The next day, the sky was fine. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The heavy snowfall that lasted for several days finally stopped today.

Chen Yuan opened the grille door of the living room, and what came into his eyes was a world covered in silver, with thick snow in the long and narrow alleys, and occasional deep and shallow footprints extending into the distance; On either side of the row of walls is a thick layer of snow, like two white lace trims that dot the skirt; The tiled roof between the eaves is thick with snow, and with the curling smoke, it looks quiet and remote; Even the telephone poles are covered with a thick layer of snow, which quietly hides the nests of the wild geese flying south.

Chen Yuan happily pulled Fang Shaoyou out of the door, chatting with him without a word about where to go at the first stop of this trip.

There were a lot of things they wanted to buy, so the two discussed and finally decided to go to Beihai before, and now, about to touch the most prosperous place in the future - Wangfujing Street.

Wangfujing starts from Chang'an Street in the south, reaches the National Art Museum in the north, with a total length of 1,600 meters, is the most famous commercial street in Beihai, on this street, daily necessities, hardware and electrical materials, clothing, shoes and hats, jewelry, diamonds, gold and silver jewelry, etc., as early as the beginning of its establishment, it is known as the land of "daily gold".

Since they plan to buy all the New Year's goods in one day, they can only go here.

It was the first sunny day after heavy snowfall, so there were more pedestrians on the street than usual. As soon as the two of them reached the mouth of the alley, they saw a small stall tightly surrounded by passers-by.

Chen Yuan took a closer look, this small stall is composed of a bamboo shelf and a simple workbench, on the workbench is placed an antique inkstone, there is a little fat man who wraps himself tightly, looks like about seven or eight years old is grinding the ink, probably because the weather is cold, the freshly ground ink will soon freeze, so the little fat man's head is also a dense layer of sweat beads.

And beside this fat baby, there is an old man, with a white beard and long hair, energetically holding a brush and writing Spring Festival couplets on a piece of cut red paper.

The old man's movements were very fast, and the wolf wielded between the inkstone and the gold dust in his hand like a dragonfly dotting water, and then between his breaths, several vigorous and powerful characters with both square and round characters appeared on the red paper.

On the shelf on the side of the old man, is the Spring Festival couplets he wrote before, every time he writes a pair, the old man will hang it on the bamboo frame to dry, and passers-by will put the money in the tin can next to the shelf, and then happily pick up a pair and take it home.

Compared with the products in the store that have been moved from the assembly line in batches, the Spring Festival couplets in the hands of the old man are undoubtedly more innovative and unique, and their excellent writing is more than the seemingly regular but rigid Spring Festival couplets in the store.

So for a while, it attracted the attention of many pedestrians, even if the Spring Festival couplets had been pasted at home, they couldn't help but want to buy another pair to enjoy it.

Chen Yuan stood in front of the bamboo shelf, looking at the works that the old man had completed, and at a glance, he found that several Spring Festival couplets on the shelf were not the same.

There is a joyful spring: the green bamboo is divided into three scenes, and the red plum is reporting the spring of ten thousand families. The horizontal batch is: Spring returns to the earth.

There are fortunes and treasures: Fuwang, wealth, prosperity, luck, winter to spring, Vientiane new. The horizontal batch is: celebrate the Spring Festival.

There are also witty and humorous: you should eat, you should drink, don't put things in your heart; Holding the bath, looking at the watch, comfortable for a second is a second. The horizontal batch is: people's hearts are happy.

And Fang Shaoyou was attracted by the inkstone in the hand of the fat baby, he was brought up by his grandfather when he was a child, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he also had some research on the four treasures of the study, so when he saw this inkstone, he couldn't help but look at it twice.

"Xiaoyoumo is interested in my inkstone?" The old man, who happened to finish writing a couplet, saw Fang Shaoyou getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but quip: "The old man is here to sell words today, but not to sell my four treasures of the study." ”

Fang Shaoyou realized that he was standing too close, and touched his head embarrassedly and smiled: "My grandfather also has such an identical inkstone, so he couldn't help but look at it twice." ”

"Oh?" When the old man heard Fang Shaoyou say this, he became interested and asked, "Do you know what kind of inkstone I have?" ”

"It should be the end inkstone of the four major inkstones."

"The kid is good, and he knows the four great inkstones." The old man narrowed his eyes and said, "Then do you know the four famous pits of Duanyan?" ”

"What do you always say, but Shuiyan, Kengziyan, Mazikeng and Songkeng?"

"Interesting, then tell me what kind of pit my inkstone is?"

"Your inkstone looks like a water rock, but it should actually be made of Xuande rock." Fang Shaoyou said without thinking about it.

The old man was really a little surprised this time, and said, "The boy has good eyesight! The old man's inkstone is indeed a purple Xuande Yanlan Pavilion inkstone! ”

Seeing the old man's surprised expression, Fang Shaoyou couldn't help but smile and said, "Old man, you said that your side is the Ziduan Xuande Yanlan Pavilion inkstone, but I don't think so." ”

"How?"

"With all due respect, nine times out of ten, your side is a fake."

The old man frowned, and his eyes became a little unkind when he looked at Fang Shaoyou, and he said, "Little friend, you can't just rely on your young age to open your mouth. ”

When I say that you use a fake, you will become a child......

Fang Shaoyou said: "Old man, since I dare to say that you are a fake, I must be sure." You want to listen to the evidence, yes, but if I'm right, can I take your pen and paper? ”

"What's the use of borrowing pen and paper?"

"Write a couplet for yourself."

"What do you mean, don't you look down on the old man's words?"

"That's not it, it's just that my own Spring Festival couplets are written by myself, and my grandfather has taught me this since I was a child."

When the old man heard this, his brows relaxed slightly, and his tone was still not good, "Then you can tell me a way!" ”

"Okay." Fang Shaoyou agreed, took the purple Xuande Yanlan Pavilion inkstone from the little baby's hand, and said: "Your inkstone is undoubtedly purple from the point of view of color, but looking at its inside, after frequent polishing and use, it is full of brick red. ”

As he spoke, Fang Shaoyou pointed to the inner edge of the inkstone, and sure enough, the edge was slightly reddened, and the old man's face changed slightly when he saw it.

Fang Shaoyou saw the old man's reaction in his eyes and continued: "This gradually deepening brick red should be caused by the gradual oxidation of the metal contained in the stone and the air contact, which is indeed a characteristic of the Duan inkstone, so some old Duan inkstones tend to be purple, which is also the origin of the purple end saying. ”

"But." Fang Shaoyou changed his words and said: "It is precisely because of this smear that your Fang Yan has exposed the characteristics that it is not Xuande Rock, the purple inkstone of Xuande Rock ......."

Fang Shaoyou wanted to continue, but the old man had heard enough, he made a stop gesture to Fang Shaoyou, and then said with a wry smile: "The future is terrifying, what you said is right, it is the old man who has lost his eyes." ”

At this time, the old man's big fat grandson muttered dissatisfiedly: "Don't let you buy a bargain, you have to buy it, and now it's a joke when it's seen by others." ”