The Rebirth of Han Yuxi - Chapter 1892

[Chapter 1892 Qi Xuan Fanwai (50)]

After saying good things, Tang Mo commented on Qi Xuan’s painting: “Your painting is beautiful and deep, and your skills are very strong, but you are too mature.” Perfection means too much attention to skill.

Qi Xuan smiled bitterly and said, “My teacher also said this before.”

Tang Mo said: “If you can’t change it, it will be difficult for you to improve your painting skills.” The beauty picture I saw earlier did not have this shortcoming, and there was no trace of Mr. Shan Weng in the painting. Now it seems that the Empress Dowager is really right. What King Xuan is best at is figure painting.

After Pang Jinglun asked him this question, Qi Xuan wanted to change it. However, this kind of thing is not something you can change if you want to.

Tang Mo was not discussing this issue with Qi Xuan, but asked, “After so long, I still don’t know what your name is?”

“Han Xiaojun.”

After Tang Mo heard it, his first impression was that the name was vulgar: “What do you like to draw on weekdays?”

Qi Xuan heard this and said, “Landscapes, flowers and plants, birds and insects, these are all painted.”

“I asked what is your favorite painting?” Before Qi Xuan could speak, Tang Mo said, “Just like me, I also paint landscapes, cats and dogs, but I like to paint flowers the most. And I paint the best. Yes, it is also a flower.”

After he finished speaking, he handed a peony picture to Qi Xuan to see. This painting is brightly colored and detailed and lifelike, and people will fall in love with it at first sight.

Tang Mo waited for Qi Xuan to finish admiring his paintings, and said, “Now can you tell me, what do you like to paint?”

Qi Xuan still shook his head.

Tang Mo said patiently: “In this way, you close your eyes first.”

After Qi Xuan Yiyan closed his eyes, Tang Mo asked him to clear everything in his mind.

In the store, Nico and Niti were anxious after waiting for a long time.

Seeing this, Gu Jiu said to the two: “I don’t know when they will come out. Why don’t you go and sell the things first, and then come back.” In order not to waste time, he felt that it would be better for the two of them to sell the things.

The two naturally had no objection.

Gu Jiu turned his head and asked the second child of the Tang family: “What is the name of the store that collects animal skins in the county, and where is it?”

Hearing this, the second child of the Tang family hurriedly said, “I don’t know what kind of skins you want to sell?” The one who came out of the mountain said that he wanted to sell furs, and it was definitely not ordinary animal skins.

“Tiger skin.”

The second child of the Tang family showed a happy look on his face: “I don’t know if you can show it to me.”

The price of this thing in the capital is also very expensive, and as soon as it is available, it is bought by the dignitaries.

When Nitty got the word, he put down the basket and prepared to take out the tiger skin from it.

Tang Lao Er hurriedly glanced outside, and then said, “Let’s go to the backyard to see.”

When Tang Lao Er saw this tiger skin, he was about to buy it. The tiger skin was well preserved, except for a large hole in the neck, which was not damaged at all.

“I don’t know how much you’re going to sell this tiger skin for?” He has never done a fur business, so he doesn’t know the price. However, the price of fur here is definitely not comparable to that of Beijing. Here, a tael of silver can last a month. In the capital, a tael of silver can’t buy anything at all.

Nitti and Nico didn’t fully understand this, and the two looked at Gu Jiu.

“A complete tiger skin like the capital costs at least seven or eight hundred taels of silver. It can’t be compared with the capital here, but it has to be half the price anyway!”

For four hundred taels of silver to buy such a good tiger skin, it is a big profit. However, Tang Lao Er still suppressed the price: “Three hundred taels of silver, what do you think?”

Although it looks honest and honest, but after all, it is a business person who still likes to lower prices.

Gu Jiu was too lazy to negotiate the price with others, so he turned to ask Niti and Nico: “Tiger skins are three hundred taels, do you sell them?”

The tiger skin last time was similar to this one, and it only sold for one hundred and forty taels of silver. Now more than twice as big as last time, Nigel nodded happily: “Sell, sell, sell.”

Niko added: “Ninth uncle, and tiger balm, do you ask him if he wants it?”

With a sigh, Gu Jiu asked Tang Er, “Yes. They also asked you if you want tiger balm, if you want it, one hundred taels.” At the price of one hundred taels, you will definitely earn it if you buy it.

Tiger cream is also a high-quality medicinal material. If Tang Lao Er doesn’t want it, he is a fool.

Tang Lao Er originally wanted to negotiate the price. Seeing Gu Jiu’s half-smiley expression, he knew there was nothing to talk about. He nodded and said, “Yes.”

After a few words, the tiger skin and tiger cream were sold.

Hearing that the tiger balm was also sold for one hundred taels of silver, Nico and Niti were overjoyed.

You must know that the tiger skin and tiger cream last time were only sold for 180 taels in total. This time, the two items were sold together for 400 taels of silver, which was more than double the previous time.

Tang Lao Er asked, “Do you want a bank note or cash? If you want cash, I’ll go to the bank to get it for you now.” The three hundred taels of loose silver in the shop are usually paid for if the amount is particularly large. ‘s bill. But looking at Niti and their clothes, Tang Lao Er knew that they came from the mountains. Generally, such a person only recognizes money but not banknotes.

