Chapter 7: A Skillful Pen is Difficult to Describe (Part 1)
Early the next morning, as soon as Zhuyin opened her eyes, He Ran couldn't wait to ask: "What did you mean when you said 'she is not that kind of person' before going to bed last night?"
Zhuyin suppressed her laughter and looked at him with confusion: "Did you tell me? Why don't I remember it at all?"
He Ran said angrily: "You tricked me and made me think about it for half the night!"
Zhuyin joked: "You are really attentive to her. I just said something to her, and you thought about it for half the night."
He Ran said distressedly: "To be honest with you, I always feel that her words are ambiguous. She was like this in Bafu City, and she is still like this here. It makes me a little scared, for fear that she will make a fool of herself because of her sentimentality. Her kind of You should know the method, please teach me."[
Zhuyin looked at him with pitiful eyes and said, "You have lived up to your reputation as a romantic."
"How to say it?"
Zhuyin said while getting dressed: "Although I have never seen Lin Yan receiving guests, I can guarantee that she is not the kind of person you mentioned last night who uses her charm to seduce men."
He Ran put his hand under her armpit and scratched it: "You were so pretending just now. You still said you didn't say that last night?"
After playing around for a while, Zhuyin said to him: "Contrary to what you said, as women, we tend to be more restrained when traveling. If you attract bees and butterflies, you are asking for trouble. I know this, and Lin Yan even more You should understand that she is so talented that there is no need to resort to such means to please men, and besides, according to her temperament, she does not disdain to do so. She is just being flirtatious towards you."
"Really?" He Ran still didn't believe it.
"If she were to act like this when meeting someone, she would have already lost her reputation. How could she dare to travel again after provoking so many powerful people?"
"That makes some sense." He Ran said with a frown.
Zhuyin smiled and said: "Go and buy an eyebrow pencil quickly. You can't avoid her debt. But you are not allowed to use the eyebrow pencils I have here. They are all top quality from Dai Yuezhai. It would be too wasteful to use them for your painting." .”
He Ran stopped talking and slowly put on his clothes. When Zhuyin went to court, he went to the vestibule and called Zhong Zong, handed him ten taels of silver and ordered: "Go and buy eyebrow pencils. No matter the quality, just pick one." Buy some textures, soft and hard.”
Zhong Zong was surprised when the military advisor asked him to buy eyebrow pencil. He smiled and said, "How can I buy this? I should let one of the sisters go there."
He Ran smiled and scolded: "There is so much nonsense, if you are asked to buy it, just go and buy it. If I can use them, why would I come to you to do it?"
Zhong Min looked at the silver in his hand and asked, "How much should I buy?"
"Buy as much as you can."
Zhong An stuck out his tongue and said, "Then I have to find a bag first."
"Don't tell anyone, just keep it after you buy it." He Ran ordered, and then leisurely walked into the lobby to handle official business.
At noon, he returned to the inner house and entered Su Xiyao's room. Mrs. Nuanyu was also there, and the two chatted over tea.
He Ran thought Lin Yan would come, so he asked with a smile: "Your new sister didn't come over to learn chess?"
Su Xiyao said: "I sent Lu Mo here early in the morning, saying that she won't be coming for the next few days, and asked us to tell her before we return to the valley." [
He Ran sat down and pretended not to care and asked: "What is she busy with? Looking at her energy yesterday, she is very eager to learn chess."
Mrs. Nuanyu said: "Can you not be busy? She first came to Yi State, and the post house must have been filled with admiring visitors. Talking with famous people from all over the world was the top priority of her travels. I remember that Yin'er first came to the country. The scene in Lindingyang, the road in front of the post house was blocked by talented people and wise men, I thought something had happened, but after asking, I found out that it was Princess Zhuyin who had arrived."
"It's exciting, let's go and have a look. I have an idea. Let Yin'er and Chang'er go together. It will definitely be a good talk for the three talented women to gather together."
Su Xiyao glanced at him and didn't even bother to talk to him.
Mrs. Nuanyu was so angry that she said: "I'm just fooling around. I want to make Yin'er and Chang'er embarrassed with you. If you go to them, it would be strange if you don't get scolded. This shouldn't disturb Lin Yan." Are you there? I advise you not to join in the fun. In that kind of occasion, only knowledge is respected and no distinction is made between dignity and inferiority. With this little ink in your belly, you will definitely be disgraced. Don't make fun of yourself."
Su Xiyao helped: "Sister, what you said is absolutely right."
He Ran felt embarrassed and muttered unconvincedly: "Why don't I have any knowledge? You have to mount a horse to govern the army and dismount to govern the people. You have conquered thousands of miles of country and implemented the New Deal. This is the knowledge of a great university. In comparison, those of them are nothing. It’s just an elementary school question.”
Mrs. Nuanyu smiled like she was coaxing a child: "Yes, yes, you have a college education and why are you going to tell them elementary school questions? Don't go, just paint at home. You are such a big person, you owe me Don’t let your debts go unpaid.”
Xiaozhu happened to come in and heard it, and said happily: "Okay, okay, I haven't seen you draw for a long time, I will prepare it for you."
He Ran gave up the idea of joining in the fun and proudly took the eyebrow pencil from Xiaozhu, "Then let me open your eyes again."
Before they even started writing, the three women all had smiles on their faces, looking forward to the funny scenes.
He Ran thought for a moment, and the eyebrow pencil quickly slid on the paper. The first thing he drew was a chessboard, and then he glanced at Su Xiyao.
Xiaozhu smiled and said: "If you want to draw my wife, you have to draw her frontal face this time. You have never drawn her frontal face before."
Mrs. Nuanyu asked puzzledly: "Why?"
Seeing that his pen was moving again, Xiaozhu lowered his voice and said, "He said he couldn't draw."
Mrs. Nuanyu smiled slightly and looked at the drawing paper attentively.
The image of a woman has been sketched out. It looks like she is Su Xiyao in her attire, but it is just a side profile.
Xiaozhu said dissatisfied: "You still boast that your painting skills are unique in the world. You don't even dare to paint the lady's face."
Su Xiyao was a little nervous because she always appeared from behind in his paintings. This was the first time she drew a face. She kept her eyes on the paper and stretched out her hand to pull Xiaozhu to sit next to her. Xiaozhu was so interested that he stopped talking.
He Ran's eyebrow pencil paused on Su Xiyao's face in the painting, then moved away, glanced at Xiaozhu, and quickly sketched her appearance on the side, with a very disdainful look on his face, looking at the other side of the chessboard .
Xiaozhu couldn't help covering his mouth and said with a smile: "You must be the one playing chess."
He Ran laughed, and drew his own image with a flying stroke: shaking a feather fan in one hand and holding a tea cup in the other, turning his head to look at the entrance of the hall, with an arrogant expression on his face, as if he was looking left and right, lest everyone would not know that he had a chance to win, that kind of The villain's success is evident in his publicity and energy, and his busyness is vividly displayed.[
Mrs. Nuanyu burst out laughing and praised: "He is indeed unique in the world. Look at how vividly he has painted his own moral character. Isn't that what he really looks like!"
Xiaozhu nodded vigorously, but Su Xiyao only smiled. She became more and more nervous when she saw that He Ran's eyebrow pencil still did not paint her face but instead outlined the hall, columns and furnishings.