Chapter 133: Sending Paintings
The two walked side by side on the street, and when they met something interesting and good-looking, they came up to take a look.
Although Lord Thorn Shi has lived in Meizhou City for four or five years, he rarely goes deep into the streets and alleys in such detail, and many novel gadgets cannot be named.
Xu Qinghe had no choice but to watch the excitement by himself while explaining to him softly. The two talked and laughed, and walked down the street one street after another with great interest.
But I see more, buy less.
Xu Yao always followed behind the two of them, looking at the woman who was chatting and laughing with Lord Shen with envy.
Fengyue Tea House is full of people coming and going, full of hustle and bustle.
Xu Qinghe was interested, and was preparing to listen to the drama with Lord Shi, when he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the painting stall at the mouth of the alley out of the corner of his eye, and after a pause, he changed direction.
Shen Ye's expression was faint, and he followed the woman to the painting stall.
The streets are crowded with pedestrians, and sometimes some people stop to watch for a moment, but no one buys them.
Xu Qinghe came to the stall, glanced at the drawing paper on the table, and asked with a smile: "How much does this painting cost?" β
Shen Ye stood next to her, silently looking at the landscape paintings on the table, but he had a lofty artistic conception.
Liu Chengxu put down the book in his hand, stood up, and bowed to the two with a polite and detached smile. Then he slowly replied: "One or two silver." β
Xu Qinghe glanced at the man beside him and asked softly, "Do you like this painting?" β
Shen Ye's indifferent eyes swept over the painter, fell on the woman's bright eyes, and said in a deep voice: "The artistic conception is good, and the painting skills are skillful." β
Xu Qinghe nodded approvingly, took out a tael of silver on himself, put it on the table, and said with a smile: "Liu Langjun should offer a higher price next time." I'm not going to spend ten taels of silver every timeβ"
Liu Chengxu smiled silently, carefully rolled up the painting, tied a thin string, and placed it on the table.
Xu Qinghe picked up the scroll and handed it to Lord Thorn Shi, his eyes were full of smiles, "Give it to your lord." β
Shen Ye looked at the woman's pretty smile, and his heart was soft. Stretched out his hand to take the scroll, and said softly, "Thank you, Qinghe." β
Liu Chengxu pretended to casually glance at the painting scroll in the man's hand, and his mood was a little uncomfortable, so he had to pretend to clean up the painting stall calmly.
Seeing this, Xu Qinghe asked, "Is Liu Langjun going home?" β
Liu Chengxu lowered his head to pack up his things, and replied in a muffled voice: "I sold the painting, so naturally I want to go back." β
Xu Qinghe said with a smile: "Thanks to the drawings provided by Liu Langjun, the Xu family's garment shop business has doubled. If Liu Langjun is willing to draw a few more, the salary can be renegotiated. β
Shen Ye stood silently on the side, listening to the two of them talk.
Liu Chengxu waved his hand and responded, "Miss Xu, I'm very sorry. Xiao Sheng really can't spare too much time to draw patterns, and ten is already the limit. β
"I'm just asking, forget if it's inconvenient. After all, Liu Langjun still has to sell books and paintings every day. Xu Qinghe understood him very well, but he was distressed and made a lot of money.
Liu Chengxu smiled slightly and continued to clean up the tables and chairs.
It was only at this time that Lord Thorn Shi spoke up and said to the woman: "Is Qinghe still going to listen to books?" β
Xu Qinghe smiled apologetically, immediately said goodbye to Liu Chengxu, and then walked towards the Fengyue Tea House with Lord Thorn Shi.
When the two of them were moving away, Liu Chengxu raised his head and looked at the back of the distance with an inexplicable expression.
The group entered the private room on the second floor, and Xiao Er neatly served tea and snacks.
Looking down from the wide window, it was right in front of the storyteller's desk.
The two of them sat by the window, listening leisurely to the gentleman's subdued tone.
Shen Ye sipped with a teacup with one hand, and rested his other hand on his lap relaxedly, unconsciously playing with the tassel at the bottom of the sachet.
Xu Qinghe listened to the familiar story for a while, and couldn't help but lack interest.
"What's wrong? Doesn't sound good? Shen Ye put down the teacup, saw the woman's eyebrows frowning slightly, and asked her gently.
Xu Qinghe sighed, "It's boring." The story of this talented lady has been told more than a thousand times. I'm really tired of hearing it. β
Shen Ye smiled, "Then you still brought me here?" β
Xu Qinghe said regretfully: "I thought that Mr. talked about Jin Ge Iron Horse today, thinking that you might like it, so I ...... it."
"It doesn't matter." Shen Ye looked at her and smiled: "Since you don't like to listen, let's talk about it ourselves." β
Xu Qinghe nodded, seeing that he looked leisurely, he asked with a smile, "Are you resting today?" Done with official business? β
The man's clear eyes looked at her and replied, "There is no end to official duties." I deliberately set aside a day to accompany you. β
When Xu Qinghe heard this, he scolded lightly: "What nonsense! Then he looked out the window, trying to avoid the man's burning gaze.
Shen Ye hooked his lips and smiled, remembering something, he smiled, and asked her seriously: "I am going to officially visit Ling Ci." Can Qinghe help me choose a date? β
Xu Qinghe was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said puzzledly: "Why do you want to come to see my mother?" β
Shen Ye replied very seriously: "I'm worried that my aunt doesn't know the friendship between you and me, and she will set you a family affair next to the door in the future." β
Xu Qinghe smiled, "Don't worry, my mother already knows and won't marry me privately." β
Shen Ye looked at her, with a slight smile on the corner of his lips, "How did Aunt know?" β
It's a stone's throw away, but I haven't seen each other for ten days and half a month, how did Mrs. Xu, who has lived in the boudoir for a long time, know?
"Didn't you reveal it yourself? Ask while knowing the answer. Xu Qinghe's moist eyes glanced at him with disgust.
Shen Ye heard this, carefully recalled what he had done, and suddenly smiled: "Didn't the calligraphy and painting I gave you be seen by my aunt?" β
Xu Qing snorted inaudibly. Naturally, I thought of the wooden box under the bed in the bedroom, and I was afraid that a lot of floating ash had fallen. Such explicit affection taught her how to dare to hang it on the wall.
Shen Ye looked at the tips of the woman's reddened ears and teased: "Why are you shy again?" The first time I sent a woman calligraphy and paintings, if there was anything inappropriate, I still wanted to be clear and lenient. β
Xu Qinghe also received a gift from a man for the first time, but he felt that the content was too explicit, and nothing else.
The story downstairs is at its climax, and the onlookers are holding their breath for fear of missing a sentence or two.
Xu Qinghe heard the sentence downstairs, "Take off the general's skirt, and the waist is ......", his face was red, he stood up suddenly, and said quickly to Lord Thorn Shi: "It's not early, let's go home!" β
Shen Ye's mind was on the woman, and when he saw her panicked and embarrassed appearance at this time, he was distracted and listened to a drama, and couldn't help laughing: "Didn't Qinghe listen to it many times?" β
Master Thorn Shi stood up slowly, dusted off the folds on his robe, and deliberately smoothed the tassels on the sachet around his waist before smiling at the woman, "Let's go." β
Xu Qinghe's eyes hurriedly swept over the man's waist, and then quickly walked out of the private room and ran straight out.
Shen Ye smiled slightly and followed behind the woman slowly.