In order to avoid embarrassment, Zheng Qian pushed the tea bowl in front of Shen Xi with a smile: "Shen Gongzi, come, have a cup of tea, the Su family has nothing else, there is good tea...... The Su family has several tea gardens around Fucheng, and even merchants from the northwest often come to buy his family's tea. ”

Shen Xi deliberately came out to be lazy and hide quietly, but it didn't matter if he drank tea or not. Shen Xi said: "Didn't Mr. Su say that there are antiques, calligraphy and paintings at home, I don't know where they are?" ”

Zheng Qian stood up and asked Shen Xi to follow him, and drove to the flower hall next to the small living room.

In the small flower hall, in addition to antique calligraphy and paintings, there are also many potted plants, from this point alone, it can be seen that Su Tong is a person who knows how to enjoy life.

The family has land and land, and at the age of twenty he is already the heir of a big family, marrying a beautiful wife and a beautiful concubine, although he still has the burden of taking the fame test, but he doesn't seem to need to work hard, and his life is already very perfect.

Isn't it just to retire from the court in order to live such a happy life like a fairy in the countryside?

Zheng Qian picked up a few calligraphy and paintings on the table: "Brother Su said that he is not distressed, it is also good and bad, if it is a treasure that he has treasured for a long time, he may really be reluctant to give it away, but if it is an ordinary calligraphy and painting, if you want it, he will definitely not be stingy." ”

Shen Xi smiled, he just came here to take a casual look, and he didn't mean to win people's favor at all. When he opened a few calligraphy and paintings, they were all ordinary things, and there were no celebrity calligraphy and paintings at all, and of course they were not worth much.

There are works of gentry and celebrities in some places, and even the calligraphy and paintings of some of Su Tong's classmates and friends, which seems to be a kind of investment by Su Tong.

After watching for more than half an hour, Shen Xi was a little excited, and was about to find an excuse to leave, but in a blink of an eye, he found that there was a landscape painting that seemed to be good.

"Is there still a painting by Zheng Gongzi here?"

Shen Xi looked through it. took a closer look and found that the signature was actually Zheng Qian, and Zheng Qian's seal was on it. To say that the painting of this landscape painting is really good, but the artistic conception is slightly worse. Just blindly imitate the master's handwriting without its essence, not painted against the real landscape, the sense of picture is slightly weaker, should come from imagination.

Zheng Qian was ashamed and said: "The painting is not very good, Brother Su, he has to ask me to leave the pen and ink." If he wakes up, he will definitely let Shen Gongzi leave you with Mobao. ”

Shen Xixin said that it was better to leave this place quickly, with his pen power, if he deliberately painted very rough works, it would be easy for people to find clues.

It's not good to draw well, it's not good to draw badly, it's the most appropriate not to paint.

Just as Shen Xi was about to discuss with Zheng Qian about leaving the Su Mansion, a figure came over at the door, it was Xiao An, who had just entertained them, and he arrived at the door. was about to step forward, but he hurriedly retracted his feet again, looking a little jealous: "Two sons, my lord has woken up, please come over." ”

Zheng Qian put down the calligraphy and painting in his hand, nodded and said, "Okay." Then he asked Shen Xi to go out and return to the small hall together.

Xiao An had a hint of fear on his face, and followed the two of them to the outside of the next living room, Su Tong had already changed into clothes and came out: "I just fell asleep, I was in a daze, Brother Zheng." Brother Shen, where did you two just go? ”

Zheng Qian smiled: "I just went to see Brother Su's treasures. ”

Su Tong nodded first, then glanced at Xiao An coldly, frowned, and said, "This girl didn't go in with her, did she?" ”

Xiao An knelt on the ground with a "poof". Kowtowed again and again: "Master, the concubine is guts, and she doesn't dare to enter the master's study and flower hall." ”

Shen Xi looked at it beside him and was speechless, how mean Su Tong should be to the female relatives of the family on weekdays, so that the concubine was afraid of becoming like this.

Seeing that Xiao An is wearing gold and silver, life should be okay. I don't want to be humbled like this. Su Tong said coldly: "An elegant place, not a woman like you can enter, if you are offended in the future, you will be beaten once." ”

"The slave knows." Xiao An got up from the ground and wiped his tears and walked out of the door. It seems that she has been beaten because she entered the study and the flower hall, so she is silent.

Su Tong turned back to Shen Xi and smiled: "Brother Shen, the painting you made for Miss Xi'er last time, I had the honor to take a look at it below, but just at a glance, I found that Brother Shen's painting skills are not more leisurely. I don't know if I'll have the pleasure of seeing it today. ”

Shen Xixin said that he really came, but he had an idea and said, "I can only draw people." ”

There is an advantage of figure painting, it is enough to be realistic, and it does not need too much artistic conception in it, and it is easy to hide it. Su Tong didn't mind much, and said with a smile: "Then draw the characters, just draw me...... Or Brother Zheng can too. ”

Zheng Qian laughed and said: "Brother Su, everyone has the so-called love for beauty, Shen Gongzi can draw the characters vividly, naturally only beautiful women can make him write...... How did I feel when two men stood there? ”

Su Tong thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's right, there are several slaves and maids in my family, and their postures are too mediocre, if you want to say that you can see it, it's just my wife and Concubine Teng, which one does Brother Shen want to paint?" ”

Shen Xi said: "Is it okay to paint next time?" When I paint on a daily basis, I always bring a specific brush and paint. ”

