The weather is hot, and the basket of dried tofu that Shen Tuantuan brought from home is only half out, and if he waits until tomorrow, he can't bear to squeeze it like this.

"I didn't listen to my father if I knew it, so I brought so much dried tofu." Shen Tuantuan was really sad, and after sending a pot to the mountain chief and Mr. Xu's house, there was still most of the basket of dried tofu left. Shen Tuantuan thinks that he is not a person who will come, although there are many small courtyards here, but I heard that there are many gentlemen who have not brought their families, and they eat and drink from the academy on weekdays. Therefore, Shen Tuantuan did not think about knocking on the door one by one.

Shen Tuantuan drowned some salty dried tofu, even if he ate a tofu banquet tonight, he wouldn't be able to use up so many dried tofu. Shen Tuantuan was stumped by so much food for the first time, "Otherwise, send another pot of dried tofu to the mountain chief and Mr. Xu's house?" ”

Shen Changzhi looked at Shen Tuantuan like a fool, "What are you, our dried tofu is in Jiangxia City, even if you have silver, you may not be able to buy it!" Didn't you see Mrs. Xu, and see your expression on the dried tofu in the wooden basin? That's a rarity. ”

It seems that this is indeed the case, and Mrs. Xu also specifically inquired about how to place this dried tofu so that it can be stored for a longer time.

Mr. Xu is a family of four, with two mothers-in-law and a scholar, who live in a large courtyard. Rao has a lot of Xu family, but he can't finish this dried tofu in a day. Therefore, Mrs. Xu specially inquired about how to store dried tofu.

Shen Changzhi really can't stand it, for half a basket of dried tofu, as for this! "Okay, when you go back, you can see the meal, see which one has cooking smoke, and it's not too late for you to send it."

"It's just like this, will it be sent here, and it's not good not to send that one?" Shen Tuantuan was entangled again, "Alas, it's really sad, there weren't so many things in the village before, but it's hard for me to come here now." ”

Old man Xiao fetched water from the well, sat under the porch and cooled his feet, listening to the Shen Tuantuan brothers and sisters muttering, and squinted his eyes with satisfaction. It wasn't until I had enough of watching the show that I said quietly, "Actually, you don't have to be so troublesome, anyway, our family is poor, and the mountain chief hasn't sent my salary yet, how can we think about sending money out!" It's not a good habit! ”

Shen Tuantuan couldn't help but roll his eyes at Old Man Xiao's "salary" when he opened his mouth and closed his mouth, "Uncle Xiao, you will be a serious Mr. Yuyin Academy in the future, and you will be paid when you open and close your mouth, tacky!" It's almost the same for a bundle. ”

Old man Xiao didn't want to listen, "If it weren't for the fact that Yu Yin Academy has a lot of books, I wouldn't want to come here!" On weekdays, even if the academy arranges my classes, not many people come to listen. ”

Shen Changzhi is the most clear about Old Man Xiao's ability, it has only been a few months, Shen Changzhi is improving at a speed that can be seen with the naked eye, and he always felt that the painting was wrong before, but with Old Man Xiao's guidance, his mouth suddenly opened. "Why is there no one to watch?"

Old man Xiao shook his head, Shen Changzhi is a disciple with good talent and a pure heart, otherwise he is willing to take him in if he is an old and sick old man. Old man Xiao has never accepted a disciple for so many years, although most of the reason is because he has not found a disciple who fits his eyes and heart, it is rare to see Shen Changzhi, who is pleasing to the eye, and is willing to devote himself to learning to paint, Old man Xiao will naturally not let go.

It's just that, because I have been in the square inch of Taohuazhuang since I was a child, I still see it a little smaller. Therefore, under various coincidences, Old Man Xiao still agreed to come to Yuyin Academy to be a teacher. Because there are all kinds of books in Yuyin Academy, even the ancestors have a lot of calligraphy and paintings, and there are many fakes. I can't learn to draw, and I can't even distinguish between fakes. This kind of thing that tests the strength of the eyesight still has to be studied over time.

"Yu Yin Academy is in the south in the end, and it is not as good as the academy on the outskirts of Beijing. Yunyin Academy is well-known because the academy has produced a lot of jinshi. Nowadays, there are also many students who are officials in the DPRK and China. As for calligraphy and painting, it is just a skill, and before there was a high school jinshi, there were several people who were willing to spend time learning to draw. For scholars, learning characters is just to have a good hand of characters during the scientific examination, so that those court officials who read the papers can see it at a glance. Moreover, there is a sentence, words are like people, how can those hypocritical readers let others see bad things from their handwriting! ”

Shen Chang knew that if he wanted to take the road of the imperial examination, I am afraid it would be like this. In fact, it costs a lot to learn to paint, paper is one thing, and color ink, and the price is even more expensive. Shen Changzhi now also doesn't use color ink to paint, and only when he wants to sell his paintings, will he use color ink to paint.

Even so, Shen Changzhi can only rely on the money from selling paintings to maintain his paintings.

Shen Tuantuan didn't bother at all, she was happy that his brother could walk out of Taohuazhuang and come to this famous academy in the Jokhang Kingdom to study, even if he didn't take the scientific exam, he could get to know a lot of people. When his brother was in Peach Blossom Village, he was too homely!

