It was another weekend with fine weather, and Xie Yan also saved several scrolls of his proud paintings, but he was born rich and noble, and he had never been in charge of a cheap business, so he couldn't frame the scrolls, so he could only gently roll up the canvas and came to the largest antique market in the city with Hagi Niang, that is, the place where art transactions include calligraphy and painting, Shanghai City God Temple.

Because the two of them came to modern times inexplicably, so Xie Yan's family can not use those rare seals, only his purse has a Xie An engraved play, in his childhood gave him the idle chapter, the small jade seal engraved with "Shu Shi Lan Xi for Fang" several seal words, from Qu Yuan's resignation, barely and the Xie family's "Zhilan Yushu" name can be compatible, so Xie Yan's paintings are signed with this chapter.

The matter of the payment is still "no learning and no skill" Hagi Niang reminded him that the painter of the two Jin Dynasty periods is a profession that does not enter the stream, if the family painting is not named, even if the name is left in the corner of the fence secretly write his alias, never want to write his real name. Therefore, the characters and landscapes painted by Xie Yan are only paintings, and there is no payment, which looks very refreshing and clean, but I always feel that something is missing.

Hagi Niang told him that modern paintings have to be paid, and if you don't pay for it, people won't know your name, which is a waste, and maybe there will be that scoundrel villain who will drop his own money on your blank painting.

Xie Yan was speechless, and could only reluctantly follow Haginiang's instructions, leaving his own word "瑗度" in a conspicuous place, only to feel uncomfortable and disobedient. As for Hagi Niang's suggestion to write a few more lines of poetry and other suggestions, he can only forgive him for being really difficult to obey.

Hagi Niang didn't force him, anyway, she didn't ask him to sell this painting for a few dollars.

The two of them came to the street market of the City God Temple, and walked in front of a shop that looked bustling with people.

The shopkeeper came up to greet him very warmly, "What are you two buying?" I just don't buy it, it's good to take a look, everything in my store is a boutique ......"

Seeing that he was about to start babbling about to introduce him, Hagi Niang hurriedly asked him to stop, and said honestly: "We're not here to buy things......"

The boss's face immediately changed, and he said angrily: "If you don't buy something, will you come to tease me?" He had completely forgotten what he had just said.

Hagi continued: "We have a few paintings for sale here......"

The boss's face showed a flattering look again, and he asked: "Tell me earlier, come on, serve tea to the guests, what era is your painting ......?" ”

Hagi Niang said embarrassedly: "The ...... I just painted"

Before he finished speaking, the boss's face changed again, and he said unhappily: "I'm an antique shop, not a gallery, you can go to the alley to find those calligraphy and painting shops in the alley." After speaking, he looked like he was sending off the guests.

When the two heard that they would not accept new paintings, they could only go out in a gloomy manner and walk towards the depths of the alley he said.

Xie Yan was very speechless, and said: "Hagi Niang, it is said that businessmen are the most lowly, and they really step on the low and praise the high, and their faces are changeable several times, which is simply breathtaking. ”

Hagi Niang thought to herself, this is nature, in today's fast-paced era, businessmen are mercenary, and naturally they will not talk to useless people in vain.

However, she still smiled and explained to Xie Yan: "Now is the era of peace and prosperity, and I don't suppress business, so don't say anything like 'businessmen are low', most of the people in the entire City God Temple are businessmen, and a mouthful of saliva will spray you to death." ”

Xie Yan nodded from the goodness, and the two came to a store called "Sanhuai Bookstore", only to see that there were long scrolls hanging inside and outside the store, all of which were classical Chinese paintings, which looked quite elegant, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and entered the store together.

There is no one else in the store except the boss, and the business is very light, but the boss doesn't mind, and sits alone and tastes tea very calmly, with a few pieces of ink next to him, as if he is playing.

Xie Yan liked the low-key layout of the store at a glance, and saw that the boss did not have the mercenary habit of the businessman just now, so he unconsciously showed a satisfied smile.

The boss also found the two of them at this time, and he didn't stand up to greet this rare guest, but said gently: "Watching chess is silent, watching paintings is also silent, and please two of you are at your own convenience, if you like it, call me again." ”

Hagi Niang had the experience of failure last time, and didn't directly say anything like "we're not here to buy paintings", but asked euphemistically: "Boss, do you still accept paintings?" ”

Only then did the boss notice the silk silk in Xie Yan's hand, which seemed to be a picture scroll, so he nodded casually and said: "It is collected, but it is not all paintings, and it is also necessary to have a few paintings to match the name of my Wang's Sanhuai Library." ”

Wang's? Langya Wang's family? Taiyuan Wang's? A few question marks appeared in Xie Yan's mind, but he was very polite and would never talk to anyone, so he didn't say his doubts, but just handed over the scroll in his hand with a smile.

