The young couple bowed and apologized, took responsibility, and flattered each other. However, Liang Huairen didn't know what to say for a moment. He pondered for a long time before saying: "In the afternoon, I was wrong, but you two were really interested in caring for each other." My brother’s good brother and sister-in-law.”
Hearing this, Shen Luzhu looked at Chu Yi, raised his eyebrows, and then said excitedly: "So, Mr. Liang has agreed to accept Ah Li as his disciple?"
Liang Huairen twitched the corner of his mouth, glanced sideways at Shen Luzhu, and asked, "When you asked me for the second time if I won, what would you do if I gave up?"
"If Mr. Liang admits defeat, then he is naturally willing to admit defeat and agree to my request."
Yes, it turned out that she was waiting for him here. He agreed to her request. He didn't need to ask Liang Huairen to know what she would ask for, and he accepted Chu Li as his disciple.
"Even if I admit defeat, you have the nerve to agree?"
Shen Luzhu smiled and took Chu Yi's arm and said, "What's the shame? In the eyes of my husband, my paintings are the best in the world, oh?"
Chu Yi smiled fondly: "That's right."
Liang Huairen rolled his eyes, turned around and walked out of the hall. Seeing this, the young couple hurriedly chased after him: "Mr. Liang, Mr. Liang, Liang Huairen!"
Liang Huairen stopped and turned sideways and replied: "What are you shouting for? I, Liang Huairen, am so easy to fool. I must have both the apprenticeship ceremony and the apprenticeship banquet. I can't take advantage of you two. I will go back to the inn where I will stay in three days." Come to the door."
The young couple looked at each other and were so excited. Chu Yi was a big man and he caught up with him in a few steps. He bowed and thanked him: "I will take you back, sir."
Liang Huairen said awkwardly: "Are you afraid that I will run away?"
"Don't dare."
Shen Luzhu happily watched Chu Yi and Liang Huairen go out, and then hurried to find everyone in the Chu family to inform them of the good news.
But Chu Li didn't look very happy except for the moment he heard the news. Shen Luzhu saw this and waited until the family members dispersed before asking, "A Li doesn't seem very happy. Don't you want to Do you want to become a disciple of Mr. Liang? Don’t you like his paintings?”
Chu Li shook his head: "No sister-in-law, Mr. Liang's painting is very good."
"What happened?"
Chu Yi sat on the steps in front of the main hall and looked up at Shen Luzhu: "Auntie, am I causing trouble for you? I can learn from Auntie, which is already good. You don't have to beg for help for me. "
He is no longer the kid who didn't understand anything. When his brother and sister-in-law took him away, it was easy to guess what he would say and what he would do. It was just for him to beg Liang Huairen, but this was exactly what he didn't want. .
Shen Luzhu lifted up the hem of her skirt, sat down next to Chu Li, rubbed his head and said, "Li, what have you been thinking about in your little head all day long? Did you see your brother and I begging for help?"
Chu Li blinked and said nothing. Even if he didn't see it, he knew it. Liang Huairen didn't want to accept him as his disciple, but after chatting with his brother and sister-in-law alone, he nodded and agreed. Such a big change, saying no How is it possible to ask for help?
"We are not asking for help, we just want to give Mr. Liang a way out."
Chu Li turned to look at his sister-in-law with an expression that said, "Don't treat me like a fool."
"When did my sister-in-law lie to you? Think about it. Mr. Liang just glanced at your paintings on the roadside. Just because he was afraid of delaying the talent of a stranger like you, he waited at our house all afternoon. Why do you want to argue with me?"
Chu Li shook his head: "Maybe he is too kind."
"It's true that he has good intentions, but more importantly, he likes Ah Li's paintings and values your talent. Maybe he wanted to accept our Ah Li as his disciple at that time. This is why he misunderstood that I taught you painting in order to let you know how to paint. You work, paint on the coffin and get angry.
My sister-in-law didn’t know that he was a very good painter at the time, so she naturally wanted to retort. You said something to me, and the atmosphere was tense. Naturally, he couldn’t hold his face and agreed to accept you as his apprentice, so my sister-in-law and your brother You have to give him a step down. "
"But... he dislikes our coffin. My sister-in-law is obviously very good at painting and everyone likes it. What's the difference between painting on paper and painting on the coffin?
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Shen Luzhu smiled happily: "What A Li said is not wrong at all. There is no high or low in painting. As long as you like it and don't hinder others, there is no difference between painting on paper or on a coffin. .”
"Then why does my sister-in-law want me to worship him as my teacher?"
"There is a saying that takes the essence and discards the dross. Have you ever heard of it, Ali?"
Chu Li shook his head: "No."
"We are apprenticed to learn Mr. Liang's painting skills. We can also learn from his love for painting and his warm-heartedness. There is no one who has no problems at all. If the good ones are good, we will humbly ask for advice. If the bad ones are bad, we will ask for advice humbly. I thought it was a warning.”
Three days later, the Chu family had already prepared the procedures for becoming a disciple and invited familiar neighbors to come as witnesses. They were just waiting for Liang Huairen to come to their door when the time came.
