Although Xu Huanzhang often dealt with the Japanese mission, the only one who could really be regarded as a friend was an army sergeant. He invited the sergeant to the Bada Hutong to drink flower wine, and while he was in the mood for the wine, he asked him what kind of paintings the Japanese liked the most, maybe his Japanese was not at home, maybe the sergeant was joking, so he took out a stack of photos from his pocket and said, "This is our favorite." Xu Huanzhang looked at it, and there were more than a dozen photos, which were divided into two categories. One is that he was photographed with a Japanese prostitute; One is when the Eight-Nation Coalition occupied Beijing, he rode a Yanma and hung a foreign sword in front of the Wumen, the Temple of Heaven, and the Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower. This former category is indecently burned into "Gu Yuexuan", and this latter category is extremely right. To apologize to others for the defeat of the Eight-Nation Alliance, is there anything more appropriate than painting a "happy picture" of the coalition forces in Beijing? So he asked the man for two, saying that they were to keep them as a memento. Then I found a big smoker who could draw fine brushwork, and asked him to draw eight screens according to the Japanese costumes, the assembly of Yanmar, and the shape of knives and guns, and the scenes behind them were the front gate, the noon gate, the Temple of Heaven, and the Taimiao. When the painting was finished, he gave the man four taels of silver and two pennies of tobacco. When I got to King Su, I boasted that this was a topic for the Japanese to come up with, and it was a pattern that was not included in anyone's gifts, and that sending it over would definitely overpower the crowd. King Su was also very satisfied when he saw it. When asked how much money he spent, he said that he was willing to honor the prince and refused to bargain. So the king of Su called for someone to take him to the horse number and pick up a good horse, and brought a full set of saddle sheaths.

King Su sent someone to send the sketch to the ninth master. When the ninth master saw it, he also felt that it was novel, which was very suitable for the taste of the Orientals. Xu Huanzhang also went to the camp of the ninth master recently, but this person was stingy and was not willing to send a door bag to the housekeeper Gosh. The housekeeper also doesn't look down on his lowly appearance. The ninth master praised the sketch there, and just as the housekeeper came and went, the housekeeper said: "Master, you can't boast about this painting by others." The ninth master said, "What's the matter?" The butler said, "Originally, your share of eighteen beats was the first one of this gift." Xu Huanzhang got this, and he asked King Su's gift to compare you! This kid eats inside and out, and you are yin. When the ninth master heard this, he felt reasonable, and he was a little unhappy. Xu Huanzhang was a little cold to this.

It's the Mid-Autumn Festival in a blink of an eye. Nie Xiaoxuan instructed Wu Shibao to try to burn a cigarette tray and a cigarette pot out of the oven. The shape is beautiful, the color is bright, and the pattern is good. Nie Xiaoxuan went to the Ninth Master's Mansion to inspect it. The housekeeper was also familiar with him, and took him to the door of the weeping flowers, and the ninth master had just finished drinking tea, while watching the gardener put up osmanthus bonsai on both sides of the road, while feeding him a newly bought dog. This dog came from the West, Germania, and was brought to Beijing from Macao by the red-haired people. Tall, thin, with four legs like four iron rods, walking on the brick floor with a banging sound. The whole body is jet black, and there is only a white line on the lower abdomen and the inside of the four legs, which is called "iron silver wire". Originally, in Zaizhen's hands, Jiu Ye used two running horses and a pair of good crickets to exchange them. A servant served a vermilion lacquer plate beside the ninth master, and the plate was pork belly beef. The little servant cut the meat with a Mongolian knife, and the ninth master casually threw the meat into the sky, and the dog rose into the air, catching all the pieces from the air. Occasionally falling on the ground, it abandoned it, and then turned around and barked at the ninth master.

The steward asked Nie Xiaoxuan to wait outside the Hanging Flower Gate, and he took the pot and plate and went in to report. Nie Xiaoxuan knew the rules here, so he quietly stuffed a silver ingot of two taels under the cloth bag of the cigarette bottle. The steward didn't look at it, as soon as he untied the furoshi, he put the foreskin into his waist together, and then he went to the door to report to the ninth master.

