Three hundred and forty-two how does it compare to Zhao Chun?
"Grandma, this is too valuable for my grandson to accept." The night pearl is worth a lot of money, not to mention that it was given to the old lady by my sister-in-law. Li Yi quickly put the brocade box back.
He doesn't have much interest in this kind of treasures. Beads that can emit light fluorescence are nothing. They can only illuminate an area as big as a palm, not even as good as a fifteen-watt light bulb...
"We are all one family, there is nothing precious or valuable, just take it." The old lady smiled and put the thing back into Li Yi's hand.
I have always felt extremely guilty for the child who has been living outside for twenty years. What is a night-light bead? Can it make up for the money I owe him over the years?
Li Yi held the box containing the Night Pearl in his hand. When he faced the old lady's insistence and didn't know how to refuse, several surprised voices came from not far away.
"This "Longevity Picture" does have some skill."
"Interesting, look, these characters for "longevity" put together, do they look like a spiritual ape holding a fairy peach?"
"It becomes clearer when we take two steps back."
"The two "Longevity Pictures" each have their own merits. Although this one is not as good as Zhao Chun in terms of basic skills, it is better because of its novelty, which is good..."
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The "Longevity Picture" made by Li's parents and grandchildren is obviously not as bad as everyone expected. It is not as good as Chen Chun, who has already made a career in calligraphy, but it is still at an above-average level. What is rare is that he has taken a different approach and created hundreds of "big and small" paintings.
The word "longevity" is spelled into "Picture of a Spiritual Monkey Offering Peach", which adds another layer of meaning and took a lot of thought.
He didn't see the scene he expected, and Fang's face looked a little ugly.
"Let me take a look."
A figure squeezed in from behind, and when they saw the person, several people gave way.
Everyone in the Zuo family is a master of calligraphy. Mr. Zuo, who is still alive today, has a superb hand in regular script, which can be said to be worth a fortune. Although Zuo Qiu is not as famous as Mr. Zuo, he is only behind those few masters and is far from the best.
What laymen like them can do is compare.
Zuo Qiu picked up the scroll and walked around admiring it without making any comments.
In fact, the "Longevity Picture" does not really have the word "10,000 longevity", it is just a quantifier to describe a large number. The most common one should actually be called the "Hundred Life Picture".
The one held in Zuo Qiu's hand is this "Hundred Years of Life".
"Longevity Picture" can be liked by everyone because it is not a simple stacking of many characters for "longevity". Each character for "longevity" is written in a different way. Zhao Chun's "Longevity Picture" is extremely regular. Although the shape of each character is different, the size is different.
Similar, one line and one vertical, very neat, it is not an exaggeration to call it "Wanshou Tie".
In comparison, the picture in Zuo Qiu's hand is the real "picture" of longevity.
Putting aside the word "longevity", looking from a distance, this is clearly a picture of a spiritual ape offering peaches. From this alone, we can see that the man is not only good at calligraphy, but also painting.
Of course, Zuo Qiu didn't care what the painting looked like. His eyes were all attracted by the characters "Shou" that were large or small, upright or oblique.
Zhao Chun is well-known, but in Zuo Qiu's view, he is still very immature. If he wants to find faults, he can find ten thousand flaws in a "Longevity Picture".
However, he could not find a single mistake in the painting in front of him, as if it was truly flawless.
Of course, perfection does not exist. The only possibility is that his attainments are not enough to find mistakes.
He certainly couldn't find fault.
Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Ouyang Xun, Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan... "Longevity Picture", which integrates the works of countless calligraphy masters, regular script, running script, cursive script, and dozens of different fonts, were all made during the peak period of its founder, left If Qiu could find faults, he would be famous all over the world.
For this picture, he temporarily put down the scriptures that the old monk asked for in the past two days. All the books on calligraphy and painting in the library were absorbed into his mind. Miss Liu Er came to him several times for the Landlord. , in the end she stayed in the room and acted as the ink-polishing maid. If she didn't come up with something decent, she would be sorry for his hard work these two days.
"Good calligraphy, good calligraphy..." Zuo Qiu held the scroll, as if he was intoxicated by it, pacing slowly, walking through the crowd under the gaze of everyone, and gradually drifting away.
"Bah, you shameless guy, you dare to make up your mind about the old lady's gift!" The first person to react was Yan Zhang. He had known each other for many years and naturally knew the other person's character. His expression changed and he hurriedly chased after him.
After a while, Zuo Qiu put the "Longevity Picture" on the table with a regretful expression on his face.
With such a picture, he doesn't need any ancient posts anymore. It's a pity, it's a pity...
The faces of all the guests looked like they were demented, just for the sake of a picture, so what?
Li's parents and grandson are not famous calligraphers. Is it worth Zuo Qiu's doing this?
However, seeing the two people looking at the picture eagerly and unwilling to look away for a moment, even the slowest person could understand.
This picture seems really extraordinary...
You know, when Zhao Chun's "Longevity Picture" was brought out just now, neither of them was even interested in taking a look.
There are some who are surprised and some who are doubtful, but more people have doubts about the owner of this picture.
Li's parents and grandson said that this painting was made by his own hands. However, how could something that two accomplished calligraphy masters treated like this come from the hands of a young man?
The old lady put away the "Longevity Picture" herself, with an even bigger smile on her face. For her, it was enough to know that this was a congratulatory gift from her grandson.
As for Zuo Qiu and Yan Zhang, they were surrounded by several people, and faint sounds could be heard.
"How does this "Longevity Picture" compare to Zhao Chun's?"
"Can't they be compared? That's Zhao Chun!"
"They are all young people. It is possible for him to surpass Zhao Chun. Zuo Shaojian said that he is far behind him, but he is too humble."
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Li Yi was playing with Miss Liu Er's sword in his hand, wasting time in boredom.
When ancient people celebrate their birthdays, they don't cut a cake, say a few words of happy birthday and eat it as it does in modern times.
After completing several tedious etiquettes, the little fat man's stomach had been growling for at least a quarter of an hour, and he still hadn't received the order to use his chopsticks.
Two men, who together were older than the old lady, were sitting next to Li Yi, one on the left and the other on the right. They had been talking to each other for a long time, and they had only one request, an original copy of the old lady's "Longevity Picture". .
Of course, Li Yi refused this unreasonable request without even thinking about it.
Writing this thing takes too much energy. The scriptures promised to the old monk have not been copied yet. The old lady will leave the capital in a few days after her birthday party. How can I have time to write that thing for them?
[ps: Sorry, I’m used to ending at key places, and sometimes I don’t realize it, causing a situation similar to the previous chapter. Please pay attention to it in the future. If I type another line at the end of this chapter, it will be out of context again, so I have to hold back.]