The apprenticeship ceremony was scheduled to start at three o'clock. Just after arriving, a man wearing a dark robe came to the open door of the Chu family. Thinking that he was in the wrong place, the customer hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "If you want to buy something, just go to the shops on both sides. What do you want to buy, paper money or paper bundles?"
Liang Huairen frowned and said, "What kind of paper money do you want to buy? I'm here to join the apprenticeship. You kid has only been here for a few days and you don't recognize people anymore?"
Hearing this, Xue Changshan looked at the man in front of him carefully. The people invited by his master and his wife to attend the apprenticeship banquet were all familiar neighbors, and there was no one he didn't recognize. However, the man in front of him looked like he had definitely seen him before in his clothes: "You ...You must not be Mr. Liang!"
No wonder Xue Changshan couldn't recognize him, it was Liang Huairen who had a beard all over his face that day and his body was covered in dust. He looked to be in his fifties, otherwise Chu Li and the others wouldn't be able to keep calling him "Mr."
But now Liang Huairen rested in the inn for a few days, put on clean clothes, and shaved cleanly, revealing his original face. He looked to be in his thirties at most.
Not only Xue Changshan, but also the Chu family were shocked by Liang Huairen's new face. They had to confirm again and again before they dared to recognize each other. Shen Luzhu kept scolding him. No wonder everyone called him Mr. Old that day. He was so manic. Looking at him with Uncle Chu. At about the same age, I really don’t need to use the old word.
Liang Huairen was originally from the capital. He was quite talented in painting since he was a child. He became famous in the capital at a young age. In recent years, he had been bored in the capital, so he packed his bags and wandered around Daqian, visiting famous people. Chuandajiang places its affection on the mountains and rivers. If you find something interesting while traveling somewhere, stay there for a while, experience the local customs and customs, and record what you see and hear with a brush.
At noon on the day he met Chu Li, Liang Huairen arrived at Xing'an County. He found an inn to stay in the main street of the city. He ate something casually and then went out for a stroll. He didn't even care about the beard and gray hair that had not been cleaned for more than half a month. His clothes fluttered, causing everyone to misunderstand him and think he was an old man in his fifties.
At three o'clock, the Chu family and everyone invited to watch the ceremony stood on both sides of the Chu family's hall. Chu Yi invited Liang Huairen from the west wing to sit in the main seat of the hall.
Following the loud shouts of the invited chief, Chu Li, dressed in new clothes, came to the middle of the hall, walked to a place three steps in front of Liang Huairen, solemnly knelt on the futon arranged and kowtowed three times. The ritual of nine obeisances.
After Chu Li straightened up, Chu Xiuxiu brought up the tea, red envelopes and six gift bundles consisting of celery, lotus seeds, red beans, red dates, longan and lean meat strips that had been prepared.
Chu Li, the new disciple, had to kneel down to offer these. Liang Huairen drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, and then said: "It is fate that you and I can form this master-disciple relationship today. Painting is a matter of self-cultivation. In the process of tempering your will, although you have outstanding talents, you still need to work hard and practice more in the future."
Chu Li kowtowed again and said, "Disciple, I will obey my master's teachings."
After performing the apprenticeship ceremony, drinking the apprenticeship tea, and eating the apprenticeship banquet in front of everyone, Chu Li officially became Liang Huairen's apprentice.
After becoming a master, he naturally wanted to study by his master's side every day. After much discussion with the Chu family and seeking Chu Li's ideas, Chu Yi dismissed Chu Li from the private school.
Since he confirmed that he wanted to learn painting from a teacher, Chu Li decided to
He had already made a decision, and he thought about this matter very clearly. He had no intention of taking part in the imperial examination and getting a meritorious name. It would just be a waste of time to continue studying. Now that he has found something he likes to do, it is best to drop out of school now. choose.
The inn where Liang Huairen stayed was on Changqing Street, less than a quarter of an hour's walk from Chu's shop. When Chu Yi sent him back that day, he helped him change to a larger suite, which was also more convenient for Chu Li. From now on, I will study painting here every day.
Chu Li dropped out of private school, but his life was no different from before. He still set off early every morning and came back home in the afternoon to help take care of Zhengzheng or do some small jobs within his ability. Chu Xiuxiu and Shen Luzhu were more I had a job, which was to deliver meals to Chu Li and Liang Huairen at the inn every noon.
Sometimes Shen Luzhu cooks it himself. Sometimes he is too busy at home, so he picks up a food box and orders a few dishes from a nearby restaurant. The inn also provides meals, but they are not as delicious as those made at home. Change the pattern every day and do more. Quan should be filial to Master on behalf of Chu Li.
Seeing that it was late April, several persimmon trees in the inner courtyard of the Chu family had grown young leaves. On this day, Aunt Sun and her assistant went into the Chu family's coffin shop next door, carrying a lot of cloth.
When Gao Tongshan saw that he was from the shop next door, he took a lot of fabrics, and knew that he was looking for his own proprietress. He hurriedly asked Song He to help look after the shop, and took people to the inner courtyard.
