Chapter 2388: 1 Words Come True

Feng Lin frowned and looked at Tudou and said, "This painting is dirty and cannot be sold."

Are you blinded by money?

Tudou said excitedly: "Then give it to me. I have an inkstone here. How about we exchange it?"

Feng Lin said without hesitation: "No."

"Alin, come and sharpen the ink."

At this time, a man's voice came from inside, and Feng Lin responded: "Dad, here we come."

Tudou subconsciously took a step back. Feng Lin glared at him and said, "If you weren't in a hurry to finish the painting, I would have asked someone to beat you out today!"

Tudou put the painting behind him and said: "When I see injustice on the road, I say something. No, when I see injustice on the road, I draw my sword to help. I have witnessed the whole process today. If there is a lawsuit, I am willing to testify."

Feng Lin then softened his expression and said, "Okay, please leave quickly, lest Taininghou's people come to cause trouble."

The girl hurriedly entered the courtyard gate, and then the courtyard door closed.

"Young man, are you attracted to Ah Lin?"

The man next to him asked with a mocking smile.

Tudou was regretting that he almost said his father's catchphrase. Hearing this, he quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, I'm here to ask about painting."

He was afraid that he was not convincing enough, so he opened the painting.

"Hey! It's been contaminated! I'm afraid the Feng family will be in some trouble."

Tudou asked as soon as he heard this: "I happened to be passing by there at the time and saw Feng Lin arguing with the people from Taininghou Mansion. They said that the painting must be sent by tomorrow at the latest."

The man looked at the painting, frowned and said, "This landscape painting is not easy to paint. It requires spirituality. If you don't paint well, others won't recognize it, and you will be unlucky when the time comes."

Although Tudou didn't have much research on painting, he was somewhat aware of the difficulty of this painting.

"Uncle, is there anyone in the Feng family who can help me with the matter?"

The man shook his head and said, "It's difficult. The fiancée of Feng Xiang, the boss of the Feng family, is the niece of a civil servant, and his uncle is just an academic officer. There is no room for him to speak in front of Marquis Taining."

Tudou sighed in his heart and asked: "Uncle, is this painting for display? Why do I see that the name and seal on it are wrong?"

The man coughed dryly and said: "Well... some noble people have no time, so they ask people to draw a few paintings. Many people know this."

Borrow a name!

Tudou understood. He expressed his gratitude and led the horse home.

…

During the Chinese New Year, everything in Fangjiazhuang was peaceful. Many farmers went into the city together, and everyone who met Tudou on the road saluted.

After arriving at Zhuangzi, there were only some old people playing in the fields with their children, which added to the festive atmosphere.

Tudou entered the house in a daze and was picked up by Fang Xing for questioning.

"How about your uncle's Zhang Mao?"

Fang Xing was wearing a cotton-padded jacket, with his hands still in the sleeves. He looked similar to the old man from the north.

Tudou talked about how he felt about his cousin. Fang Xing pondered for a moment and said, "The British Duke's palace will be his from now on. It looks like he's not being coddled very much. From now on, you cousins ​​can do whatever they want."

Tudou said: "Dad, I am much older."

Fang Xing said helplessly: "Your mother has been muttering since morning, saying that her family only has a child supporting the lintel, and it feels uncomfortable to look at it all alone."

Well!

Tudou understood as soon as he heard it. It was probably Zhang Shuhui who went to the British government and was moved by the Wu family's bitterness, so she thought about letting her husband and children help her nephew in the future.

Tudou snorted and said, "Then the mother lets the child go to his uncle's house alone, so she wants the younger generation to move around more often."

When Fang Xing saw that he understood, he said: "Although this matter was done with some calculations, we are relatives after all. If we don't violate our own principles, you brothers can just take care of them."

Those who didn't understand what he said would probably say that Fang Xing was bragging.

Does a count dare to say that he will take care of a prince's palace?

But everyone knows that unless the next generation of emperors ignores or dislikes the Fang family, the British government will really have to borrow power from the Fang family.

Potato responded,

Then retire.

After returning to his place, Tudou remembered that he had not seen his sister and brother just now.

