Colorful

Chapter 31
When Ji Cheng followed the crowd back to Jingyuan, he went to the old lady to report that he was safe.Ji Cheng was apologetic for sending people to look for her so much.

The old lady couldn't see the little girl's apology, so she pulled Ji Cheng into her arms to comfort her as if she didn't see it, and said, "Are you frightened? As long as you come back safely, as long as you are safe, where did they find you?" yes?"

Shen Jing took a step forward and said, "When we went, sister Cheng was waiting on the hillside."

The old lady snorted: "Why are you so stubborn at this moment, girl? Your brother and brother Jing are the most fun and undetermined at this age, especially when it comes to polo, they are even more serious. It's a fever in the forehead, and I can leave everything behind."

"Old ancestor..." Shen Jing begged with some embarrassment.

The old lady ignored Shen Jing's begging for mercy: "It's all your fault that your fourth brother is not good, so you have to drag your brother away. But don't blame them, when the old Duke was at their age, he would even die for polo , their men love this kind of excitement. Don’t look at your elder brother and second elder brother who don’t play now, they were crazy at the beginning, and they didn’t come back because of the game.”

"Old ancestor, you said Ah Jing, why did it involve me and elder brother again? We haven't improved enough in these years?" Shen Che answered with a smile.

The old lady immediately glared at Shen Che when she heard the words: "You still said it. I don't even think about your embarrassing things back then. When you won the first prize that year, how many girls came to bump into your horse on the way, and there were girls who wanted to hit your horse in the middle of the night. Go to your yard and talk about it yourself, right?"

Shen Che smiled helplessly and spread his hands.

The surrounding girls such as Ji Cheng, Su Yun, Lu Yuan and others who had never heard of these things opened their mouths in surprise when they heard the old lady's words.

"There are still girls coming to the mansion?" Lu Yuan couldn't help repeating. She had seen bold and unrestrained girls in the frontier, but she didn't expect that there were also girls in the capital.

"That's not it." Shen Xun whispered from the side, "She was caught by the guards on patrol, and she shouted 'Erlang', 'Erlang' loudly, causing the whole house to know about it, and the next day the whole capital was shocked. I heard."

Lu Yuan and Su Yun both laughed out loud.

The old lady looked at the embarrassed Ji Yuan again and said: "Brother Yuan is born with a good-looking talent, no worse than your second brother. If you play the ball too well, you may be dragged home by other girls on the street."

It is true that Ji Yuan was born with red lips and white teeth and is very beautiful, but his appearance is mostly inherited from Yun Niang, and he is a feminine handsome, which is different from Shen Che's elegant and handsome.

Ji Yuan's face was reddened by the old lady's words, and he mumbled, not knowing how to answer.But the reason why he agreed to join the Chuyang Club at the beginning, why didn't he learn from Shen Che's heart?
Men, who doesn't want to be suave?Especially literati.Shen Che's love affair is not just about being crawled into the house by a girl in the middle of the night, his treatment in that brothel fandai is the most enviable.

The world is peaceful, literati and poets dominate the fashion, and the profuse and beautiful words are especially loved by people.The sisters of the brothel also rely on these lyrics and songs to raise their status, so you can often hear stories of them using the money to support scholars and being betrayed in the end, but they still enjoy it.

So after several generations, those girls have also been raised with a bad temper. If the literary talents are not good, even if you have mountains of gold and silver in your family, they are just perfunctory, they don’t look at you seriously, and they will ridicule other guests behind their backs. you.If you have a good literary talent, she is willing to post three meals a day, and she will help you spread your fame everywhere.

Therefore, it is idiotic for people without ink to climb the oiran, and the only shortcut is polo.Those female historians whose eyes are above the top, in addition to loving literati, only like polo masters.Every time there is a polo club game, they are definitely the most spectacular cheering team.

There is that lady who loves polo very much, fell in love with a certain polo club, and even began to refuse business from other polo clubs, even if they offered her a high price to perform, she would never nod.

In the year when Shen Che won the polo leader, the polo club he was in was really glamorous, every brothel he went to was the first-class guest, even if the oiran lady had a social event, she would refuse to turn her back and receive them instead.As for Shen Che, it was 360 five days a year, and he lived in a brothel every day without spending half a penny.And the female history who beat each other to the brim in order to compete for his business, just to be able to sing and dance to him.

