Sure enough, when the visitor walked into the embroidery workshop and Shen Xiu saw his appearance clearly, she couldn't help but wailed in her heart. She originally wanted to give him a surprise, but she was the one who was surprised in the end.
Wei Yan did not expect to meet Shen Xiu here. He originally thought that he would see the wrong person, but Shen Xiu's expression confirmed that he did not recognize the wrong person. But isn't Shen Xiu in the county town? Why did he come to Fucheng.
Before Wei Yan could ask this question, Tao Ziqian said with a smile: "Brother Wei, Brother Yuan, I asked the book boy to invite you here to ask for a painting. I don't know who will paint a simple flower painting, Brother Wei or Brother Yuan."
picture?"
Wei Yan glanced at the situation in the field. Although he didn't know what was going on, with his intelligence, he quickly understood that there was a competition going on. And this competition was likely to involve Shen Xiu.
In order to avoid suspicion, Wei Yan looked at Yuan Ziwen and said, "Ziwen, let you paint this flower picture!"
Yuan Ziwen did not expect Wei Yanyan to blame this matter on him.
Among the two, Wei Yan is obviously good at painting. His own paintings are just good at it.
Just as Yuan Ziwen was about to refuse, Tao Ziqian had already seen what he was thinking and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan, there is no need to be restrained. This flower pattern does not need to be exquisite. It is just an embroidery pattern, so Brother Yuan can feel free to use his hands and feet."
It turned out to be an embroidery pattern. Yuan Ziwen breathed a sigh of relief and agreed to Tao Ziqian's request. After Shopkeeper Zhou got the pen and ink, he drew a foot-long picture of a rose.
Yuan Ziwen was really not good at painting, so Tao Ziqian asked him to draw pictures of flowers. Yuan Ziwen didn't know what to draw at first, but then he thought of the roses in front of his study window, so he drew them casually.
There are only two roses in the painting, one pink and one apricot. The branches and leaves are lush, and there are budding flowers on two branches and leaves.
Shopkeeper Zhou placed the rose flower picture in front of Lin Ye and Shen Xiu, "You two have one stick of incense to remember the content of this painting. When the incense burns out, I will put the painting away."
Shen Xiu glanced at Lin Ye and said, "I think one stick of incense takes too long, so I might as well change it to half a stick of incense."
She was very confident in her memory, and half a stick of incense was more than enough to memorize this painting.
Lin Ye was also confident in his memory. When he heard Shen Xiu say this, he immediately said: "Okay, then change it to half a stick of incense time."
"What are they doing?" After Yuan Ziwen finished painting the roses, he returned to the original place and stood with Wei Yan. At this time, when he saw the two people in the scene talking about one stick of incense and half a stick of incense, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Very clear.
Tao Ziqian explained to him softly: "They are competing in their embroidery skills. They need to memorize this picture of rose flowers within half a stick of incense, and then embroider this picture of rose flowers according to their memory. Who can embroider with perfect scores?"
, whoever wins this game."
It turned out to be a competition. Of course Yuan Ziwen recognized Shen Xiu, so he looked at Wei Yan. Before the word "sister-in-law" came out of his mouth, Wei Yan winked at him.
Yuan Ziwen thought he didn't want Shen Xiu to be distracted, so he swallowed his words and concentrated on watching the competition.
Shen Xiu didn't wait for half the stick of incense to burn out, but she had already memorized the rose flower picture in her heart.
She took her eyes away from the rose flower picture and nodded to Shopkeeper Zhou.
Shopkeeper Zhou understood and ordered people to fetch the embroidery tools.
When half the stick of incense was burned, Lin Ye closed his eyes and recalled all the contents before preparing to embroider.
At this time, Shen Xiu had already moved the needle and started embroidering, and a rose leaf had appeared under the needle.
Lin Ye didn't expect her to move so quickly. After the clerk got the tools, he started to embroider.
The rose flower picture painted by Yuan Ziwen is not large, but it takes at least an hour to embroider.
Tao Ziqian, the owner, was very thoughtful. He was afraid that the guests would get bored waiting, so he had chairs and coffee tables brought in, and he also ordered the waiters to prepare some tea and fruits.
In order not to disturb the two people doing the embroidery, Tao Ziqian thoughtfully moved two screens in front of them.
The two screens are both embroidered screens made of light gauze. Although the faces of the people inside cannot be seen clearly through this obstruction, their movements can be seen clearly.
In this way, even if there is a screen, people inside will still be discovered by people outside if they make small moves.
Yu Shuya was sitting in the corner, applauding this arrangement. She originally thought that her fiancé was a famous talent who was only willing to study in books, but she didn't expect that he was also very considerate in general affairs.
Also admired is Yuan Ziwen.
The Yuan family's family background is not as good as that of the Tao family, but Yuan Ziwen has watched his parents handle the property since he was a child, and he also understands a little bit.
He picked up a longan and peeled it while saying, "This brother Tao is a rare talent. He is both talented and knowledgeable."
Wei Yan only smiled slightly. With his intelligence, he could naturally see the beauty of Tao Ziqian's arrangement.
However, he has never been interested in ordinary affairs. On the one hand, it is due to his family background, and there are not so many ordinary affairs at home to worry about; on the other hand, he has no time, and all his time is spent on studying.
Today he and Yuan Ziwen went out to hang out, and it was because Yuan Ziwen felt that he was bored staying in the inn all the time, so he invited him to the bookstore to pick out some poetry collections.
Unexpectedly, I met Tao Ziqian in the bookstore.
Wei Yan and Tao Ziqian took a fancy to an anthology at the same time. Their hands reached out to the anthology almost at the same time, and after seeing each other, they retracted in unison.
This action made the two of them look at each other and smile.
After they laughed, Tao Ziqian chatted with Wei Yan for a few words. After a while, Yuan Ziwen came over to find Wei Yan and joined in the chat. The more the three of them chatted, the more they became more and more attracted to each other, and they felt like they were old friends at first sight.
If Tao Ziqian's book boy hadn't interrupted, the three of them would have still been chatting freely in the bookstore.
After Tao Ziqian and the book boy left, Wei Yan and Yuan Ziwen picked out one or two books in the bookstore. They were about to check out and return to the inn when Tao Ziqian's book boy came over.
Tao Ziqian originally met the two of them by chance, but the three of them had been chatting very enthusiastically before. Wei Yan and Yuan Ziwen followed the book boy over without much hesitation.
Who would have thought that as soon as Wei Yan walked into the embroidery workshop, he saw Shen Xiu.
Originally, he and Yuan Ziwen were supposed to go back to the inn after Yuan Ziwen finished drawing the rose flower picture. But it was about Shen Xiu, so Wei Yan decided to stay and take a look. Studying was important, but Shen Xiu's affairs were also important.
Yuan Ziwen didn't want to go back to the inn. There were many students living in the inn. Such a noisy environment, let alone studying, would make it noisy even to sit quietly for a while.
Only people like Wei Yan can read. And he has long given up studying in such a noisy environment.
So he would rather watch the excitement here than go back to the inn.
After Yuan Ziwen finished the plate of longan and the tea cup in front of Wei Yan was refilled three times, Shen Xiu finally finished embroidering the rose flower pattern.