Chapter 134 Past

"Kexin, Mr. Chu, is this a personal name?" Fang You looked at the two strange words blankly and asked Mr. Chu in confusion.

Mr. Chu smiled, and laying on the Grand Master's chair did not seem to have the intention to solve the problem for Fang You. "Xiao You, I remember telling you this name before, and you can think about it carefully."

Looking at the delicate purple clay pot lid, Fang You kept muttering the name. Finally, his eyes widened, and he pointed at the purple clay pot in disbelief and said, "Old Chu, is this really the work of Master Zhu Kexin?"

He remembered that Mr. Chu had told him a story about Zhu Kexin and a purple clay pot before, but he did not have an in-depth understanding. He only knew that the purple clay pot made by Zhu Kexin was exquisite, and the carving on the pot was integrated with the body of the pot, which was unique. When he saw this name, Fang You didn't remember it.

For Chen Zongyi, Fang You was used to absorbing spiritual energy to judge the value and age of an antique. He only knew that this purple clay teapot was a modern thing and didn't care that it would be Zhu Kexin's work.

"Of course, you think Old Man Chen will give you an ordinary teapot, so where does his old face put? This is the spring color pot in Master Zhu Kexin's spring series. Looking at this spring color pot makes people feel like they are coming to Jiangnan with apricot blossoms and spring rain, and it seems to have entered the spring color of the garden with red and green peach and willows. In the past, I only told you a little bit about caring about Master Zhu Kexin. Now, with this pot, I will tell you his legendary life." Old Chu smiled, picked up the purple clay pot, kept playing with it, and slowly fell into memories.

Master Zhu Kexin’s academic name was Kaichang, and later changed his name to Kexin. The meaning of being humble is to be a teacher. It also means a cup of water in the mountains to clear the heart of heaven and earth.

In 1959, he participated in the World Ceramics Exhibition held by the Palace Museum in Beijing as a representative of the cooperative. His works, Squirrel Grape Pot, Pine, Bamboo and Plum Sanyou Pot, were selected for the "China Arts and Crafts Tour Exhibition" to exhibit abroad and won the first prize.

Once the purple clay teapots made by Zhu Kexin were born, they all set off waves of Kexin's new works in the purple clay world.

Zhu Kexin lived a poor life all his life, and lived a very frugal life. In his later years, he fell seriously ill and could no longer make pots himself. At that time, the purple clay teapot was in a craze, and Zhu Kexin's works were hard to find, so some people looked for excuses and said that they would borrow his seal and sell the pot for 50% of the bill.

What's more, they threw piles of money at Zhu Kexin's table. Faced with the shameless requests of these people, Zhu Kexin firmly refused. It was not a pot made by him, and he must not be covered with his seal. He also tried his best to warn his family not to be jealous of money. Purple clay is an art, not something that money can measure, otherwise it would be a waste of Zhu Kexin's descendants.

When his health was getting worse day by day, Zhu Kexin, who was admitted to the hospital, couldn't help but worry about the seals stored at home. He repeatedly urged his family to destroy the seals in person until his family had no choice but to do what he wanted, and then he fulfilled his big worries. This incident showed the noble and noble artist spirit of Master Zhu Kexin for the sake of purple clay art, not being moved by money.

"Old Chu, I didn't expect that Master Zhu Kexin was so respectful in his life. I really felt fortunate to see his works with my own eyes." After hearing Mr. Chu's story, Fang You said with an exclaimed look on his face. In modern society, those who do whatever they want for their own benefit are simply not qualified to compare with Zhu Kexin.

This may be the difference between a master and an ordinary person. He is not moved by external things, sticks to his own principles, and will not give up even until he dies.

"At the time when his apprentice bought this pot for a high price to respect him, he kicked it out and shouted that he wanted to smash the pot. When his apprentice heard it, he was anxious. He pulled his leg and cried out the origin of the pot. When Chen Zongyi heard it, he immediately showed admiration and then took it down and called Master Zhu Kexin his role model. Any disciple who had paid money for him would be driven out of the master. I think that Old Chen was immortal at that time, just said that he couldn't let go of his love, and he would probably not really fall."

Speaking of this, Old Chu touched the pot and smiled proudly, "No matter how much Old Man Chen thinks, he would never have thought that the pot had been tossed and turned many times, and finally came to me, haha."

"Old Chu, the master knows my relationship with you. Maybe he gave this pot to you by lending me my hand." Fang You smiled and complained to Chen Zongyi in his heart. He knew the value of this pot, and he gave it to him like a rag at that time. If he knew the value of this pot, he would never accept it.

Old Chu waved his hand quickly and shook his head firmly, "Xiaoyou, if Old Buddy knew that I wanted it, I wouldn't give it to me even if I beat it to death. Will it be given to me for free? But you kid, you unknowingly learned Tai Chi from Old Buddy for a month. Even if you give me this pot, I won't want it. Even if you ask my old man to pay for it, I won't buy it. This is the thing Chen Old Buddy gave you, and I can't take away my love."

