Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

These days, Shen Chenai can already feel that the fans he drew in the bookstore are getting harder and harder to sell.

Part of the reason is that there are already a large number of similar products on Wenhua Street, and the other reason is that the price of fans has gradually increased due to Shen Chenxi.

This price is not what Shen Chenai wanted to increase, it is because since he got the paints sent by Luo Ding, most of his paintings now are meticulous flowers, birds, fish and insects. Landscapes are much more complicated, and the price of those fans will naturally increase as the cost increases.

Although this kind of situation made Shen Chenai a little impatient, he still did not give up his persistence. When eating at noon, Xu Jian who was sitting opposite him saw his anxiety, so she comforted him and said, "Don't worry, any Meiyu It can only be obtained after repeated polishing. You are like a piece of rough jade now. Although your body is still wrapped in stone skin, the value has been discovered by people. As long as you go through careful polishing, you will be able to bloom A brilliance that is different from ordinary people."

Although she knew that Xu Jian said this to comfort herself, after hearing what he said, Shen Chenai still felt much more at ease in her heart.

Shen Chenai, who has never been praised so much before, felt a little embarrassed when he heard the words. In order to ease his emotions, he said rather self-deprecatingly: "I really thank you for your praise, but if there is such a day in the future, I will never forget the help you all gave me today. It’s just that I have always wanted to treat money like dirt, and I have worked hard to develop to the opposite. Unfortunately, I have never had that opportunity. So far Money has always treated me like shit."

After listening to Shen Chenai's words, Xu Jian laughed and said, "It's okay if you still have the thought to make fun of yourself. Then I can feel relieved."

Just when the two of them were chatting and laughing happily, a short, well-dressed old man suddenly entered the bookstore. He looked a little thin.

The little old man looked to be in his early sixties. He was dark and thin, but his eyes were still rolling around, and from time to time he could see a glimmer of light in them.

With that look, if he didn't look at his clothes but only looked at his face, Shen Chenai would have thought that the monkey there had become a spirit, and then put on human clothes and ran out.

The little old man didn't say what he wanted to buy after entering the room, his eyes just kept scanning the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.If he saw any one that satisfied him, he would not be able to stop revealing an expression of secret joy, making Shen Chenai's skin crawl when he saw it.

Facing this guest who acted suspiciously, Xu Jian and Shen Chenai looked at each other in blank dismay, both thinking about what this guest was wearing, didn't he look like someone short of money?But why his expression is so wretched, giving people a feeling of treachery?

How can I doubt this person's identity, but after all, the visitor is a customer, and the two people who are the owner and the bookstore staff can't just let the customer wander in the store alone.

So Shen Chenxi put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hand, got up and greeted the old man and said, "Sir, do you need anything? There are all kinds of books here in the shop, do you want me to introduce you?"

Hearing the words, the little old man turned his head to look at Shen Chenai, then opened a folding fan that he had been holding in his hand all the time, turned the fan to Shen Chenai and said, "Is this fan sold here?"

Hearing the words, Shen Chenai lowered her head and looked, and saw that the folding fan that the little old man was holding in his hand, the fan surface attached to it happened to be one of the two fans that he sold first, which was the "Ode to God" in European style calligraphy. plum".

In order not to make a mistake, Shen Chenai took a special look at the date and signature on it.After confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, he said, "This fan is indeed sold in our store. Customer, what's wrong with you taking it back today?"

The little old man was very excited when he heard the words, but he still tried his best to suppress his emotions and said: "My little brother, don't get me wrong, I didn't come here today because there is something wrong with the things sold in your store. "Yongmei", the old man really fell in love with it at first sight, that's why he bought it from someone else at a high price. I inquired with that person, and he said that this work was passed down from your store. That's why the little old man came here today."

Shen Chenai raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and thought to herself, could it be that this one is the legendary fan?Then why do other people's fans are all little fresh meat, but when it comes to him, they become monkey-like little old men?

It is a good thing to be appreciated and recognized for one's work, but why is Shen Chenai not half happy when facing this old man?

Intuition told him that the old man who came here with his fan should not be a simple person, so Shen Chenai wisely chose to temporarily hide her identity from the old man.

Thinking of this, Shen Chenai changed the subject and said: "This Yunwu Sanren has many other works left by us, since you have found him, old man, let's take a look at some other works of this man. "

The old man nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, and then followed Shen Chenai's guidance to the wall where the long works hung.

Since Shen Chenai has more time in recent days, he has created many works one after another these days. Among these works, there are some famous works copied from his predecessors, and there are also his own temporary works.

In short, he has created no less than a dozen works these days, plus those that were originally hung on the wall, now there are more than twenty works by Shen Chenai alone on the wall of works.

Those works all have the name of Yunwu Sanren, so they are very easy to find.After seeing those calligraphy and paintings, the old man acted like a real fan, looking at the paintings hanging on the wall fascinated.

Seeing that the old man looked obsessed, Shen Chenai stood aside and did not disturb him.Although the old man's current appearance is a state that often occurs when painting idiots see their favorite works, Shen Chenai just feels that there is an indescribable something wrong in it.

After a long while, the old man who was immersed in the paintings finally came back to his senses. He said to Shen Chenai who was standing beside him: "I'm really sorry, the old man was a little absorbed in watching these works just now."

