After coming out of Su's house, Li Xiangzhi went home directly and slept a lot. Until early the next morning, Li Xiangzhi was woken up by the sound of slamming the door.

"Who?" Li Xiangzhi yelled.

"It's me! Open the door, open the door! ”

Li Xiangyi heard Zhang Mengjin's voice, and immediately shouted: "Mengjin, I have a lot of enmity with you, so desperately slamming my door!" ”

"Stop talking nonsense, open the door quickly, or I'll have to work on my legs."

Li Xiangzhi reluctantly opened the door.

Zhang Mengjin held up the paper fan and said, "Xiangzhi, are you painting again and selling it?" ”

"Yes."

Zhang Mengjin said with a painful expression: "Oh, how can you sell such a good work to a shop vendor so easily, if you are short of money to spend, sell it to me." ”

Li Xiangzhi said coldly: "Calm, calm, Mengjin, as long as you can spend half of your time going to the fireworks place to work hard, I believe you can too." Uh, by the way, the painting I just sold yesterday morning reached your ears? Who bought the painting? How much? ”

"! Yesterday, the profiteer hired twenty or thirty people all day, and the whole city of Suzhou was spread around. It is said that Li Xiaoyao came out of the mountain to surprise the world's masterpieces, and it is free for people to visit. Yesterday, half of the people in Suzhou went to the letter study of Nayou. As a result, the fame spread more and more. ”

"Huh? This boss is quite good at business. Didn't sell? ”

Zhang Mengjin shook his head and sighed: "Tomorrow, that profiteer will hold an auction, and the reserve price is four hundred taels." ”

"Holy! O profiteers! ”

"Don't say it, your painting, the one that Chu Chu painted is really vivid, it's amazing."

Li Xiangzhi shouted: "Damn, I've decided to make a living selling paintings." ”

"Scarcity is expensive, coupled with Li Xiaoyao's mystery, so many people will flock to it, I think you should wake up." What have you been up to lately? Didn't you just get a dividend of three hundred taels, why are you still short of money to spend? If you're short of money, you'll find me. ”

"Alas, it's hard to put into words." Li Xiangyi remembered that the woman surnamed Zhu came, and his heart hurt, money, it's all money.

"I looked for you the day before yesterday, but you weren't there, and I was in a hurry to ask for money, so I made this decision."

"Is that the matter settled?"

"It should be fine."

Zhang Mengjin smiled treacherously: "Did you take Chu Chu down?" ”

Li Xiangzhi was shocked: "I'm not like you scum, I'm a righteous man and a gentleman, how can I remember the land of fireworks." Don't make rumors about me, or I'll fight you to the death! ”

Zhang Mengjin said indifferently: "Anyway, there are rumors outside, saying that Li Xiaoyao is obsessed with Chu Chu's beauty, and he is working hard to write." It also became more and more popular, saying that you had sent flowers, jumped over rivers, and gone on a hunger strike for Chu Chu, and you were basically on the verge of death......"

"People who do good things, idle eggs hurt!"

"But now Chuchu's reputation is in full swing. Come on! Get down to business! Zhang Mengjin suddenly said excitedly: "When did I start painting characters, I feel very stylish." If I can make such a unique work, I don't think those famous singers of Qinglou will all compete to praise me as a guest of the curtain?! It's a little exciting to think about. ”

"Mengjin, young and unrestrained, only in the prime of life do you know what is false!"

"Cut, you're dirty, isn't it, this is a spiritual enjoyment, understand? Yesterday, Bohu talked to me and said that Shen Ningyu praised your works, which made Bohu want to give up ink painting. ”

"Don't lose your culture for the sake of momentary freshness. You look at who wrote words before the Tang Dynasty, in the Song Dynasty, there was no calculation of writing words, but Tang poetry was not regarded as a classic, and the Song Dynasty did not write poetry, but few people could write the flavor of the Tang Dynasty. Carbon painting is just a temporary novelty, and it may last for a long time, but it will never surpass ink painting. ”

"That's it, that's what I mean, it's just that I'm learning something."

