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Chapter 001 Copies of Ancient Paintings

 In the calligraphy and painting area of ​​the Chuzhou flea market, Shen Yu was eating the steamed dumplings in his hand while looking at the paper perpetual calendar hanging in front of the "Liu's Book Stall".

It's said to be a bookstall, but it's actually a miscellaneous stall.

On a huge red velvet cloth are placed hundreds of antiques such as ancient jade coins, scrolls and albums, ceramic seals, and antique beads.

In addition to Shen Yu, a potential buyer, there are also two or three tourists or collectors who occasionally stop and watch in front of the stall.

But they often shake their heads and disperse after taking a few glances, without any intention of squatting down to take a closer look.

The specific reason is also very simple. The antiques on the stall are new, broken, and broken, which are so-called fake at first glance, and they are not worth wasting time.

The stall owner, Lao Liu, is a somewhat balding middle-aged man. At this moment, he is listening attentively to the old-fashioned brick radio, which is playing the long storytelling "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties".

Shen Yu has heard of this episode a long time ago, and it is one of the more exciting scenes in the original work:

"Qin Qiong of Prince Yue met Li Jing, and Qi Guoyuan Lantern met to solve poetry riddles."

Because he was fascinated by what he heard, Lao Liu had no intention of soliciting business. When he heard that the scammer tricked Qi Guoyuan into eating Yuanxiao, not only did he refuse to pay, but he also took away the copper coins in the bowl as lottery prizes, he slapped his thigh with joy.

After Shen Yu stuffed the last bite of Xiao Long Bao into his mouth, he also smiled.

It’s not like he thought the characters in the storytelling were funny, the smile on Shen Yu’s face was for himself.

Because he felt that he might miss something today.

It’s still an unimaginably big leak!

The object that Shen Yu is interested in is a calligraphy and painting.

The painting was a vertical scroll, with colors on silk, and was thrown into a corner of the stall by Lao Liu as if it were a piece of junk.

At the beginning of the opened volume, you can see four lines of poems about paintings:

"Suyu Qingjidian, Chaoyang Lidi City."

"In the good years, people enjoy their work and sing songs on the ridge."

The calligraphy is round, powerful, and flowing freely. Even contemporary calligraphy masters will praise it when they see it: it is really vertical and horizontal and elegant, and it is a good calligraphy that is hard to exchange for a lot of money.

This poem is not unfamiliar to Shen Yu, and is even very familiar.

It comes from "A Feeling of Autumn" by Wang Anshi, a literary giant of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is also one of Wang Anshi's representative works of poetry.

The meaning is very auspicious: a prosperous year, people are happy, the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

But when this seemingly ordinary ancient poem appeared on a silk painting, it made Shen Yu's heart beat rapidly.

Without it, more than a hundred years after this poem was written, Emperor Ningzong of the Southern Song Dynasty inscribed this five-character quatrain on a famous painting handed down from generation to generation, which is a priceless treasure.

It is one of the four Southern Song Dynasty painters, Ma Yuan's "Ta Ge Tu".

The original painting of "Ta Ge Tu" is preserved in the Palace Museum. Naturally, the calligraphy and painting that appeared on Lao Liu's stall cannot be the original work. Shen Yu is still clear about this.

Moreover, this painting does not have the seal of "Royal Book of Treasures" and the small words "Given the King's Capital Promotion" on the original painting.

Only in the lower left corner of the poem is there a square seal of "White Stone Man".

To be precise, this painting is a facsimile.

Anyone who knows how to collect knows that calligraphy and painting are not necessarily valuable if they are authentic. The copies of some famous people are also very expensive, and they are not much different from the originals.

Today is a hot day, and Chuzhou has turned from the coolness after last night's heavy rain to extremely hot and muggy.

The shirt, already wet with sweat, stuck to Shen Yu's back. He felt a little uncomfortable before, but now he couldn't notice it.

"It's like a village with hidden flowers and bright flowers. There was no deal on the Qingtian stone seal just now. I didn't expect to encounter such a copy of an ancient painting at Laoliu's stall.

"Lao Liu knows everything about calligraphy and painting, porcelain, jade, miscellaneous items, and antique bracelets, but he is not good at anything.

"Every month I hear news about him leaking treasures. After the sale of this painting, I have to give him some benefits. After all, he takes good care of me."

