Although Xu Xun wanted to go shopping, he didn't plan to go far. To say lively, the inland river of the Qinhuai River of ten miles flows not far from the front of his house, and from Taipingli to the west is a forest of shops, all the way through Qiwang Street, Dazhong Street, Sanshan Street until the Sanshan Gate, department stores gather, up to the wine shop, teahouse, silk shop, salt shop, down to the clothing shop, fruit shop, bookstore, all the way to the lively all the time. He hadn't been able to spare time to wander around before, but now he finally pried up a crack in the stone that was pressing on him, and Xu Zhen's congratulatory gift still had to be considered, so he naturally had an interest in shopping.

Not to mention Latham & Watkins. He has only been in the city from the countryside for more than a month, and his brain will not turn, unless he is instructed, he will stay at home almost all day and not go out. When he passed by a vendor selling sugar gourds, the bright colors made him stand next to him for a while and couldn't move. It wasn't until he reacted for a long time that he reluctantly took a few steps forward, and suddenly found that something was stuffed in his hand.

"Young Master......" Ryson found that there was a string of red and bright sugar gourds in his hand, and his face immediately turned red again, "Young Master, I'm not hungry......"

"I know you're not hungry, you're just gluttonous!" Xu Xun smiled dumbly, and seeing that Ruisheng was more and more ashamed, he said, "If you want to eat, just say it, there's nothing to be embarrassed about." Let's go to the shop in front of us. ”

Seeing that Xu Xun turned around and left without saying a word, Ruisheng lowered his head and looked at the fresh sugar gourd, and finally held it in his hand and chased after Xu Xun. When he entered the rather elegant shop, he found that the four walls were covered with many scrolls and paintings. Some of them look like fresh ink, while others have extremely old paper that looks like they're old. He didn't know anything about it, so he only knew that he followed Xu Xun in a daze, looking at the scrolls that looked like ghost drawings, but he didn't recognize them, and the pen was thick or light, and he couldn't tell the good or bad scrolls at all.

I remember that Jin Liu said last time that Xu Xun loves calligraphy and painting, and Xu Xun came out today to try his luck and see if he could find a treasure, but he was disappointed by a big circle. Not to mention the treasure, many of the paintings and calligraphy on the four walls are extremely clumsy, the words are just watching the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing, but the skeleton is extremely ordinary, as for the painting, most of them are kitsch beauty pictures, and occasionally there are a few brushstrokes on the surface of the landscape. He was shaking his head secretly when he heard a somewhat familiar voice behind him.

"It's all this time, do you still have the leisure to walk around?"

Xu Xun turned his head and saw that it was the handsome "young man" who ran to the house last time and talked to himself, and he was stunned for a while. It's just that it's different from the last dress, this time the other party is dressed in a short gray-brown dress, and there is a funny black hat buttoned on his head, which looks a little similar to Latham and Watkins's outfit. So, he smiled and nodded, "Just look everywhere." ”

"You're so stubborn!" The girl dressed as a man didn't seem to realize that her outfit couldn't hide from the eyes of an expert, and she even glared at Xu Xun with a tiger face, "You are not elegant, what kind of calligraphy and painting are you here to see?" Do you expect to buy any good goods in this little shop, or do you plan to impress with such things...... Wait, you won't be ......"

Seeing that the other party's eyes suddenly looked at him, Xu Xun held his hands behind his back incomprehensibly, and his surname Suo did not explain or explain. Sure enough, the little girl looked at him for a while, and then showed an expression of sudden realization, and looked at him and snorted angrily: "I usually don't burn incense, I temporarily hold Buddha's feet, Xu Liuye is a person who has been in the officialdom for so many years, and you can be impressed by buying a painting in a small shop?" Besides, I don't know if you'll show your face at that time......"

Although she thought that this little girl talking to herself was quite funny, but when she chattered in her ear non-stop, Xu Xun was a little overwhelmed. Seeing that she was talking to herself, he quietly moved a few steps to the side, and when he saw that she was unconscious, he quietly pointed to a painting on the wall and said to Latham who had been silently following him: "Latham and Watkins, what do you say about this painting?" ”

Ruisheng is really straight-bellied, he didn't pay much attention to the inexplicable boy just now, but at this moment, Xu Xun said a word, he immediately stepped forward, and carefully studied the long scroll hanging in front of him. However, how can he see what is famous when he agrees on the words, plus his own name? Therefore, in the end, he looked at Xu Xun hesitantly, and stammered: "Young master, I think it's ...... It looks like an ancient painting......"

"Ancient paintings? What kind of old paintings would be in this kind of shop? ”

The little girl was very annoyed when she noticed that Xu Xun suddenly walked away, but when she heard this, she was even more angry, and immediately pulled her legs and walked up. But after two glances at the painting on the wall, she frowned. What kind of Han paper, Tang paper, Song paper, she naturally learned, even if it is one ear in and one ear out, now looking at this painting always feels wrong, so she has to tilt her head and recall what famous brushwork. After thinking about it for a long time, she finally felt that there was something wrong with this painting, so she turned her head to stare at Xu Xun when she looked at it.

"Hey, you don't really want to buy it, do you?"

"Clients want to buy paintings?"

