I borrowed a basket from March's house and walked to the county seat, neither of them was a person who talked much, and they didn't say a word along the way.

When they arrived at the place where Zhou Kuiruo set up a stall on weekdays, the two had a conversation. "When you're done shopping, come here and find me." Chun Tao didn't know what Zhou Kuiruo meant, and she didn't dare to ask, so she had to respond.

Chun Tao bought rice noodles, some snacks, and some chicks. Even if the Zhou family doesn't have a field, they don't raise chickens and ducks in the yard or grow vegetables, all the food depends on purchasing, and with Zhou Kuiruo's little silver, how can life be better.

On both sides of the street are teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, workshops. There are also many small vendors with big umbrellas in the open spaces on both sides of the street, and Zhou Kuiruo's stall is not abrupt here, but Zhou Kuiruo's temperament is a little abrupt in this crowd.

Today, Zhou Kuiruo is wearing a washed white ink-colored straight robe, which makes him more calm and gentle. A gust of wind ruffled his broken hair, and he reached out to brush away the broken hair, as if sensing something, and turned his head to meet Chun Tao's peeking gaze.

In the vast sea of people, you saw me at a glance, and I saw you.

Chun Tao immediately lowered her head to avoid Zhou Kuiruo's eyes and slowly walked towards him. "I..." Chun Tao wanted to explain that she didn't mean to peek just now, but Zhou Kuiruo's expression was indifferent, as if nothing had happened just now, and there was still a formulaic smile on her face.

"Finished buying?" Chun Tao nodded, and found that Zhou Kuiruo lowered his head to paint, and couldn't see it, so he answered.

"Have you eaten lunch?"

"Nope." Chun Tao was attracted by Zhou Kuiruo's painting, and stood next to him and tilted her head to look.

"I've got a meat bun here, take it and eat it!" Zhou Kuiruo took out the buns left over from noon and handed them to Chun Tao, who was attracted by the painting and did not reach out to pick them up.

Zhou Kuiruo stretched out his hand for a long time, and found that Chun Tao didn't pick it up, and when he looked up, he found that her attention was on the painting, and he said: "I have seen your painting before, the craftsmanship is too heavy, and the aura is completely gone."

Although Chun Tao is not called everyone in landscape painting, but also a small achievement, today he is used by him 'too heavy craftsmanship, no aura. These eight words degraded her to nothingness and really hurt her self-esteem.

I don't know where I got the courage, so I said, "I'll make another one." Chun Tao lightly placed the basket on the ground and sat in the place that Zhou Kuiruo had given up.

The painting of Chun Tao is exactly what you saw in the depths of the forest that day, but the scene is not the real scene, just take its meaning. Draw it, and the theme is between the mountains and forests.

In ancient times, there were not many women who could read, and even fewer who painted, not to mention that there were even fewer who painted on the street. As soon as Chun Tao started to write, good people came around, and when the painting was finished, there were people all around.

Chun Tao got up and stood aside, letting Zhou Kuiruo comment, "Take a look." Chun Tao is expressionless most of the time, but at this time, she smiled slightly and revealed a sense of confidence.

Zhou Kuiruo looked at Chun Tao's painting carefully and didn't comment on it, moved her painting aside, picked up the new rice paper and began to paint.

After the painting, Zhou Kuiruo put the two paintings side by side. The scenery painted by Zhou Kuiruo is not much different from that of Chun Tao, but he added a few thatched houses at the foot of the mountain, next to the flowing water, which has a taste of independence from the world.

Definitely on purpose. Chun Tao looked at the two paintings, and she already had a thought in her heart. His own attainments are indeed inferior to Zhou Kuiruo, but he deliberately painted similar scenes, which is really...

Chun Tao secretly gritted her teeth, glanced at Zhou Kuiruo, pursed her lips and didn't speak.

She couldn't have misunderstood! Zhou Kuiruo felt as if he was a spring peach glaring, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"Wonderful! Brother Zhou's picture is wonderful between the similar and the unlike, the similar is flattering, and the unsimilar is bullying. Out of the crowd came a man in a blue robe and a square scarf. Walking around in front of the stall with a fan, I made this evaluation.

It means that my paintings are too similar, too kitsch! When Chun Tao heard this, she only felt that she was mocking herself, and glared at the man.

I didn't expect her to have such a side. Zhou Kuiruo saw Chun Tao's small movements, and the smile on his face deepened.

"There is a sense of tranquility and leisure, isn't this what Brother Zhou wants?" The man raised his eyebrows at Zhou Kuiruo, very frivolous.

"He Gongzi thinks too much."

