marriage is natural

Chapter 2 Silk Paintings During the Yongqing Period

There are only two places where He Xidong often runs to set up a stall.

One is at the end of Yugu Alley.

Most of the Yugu Alley is filled with antique shops, and the rest are shops with a little bit of "ancient" character, such as embroidery crafts, antique clothing and so on.From time to time, there will be some "Taobao shoppers" with the mentality of picking up leaks, wandering from the streets to the alleys, and seeing things of interest, they are happy to spend a little money to get lucky.

The other place is Dengyun Street in Nancheng District.Because it is close to the municipal square and there is a bus transfer station nearby, the flow of people is quite large. If you are lucky, it is not a problem to earn two or three hundred yuan a day.

But it is only limited to good luck. When luck is bad, it is not uncommon to be chased by the urban management for several streets, confiscated and fined after being caught.

Therefore, if the whole body is calculated, if there is an income of two to three thousand yuan a month, not only He Xidong, but the whole family will laugh.

He Wei knew the location of He Xidong's stall in Yugu Alley: the third last stall at the end of the alley.

The stalls here pay rent by the day, so you don’t have to worry about the urban management chasing after you, but the rent is also calculated according to the location. The stall that He Xidong chose is quite cheap, two yuan a day, but the business is also quite deserted, Xiao Maza It takes a long time to sit on the table, and you may not necessarily wait for a customer.

No, when He Wei found him, he was napping soundly with his arms on his knees.

She wasn't in a hurry to wake him up, and squatted in front of the stall, looking at the old gadgets he was selling one by one, trying to make sure if there was any "leakage" that Mr. System said.

【……No. 】

She said, there is nothing so easy to pick up in this world.

[There is no one at this stall, but it does not mean that there is no one next door. 】

What do you mean?
He Wei looked at the second-hand stalls on the left and right in surprise, the one on the left was selling old calligraphy and paintings, and the one on the right was the same as He Xidong, with all sorts of miscellaneous things.

[Didn't you see it?At the calligraphy and painting booth on the left, there is a picture of red plums treading snow on silk, which was made when you practiced painting in your boudoir.I just don’t know how this thing ended up in Fangshi…]

He Wei walked to the calligraphy and painting stall with a complicated mood.

The stall owner saw her and smiled all over his face: "Little girl, just choose what you like. If you choose, I will give you a discount. The price is absolutely fair."

She picked up the picture of snow plum on the silk surface, the silk surface was the size of a three-square silk handkerchief, except for some yellowing, it was well preserved, and there was a slightly blurred scarlet mark on the lower right, and wrote: Layman Yixi.That was the seal she carved with her own hands in remembrance of her hometown in her previous life.His eyes were red, and he almost shed tears. He hurriedly asked the stall owner, "How do you sell this painting?"

"This painting is said to be an old object." The stall owner pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Even if it was not handed down from the Yongqing period, it is not out of the left and right."

Seeing that He Wei's face was normal, the stall owner pretended to give up his love and said, "However, who made the little girl fall in love with me? If you really like it, you can take it for 30 yuan. I wouldn't sell it at such a low price for ordinary people."

He Wei was inexplicably embarrassed.

The paintings I made casually when I was in my boudoir were only worth 500 yuan after three to five hundred years.It's like slapping her in the face.Thinking about how confident she was in the paintings she made at that time.It can be said that among the four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, this painting is the one she is most able to master.

[What's the matter, the stall owner is as blind as your brother with this body.If you really know the goods, you won't stay in this dilapidated stall for a living. 】

Too.He Wei put away her sour mood, counted out 30 yuan from her [-]-or-so yuan savings, and handed it to the stall owner in exchange for this picture of snow plums she made herself.

[No. 18 next month, at the entrance of this alley, an antique calligraphy and painting exchange meeting will be held. If you send this painting there, you may gain something. 】

Mr. System said when she was carefully scrolling the painting.

Why are you so well informed?
【Won't you read the signboard advertisements along the way?From the entrance of the alley to the end of the alley, there were no less than ten stickers posted all the way, and each of them had characters as big as a human head. 】

He Wei turned her head and looked at both sides of the street, it was true.

She couldn't help laughing twice, and she was thinking about how to make money as soon as possible.

[There is another way to make money. 】

Mr. System came up with another idea for her.

He Wei tilted her head to listen.

[In this era, aren't various interest classes very popular?You go to apply for a small teacher to teach people how to play chess, piano, calligraphy, and painting. It's definitely not a problem, it's the age of your body...]

In the end, Mr. System himself refuted his proposal first.

