The sea of flowers in Lannan County has not been done for a long time, but in the vicinity, it has been extremely prestigious, and the sons and ladies of distant wealthy families with wide access also know it.

Yes, seeing that there is going to be a war, there are also people who are indispensable to play.

Wan Chaoyun remembered a poem, the merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river.

It can be seen that not only businesswomen do not know the hatred of the country, but also many wealthy sons do not have the heart to go to the battlefield to protect their families and defend the country.

"Be careful." Chen Qian walked in front and carefully told Wan Chaoyun behind him, and turned around to help her after going down the steps, "It's lively here." ”

Wan Chaoyun helped his men down the high steps and came to the riverbank with a lot of people, which is the concentration area of shops and vendors in the scenic spot.

"Sure enough, there are painters who paint." Wan Chaoyun was quite surprised, she thought it was bragging.

Hearing her voice, the woman in charge of soliciting customers stepped forward and saluted, with a smile on her face: "Girl, you must have just arrived, but you want to bring a painter to paint with you?" Let's Lannan County, good mountains and rivers, we must make two paintings as a souvenir when we come, so as to live up to this trip, especially our women, there are few opportunities to go out to play on weekdays. ”

The words are good, most of the people who are willing to bring the painter with them are noble ladies and rich ladies, in this era, women do not go out of the door, and they are finally allowed to go out to play, and they should indeed paint as a souvenir.

She looked up at Chen Qian, Chen Qian himself was able to paint for her, and if he invited someone else, he was afraid that he would be unhappy.

Without waiting for refusal, Chen Qian answered first, "Please have the best painting skills." ”

"Sir, don't worry, our painters here are very professional, and the prices are reasonable, sir, girl, please, let's go and choose the painter first." The woman got the deal, and the smile in her eyes was much more sincere.

Wan Chaoyun was really curious about where so many painters came from, so he immediately followed, followed the woman to a shop selling paintings, and went up to the second floor, "Sir, girl, drink tea first." ”

The woman was very numb, and after serving the tea, she beckoned the two painters, who did not speak, only bowed their hands, neither humble nor arrogant, and did not show any flattery, which made Chen Qian very satisfied.

"Sir, girl, this is the painter Jiang Yu, this is the painter Peng Yi, both of them studied under the Wuxu Commercial Bank Deaf Academy, but the two of you can rest assured, as long as you don't talk to the two of them, they know what you say, and they can communicate."

The woman was worried that Wan Chaoyun and the two would dislike the painter, so she said to the painter, "Say hello to the two nobles." ”

The two of them had learned lip language, and as soon as she finished speaking, she bowed again, "Sir, girl, please give your orders." ”

Chen Qian chuckled, with a proud look on his face, he was very proud, but in just a few years, the people of the Deaf and Dumb Academy were able to be self-reliant, all of which was due to her.

Wan Chaoyun was not proud when she heard this, but she was a little surprised, she had not been in charge of the business for many years, her grandfather was in charge, I didn't expect him to arrange it so reasonably, it seems that her grandfather is very suitable to be in charge of the business house.

"Well said." She nodded.

"Girl, sir, I wonder which of you two has a crush?" The woman asked.

"Take them all with you, feel free to paint, we're going to stay here for a while, I wonder how much silver will it cost to invite the two of them?" Chen Qian took pity on them because they were physically disabled, and they couldn't bear to make a choice, and they couldn't spend much money left and right.

This was a good thing, but when the woman heard this, she frowned and said, "Sir, the little woman knows that you are not short of silver, but we have a painter here...... A group of people can only choose one artist. ”

Chen Qian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "That's it, you choose." Zhang Kou threw the choice to Wan Chaoyun.

Wan Chaoyun pouted, she sometimes has a phobia of choice.

The woman saw that she had a difficult choice, so she continued to introduce, "Jiang Yu is the most expressive in painting children, Peng Yi is the most moving in painting women, girl, why don't you choose Peng Yi?" ”

"Okay." Wan Chaoyun nodded, this is in line, it is indeed very important.

Peng Yi was very young, looking seventeen or eighteen years old, and when he saw Wan Chaoyun choosing him, he immediately saluted and said, "I am willing to serve the girl and the gentleman." ”

"Sir, girl, I don't know how many days to invite?" The woman began to count the silver, "Here we are, ten taels a day, two paintings a day. ”

Ten taels is really expensive, in the past, the catch in Nannan County was fast, and it was only a dozen taels of silver a year, but here you invite a painter, ten taels a day!

"Ten days." Chen Qian took out a hundred taels of silver tickets from his arms and handed them over.

