Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

Shen Chenai thickened his skin, faced Mrs. Chen's strange gaze, and walked into the house pretending to be nonchalant on the surface, but in fact, he was also deeply ashamed of his crime just now.

Luo Ding doesn't care about these things, brother Chen's attitude towards him has changed a little recently, and now no one can stop him from enjoying the joy in his heart.

Mrs. Chen looked back and forth between the two of them for a long time, seeing their reactions in her eyes. She knew that Shen Chenai's attitude had changed a lot compared to when she first came here, which also made her feel sorry for Luo from the bottom of her heart. must be happy.

Shen Chenai pretended to send away Mrs. Chen who was still trying to inquire about something. She said that Aunt Chen's gossip-loving temperament didn't know whether it was good or bad. She didn't feel anything when she heard other people's gossip. When she was on her body, she just wanted to find an excuse for her to leave quickly.

After returning to the house, Luo Ding had already served the prepared dinner on the dining table, and little Yuegui was still busy placing dishes and chopsticks on the kang table. This child has always been diligent, and even an adult like Shen Chenai would feel ashamed of this.

During dinner at night, Shen Chenai handed over the remaining copper coins to Luo Ding.Don't ask him why he did this, he just did it instinctively, because subconsciously he felt that the money should still be handed over to Luo Ding, and he just had to wait to get pocket money every day.

Shen Chenai, who followed his instinct to hand in the small treasury, was crying silently in his heart at this moment. He muttered to himself, "Grandpa, daddy, is this the fate of our Shen family men? Never more than 200 yuan.Now it's finally my turn. It seems that I am worse than you. I forgot to keep even a copper coin. '

Compared with Shen Chenai's secret words, Luo Ding's reaction was much more straightforward. He was a little at a loss as he held the remaining copper coins. Shen Chenai had only been working for a few days, and it was still a while before he was paid. At that time, where did he get the money? That seemed to see Luo Ding's doubts. Shen Chenxi whispered while chewing the food in his mouth: "I drew a few fans when I was free. The customers who came to the bookstore bought it, and the money was distributed to me by the little boss according to the rules."

After listening to Shen Chenai's explanation, Luo Ding suddenly realized. No wonder he always saw Shen Chenai writing and drawing there these days. It turned out that he was busy with these things.If that's the case, then the gifts I bought for him were really the right ones.

Thinking of this, Luo Ding divided the string of copper coins into two with his fingers, kept half for himself, and returned the other half to Shen Chenai for him to keep for himself.

Luo Ding, who had received Shen Chenai's copper coins, was obviously in a good mood. Seeing that he didn't even care about his own dinner, he got up and opened the drawer of the kang cabinet beside him, took out a few small porcelain boxes from inside, handed them to Shen Chenai and said : "I've been watching you write and draw recently, thinking that these things should be something you can use."

Hearing this, Shen Chenai took the boxes that Luo Ding handed over in doubt, opened it, and found that all of them were some paints that would be used for painting.

This gift really took Shen Chenai too much by surprise, but these gifts can be regarded as sent to his heart, because he just happened to be troubled by the paints for painting recently.

The raw materials of ancient people's paintings are mostly minerals and plants with their own colors. There are many precious pigments, which are basically ground out of colored gemstones of the same color system, and their value is self-evident.

Among the fans that Shen Chenai created before, most of them are all kinds of calligraphy works. Apart from the reason that the fans are not big and calligraphy is easy to play, another very important reason is that he has no paint on his hands. .

When painting magpies and plum blossoms and fish playing with lotus leaves, the plum blossoms and carp are painted with cinnabar red borrowed from the little boss, but that’s all. Apart from the cinnabar red that will be used, there is no other color to be found.

Not reconciled to being restricted in her creative path, Shen Chenai also went to the ink shop next door to inquire about the prices of various color palettes, but after asking the price, Shen Chenai's already uneasy mood became even more uncertain .

But he didn't expect that Luo Ding helped solve his own problem in the end.

Holding those paint boxes, Shen Chenai carefully opened them. Each box contained a color, two of which were minerals, and the other two were plants.

Mineral and plant pigment boxes are easy to distinguish. Mineral pigments are mostly in powder state because they fly out of water after grinding.Of the two boxes of mineral pigments, one was ground from ochre, and the other was realgar powder.