Shen Chenai replied with a smile when she heard the words: "You are welcome, old man. The work is created for everyone to appreciate. It is the luck of this work to meet someone who appreciates it. The old man can see it like this The fascination of you must be a man of temperament, and it is an honor for these paintings to get your approval."

The little old man laughed when he heard the words, he stood on tiptoe and patted Shen Chenai's shoulder and said, "You really can talk, little brother, but you are right about one thing, the old man really appreciates these paintings, yes Those who can create these paintings are also very interested, I wonder if you would like to tell the owner of these works, and say that there is an old customer who wants to meet him."

Shen Chenai's smile became brighter when she heard the words, but she replied: "What a misfortune for this gentleman, Yunwu Sanren has gone out recently and is not at home. When he comes back, I will definitely take your words intact Move it to him."

Although the old man was a little unhappy when he heard the words, he still said: "Since this is the case, I will trouble you, brother. In order to show my love for this Sanren Yunwu, as long as there are works of this Sanren in your store, whether it is calligraphy or painting or Wrap up those fans for me, and the old man will take them away."

Shen Chenai was startled when she heard the words and said quickly: "Guest, there are quite a lot of works left by Yunwu Sanren in our store, don't you want to pick one?"

Hearing the words, the old man waved his hand indifferently and said: "What else to choose, I like every piece of Yunwu Sanren's work. There is one piece, wrap it all up and take it away for me."

Shen Chenai hurriedly looked back at Xu Jian when she heard the words, at this time Xu Jian had already forgotten about lunch, walked over with her robe sleeves flung and said: "This customer, don't worry, there are quite a lot of works left by Yunwu Sanren in this shop. I am the owner of this bookstore, why don't you see if this works, you go to the side with me for a tea break, and I will ask the staff in the store to look it up for you, so as not to miss it Either way, it's a loss for us."

The old man nodded when he heard the words, and stopped talking to Shen Chenai, but turned around and followed Xu Jian, who came to greet the guests, to the counter to drink tea.

Before Xu Jian left, she gave Shen Chenai a wink, which meant that you go and take off all the calligraphy and paintings and take them away with him. I took advantage of this time to talk to him.

Shen Chenai understood Xu Jian's eyes, so he silently moved the stool to step on his feet, and took down all the works hanging on the wall that were inscribed in the clouds and mist. After each volume number, the individual Put them into a rectangular three-dimensional carton.

The fans needed to be laid flat and not curled, so Shen Chenai stacked them up one by one, and put them together in a large cardboard box.

In order not to wrinkle the work, and to buy time for Xu Jian, Shen Chenai deliberately slowed down when doing these things, and took a while to pack everything.

Seeing Shen Chenai coming over with a tall stack of long cardboard boxes, Xu Jianjian knew that he couldn't ask anything from the old man's mouth today.So he said to the old man who was sitting across from him, drinking tea slowly, "Mr., everything you want has been packed."

Hearing this, the old man raised his head and looked at the boxes that were about to bury Shen Chenai, and said to Xu Jian: "Since it's all packed, please ask the boss to quote a price to the old man."

Xu Jian thought for a moment when she heard the words, Shen Chenai's works were basically written by him looking at the paintings, so Xu Jian was quite clear about what was contained in those boxes.

He silently calculated the prices of those works in his mind, and then quickly said to the old man: "Sir, we now have 7 paintings of clouds and mists, 12 calligraphy novels, and 27 fans in our store. In total, you have to pay 45 taels of Wenyin."

After Xu Jian finished speaking, she stared at the old man intently, only to see that he took out a stack of bank notes from his pocket without changing his face, and counted out the price he wanted for Xu Jian one by one.

The old man who paid the money didn't say anything, but let Shen Chenai follow him out of the bookstore with those calligraphy and paintings.

At this time, a carriage was parked outside the gate of the bookstore, and a coachman and a man dressed as a clerk were waiting there.When they saw the old man coming out, they jumped out of the carriage and helped the old man up.

After the old man got into the carriage, he signaled Shen Chenai to put all the calligraphy and paintings he bought into the carriage. Before leaving, the old man held up the door curtain of the carriage and said to Shen Chenai: "I will definitely come again next time, and I will trouble my master with this A little brother helped to introduce me to that Yunwu Sanren."

After finishing speaking, the old man did not wait for Shen Chenai's reply, put down the curtain and let the carriage drive.

Shen Chenai walked back to the bookstore speechlessly, where Xu Jian was waiting for him to come back.Although a big deal was made today, the two people in the shop were not very happy.

While cleaning the teacup in her hand, Xu Jian said to Shen Chenai: "That man is too smooth, I tried it several times but still didn't find anything. But I think the purpose of his coming here today is definitely not just to buy some calligraphy and paintings. Simple."

Shen Chenai snorted coldly and replied: "Of course he didn't come here for my calligraphy and paintings. It's okay to say that the long calligraphy, paintings and calligraphy have been appreciated by him. But he didn't even look at those fans. Let me wrap it all up at a glance, have you ever seen a person who buys calligraphy and painting pick things like this?"

Hearing this, Xu Jian became even more worried. He walked over and said to Shen Chenai, who was frowning tightly, "This person's mind is unclear, and it's hard to tell the good from the bad. Fortunately, he didn't know you before he disappeared. But I don't think we can hide this matter. How long, so you'd better be more careful these days."