Xiang Jin worked overtime and finally drew four pieces of clothing at about one o'clock in the morning. However, her drawing skills were limited and the drawings were not so exquisite, so she added annotations next to them.
Many are marked with notes next to them.
"Well, I just drew a few sets of clothing styles first. Let me show you." After breakfast the next day, she helped her grandfather go to the fields to pick vegetables for a while. Xiang Jin took the
Several manuscripts were sent to Yan Chen.
Looking at the four manuscripts, Yan Chen asked, "Did you stay up late again last night?"
"How do you know?" Xiang Jin was surprised.
Yan Chen said, "There were guests at your house yesterday during the day. There were so many people at home, and you didn't want your family to know about it, so you definitely didn't know how to draw during the day, so you could only do it at night.
Already."
Not to mention, this guy actually revealed her temper. Xiang Jin immediately felt a little embarrassed, "Actually, she didn't stay up very late."
"What time?"
"It seems like a little more than a little bit."
Yan Chen frowned, "You can't always stay up late. Staying up late is not good for your body. If you don't get enough sleep, it will easily affect your body's development. Are you always clamoring to grow taller?
Really? If you keep going through it like that, how can you grow taller?"
Xiang Jin said, "I have enough sleep. If I stay up late, I will sleep in."
Yan Chen said, "That's not the case. I once read in a book that people of different ages have different times to fall asleep.
For example: for primary and secondary school students, if they do not need to review for a major exam, the time to go to bed is usually between 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening. For some working-class people, the time to go to bed is usually between 9 and 10 o'clock.
For some young people who habitually go to bed late, they should not go to bed later than 11 to 12 o'clock, otherwise it will affect the body's normal metabolism.
Moreover, medical research has shown that the best time for a person to go to bed at night is ten o'clock, because the period from ten o'clock to twelve o'clock is the time when the human body makes blood, and it is also the time when metabolism is the strongest, so it is best for you in the future.
Go to bed at ten o'clock.
Haven't you always claimed that you want to enjoy life? Why do you only focus on making money and not your physical health? If you have serious health problems in the future, you will not be able to make so much money.
What’s the use?”
"Actually, I don't stay up late that often."
"You still said no. When you were in school, you often stayed up late to write manuscripts. Don't think I don't know," Yan Chen said.
Xiang Jin said, "Then according to what you say, you actually often stay up late too!"
Yan Chen said, "No, I usually go to bed at half past ten. The reason why I know that you often stay up late is because you still felt thirsty twice. I got up to get some water from your room.
You know it from the light coming through."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, what you said makes sense. I'm still growing up, so I should pay more attention to these aspects. As the saying goes, going to bed early and getting up early is good for your health. Don't let me have it by then.
If I live to make money but not to spend money, then I will die at a loss!"
Yan Chen smiled and said, "Yes, you only have one life, so we have to take it easy and not waste it!"
Xiang Jin wanted to retort, "Who said life is only once? Didn't she live a second time now?"
Alas, it's just a pity that she spent a lot of money in her previous life and her duplex house with two floors totaling almost 2,780 square meters.
The house is all decorated according to her favorite new Chinese decoration style.
The furniture inside was all custom-made by her at a large cost. They were all made of imported walnut wood, and the ornaments inside were also carefully purchased by her from various business trips.
She spent a lot of money and thought on that house, but in the end, she didn't live in it for two years and then it was overturned.
So no matter what, she must enjoy herself enough in this life and never repeat the "tragedy" of her previous life!
"Oh, forget it, forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, look at the picture, look at the picture!" Then Xiang Jin said.
Yan Chen nodded, "Okay!"
After Yan Chen looked through her sketches carefully, he then took up his pen and drew her drawings again. While he was drawing, he also handed her the draft he drew yesterday, "This is
Take a look at the three pictures I drew yesterday and give me your opinions later."
"Oh," Xiang Jin took it and couldn't help but praise, "Oh, why do you think your painting is so good? Every time I look at your painting, it's like I'm looking at a museum.
The paintings in the exhibition hall are just like the paintings in the exhibition hall. If you look at my paintings, they are as good as a primary school student’s painting. They are simply the sky and the earth, with a broad Milky Way in between!”
Yan Chen smiled and said, "It's not that exaggerated. The reason why I am a little better at painting than you is entirely because I started learning painting when I was very young. If you had also been exposed to painting since you were a child, maybe you would be better now.
He's better at painting than me."
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "Oh, it's still not possible. It depends on talent. I'm not talented in this area."
In her previous life, she had no interest in these artistic things. Their family had always been relatively well-off, so her parents wanted to train her to be an all-rounder who was proficient in all aspects of morality, intelligence, body, art, and labor.
Talent.