"Master, the young lady, the second master and the third master went to the temple."

Worship Buddha!

Tudou understood and asked the servant to leave.

He took out the painting, thought for a long time, and then went to find Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong had nothing to do during the Chinese New Year. He and his wife and children were either traveling or resting at home all day long, very free and easy.

The yard is not big, but it is beautifully kept, and there is even a small pool.

The two of them were looking at the motionless fish at the edge of the small pond. Tudou couldn't help but kick the edge of the pond.

They were probably raised so that they forgot to be afraid of people, but those fish remained motionless, making people wonder if they were fake.

Seeing that he was embarrassed to talk, Huang Zhong smiled and said, "The young master is in trouble?"

Tudou nodded, "Mr. Huang, there are painters in the capital painting for powerful people, and they also bear the names of powerful people. What will happen if this kind of thing is exposed?"

Huang Zhong said without thinking: "There is no result. This kind of thing happens all the time. As long as it is not an article, it will be fine."

If you steal other people's articles as your own, regardless of whether you bought them or not, if you spread them, you will be despised and ostracized by the readers.

"What if you are not satisfied with the painting?" Tudou continued to ask.

"It depends on whose family it is."

Huang Zhong thought this was a child's matter, but Tudou was at the age when he seemed to understand the outside world, so he explained it in detail.

"If the rich and powerful have a good reputation, they will not be too mean. At most, they will cut off the relationship and change the painter. If they are mean people, it is hard to explain. If they are not careful, they will make them pay money, or punish the painter."

"There is another way."

Huang Zhong drank some wine with Jie Jin at noon and was a little tipsy.

He rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Some painters are very good at painting, and the rich and powerful will recruit them, but the nobles are like the sea, how dare ordinary people go? So the rich and powerful will find a fault to suppress him, and then he has no choice."

As Fang Xing's only staff, Huang Zhong sometimes represents the Fang family to do things or express his views outside, so he has seen a lot of methods used by the rich and powerful.

He thinks that there is no way to deal with this kind of thing. Unless someone dies, even Fang Xing can't interfere.

As for Potato's troubles, he doesn't think it's a big deal.

In his speculation, Potato should have met a painter, and then happened to encounter the rich and powerful bullying the painter, and the methods are a bit despicable.

Sympathy!

Huang Zhong was naturally sympathetic, so he gave Potato an idea: "Young Master, this matter depends on who the other party is. This is not bullying the weak and fearing the strong, but deciding what means to use to help according to the person's temperament."

He knew that Fang Xing wanted to temper his son's thoughts, so he didn't plan to ask Potato about the end of this matter, and planned to ask Xiaodao, who went out with Potato earlier, later.

But Potato bowed and said: "Thank you Mr. Huang for your doubts, goodbye."

Huang Zhong was a little surprised, and after Potato left, he went to find Xiaodao.

They all lived in the front yard. Because there were many people, Fang Xing later asked someone to renovate it and widen and deepen the front yard.

Huang Zhong walked to the place where the servants lived, looking at the row of small courtyards in front of him, which were quiet under the big tree, and thought that playing chess with people under the big tree in summer must be refreshing.

"No! I didn't go to see a woman!"

"Where does the smell of powder come from? Is it a woman throwing herself into his arms?"

"No! It's a handkerchief, a fallen handkerchief!"

"You went out with the eldest young master, the eldest young master would definitely not go to that kind of place, only you, where did you go?"

"I didn't go! Chunmei."

"It must be that we mother and son have been disliked by you."

"No, I'm wronged!"

"Sooner or later, this place will have no place for us mother and son, it's better to go back to my mother's house earlier to make room for the newcomers."

"Xiaobao, can we go to my grandfather's place?"

"I really didn't... Hey! Okay, okay, I'll go out, okay! Xiaobao, dad will sleep outside tonight, tell your mother if you miss dad."

Huang Zhong overheard the couple's quarrel outside, the courtyard door opened, Xiaodao came out dejected, and was about to turn around to talk, but the courtyard door was slammed shut from the inside by Chunmei. 8)

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