He Wei twitched the corners of her mouth, and lowered her head to glance at herself. No, if the little girl in the first grade of junior high school is really so good, she might be exposed and reported by some gossip people, right?
It's fine for other people to know, but if parents and elder brothers saw it, wouldn't they be suspicious?When did the daughter who has been raised under her knees for 13 years and has always been mediocre understand this talent?
However, it is a good idea to save some money privately, enroll in an interest class, and show off at the right time in the later stage of learning, so that her talent can be shown in front of others openly.

It can be said that after all, there is still a lack of money.

Touching the only dozen or so yuan left in her pocket, which is still her breakfast money for the next month, He Wei sighed.

"Wei... Weiwei? Why did you come here?"

He Xidong woke up at some point, rubbing his sleepy eyes, looking at his sister in disbelief.

To be honest, he hasn't taken the initiative to talk to his sister for a long time.Unless parents ordered, otherwise, he didn't bother to talk to her.It's not that there is any deep hatred between the two, but his sister doesn't like his business of selling second-hand goods, and feels that she is ashamed of her, saying that her brothers and sisters are all studying, so she has a refreshing temperament.He was the only one who set up stalls around with a sack on his shoulders, and he got dirty all day long.

No, the recent crash was caused by her and her classmates going to the flower and bird market on Dengyun Street, and happened to meet him selling a stall there, she pretended that she didn't know him, and dragged her classmates to take a detour, He was so angry that he never wanted to talk to her.This time today, it can be said that after the cold war between the two, they met for the first time in a place other than home.

"I'm bored at home after finishing my homework, so I went out for a stroll. Do you need my help?"

When He Xidong heard this, he immediately activated the flattered mode, and after a long while, he asked nonchalantly, "You...do you have no money to spend?"

"..."

He Wei suddenly didn't know how to answer.

[Your brother is quite the model of a 24-filial brother. 】

Eighty percent of them are used to being abused.

He Wei sighed in her heart.

"Dongzi, so this is your sister? If I had known, I would have given her a better deal just now." The owner of the calligraphy and painting stall next door came over curiously and chatted: "You two are siblings? Don't you look alike?"

"I am like my father, and my sister is like my mother." He Xidong explained angrily, and was immediately attracted by certain words in his words: "Uncle Qiangzi, what did you mean by that just now? I Is my sister shopping at your stall?"

"That's right, just the picture of plum blossoms that I just received a while ago, she bought it because she liked it, but I didn't charge much."

"How much do you charge her?" He Xidong glanced at the scroll scroll in He Wei's hand, and asked Liu Qiang with his head tilted.

"Only thirty. One cent is not too much, and one cent is not less, as I told you." Liu Qiangsheng was afraid that He Xidong would return the painting, so he hurriedly replied.

He Wei took advantage of the situation and nodded: "That's the case. Brother, I like this painting. Anyway, it's only thirty, so it's easy to come out."

"What kind of savings? How much do you pay for breakfast for a month! Today is only the third day of this month, are you going to drink northwest wind for half a month?"

Parents leave home early, and breakfast is basically white rice cooked with the leftover rice from the previous day, and they just fill their stomachs with pickles.

Because He Xidong had to set up a stall at night, it was often early in the morning when he closed the stall and returned home, so he simply slept until noon and ate breakfast and lunch together, which could save some money.

He Wei usually goes to the alley to buy two steamed stuffed buns or a pair of deep-fried dough sticks and biscuits to eat while going to school.Spending 30 yuan all at once means that I will be hungry for more than half a month.

"Here, take it!" He Xidong took out two 20 yuan slips from the enamel jar in front of her, and stuffed them into her arms.

"Don't give me so much."

He Wei's pink cheeks were bleeding from embarrassment, and she refused to accept it no matter what.

She has been wearing it for two months, not to mention not creating a penny of wealth for the family, but on the contrary, she still has to take their hard-earned money, which is hard on her conscience.

"Be good! Be good. If you give it to me, you can keep it. Just don't waste it. That painting... If you like it, take it to your home and hang it up."

The entanglements and barriers that were stuck in my heart were completely eliminated at this moment.

He Xidong is not a calculative person, if his sister's reaction didn't make him too sad, he wouldn't be angry for so long.

"Hey! I said you two brothers and sisters, since they are biological brothers and sisters, it's hard to push back and forth, what are you doing with that little money?"

Liu Qiang on the side looked funny, and was about to make some jokes, when suddenly there was a commotion from the alley, mixed with the noise of "there is going to be a life lawsuit".

(End of this chapter)