It was one of the paintings stacked on the floor. At first, it was only exposed, but because the paper used in this painting is slightly yellowed and thick, unlike the others, although only a corner is exposed, I still pulled it out.

As a buyer of art, there is always a mentality that hidden in the corner is likely to be the best. Because the author thinks that he is more satisfied with the well-painted works, he always hopes to stay and is not willing to sell them at will, so he usually puts such paintings in an inconspicuous place and sells them when a buyer who really knows the goods comes. With this mentality in mind, I also noticed this painting.

When the painting was pulled out, we saw the contents of the painting, which was an old yurt, isolated in the vast steppe, and next to the yurt was a tall wooden pole with a variegated white horse tied to it. Buckets, rakes and other items are naturally scattered on the ground.

The height is close, two girls in Mongolian costumes, holding hands, and standing together with a somewhat shy expression, as if they are models for the first time. At the end of the grassland in the back of Jingli is a continuous mountain illuminated by the setting sun. In general, it is a pair of herdsman sisters, a quiet and peaceful life scene in the sunset. At this time, they are putting down the labor tools in their hands and modeling the painters.

The whole painting is very clear, just like a well-preserved old photo, and it is precisely because of the careful description of the details that the appearance of the two girls suddenly made me and Yanqiu look stupid.

The painting is no one else, Zhou Tongtong on the left, Jiang Li on the right, the two of them snuggled up and stood expressionlessly, staring at the reader outside the painting. But judging from the dress, dress, hairstyle, and hair accessories of the two people in the painting, it seems that they are not the two of them. Anyway, it's too similar, and those two faces make Yan Qiu's eyes firmly fixed on them.

Seeing that Yan Qiu and I were stunned, the big brother in the Northeast who sold the painting began to introduce the painting, he said: "You two have good eyesight, this painting is my most satisfactory work, you look at the color, and then look at the composition, if I don't meet someone who knows it, I will definitely not sell it." This painting of two beauties against the backdrop of beautiful scenery, you can take it home and hang it wherever you want. ”

I didn't have time to listen to his nonsense, so I grabbed him by the collar and asked, "Where did you draw this picture?" What year, month, and when? Did you imagine it? Or is it a physical object? ”

My move startled the big brother who sold the paintings, but in an instant he changed from surprise to anger, the size of the person is about the same as the fat brother, the big thick arm caught up with my calf, the arm went up, and I grabbed his collar hand to the side, and said angrily: "Do you have a brain bubble?" Buying a painting to excite a calf? Wu Xuanxuan, this is to rob? ”

Seeing that I had a conflict with someone, the fat brother ran over from a distance with Jiang Li, and when he went up, he pushed the painting seller and said, "Forced to buy and sell?" If you don't buy it, you don't buy it, what do you want to do? Don't look at your one-third of an acre, if you are in a hurry, we are also outlaws. ”

While talking, a lot of people came around, including tourists in our car to help preside over justice, and other onlookers, all of whom said that he was immoral in business.

The big man who sold the paintings was obviously misunderstood, he was so angry that he opened his mouth and pointed at me with his finger, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Yan Qiu hurriedly went over and grabbed the arm that the fat brother was about to beat, and then said to the fat brother: "You have misunderstood, it's not a matter of trading, don't be impulsive first." ”

At this time, my mood is complicated, if the person in the painting is really the face of Jiang Li and Zhou Tongtong, there are only two possibilities, first, this person is crooked, imaginary painting, and it happens to be similar to the appearance of the two. This is too nonsense, not to mention that Jiang Li and Zhou Tongtong are not public faces, even if they are, are they completely similar? And it's just two people at the same time?

Then there is only the second possibility, this person has seen Zhou Tongtong and Jiang Li, I usually can't see Zhou Tongtong, where did the painter see her? And in the two or three days when we met Jiang Li again, Jiang Li did not meet Zhou Tongtong.

I don't care if he has a deep memory of beautiful women and never forgets them. The point is that this person has followed us all the way from our house to here, and he arrived early, and met us again in the name of selling paintings, what is the purpose of the end? Even a fat brother who is a professional private investigator can't make such a careful plan, right? That would be beyond my thinking, there must be a powerful conspiracy behind this person to make the surveillance work so far.