The ninth master was having a good time, so he said, "I didn't say this earlier, and if he asks him to take the painting sample, it will be over." ”

The steward said, "If you don't set money for others, how can people buy materials!" ”

The ninth master said, "You send him two hundred taels." Does this also use me to gurgle? ”

The steward said, "They have honored these two things!" ”

The Ninth Master took the two things at this time, looked at them carefully, and had a smiling face. Then he said to Nie Xiaoxuan outside the door: "Add another hundred, and I will give you three hundred fixed money." I can't return this silver, give me something when it's burned, but if it doesn't burn, I still want your two hands! He burst out laughing.

Nie Xiaoxuan asked for a peace and said, "Thank you, Master, for rewarding the meal." Just now, the housekeeper instructed to do it according to the sketch, and the little one didn't dare to say that he could do it if he didn't see the sketch! ”

The ninth master said: "No matter what, you have to do it if you can!" ”

The housekeeper said, "Master Nie, don't worry, is our ninth master a difficult master?" He made a look and told Nie Xiaoxuan to step back. When he got outside, he whispered, "Don't worry, I've seen the drawing, and you can draw it with an egg in one hand." ”

And the steward took three hundred denarii from the tent. Let Nie Xiaoxuan make a handprint, and go to the door to ** and say to Nie Xiaoxuan: "You count, don't be less." ”

Nie Xiaoxuan counted two hundred and ninety-five taels, turned around in his heart, and put a five taels of money in the butler's hand and said, "One more piece, you can take it back." ”

Jiu Ye continued to feed the dog, feeding and feeding, and suddenly wanted to make a joke with the dog, so he casually threw out the cigarette bottle sent by Nie Xiaoxuan. He thought that the dog would also catch it as meat, and smack his teeth, but the dog jumped up a little, and did not open his mouth, and watched the smoking bottle fall straight down the stone steps and shatter. When the butler heard the cracking sound, he thought that the servant had broken something, and hurried in to see it. The Ninth Master laughed and said, "Look at how fine this thing is, if you change something and throw it out, it can recognize that it is not meat, so it simply doesn't open its mouth!" The steward said, "It recognizes." What color is the meat, what color is the smoke bottle? When the Ninth Master heard this, he was busy looking for something of the same color as meat to experiment. He mixed the agate cigarette bottle, citrine wine glass, amber cigarette holder, and cigarette fan pendant in the living room with the meat and threw them out one by one. Later, it took a lot of effort for the servant to clean up the debris of the ballast.

Nie Xiaoxuan left Jiuye's Mansion early, so he stopped by the overpass to buy a few kinds of omnivorous fruits and Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes, ready to take them home for the festival. After a month, this festival for people is very different from the festival for demons. Autumn is high and crisp, and there are no clouds. The fresh fruits of all kinds have also come down: horse tooth dates, tiger carts, red plums, purple grapes, pineapple persimmons, white lotus roots, colorful and varied, dazzling. From the north exit of Fuchang Street, along the north and south of the overpass, there is a ten-mile long street. Big tea shops like "Siyuan Zhai" and "Guilan Zhai" were originally dedicated to the big mansion and disdained to do this small business. In recent years, due to the uncertain situation, business has been light, and there have been stalls. On the five-foot-long bed, a large moon cake more than two feet high stood in the center, and the cake was carved with Chang'e laurel and jade rabbit pestle. A red cloth hangs above the cake, and the font size is written in gold letters on it. Below, from large to small, there are several pagodas with moon cakes. Attracted everyone to watch. The one who sells "moon yards" is even more weak, and raises a long pole opposite it, and even provokes a "moon yard" more than a zhang long. Resplendent and delicately portrayed. The person sitting in the center here is not Chang'e, but a golden-faced Buddha sitting on a lotus platform. Marginal note "Taiyin Xingjun, the moonlight shines on the Bodhisattva". Under the lotus platform, there is also a jade rabbit pestle. It has led to speculation that it is unclear whether this Bodhisattva and Chang'e are divided into two sides of the moon or divided into single days and two days to take turns to value the stars. These two have a penchant for taking medicine, so they bitterly pounded the rabbit here and there. His status is below Chang'e and Xingjun, and he is closer to the world, and people talk about him as equals. At the stall selling rabbits, he was dressed up in various ways. Under the long ears and cleft lips, there are those who wear long robes, and those who wear short beats; Some carry shaved heads, and some play peace drums; some wear long backs, tie back flags, and look like Yang Xiaolou; There is also a kind of paper pulp pounded molding, which is equipped with a mechanism, dragged with a thread, and the eyes and chin move wildly, and people simply do not call him "Rabbit Master", but call him "Croaking Mouth". Near the root of the altar, there is a group of countrymen, selling cockscombs, green edamame, watermelons carved into the shape of lotus flowers, and radish tassels arranged in the shape of radish leaves.