It can be seen from the names that Zhou Kuiruo's attitude towards this He Gongzi is not friendly, but this He Gongzi seems to have a good impression of Zhou Kuiruo. Could it be...

Thinking of this, Chun Tao looked at the two of them carefully. Zhou Kuiruo's facial features are just delicate, not handsome, but his temperament is like an orchid, and he is also a handsome son. He Gongzi! Willow eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, if you look closely, the eyebrows are actually described. Although he is a man, he is more beautiful than a woman.

"But I think this girl is also a good drawing." He Gongzi noticed that Chun Tao was looking at him, and he threw a wink at Chun Tao. Chun Tao frowned and stopped looking at him.

"Brother Zhou is freehand, the girl is Xiao Xing. The girl's penmanship is beautiful and the colors are elegant; The woods are thick and faint, dense but not chaotic. It's true: beautiful! He Gongzi looked at Chun Tao when he said the last word, and Chun Tao and Zhou Kuiruo's faces changed.

This He Gongzi is definitely not praising the beauty of spring and peach, but praising the painting. Chun Tao understood, so her face was even worse.

And the reason why Zhou Kuiruo changed his face was that he felt that his woman was molested by a man on the street.

"I also think this boy is right, I think this girl's painting looks better." I don't know who in the crowd said a word, and Chun Tao is even more uneasy.

Landscape painting pays more attention to artistic conception and charm, rather than form, beauty and ugliness. Although a good landscape painting should be beautiful, what is more important is the artistic conception. Everyone only saw the beauty of the painting, but did not see the artistic conception of the painting, and this kind of praise was ironic for Chun Tao.

Chun Tao stepped forward and wanted to tear the painting, but He Gongzi blocked his hand with a fan. "Actually, the girl's skills are already superb among women, but she just met Brother Zhou."

Chun Tao looked up at him straightly, and her mood was even more depressed because of this sentence, "Painters, regardless of men and women." ”

He Gongzi was stunned, and said with a rare face: "What the girl said is that she is stupid." ”

"She's not a girl." Zhou Kuiruo looked at the interaction between the two people very dazzlingly, and stepped forward to pull Chun Tao to his side. "She's my wife."

"You..." He Gongzi looked at Zhou Kuiruo, who had an outstanding temperament, and then looked at Chun Tao, who had a mediocre appearance and sallow skin. She..."Unbelievable!

Zhou Kuiruo ignored him, led Chun Tao to the stall, pointed to Chun Tao's painting and asked, "I don't know if there are people who buy paintings." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. He Gongzi said that a good painting must be good, I will buy it. As soon as the words fell, someone wanted to buy it.

"I'm going to buy it too."

Fortunately, he didn't have everything that was inferior, only high in reading. If you think about it, you would have starved to death. Chun Tao looked at Zhou Kuiruo, who was shouting and selling paintings, and didn't know why she felt a sense of pride.

"Is there anything higher than that?"

"I'll give you two or two."

Two taels, two dollars, I only sell herbs once or so, and I can only sell them once a month or so, and I have only earned two taels so far! Sure enough, knowledge is money!

After a while, I heard a high price. "I'll give you three taels." He Gongzi shook his fan, looking like a loser.

"Two taels of silver, you can take the painting." Zhou Kuiruo ignored him and handed the painting of Chun Tao to the onlooker who was shouting two taels.

"Hey! I offered a higher price than him, so why did you sell it to him. ”

"Selling paintings is also about the eye." Zhou Kuiruo deliberately stimulated He Gongzi.

He Gongzi glanced at Zhou Kuiruo, closed his eyes and forcibly held back his anger, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for me today, I'm afraid your painting wouldn't be able to sell, but you still would..."

"In that case..."Zhou Kuiruo heard this, and picked up his painting with a smile, that smile was really a little treacherous. How about selling this painting to He Gongzi for ten taels of silver? ”

Ten taels of silver? Even if he has money, he will only buy a painting on the side of the road for ten taels of silver! Chun Tao looked at Zhou Kuiruo in disbelief.

Ten taels? I'm really wronged! He Gongzi coughed lightly twice: "The so-called gentleman doesn't take the favor of others, since this eldest brother likes me so much, I am embarrassed to take it away." Another day, another day to ask for a painting. ”

He Gongzi wanted to leave after speaking, but Zhou Kuiruo didn't want to let him go. "No need to change another day, today I made a special trip to why Gongzi made another one, how about it?"

"I still have some things to do today, and I really can't delay. Come back another day, another day. He Gongzi looked at Zhou Kuiruo who was standing in front of him, and his teeth itched with anger, and he had to endure it again, and his face was flushed. Chun Tao couldn't help but sigh when she saw it, this beauty is beautiful even when she is angry.