Porcelain source hall, old storehouse.The dusty old storeroom is rarely cleaned, and the messy stacks of old account books and old picture scrolls are scattered on the shelves and boxes, some of which have been bitten by rats in strange shapes.Confetti was all over the ground, and the second old lady slowly walked to a large box of paintings with the help of the old servant, and instructed the old servant to rummage through the oldest painting.The old servant couldn't care about being covered in cobwebs, and buried his head in a pile of dilapidated boxes looking for the painting that the second old lady Li said.A painting of a sheep fat jade scroll, dating back to a hundred years ago."
Second old lady, that painting won't be eaten by rats, right?"
The old servant pouted, plunged into the big box and pulled east and west, and finally found a broken white jade scroll at the bottom of the box, and shouted ecstatically: "Found it!"
I found it!
”"Get it out.You tap it, but don't tear it up. ”The second old lady Li was overjoyed and urged the old servant to be cautious.The painting is at least 100 years old, from his childhood glimpse to more than 50 years now.The old servant carefully took out the broken white jade scroll and said, "Second old lady, the old servant is clumsy, how can you not see that it is mutton fat jade." ”"You know what.At that time, the eight clans were so poor that they could get a piece of mutton fat jade, which was expensive in the scenery in the painting, not how valuable it was. ”The second old lady threw the crutches to the side, picked up both hands to take the white jade scroll held by the old servant, and said, "Go and move an empty box, and take a candlestick, I want to take a closer look." ”"Yes."
The old servant, who was also a little old, crawled out of the stacked large boxes with great difficulty, found an empty box in the middle of the house, wiped it clean with his sleeve, and went to the windowsill to fetch a candlestick."
Second old lady, the old slave wiped the lid of the box, it is clean, you can rest assured to enjoy the painting.""
Hmm."
The second old lady carefully put down the painting, carefully unfolded it, and cautiously wrapped her right hand with a handkerchief.The old servant held his breath and did not dare to get too close, he held the candlestick for fear that the wax oil would drip on the painting.The second old lady Li was nervous and excited, and instructed the old servant: "Take the painting sent by the little girl, I want to compare it." ”"Oops, the old slave is in the carriage."
The old servant patted his head in annoyance, knowing that the old master was going to compare the two paintings, and he should have brought them.The second old lady waved her hand and said, "It's okay."
You go and get it now, and come back quickly.No one comes to the old storehouse in this backyard on weekdays, and there are guards outside to protect it, so you just have to go. ”"Yes.The old slave went and went back. ”The old servant saluted, and hurried to the most hidden door in the backyard.The small door in the backyard where they came tonight deliberately avoided the bookkeepers in the front yard and the middle courtyard of the porcelain source hall.In the old treasury that had been abandoned for a long time, the second old lady Li stood alone in front of the big box and admired the first generation of patriarchs of the eight clans, who spent all their financial resources to find a painting sage, and spent half a year painting the porcelain Yuzhen comparable to the imperial city.Once a small village on the banks of a desolate and barren land, it has undergone earth-shaking changes after the relocation and settlement of the eight major clans.The unknown river that originated from the Qishan Ridge and finally the Yanxia Ridge was given the reputation of the source of life.Because of the multiplication of the clansmen of the eight major clans, the river has a name - porcelain river.More than a dozen families in the small village merged with the people of the eight major clans who had migrated, and they chose the big clan they liked, and the third generation of descendants really became clansmen, blessed by powerful clans.Ciyu Town is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there are mountains on all sides.The mountains are rich in mineral soil, the mountains are full of fruit trees, and the cultivated fields irrigated by the porcelain river are full of harvests.In just 30 years, the small village of more than a dozen households has become an important trading town for more than 10,000 people, and the clansmen of the eight major clans make a living by making porcelain, trading and farming.Porcelain Yuzhen was divided into two by the Porcelain River, but it was not divided equally in the real sense.There are fewer in the east of the river and more in the west of the river; Most of the merchants and squires lived in the east of the river, and most of the people lived in the west of the river.The first generation of patriarchs once invited a wandering feng shui master to observe the sky at night and measure the porcelain Yuzhen with the stars, and set the direction of the four halls to bless the eight clans with a hundred years of prosperity and the auspicious omen of their children.These four halls are located in the center of Ciyu Town.The four halls, their magnificence is beyond words.If the four halls in the painting are built, it is not an exaggeration to look like a heavenly palace fairyland.The second old lady squinted at the four halls in the painting with faint old eyes.Yansheng Hall, Xian'e Hall, Xiande Hall, Longfu Hall, the four halls on the painting are the word "Wang", which can see the ambition of the first generation of patriarchs.Today, except for Yanshengtang, which has not changed its name, the other three places have been renamed.The grand wishes of the first generation of patriarchs have also changed."
Why is the second old lady here?"
Patriarch Mo, who happened to pass by in the backyard, found that there was a candle burning in the old storehouse, so he summoned a guard to follow him in.I thought it was a thief, or a steward with unclean hands and feet in the porcelain source hall to steal it.Unexpectedly, behind the large boxes stacked high to the roof, there was an old man in a sixtieth armor.The second old lady Li was so frightened that her hands trembled slightly, and she almost fell off the candlestick in her hand.He looked back and squinted, and reprimanded with a straight face: "You stinky boy walks without making a sound, scare the old man to death, and you will be guilty." ”"Haha, don't be angry, I'll compensate you."
Patriarch Mo bowed and made an apology in a regular manner, which was regarded as appeasing the dissatisfaction of the second old lady Li.He respectfully took the candlestick with both hands and placed it on the large slightly higher box next to it, and glanced at the unfolded painting."
Second old lady Li, where did this painting come from, I have never seen it.""
No one in your life has ever seen it.There are only four people in our generation who have seen it, and now that the two have passed away, Mo Lao Er is living in Jiangnan for a long time, and only I can really remember it. ”The second old lady Li's right hand, wrapped in a handkerchief, gently stroked the painting, and her dim old eyes were full of love, as if she was treating her most beloved children and grandchildren.Patriarch Mo bowed his head and carefully observed, and found that many of the scenes in the painting were very familiar, and some of the buildings seemed familiar.However, compared with the buildings in reality, the buildings in the painting are more brilliant and gorgeous, better than the imperial palace of the capital.In the upper right corner of the painting, the Mo patriarch saw a familiar village, with four large characters carved with vermilion lacquer on the high stone archway: Mo clan village.He opened his eyes wide in astonishment and looked at it carefully, the carving of the stone archway was exactly the same as the stone archway in the Mo clan village today, and even the position of the eight-story cloud pattern on the door post was exactly the same.Pointing to the bustling town on the painting, Patriarch Mo asked in surprise: "This is our porcelain Yu Town?"
”The second old lady Li gave him a "nonsense" look of disdain, hunched over, squinted his eyes, and continued to appreciate the bustling town in the painting.When Patriarch Mo saw the porcelain Yu Town and the Mo clan village in the painting, he suddenly remembered that there was also a painting hidden in his old private vault.() Glory to the end