Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 28 Still Have to Sell Paintings
"Brother Junxin, I've missed you so much since you last came for a few days."

Song Jie greeted everyone warmly. His business had been good these past two days, so his voice was a little louder.

Zhao Yifu also greeted him with a smile, and then asked, "I've been away for a while, has anything happened on the street?"

Song Jie immediately became interested, and while he was still asleep, he began to talk non-stop: "You don't know, Zhu Bancheng has changed his personality recently!"

As he said this, he actually kept the other person in suspense.

Zhao Yifu asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

He was quite concerned about this topic, because his soul had become stronger recently and he was gradually able to sense the source of the yang and spiritual energy wrapped around the Soul-Suppressing Seal.

One of the sources is from Zhu Fei and Zhu Bancheng.

Yang He's spiritual energy was quite stable, which showed that he really liked the painting.

Zhao Yifu was very customer service-oriented and after-sales conscious, so he asked, "Did Zhu Bancheng run into any trouble?"

"Oh~" Song Jie said excitedly, "It's not him who's in trouble, it's the thugs in Moyang City who are in trouble because of him!"

Zhao Yifu asked thoughtfully, "How do you say that?"

Song Jie said, "People used to frown when they talked about Zhu Bancheng because he was just a thug. But now he has become someone who specializes in beating up thugs. He has become this person in Moyang City!"

He said, giving a thumbs up.

Zhao Yifu felt a little puzzled after hearing this. Isn't this change too magical?
But this change is ultimately a good thing.

Then Song Jie began to talk about Zhu Bancheng's recent deeds in a vivid way... He listened for the whole morning and heard seven or eight fighting stories.

Only three days have passed. Does that mean Zhu Bancheng is on his way to a fight every day?

Zhao Yifu felt that this was probably a joke, so he asked, "Okay, I roughly know what happened with Zhu Fei. Is there anything else going on?"

Song Jie shook his head upon hearing this, but then quickly came to his senses and said, "If there is something true about you, it's that the day before yesterday, Miss Zhou came to see you again with her maid, but she didn't see you then and left disappointed."

Zhao Yifu became a little nervous after hearing this. After all, Liang Zhongzhi had recently warned him to stay away from this young lady to avoid being in trouble with Lord Zhou.

He had heard from a few words that Lord Zhou Suzhou possessed the power of the Yang God!
Zhao Yifu found it unbelievable. How could a mere provincial education commissioner be a Yangshen figure?
But think about it, Liang Zhongzhi said that many bigwigs in his own Danqing Sect became officials in the court, so this seems to make sense.

He didn't dare ask more about Miss Zhou, even though she was also a high-quality customer... Well, recently that maid Su Die seemed to have started sending him Yanghe spiritual energy.

Both the master and the servant are good at mining.

Zhao Yifu curled his lips with some regret and said, "Okay, brother, your business is here."

He pointed at a man who came to Song Jie to write.

Only then did Song Jie stop talking and start entertaining the guests.

His business is good, but in fact, it is one of those jobs that people really look down upon.

In other words, he had a solid foundation because he had passed the imperial examination and was much better than those other people who set up stalls on the street but had no academic achievements.

Otherwise, it would not be his turn to do this business.

Zhao Yifu opened the book box and placed it aside, spread out his books, and then started reading when he had nothing to do.

Eventually, one still has to continue to take the imperial examination. In fact, by the time one reaches the scholar stage, one has almost finished reading all the books that should be read. The next test is one's understanding of the words in the book and how to apply these words to current affairs.

Therefore, scholars could travel around the country to study, the purpose of which was to allow them to see more sights and broaden their horizons. Zhao Yifu was reading books at this time to review his knowledge. Reviewing the old to learn the new was one aspect, but avoiding forgetting was actually more important.

But after reviewing it for a while, he suddenly found that his understanding of the content of the book had become somewhat different.

In the past, when he read books and consulted current affairs, he would think about what he should do and what he should change to achieve a certain look... But now he is thinking about what he can do without.

The Taoist idea of ​​inaction is already influencing him.

And at this moment, someone else came in front of him.

It looked like a family of three out shopping. The couple was dressed rather simply, and the child's clothes, though new, were made of ordinary fabrics.

Zhao Yifu put on a businesslike smile and said, "Excuse me, what kind of scroll would you three like to order?"

The man said, "My family of three is preparing to leave Moyang City and move back to the countryside. Mr. Song next door said that if we want to leave any souvenirs, we can come to Mr. Zhao's place to see him."

Zhao Yifu looked at Song Jie in surprise, and saw that Song Jie, who was busy, turned his head and gave him a sly smile, as if he was playing a very interesting joke on him.

Zhao Yifu understood that Song Jie was introducing business to him because he had not opened his shop today.

He smiled and shook his head and said, "If that's the case, why did the Xian couple and their family leave?"

The man asked curiously, "Why does this make sense?"

Zhao Yifu said: "Since the reasons are different, I naturally have to paint different artistic conception."

The man showed a look of sudden realization after hearing this, and then sighed, "To be honest, I originally came to Moyang City to study. This place is known as the cultural heritage of the world. I thought I could learn well here and pass the imperial examination. But I didn't expect to waste several years here, not only wasting money, but I almost didn't even pass the annual examination..."

"After being reprimanded by Master Zhou, I decided to learn from my mistakes and return home to study hard."

After hearing this, Zhao Yi Fu realized that the man in front of him was actually also a tribute student. It just seemed that he was dazzled by the prosperity of Moyang City and wasted his time.

He asked curiously, "Brother, what do you like most in Moyang City?"

The man hesitated after hearing this.

But the woman next to him had already spoken: "He loves going to that pleasure boat the most!"

The man blushed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about in front of the child and Mr. Zhao?"

"I didn't go there to look for prostitutes, but to attend a literary gathering of courtesans. That's an elegant affair, a very elegant affair."

Zhao Yifu naturally knew about this "Oiran Literary Gathering", which was just a gimmick put together by several pleasure boats in order to attract these scholars to drive up the value of their girls.

But the woman said angrily, "Daya? You're really spending money, but I wonder if you've spent so much money and written so many articles, and which courtesan has let you get away with it?"

Zhao Yifu looked at the man's embarrassed and even red face and immediately understood what was going on. This man was obviously a weakling.

He immediately understood how to paint the picture, so he said, "Please wait a moment while I start painting."

As soon as he finished speaking, he started writing swiftly.

This pen really feels like it's flying.

It didn't even seem like the tip of his pen had touched the paper; instead, the ink dots fell onto the white paper as he swung his pen continuously, forming a series of very freehand scenes.

In this way, Zhao Yifu's ink-splashing technique can be considered to have been mastered.

(End of this chapter)