Every time Ye Zhu, the servant of Xu Academy, reported Chen Caozhi's words and deeds to the entourage assigned by Chu Wenbin, he would receive a reward ranging from dozens of liters to more than ten liters. However, since the third day of November,
After that, Ye Zhu could no longer find that generous person, but he became accustomed to it and still observed Chen Caozhi every day, accumulating a lot of things about Chen Caozhi, preparing for the day when the generous person appeared again.
He said that he would receive a big prize, but after waiting and waiting, the generous person never showed up, and Dr. Xu fired him.
According to Ran Sheng's temperament, he wanted to punch Ye Zhu twice, but Chen Caozhi refused and asked him not to care about it. Ran Sheng had no choice but to give up and said: "Forget it, I think he has done a good job in spreading the message, so let's spare him for the time being."
Since Chen Caozhi's birthday on the first day of this month, Lu Weirui has been coming to see Chen Caozhi every day, sometimes at Zhenqing Taoist Temple, sometimes at Xu's Thatched Cottage. The two of them talked about flowers, trees and paintings, and sometimes they didn't say anything at all.
Wandering under the flower trees, just looking at each other and smiling. Occasionally, on a stormy and dark day, when we can't see each other, we feel like we are missing something.
At noon on November 16, the two of them walked slowly down the hill behind Zhenqing Taoist Temple. Lu Weirui asked: "When will Chen Langjun return to Qiantang?"
Chen Cao said: "At the beginning of next month, I hope I can return to Chenjiawu before it snows."
"Why are you afraid that the road will be difficult before it snows?"
"No, because I promised my niece Run'er that I would go back when it snows."
The little maid who was following behind said with a smile: "You can't tell if it will snow now. It might snow tomorrow. Chen Langjun can turn into a bird and fly back!"
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "Birds can't change, but I will return home immediately without delay for a day."
Lu Weirui said: "Chen Langjun, how old is your Run'er?"
Speaking of Run'er, Chen Caozhi smiled, turned his head and looked at Lu Weirui's porcelain-white face blown by the cold wind, and said: "Run'er is six years old. She said she would be the first lady in Wu County when she grows up. How can that be true?
Aren’t you going to take over the throne of the little lady Wei Rui?”
Lu Weirui's face turned red, her eyes squinted, and she said: "What is the first lady in Wu County? The people in the county are laughing at me for being crazy. How can I be the first?"
Chen Cao said: "I think it's appropriate."
The little maid smiled and said: "Chen Langjun, have you ever heard of the saying 'Xie Daoyun sings the catkins, Lu Weirui the nymphomaniac'? Of course my little lady is the first lady in Wu County, and she is as famous as Xie Daoyun of the Xie family in Chen County. I
I’ve never seen the Xie family’s lady before, I guess she’s a little inferior to my Wei Rui lady——”
Lu Weirui said hurriedly: "Short hoe, don't talk nonsense. Mrs. Xie is so talented, I can't compare to her."
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "Men talk about talent, but women don't. Girls talk about talent just like flowers talk about their weight. Isn't it boring?"
Lu Weirui opened her eyes wide and asked: "What is the woman talking about?"
Short hoe was a little quick-talking and said: "Of course it's about beauty. My wife Wei Rui is pretty enough, isn't she Chen Langjun?"
Chen Caozhi saw Lu Weirui blush slightly and said: "Ms. Weirui is very beautiful, like a famous flower all over the city -"
Lu Weirui's face turned redder and redder. She looked away but did not speak. She was obviously very willing to listen to what Chen Caozhi said.
Chen Cao said: "Men talk about talent, and women talk about aura. Talent can be cultivated through hard work, but aura is innate. Some women have aura when they are young, but they lose it as they grow older."
Lu Weirui didn't say anything, and Dan Hoe was her spokesperson. Dan Hoe asked: "Tell me, Mr. Chen, does my little lady Wei Rui have a lot of spiritual energy? Has it been lost?"
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "A lot of it, not only has it not been lost, but it has become clearer and more honest."
Short hoe was happy. Although she didn't quite understand what men's talents and women's auras were, she knew that Chen Caozhi was praising her beautiful little lady. She said happily: "My dear lady, Mr. Chen said you have a lot of auras."
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Lu Weirui blushed and said: "With so much spiritual energy, I will become an immortal." Then she changed the subject and said: "Chen Langjun, tell me about your Run'er, I want to hear about her.
, yes, and Zongzhi."
Chen Caozhi then told all kinds of cute and interesting things about Zongzhi and Runer. Lu Weirui was fascinated and sighed: "Why didn't I think of going to Chenjiawu when I arrived in Qiantang in April? Oh, I didn't know Chen Langjun at that time, right?