Let me ask, which man doesn't want to be treated like this?
Jokes are jokes, the old lady and the younger generation can't make all the jokes, the reason why she mentioned these jokes today is just because she remembered Shen Che's marriage again.

As far as Shen Che is concerned, the girls really like it, but it's different when it comes to talking about marriage.People who cherish their daughters are not willing to marry their daughters to such a romantic son, and old ladies and princesses look down on people who don't cherish their daughters.

Wouldn't that be a mistake?So wasted so far.

Why didn't Shen Che know that the old lady was complaining about himself by making fun of Ji Yuan, so he could only laugh pretending not to know.

Ji Cheng faced the wall and reflected for a full two hours on the matter of going out to ride a horse.Then I learned from the painful experience that I really overestimated myself.She is like a wild horse, she can be obedient when restrained in a prosperous stable, but once she is put on the grassland, she can't restrain her nature.

In order to punish herself, Ji Cheng hid in the house every day to practice calligraphy and painting, even when Shen Xian and others invited her out for a play, she just shook her head.But the sun outside is too poisonous, and the girls love beauty and don't want to get tanned, so they don't go out much.

One day, Shen Xian and Shen Xun came to play in Ji Cheng's room, while Ji Cheng was drawing flower notes in front of the desk.

Flower paper is an elegant thing, and it must be used when exchanging letters with each other.And girls like to compete with each other when they encounter anything. When writing lyrics, composing music, and posting posts, they all have to compete for the elegance and elegance of the flowers.

Although there are still those printed flower papers now, but if there are too many, it is not precious.The most precious thing is the hand-painted flower notes, which are rare and interesting.

Ji Cheng knew that he did not practice enough in painting, so Mrs. Yu pointed out that his skills were not enough.But drawing the same thing day after day is too boring, and the drawing is waste paper, which is not in line with the businessman's habits of the Ji family.

So Ji Cheng changed to painting flower paper, which is also a learning painting, but after the painting can be used to write letters, it becomes a useful thing.

When Shen Xun walked in, he spotted Ji Cheng's newly drawn paper with sharp eyes.

"Ah, this flower paper is really unique." Shen Xun played with it lovingly.

Shen Xian took it over and took a look, and saw that Ji Cheng used the variant of the word "Xiangsi" in Xiaozhuan to draw the border of the flower note, and on the border was written a circle of "Zichou Yinmao..." and so on for twelve hours .

"It's really interesting." Shen Xun said, "Sister Cheng, does this flower note have a name?"

Ji Cheng smiled and said, "I just drew it for fun, I never thought of the name."

Shen Xian looked down at the flower note, murmured in a low voice, gestured with her fingers back and forth, and finally her eyes lit up, and she smiled and said, "Why don't we just call it 'Lovesickness Twelve Hours a Day'?"

Shen Xun immediately cheered and said: "Good name. It's really amazing that this name is matched with this flower paper. Third sister, you have such a good name."

It is the age of lovesickness, how can such words be said in the mouth of a serious girl, but using flower paper to express affection implicitly, it is both elegant and expressive, this "lovesickness" flower paper is really a good expression things.

Shen Xian glanced at Shen Xun and said with a smile: "Your elder sister Cheng must have thought of a name before drawing this flower note." She dared not be alone.

Shen Xun liked it very much, pulled Ji Cheng's cuff and said, "My good sister, please draw a few more pictures, I want them all."

Shen Xun has a request, how could Ji Cheng refuse?She drew twelve sheets in a row, and each sheet was almost exactly the same, as if it was printed.Shen Xian watched from the side and sighed in admiration: "Ah Cheng, you are really amazing with this speed and skill.

"Yes, yes, you have such a unique job, it's enough to support your family." Shen Xun said with a smile.

"Ah Xun, what are you talking about? Ah Cheng doesn't need to support his family." Shen Xian reprimanded Shen Xun, she was afraid that Ji Cheng would hurt himself and damage his self-esteem.

Shen Xun immediately regretted what he said.

