It's a sunny day after a cold meal, and when the sun rises, it shines brightly on the earth, and it's unusually warm.

Xiao Liuzi went around the yard after getting up in the morning, and went to the kitchen to covet the aroma of wheat for a while, and then climbed to the courtyard wall to sneak up on the immature loquat fruit on the tree next door, squatted at the root of the wall and poured water into the ant nest for a while, and then ran to the roof and spread the thatch indiscriminately, making the yard noisy chickens and dogs, so lively.

However, his own Ah Lang is still sleeping peacefully, and Xiao Liuzi does not dare to make noise, just playing quietly, and occasionally being pointed at by the old groom and glaring twice, but it is useless.

Mr. Cheng Yuan is very famous in Hangzhou City, and his family background is also ordinary, and after living in seclusion here, everything is simple, except for a small servant and a groom, and he does not employ other subordinates.

The groom is a native of Tianluo Village, and the food in this yard is distributed to his wife. They are all honest and dutiful people, and the main family has not gotten up and eaten, so they dare not eat first, but only wait with their eyes blank, feed the horses, gossip, and look at the sky. It was very common for the host to wake up late, and they were used to it.

But Xiao Liuzi was young, and when he was growing his body, he was already so hungry that his chest was close to his belly, so he jumped up and down all over the yard.

The cook couldn't look at it, so she took him a piece of dry food left over from last night. Xiao Liuzi stuffed it into his mouth and went happily.

As soon as he ate two bites, Chu Feng came to knock on the door. Xiao Liuzi is thinking in his heart, if his Ah Lang is woken up, he will have a temper tantrum, how did this person come to be so untimely.

Fortunately, at this time, Mr. Cheng Yuan had also gotten up, heard the sound outside, and called Chu Feng in.

Although it was a promise that was blackmailed from Chu Feng to osmanthus candy, when would it be fulfilled?

Xiao Liuzi recalled the sweet fragrance of osmanthus candy, sat on the threshold and propped his head, and couldn't help but drool.

"When Chu Lang came, did he encounter those wicked people in the village begging for mercy? If you are cheated out of money, let Xiao Liuzi go and ask for it back in a while. ”

The door was not closed, and Xiao Liuzi sat on the threshold, able to hear the conversation in the house.

Hearing his own Ah Lang say this, Xiao Liuzi couldn't help but purse his lips and said loudly: "Ah Lang, this Chu Langjun is very cunning, the old man Lu at the entrance of the village was bluffed by him, and he didn't cheat the money. ”

After shouting, Xiao Liuzi muttered in a low voice: "If you are really deceived, I won't help you ask for it!" Hum! ”

"Is there such a thing?" Cheng Yuan thought it was interesting, and at this time he took half a step back, looked at Chu Feng twice, and nodded with a smile, "Not only is he talented, but he is also a little anxious, this is good, very good." ”

"Don't dare to be, if it weren't for the little brother's help, Chu Feng might have been beaten up by someone now." Chu Feng responded with a smile, but he couldn't help but hesitate slightly.

Cheng Yuan is more than forty years old, although he has never been a eunuch in his life, where can he not see the unfinished meaning in Chu Feng's words, and said with a smile: "Does Chu Lang want to ask as a teacher, since he knows all the inappropriateness of those people in the village, why don't he take control, right?" ”

Chu Feng didn't speak, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.

Cheng Yuan smiled, and was about to speak, but he heard Xiao Liuzi outside shouting through the inner and outer rooms: "How can it be so easy!" You know what! No matter where my Ah Lang moves, there will always be such and such things, either making a fortune in the name of my Ah Lang, or swaggering and deceiving under the banner of Ah Lang! Now the movements of these guys are small, even if they stop it, it is only a moment's work, and then they will relapse into their old ways! People's hearts are not ancient, and the world is declining! I can't let my family Ah Lang really move to the deep mountains and old forests to live in seclusion! ”

Chu Feng thought to himself, I'm afraid it is indeed as this little servant said. It's just that this kid is really funny when he speaks, and he even uses this comment of "people's hearts are not ancient", and occasionally interspersed with a few sighs in his anger, which is really embarrassing.

Cheng Yuan shook his head and smiled: "This kid's madness has won the old man's true biography, you don't have to pay attention to him." ”

Chu Feng said: "It's Chu Feng who didn't think about it, indeed, the affairs of outsiders are not something that can be managed at will." The teacher is also weak. ”

Cheng Yuan shook his head and sighed: "Actually, they are all poor people...... That's it! Don't mention them! Come with me. I ask you, why did you learn to draw? Is it to enter the court as an official and a eunuch, or is it for elegance and pleasure and change the glory of a lifetime? ”

"Teacher, I haven't thought about this question......" Chu Feng was slightly stunned.

He painted from elementary school, initially to add points to the high school entrance examination, then to relieve depression, and later, it was simply for the art college entrance examination, and the purpose of the art examination was to be able to better learn painting after being admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts......

It's a loop. What is the purpose of learning to draw? A simple sentence stopped Chu Feng.

