Chapter 329 Flower Basket: One or Three Famous Paintings
Mr. and Mrs. Xu Shan's guess was right. They came here for the treasure basket. Wu Yuan's concubine had a strange disease. The housekeeper went to see a doctor. He happened to walk into Dr. Ying's hospital and described the symptoms to him.
In a word, can this strange disease be cured?
Doctor Ying replied: "It doesn't matter. A few days ago, Xu Shan from your village had two fingers growing on his hand. It's much weirder than yours. I cured them all."
Xu Shan's hands have always been normal. The housekeeper saw it in person when delivering fish many times, so he asked about the cause of his illness. Because he had received Xu Shan's heavy consultation fee, Doctor Ying refused to tell him at first, and he couldn't stand it.
After repeated questioning, the housekeeper finally told the truth. After the housekeeper invited Doctor Ying to the house, he invited Wu Yuanwai and the young master out, and asked Doctor Ying to tell the story again in person.
Why did the housekeeper let Dr. Ying talk about this? Because he wanted to share the worries of his master Wu Yuanwai. Wu Yuanwai’s home had a figure painting handed down by Wu Daozi. It was a family heirloom of the Wu family. Somehow it was known to Mr. Sun, who retired from retirement and returned to his hometown.
I offered him three thousand taels of silver to buy it from him. Wu Yuanwai was unwilling to give it, but was afraid of his power. If he got angry, he would bring disaster to his family. If he gave it, he would lose the family heirloom.
, I'm sorry for my ancestors. Butler Wu heard about the treasure basket. One thing can be transformed into three things when put in it. In this case, the master will have three portraits of Wu Daozi. He will keep the original one and choose another one for Sun.
Sir, after Doctor Ying confirmed this, Butler Wu led Young Master Wu here.
Mr. Wu's attitude was extremely humble. He pointed to the gift box and said, "Your house is not short of money. The gift box contains my father's famous tattoo. I heard that your wife is pregnant. If a boy is born in the future, you can take this to the Wu family private school."
Read.”
People in the Song Dynasty valued literature over martial arts, and the social status of merchants was also very low, which opened up a way for their family to rise. The daughter-in-law's request for a child was meant to hide from others, but the other party's favor was indeed very important. Xu Shan immediately agreed to use the treasure basket to help
he.
"Literati Song"
Study hard and know etiquette,
Read good books, wear purple clothes,
The book is full of grain,
There are rooms of gold in the book.
The beauty in the book is as beautiful as jade,
There are many chariots and horses in the book.
Seek from the Five Classics of Life,
The line of brocade clothes shines upon our ancestors.
Not long after the painting was put into the basket, a servant of the Wu Mansion rushed over and said, "No, Mr. Sun has come to the house to ask for the painting. The master is drinking tea and chatting with him to take some time. Please take the painting home immediately."
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What should we do? Mr. Wu was so anxious that he stamped his feet. At this moment, he saw a flash of light in the basket and the pictures turned into three. Mr. Wu picked up the pictures, thanked him and hurried back to the Wu Mansion.
As soon as they arrived at the gate of Wu Mansion, before they had time to hide the painting, they saw Mr. Sun's steward standing at the door, and there were two big and thick guards beside him. He bowed and said, "Thank you, Master, for sending the painting. We will be there soon."
Go to the living room."
After saying that, he couldn't help but take the scroll from him. The three paintings were spread out on the table, and they were exactly the same. Mr. Sun was an expert among them, and he could tell the authenticity at a glance. He couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he saw this painting:
"Wu Yuanwai found a good master, and his imitation skills actually fooled me. These two imitation paintings are not worth much. They are three thousand taels of silver. I accepted the three paintings without politeness."
Wu Yuanwai was caught off guard. Apart from finding someone to imitate the paintings in order to conceal the truth, he could not give any reasonable explanation and had no choice but to ask Mr. Sun to take away all three paintings.
"Is it possible to take advantage of this corrupt official?" Several guests said angrily: "There are gods three feet above the head. It seems that the gods are not effective."
