Chapter Eighty-Three: Mr. Ouyang
Outside the art garden, Ouyang Zhi was dressed in cloth, and like many tourists, he stood in front of the murals in a daze.
There's no denying that these murals are so attractive that dozens or hundreds of people come here every day just to see them.
"Hey, Dong Gongzi is here!"
"Dong Gongzi is early."
"Master Dong, didn't you say that lacquer paintings are about to be sold in Art Street? Why haven't you heard from you until now? ”
"Yes, Master Dong, I have been waiting for three days, but the painting stall still says wait, and there is no exact answer, this mural is made by you, and the lacquer painting that I want to come to the painting stall should also come out to you, I don't know when you will finish painting, master?"
"Yes, yes, master, give me time, you're hurting everyone like this! I don't know how many people see the master's murals, as soon as they go home, they don't think about tea and dinner, and they don't come to the front of the art garden every day, and they feel empty in their hearts! ”
Dong Ce had just come out, and he was immediately surrounded by many people, chattering and asking endlessly.
"Meng Cunlang, I'm your uncle!" Dong Ce scolded in his heart, and said with a pleasant face on the surface: "Hehe, you also know that the art garden has just opened, and many things need to be prepared below, so it is really difficult to find time to paint, but there have been three clumsy works in the next, and Meng Yuanwai of the Four Treasures Workshop proposed that an auction will be held on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the highest price will be obtained, and the wealth from this auction will be donated to the victims in the name of the art garden, and I have also agreed, if you are interested, you can come to the theater to bid on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival!" ”
After hearing this, some people were disappointed and some were happy.
Dong Ce continued to talk about when the lacquer paintings would go on sale, then arched his hand to everyone, walked out of the crowd and came to Ouyang Zhi's side, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for many days, Brother Ouyang is not harmed." ”
Ouyang Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and then he noticed that Dong Ce was already standing by his side, so he hurriedly gave a deep salute, took out a money bag from his sleeve and handed it to Dong Ce: "If it weren't for Brother Dong's rescue that day, Ouyang would probably be in the wilderness!" This time, I came here to deliberately return all the money I borrowed in the past, and Brother Dong's life-saving grace, Ouyang will remember it in his heart, and never forget, as long as Brother Dong has something that needs Ouyang's help, Ouyang will never say anything. ”
Dong Ce glanced at the money bag in Ouyang Zhi's hand, shook his head and smiled: "Brother Ouyang should keep this money first." ”
"Why?" Ouyang Zhi was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said: "Maybe this money is insignificant to Brother Dong, but it is a gentleman's integrity to borrow and repay, and Brother Dong's refusal is undoubtedly to make Ouyang an ungrateful and untrustworthy villain!" ”
"Not really." Dong Ce looked at the many people around him and looked at them curiously, and said, "This place is not the place to talk, Brother Ouyang will follow me in first." ”
Ouyang Zhi looked straight and said, "If Brother Dong doesn't accept it, Ouyang won't go in." ”
"What a brainshit!" Dong Ce smiled helplessly, and could only take it into his sleeve, and then said, "Is this feasible?" ”
Ouyang Zhi smiled and said, "Disturb Brother Dong!" ”
"Please!" After Dong Ce finished speaking, he entered the art garden with Ouyang Zhi.
After the two came all the way to the teahouse and sat down with each other, Ouyang Zhi asked: "I felt extraordinary when I saw Brother Dong that day, and now goodbye, Brother Dong is really a genius in the world!" The eighteen masterpieces outside your door have made Ouyang learn! ”
Dong Ce first asked Liu Fu to serve tea, and then smiled bitterly at Ouyang Zhi: "It's just clumsy, it's novel, not as good as the charm of ink, so Brother Ouyang laughs." ”
"Brother Dong is so humble, but Ouyang will be embarrassed!" Ouyang Zhi said dissatisfied.