At this time, the storytelling in "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" entered a short commercial break. Lao Liu picked up the enamel jar and took a sip of water before turning his attention to Shen Yu.

Frankly speaking, Lao Liu has a very good impression of Shen Yu.

The young man in front of me is knowledgeable, polite, and has an impeccable family background.

His appearance is even more outstanding, with red lips and white teeth, a face like a crown of jade, a pair of eyes as clear as water, and the whole person exudes an aura of indescribable agility.

In addition to listening to storytelling, Lao Liu also likes to read martial arts novels.

This Xiao Shen is simply the perfect match for the male protagonist in martial arts novels. If he had a daughter, he would have to recruit him as his son-in-law.

"Gugu..."

Hearing his stomach growling, Lao Liu touched his belly and shouted to Shen Yu: "Xiao Shen, I still feel hungry after eating the buns you bought for me just now.

"This way, you show me the stalls, and I'll go outside the market to buy some food. I'll be back soon."

Shen Yu covered his ears and smiled bitterly: "Brother Liu, my hearing is fine, you don't have to shout so loud, go to hell, I will definitely take care of the stall for you.

"If I meet someone who wants to buy antiques, I'll sell them if I know the price. If I don't know the price, I'll hold them back and wait for you to come back as long as possible. Then you should feel relieved, right?"

"Smart, little Shen, your vision and experience are much higher than those of your peers. You are worthy of being a descendant of Mr. Shen. Okay, I'll go first."

After Lao Liu finished speaking, he took out a few coins from the wooden cash box and ran quickly outside the street. He had to hurry up and try to get back before the storytelling started.

Seeing Lao Liu's clumsy running posture, Shen Yu smiled and shook his head. This old man's appetite was really too big. Before he came here, he bought thirty yuan of xiaolongbao and gave most of it to him. That's all.

I feel hungry. I don’t have enough money to eat.

I looked at my watch and saw that it was exactly six o'clock in the morning.

The flea market has morning market hours from 3 to 6 a.m., which is a relatively busy time of the day. Many stall owners don’t even bother to have breakfast.

Once this time has passed, the flow of people in the morning will not increase until around eight o'clock, so there are very few people in the market now. It can be said that no one comes to buy antiques at all. Shen Yu simply turned around and looked at the paintings again.

Judging from the paper quality and poem of the painting in front of him, Shen Yu concluded that this painting was probably a copy of a master painter from the Ming Dynasty.

What gave Shen Yu confidence was not only the calligraphy at the beginning of the volume, but also the white seal of "White Stone Man".

The appearance of the three characters "Bai Shi Weng" in calligraphy and painting can easily remind people of Qi Baishi, the master of traditional Chinese painting.

But in fact, the owner of this seal is much more famous than Old Man Baishi.

Bai Shiweng was the founder of the Wumen School of Painting in the Ming Dynasty, the leader of the four Ming schools, and was known as the first painter of the Ming Dynasty. He was the late name of Shen Zhou and Shen Qinan.

Shen Zhou is famous in the history of painting, but modern people are not very familiar with him, and he is not even as famous as his three disciples.

The three disciples who studied painting and calligraphy with him are: Tang Yin (Tang Bohu), Wen Zhengming (Wen Zhengming), and Zhu Yunming (Zhu Zhishan).

These three people appeared frequently in various Ming Dynasty costume films and TV dramas as the Four Great Talents of Jiangnan, and can be said to be household names.

Shen Yu wiped his hands on his pants and took out a pure cotton white glove from his pocket. After putting it on, he unfolded a little drawing paper.

This time the seal of "White Stone Man" is clearer.

"That's right, everything from the brushwork to the size of the seal is the same as seen on other authentic works of Shen Zhou.

"Shen Yu, Shen Yu, I'm afraid you are really going to get rich this time!"

Shen Yu knew Shen Zhou very well.

He studied painting with his grandfather since he was a child, and copied many of Shen Zhou's masterpieces.

What's even more coincidental is that Shen Yu's surname is also called Shen Qinan, which can be said to have the same name as Shen Zhou.

Because Shen Yu was in poor health when he was a child, his grandfather changed his name to Yu.

Because I was still young at the time, the name Shen Yu naturally appeared on various documents later on, so few people knew "Shen Qinan".

