it.

Some people even buy it and use it as a gift!

If you want to talk about this art!

Whether it's writing a book or drawing, there is a general law - life is worthless!

If the author dies, this work will be worth a lot, especially the painter!

This is because when the author was alive, he couldn't be sure how much production he could have, and when it came to literature and art, most of them were better than the previous one.

In this way, this situation has been created.

Throughout the ages, countless great Confucians who have been immortal after death have not been abject poor during their lifetimes!

If you have the money to engage in literature, you can look at a dog from afar, and look at it up close.

This mountain donkey is not only very prolific - a drunken is the high yield of a dozen paintings, who can withstand it?

However, this person's paintings are becoming more and more valuable, and there are even people who are willing to turn their hands twice and three times to buy them at a high price!

……

As the end of the year approached, a mountain donkey came to the vicinity of the Shengjin Pagoda again, unkempt and in a short shirt, and sat down again in a tavern called "Ke Zailai".

The tavern only has five or six tables, and as for the little two who help, there is no one!

Pedestrians on the street saw a mountain donkey coming again, and they surrounded it with a loud noise.

As long as you get a painting of this person, you can exchange it for a few taels of silver if you go to the city casually!

This is enough for the family to save money for a year or two!

However, there was not a single one sitting in the shop.

The chairs in the shop are not easy to sit on, and one end of two dishes is three big dollars!

……

The boss is in charge of the kitchen, the shopkeeper is responsible for collecting money, settling accounts and running errands, and there is a doll in her teens, and she can beat one from time to time.

This is the son of the boss's family.

When the shopkeeper saw a mountain donkey coming again, his eyes couldn't help but flicker, and even if he looked closely, he could see that his hands were trembling slightly.

"Shopkeeper, do you have a second pot head?"

A mountain donkey took out a dozen copper plates and threw them in his hand.

The owner's voice was a little out of shape: "No, no ......"

The donkey frowned and glanced at the shopkeeper vaguely.

Where is the usual carelessness in those eyes, it has become extraordinarily sharp, as if it wants to choose someone and devour!

The shopkeeper couldn't help frowning as he looked at the more and more people around him.

But the proprietress who never showed up, but she came out with a smile.

"Master, I think you're pitiful, it's the New Year soon, but you don't have any clean clothes."

"Oh, this is the credit store wine that my family just got, I'll give you a plate to taste!"

Liquor on credit?

A mountain donkey raised his eyebrows, the code is wrong!

According to the code he made, it shouldn't be - if there is news, then he has to report a sentence 'Osmanthus wine is available', and then he said that the money is not enough, and the other party told him about the local famous wine?

Why does this omit the middle step?

The mountain donkey was surprised, but the moment he saw the proprietress serving him wine, his fingers were already dipped in the wine, and then he took advantage of the time to wipe the table and wrote a sentence on the table: "There are many people, get drunk quickly!" ”

The mountain donkey turned his head to look at it and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The neighbors, who have made a lot of money from themselves, are waiting to paint themselves!

Self-inflicted!

The mountain donkey sighed, then picked up the wine bowl and poured it into his mouth in one gulp.

"Hiccup!"

He burped: "Thank you shopkeeper, thank you for your wine!" ”

A mountain donkey thanked him on his mouth, but he scolded secretly in his heart, the dog turned the sky upside down, and dared to give him wine mixed with water!

However, slander in my heart, a mountain donkey's habitual thing, I still have to do it again.

I saw that as soon as he stood up, he seemed to be drunk because of the strength of the wine.

"Bring the paper!"

The mountain donkey roared like a drunken mania.

The people outside the store had been waiting for a long time, and when they heard a mountain donkey speak, someone immediately brought a stack of rice paper.

It's not cheap!

Don't look at the small pile of rice paper, it's just about a dozen, but the lowest price for this sale is 100 wen a piece.

The corners of the donkey's mouth twitched.

It's really addictive to take advantage of a small advantage!

In the beginning, he bought the blank paper himself.

He painted at will, and the people gave it at will.