Dong Ce waved his hand and said: "I still don't mention this, this time I invited Brother Ouyang in, firstly, to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, and secondly, Dong Mou has something to hope that Brother Ouyang can help!" ”
Ouyang Zhi just picked up the tea offered by Liu Fu, and when he heard this, he smiled lightly: "Brother Dong, although he said it, Ouyang will never say anything!" ”
"Don't be so sure yet, I don't want to restrain Brother Ouyang with any kindness." After Dong Ce finished speaking, he paused before continuing: "I mentioned to Brother Ouyang last time that I am a descendant of the Yan Sect. ”
"Well, Ouyang also admires the descendants of your sect very much! Traveling all over the world, learning from hundreds of schools, and helping the poor and the poor, how much perseverance and perseverance does it take! Ouyang Zhi nodded and sighed.
Dong Ce smiled at first, and then said with some sadness: "Alas, the purpose of my teaching is to teach people to fish instead of fish, and although Dong has helped a group of disaster victims, he is also teaching everyone to learn new skills and make a new livelihood, but I recently realized that this is far from enough!" ”
"Oh! Could it be that Brother Dong has encountered any problems? Ouyang Zhi was slightly surprised.
"Hmm!" Dong Ce nodded and said: "No one among the victims is literate, and I have rules for teaching, pass on their skills, and teach them words first, only in this way can they learn more, and blind teaching will only limit people to the same place." ”
Ouyang Zhi nodded when he heard this, did not interrupt Dong Ce's words, and continued to listen.
Dong Ce took a sip of tea and continued: "However, I have no skills, and now that I see Brother Ouyang, I want to invite you to teach my disciples to learn characters, and after they learn it, they will not only be broad-sighted, but also teach them one by one." ”
Ouyang Zhi understood Dong Ce's distress very well, because of the appearance of Confucianism, Mr. Teaching was divided into two kinds, one was to join the scholar clan and become an official, and the other was to have his own private school, so he couldn't come to him to teach.
Speaking of which, Ouyang Zhi is young, and his talent is not bad, if he can cling to a scholar clan, he has a promising future, and he came to Dong Ce here to teach some disaster victims to learn characters, this is simply a condescending talent!
But if it was someone else, he might refuse, but Ouyang Zhi laughed and said, "What else should I do, since Brother Dong doesn't dislike it, Ouyang is willing to accept it." ”
Ouyang Zhi has already given up his career and is still traveling around, originally he came over this time to repay Dong Ce's money, and then went to the north to travel, but at this moment, when he heard Dong Ce's needs, he decided to stay and help Dong Ce, but it was definitely not to repay the favor!
In Ouyang Zhi's view, Dong Ce's actions are righteousness, and it is necessary to sacrifice the small as righteousness, as a peer, Dong Ce has already begun to run around for the victims, but he still wants to play in the mountains and rivers, which is really ashamed!
The two hit it off, and Dong Ce quickly integrated into the true nature of a businessman and talked about money with Ouyang Zhi!
This made Ouyang Zhi cry and laugh, don't look at him dressed as old, he was still starving before the two met that day, but his family is well-off, and his father is also Mr. Rulin of Jiaxing Mansion, he dressed like this just because he was worried that he would walk the world alone, and he would be easily remembered by bad people.
But since he is inviting someone to teach, how can he reduce the tuition fee, but what is Dong Ce's situation, can he not know himself, so he can only use two taels a month to teach.
Although Ouyang Zhi didn't care about the amount of money or the amount of money, he was also a little stunned when he heard it, after all, it was almost the price of inviting two coolies, and the current situation in Jiangnan led to the depreciation of labor, not to mention the money, it would be a meal a day!
But Ouyang Zhi, under the leadership of Dong Ce, immediately asked for no money after seeing the true situation of Yiyuan!
It's really poor!
Don't look at the three days of the art garden's opening, business is booming all day, but that money really can't be spent indiscriminately! Therefore, the sect members eat vegetarian dishes, the doors and windows of the house they live in are cracked, and the weather is getting colder, and the bedding has not yet been prepared for new ones, so how can Ouyang Zhi ask for money!