Shen Zhou is truly the first person in Ming Dynasty painting.

The Wumen School of Painting he founded was inherited from the Song and Yuan Dynasties and inspired by the Ming and Qing dynasties. It drew on the strengths of many schools and gave an overview of the essence of dozens of landscape masters from the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties.

In addition, Shen Zhou was loyal and filial, indifferent to fame and fortune, and his character was impeccable. Therefore, this old gentleman was an undisputed top star in the entire Ming Dynasty.

All the masters of calligraphy and painting in the Ming Dynasty, including Tang Yin, Wen Zhengming, Zhu Zhishan, Qiu Ying, Chen Chun, Xu Wei, Zhang Hong, Dong Qichang, Chen Hongshou, etc., were all ranked behind him.

To put it bluntly, Shen Zhou's paintings are worth money in the antique market, a lot of money, countless money.

Thinking of this, Shen Yu reached out to explore the ancient painting. He wanted to take this opportunity to open the painting and look at it carefully to see if it was written by Shen Zhou.

……

"Hello, can you move a moment? I want to see this painting."

Just when Shen Yu was about to unfold the painting, a pleasant female voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

Shen Yu turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw a beautiful woman wearing a light blue skirt standing one meter away from him. At this moment, she was staring at her with watery eyes and looking at him with a smile.

The woman is about 25 or 26 years old, with delicate facial features, picturesque eyebrows, and smooth black hair tied back in a ponytail, making her look particularly energetic.

A slight layer of light makeup was put on the face, making the originally fair complexion appear more delicate and smooth, like a piece of mutton-fat jade.

The decent skirt and black glossy high heels give her a fresh, refined and charming elegance.

Looking at the woman's expectant expression, Shen Yu asked in surprise: "Are you talking to me?"

The woman pointed at the copy of "Ta Ge Tu" with her slender fingers and repeated with a smile: "Yes, can you move a little bit? I want to see the painting in front of you, but you are blocking me, so I can't see it. ." After saying that, her beautiful eyes stared at Shen Yu, as if she wanted to get a satisfactory answer from Shen Yu's mouth.

It's a pity that she was disappointed. Shen Yu smiled and shook his head, and then uttered two words: "No!"

"Uh, what?" The woman pursed her lips and asked in surprise. Although she was still smiling, she was obviously a little embarrassed.

Shen Yu immediately turned cold and said, "Because I'm watching it! You can watch it if you want, but you have to wait until I finish watching it before buying it. Do you understand the queue? First come, first served, do you understand?"

Are you kidding me? You just want to see it? Now on the market, any of Shen Zhou’s suspected paintings are priced in the millions.

Those that have been circulated in an orderly manner and can be confirmed to be authentic often cost tens of millions, and there are also many that have been auctioned for 40 to 50 million.

Among them, high-quality masterpieces can even fetch sky-high nine-digit prices. For example, the vertical scroll painting "Matsuko Taoist" finally sold for 152 million yuan.

Another set of farewell hand scrolls was also sold for 148 million.

Even if this copy of "Ta Ge Tu" was copied by an unknown person in the Ming Dynasty and then asked Shen Zhou to write a poem and seal it, it would still be a seven-digit flaw at least.

If you were really lucky enough to come across a copy drawn by Shen Zhou, it might be worth tens of millions.

Shen Yu is most annoyed by people who claim to be beautiful and then ask others to do what they want. I don’t know you, so why should you do whatever you say?

It can't be said that he doesn't know her at all. Shen Yu felt that the beautiful woman in front of him seemed familiar, as if he had seen her on some occasion.

But it can only be said that it seems like it, because Shen Yu has gone through her appearance several times in his mind and can't remember where he saw it.

But having said that, let alone meeting each other, even if we are friends for more than ten years, now is not the time to give in.

Sometimes, brothers have to settle accounts openly!

After thinking about it, Shen Yu simply rolled up the painting and hugged it in his arms.

The smile on the woman's face suddenly froze, and she didn't react for a moment. He rejected me?

Someone actually rejected me?

It seems that no one has rejected me for many years.

"Xiaoying, don't be unreasonable. My little friend is right. He came first, so he has to look first. Don't you even understand the principle of first come, first served?