For comparison, they enrolled her in many cram schools, such as painting, singing, tennis, swimming, calligraphy, and Taekwondo. But in the end, she only excelled in calligraphy and Taekwondo.
I can practice well and swim just fine, but everything else is hard to describe.
Later, after her parents saw that she was really not that good, they gave up on cultivating her into an all-round talent and just let her go. So in the end she only signed up for two classes, one
One is calligraphy and the other is Taekwondo.
However, she still practiced well in these two interest classes, and her calligraphy was quite good. She once won the Youth Calligraphy Competition Award.
The same goes for Taekwondo. She used to be a fourth-degree black belt. With her level, she could directly open a Taekwondo gym. However, that was just a pure hobby for her. What she was most interested in was becoming a barrister.
However, she has not practiced these two hobbies for a long time. It seems that she still has to find time to pick them up, otherwise they will be wasted over time, and her previous practice will be in vain.
At this point, Xiang Jin suddenly said, "Hey, when did you start learning to paint?"
"About three and a half years old!"
"Three and a half years old? So early? You were still in kindergarten at that time, right?" Xiang Jin was surprised.
"Yeah!" Yan Chen nodded slightly.
"That's when you showed your talent?"
"No, at that time I just wanted to paint a good picture!"
"Oh! I understand!" Just like when she was a child, she only wanted to write a good calligraphy, so judging from this, the two of them actually have some similarities.
"What do you think about the details of this picture that you would like to make a little more wrinkled like this?" At this moment, Yan Chen suddenly said to Xiang Jin.
"Oh, wait, let me take a look?" Xiang Jin put down the manuscript in his hand, then turned his head to look at the place he pointed out. After some serious imagination, Xiang Jin nodded and said, "I think it can be done!
"
"Okay, then that's the modification?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, okay!"
After the two discussed and made slight modifications on several drawings, Xiang Jin's drawings were finalized. Yan Chen put away the manuscripts and said, "I will draw them again later."
Come out, and then we can close the manuscript after you have read it."
"good!"
"Then let's talk about my pictures. What do you think? Opinions?"
"What you draw are all men's clothes."
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, instead of drawing drawings of women's clothing, I think I am more suitable to draw drawings of men's clothing. Men's clothing has simple styles and smooth lines. And since I am a boy, I may understand men better."
Xiang Jin nodded, "These pictures you drew are all very good. Except for some minor details that may need to be slightly processed, there is basically no need to change them."
"Point it out!"
Then Xiang Jin pointed it out to him and sincerely suggested what modifications needed to be made. Yan Chen humbly accepted them one by one and made modifications to the final design.
In this way, seven drawings were finalized in one morning. Xiang Jin raised his wrist and glanced at the time, "Ah, it's past twelve o'clock. I'm going back first. I'll come back to you tomorrow for the remaining one?"
"
Yan Chen nodded, "Yeah! It just so happens that I will sort out these manuscripts this afternoon."
"OK!"
Xiang Jin turned around and went back.
When Xiang Jin went back, he happened to meet a few women coming back from the beach. One of them was Ai Can, the little fat man. They saw the books and pens in her hands and looked at them again.
Go to the direction she came out, and then
The next few people automatically imagined that she was asking Yan Chen for advice again, so they all greeted her enthusiastically, "Xiang Jin, you just had a vacation, and you went to Yan Chen to discuss the topic again? You are not at home."
Two days of rest?”
Xiang Jin originally took this book to deal with her family, but she didn't expect it to have such an effect. It's also good that people in her hometown love right and wrong. Although she and Yan Chen are not very old, they are both taller. However,
Some people with dirty minds will inevitably have random thoughts, and it will be bad if bad rumors spread.
Of course, she didn't care about that, but she couldn't protect Qi Yan Chen, and Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng's family didn't care. It seemed that she would have to bring books to find Yan Chen in the future.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, I don't know a few questions, so I came to Yan Chen to help explain it. Are some aunts and sisters-in-law back from the show?"
"Well, let's buy something on the street!"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Auntie, sisters-in-law, please walk slowly and I'll leave first?"
A few people nodded and let her go. One aunt even shouted to her, "Girl Jin, come here more often when you have time? You have moved there and rarely come here. We
I rarely see you anymore."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Oh!" After answering, she left directly.
Xiang Jin's ears were pointed, and then he heard an aunt sighing, "You see, the life of Juyun and her three mothers has become more and more prosperous after they left Lao Xiang's house."
Some people also looked at it, "Isn't it? Not only did they open a braised pork shop on the street, but the two girls are also becoming more and more successful. I heard that the two girls are doing very well in school now, especially Xiang Jin. Every time
They are all the top ones in the whole school in the exam. The top few in the whole school, what is the concept of that? There are hundreds of people, they are the seedlings of the number one scholar!"