Slowly, someone found out that he could sell it, so he began to wait for him.

Later, I found out that waiting may not be grabbing every time I wait, so someone bought a piece of paper and came to wait.

After all, the paper is bought by yourself, and after a mountain donkey paints on it, it is difficult for others to grab it.

Who knew that later, everyone did this, and a mountain donkey only drew a dozen pictures, never more than fifteen.

They hold this kind of special drawing paper, which is folded but cannot be folded, and the collection is easy to rot......

So everyone came up with a plan, and every time they saw him drinking, everyone drew lots to decide who would buy the paper.

The person who buys the paper will definitely be able to get a picture.

And the rest of the people can distribute the remaining dozen or so.

As a result, the people who were originally just taking advantage of the unexpected joy have become the current division of labor and cooperation.

How can a mountain donkey not understand the doorway here!

He shook his head slightly, drew a bird on a piece of paper, and signed his name.

September of the year.

"Master, why is this painting so simple?"

The person who bought the paper was dumbfounded!

Finally, he got a good opportunity to buy paper, who would have thought that he would only get this palm-sized bird in the end......

Does it occupy one-twentieth of the entire area relative to the whole piece of rice paper?

The donkey ignored him.

He is a "deaf man", how can he hear other people's questions?

"Erniu, hurry up, the master is drunk fast, don't fucking delay time!"

Someone stepped forward and pulled Erniu down.

Erniu muttered: "I'm here, I'm ......"

"Why, I'm not satisfied, I'm not satisfied with how much money you spent, I'll give it to you, and you'll draw it to me!"

An old woman said kindly.

"Ah, this!" Erniu clenched the painttube with both hands: "No need, no need, you wait slowly, I'll go first!" ”

Erniu's footsteps did not stop, and he rushed towards the framing shop.

The master's paintings, if they are framed, are even more expensive!

If in the past, a mountain donkey painted people, and he only made a fool of his eyes, and all of them were painted as "white-eyed monsters", today's paintings, he is purely coping.

A shrimp, a grasshopper, an orchid......

The key is that the one-foot-wide and two-foot-long rice paper, he only drew a palm-sized piece of rice paper for others!

After painting the last one, the mountain donkey casually pushed the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, lay on the table and fell asleep.

"Ah, this ......"

Everyone was sorry.

Why don't you draw two more?

Maybe they'll get the benefit too!

"It's all scattered, it's all scattered, the master's rules, who doesn't know about this piece of our rope gold pagoda!"

The shopkeeper came out to chase people.

"Forget it, forget it, when the master comes back next time, I must get the master's painting!"

"That's it, let's not delay the shopkeeper to do business!"

As everyone knows, they surrounded the door of someone's store for almost an hour, and they didn't buy a single dish......

……

The shopkeeper smiled goodbye, then looked around, and when he saw a mountain donkey drunk, no one paid attention to it, and he hurried back to the shop:

"Sixi, take care of the store!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly explained to the teenage boy, and then picked up a mountain donkey and went into the back kitchen.

And his wife also hurriedly followed.

The traditional Chinese bazaar buildings are all front shops and back houses.

As for the garment workshop and the like, it is the front store and the back field, and the craftsmen make goods in the backyard.

The shopkeeper had just carried a mountain donkey into the backyard when the mountain donkey woke up.

"Tell me, tell me, what's going on?"

The donkey asked eagerly.

Look at his appearance, where is a deaf man!

"Subordinates, wait for the master!"

The shopkeeper and his wife bent over and clenched their fists.

Amazingly, this is a secret base.

And the shopkeeper who pretended to be a husband and wife turned out to be a person from the rivers and lakes!

"Are you trying to hang on to my appetite?"

The donkey smiled bitterly.

The two flattered, and then explained: "Master, this time is not an ordinary Li Min uprising. ”

"Oh?" The donkey's face changed.

But he heard the "two people" continue: "Master, His Majesty Liezong has a descendant who has appeared, and he is the third prince!" ”

"You mean Cijiong?"

A mountain donkey suddenly grabbed the arms of the two, full of surprise!