Beijing,

Dongcheng District, an alley with an old Beijing flavor is much more lively than before.

Many cars were parked on the side of the road, and some people carried the scrolls and walked in the glass frame.

Li Manqiu, Jiang Shan and Bai Yunfei got out of the car outside the alley. Jiang Shan asked the driver to wait around and call him when he left.

The three of them walked into the alley.

Bai Yunfei wore a pair of sunglasses and looked around. This alley must have been in a while. In some places, the walls were exposed, and even some of them had weeds.

Li Manqiu introduced: "This place is called Kaifeng Hutong. In ancient times, the emperor moved the capital and moved the imperial capital from Kaifeng to here. For more than a thousand years, the capital has been the imperial capital of all dynasties. When the capital was expanded, it was based on the old capital Kaifeng. Over the years, many buildings imitating Kaifeng in the capital have disappeared in the long river of history. Only this Kaifeng Hutong remains. After more than a thousand years, what has been preserved is just a name. I don't know how many times the buildings inside have been renovated."

Bai Yunfei nodded. He was really not sure about this history.

The three of them were talking while walking, and Bai Yunfei was also looking at the curiously. The house layout in the alley was mostly courtyard houses. Bai Yunfei remembered reading a report where he said it was a courtyard house in the capital, worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. Tsk tsk, the people in the capital were probably never dreaming that one of their yards would be so valuable after hundreds of years.

Following the people, the three of them walked to a courtyard house.

Bai Yunfei looked up and saw that the eaves of the door were very high and wide, quite grand, but there was no plaque hanging.

On the way I came before, Bai Yunfei had already heard Jiang Shan say that the art exhibition I came to observe this time was a well-known ancient painting exhibition in the capital. It is said that the source was when the founding of the People's Republic of China was just now, and this was an antique market. Many antique dealers often resell cultural relics here. Later, the government cracked down on the reselling of cultural relics, and the antique market gradually withered. In addition, the owners of Siheyuan liked ancient paintings. Gradually, this place became a gathering place for some painters. Over time, it gradually developed into a painting exhibition. The end of each month is a small exhibition, and the end of June and December are large exhibitions every year.

Today is the end of June, and it is a big exhibition twice a year, so many people are coming.

Just now, when Bai Yunfei and his other two got off the bus, they could see cars of all kinds parked on the side of the road. Now they walked to the gate and looked inside.

Wow,

There are so many people.

It can be seen that some are simply here to observe, and some are exhibiting calligraphy and paintings that they have drawn or collected.

Li Manqiu smiled and looked at Bai Yunfei, "Let's go in?"

Bai Yunfei nodded, "Okay."

After saying that, the three of them raised their legs and walked into the Siheyuan.

In the courtyard,

There are small stalls placed beside the wall. If you put them outside, you may think that this is a small stall vendor selling fruits and vegetables, but the worst person who can set up stalls here is a well-known painter in Beijing.

"Yo, Lao Wang, is this your new work?"

"Haha, the painting is vivid, Lao Li, your painting skills have improved a lot."

"Tsk tsk, Teacher Qi is here too."

"This is the first major exhibition this year, how can I not come?"

"I'll go, you painted this galloping horse? Is this too exquisite?"

"Don't praise me, I painted this painting, but I copied it with ancient paintings and only got the third-level level of ancient masters."

"I'm humbled you."

This is what others have used to evaluate the paintings I drew at the exhibition.

There are also painters or ancient painting enthusiasts who display their previous collections for people to observe. If you get a word of praise, you can make the painting the main person have fun.

Some paintings are placed directly on the table, while others have been painting for a long time to prevent oxidation, so they are kept in glass.

"Hiss, this is the map of Qianli River that Teacher Zhang bought at a high price last year? It's so spectacular."

"Haha, yes, in order to buy this painting, old man, I have taken out all my savings for half my life."

"No wonder everyone says you are a collector. These four paintings are rare fine works."

"Well, I'll watch it alone, so I'll just use today's exhibition to enjoy it together."

The courtyard is very lively.

Bai Yunfei and the other two also watched while walking. Although Bai Yunfei could understand it, he was not interested. Jiang Shan couldn't even understand it, but she was just watching it. The main thing she saw was Li Manqiu.

Every time he walked to a stall, Li Manqiu would stop to watch for a while, and he would also say some of his views on the paintings. From this we can see that Li Manqiu really likes this thing.

Bai Yunfei was amazed. He still remembered the first time he met Li Manqiu. At that time, his impression of Li Manqiu was that of a beautiful girl standing on the top of the fashion trend. Unexpectedly, this beautiful girl who dressed up very fashionablely actually liked traditional culture so much. Bai Yunfei had heard of some rumors about Li Manqiu. It is said that Mr. Li was also very interested in paintings, calligraphy, poetry, etc.

While Bai Yunfei was thinking about the matter, Jiang Shan looked over and stared at Bai Yunfei, her lips curled up slightly, and said, "Xiaobai, have you also studied ancient paintings? You also expressed your own opinions. Are you holding this exhibition just to let everyone communicate together?"

Jiang Shan didn't believe that Bai Yunfei still had research on ancient paintings from the bottom of his heart. How much energy can a person have? Can he still have time to study ancient paintings? You're cheating. Seeing Mr. Li suddenly get close to Bai Yunfei so close, Jiang Shan felt a little sad. Although she couldn't hate Bai Yunfei, she was still very happy to make Bai Yunfei look ugly.

At this time, the "street owner" sitting on a lounge chair behind the stall table, shaking his palm-shaped fan, also smiled, stopped waving his palm-shaped fan, nodded, "Yes, this little girl is right, those who can come here are friends who like ancient paintings. They are in seclusion at home alone, so they must not figure out any clues. We are also using the excerpts of this art exhibition to discuss with friends in the industry. Brother, since you have also studied ancient paintings, let's talk about it."

After the stall owner finished speaking, he waved his palm fan again. Obviously, he didn't think the young man in front of him could say anything.

Li Manqiu turned his head and looked at Bai Yunfei, with some anticipation in his eyes.

Bai Yunfei raised his eyebrows, looked at Jiang Shan, who looked provocative, then turned to look at Li Manqiu, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll talk about it too."

After saying that, Bai Yunfei lowered his head and looked at the painting that Li Manqiu had just looked at on the table.
Chapter completed!