"No, her father is still here helping them grow vegetables in the greenhouse. Yang Ju earns dozens of dollars on the street, and her father earns dozens of dollars at home. That month
Their family’s income is quite high, it must be several thousand.”
"Oh, that's great, that's great. My business is good and I can make money, and my daughter's academic performance is good, so she's up to par! Yang Juyun will have a good life in the future!"
Xiang Jin, who is known as the No. 1 Scholar, couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. She said that these rural aunts just like to talk nonsense when they are in a group, right? Didn't her grandfather help their family grow the vegetables?
The two sides walked in two directions, and the distance in between became wider and wider. Xiang Jin could no longer hear the conversation behind them.
Although she couldn't hear, those who were talking about their family did not stop talking. One aunt said, "Let me tell you, Yang Juyun is able to achieve what she is today because she has a good daughter. I heard that Xiang
That girl Jina usually likes to read those weird books. Her family’s braised pork recipe and their greenhouse vegetables were all read by that girl from the books, and then she told the adults to make them.
of."
Some people followed and sighed, "Oh, it's better to study. You can see everything from books, and then after you see it, you can turn it into money."
Someone held a different opinion and said, "I would say that it is a good thing to read more books, but it also requires a flexible mind.
You see, the daughter of Lao Xiang's family has read a lot of books. She has almost become an old girl after reading books for so many years, but she has not learned anything from the books.
If you look at Xiang Jin, he is famous for being alone while studying. If he can turn the knowledge in the book into money, he is very capable."
Everyone said yes.
Then someone said, "Let me tell you, it's better to be kind. Look at Liao Chunmei and Mr. Zeng. They helped people when they were in the most difficult time."
, they just remember the good things about others.
Nowadays, not only do the families get along like relatives, but even if they have benefits, other people will bring them along, and if they want to make money, we can all make money together."
"Isn't that right? I often see that every time Xiang Jin and the two sisters come here, they go directly to their family. Every time they come, their hands are empty. They always carry a basket in their hands. There must be something inside.
They're just pretending to be foodies," someone else said next.
Someone asked again, "If Lao Xiang's family abandons the mother-in-law, they will really suffer a big loss this time?"
"Who says it's not? Oh, this person has a destiny. If he belongs to your family, he belongs to your family. If he doesn't belong to your family, he still doesn't belong to your family.
In the past, the old Xiang family disliked the three girls and thought they were just two girls. In the future, it will be beyond their reach and they deserve to regret it! Those boys and girls are all their own grandchildren.
, is there anything you dislike?
In this society, they are not the only family that gives birth to a daughter, so they don’t want to raise her, and they even treat those who are despised by others. I don’t think anyone will do evil in the future!”
When mentioning Lao Xiang's family, some people became interested, "Repenting to death? Impossible, right? I heard that Lao Xiangtou's two sons are making a lot of money with the big boss outside. No matter how easy life is for Yang Ju and Yun Niang,
How about going to live with someone else?"
The aunt who said before that Lao Xiang's family would regret it to death snorted disdainfully, "Make a lot of money with a big boss? Which big boss? Where did the big boss come from? Just listen to their nonsense!
Their rhetoric was just nonsense made by the old lady Zhang to save face in front of the Yang family and the Baytou people, but later she didn’t want to slap herself in the face, so she just kept on telling lies and bragging!”
"No?" Someone became even more enthusiastic.
The aunt looked arrogant and proud and said, "Ah, last time we went to the city to do some errands, and then we ate on a street. The restaurant happened to be opposite a barber shop on the opposite street, and we saw Xiang Hai
We were guarding the shop with a beautifully dressed woman. At that time, we guessed that the woman was Sun Shuiyun. Later, we asked the owner of the restaurant and it turned out to be Sun Shuiyun.
We ate there for more than an hour, and there was only one person coming in and out of the barber shop. Later we asked the proprietress of the restaurant how their business was going, and the proprietress said
That being said, there are only a few dozen people there every day.
We asked again, didn't it mean that the man was working outside? The landlady said no, she had been guarding the shop.
Later, we went to Xianghai’s barber shop to say hello to them, and there we accidentally learned that Xiang Tao and his wife had rented a shop on another street and were selling Northeastern dumplings.”
"Oh, is it like this? Then when old lady Zhang was in Wan Tou, she used to brag every day about how her two sons were very successful after joining the big boss?" Several people said suddenly.
The aunt said, "It is said that Xiang Tao used to work with the owner of a firewood factory in the Northeast, but later he got out of the firewood factory for some reason, and then returned to his hometown with his wife and children.
Xiang Hai said that it was because his brother missed his parents so much that he came back, but when we saw Sun Shuiyun's pouty expression after he said this, it didn't seem to be the case.
So we don’t know. Only each of them knows what’s going on. You said we can’t go so far to the northeast to find out, right?”