The fat brother ignored Yanqiu, but looked at me and asked, "Zhanxiao, what's going on?" You said. ”

I didn't answer, and pointed to the painting on the ground for the fat brother to see.

When the fat brother saw it, he was completely stupid, and then he squatted down and looked at it carefully for a long time before he stood up again and asked the painting seller: "What's the matter with this painting?" ”

The man who sold the painting seemed to be asked, picked up the painting, and said to everyone aggrievedly: "I sold a painting, did I recruit you?" If you want to buy it, you can buy it, if you don't buy it, what are you grinding with me here? Is there something wrong with this painting? Let everyone see, what's wrong with this painting? ”

Without waiting for him to finish, I dragged Jiang Li behind the fat brother over.

When Jiang Li stood in front of that person, the painter was obviously more surprised than us, and sat on the ground with his ass, and said in his mouth: "This is a ghost, a ghost." ”

Jiang Li was eating the fried rice bought at the stall and asked curiously, "Who cheated?" Fat brother, you cheated on you just got married? ”

The fat brother said irritably, "What kind of mess? You look at the paintings. ”

Jiang Li noticed the painting in front of him, snatched it from the painter who was already stunned, and said happily: "Buy, buy, just buy this one, isn't this me?" Who's next to that? ”

The fat brother said: "That's Zhou Tongtong." ”

As soon as these words came out, the eldest brother who sold paintings was even more shocked, sat on the ground and asked, "You mean the other one is named Zhou Tongtong?" Also this person? ”

With an innocent expression, Jiang Li winked at the man and said, "That's right, didn't you say it's Zhou Tongtong?" Of course there is. ”

After Jiang Li finished speaking, he said again: "In this way, I don't need money for this painting, you take it and give it to you, okay?" ”

Seeing that the man had already shown weakness, and he must not be a vicious person, I calmed down and whispered: "You can't tell the origin of this painting, it must not work, what?" Do you want to hide it? ”

The big brother who sold the paintings quickly got up and raised his voice and said to us, "What do I have to hide? Didn't I steal anyone's eggs? If you want to ask anything, you ask, and I promise to sue you. ”

The fat guy asked, "When and where was this drawn?" Who is in the painting? What is the purpose? ”

The fat brother asked, and Jiang Li reacted and said, "Yes, I don't know Zhou Tongtong, how can you draw the two of us?" And also in Mongolian clothes? Then he turned to me and said, "But this painting is really beautiful, let's buy it." ”

The eldest brother who sold the painting cleared his throat and said: "I painted the other paintings, this one is really not my work, this is someone else's gift, the details are not clear here, why don't you come with me?" ”

This must be a common trick of the bad guys, trying to trick us into the background, and when there is no one around, a few more accomplices will come out and serve us to the pot.

I wasn't going to be fooled, so I squinted at him and said, "Don't play tricks on us, just say anything here." ”

The man stomped his foot, patted his chest and said to us, "I don't want to say it yet, why do you always treat others as bad people?" You go to the surrounding herdsmen to inquire, I Yun Da has been selling paintings here for almost ten years, when will I ask for an extra penny from tourists? Let's rely on our ability to eat, my stall is here, and the thunder can't move. Selling a painting is still a big face, I don't owe you anything. ”

Decade? If it was true that he had been selling paintings here for ten years, then he would definitely not have seen Zhou Tongtong and Jiang Li at the same time before we came here, and the age on this painting is exactly the same as the two girls, and it is not like the two of them many years ago. But it's impossible for him to deceive us about this, just find a local herdsman, and let Xiaoxue ask as soon as she translates? So I'm taking his word for now.

Then this painting is even more incredible, could it really be painted by someone else and given to him before we came? The identity of the person who sent the painting is worth scrutinizing, and you must get the person's appearance, gender, age, and surname from his mouth. What nationality? and other details.

I said to the three people next to me, "Follow him." Then he asked, "Where are we going?" ”

The painter ignored me, but quickly untied the rope hanging the painting between the wooden stakes, put away his own paintings, stacked them together and put them in the van behind him, closed the door, and looked at the painting in Jiang Li's hand again, before sighing and saying, "Let's go, go to me." ”

I asked, "Aren't you driving anymore?" ”

He said: "My car has long run out of gas, and I have been parked for several years, and the car and those two wooden stakes are what I use to occupy the stall." My place of stay is not far away, just in front. ”