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The single-person residence, which consists of two bedrooms and one living room, is already like a new home under the cleaning and arrangement of Shui Hong. For Shui Hong, who has presided over a family of three and has more than ten years of experience in managing a small building, she feels that it is too easy to be the hostess of this new home. It's like a university teacher going to teach middle school students. After leaving Suzhou, she also relieved herself of the burden of commuting to work, teaching, raising her daughter and taking care of her family, and now enjoys the two-person world with Zhou Youyou, she suddenly feels as if she has returned to her youth.

Rainbow does not plan to go on a honeymoon trip with Zhou You in winter. She just wants to quietly soak in this small honeyhive with Zhou You, candied her own every day and every hour.

On the morning of the third day, the two sat on the couch in the living room and studio.

Shui Hong leaned lazily on the armrest of the sofa in a comfortable posture and asked casually:

"Zhou You, I don't know the financial situation of this family yet. You know, today's modern women will never give themselves to a man until she has figured out his financial situation. There aren't many stupid women like me, I'm really dizzy, and I followed you in a daze. Let's talk about it, do I have a big money, or am I in love with a poor painter, or neither? ”

Zhou You heard Shui Hong ask about his financial situation for the first time, and suddenly realized that he was about to start facing a family responsibility. He suddenly understood that his single life that had been wandering for many years was coming to an end. But at this moment, he is not nostalgic for the free and easy days of the past, but he urgently hopes to put on the shackles of family obligations, so as to "lock" Shuihong by his side. The word wife, which is connected to the rainbow, suddenly became more pleasing to the eye than his palette. He stared at Shui Hong for a while, and then said treacherously:

"Before you become a wife, you want to take over the housekeeping? Tell me first, when are you going to get a marriage certificate with me? ”

Shui Hong's eyes darkened, and then he said with a smile: "Didn't you say it a long time ago, live together first and then get married." This will allow for an extra honeymoon in the future. As a romantic artist like you, do you still care about that marriage book? I think you're confused, too, if that certificate can tie people's hearts, I'll still be here? ”

Zhou You also felt that he was a little crazy, not to mention how much he hated the big red certificate in the past, and several girlfriends broke him on top of his refusal to receive this certificate. But at the moment he desperately wanted this glory. In his eyes, the gaudy red paper was almost more valuable than the certificate of winning the national award. But he remembered Ah Ni in Suzhou. He and Shui Hong have an appointment in advance, and he can't hurt Xiao Ni who doesn't know the truth too early for his own sake.

"Okay, okay, you can get it later, and when you get it, it's up to you. Anyway, without this piece of paper, you would have been mine a long time ago! Let's do it a trial and see what the difference is with it or not. Zhou You quickly turned the topic to his current work situation.

He remembered that he had told Shui Hong last time that after graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, he could have stayed in the school to teach, or went to the art academy to become a professional painter, but he was worried about inbreeding and artistic homosexuality, so he would rather become a freelance painter. Later, at an art exhibition, I met the owner of a large company, who was a wealthy businessman who loved art and a discerning collector. He believes that the works of some young painters in China are very collectible, and these paintings will increase in value several times or dozens of times in the future. He especially admires Zhou You, and every once in a while he buys one or two of Zhou You's works. Later, he invited Zhou You to work in a subordinate art company of his group company in the mainland, and initially wanted Zhou You to be the manager, but Zhou You politely resigned, saying that he was still the most free professional painter who didn't care about anyone. But the boss still offered him a position as deputy manager, with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan. Basically, I can concentrate on painting without interruption, but sometimes I accompany my boss to see art exhibitions and provide some advice for my boss to choose and buy paintings. Sometimes, he would give the boss a painting or something......

"How long do you usually sell a painting?" Shui Hong asked with interest.

"Not necessarily. The main trouble is that I am often reluctant to sell the paintings that people want to buy; And the paintings I want to sell can't sell for a lot of money; Buyers and sellers are always at odds. Sometimes, you can sell four or five works at a time, and sometimes you can't sell one for months, and you may be hungry and full. Although I have a fixed income of 3,000 yuan a month, I don't have much left at the end of the month, because I don't have any money left for the materials I spent on painting, plus my living expenses. However, there is always an income from selling paintings to supplement the family, and I think there should be no problem in maintaining the daily expenses of a small family. ”

"And how much can one of your paintings sell for?"