"Haha, Mr. Chu, since that's the case, then follow what I said before. Anyway, I don't need this teapot now. My house is not safe, so I will leave it here for you first and let you always look at me." Looking at Mr. Chu's reluctant look, Fang You said with a smile. He has known Mr. Chu for so many days and has known his temper for a long time. Even if he forced him to do so, he would not want it. Fang You had to find an excuse.

Mr. Chu thought for a long time before nodding, "Xiaoyou, I know this is your excuse, but it's better to put it here first. When you buy a house, it's a little safer. You must take this pot back, otherwise, I'll send it back to you in person, old man."

"Old Chu, isn't it okay according to your wishes? By the way, how did you know my master?" Fang You smiled, and then asked the question that he had been puzzled in his heart again.

Seeing Fang You's curious appearance, Mr. Chu took a sip of tea and moistened his throat, "I'm not dead and I have been together since I was a child. I didn't have the chance to know him when I was a child, but in an accident, he saved me, so we know him from now on." Afterwards, Mr. Chu showed a happy smile on his face, as if he was missing the carefree life of his childhood.

"Old Chu, accident, can you tell me what accident is?" Fang You immediately became more interested when he heard Mr. Chu's words. From the current situation, he had a sense of powerlessness without anger. Coupled with the red flag sedan, you can tell that Mr. Chu's family is definitely incomparable to ordinary people, and there are still accidents that can be encountered.

Seeing Fang You looking at him and asking questions, Old Chu pointed at him and scolded, "You kid, you must clean up all the secrets in my stomach. At that time, I sneaked out alone to play in the streets and alleys. A few young men who were muttering cigarettes saw that I was dressed very clean, like a child from a wealthy family, so they stopped me to a corner and prepared to search my body."

"I was dissatisfied at that time and resisted directly. At that time, I was only four or five years old, and I was very weak and no match for them at all. I was easily pressed to the ground by them. Just when I was desperate, a strong little fat man suddenly fell from the sky. He waved his fists and had a slow boxing technique to knock all these people down. I was very surprised at that time that the young men were originally punching fiercely, but when they arrived at him, they just pushed the young men back a long way back."

Fang You smiled. When he heard this, he knew that this was the pusher in Tai Chi, using a method of using four or four to make a thousand pounds to leverage the force to fight.

"It took a long time to realize that the slow boxing technique was Tai Chi. From then on, I often sneaked out and played with Mr. Chen Budian. Later, my father learned about this and caught me and locked me up for a few days, but he didn't prohibit me from playing with Mr. Chen Budian. So we played from childhood to adulthood."

"Once, this guy felt that his boxing skills were great, so he sneaked to Shaolin Temple and came back with a bruised nose and a bruised nose. He was afraid that his father would beat him up, so he lived in my house for half a month. When I applied medicine to him, he cried and called his parents. Now, this old man is as arrogant as 20,000 or 50,000 yuan, and even I don't come here often." Old Chu's smile became stronger and stronger. When Chen Zongyi went to Shaolin Temple, he was beaten to his nose and swollen nose, his face was red with his face covered.

When Fang You heard that Mr. Chen, who often had an iron face, would cry in pain and call him mother, he couldn't help laughing, "Old Chu, the master told me about this, but he didn't even mention it when he cried in pain. He just said that he picked up Shaolin Temple every time, and no one could beat him."

"Listen to him brag. That was when the abbot of Shaolin saw that this boy came to challenge him every day. If he didn't meet the challenge, he even took a loudspeaker in front of the door and shouted that Shaolin Temple was a turtle with his head. In the end, he had to send a few people who did odd jobs in Shaolin Temple to dress up as monks, and was easily defeated by Lao Budhi. Therefore, Shaolin Abbot of Shaolin's plan was successful. Lao Budhi realized that his martial arts skills were very powerful. No one in Shaolin Temple could be worthy of his challenge, so he never went to Shaolin again." Hearing Fang You's words, Old Chu showed disdain and curled his lips and said.

Fang You was stunned and said in surprise: "There is still this matter."

"Of course, otherwise do you think that this kid who has only practiced Tai Chi three-legged cat kung fu for more than ten years is the opponent of those Shaolin monks?" At the end of his speech, he suddenly noticed something, quickly covered his mouth, shook his head and sighed, and never said anything again.

Fang You saw it and asked in confusion: "Old Chu, what's wrong with you? Is the toothache?"

"My teeth don't hurt, Xiaoyou, don't tell your master about today, otherwise, I'll have to expose so many disgraceful things from him. I will definitely come and fight with me. I can't beat him." Old General Chu let go of his hand covering his mouth, and said with a bitter face.
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