The shopkeeper was a man in his fifties, and his sparse beard seemed to be deliberately grown, not plump, but a little funny, but fortunately, his facial features were upright, his eyes were calm, and they were not too abrupt.

At this time, he was finally willing to stand up, took the painting with one hand and slowly unfolded it, glanced at it and looked up in surprise, but he was even more surprised to find Xie Yan's handsome and peerless appearance, he opened his mouth and asked, "You painted this painting?" Dare to ask you Gui Geng? ”

The owner of this shop is very funny, Hagi Niang deliberately interjected: "The hero doesn't ask the source, you just say that this painting is okay?" Is it qualified to be sold with you? ”

The boss nodded hurriedly, rummaged for a long time on the messy Duobao Pavilion behind him, took out a business card of his own, handed it to Xie Yan with both hands, and said politely: "In the future, the little brother will still have paintings, and he must use them to give the old man his palm, even if he doesn't sell it in the old man, it doesn't matter, and it is a blessing to be able to open his eyes." He looked down again at the scrolls, and when he saw the subtleties, he could not help rubbing them lightly with his fingers, and then looked down to smell the scent of the ink, as if to confirm that the paintings were really new and not really ancient. In the end, he sighed sneeringly: "I didn't expect that Lao Yubai had lived for half his life, and it was really ashamed to meet someone who could really paint the legacy of the Wei and Jin dynasties at this time." ”

Hagi Niang thought to herself, it is really a legacy of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the man in front of you is still a person from the Wei and Jin dynasties.

The boss stared at the payment again and asked, "Is '瑗度' your pen name or an alias?" May I also ask your surname, can you give a card to the elderly? ”

Xie Yan was not as narrow as Hagi Niang, he smiled with both hands: "The surname is Xie under the name, the name is Yan, and the degree is under the word." But he shook his head and said, "I haven't had the 'business card' you said yet, so please forgive me for not being able to give it to you." ”

Although most people don't have this habit, there are also many literati in modern times who are vassals and elegant, and it is not a particularly strange thing to choose a word for themselves, but Xie Yan said this, it seems very natural, elegant and elegant, and there is no sense of anything unusual.

He was already born beautiful, and his gentle smile at this time made people feel like a spring breeze, and the shopkeeper couldn't help but be overwhelmed by his demeanor, and stammered: "Under the surname Wang, his name is President Wang, how old are you, just call me Boss Wang." Although he was not very used to it, he still couldn't help but learn from Xie Yan to treat him, and the two were very polite to each other.

Hagi Niang was lively by nature, and when she saw that the two of them had not finished seeing Lilly, she asked the boss directly: "Boss Wang, you haven't said how to receive this painting, how to mark this price?" And, if it is sold, how are we going to divide the money? ”

Boss Wang came back to his senses and slightly recovered the true character of some businessmen, he said without thinking: "This price is naturally set by you at a reserve price, if it is sold, it stands to reason that we should be three or seven or four or six open, but your painting is really excellent, and I don't want to lose such an excellent painter as you, so I will let you give you a penny, and you can divide the account by twenty-eight." His beard was wrinkled, and he looked very distressed, which was funny, but they were both so touched that no one laughed at him.

"However, if I sell for a higher price than yours, I will pocket the extra money, then I'm sorry...... Hehe. The boss honestly added unceremoniously.

Xie Yan smiled: "In this case, you can just look at the price and sell it, we also paint to sell it on a casual basis, and we don't particularly care about these." ”

As soon as his words came out, Hagi Niang was depressed, you are a humble gentleman, you really don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are, if he sells a pair for two or three hundred for you, I am afraid that the capital to buy silk and pen and ink will not come back.

Since she was out of the house, Haginiang naturally would not refute Xie Yan's words, so she was just anxious and did not speak.

The boss was flattered and said movingly: "Since the little brother is so relieved of me, I will naturally not sell your painting indiscriminately, and I will not sell it until a good buyer, so you can rest assured." But you should leave me a call, and I'll let you know when the time comes. ”

Xie Yan didn't have a phone yet, Hagi Niang hurriedly left his mobile phone to him, and said goodbye to him with Xie Yan.

She said to Xie Yan unhappily: "Why did you let that boss mess around, you worked so hard to paint, if he made a random price, or actually sold it at a high price but said it was a low price to you, we don't know." ”

Xie Yan shook his head and said: "I don't think this person's heart is mercenary, he has the style of my dynasty, and he won't act like you said." ”

Can the good or bad of a person be seen with the eyes? What's more, it's just this side of the relationship.

Hagi Niang was angry and funny, and said to him narrowly: "Then let's wait and see if he is such a good person as you say." ”