Do you want to be an official in the court? Chu Feng asked himself if he didn't have that IQ and EQ, he couldn't deal with all the complexities in the officialdom. What's more, it's just a simple Danqing painting, and it can't be an imperial examination, how can you be an official? Chu Feng couldn't figure it out.

So, in exchange for wealth and glory? For things like money, Chu Feng felt that it was indeed indispensable, but at the same time, it was also useless. As the saying goes: There are thousands of mansions, and you can't sleep more than six feet at night. The waist is wrapped in thousands of dollars, and the eclipse is no more than three meals. What Chu Feng yearns for is Yan Hui's chic and expansive "a spoonful of food, a scoop of drink, in the alley, and he will not change his pleasure", this kind of pursuit, money is necessary, but it is definitely not a complete pursuit.

So, is it an invitation? At this thought, Chu Feng couldn't help but laugh. What are you kidding, in this era, everyone in various art fields is like a group of stars shining, shining in the long river of history, insurmountable. Compared with them, he Chu Feng is like a wave to the ocean, how can he compare with them, how can he invite fame?

However, he doesn't want to be famous, he doesn't want to make profits, what is he trying to learn painting for?

"It's a ...... Interest. Chu Feng thought about it, "I don't dare to say that if I don't paint, I will die, because even if I don't paint, I will just feel lost, and my life will not die because of this." But I do love drawing. When I paint, I can really concentrate, really play with things, and really see my own heart. I would feel like time was flying by, and I would feel like all my other worries were gone. Sometimes when I think about it, this feeling is probably similar to taking drugs. Well, for this kind of thing, painting is actually just a drug, a kind of spiritual victory. ”

Chu Feng smiled slightly, a little shy: "And after the painting, I will feel a sense of accomplishment." Well, yes, that sense of accomplishment is irreplaceable, like a kind of perfection of life. Where I draw well, I feel proud and comfortable. If I don't paint well, I will want to paint again, so I will slowly become addicted...... Yes, for me, painting is really just an addiction. I'm afraid I don't have a big pursuit. ”

"Teacher, don't you think I'm too boring like this?"

Cheng Yuan is dressed in cloth, simple and elegant, standing in front of the window at will, it is an unruly figure picture, which makes people feel a little afraid to look directly.

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Cheng Yuan exclaimed: "Painting for the sake of painting, great goodness!" I didn't expect the old man to be able to accept such an apprentice in his lifetime, which is really fortunate! Chu Lang, what do you want to learn? Let's talk to the teacher. ”

Chu Feng smiled: "Teacher, I want to learn everything." ”

Cheng Yuan laughed when he heard this: "It's really not enough to swallow an elephant!" Is it so rampant at such a young age? ”

"It's because of his young age that he can spend time at will, so he seems greedy." Chu Feng said with a smile.

"It's fine." Cheng Yuan thought about it slightly, "There are three types of paintings, landscapes, flowers and birds, and people. The old man is from the flowers and birds into the landscape, the flowers and birds are a small pattern, the landscape is a large pattern, the charm is different, the difficulty is naturally different. I see your previous "West Lake Smoke and Rain Picture", which is close to a small freehand brush, Yanyun learned Fan Kuan's brushwork, but the pavilions and pavilions use some gongbi meaning, which is quite interesting in combination. The composition layout is excellent, and the pen is not bad, which is something you need to improve urgently. But this is not a big deal, the pen power can be learned, but the composition layout is a kind of innate vision, which is like 'climbing Mount Tai and the small world', the vision of this kind of thing, can only be seen with the heart, it is difficult to really cultivate. But you don't need to work it, it's called talent! ”

Chu Feng couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of himself when he heard this. He thought to himself that the vision he had was actually very related to the explosion of information in later generations. If you see more, your vision will naturally be good, which is not comparable to the information blockage during the recitation period. It's not really a talent.

I only heard Mr. Cheng Yuan continue: "Since you are not in a hurry to do anything, or to participate in the academy examination, then you can learn the things in pen power slowly." In this way, you first take a painting and go back to study, come back every three days, and show me the study that was originally with you, and I will guide you. And then the teacher is borrowing you another one according to your entry, and the cycle repeats, what do you think? ”

Chu Feng was overjoyed, what he lacked most now was such a teacher who could teach by word and deed, and Cheng Yuan was a famous teacher with superb pen skills, for such guidance, Chu Feng naturally would not shirk, so he hurriedly thanked him.

Cheng Yuan was very satisfied with this apprentice, and said with a smile: "You and I are master and apprentice, why bother to say thank you." Your senior brother and I are also such a professor, and now that I am a painter in the art academy, he himself is at ease. In fact, if you want to improve the technique of painting, the most important thing is to collect wind and enlightenment...... That's it, this kind of thing is also everyone's own ambition, and it should not be forced. ”

Chu Feng had heard Liu Zhengqing talk about Mr. Cheng Yuan's apprentice before, and then he couldn't help but be even more curious, and asked, "Teacher, listen to what you mean, the imperial court's painting academy was admitted by exam?" ”

――Happy first day of the new year~ Did everyone grab the red envelope O(∩_∩)O