, I had seen him before, but I didn’t recognize him.”
When Lu Weirui said this, her demeanor was revealed.
In the past two years, the little maid, short hoe, has been traveling with Lu Weirui everywhere, thinking that the little lady Weirui can keep playing like this. She is young and does not know the depth, so she said: "Qian Tang is not far away, anyway, now I am with Chen Langjun."
Now that we know each other, you can go again, little lady, and I also want to see Run'er."
Of course, Lu Weirui was not as ignorant as a short hoe. His face was as red as a frosty wind. Hearing Chen Caozhi say nothing, he took a peek and saw this handsome and dignified young man frowning slightly and looking up at the horizon.
The stacked clouds, the eyes are complicated, I don’t know what I’m thinking about?
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Well-known painters from several counties near Wujun rushed to the county town on the 18th to prepare for tomorrow's flower and tree painting gathering. This is a good opportunity to become famous. If they can get a few words of praise from the Wei Association or Zhang Mo, the paintings will be
The value increased greatly.
At noon on the 19th, Chen Caozhi asked Dr. Xu for a half-day leave and went to Lufu Xiyuan with the health teacher. Gu Kaizhi refused to go. Liu Shangzhi, who liked the excitement, also asked for leave from Dr. Xu to follow him.
Lu Na sent someone to invite the Wei Association. The Wei Association also knew that Zhang Mo would come. If he refused to go, it would be because of stage fright, so he would naturally go.
Wei Xie is from a noble family in the north, while Zhang Mo and Zhang Andao are from a famous family in Jiangdong. They are the Zhang family of the four surnames Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang in Wu County. Zhang Mo is younger than Wei Xie, about fifty years old, with bright eyes and sparse eyebrows.
Compared with Wei Xie's easy-going and casual attitude, Zhang Mo seemed a bit arrogant.
Wei Xie and Zhang Mo, two of the most famous painters in the world, gathered in Xiyuan, Lufu, Wu County. It was really a grand event. Of course, the two of them did not talk happily, so they gave a little bow and went away.
Zhang Mo was accompanied by his female disciple Lu Weirui and his brother Lu Qin. Zhang Mo looked at the handsome young man beside Wei Xie from a distance and wondered: "Is that Gu Hutou? How come his appearance is so different from when he was young? How can he be so different?"
So handsome!"
Gu Kaizhi's nickname is Hutou. Eight years ago, Zhang Mo met the six-year-old Gu Kaizhi at the Gu Mansion in Jinling. Later he learned that Gu Kaizhi worshiped Wei Xie as his disciple. Now that he saw the handsome young man next to Wei Xie, he naturally thought it was Gu Kaizhi.
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Lu Qin said: "How dare Gu Kaizhi come here? This is Chen Caozhi from the Qiantang Han clan, a new disciple of the Wei Association."
Zhang Mo heard that Lu Qin's tone was quite unfriendly. He glanced at Lu Qin in surprise and asked Lu Weirui: "How is this Chen Caozhi's painting? I have seen one of Gu Kaizhi's paintings. He is indeed a genius. Who has such a disciple in the Wei Association?"
Fortunately."
Lu Weirui said: "Chen Caozhi has been studying painting with Mr. Wei for less than two months."
Zhang Mo said "Oh" and didn't ask Chen Caozhi how he was doing. What could someone who had learned painting for less than two months do?
A total of twenty-seven painters, including Wei Xie, Chen Caozhi, Zhang Mo, and Lu Weirui, came to participate in this Xiyuan flower and tree painting gathering, as well as local nobles and celebrities from the county and town, about forty or fifty people.
People lingered in Xiyuan's rockeries, pavilions and pavilions, and were full of praise for the exotic flowers and plants in the garden. The most famous of the Sanwu Gardens was Wujun, and the Lufu Xiyuan Garden in Wujun was the best.
The prefect Lu Na was very interested and set out a number of prizes. Those whose paintings were selected into the ninth grade were all given prizes. The prizes were nothing more than paintings by famous artists, as well as pens, inks, paper and inkstones. The painters came here not for profit, but for fame.
The paintings were collected early and were numbered in sixties. There were a total of forty-three paintings, because some painters submitted two paintings. These forty-three paintings were read by the Wei Xie first. The Wei Xie was in the west wing of Baihua Pavilion.
I wrote some testimonials according to the painting numbers on the paper, and while telling Chen Caozhi who was standing beside me about the various painting styles in Wu County, as well as the pros and cons of the paintings in front of me, Chen Caozhi benefited greatly.