But Dong Ce insisted on giving it, and said that Ouyang Zhi didn't want it, and he could sell some wine and food to comfort everyone after taking it.
This made Ouyang Zhi sigh with emotion, and sighed: "Behind the glitz, there are often happy and sour stories, Brother Dong's family is in the middle of the road, and they are all disaster victims like them, but you can stand up and lead everyone to make a living together, Ouyang admires!" As he spoke, Ouyang Zhi bowed deeply to Dong Ce.
Dong Ce smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand to help Ouyang Zhi, and took him to introduce him to everyone one by one.
When the children heard that Ouyang Zhi had been invited by the sect leader to teach them how to learn calligraphy, they were immediately overjoyed, and they were clamoring to learn it immediately, but they were warned by Dong Ce.
Children are mostly three minutes of heat, like a stone stunned that is a rare species, if you can't learn anything on a whim, especially the practice of words, you must let them think that this is necessary from the bottom of their hearts, otherwise it is easy to desert, and it is not good to learn slowly, because they are only the first batch, and there are many victims with children in a few days, and they must play a leading role.
The half-year rent and deposit for the sixteen stalls on Art Street were delivered yesterday by those outsiders, a full 2,600 yuan!
Most of this money is reserved for the construction of art gardens, and a small part is used to purchase the needs of the victims, as for their monthly money, it is naturally paid by the theater, and the income earned by a few stalls is used to increase goods.
Before Dong Ce led Ouyang Zhi to finish shopping, Liu Fu came to send a message saying that the theater had started, and he had no choice but to say goodbye to Ouyang Zhi and go backstage to the theater.
When Ouyang Zhi heard that Dong Ce was going to participate in the show, he couldn't help but get up, so he asked Liu Fu to lead him to the theater to have a look, but because there was no vacant seat, Liu Fu could only let Ouyang Zhi sit on a small stool, which made Ouyang Zhi cry and laugh, but he didn't care and concentrated on watching the play.
Speaking of which, the "Famous Appearance of Gongsun" that Dong Ce watched was still a gift from Ouyang Zhi! Therefore, Ouyang Zhi is also well aware of the Broken Jade case, but even so, he still sees it with relish.
Now that the Broken Jade case is gradually being known and spread by everyone, many people know the general story of the story, but this not only did not reduce the atmosphere, but became more and more popular, plus Yu Nan's acting skills are improving day by day, and the story is more complete and exciting, resulting in the price of movie tickets circulating outside rising, I heard that a twenty wen has been fried to fifty wen!
But the strange thing is that no one has fried the VIP seats!
Dong Ce also sent someone to check for this, and it was ridiculous to learn that it was used to give it away!
This made him not know whether to be happy or worried, because some of the tickets were sold at a high price by him, and how much did he lose if no one speculated on the VIP seats? And it is impossible for him to waste manpower to do these things, in case he is caught by someone and ends up with his tongue!
After a scene, before Ouyang Zhi found Dong Ce, he learned that this guy was busy again!
Ouyang Zhi finally understood why Dong Ce said that he had no time! He is indeed very busy, in addition to acting, he also has to supervise everything in the theater, even the soundtrack has to be discussed with the musicians from time to time, and when he is done here, he discusses new products with the merchants who rent stalls on Art Street, and in addition, he also discusses with Tu Ping the issue of preparing to accept more than 30 victims.
On the other hand, the people under him, except for Meng Feng, who are running around, the rest of them are basically constantly learning and working, the children learn tricks, the actors strengthen acting, the musicians create new scores, and the women are preparing food for everyone almost all day, and the whole thing is busy!
But no one felt very tired, very uncomfortable, but very happy, looking at their simplicity and satisfaction, Ouyang Zhi finally understood why Dong Ce didn't recruit capable people outside to help, because the atmosphere here is not suitable for people who are too oily, but people can't do anything without oil, but inviting them to come is definitely to put a fox in the flock!