"Don't worry, sir, let's listen to the story while you eat." Jin Huabin brought a steaming bowl of braised catfish and said, "This is the shop's signature dish."
"Yulinling, Liuding Catfish"
The swim stops and stops. It is slippery and cunning, with holes smeared with mud. It has a wide mouth and small eyes and a slippery body. It hides in the grass during the day and swims in the water at night. It suddenly rises as fast as a tiger or leopard, killing all fish and shrimps. Although the catfish is cunning, the fisherman's hand is accurate.
Casting a wide net will inevitably lead to disaster.
Cut the catfish into pieces and wash them. Only a little bit and salt them for a dozen minutes. Stir-fry the ginger slices in a pan and fry them in hot oil until both sides are golden. Fire for six cubes and add light soy sauce, old wine, rock sugar. Take a bite, the spines are sparse and the meat is tender.
Good taste.
While everyone was enjoying the catfish, Jin Huabin continued the story: After Mr. Sun took the painting away, Wu Yuanwai thought for a while and said to his son: "You prepare another three thousand taels of silver and send a skilled servant to guard Ziyang Street in Linhai.
When I saw someone selling this painting, I immediately bought it back.”
Mr. Wu was very puzzled and asked: "Why does father think that Mr. Sun will go to Ziyang Street to sell this painting?"
Wu Yuanwai analyzed: "This person has a fair official reputation and is obsessed with famous calligraphy and painting. He doesn't have much silver, and three thousand taels of silver melted into pain. He has three paintings. It's difficult to tell whether they are true or false. He will definitely give one as a gift and one as a gift."
As a reward, one piece will be sold to get back the original price. The only place where the price of nearby calligraphy and paintings can be determined is Ziyang Street."
Four days later, the servant came back. Mr. Wu said: "My father really had a clever plan. The painting has been bought back. The scratches left by my son's nails on the painting are still there. It is the original painting in our house."
Ten days later, news came from Xianju County that the retired official Mr. Sun accidentally pushed down a candle and caught fire when he was looking at paintings in his study. Soon, the fire was put out, and Mr. Sun was seen crying in the courtyard: "I
Wu Daozi, my two famous paintings by Wu Daozi." He cried and ran out of the door crazily, and was passed down by the squires as a joke after dinner.
After Wu Yuanwai heard about it, he summoned several of his children to the ancestral hall, burned incense and prayed to the ancestral tablets, and said: "God's retribution, I am really unhappy. Wu Daozi's famous painting was passed down to our family. After going around in circles, it still returned to our hands."
.Three thousand taels of silver originally belonged to Mr. Sun. Likewise, if it returns to his hands, what is not in his life will be gone. As a result, there will be more stories in the world, and nothing else will change."
After a pause, Wu Yuan said: "Xu Shan's treasure basket is also his destiny, good or bad is unpredictable. From now on, my Wu family must not have any plans against him."
It turns out that Wu Yuanwai saw some problems in his son's eyes, so he first sounded the alarm to everyone.
"Fixed number"
True among false, true among false,
Painting changes into painting, illusion within illusion.
Everything is determined by heaven,
There is a time when there should be a time and a time when there is no time.
You come and I fight desperately,
It is better to be humble and gain a hundred blessings.
There is no need to force your destiny,
There is no life in vain.
Besides, the Xushan couple would push a cart of copper coins to Pantan Pier every few days and exchange them for silver. Soon after, they bought a shop there and started a business, and their family also moved there. Because the real profit came from the treasure basket.
The copper coins that were born were not interested in business and kept small profits. They were not as greedy as other businessmen. Instead, they won an excellent reputation and their business was booming.
One day, when Xu Shan had a break in business, he said to his wife: "Daughter-in-law, let's have another son."
"You want to take a concubine?" the daughter-in-law said angrily: "You have no conscience, you have forgotten your roots after just a few good days."
They had a very good relationship as a couple. When the daughter-in-law gave birth to a daughter for the first time, she had fetal gas and lost the ability to give birth, so she came up with this idea.
Xu Shan hurriedly said: "A husband has no teeth to forget the kindness of a daughter-in-law. What I mean is..." After saying that, he glanced at the treasure basket.