Gu Jiu said, “Cash silver.” Nigu and the others didn’t know each word, so how could they ask for a silver note.

Tang Lao Er asked Xiao Er to take care of the shop, while he went to the backyard and asked a guy to go to the bank to withdraw money.

Gu Jiu watched the two go out, his eyes flashing.

After Qixuan closed his eyes and remained silent for two minutes, Tang Mo asked, “What do you want to do most now?”

Qi Xuan blurted out: “I want to go home to see my mother.”

Tang Mo was embarrassed, but quickly regained his calm: “Then go back and paint a painting of your mother. When it’s done, show it to me.”

Qi Xuan hesitated.

Tang Mo said: “You can draw and miss your mother so much, why don’t you make a painting of your mother?”

Qi Xuan said, “I’m afraid that I can’t draw well.” If I didn’t draw well, I would offend my mother.

Tang Mo smiled and said, “In fact, whether it’s painting or playing the piano, as long as you incorporate your own emotions, you can move people. I believe that as long as you paint in this state, the painting will definitely be good.”

Qi Xuan struggled for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement with Tang Mo’s proposal.

After discussing the art of painting, Qi Xuan asked, “Sir, do you know how much this painting is worth?”

Tang Mo stroked his beard and said, “Five taels of silver.” This price is quite fair.

Qi Xuan was a little disappointed, the price was too low.

Tang Mo said with a smile, “People here don’t like paintings of mountains and rivers. But if you want to sell them at high prices, you can paint tigers or leopards.” The portraits of beasts are very popular here, and no one wants landscape paintings here. There are not many readers, who likes these things. It’s a beast, and some superstitious people will buy it home and use it as a town house.

Qi Xuan smiled and said: “Okay, then I will draw a tiger next time.” I will draw the big colorful tiger that was hunted last time.

After the two finished talking, Tang Mo let him go out. He himself continued to take care of the flowers and plants in the yard.

When he arrived at the front yard, Qi Xuan didn’t see second brother Tang: “Where’s the shopkeeper?”

Gu Jiudao: “The shopkeeper just bought their tiger skin and tiger paste. The money is not enough to go to the bank to get the silver. You sit down first, and you will be back soon.”

As soon as the words fell, Tang Lao Er returned with his buddy. The two guys in the family were actually the guards that Oak-hee gave to their father and son. Because they don’t speak the language here, the two are just doing chores. But if the second child of Tang wants to go out, the guard will go with him.

Gu Jiu took the silver box, put it down, and then took a piece of silver and squeezed it. After confirming that there was no problem, I handed the silver box to Nitty.

Nitti put the forty silver ingots of twelve taels in the cloth pocket, and then put them in the back basket.

Qi Xuan said to Tang Er Er, “The old gentleman said that my paintings are worth five taels of silver.” Although it’s not much, I can buy a lot of things. These rice noodles, this time I can buy 10 to 20 catties and go back.

Tang Lao Er did not go to the backyard to verify, but went directly to the counter to get the money. Seeing Gu Jiu, the corners of his eyes twitched.

Fortunately, Qi Xuan didn’t think much about it. Otherwise, it will definitely be worn out.

Gu Jiu asked, “Is the public security in the county town not very good?” Otherwise, it is impossible for Tang Lao Er to open a store without even putting seven or eight hundred taels of silver.

Tang Lao Er glanced outside, and saw that no one outside lowered his voice and said, “Because this county is relatively small and pays very little tax every year, the imperial court did not appoint a county magistrate. The county chief is good, fair and honest. However, because of illness, he resigned from office and went home to recuperate. This county chief came last year. Since he came, the people here have paid 20% more tax than before. There are also more hooligans, and what’s even more ridiculous is that people have to pay a city fee to enter the city since last month.”

Qi Xuan’s face was instantly as black as the bottom of a pot.

Gu Jiu looked wrong, and said to Tang Lao Er, “It’s getting late, let’s go back!”

After sending the people away, Tang Lao Er went back to the backyard and said to Tang Mo, “Father, I told them what happened here. Father, what’s the use of telling them this?”

Tang Mo smiled and said, “This world belongs to their Yun family. King Xuan knows that he will not stand idly by.”

Tang Lao Er’s eyes were about to pop out: “Is it King Xuan who came just now? Impossible, I have seen King Xuan before, and it’s not like this at all.”

Tang Mo said with a smile: “He is not only tanned now, but also dressed so badly, how can he compare with the capital.”

Tang Lao Er only knew that the Empress Dowager asked them to come to Shu to do one thing, but he didn’t know why: “Father, we came to Shu for King Xuan?”

Tang Mo nodded.

Passing by a restaurant, Qi Xuan wanted to go in for lunch. But thinking about buying some cloth and going back to make clothes, I have to save some money for fifty taels of silver. So, I finally gave up this idea: “Go to the cloth shop to buy some fabrics, and then go back.” The two clothes I made before were scratched and worn, and I don’t know how many patches were made. Now, to make money, you have to make two clothes.

Since he was a child, he was wearing brocade clothes, but now he was wearing old clothes with patches. Qi Xuan felt that he was quite adaptable.

I bought two pieces of cloth, one cyan and one light blue, and spent twenty taels of silver. Qi Xuan didn’t buy anything else, he was going to buy it in town.