"The price of the painting is the most uncertain. Generally, an oil painting about one meter square is two or three thousand yuan; There are four or five thousand yuan for large oil paintings, and there are also six or seven thousand yuan, and if there is a certain dealer or big money who takes a fancy to a painting he likes, he is willing to pay 108,000 yuan; Many wealthy people buy paintings to add value or to add to the façade and be elegant, and few people buy paintings for collection. The motivations of those who buy paintings are varied, and the painting market is becoming more and more commercialized. In fact, now painters are also worthy, divided into three, six, nine and so on, and sometimes they don't negotiate the price. For example, painters who have been repeatedly hyped by the media, who have won awards at home and abroad, and who have been frequently exposed, have a high price for a first-class professor, and sometimes it is obviously a kitsch inferior work, and rich buyers do not really know how to paint, and the art dealer can sell it at a good price, but a good price does not prove that it is a good painting, but it makes people laugh and cry. ”

Shui Hong said: "Okay, the foreshadowing is sufficient, let's be specific." ”

Zhou You replied with a bitter face: "I don't know how to manage money and I am not good at managing money, but, like our painter who graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the price of the painting is not bad, I earned some money in the past few years, but if I have money, I will go out to travel and sketch, or, or, don't be angry, or I will spend it on my girlfriend, and I can't save money at all." Fortunately, I don't have a family burden and my parents don't want my money. Later, Shu Li and the others left me, and I was able to settle down. Last year, an oil painting of the human body was sold for nearly 10,000 US dollars, and together with the income from other paintings in recent years, it was about 100,000 yuan. However, in the bombing of Suzhou for most of the year, military spending has increased dramatically, and it takes thousands of yuan to make long-distance phone calls, and the giant "Jiangnan Neon" has cost nearly 10,000 yuan in materials alone, as well as postage, car fares, and messy expenses, I haven't calculated it in detail, anyway, until now, there are about 100,000 yuan. Compared with those middle-aged painters who have already become famous, I am really far behind, many of them have private houses, private cars, and large studios, and I am still surviving. It's just that I don't like to let money be at my disposal, as long as I am well-off, mentally balanced, and my life is so-so...... and so-so."

Zhou You began to rummage through the cabinets, and finally found a few foreign currency deposit certificates and RMB passbooks, as well as some cash. By the way, I also turned out a large number of graduation certificates, degree certificates, as well as photos and letters of my original girlfriends, plus the keys to the room and various cabinets and drawers, and handed them all over to Shui Hong.

"Well, these background materials, plus indoor electrical appliances and furniture, and myself, are all your future husband's belongings. Oh, and the dozens of oil paintings that I keep in my studio, they're all my treasures, my non-sale, my private lovers, my priceless treasures. Shui Hong, what magnitude of magnitude do you say you are going to marry? I do not know. ”

Shui Hong gently played with the key on the coffee table, and said with a hidden smile: "It seems that it is indeed not easy to estimate." People say that 100,000 is only a start, if it is calculated according to your deposit, I will marry a small amount; If calculated according to the market price of the oil painting in your hand, I will marry a medium-sized person; If you consider it priceless, then I might be going to marry a super-rich man. No wonder people in Suzhou are rumored that I am married to a billionaire, and I can also be a rich woman to have a good time! ”

"No kidding, I...... Are you satisfied with my financial situation or not? ”

"Seriously, you can only count it as a small amount now, which is about the same as Lao Wu's estimate. All your belongings are counted, and it is not as good as a jade artifact of the Wu family. However, it would be good for a young man like you to earn such a small sum of money by yourself, although it can't be compared with the Wu family, I am already very satisfied......"

Zhou You hurriedly interrupted her and said, "But this is an era of advocating money, and you gave up the wealth of the Wu family for me, isn't it...... Haven't I wronged you too much? Thankfully, we haven't gotten to get that certificate yet, and if you're disappointed in me, it's too late to correct it. ”

Shui Hong smiled faintly and said:

"I ask you, what does it mean for human life to be rich and honorable?"

"Something outside of you, of course."

"What about love?"

"Love? Love and money are not one category. ”

"If you want me to say, money is something outside the body, and it is not brought to life or death. Love, on the other hand, is something in the heart. Shui Hong stared at Zhou You's eyes and said. In fact, everyone came into the world with the love that their mother gave him; Alive, loved; Lived, loved; not to love to live, but to live for love; When a person leaves this world, he must also take away the love that he still keeps in his heart until death. Therefore, love is a thing in the heart, a wealth that truly belongs to oneself, which is brought by birth and taken away by death. If I miss you, what's the use of what I want outside of my body? ”

Zhou You suddenly hugged Shui Hong in his arms, and said with understanding:

“…… Born to bring, dead to bring. But no, you can't take away paintings, only love can be taken away. "Zhou You's long kiss is almost making Shui Hong so breathless that he can't breathe." My innate love is probably what it brings to you; In the future, when I leave, perhaps the only thing I can take with me is your love. ”

Zhou You finally let go of Shui Hong, shouted with wide eyes. "However, I still want to earn you a big house that you can't take away! I must make your life better than in Suzhou. ”

"Don't forget, I'll be your mannequin, and you will earn half of the income from selling paintings."

"In the future, I will only take care of painting, and the housekeeping will be handed over to you."