Su Tong smiled with relief: "I've heard that brother, you even use different tools for painting than others...... Okay, there's always a chance, I'm almost awake from this wine, and I should go to Miss Xi'er to come to the second half of the wine game. ”

Zheng Qian had a strange smile on his face: "It's still early, why be in a hurry?" Didn't Brother Su say before that there were a few good things to see with me? It's rare that Shen Gongzi is also present today, why not take it and take a look? ”

Su Tong laughed and said, "Okay, by the way, let Brother Shen see the world." ”

Shen Xi felt from their smiles that it must not be a "good thing", followed Su Tong and Zheng Qian to the bedroom, and when Su Tong took out the things in the bedside table to take a look, Shen Xi suddenly showed a wry smile. Yes, it is indeed a good thing, and it is also a man's "gift", in professional terms, a spring palace picture.

"How? Looks good, right? These are all painted by craftsmen at a high price, and then printed out, which are not very common on the market now. I'm going to find a printing workshop to print more...... Uh, isn't this what Brother Shen's family does, you might as well ask Ling Zun to print more, the price is negotiable. Su Tong finally looked at Shen Xi with a smile.

Shen Xi frowned: "I'm afraid it's inappropriate, if it is found by the government, there may be trouble." ”

Su Tong was unimpressed: "What trouble can there be?" Don't you want to be an official? I printed it out for the benefit of the people! ”

Zheng Qian suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile: "No wonder Brother Su put this thing at the head of the bed, it turned out to be night...... Haha, it seems that the younger brother wants to learn more from you, if you want to talk about the essence of this bed, Brother Su has a thorough grasp of it. ”

Shen Xi was thinking in his heart, what did the Ming Dynasty ban on these "obscene" things?

A generation of strange books "Golden Bottle Plum" was born in the Ming Dynasty, for a long time "Golden Bottle Plum" belongs to the **, the government has repeatedly banned it, this book is still circulating among the people, if the "Golden Bottle Plum" can be printed into a book, and then with some realist color illustrations, then will it make a lot of money?

Shen Xi was stunned by the thought that suddenly appeared in his mind, he had thought about printing "Golden Vase Plum" before, but he didn't want to match the spring palace painting in it, but when he came to Sufu today, he came up with this way, or it could really become a profitable business.

"Brother Su, Brother Zheng, I have an idea below, I wonder if you two can give me a suggestion?" Shen Xi was ready to sit down and discuss this business experience with these two people.

Shen Xi could have done it alone, but if the printing workshop wanted to print a color illustrated version of "Golden Vase Plum", it would have to go through the approval of Hui Niang and Zhou, he was an eleven-year-old child, and he could know everything well, but only this matter of men and women, he had not yet reached the age of understanding, even if he heard what others said, it was impossible to draw vividly, and he had to fake his hands to others. If this was printed by Su Tong and Zheng Qian, then there would be no problem.

Shen Xi said: "I have an idea below, I want to find someone to print a book, and then add some ...... The illustrations are like these in Brother Su's hand...... I don't really understand, do you think there will be a market for this? ”

Su Tong said with a smile: "Brother Shen thinks too much, there are already people in this world who have done this. How to put it, you can't make a lot of money. ”

Shen Xi asked tentatively: "If the book I want to publish is wonderful, and I can draw a ...... that is closer to reality Painting, so what? ”

Su Tong immediately came to his senses and slapped his thigh: "Ah! With Brother Shen's attainments in figure painting, if you draw it...... Brother Zheng, what do you think of this business? ”

Zheng Qian's brows stretched, and the smile on his face was like a rotten flower: "That feeling is good, that day Miss Xi'er took out Shen Gongzi's painting and showed it, and suddenly the beauty had no color, if it can be used here, it is really ...... seconds, wonderful. It's just that, who will make the person in this painting and let Brother Shen paint it? ”

Shen Xi coughed, and what Su Tong said to Zheng Qian seemed to be a little off-topic: "Brother Su, Brother Zheng, let's discuss the issue of books first." ”

Su Tong waved his hand: "Hey, what Brother Zheng said is right, painting is more important, as for those who don't write books, there are many people who write books, but I haven't seen anyone with such skills, so that people can ...... as soon as they look at books." Mmmm, Brother Shen, you are young and don't understand the tricks yet. But if you can make the painting more realistic, it will be different, just a few paintings are worth a lot of money. Otherwise, I will sacrifice some for my brother and let Brother Shen paint a picture, how about it? ”

Zheng Qian waved his hand and said, "Didn't Brother Su always say that the concubines in my family are much more beautiful than your concubines?" It's better to go to my house and draw. ”

The two actually quarreled over who would be the model, which made Shen Xi feel embarrassed.

Shen Xi said with a grim face: "Forget it, I'm just mentioning it, if it's feasible, I can write and look at it with the two of you when I turn around." As for painting, let's wait until I have the opportunity to talk about it later. Now that the hospital exam is approaching, you can't be distracted. ”

Su Tong's face suddenly showed disappointment: "Then wait for the end of the hospital test, and when the time comes, you must invite Brother Shen to come over...... Ha ha. ”

Shen Xixin said that he really couldn't get too close to Su Tong and Zheng Qian, these two people were simply beasts. Anyone who is bright can talk about the wind and snow, and even want to put it into practice.

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PS: Ask for recommended tickets for the new week in the early morning! The recent votes seem to be a bit bleak, so everyone pushes it for the Son of Heaven. (To be continued.) )