Xu Xun was about to answer the little girl's words when a short and fat man suddenly came out from the side. He was the owner of this small calligraphy and painting shop, and he had just been dozing off beside him, and was woken up by this noisy voice, and was about to get angry when he found that someone had taken a fancy to his calligraphy and painting, and he was naturally overjoyed. Although the two in front of him looked dressed ordinarily, he still rubbed his hands diligently and smiled: "A few really good eyes, this is a painting by Li Tang, a famous artist in the Song Dynasty, and it is also the treasure of Xiao Ke's town store." ”

"The treasure of the town shop?" Xu Xun raised his eyebrows, sneered and asked, "So it's not for sale?" ”

"Not necessarily, as long as the two of you can afford it." The short and fat man explained with a smile on his face, seeing Xu Xun hesitating, the young man who looked too handsome was sneering, he couldn't help but be a little anxious, and hurriedly laughed again, "A thousand gold is valuable, famous paintings are priceless, whether it is to keep the treasure or give it away, what is more suitable than this famous painting?" ”

Knowing that this short and fat man was taking himself as a wronged man, Xu Xun laughed, and was about to reject him, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of someone at the door as if someone was probing his brain, although the person retracted his head after just looking at it, but he was so sharp-eyed, and at a glance, he saw that he looked like a little guy who followed Xu Jin before. I remember that Xu Jin also fished for three days and dried nets for two days in the ethnology, which was no better than himself who broke the jar and broke it, and he and his eldest brother Xu Dong have been secretly competing, and he has a plan for a while.

After a little hesitation, he seemed to be moved, but he didn't look at the short and fat shopkeeper, but turned his head and asked the little girl sincerely: "Little brother, do you know that famous artist Li Tang in the Song Dynasty?" ”

"Isn't it Li Zhizhao!" The little girl snorted lightly, she didn't want to say it, but seeing that Xu Xun was still sincere, she said angrily, "This person's experience is legendary, a fine landscape character, but at first he just sold paintings for a living." After Nandu, he was recommended to enter the art academy, and he was almost eighty years old at that time, and he ......"

Under Xu Xun's intentional guidance, the little girl spoke up, and the short and fat shopkeeper on the side nodded again and again with a smile on his face while listening, and from time to time he touted and echoed two sentences, she suddenly forgot that she hadn't seen whether the painting was real or fake, and only cared about the stories she heard when she was learning to paint.

After the little girl finished speaking, Xu Xun picked faults and flaws, and bargained with the short and fat man, and the short and fat man was supposed to bite a hundred times and did not let go, so it can be seen that Xu Xun was about to leave, so he immediately slowed down and made a face. The little girl on the side wanted to speak several times but was interrupted by Xu Xun, and she couldn't help but be even more angry. Seeing that Xu Xun had killed the price to fifty times, her face was almost darker than the bottom face of Ruisheng, who was silent on the side, when a sneer suddenly came from outside the door.

"Buying a painting is such an elegant thing, seventh brother, you still have to mess around like this, our Xu family is simply going to sweep the floor!"

It was none other than Xu Jin who came in shaking a fan while talking. He looked at Xu Xun as if he was surprised, and immediately said to the short and fat boss Nunu: "Wrap this painting for me, and I'll buy it for sixty times!" ”

Halfway through the road, Xu Xun naturally sank his face: "Third brother, don't forget that there is also a first-come-first-served business experience!" ”

"First come, first served? I only know that the highest bidder wins, boss, isn't this reasonable? Xu Jin closed the folding fan all of a sudden, and when he saw that the short and fat boss was stunned for a moment, he nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice, he didn't look at Xu Xun, and arched his hand to the little girl reservedly, "Besides, good things have to be appreciated." My seventh brother has a reputation for not learning and not knowing, even if he buys this painting back, it is also a pearl secret investment, does the girl think so? ”

The little girl was about to open her mouth, when she suddenly realized the name of the girl just now, her heart was big for a while, and she snorted softly and stopped talking. However, Xu Xun saw Xu Jinzhi proudly gesturing to the short and fat shopkeeper, and immediately added another sentence in annoyance.

"I don't know how to paint, but I also know that sixty guan is not a small amount, even if the long house is rich, it can't stand the third brother, you have a broken yard today, and a broken painting tomorrow. The third brother has thought about it, if it is a fake, it will be too late for you to regret it! ”

As soon as these words came out, the short and fat shopkeeper came up in annoyance for a while, glared at Xu Xun fiercely, and patted his chest and said to Xu Jin: "This son, our family is an old shop, if there is a fake, you will smash my signboard when you turn around!" ”

Xu Jin glanced at Xu Xun arrogantly, waved his hand and motioned for the little guy who followed to take the wrapped painting, and walked out of the store without looking back. When he stepped out of the threshold, he smiled and said: "Seventh brother, the business of this business is to see who starts quickly, don't say these sour words if you don't have money!" Next time, remember to bring some extra money! By the way, I forgot, your family's belongings have long been completely wiped out by you! ”

made a deal and sent Xu Jin away, the short and fat shopkeeper was naturally full of joy, and immediately looked at Xu Xun, who was in the way, how he was not pleasing to the eye, [***] said that the small shop was no longer in business, so he and the little girl were thrown out together with Ruisheng. There was no reason to be treated like this, and as soon as the little girl went out, she was angry, glanced at him viciously, and then turned around and left. Seeing her hurriedly walk to a carriage on the corner of the street and get into the carriage angrily, Xu Xun smiled proudly.

Even if the long house does not have a gold mountain, since it is the patriarch, it is naturally not a problem to be only sixty times. But just now, the little girl and the shopkeeper matched each other perfectly, and Li Tang was famous, and he wanted Xu Jin to buy this painting back at a high price, but it was also the drunkard's intention not to drink. It's just that Xu Jin's attitude towards that little girl, how does it seem to be known?

Having said that, just after designing such a scene, he suddenly remembered a joint, and the congratulatory gift was a little landing. In addition, the last time he dug out a letter in the box that his cheap father Xu Bian had brought back many years ago, and there was a lot of use in it.