The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

At this time, Zhong Siyu came and said, "My Lord, Shang Xi, what are you talking about? Why are you so happy?"

Wan Lianxing said: "You came at the right time. I don't know what Shang Xi is up to. She is trying to persuade me to go shopping with her."

Zhong Siyu said: "What else could it be? Shang Xi must be here for the fifth brother and his wife."

Shang Xi said: "The one who knows me best is Miss Zhong."

Wan Lianxing said: "Feng'er and Shang Xi are quite good at employing people. The fifth brother and his wife are good people, and they really have no bad intentions. But what happened to them?"

Shang Xi gave Zhong Siyu a look, signaling her to speak, and Zhong Siyu had no choice but to speak: "Fifth sister-in-law is pregnant and wants to see the Marquis. Can the Marquis go to the noodle shop?"

Wan Lianxing opened his folding fan and fanned it twice before he slowly spoke: "This child should have nothing to do with me."

Shang Xi said: "It does matter."

"I am a clean man and never flirt with other women. How could her pregnancy be related to me?"

Shang Xi said: "They want the Marquis to help them protect the baby."

"What? To preserve the pregnancy? Isn't this nonsense? I'm not a doctor, how can I preserve the pregnancy?"

Zhong Siyu smiled: "Shang Xi, you almost made the Marquis confused."

"What do you say."

Zhong Siyu said, "They just wanted to kowtow to the Marquis and pray for the child. Originally, they wanted to go to Fengying City on the eighth day of the first lunar month to see the Marquis and pray for the child. Shang Xi felt that the journey was too long and bumpy, so she wanted the fifth brother and his wife to come to the mansion to see the Marquis and kowtow to him to protect the child. But the fifth brother and his wife were too honest and not the kind of people who would curry favor with the rich and powerful. They felt that it was inappropriate and refused to listen to Shang Xi's idea no matter what. So Shang Xi said that she would trick you into a noodle shop for them."

"That's what I said. Why are you asking me to go to the noodle shop? No one is so honorable as to ask me to come to your house."

Shang Xi asked: "My Lord, will you go there?"

Wan Lianxing said firmly: "No."

"Please, uncle, please go and have a bowl of spicy noodles."

"No, I don't want that bowl of noodles."

"You have eaten the buns made by the fifth brother and his wife."

Wan Lianxing said: "Others don't know whether worshipping me is useful or not, but you and Siyu don't know it, so why are you two teaming up to fool me? I never advocate fooling people, so let's stop here, and don't mention it to me again."

Shang Xi looked at Zhong Siyu, and Zhong Siyu had to persuade Wan Lianxing again, "My Lord, we know that everyone is superstitious, but it is not completely useless. After they pay homage to you, they can resolve their doubts."

Wan Lianxing said: "If they like to worship, they can go to the City God Temple or worship in front of my portrait. As long as I can't see, they can interpret their suspicions however they want. Anyway, this feudal superstition cannot be practiced in front of me."

Afterwards, both of them were driven out by Wan Lianxing.

After Shang Xi and Zhong Siyu looked at each other, Shang Xi said, "My uncle doesn't want to go shopping, so let's go shopping. The weather is so nice. If he wants to stay at home, then he can stay at home. Let's go shopping."

As a result, the girls from the mansion were the ones who went out together.

Walking on the street, Han Nianxia pointed and said, "Look, there are so many painting studios in Mochun County."

We looked in the direction she pointed, and there were indeed three art studios lined up in a row. From the art studios and chess stalls on the street, we could see that the people here were no longer short of food and clothing, and their lives were already more than adequate.

Yuhua did not find it strange. "There are art studios everywhere nowadays. There are several in Fengying City. The paintings made by those painters are very valuable."

Han Nianxia said, "Let's go in and take a look. If the painter's skills are good, let each of us paint a portrait."

Yuhua said: "Why spend that much money? If you want to see yourself, just look in the mirror. Besides, no matter how much he spends, it's just a piece of paper. I don't think it's useful."

Han Nianxia insisted, "Why is it useless? Isn't my natural beauty worth painting? When I'm old, I can take it out and recall what I looked like in the past. I must paint a picture."

As he spoke, Han Nianxia walked towards a painting studio, and several people had to follow him.

As soon as Shang Xi saw the red brick and green tile eaves, she knew that this was the shop that their family rented out. Their shops were renovated uniformly, all in the same style of red brick and green tile. At that time, she also said that such decoration was suitable for any business. When she said this, there was no one on the streets of Mochun County, and the scene was desolate and bleak everywhere. Now when you look at this street again, you can no longer see the shadow of the past Mochun County. It’s just that I don’t know if the red brick and green tile decoration of their house is suitable for opening a painting studio.

When they walked into the house, it was quiet and no one came forward to greet them.

The walls of the room were covered with painters' works. In the middle of the floor, there was a painter sitting on a small wooden stool with an easel in front of him. Because the painter was too focused, he had no intention of getting up to receive them.

The conditions for creation were very casual, but the painter's expression was very serious.

Several girls could not help but go over to see what the man was concentrating on painting. It was a portrait, and it was already 90% completed.

Yuhua sighed: "The painting is so realistic."

Zhong Siyu frowned and couldn't help asking, "Sir, how much does this painting you are painting cost?"

The painter said without even looking up, "This painting has already been reserved. You can go to the wall and choose one. If you don't like it, I can paint another one for you."

Zhong Siyu said: "You draw very well, but I want to correct you a little."

Upon hearing this, the painter turned around immediately, stood up, bowed to Zhong Siyu, and then said very humbly: "Miss, please teach me?"

Zhong Siyu pointed at the painting and said, "My Lord, the fish pattern on your collar is not used well. You can't paint it like this."

The painter asked: "This pair of fish represents good luck, symbolizing many children and prosperity, so what's wrong with that?"

Zhong Siyu said: "As a painter, you must understand the preferences of the characters in your paintings. You cannot just paint whatever you think is a good implication. You must respect the Marquis and not paint randomly."

"I am not painting randomly. I once watched the Marquis for a long time at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion. My paintings are not lifelike, but very lifelike. My paintings have always been the best sellers in the whole Mochun County, and even in the whole Fengying County. I don't know what you meant by what you said just now, please explain it to me."

When it comes to matters concerning Wan Lianxing, Zhong Siyu is extremely serious and her words are not vague at all, showing none of her usually weak and fragile character.