A few people nodded, and then everyone went their separate ways after chatting for a few more words.
But in the process of chatting with several people, Hu Yulan never expressed any opinions from beginning to end, and only acted as a listener.
She could say that she regretted it to death. She regretted that she had offended Xiang Jin's family so much that even if their family wanted to ask them for help, they were too embarrassed to ask for it.
The changes in Xiang Jin's family in the past six months, as well as the benefits that Aunt Liao's family and Mr. Zeng's family have received, have all been witnessed by the people in Wantou. Everyone is envious and jealous, including some people in Wantou who usually interact with them.
If they are a kind family, they will agree to help when they come to them.
Who do you think doesn't want to get rich and live a good life? They want it too, but they were short-sighted and offended others.
So that night when Hu Yulan was lying on the bed, she told her man about the matter, but her man also yelled at her, saying that she was looking for trouble every day. She was the one who offended people to death in the past, but now she wanted to be with others.
She was the one who was good, and she asked her if she thought the Lao Ai family had not been embarrassed enough or thoroughly?
Then Hu Yulan said, "But everyone's life is getting better. So what kind of life did Yang Juyun and the three of them live in Lao Xiang's house before? They were raining and winding, getting up early and being greedy for dusk, doing nothing but good things.
It's too much, but I always suffer from the evil and idle attitude of the old Xiang family.
What kind of life do people live now? They have opened shops and planted greenhouses. Not only do they have meat to eat every day, but they also have new clothes to wear.
Today I saw that girl Xiang Jin actually wore a new cotton-padded jacket in her hometown, and her grandfather also wore a newly bought down jacket every day.
We all wear old clothes in our hometowns, and aren’t the fine clothes only worn when going to the market or visiting relatives? But their family can wear new clothes every day.
If you look at Master Mingyao and Aunt Liao, which one of them has an income of tens of dollars? If you look at our family, I haven't bought new clothes in two years.
You’re not very good at laying bricks, and no one in the neighborhood is willing to ask you to do any work. How long has it been since you took over a job?”
As soon as Hu Yulan finished speaking, her man kicked her under the bed, "Fuck you, I'm not good at my craftsmanship? Who said that? You're talking nonsense!"
Seeing the stern look in his eyes, Hu Yulan quickly climbed up from the ground, then got back into bed and lay down, covering herself tightly before staring back at her with dissatisfaction and disapproval.
The man said, "You don't want to listen to me but you still have to say it. Do you think I won't talk to others if I don't want to, so I just invited you?"
After her man glared at her for a while, he finally got discouraged.
Hu Yulan said again, "Even if you don't think about us, you should also think about our son.
Ai Can kept yelling at me every day for meat, but not only did we feed two of the three pigs we raised, but your mother took half of the meat from the one we killed and gave it to your brother on the street.
With my sister-in-law.
We work very hard at home every day, and we are so busy raising pigs that we still can’t eat a whole pig.
We still have to eat half of the pig next year. You see, even if our family kills the pig, I can't cook meat for your son every day.
We are just on the front and back, not competing with your brother, but your mother still looks down on us as a family of three, have you ever thought about why?"
Ai Can and his father did not say anything, but Hu Yulan continued, "That's because in your mother's eyes, you are not as capable as your brother, I am not as good as your sister-in-law, who is a street person, and our Ai Can is not as good as your nephew."
clever.
But is our son really not as good as your nephew? I don’t think so. During the last midterm exam, your nephew only passed two subjects and passed the exam. Our Ai Can at least passed the exam in the 70s.
It's divided.
You said that if we make a living, make money and live a prosperous life, will your mother still think that you are not as good as your brother? Is our son not as good as your nephew? "
After her man pondered for a while, he finally responded, "You said it nicely, making a living, how can it be that easy? Do you think you can just open a shop just by meeting people? Doesn't it mean that all the streets are full of making a living?
"
Hu Yulan said, "Yes, it is not easy to open a store, and it is even more difficult to open a good store, but Xiang Jin has such a good brain, we can ask her to help us come up with an idea.
Look at the business she had in mind for her mother making braised pork, the business she had in mind for her uncle selling meat buns and fried rice noodles, and the greenhouse vegetables grown by them, none of them are all profitable.
?”
Hu Yulan and her husband were a little moved after hearing what she said, but then he said angrily, "You go and beg her? You offended people so much at the beginning, why don't you go and beg her now?"
She, she wants to take care of you very much?
Let me tell you, that girl is a jealous person! Maybe if you open that mouth for her, she might even sarcastically mock you."
"But..." Hu Yulan was about to say something but was impatiently interrupted by her man, "Okay, stop talking and go to sleep!"
After saying that, he turned over and stopped taking care of her. Hu Yulan looked at his back and became extremely depressed.