Nie Xiaoxuan was bargaining with a cockscomb seller, someone slapped him, and when he looked up, it was Shou Ming. Shou Ming is also carrying a purse on his back and buying things for the holidays. He said, "I'm a little tired, let's find a teahouse to rest." The two of them went west, walked to a teahouse at the root of the altar and sat down.

The teahouse near this flyover is very different from the one in the inner city. The façade is small and the house is low, so a large ceiling is built outside, and the guests are more outside and less in the house. There is a long stove under the eaves, and four or five small-mouthed and large-bottomed long-spout pots are placed on a string. As soon as the bellows were pulled, there was fire at both ends and smoke coming out of all directions. The tea table is made of broken bricks, and the stools are all white stubble, wide and large. Because most of the people who drank tea here were laborers who pulled camels, drove donkeys, sold vegetables, and pushed wine, so it was convenient for them to squat and eat and drink. Today, there are many people on the overpass to buy festival goods, and the teahouse is also crowded, so for the sake of quietness, the two of them entered the house. The inside of the house is low and dark, but it is quieter than the outside. After the tea was delivered, the two took a few sips and both frowned. It turns out that the tea here is not as good as in the city, and it is made by the high end called "Mantianxing".

After a few words of gossip, Nie Xiaoxuan told Shou Ming that he had asked Liu Niang, and Liu Niang did not refuse Wu Shibao's family business. Now it's up to us to see what Usebo means. Although they are now eating and living together, this marriage cannot be directly communicated between the two families. Shou Ming said that he had also asked Ushibo. Usebo originally said that he would report to his uncle before deciding; Recently, he said that no one would ask, as long as the two sides matched, he was very willing to be married. Nie Xiaoxuan nodded, thinking, "I always felt that it was a little strange for Wu Shibao to suddenly go to his uncle's place, and sure enough, there is an article here." Then he said: "In this case, you ask Wu Shibao to write a Geng post, and I will write Liu Niang's as well, and take it to the 'Yuelai Stack' Qian Banxian to go to Hehe." If there is no harm and other items, it is better to finish it as soon as possible. Living together, I'm afraid of gossip when I grow up. The tongue board crushes people to death, and they are angry in vain. ”

Shou Ming asked Nie Xiaoxuan what the brocade box was in his hand. Nie Xiaoxuan said that it was a draft. Shou Ming asked what painting? Nie Xiaoxuan said he hadn't seen it yet. Shou Ming said, why don't you open it and take a look. Nie Xiaoxuan said yes repeatedly, then opened the brocade box and took out the sketch. It was too dark in the room, so the two of them walked out of the door and stood under the window to watch. The first thing I saw was a barbarian painting with heavy brushwork, and the lines, coloring, and layout were all ordinary. Nie Xiaoxuan looked at it more carefully, and felt a little awkward, this barbarian was all wielding guns and knives, which was not very coordinated with the background. A closer study shows that the scene is all in Beijing, and these two things are not painted together. Shou Ming saw this, just shook his head, and did not speak. At this time, there were already a few people standing behind them who were looking at the paintings, only to hear one of them say: "The Eight-Nation Alliance has not stayed enough in Beijing!" This painter misses him! Nie Xiaoxuan asked, "What did you say?" There was another slender man with a white face and a mustache next to him, who sneered twice and said: "Insulting the mausoleum, not ashamed but proud, actually painted it and played with it, it's a shame!" This has to be exchanged for silver from foreigners, but it is really a shame! ”

A few words were like a burst of thunder, which shook Nie Xiaoxuan to a dizzy heartbeat, and then looked at the painting, and sure enough, the inscription was Gengzi commemoration. When I looked up, I wanted to ask the man for another lesson, but for some reason the people dispersed in an uproar. Shou Ming whispered, "Hurry up." "I hid in the house. Before Nie Xiaoxuan could understand what was going on, a man in a patrol officer's uniform walked slowly in front of him. At that time, this Western-style police uniform had just appeared in China, and it was very eye-catching. Nie Xiaoxuan couldn't help but shudder. The man asked, "Do you sell paintings?" ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "No, I'm looking at the painting here!" ”

"The person who just spoke was yours? Where have you been? ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "I don't know. When I looked at the painting, he came over and looked at it, but he didn't even know his name. ”

The police officer stretched out his hand and pulled over a painting, glanced at it, and suddenly asked, "Are you Nie Xiaoxuan?" ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "I didn't say I wasn't? ”

The police officer said sharply: "Bastard, you dare to be so disrespectful when the prince rewards your sketches, take them to this place and pass them on." Don't get out of here, be careful I break your legs. With that, the officer hurried away, and ordered the two men standing in the distance behind him to chase after the gossip.

