清香楼主

聂鑫森

    在古城湘潭，甄仁称得上儒商。他在雨湖边的文昌街租赁下一家三层店铺，悬一横匾，上书“清香楼”三个隶书大字。一楼是门面，右边专卖名酒，漂亮的陈列柜里摆放着轻易不卖的名酒样品，左边专卖纸、墨、笔、砚……二楼三楼是吃饭喝酒的地方。一楼门面两边的楹柱上，是甄仁亲自拟写、名书家书写、名刻手雕刻的一副对联：美酒佳肴舌尖滋味，宣纸端砚腕底风云。

    凡是有些文化情结的人，经过清香楼，总会停下来，细看这副对联，书法雅逸、刻工精妙。于是忍不住进店去，或买东西，或饱口福。

    清香楼的总经理是甄仁，具体的事由他的夫人操持。甄仁主要奔走于书画界联络感情，尤其对那些名家大腕访之甚勤。凡有头有脸的人来此设宴，他必自始至终地款待，绝不出半点儿差错。

    那一次，年近古稀的雷默在这里宴请外地的几位友人，幸亏甄仁在场，要不就会闹得不愉快。

    雷默为湘潭书画院退休画家，是全国少有的书画界全才，诗、书、画、印都让人称赞。尤其是画松最让人称道，铁干铜枝，龙鳞粗拙，针叶鲜茂。虽每平方尺万元以上，他却不肯轻易出手。雷默设宴，只点菜，不要酒，他自带了两瓶贵州茅台酒三十年陈酿。

    按礼数，甄仁先在大门外迎客，再引之入雅间，然后亲自沏茶，并记下客人所点的菜名，退下，去厨房细细交代。酒过三巡后，甄仁自备一杯酒，到雅间来敬雷默及客人，宾主尽欢。

    不到一个小时，一楼的店堂里传来争吵声。跑堂的小伙子急匆匆告诉甄仁：雷默和客人把酒豪饮一尽，指名要买陈列柜里的两瓶茅台三十年陈酿，但甄夫人执意不肯。甄仁心里骂了一声“蠢婆娘”，忙去了店堂，把夫人拨到一边，拿出酒来，说：“雷老，贱内不懂事，请您海涵。这样的好酒，雷老不喝谁喝？我送给您，算是赔罪。”

    雷默仰天大笑：“酒不能让你送，酒饭钱用不了我的一尺画哩。你的话让我快意，雅间靠墙立着画案，你很有心啊。快把大册页、色、墨、笔等物摆上去，我和朋友边喝酒边轮流为你作画，算是答谢！”

    甄仁常备的大册页本，一折一面等于一张四尺斗方。书画家在酒酣耳热时，或遣兴或应甄仁之请泼墨挥毫。这些作品，为甄仁变了不少现钱回来。

    这一次，雷默及友人又画了十张。遗憾的是，雷默没有画松，画的是一篮荔枝，题识是“大利年年”。

    甄仁的母亲快满八十了，住在乡下的青松镇。甄仁的父亲过世早，母亲这一生吃过不少苦，现在生活好了，他要隆重地为母亲贺寿。他备了一个大册页本，题签为“百松多寿图”，自写了序，概说老母生平及儿孙的感恩之心，然后登门求请本地名画家各画一幅。

    夫人问：“怎么不请雷老画松？”

    “先让别人画，中间留出连着的两面再请雷老画，他不画就不好意思了。”

    在一个春雨潇潇的午后，甄仁先打电话预约，然后打的去了雷默的家。两人坐在宽大的画室里，喝茶、聊天，甄仁动情地说明来意，再打开册页本，请雷默观赏一幅幅松画。

    “还留了两面，想请先生赐画，不知行否？”

    “大家都画了，我不画有违常情。早些日子，有个房地产老板，说要为一个领导之母贺寿，愿出十万元购一张松画，我一口回绝了。这两人口碑都不好，我没有兴趣画。”

    “雷老，您的画无价，我不能说用钱买画，我是求画，请成全我这份孝心。”

    雷默拎起毛笔蘸上墨，画几株南方的马尾松，再画峭峻的石头。甄仁说：“先生画松得南宋李唐之气韵，与常见的北地之松不同，你画南方马尾松，是多年写生所获，透出一个秀字，很是了不得！”雷默说：“你没有说外行话，我很高兴。”

    画完了，雷默题识：松谷云根图。癸巳春应邀，雷默一挥。

    过了些日子，有人告诉雷默，在那位领导干部之母的寿宴大厅里，他看见了那幅《松谷云根图》，画的上边临时夹着一张大红纸条，上写寿者的姓名和贺寿者房地产老板的姓名。

    雷默马上明白了：“什么东西！”雷默狠狠地骂一句。

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——We ordered beef noodles, but ___________ any beef in the noodles. ——Put on your glasses and you can see the beef.

现将9.6g铜完全溶于200ml的硫酸中，试计算：

①标况下产生SO₂的体积为____；

②所生成的硫酸铜溶液的物质的量浓度（设反应后溶液的体积为200mL）为____．

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    I went to a dinner party at a friend's home last weekend and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time. Little Maya was all curly brown hair, dark eyes, and lovely 1 her shiny pink nightgown ( 睡裙) .I wanted to say, “Maya, you're so2!

    Turn around and model that pretty gown for me. You're beautiful!” But I didn't.

    “Maya,” I said,3into her eyes, “it's very nice to meet you.”

    “ Nice to meet you, too.” She said, in that4, talking-to-adults, good girl voice.

    “Hey, what are you reading?” I asked. Her eyes got bigger, and the practiced, polite facial 5gave way to real excitement over this6. But she seemed too7 to answer me.

    “I love books,” I said. “Do you?”

    Most8do.

    “Yes,” she said. “And I can9them all by myself now!”

    “Wow,10!” I said. And it is, for a five-year-old.

    “What's your favourite book?” I asked.

    “I'll go and get it! Can I read it to you?”

    Purplicious was Maya's11, and a new one to me, as she sat next to me and12read aloud every word. Then I told her that I'd just13a book, and that I hoped she'd write one, too, one day. She was crazy14 that idea. We were both sad when Maya had to go to bed,15I told her next time to choose another book and we'd read it.

    Try this the next time you meet a little girl. She may be16and unsure at first, because few people ask her about her17, but be patient and stick with it. Ask her what she's reading. What does she like and dislike, and why? You're just18 an intelligent (明智的) conversation that respects her brain. Tell her about your19 and accomplishments, and your favourite books. Set a good example for her of what a 20woman says and does.