"I don't like to manage money, but in order to help you control those girlfriends, I have to worry about it." Shui Hong said, took out two photos of women from the pile of miscellaneous items, and exclaimed: "Yo, your lover is so beautiful, it seems that I really have to be careful!" ”

Zhou You pointed to the two photos and said: "This is Miss Shen, don't worry, she has already married to the United States, and now she is a rich woman, and she will not come back often." This is Shu Li, who left me last year and went to the south to break into the world, I heard that there is a boss Xin next to him, and he has also set up a company, and he is doing a good job. ”

Shui Hong seems to be more interested in Shu Li. She looked at a swimsuit photo of Shu Li by the water and said: "This Shu Li, her lips are so sexy, her body is slender and plump, she looks quite individual?" ”

"Shu Li is quite individual, otherwise how could I have loved her for so many years. It's a pity that although she loves me, she loves money even more; As for me, although I love her, I love painting even more; Neither of us is the whole life of the other, just the relatively stable one of the lovers. Now this little bit of love has long been broken, if you want to be a person, I am not the same thing as her. ”

"What if one day she wants to renew this relationship? Old friends always have feelings that they can't give up. Shui Hong quipped.

"So I asked you to get married to me as soon as possible, if you don't get it, your former girlfriend will come to pester me. Shu Li is not that person, one day on a whim, she came back from Shenzhen, don't you know her, type B blood, aggressive, the whole modern woman, amazing, I slept with her for the first time, it was not good, and I almost ravaged her. It's like a fire, where do I hide from her? ”

Shui Hong couldn't help but throw herself into Zhou You's arms and laughed. Laughing enough, he stroked Zhou You's hair and said, "Since this is the case, then I can't rush to register with you." I'd like to try and see if she can take you back from me. ”

Zhou You muttered and said, "Ah Ni can't take it away, does Shu Li still need to try?" ”

Shui Hong restrained her smile and said: "Okay, no kidding, I officially took over this family today, I want to tell you, this time, I brought a few years of living expenses and some of my own clothes and jewelry, and part of the property that the Wu family gave me at the time of the divorce is still in Suzhou, let Lao Wu keep it for me." We started from scratch. My life is actually very simple, no fashion, no jewelry, no fashionable furniture and appliances, with you, I don't seem to need anything. However, your current studio is too simple, and the only thing I want to add is a big house with a studio, so that you don't have to paint in that warehouse anymore, and I can't bear to let you feed the mosquitoes anymore. If...... If I let Lao Wu convert my share of property into cash, we will soon be able to buy an apartment. ”

Zhou You hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't, don't, you must not touch the property that the Wu family gave you." I took you away from Lao Wu, and then asked for his property, people really think that I went for the Wu family's property, then I can't tell clearly, I have become a pseudo-modern me? ”

"But as soon as the divorce agreement came into effect, the property was already in my name and was my property."

"You don't want me!" Zhou You suddenly blushed and shouted loudly. "You can keep your money for yourself, it's pre-marital property, and I won't touch a penny! I'm going to make a big house for you, I'm up to you! If you do buy a house, then you can live on your own! ”

Shui Hong didn't expect Zhou You to be really angry, and felt a little funny in his heart, so he put his arms around his neck, pushed him and said softly: "Ah, you are quite machismo." Well, I'll give you two years, and if you can't earn money for an apartment by then, then I'll exercise my power as a housewife. Okay? ”

"Two years? Too...... It's too short, let's give it another grace year. "Zhou You's eyebrows just turned from worry to joy, and suddenly it was sunny and cloudy." Alas, when it comes to making money, it really annoys me, and all the feelings and colors in my head are gone, and I am blank. My dear, during the honeymoon, can you not talk about family affairs, but only talk about love. ”

"It seems that you are a good lover, but you can't be a good husband. Your former girlfriends probably saw you through. Shui Hong said thoughtfully. I don't want to write any art history, let's learn to be your agent first. It's not that your paintings don't sell well, but that you don't have a competent person to put them up for you. A truly excellent painting should reflect its value through its price, so that non-commercial and non-mass consumption artworks can also enter a virtuous circle by painting and painting......"

"What do you say? You are a broker for me? Zhou You shook his head again and again. If you go to the business world to show your face, within three months, the translucent skin will let the stench of the art world smoke into sauce meat. I can't bear it. And people are more interested in you than in my paintings. On the contrary, my paintings have been left out in the cold, not successful, not successful. Besides, the book you want to write is much more interesting than being an agent. ”

Shui Hong also felt a little embarrassed for a while, so she didn't say any more. There was a sudden silence in the room.

They don't want to be enslaved by money, Shui Hong only hopes that Zhou You can have a better painting environment. But without money, it is impossible to improve working conditions, and without improving working conditions, it is difficult to produce more and better results – and this initial discussion after the start of a new life is over.

Shui Hong stuffed a net pocket into Zhou You's hand, and said with a smile: "Go buy a live fish, I'll make you steamed oil and drizzle fish to eat at noon, how about it?" ”

"Hairtail, carp or croaker?"

"It's silver carp, don't buy silver carp."

"Got it, Beijing calls it 'fat head', fat head fish, right?"