Nie Xiaoxuan was scolded inexplicably. Seeing the police officer walk away, Shou Ming shouted in the house: "Don't come in yet, waiting to cause trouble?" ”

Nie Xiaoxuan entered the house and said in shock, "Who is this person?" I don't even know where the sketch came from. Still a belly of evil fire? ”

Shou Ming said: "This person is Xu Huanzhang. ”

Although the streets were still bustling in broad daylight, Nie Xiaoxuan felt that it was dark all of a sudden. Shou Ming saw that his face was ugly and his expression was sluggish, so he hurriedly asked, "What do you think?" Nie Xiaoxuan said: "It's okay, I have a root cause, my eyes will turn black when I am in a hurry, and it will pass after a while." Shou Ming helped him sit firmly, changed the pot of tea, let him drink a few cups while it was hot, and slowly his face eased. Shou Ming said, "I'll send you back." Nie Xiaoxuan said, "You are busy with yours." Shou Ming said, "Don't hire a foot again." Nie Xiaoxuan said: "Come on, come on, I can't get used to riding that thing, I walk and shake it three times, and I won't twist my waist." I'm going to take it slowly, it's still early. ”

After the breakup, Nie Xiaoxuan walked east along the root of the altar. I was troubled, and I didn't have an idea for a while, so I wanted to take a detour and relax, calm down and make plans again. Not far away is the goldfish pond. Nie Xiaoxuan likes to watch goldfish on weekdays, so he walked away with a strong spirit. This goldfish pond was originally the "fish algae pond" during the Dajin Dynasty. Legend has it that the Chishang Palace, painted with cornices, was also a forbidden place in the inner garden, and now it has long been decadent. The pond is divided into pieces and stacked into ponds, which are sold to local residents and used to raise goldfish. Like the flowers of the grass bridge, it is specially designed for the royal family to make a choice for elegant play. The excess part is naturally sold to private households. Beijingers have a hobby of growing flowers and raising fish, all thanks to the flower farmers and fish farmers in these two places. As soon as Nie Xiaoxuan walked to the edge of the pool, he saw that the fish farmers had set up wooden basins and clay pots, full of all kinds of goldfish. What "double rings", "four tails", "lion head", "peacock wings", "three whites", "seven stars". The two most precious are the snow-white "gold and silver tortoiseshell" with ink spots and red and yellow stripes. And what "crane beads", "silver saddle". Countless names, endless patterns. Next to this, there are also lantern plants, live fish food, glass tanks, glass basins, and decorate the surrounding of the pool with all kinds of colors. Nie Xiaoxuan is always full of interest when he sees these on weekdays, and he doesn't want to walk away when his feet are numb. But today I didn't see any interest, and I didn't see two or three stalls, so I lost my interest, turned around and walked home. And the steps are getting heavier and heavier, and the look is getting more and more depressed.

Liu Niang cooks the meal. He put a chess table in the courtyard early, and hung silver leaf and a thousand sheets on the branches of the jujube tree. Let Usebo dig a pit on the south side of the jujube tree and bury two bamboo poles, ready to hang the moon code. Nie Xiaoxuan came home, pretended to laugh, took out the purchased fruit, asked Liu Niang to clean it up, put it on the plate, washed his face and said, "I'm tired, wait for you to finish worshipping the moon, beckon me to get up to eat, let me rest for a while." ”

Liu Niang laid out the fruits, and the sky darkened. As soon as the moon showed its face on the east wall, she asked Usebo to hang up the moon yard, and then said to him, "This moon worship is our woman's business, you can hide in the house." Don't peek, it'll be a bad look. She put the cockscomb, edamame, moon cakes, and fruits on the chess table, invited a blue and white stove from the house, put on three incense sticks, and knelt down respectfully. Then each incense stick tells a wish. I learned this method while watching a play. Whether it is "The Legend of the West Chamber", "Moon Worship Pavilion", or "Miss Moonlight", it is all such a wishing method. The younger daughters don't want to invent anything else, but they wish for something to create. The young lady in the play is mostly wishing the official Qing Minshun and Guotai Min'an, Liu Niang does not have such a big wish, she wishes her dead mother a superbirth as soon as possible, I wish Jiu Ye this batch of orders to be fired smoothly at a good price, and I also wish the family Heshun and peace. This "family" includes Usebo. After saying goodbye, she called out Usebo, helped her untie the moon code, and burned it along with the thousands of silver foils hanging on it. The two moved the offerings into the south house, served wine and food, and invited Nie Xiaoxuan to come out for a reunion dinner.