Most of the pigment boxes of plants are extracted from the pigments in plants by means of boiling.In order to preserve the extracted colors, people will add something to them and make them into rouge cakes.

The rouge cakes of these two plants that Shen Chenai got this time, one is a thick purple extracted from purple stalks, and the other is a light blue pigment extracted from red and blue flowers.

Although there are only four colors, it has been of great help to Shen Chenai.Shen Chenai, who was overjoyed, held those paint boxes and smiled happily. Luo Ding saw his happy look, and felt extremely happy in his heart.

Shen Chenai who got the paint box is even more powerful. When he was creating fans, he also began to abandon those simple calligraphy and develop into fine brushwork and ink painting.

When Shen Chenai doesn't try to imitate others, his own paintings are still quite spiritual. In addition, the pages of the fans are very small, so the prices Shen Chenai sets for them are not too high, so the fans he painted , among those young students, there is still a market.

Every day, one or two of the fans painted by Shen Chenai can always be sold. Compared with those long paintings and calligraphy hanging on the wall, which are not opened once for half a month, Shen Chenai is already very satisfied with his current performance. Satisfied.

But relying on fan painting alone, it is impossible for Shen Chenai to work for a lifetime, not to mention seeing that their business is good, there are already many other businesses on this street that have started to imitate their way of doing business.

These people may not pose any threat to him in a short period of time, but after a long time, the guests will definitely be shunted away.So even though she knew that long paintings and calligraphy were not easy to sell, Shen Chenai decided to give it a try.

In the past few days, apart from continuing to paint fans, Shen Chenai copied a few of some well-known works of Ou Ti, Yan Ti, and Liu Ti, and hung them in the most conspicuous places in the bookstore.

Although some customers who came in these days expressed interest in these works, they all expressed that they were a bit expensive, so although there were not a few people who asked, there were not many people who were really willing to spend money to buy them.

Faced with this situation, Shen Chenai still gritted her teeth and did not lower the price.Because he knows that the long works are different from the fans he usually draws. The fan is just a plaything, and no one will care if it is more expensive or cheaper.

But the long works are different, it is a display of the identity of the author and the painter, if he lowers the price of these long works now, then it will be difficult to increase the price of the works signed by Yunwu Sanren in the future up.

Facing Shen Chenai's insistence, Xu Jian, who is the owner of the bookstore, also gave him considerable support. He did not put pressure on Shen Chenai in order to sell those long books quickly, but told him very calmly that those Paintings and calligraphy can hang on the walls of his store all the time, it doesn't matter how long they hang.If it doesn't work, Shen Chenai can still go to the imperial examination with him, and the guarantor Xu Jian can find him for him.

Shen Chenai was really grateful when she heard the words. He only found out a few days ago that after the new year, there will be a county exam in Fengcheng, twice every three years. Xu Jian wants to concentrate on reviewing just to take this exam. , that’s why he posted the recruitment notice outside.

For Xu Jian's enthusiasm, Shen Chenai could only express regret. It was impossible for him to take the scientific examination in Shen Chenai's view.

Shen Chenai had read the Four Books and Five Classics, but he had only read them. It would be impossible for him to memorize them fluently in a short period of time.Not to mention extracting some sentences from it, using that sentence as a solution to the topic, and writing a stereotyped argumentative essay, it would be his life again.

Well, even if he can grit his teeth, memorize those books well, and then write a stereotyped debate essay according to the gourd.But the ancient imperial examinations are not only about these.When registering, each student must leave his detailed information in the government office, the most important of which is the name and place of origin of his great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and mother.

Shen Chenxi went there to find those people. If she told the truth, would she be thrown into prison by the magistrate for the crime of ranting against the court?

Even if the idea is right, if you fill it out indiscriminately, those fake resumes will be a hidden danger after all. Once someone finds out in the future, not only Shen Chenai himself, but even the student who acted as his guarantor will follow. He was implicated together.

Why do it when it's so laborious and thankless?

Why not just study his calligraphy and painting honestly, maybe with his talent and some diligence, he can make some achievements.Even if he can't become a famous artist of a generation, but can leave some works for later generations to comment on, it can be considered that his trip was not in vain.

With this kind of belief, even if the long-term encounter is cold and misty, I am not discouraged in the slightest. I am still creating every day, and while I am constantly looking for mistakes, I am also constantly refining my skills.

Huangtian paid off, and while Shen Chenai was constantly honing herself, a big client also came to her door.