The woman has been on an errand here for a day or two, and she has seen a lot of rich and noble people spending money, and her complexion has not changed, and she skillfully took out a pen and paper to write a note, "Collect your silver ticket of one hundred taels of Yitong Bank, and ask the painter Peng Yi for ten days." ”

After writing the note, he handed it to Chen Qian, and then advised: "Sir, Peng Yi suffers from ear disease, don't turn your back to him when you talk to him." ”

"Okay." Chen Qian collected the notes and led Wan Chaoyun's men downstairs, the woman looked at it as if she didn't see it, she has seen a lot of this kind of thing, many wealthy sons will bring confidantes, or concubines to play, but there are few decent ladies.

She regards Wan Chaoyun as Chen Qian's confidante, and the confidants of literati and rich sons are generally Hongchen women, the kind of people who sell themselves but not their arts, at the moment, there is a word to summarize this behavior - vassal elegance.

However, what she didn't know was that the girl in front of her was the owner of their firm.

The painter Peng Yi followed behind and brought two children with him to help him grind ink and lay paper.

When he came to the street, Wan Chaoyun soon saw that there was an experience shop making cakes not far away, and many ladies were making cakes in it.

After walking for a while, I saw someone in front of me playing acrobatics, applauding, Wan Chaoyun squeezed into the crowd, but found that the performance had ended, the girl who struck the gong was collecting cash, and the people who watched the play were all rich people who came to play, and they were very generous, and some people were not satisfied, shouting: "Carving insect skills, embarrassed to collect cash?" ”

"Carving insect skills, let the son smile, you are happy, give some reward, if you are not happy, we will continue to work hard, you will give it the same next time." The girl who collected the cash smiled, and said that she was not embarrassed, and the boy was not good at shouting, but the silver was not given in the end.

When she came to Wan Chaoyun, the girl said politely: "This noble man just came, he didn't watch our performance, and he won't charge you any money, girl, we will perform here every day at noon, if you are not in a hurry to leave, remember to come and see." ”

Wan Chaoyun: "......" is amazing, I know that she just came, be careful!

It seems that he has no ability, and he is not even qualified to walk the rivers and lakes.

At the end of the performance, the crowd dispersed, Wan Chaoyun and Chen Qian continued to walk forward, and after walking for a short time, they saw a clay figure shop in front of them, and many children were playing with clay figures, "Sir, clay figures." ”

"Want to play?" Chen Qian asked dotingly.

To be honest, Wan Chaoyun wants to play, but I'm sorry, I can't let go of my body, after all, I'm not a real girl.

However, there is such a thing as childlike innocence from time to time.

Seeing that she pursed her lips and was silent, Chen Qian understood, took out the silver and walked into the shop, "Sir, are you going to pinch the clay figurine?" Ask the master to teach 200 wen, don't ask 50 wen. ”

"Ask for a master." Chen Qian threw away a tael of silver.

"Okay." Xiao Er gave him change and brought an old woman over, the old woman looked in her sixties, her face was wrinkled, but her eyes were very energetic, it seemed that she was living a good life, although she was not very rich and expensive, at least she was happy with food and clothing.

"Xiao Chaoyun." Chen Qian beckoned, and politely saluted the old woman, "There is an old man." ”

The old woman looked at Wan Chaoyun a few times, first surprised, and then sighed in her heart, what a sweet girl, she has been here on an errand for half a year, and she has seen many beauties, each of those beauties is as beautiful as a flower, and she is so good-looking, but none of them are as sweet as the one in front of her, it really looks like honey.

"Please, girl." She made a gesture of inviting Wan Chaoyun to a small courtyard surrounded by bamboo strips, the small courtyard was not large, about the same area as the private room of the restaurant, and various tools and some mud and clay were placed in it.

Wan Chaoyun sat down with Chen Qian, Yu Shan and others were next to him, while Peng Yi called Xiao Tong to set up a case and began to paint.

The old woman's skills are average, and she can only teach some simple ones, not so much preaching, but it is better to have fun, but after all, it is cheap, and the requirements cannot be too high.

"Sir, I'll pinch you." Wan Chaoyun rubbed his hands.

Chen Qian smiled, "Is it like pinching?" ”

"Look down on me, you wait." Wan Chaoyun is quite confident, when she used to make cakes, she had done more complicated ones, and it was easy to pinch a clay figure.

Chen Qian also took some clay and humbly asked for advice, although the old woman's skills were average, the foundation was solid, and she was also very serious about teaching.

As soon as the mud ball was reconciled, Chu Muyang arrived, and after he entered the courtyard, he surrendered his hand and pleaded guilty, "It's too late, and I ask Gong Chen to forgive me." ”

"Sit." Chen Qian said tolerantly.

Originally, I made an appointment to accompany Wan Chaoyun to the market today, and there were more people, so as not to hide people's eyes and ears, so as not to let Wan Chaoyun be chewed on the root of his tongue, but he didn't expect to go out, but there was a delay, so he was late.

came with Chu Muyang, as well as several local ladies and wives, all of whom Chu Muyang personally went to the county government to find Wen Jihua, Wen Jihua was shocked when he learned that his niece was playing in Lannan County, and then arranged for someone to play with him.

