Hou Yanmin was painting a waterfall in a mountain stream in the distance, and she didn't notice that there was an extra person behind her. It wasn't until Li Feibai coughed lightly that she was startled, and when she turned around, she saw that it was Li Feibai, and said, "Why are you here?" ”

Li Feibai said: "I came back to see that you were not there, and I thought something had happened to you, so I ran to take a look!" ”

Hou Yanmin didn't feel a sweetness in her heart, and the pen in her hand didn't stop, and said, "Think something happened to me?" I guess I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to handle what you told me, so I didn't worry, so I came over to take a look! ”

Li Feibai wanted to joke with Hou Yanmin, but when he heard her say this, he lost interest and said, "You stop the pen in your hand, I have something to tell you!" ”

Hou Yanmin said: "Wait a while, I still have a few strokes, I'll talk about it after I'm done!" ”

Li Feibai didn't believe a few strokes, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to finish the painting without a meal. He was not interested in painting, so he didn't have time to wait, so he took out the small painting painted by Tang Yin from his arms, shook it twice in front of Hou Yanmin, and said, "Look, what is this?" ”

Hou Yanmin took a look and saw that the brush on the small painting was old and spicy, and she was not surprised. When he saw the word Tang Yin written on the inscription, the whole person was overjoyed, put the pen in his hand on the ground, snatched the painting from Li Feibai's hand, and said: "Tang Bohu's painting, where did you get it." ”

Li Feibai had expected such a reaction from the other party, and he was happy when he saw that she was happy, and said, "I bought it from an old man, and it cost me a full fifty taels of silver!" ”

Hou Yanmin said: "Fifty taels, it's not expensive!" Even if it sells for five hundred taels, it is not expensive. ”

Li Feibai's heart moved, it seems that in the eyes of people who know goods, a painting is not expensive. This strengthened his intention to buy out Hou Yanmin's paintings and make a lot of money in the future.

He deliberately said, "Is this painting good?" I think it's similar to what you painted! ”

Hou Yanmin said: "My paintings are too far from him, it's a difference between heaven and earth!" ”

Li Feibai said: "I also let Qian Zijun see this painting." He said that his painting is on par with yours, and it is not much stronger! ”

Hou Yanmin said: "Don't you dare to tell others this, let others know that they will laugh at me, I don't know how thick the sky is." After a pause, he said: "How can I compare with the famous Tang Bohu." ”

Li Feibai said: "Tang Bohu? Is it famous? I don't think there's anything out of the ordinary, just an ordinary little old man. ”

Hou Yanmin was stunned and said, "Have you seen Tang Bohu?" ”

Li Feibai said: "The painting was bought from an old man. He said that the painting was painted by him, so it can be seen that he is Tang Bohu. ”

Hou Yanmin's face was full of fascination, and she pulled Li Feibai away, and said, "Take me to see him." Hearing Li Feibai say that the painting was bought in Kaifeng, she was extremely disappointed and sighed: "I knew I would go to Kaifeng with you!" ”

Li Feibai planned to surprise Hou Yanmin, so he didn't mention that Tang Yin might come to Jiyuan, took out five hundred taels of silver tickets from his arms, and said, "Qian Zijun sold all your paintings, this is the money from selling paintings." He said, in the future, he will cover all your paintings, so that you have time to paint more. ”

Hou Yanmin didn't look at the silver ticket after taking it, but stuffed it directly into her arms, her eyes staring at the small painting in her hand. The sky gradually darkened, and she couldn't see clearly, so she was reluctant to fold the painting and said, "Can you borrow me to look at it for a few more days?" ”

Li Feibai said with a smile: "The relationship between the two of us, why be so polite." If you like it, give it to you! After speaking, he also said that Hou Yanmin would be angry, and directly threw the painting back to him, and at the worst time, he would take out fifty taels of silver to buy the painting. After all, this little girl has a very strong self-esteem and refuses to accept favors from others in vain.