"yes, you're all on the flower boat!" Li Xiangzhi shook his head and said.

"Hey, you should go for a walk to find out how much fun it is. As...... Shall we take a walk on the flower boat tonight? ”

"Don't come to this set, I don't have time, I have to finish the painting in a hurry."

"Then whether you go to the Youxin Study tomorrow will be an unprecedented event, and I will go to a lively place."

"I'm not going, if the shopkeeper sees me, I'll be finished."

Zhang Mengjin smiled: "When the time comes, it will be beautiful, you will become a rat crossing the street, and everyone will shout and kill you." If only I had such a plan to make a name for myself, I wouldn't let it go. ”

Li Xiangyi said with a vigilant face: "Don't make any trouble for me." Otherwise, I'll die with you! ”

"Yo-ha! Just kidding, just kidding. ”

"That's right! If I want to buy a house in Suzhou, how much will it cost? ”

"Buying a house? Oh, which county? ”

"Well, Wu County."

"Wu County, east or south?"

"You have so much nonsense, just find someone who is not too far from the city and quieter."

"Well, it's not cheap."

"How much?"

"Five hundred taels."

"What?? Five hundred taels? Li Xiangzhi was taken aback.

Then I thought: "Suzhou City is one of the largest cities in the country, not inferior to the capital, Yuanhe, Changzhou, Wuxian three counties belong to Suzhou City, it can be seen how prosperous it is." But that's too bad. ”

"In the same way, I tell you, if you want to buy a house, you have to do it as soon as possible. I know a merchant who is finished and is selling his property. If you want, I'll help you ask, but you can definitely get a big bargain, if I didn't have a tight hand, I would have bought it a long time ago, it's affordable. ”

Li Xiangzhi glanced at him.

The little Jiujiu in Li Xiangzhi's heart fought. Thinking about buying a house as soon as possible and marrying Su Mingyue, life is simple and stable. I didn't think it would be so expensive to buy a house in Suzhou City.

"Hmm...... Got an idea. ”

After Li Xiangzhi sent Zhang Mengjin away, he concentrated on coding words.

On the second day, when many celebrities in Suzhou City rushed to see the paintings, Li Xiangzhi held a large number of books and hurriedly rushed to the 'scholarly' study.

The shopkeeper of the scholarly fragrance greeted him warmly.

"Li Xianggong, you're here! Ouch, is this the remaining manuscript of 'Painted Skin'? Qi Fugui's eyes lit up.

Li Xiangzhi nodded and said, "The middle volume is here, and if the next volume is next, I estimate that it will be sent over in ten days." ”

"No, no, when the time comes, I'll let the shopkeeper pick it up."

Li Xiangzhi took a sip of tea and said, "Ahem, Qi showcase, I want to ask, how much income will I make from the remaining two books?" ”

"The previous first volume has now exhausted its income, I estimate that there are about one hundred and fifty taels, and the remaining two books should be the same, at least you can have four hundred and fifty taels for these three volumes, but there will definitely be some growth in the later stage."

"Ahem! That's the case, I'm short of money recently, I don't plan to divide it, and I hope that the boss will give me a one-time settlement. How is it? ”

"That's fine." Qi Fugui's face smiled, "Wait a minute, I'll do the math for you." ”

Qi Fugui was afraid that Li Xiangzhi would regret it, so he immediately picked up the abacus and crackled and beat non-stop.

"Two hundred taels!"

"Can't you have more?"

"Li Xianggong, six hundred and two miles before and after a book. This is already the limit, and the old man still takes care of the young lady's face a lot. ”

Looking at Qi Fugui's treacherous crow's feet, Li Xiangzhi didn't bargain, he would be worried about running out of money, but he was definitely the kind of person who regarded money like dung. He nodded and said, "Two hundred taels is two hundred taels." ”

There are six hundred taels of silver before and after, for Li Xiangzhi, this is already a super god, and if he kills it again, he will have to be titled.

After getting two hundred taels of silver, Li Xiangzhi thought that this was too far away from five hundred taels, should he sell his paintings again?

Picking mushrooms on the edge of the cliff, fighting for the house.