"Young man, old man, I would also like to ask, do you think the painting in your arms is an authentic painting from ancient times? Let me remind you, this is probably a copy."

The person who scolded the beautiful woman and asked Shen Yu at the same time was an old man with a long beard who was energetic and had an extraordinary bearing.

He is about seventy years old, not very tall, and his clothes are very ordinary, just an ordinary old man's sweatshirt and cloth shoes, but when the old man stands in front of the stall, he seems to have a calmness like a mountain.

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Judging from their looks, it’s likely that the granddaughter is related to her grandfather.

Regarding the old man, Shen Yu couldn't sit down and talk. He quickly stood up and said solemnly: "To be honest with you, I don't care much about the authenticity of this painting because I don't intend to make a fortune by picking it up.< /p>

"And in my eyes, the value of a piece of art has little to do with the time it exists.

"Even if this painting was painted yesterday, as long as I think it is to my liking, I will like it and buy it at a high price for my collection."

"Oh?" The old man looked at Xia Shen Yu again with some surprise, and then nodded slowly: "Young man, you have a good attitude! Very few collectors nowadays have such a good attitude.

"Okay, take your time and watch, Xiaoying, then let's go shopping elsewhere."

The woman named Xiaoying came to her senses after being reminded by her grandfather. She bit her red lips lightly and looked at Shen Yu deeply when she left, as if she wanted to remember Shen Yu's appearance in her mind.

When Shen Yu saw this, he made a face at him. The angry woman blushed, stamped her feet bitterly, and then left quickly with her grandfather.

The clicking sound of high heels on the ground kept sounding, as if the feet were stepping heavily.

What Shen Yu said just now is pure nonsense and a joke. If he doesn't do it for money, why would he squat here in the hot weather?

Copy?

What happened to the facsimile?

In the antique shop, good replicas are said to be inferior to authentic ones.

In ancient times, there were often many copies of a famous painting or post.

The biggest advantage of copying is that if the original work is damaged, the calligraphy, painting and calligraphy will not be lost.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty, "Lanting Preface" was copied by great calligraphers such as Yu Shinan, Ouyang Xun, Chu Suiliang, and Feng Chengsu.

Among them, Feng Chengsu's Shenlong version is the most famous, and in the eyes of many people it is no different from the original.

If there were no copies, it would be impossible for future generations to see the elegance of the calligraphy sage Wang Xizhi who was the best in the world.

Because the authentic copy of "Lanting Preface" had long been taken into the tomb by Li Shimin, a die-hard fan of Wang Xizhi.

Famous national treasures such as "The Picture of the Walking Chariot", "The Picture of Luo Shen Fu", "The Picture of Han Xizai's Night Banquet", "The Picture of Lady Guo Guo's Spring Outing", etc. also have copies in existence.

Therefore, as long as the quality of the copy is high enough, you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell it at a high price.

At this time, the stall owner Lao Liu happened to come back with a set of pancakes and fruits. He looked at the backs of his grandfather and grandson in front and asked Shen Yu, "What? Do you know each other?"

Shen Yu shook his head and smiled: "I don't know."

Then he sniffed the air and immediately showed a look of understanding, "Lao Wei's pancakes contain at least three eggs and a spoonful of their special spicy oil. Lao Wei's pickles should be Also released.

"Brother Liu, your little life is really wonderful!"

Lao Liu smiled and took out two more beef biscuits like a magic trick, "Here, you treat me to eat Xiao Long Bao, and I treat you to beef sesame cakes. Brother Liu, I'm pretty good, right?"

"Thank you, Brother Liu, but I really can't eat anymore." Shen Yu quickly declined. He really couldn't eat anymore. When he came, he drank a big bowl of wontons and ate more than a dozen steamed buns. His stomach could not hold anything else. of.

Lao Liu laughed when he heard this: "I'm just letting you, but these are not enough for me."

Shen Yu didn't take it seriously at all. The old man in front of him spoke in this way, and he had long been used to it.

"It smells so good."

Lao Liu took a big bite of the pancake fruit and wanted to tease Shen Yu a few words, but before he could say anything, the radio signaled that storytelling was starting. Lao Liu hurriedly listened to it for fear of missing a wonderful part.< /p>

When Shen Yu saw Lao Liu obsessed with storytelling, he was happy that he would not disturb him.

