Since Jiang Li said so, the old man couldn't refuse and decided to give her a chance.

With the experience from previous times, Jiang Li's hands didn't shake, his heart didn't beat fast, and he could keep up the speed this time.

The old man got into position and told her to follow this and draw it exactly the same.

The young man even took a mirror to show the old man his face so that he could remember what he looked like now before letting Jiang Li start.

Jiang Li spread out the drawing board and began to draw lines at a very fast speed.

With a ready-made model here and feeling calm, Jiang Li drew the portrait very quickly.

Half an hour later, the old man's neck was sore and Jiang Li put down his paintbrush.

"Grandpa, I've finished the painting."

Jiang Li took the initiative to turn the drawing board around. The old man was so excited looking at himself on the drawing board that he was speechless.

"Quick, quick, quick, take out my mirror! I want to look at it again!"

The old man has a bad memory as he is old. He just saw what he looked like and now he has forgotten it.

The young man quickly brought a mirror and the old man looked in it.

Hey! It's amazing! The person in the mirror looks exactly like the person in the portrait!

"I'm not satisfied!" The terminally ill old man suddenly shouted with all his might. Jiang Li was startled. The young man quickly asked, "Master, the painting is clearly very similar, what are you not satisfied with?"

"The painting is too realistic! It makes me look too old! So I'm not satisfied!"

This reason was amazing. Jiang Li was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time. It was so difficult to paint a portrait. It was not good if the portrait was too similar, and it was not good if it was too ugly.

It seems like the painting has been completed according to the old man's requirements, but now he says he is not satisfied. Should I draw another one for him for nothing?

Jiang Li was a little embarrassed, so the old man asked again: "How much does it cost to draw a portrait?"

"Grandpa, five dollars!" In order to stop the old man from making unreasonable demands, the young man decided to use his ultimate move.

The old man is stingy and reluctant to spend money, so he won’t do anything bad if it only costs five dollars to draw a picture, right?

"Okay, I'll give you ten dollars. You have to draw me a young picture with a smile on my face. And you have to put me in a military uniform. When I was young, I fought on the battlefield. When I'm old, I have to die in a military uniform."

The old man's voice was filled with sorrow, and the young man felt a little uncomfortable.

"Okay, I'll draw you another one."

With the previous foundation, Jiang Li drew faster this time.

It took only 20 minutes to draw a smiling portrait of the old man.

The old man on the paper had a bright smile, and there were fewer wrinkles on his face. He looked obviously ten years younger, and he was wearing a solemn military uniform.

The old man was so moved that he burst into tears when he saw the portrait.

This is the portrait he wanted: young, healthy, happy and full of vitality!

"Okay, okay, okay, okay! You really didn't disappoint me, your portrait is top-notch!"

The old man gave Jiang Li a thumbs up and took out 10 yuan from his pocket and handed it to him.

Jiang Li refused to reach out to take it, and the old man kept passing it to him.

"Here, here, you helped me draw such a beautiful portrait, this is what you deserve!"

The young man sighed heavily, and although he felt a little painful, he still nodded secretly to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li took the money and put it in her pocket. The old man kept praising her for being a good child.

Jiang Li came to another family to paint a portrait. The old man's request was very simple, which was to be exactly the same as the previous old man's request.

It turned out that this was also an old man who had retired from the battlefield. The two of them served in the army together when they were young, and supported each other on the battlefield and finally survived to the end.

Of the many people from Lijia Village who went to join the army together, only the two of them came back in the end.

They had a revolutionary friendship, so they even built their houses in the same place.

Unexpectedly, when they were about to die, their health deteriorated together, and they had to prepare portraits together, and maybe they could even be buried together.

Coincidentally, the portraits of them were painted by the same person, and the painting style is exactly the same.

"Okay, okay, I'm very satisfied!"

This old man had a refined personality and was much easier to talk to than the previous one. In addition, the portrait was painted according to the old friend's request, so he was naturally satisfied.

Jiang Li completed his mission and left, and the two young men quickly followed him.

"I'll return the extra money to you."

Jiang Li was stopped by two people just as he was about to reach into his pocket.

"Grandpa is very pleased with the portrait you drew of him. This is the money Grandpa gave you, and I have no right to take it back."

"We are here to see you off. Thank you so much for letting the old man smile from the heart before he passes away."

Jiang Li tried to return the money several times, but the two kept refusing.

Jiang Li returned to the village happily with 10 yuan in his pocket.

This trip took a total of three hours, including the time spent on the road, and I earned 10 yuan in total.

When I sold my younger brother and sister, I only made 20 yuan, which was equivalent to half a month's salary for an ordinary family in the 1970s.

Although the old man has a somewhat eccentric personality, he is still willing to spend money when he finds something that he likes.

When Jiang Li returned home, the two babies were still sleeping soundly. When Yao Qiaoyun saw her come back, she immediately greeted her warmly.

"How was it? Did your trip go smoothly?"

"It went very smoothly. The old man was very satisfied with the portrait I drew of him and gave me 10 yuan as a reward."

Jiang Li recounted what had happened, and Yao Qiaoyun patted Jiang Li's shoulder excitedly.

"Oh my, Jiang Li has really made it! You can earn 10 yuan per trip! I gave you two yuan at the beginning, which was too little. I didn't expect you to only take one yuan. Now I think about it, I feel so embarrassed!"

As Yao Qiaoyun was talking, she reached for her wallet again, and Jiang Li quickly held her hand.

"Aunt, without your help, I would have died of dystocia when I gave birth to my first and second children. Later, you even helped me with my confinement and let me eat and drink for free at your house."

"I don't know how much time and energy you've spent on me during this period. If I were to calculate it, even 20 yuan wouldn't be enough!"

Jiang Li handed over the 10 yuan as he spoke, and Yao Qiaoyun quickly pushed it back.

"You silly child, your family is not rich, and you earn a little money and want to give it to others. Do you want to make a living?"

"I just want to express my gratitude to you, Auntie. I just happened to make some money today, so I thought I'd give you some money."

"I don't want it, I don't want it. Hurry up and put the money away. Go back and buy some more meat and vegetables to replenish your body. Others gain more than ten pounds after the confinement period, but you've returned to your pre-pregnancy weight so quickly. This is all caused by lack of nutrition!"

Yao Qiaoyun took Jiang Li's hand and looked at it carefully. It was clearly a pair of hands covered with calluses, and there didn't seem to be anything special about them. How could he be so good at drawing and hair-doing?

While the two were talking, the babies woke up. They were probably hungry, so they waved their little hands and feet and cried loudly with their eyes closed. Their movements were coordinated and their crying echoed one after another.

Jiang Li and Yao Qiaoyun each held a baby and carried them directly to the door to start peeing. As soon as the diapers were taken off, the two brothers seemed to be competing, peeing farther than the other.