In fact, Ji Cheng never hurt herself because of her background in a merchant, but in her heart she always felt that it was wrong for Taizu to look down on merchants so much.Now she only wants to marry into the family just to protect herself and the wealth of the Ji family.

So Ji Cheng's face was very calm when he heard the words: "Sister Xian, don't talk about Sister Xun soon. I think what she said is right, no matter what, I won't worry about starving to death."

Shen Xun hurriedly said: "Isn't it? Don't look at some people who are arrogant when they are proud, but when they are down, those people can't even make a living, so they can only starve to death." If those ladies had to rely on their own hands to support themselves, then they would really hate themselves for not having any skills.

Shen Xian looked at Shen Xun helplessly, this girl really doesn't shy away from anything.

Shen Xun not only took twelve sheets of "Lovesickness Twelve Hours a Day" from Ji Cheng, but also selected many sheets from the flower notes that Ji Cheng had drawn.

"She likes to collect all kinds of flower notes." Shen Xian smiled helplessly.

"That's a coincidence. I also like to collect all kinds of flower notes, and I also like to draw pictures." Ji Cheng laughed.God knows that Ji Cheng has never played with these gadgets that girls like, but it doesn't hinder her determination to win the relationship with Shen Xun.

As soon as Shen Xun heard that Ji Cheng also liked this, he took her by the hand and told her about famous paper makers. To be honest, Ji Cheng was confused, but fortunately Shen Xun's temperament was very naive, and he opened his mouth to say no. Stop, it saves her the trouble of interjecting.

Ji Cheng is a good listener, and he is very able to cater to Shen Xun's thoughts. This conversation lasted most of the afternoon.

After Shen Xun left, the first thing Ji Cheng had to do was to find out the number of famous paper makers from all walks of life. In addition, he asked Liu Ye'er to spread the word that Ji's family in the capital quietly went to collect some famous paper makers for her. Come Huajian, since you say you also collect it, there must be some goods, right?

However, collecting flower paper is an extremely elegant thing, but flower paper is not as valuable as antiques. The members of the Ji family are all business friends. It's a little hard to be human.

And when Su Yun heard from Shen Xun that Ji Cheng also liked to collect flower paper, she also became interested, saying that she also loved flower paper when she was in the south, and brought out a collection of flower paper from her own collection. of.

Ji Cheng couldn't help admiring these young ladies from aristocratic families, they played with all kinds of elegance, dabbled in everything, and although she herself worked hard to catch up and improve in the past three years, learning painting, calligraphy, poetry, and lyrics, she was not What a daughter, she didn't have the environment that she had been influenced by since she was a child.

For a while, Ji Cheng was really in trouble because of Hua Jian, and if it was someone else, he would hate himself for talking too much, but Ji Cheng didn't, she knew that all complaints were meaningless, the most important thing was to solve the problem.

Ji Cheng thought about it, and felt that this matter could only be entrusted to Mrs. Yu.Mrs. Yu loves to paint, and may also have a collection of flower notes.It so happened that Mrs. Yu also came to Leyouyuan with Mr. Lin at this moment, which is really Ji Cheng's luck.

"Why do you want to collect the flower notes?" Madam Yu looked at Ji Cheng and said, she was worried that Ji Cheng would not be able to chew through too much, and besides, in Yu Zhenyuan's view, the flower notes were just small playthings, leftovers The frolicking is still incomparable with real painting.

Ji Cheng expressed his desire not to waste the paper.

Madam Yu said with a smile, "Don't tell me you still have less money to spend?"

Speaking of money, everyone really loves it, but everyone tries to show that they are not greedy for money.Layman Sanhe's paintings are worth thousands of gold, but Mrs. Yu would never sell the paintings for the sake of face, as it would seem that she painted them for money, and she would be inferior.Her paintings are usually given only to friends.

And after Mr. Lin became an official, although he had little property, he was nothing more than a farmer from a rich family.Mrs. Yu has a lot of friends and likes to travel in mountains and rivers, and her basic necessities are exquisite, all of which require money.

For Ji Cheng to be included in Mrs. Yu's door, the judges actually only think that she is lucky, but in fact, she also paid a lot of money for Shu Xiu.This not only solves the problem of Madam Yu's tight hands, but also won't make Madam Yu greedy for money.