Nie Xiaoxuan lay in the room for a while, calming down a little. During the meal, I also found a question and laughed a few words. Later, Liu Niang asked about the ninth master's drawing. Nie Xiaoxuan said: "The sketch hasn't been rushed out yet, let's burn a few of our own samples and show them to him." Well, maybe I won't use his drawings anymore. Usebo said, "In that case, you should publish the manuscript as soon as possible." Nie Xiaoxuan said: "The master leads the door, and the cultivation is in everyone, do I always help you in the aisle?" This time you come by yourself, I won't ask, I'll see when it's burned. Usebo said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to." Liu Niang said: "You really can't be on the stage." Since my dad asked you to paint, he always had a bit of a plan. If something goes wrong, he doesn't have a reason to look at it in vain. If you tell you to do it, you will do it! ”

Wu Shibao was robbed by Liu Niang, and he no longer shirked. The next day, he conceived and drafted. He had painted freehand, so he referred to the freehand painting method and designed a set of Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum "Four Gentlemen". showed the manuscript to Nie Xiaoxuan, Nie Xiaoxuan waved his hand and said, "I said burn it and read it again, don't bother me!" From then on, he immersed himself in painting and did not bother with anything else in the courtyard.

Liu Niang is attentive. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, she found that the old man was often distracted when talking and laughing. After that, I was often stunned, and I didn't put the door back and quietly fiddled with something in the house. And contrary to the habit of going to bed early and getting up early in the past, the lights are often lit until the third watch weather at night. One day she licked open the window paper and looked inside, she was settling accounts, and put the account books, cash, and jewelry on the table. While pulling the abacus, he wrote it down to the account. Another day, she saw the old man watching a picture in a brocade box. She vaguely remembered that this brocade box was brought back by him on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she hid it and disappeared after that. She found an opportunity to quietly tell Usebo about it. Usebo said, "How can you peek at the fact that the elders are carrying you behind your back? So sneaky, shameful! Don't speculate, just go your own way! Liu Niangbai glared at him and said, "When I meet you like a jujube pimple, I am guilty of it in my life." ”

Liu Niang wanted to take a sneak peek at the page. But the old man hid it very strictly, and he would lock the door whenever he went out. She kept an eye on it, and the tiger also had a nap, and finally one day the old man went out and the lock was not locked, so she asked her to open it, and she found the brocade box, took out the page, and looked at two of them, and took them to find Usebo.

"What do you think this is?"

Usebo looked at it and said, "Paint." ”

Liu Niang said: "I know it's a painting. You see what kind of painting this is. ”

On the side of this painting is an explanation of what to pay attention to when copying it to "Kotsukiken". Wu Shibao said: "This is a sketch for us to copy as it is, how can the old man say that the ninth master didn't give it to him!" Usebo looked at the contents of the painting again and frowned.

Liu Niang said: "Don't pretend to be a ghost, what do you see?" Wu Shibao said: "This is the picture of the Eight-Nation Coalition occupying Beijing!" ”

"Go, go, go!" Liu Niang patted the table with her hand and said, "I know that the old man has something on his mind, and you still complain that I shouldn't watch him act privately." ! How can such an order be accepted? How can we Chinese paint such paintings? ”

Usebo said: "Don't be angry, the old man will have a chance." Maybe he said he would take another painting on top. Didn't he tell us to burn a few pieces ourselves? Let's burn it better, maybe we'll replace this one. Liu Niang was skeptical, put the painting back in its place, sealed it as it was, and locked the door again. After a while, Nie Xiaoxuan came back, although he pulled the zipper, he didn't say anything, probably didn't find it.