Unexpectedly, Hou Yanmin's face turned red and said, "Thank you!" He put the painting away.

Li Feibai was stunned, what's going on, this little girl has changed sex today? didn't know that Hou Yanmin spoke coldly to him before, all because the two were not familiar with him, thinking that he had ulterior motives. After getting along for so long, I found that he was a decent gentleman, and he also loved her very much, and accepted him in his heart.

It was getting late and they couldn't paint anymore, so the two of them collected their things and headed for the village. After eating at Li Feibai's house, Hou Yanmin went to the house to continue admiring the small painting, while Li Feibai whispered a few words to Ma Kun.

Ma Kun nodded and went out, while he stood in the living room, admiring a few paintings on the wall.

The paintings are all four feet of paper size, not framed, and the four corners are coated with a little paste and glued directly to the wall. There is a slip in the art world, saying that it is a three-point painting and a seven-point mounting, the meaning is simple and clear, no matter how good the painting is, it has to rely on the mounting to show its goodness.

But although the paintings on the wall are not framed, they are also very good, and the lions on the top have different expressions, sitting or walking or crouching, all of which are vivid and powerful.

There was no signature or seal on the painting, but Li Feibai knew that it must have been made by Hou Yanmin. Except for her, no one in Jiyuan County can draw such a good lion.

Moreover, several of the paintings are not freehand paintings, but gongbi paintings. All brushwork is extremely time-consuming, and a painting can not be painted in a day or two, so it can be seen that Hou Yanmin began to prepare these paintings after seeing the lion in the stone carving shop.

Li Feibai said secretly: "This little girl has a heart, she must have seen that the stone lion in the shop lacked aura, so she painted these paintings, and intentionally let me carve them." ”

Li Daning has been sitting on the chair and bowing his head and sighing, "I have been pondering for a few days, if I can carve according to the stone lion in the painting, the stone lion we made in Daming can be regarded as the number one." It's a pity that those old guys are blinded by lard and don't want to go to your factory. I tried my best to say that I couldn't move them, it seems that I can only take the first step, and how many stone lions can be carved counted. ”

Li Feibai said: "Dad, your craftsmanship is the best in our village, I can rest assured that you are leading the carving." However, the number of merchants is very large, and if the whole village is not allowed to go into battle, it will not be possible to deliver the goods at all. ”

Li Daning said: "If you can pay a few and pay a few, it's a big deal to make less money!" ”

Li Feibai said: "It's not a question of earning more and earning less. I have signed a contract with others, and I can't pay enough money, and we can't afford to pay for their losses. ”

Li Daning sighed heavily and said, "What can I do about this?" Why don't we beg them later? ”

Li Feibai paused with murderous anger and said, "Daddy, don't worry, I've asked the horse leader to send someone to invite them over to discuss things, and we'll see how I can fix them later?" ”

Li Daning hurriedly said: "It's all from the villagers, don't do anything too out of line, so as not to hurt the harmony." ”

Li Feibai said secretly: "My father is really honest, everyone rides to the head and, and you don't care about hurting the harmony." He smiled and said, "I know! ”

After a while, people came one after another, and the small living room was soon crowded with people. As soon as these people entered the house, they all chatted with Li Fei.

Some said: "Big nephew, I'm back, I heard that you became a friend in the county?" We countrymen, I don't know how big an official the curtain friend is, anyway, I heard that he is a big official, amazing! ”

Li Feibai said with a smile: "It's just running errands for the county commander, not an official." ”

Some said: "Big nephew, I heard that you sold a lot of stone lions again, what a skill!" ”

Li Feibai arched his hand and said: "I still have to rely on you to carve the stone lion well!" ”

Some said: "Big nephew, I have been working day and night at home, a stone lion has begun to take shape, you will go to see it in a while?" ”

Li Feibai said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" As he spoke, he put the men in their seats. The home is simple, there are not so many chairs for hospitality, and it is not easy to borrow enough chairs, but unfortunately there are high and low are not neat at all.