This old man is so eloquent that he speaks like the water of the Yellow River without stopping. If you don't tell him, he won't be happy. He is simply a talkative.

Besides, Shen Yu is still immersed in the excitement of picking up leaks, so how can he be in the mood to chat with him?

Putting down the painting carefully, Shen Yu suddenly frowned slightly. If he was still a little confused, it was because he didn't know how Lao Liu got this copy of Shen Zhou's painting.

No wonder Shen Yu was confused, paper has a lifespan of a thousand years, but silk has a lifespan of half.

Silk paintings like "Ta Ge Tu" can be circulated for hundreds of thousands of years. They need to be carefully preserved by successive collectors and framed many times before they can be properly preserved. Otherwise, they would have long since rotted into a pile of slag.

Generally speaking, high-quality paintings like this should be circulated in an orderly manner. The sudden appearance of such a good painting at a small stall like Laoliu really made Shen Yu a little confused.

"Could it be that Lao Liu secretly went to dig out the old house?

"Hey, I don't want to think about it anymore. Anyway, this painting will be my own soon. I will have plenty of time to study it slowly in the future."

Shen Yu, 24 years old, is from Jiangnan Province. His ancestral home is Chuzhou and he grew up in Dongjiang, the provincial capital.

Because of his family background, he has been exposed to antiques since he was a child, and he is somewhat famous among the younger generation in the Jiangnan antique circle.

Shen Yu is not the kind of antique lover who dares to hunt for treasures after reading a few antique books. He has a true family background.

Grandfather Zhonglou was the lifelong honorary president of the Dongjiang Antique Collecting Association during his lifetime, and he had never made an appraisal of calligraphy, painting, or porcelain.

In particular, it is not necessary to completely open the painting to identify calligraphy and painting. You only need to open half of the painting to determine whether it is authentic or not. Therefore, Chongzhonglou is also known as "Shen Half a Piece" in the antique circle.

Shen Yu grew up next to his grandfather and has learned basic knowledge of various antiques since he can remember.

Although he is not a gifted person, he has accumulated a lot of knowledge over the past twenty years, whether it is porcelain, calligraphy, painting or jade.

After graduating from college, Shen Yu was introduced by his grandfather to work at "Bao Yuxuan", one of the famous antique stores in Dongjiang.

But the good times didn't last long, because in an accident, Shen Yu dropped a glass Zhengyang Luzigang brand belonging to a VIP customer in the store to the ground.

Knock off a defect the size of half a grain of rice at the lower edge.

This time it’s completely ruined.

Because that guest had a great background, his family was in the jade raw material business, and his father was even known as the Dongjiang Jade King.

Baoyuxuan purchases two-thirds of its goods from its company.

The cherished thing was broken, and the other party was very angry. Not only did he want Shen Yu to compensate for the loss, but he also threatened to tell Shen Yu to get lost. From now on, he would never want to gain a foothold in the Dongjiang jade and antique circle.

Chu Yaozong, the owner of Baoyuxuan Store, was benevolent to Shen Yu when he was young. He not only paid millions in compensation to Shen Yu, but also tried his best to make peace with him, hoping to gain forgiveness for Shen Yu.

But the other party refused to give up and even refused to give Chu Yaozong face.

There was no other way, Shen Yu didn't want to embarrass Chu Yaozong, so he chose to resign.

It's not easy to just sit back and have nothing, so Shen Yu gritted his teeth and left Dongjiang, where he had lived for more than 20 years, and came to his hometown of Chuzhou alone to open an antique shop and start his own business and become his own boss.

Although the store has only been open for half a year, the business is very good. However, in the past few days, Shen Yu has been worried about the supply of goods.

To put it simply, the store is newly opened and there is nothing special about it.

Shen Yu is honest in his business, what is genuine is genuine, and what is imitation is imitation. He will never sell imitations as genuine, let alone sell fakes.

After selling more than a dozen real items in the store, Shen Yu suddenly found that he had nothing to sell.

There is a saying in the antique shop: Just be afraid of running out of supplies, but don’t be afraid of not being able to sell out.

There is no such thing as wholesale of antiques, the goods can only be accumulated slowly by oneself.

Generally speaking, you can either go shopping for treasures at street stalls, go to ancient towns to buy old houses, or wait for people to come to the store to sell them.