After Chu Muyang sat down, Wan Chaoyun glanced outside the courtyard a few times, but didn't see Wen Jihua's figure, so he asked curiously, "Where is my uncle?" ”

"Lord Zhou from Hexian County and Lord Song from the Tizhi Division are here, the three adults have something to discuss, and Lord Wen has no time to separate, let Ben tell Miss Wan that you must have fun." Chu Muyang replied very politely, although he was born in the Protector General's Mansion, he didn't dare to take Qiao, for fear of upsetting Chen Qian, Liu Sheng told him before he led the troops to start out, this soft and sweet girl was the future Mrs. Chen.

Uncle didn't come, Wan Chaoyun put down his heart, and breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't come, he didn't come.

Chu Muyang saw her relieved look, she was really cute, and couldn't help but smile, it turned out that Chen Gong liked such a woman, cute, not rigid.

"Come in." Chu Muyang said to the ladies and women who stood outside the courtyard and didn't dare to come in, they were all from Lannan County, and they were the family members of the more famous people in the local area, but no matter how famous they were, they didn't dare to really treat Wan Chaoyun as a friend, after all, she was not only the niece of the county master's family, but also a distinguished guest who the general also had to be courteous.

"The yard is small, we just need to be outside, the general doesn't need to be polite." One of the women waved her hand.

Chu Muyang was not reluctant, they were just trying to hide their eyes and ears today, and they didn't force themselves to play with Wan Chaoyun, besides, if they really played with Wan Chaoyun, Chen Qian should be unhappy.

"Pinch one?" Chen Qian handed Chu Muyang a mud ball, "It's quite interesting." ”

Chu Muyang has received a good education, poetry, songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, proficient in everything, it can be said that he is one of the Confucian generals of Daxing, who took over the mud ball and began to pinch.

The old woman wanted to teach, but found that there was no interjection at all, Wan Chaoyun and Chu Muyang were like no teachers, pinching portraits, coloring, orderly, and pinching quite similarly.

After working for almost an hour, the three of them made a satisfactory clay figure, "Sir, is it like you?" Wan Chaoyun handed the clay figure to Chen Qian like a treasure.

Chen Qian and Chu Muyang looked at the clay figure at the same time, Chen Qian nodded, and said dotingly: "A mold comes out of the like." ”

Chu Muyang: "......" Chen Gong has no principles to this point? It's just two points like that!

"What have you done, sir?" Wan Chaoyun looked over and found that Chen Qian pinched a peach, the color was as good as a real peach, far away, and it was impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.

"I'll send you." Chen Qian sent the peach to her, "I haven't pinched the clay figure, I didn't pinch it well, I thought it would be easier to pinch a peach and send it to you." ”

"Thank you, sir, I like it very much, but I don't know how long it will last." She looked at the old woman inquiringly, and the old woman hurriedly said: "Girl, this clay figure needs to be dried in our shop, and after three days, it needs to be carefully polished before it can be stored for a long time." ”

The old woman said, "Girl, sir, please give the clay figurine to the old woman, and in four days, send someone to pick it up." ”

It turned out that they had to be so particular about making clay figurines, but fortunately they were not in a hurry, so they put the clay figurines on the tray, and the old woman called the little two who could write to write the words to prove that the clay figurines belonged to the three of them.

Coming out of the courtyard, Peng Yi had already painted a picture, brought it to Wan Chaoyun and said, "Girl, please take a look." ”

Wan Chaoyun and Chen Qian glanced at each other, and the two of them looked at the painting carefully, there was a small courtyard in the painting, there were tools for kneading clay figures, there were clay figures, and the two people sitting opposite each other, there was no one else, including the old woman who was no longer in the painting.

The people in the painting can only see two side faces, but even the side faces are very similar, especially Wan Chaoyun, the soft sweetness is more profound, as if it is about to overflow.

Sure enough, she is good at portraying women, vividly!

"How can you draw more than ten taels with such a painting skill?" Wan Chaoyun praised.

"Thank you for the compliment, the girl is satisfied." Peng Yi is also quite happy, he suffers from ear disease, if there is no deaf and dumb academy, I am afraid that he will not be able to eat and wear, although his painting skills are superb, but he is not as high as those sour literati, and he will not feel ashamed to sell paintings for money.

In fact, as long as it is not stealing or robbing, the silver obtained by real skills, whether it is selling paintings or words, should not be discriminated against, nor is it a shameful thing.

"It seems to be food in front, let's go take a look." A fragrant smell of barbecue came with the wind, and Wan Chaoyun was hungry in an instant.

"When I came, Lord Wen told me that there is a roasted whole sheep on this street, which is very authentic, why don't you go and try it?" Chu Muyang said.

Wan Chaoyun just nodded, and before he could speak, he listened: "Lord Chen? It's really Lord Chen, Shuxiao has seen Lord Chen. ”

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