"No one follows Uncle Xiao to learn to paint, that's the best! Anyway, with the money of the academy, we live in the house of the academy, and we can paint every day, there is nothing better than this! ”

After Shen Tuantuan finished speaking, he suddenly became enlightened! "Yes, we're not here to please people, we have to think about whether others are happy or not. If you're not happy with it, let's go home! ”

"yes, I'm here to play anyway." Old man Xiao is a playful person, if he is allowed to stay in one place for a long time, it will be really difficult.

After Shen Tuantuan threw away his original ideological baggage, the whole person was a lot happier, "It's my magic barrier just now, and I always feel that we have just arrived, and we have to have a good relationship with people, so as not to be ugly." Now listening to Uncle Xiao, it is suddenly enlightened, and Uncle Xiao is not a valued Mr. of calligraphy and painting, and no one will come to notice our family. In this way, it takes a lot of effort to please people. ”

Shen Tuantuan jumped happily, walked to the basket where the dried tofu was placed, and picked up a pot of dried tofu, "Don't worry about the people next door, the one next door still has to have a good relationship, if you are a good one, maybe you can walk around in the future." ”

Shen Tuantuan walked out of the house happily, and didn't see the strange look on the old man Xiao who was soaking in cold water.

Shen Changzhi saw Old Man Xiao's reddened face, and knew that something was strange. "Is that family weird?" As he spoke, he was about to go outside, planning to chase Shen Tuantuan.

Old man Xiao hurriedly shouted to stop him, "What are you anxious about, I haven't finished talking yet!" ”

Shen Changzhi was almost at the door, "Tell me something quickly, this person is not familiar with the place, if there is a bad one in the family, Tuan Tuan will be wronged." ”

"Ning Nanxing!" Old man Xiao really had no choice, so he had to say that at the beginning, it was Ning Nanxing who brought Xin'er and asked him to choose a remote yard with a pond, if he didn't guess wrong, Ning's house was next door.

The yard in front of the Shen family is still idle, and the yard closest to their house is the family across a pond, so it should be the Ning family!

"Ning Nanxing? Are you saying that the person living next door is the Ning family? ”

Old man Xiao thought to himself, he had no discipline at all, and Ning Nanxing did everything possible to lure himself to Jiangxia City, and he also deliberately kindly prescribed medicine for himself, without taking a penny, as long as he accepted Shen Changzhi as a disciple, even if he couldn't become a disciple, he instructed Shen Changzhi for three years, and waited for Shen Changzhi to leave after three years.

Old man Xiao thinks that he is idle, he is also often tormented by illness, sometimes sober, sometimes unclear, vague, if Ning Nanxing can really cure his illness, let alone three years, it is the rest of his life, Old Man Xiao is also willing.

Ning Nanxing is still young, he still doesn't understand, Old Man Xiao has been arrogant all his life when he was young, if he is old, he can't clearly know what he has done, which makes him more uncomfortable than killing him. What's more, it's so hard to just teach a student.

It's just that after seeing Shen Changzhi, Old Man Xiao changed his mind, and originally made an appointment with Ning Nanxing for a month, and then brought Shen Changzhi's brothers and sisters to Yuyin Academy, so that Ning Nanxing could enhance their relationship nearby! It's just that later, when Old Man Xiao was sober, he found that Shen Changzhi was talented, and there were some unknown painting methods, and I don't know if it was Shen Changzhi who figured it out when he was bored, such as the lifelike three-dimensional painting method.

The word three-dimensional was taught to him by Shen Changzhi.

In short, for Old Man Xiao, without Ning Nanxing's arrangement, Old Man Xiao will arrange Shen Changzhi's next road to learn painting.

"Old man Xiao, you'd better make it clear to me. Ning Nanxing, what the hell is going on. ”

"You are my disciple, and you are also my only disciple, but in the future, you will give me a pension and send me to the end, can I still turn my elbow out?" Old man Xiao was controlled by others at the beginning, so he had to agree to Ning Nanxing's request, and now, Shen Tuantuan lives under the same roof with her, can Ning Nanxing still fly out of the palm of his hand? Unless Ning Nanxing sees something different, if this is really the case, Old Man Xiao can only hehe. How can the blood of that family be bad?

Shen Changzhi looked at Old Man Xiao and didn't speak, he had already inquired, Old Man Xiao was alone, childless and daughterless, he, as a disciple, naturally wanted to provide for his husband in his old age.

"You have to guard against some Ning Nanxing, this kid is not kind!"

Shen Changzhi frowned, but he didn't arbitrarily interrupt Old Man Xiao's words, it would not be untargeted. According to what Old Man Xiao said, Ning Nanxing seems to have a lot of moves! At the beginning, their family thought that the Ning family was going home, but they also came to the academy. I also tried my best to get them to the academy.

"Master, how do you say that?"

Shen Changzhi called Old Man Xiao Master for the first time, and Old Man Xiao's jaw trembled with excitement. "What a disciple! Since you call me Master, Tuan Tuan is also half of my apprentice, and my elbow will not turn out. Ning Nanxing, this kid, is probably Xiao Xiang's group! You want a united front with me, you can't let Ning Nanxing get Tuan Tuan for nothing! ”