In addition to these three types, there is another kind of helpless move, which is to get the goods from a familiar colleague at a price slightly lower than the market price.

This is usually a newly opened store like Shen Yu, or someone who has promised others but cannot give them something, which is a no-brainer!

There is definitely some profit, but there are also many disadvantages.

First of all, the antiques resold by colleagues are generally not in good condition, and most of them are tasteless and useless pieces that are a pity to throw away.

The reason is also very simple. People with good quality have already sold them themselves. How can they let you make a lot of money?

Even if something is in good condition, it often comes with a few items that are in poor condition or are extremely unpopular and expensive. If you want them all, don’t want them all? I’m sorry, please go out and turn right.

Today Shen Yu came to Lao Liu to pick up goods. What he wanted to buy was a Qingtian stone seal from the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.

A customer of Shen Yu asked him to look for the seal on his behalf. The price is between 40,000 and 50,000 yuan, and the maximum cannot exceed 50,000 yuan. For Shen Yu, this is not much money at all.

Shen Yu is so busy that he just wants to maintain a good relationship with his customers. After all, if you don’t have what they want, they won’t take care of your business next time.

Yesterday, Shen Yu and Lao Liu agreed to come over this morning to hand over the money and get the seal.

Shen Yu was very relieved about Lao Liu, because he had bought several small items from Lao Liu before, and the price was as much as he said. The price was fair and he would never raise the price temporarily. After going back and forth, the two of them became friends.

But after Shen Yu came today, he felt like he had eaten a fly.

The quality of the seal was really average, three points worse than he expected.

The printed handwriting is blurry and there is a small bump, which is very different from what Lao Liu described.

You can't lose money if you buy it back for 40,000 yuan, but it's definitely impossible to make money. At most, you can just protect your capital.

What worried Shen Yu the most was that although his client was not short of money, he was very picky and would not even look at things of average quality.

If someone takes a seal to someone, it’s fine if the other person buys it, but if the other person doesn’t buy it, Shen Yu will lose tens of thousands of yuan in his own hands.

Guaranteeing capital on antiques actually means reducing capital, which can easily lead to poor capital turnover.

So Shen Yu frankly expressed his concerns to Lao Liu and decided not to take the seal this time, and then ordered a thousand yuan as compensation for Lao Liu.

Lao Liu also understood Shen Yu's difficulties and did not accept the money at all.

At the same time, he also explained that a friend asked him to sell this Qingtian stone seal. He only saw the condition of this Qingtian stone seal half an hour ago. This is not the fault of Shen Yu, but it is also his friend's failure to explain clearly.

Although Shen Yu was grateful, he felt a little regretful after all, so he decided to repay Lao Liu's favor by randomly selecting a thousand-dollar object from Lao Liu's stall.

But Shen Yu only glanced at Lao Liu's stall and instantly discovered this copy of "Ta Ge Tu".

As long as there is nothing wrong with the next painting, Shen Yu decides to buy it at a casual discount.

When buying antiques, you have to be bold and careful, and make the move when you see the opportunity. Often the seller will change his mind if he hesitates for a moment. You can't forcefully buy if someone doesn't want to sell it, right?

As for whether there was something wrong with picking up food at an acquaintance's stall, Shen Yu didn't have any psychological burden.

He comes from a family of antiques, and it is common for decades-old friends of his grandfather's generation to pick up treasures in each other's stores. After buying something, they would tease each other about their poor eyesight and how they miss treasures all the time.

Of course, no one will be angry, because the moment the antique is placed on the stall, it is actually a leaked treasure. Even if a friend does not buy it, others will buy it.

Of course, after Shen Yu bought it, he also decided to give Lao Liu some compensation, such as buying the Qingtian stone seal and taking it away. Even if the customer doesn't want it, it doesn't matter, just leave it in the store and sell it slowly.

Feeling that everything had been considered, Shen Yu took a deep breath and unfolded the painting...

At this moment, Lao Liu, who was chewing food, suddenly trembled slightly for some reason. In order to hide himself, he turned around and looked at the paper calendar on the stall.

It reads:

July 23, 2012.

The fourth day of the sixth lunar month in the Renchen year.

Suitable for: getting married, collecting money, traveling, hanging a plaque, opening a market, entering a house.

Taboo: None

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