Ten days later, the "Four Gentlemen's Pot" painted by Usebo was burned. Nie Xiaoxuan nodded again and again, rubbed it in his hand for a long time, and said, "Okay, okay, I'm relieved." ”

After dinner this night, it was still very early, Nie Xiaoxuan said that he was tired, so he closed the door and slept, and he didn't even light the lamp. Usebo was very excited to make the first batch of finished products independently, so he didn't light the lamp and sat in the dark. Liu Niang was suspicious of the old man and didn't light the lamp. Just sit in front of the window and stare at the window of the South Room from afar, to see if there is any movement.

Just handed over the second watch, the south house light turned on. Liu Niang quietly slipped under the window, looked in through the hole in the window paper, and then kicked the door open with a whoop and broke in. At this time, the old man was holding a brand-new sharp axe in his hand, and when he heard the person entering, he was also startled and hurriedly hid. Liu Niang rushed over and grabbed the handle of the axe with both hands, and shouted, "Dad, don't do this!" He shouted again: "Uncle Wu, come here!" Usebo heard the first "oops" and stood up. Hearing Liu Niang kicking the door in, she also went out of the house. At this time, he rushed to the South House. As soon as he saw this, his legs trembled, and he said tremblingly, "This, what's going on?" Liu Niang said: "My father doesn't know who to fight with!" Nie Xiaoxuan stomped his foot, let go of the axe, and said, "Nonsense, does your father have the courage to fight with others?" ”

Usebo asked, "So what are you doing here?" ”

"I hate these two hands!" After Nie Xiaoxuan finished speaking, he sighed and sat on the bed.

Liu Niang hid the axe behind her and sat down on the chair. Wu Shibao stood there, and both of them looked at Nie Xiaoxuan blankly, not knowing where to start.

Nie Xiaoxuan calmed himself down and said, "You stole the sketch given by the Ninth Master, didn't you?" ”

The two nodded.

Nie Xiaoxuan asked, "What are your ideas, can this thing be burned?" ”

Liu Niang said: "I don't know which kind of hybrids made the dog eat the manuscript, can you draw this with a little Chinese flavor?" We're going to burn it, are we worthy of my mother? ”

Nie Xiaoxuan asked Wu Shibao again: "What do you say?" ”

Usebo said: "I'm □, I'm a straw bag, I don't have the courage to fight guns and knives when foreigners come, but I can't rush to be a slave to the country, right?" I still have this bit of shame. ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "This is the work ordered by the Ninth Master, can we rely on it if we don't burn the Ninth Master?" ”

Liu Niang said: "In this case, let's pack up and run away, shall we?" ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "I have always been an upright person, how can I sneak away?" Besides, we received a fixed amount. People sue you for running away with money, and the lawsuit is small, can this person afford to lose it? ”

Liu Niang said: "Catch Ming'er, you go and return the fixed money?" Didn't the silver move? ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "The ninth master has a word first, and the money is not allowed to be returned, either hand over the work to him, or ask me for these two hands!" ”

Only then did Liu Niang know why he was holding an axe!

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "I hate these two hands, they have worked all their lives, and they have not brought me warmth, but they have caused me trouble several times." Didn't I go to jail last year because the pot was well drawn? Let me tell you, on the day that the Ninth Master let me come back, he came with me and asked me if I would sell this hand, or if I sold it, I would sell it to him. I wanted to get so angry several times that night that I chopped off my hand and threw it at him. But I don't give up, I'm afraid that if this hand is chopped, the stunt of 'Gu Yuexuan' will be broken, and I won't be able to see my ancestors. Today, I am relieved to see the work done by the Sebo. But I thought, if we have to draw this hand, it might as well be broken! ”

Liu Niang ran over and grabbed his father's hand, held it in her arms and said, "Dad, don't scare me." Dad, you're angry. ”

Usebo said, "Don't be so narrow-minded! The ninth master loves to mess around, who doesn't know these nine cities? How can you call him Zhen'er! Ming'erge, you take the money, and then bring this set of 'Four Gentlemen's Pots' made by me and my sister, beg for it, if you want to burn it, let's burn this for him, if you don't burn it, we will return the silver. Killing people is not enough, there is no river that cannot be crossed! ”

The two persuaded them to the fourth watch, and Nie Xiaoxuan agreed to ask for a try. Liu Niang took the axe to her own room and locked it in the box, fetched water for the old man to wash his face, and persuaded him to sleep.

Liu Niang and Wu Shibao didn't sleep, they worked together until dawn, because they didn't know if the ninth master could agree to change the painting, and they didn't come up with a proper way after all.