That's why Madam Yu made fun of Ji Cheng, she can give such a large sum of money for Shu Xiu, so why worry about a few pieces of drawing paper.

Ji Cheng smiled embarrassedly and said: "If you can save it, you can save it. Besides, when you are learning to paint, you can make flower paper and put it on the shelf, and you can watch your progress along the way. And I think a small area can make a big difference, and I really want to see it." Look at the layout of those famous letters."

Yu Zhenyuan nodded and said, "I do have some flower notes in my collection, and I also have some writings from friends during the correspondence. It's okay to lend it to you, but you must remember not to stick to this small space."

Ji Cheng nodded hastily.

Madam Yu's blank flower paper can naturally be lent to Ji Cheng for appreciation, but for those letters, she only selected very elegant and nothing important letters for Ji Cheng to read, but Ji Cheng can't take these away to appreciate slowly.

Ji Cheng read these letters very carefully. For example, she liked the layout and color of the "Vine and Bee" note very much: "Sir, this note is thick and ingenious, and it is unique. It is everyone's work." Bar?"

Because there were several pages of the letter paper, Madam Yu showed Ji Cheng carefully, so she couldn't tell who the letter and letter paper came from.

"You have good eyesight. This is a note written by the old man Baishi himself." Mrs. Yu said.

The old man Baishi is also a famous painter, but now that he has passed away, his works have become unparalleled.Ji Cheng never expected that Baishi and Mrs. Yu would exchange letters during his lifetime.

"Sir, can I copy this flower note?" Ji Cheng asked.

Madam Yu naturally does not hide her secrets.It took Ji Cheng two days to copy this small piece of paper. Yu Zhenyuan couldn't help saying after seeing it: "You can copy the fake so well."

Ji Cheng smiled and said, "I just copied it for fun. Of course, Ah Cheng couldn't have Mr.'s letter paper, so I had to copy it, so that I can figure it out myself in the future."

Yu Zhenyuan nodded: "Copying can indeed practice painting skills, but it is also easy to make people slack. If you imitate everywhere, you will lose your own style in the future, and you will be inferior."

"Disciple must remember." Ji Cheng nodded.

Yu Zhenyuan didn't say any more, she and Ji Cheng both knew very well that Ji Cheng had a bit of talent for painting, but she didn't put her whole heart into it, so if you expect her to have some great fortune, then It is impossible.

Ji Cheng just wanted to avoid embarrassing Yu Zhenyuan in the future.

When Ji Cheng left, Mrs. Yu gave Ji Cheng a lot of flower notes she had collected. She didn't care about these little things for a long time. Since Ji Cheng needed it, she made a favor.

After Shen Xun and Su Yun saw Ji Cheng's "Favorites", they didn't dare to underestimate her anymore, even though she was a businessman's daughter, her inner self-cultivation was not inferior to them at all, so Shen Xun and Ji Cheng never got along with each other like before. That sense of aloofness revealed intentionally or unintentionally.

As for Su Yun, don't be too thoughtful when looking at Ji Cheng, after all, when they came to Shen's house, they both had the same thought.

It is said that in the next few days, Shen Xun asked Ji Cheng to draw a lot of flower paper, among them was the "Teng Luo Bee Paper", the so-called hero sees the same, Shen Xun also saw that the flower paper is extraordinary.

Ji Cheng openly admitted that he copied old man Baishi's flower paper. Shen Xun had never seen the original work, and he had no way of judging the quality of Ji Cheng's fine brushwork, but just looking at the copied work was elegant enough.

Shen Xun has acquired these favorites, and she has to look them up every day. The flower pad is for writing, but she is not at all reluctant to take it out to write letters.

One day before going to sleep, Shen Xun remembered to look at her collection of flower notes, and asked the girl Zi Yan to get it. After Zi Yan got it, she flipped through it a little, and then shouted: "Oh, my day of lovesickness." Why are there four missing at twelve o'clock?"

Both Ziyan and Ziran were stunned, but fortunately Ziran reacted quickly: "The second son came here today and stayed in the girl's study for a while."

(End of this chapter)