Ye Shuning was busy at home, and time passed quickly. Tomorrow was the weekend, and she was going to the town. In addition to sending chili sauce to Li Shaoyang, she also wanted to go to the town to buy some oil paper.

Nowadays, there are no various kinds of plastic bags, and most snacks and other foods are wrapped in oil paper. She is running low on paper and needs to buy some in reserve, otherwise it will be difficult to wrap the things she makes as gifts in the future.

Before going to the town, Ye Shuning said hello to the Pan family, and Pan Dongshan asked Pan Yongnian to accompany her to the town.

The two of them went there by bicycle, which was much faster.

When Ye Shuning arrived in town, she went to the butcher shop first and bought a pound of meat since it was still sold out. The meat coupon was the one Li Shaoyang had sent her earlier.

After buying the meat, she mailed the chili sauce and took Pan Yongnian to the supply and marketing cooperative. She bought some needlework and oil paper, and also bought a pound of fruit candy for the Pan children.

Seeing that there were people selling drawing paper, paintbrushes, drawing boards and other drawing tools, it was said that few people bought them, they were all backlogs and the quality was not very good. Ye Shuning was itching to buy a set.

When she saw these drawing tools, she wondered if she could draw some comic strips that were in line with the background of this era, and maybe she could make some money from it.

Pan Yongnian saw Sister Xiaoning bought some painting supplies and asked, "Sister Xiaoning, can you paint?"

Ye Shuning nodded and said, "I know a little bit. If you want to learn, I can teach you."

Pan Yongnian nodded with shining eyes and said, "Then I want to learn from you."

Ye Shuning said, "I'll buy you this set of painting tools first, and you can use them too. If you're really interested in painting in the future, I'll buy you another set next time."

After buying the things, the two of them walked back. At this time, the sun was high in the sky and it was a bit hot, so Ye Shuning put on the straw hat she had prepared in advance.

The straw hat woven by Ye Shuning is different from ordinary straw hats. The brim is very large and can provide good sun protection.

Seeing that several sisters-in-law of the Pan family liked her straw hat very much, she also weaved the same straw hat for them, which was both beautiful and practical.

Her good relationship with the Pan family made her life in the village much easier, at least she would not be bullied.

Many people were working in the fields, some digging wild vegetables. The roadside had turned green, and some unknown wildflowers were blooming. Sitting on the back of her bicycle, Ye Shuning looked out at the idyllic scenery. She suddenly wanted to paint it.

She patted Pan Yongnian on the back and said, "Yongnian, do you want to see Sister Xiao Ning paint?"

Then the two of them stopped in a shady place on the side of the road.

Ye Shuning took out the painting tools she had just bought and sat under the shade of a tree to start painting. Pan Yongnian was very interested and sat beside Ye Shuning to watch her paint.

Ye Shuning also occasionally taught Pan Yongnian some painting techniques and gave him on-the-spot teaching.

Ye Shuning has been learning to paint since she was a child and has never given up. She has a very good foundation in painting. She likes painting normally and it is also one of her hobbies.

Ye Shuning was so engrossed in the painting, and Pan Yongnian was also so captivated, that they didn't even notice a car parked on the side of the road. When Ye Shuning realized someone was around, she turned around and saw that it was Li Shaozhong and Yan Jingwen.

Li Shaozhong and Yan Jingwen came back from the county after finishing their business. As the car was driving on the road, Li Shaozhong saw from a distance a girl sitting on the side of the road who seemed to be painting, and the boy next to her looked even more familiar.

When the car got closer, Li Shaozhong recognized Ye Shuning at a glance, so he stopped the car.

Yan Jingwen also recognized Ye Shuning. The two of them did not disturb Ye Shuning and Pan Yongnian, but quietly walked behind them and saw the painting that Ye Shuning was almost finished on the drawing paper.

It was a watercolor painting. Although the colors were not very rich, the painting was very artistic. The content of the painting was the surrounding pastoral scenery.

Ye Shuning didn't expect to run into Li Shaozhong and Yan Jingwen by chance. She wanted to stand up and say hello but was stopped by Li Shaozhong. "Don't move. We don't have anything to do. Finish your painting first."

Ye Shuning said, "Wait a moment, there are only a few more strokes left, and you can go back and polish the rest."

Ye Shuning moved quickly and finished the painting in no time.

Li Shaozhong and Yan Jingwen also realized that Ye Shuning was an old hand at painting and her technique was very skillful.

After Ye Shuning stood up, Li Shaozhong said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to have such a skill."

Ye Shuning packed up her things and put them in her small backpack. She said, "This is a little hobby of mine. I like to draw for fun when I have nothing to do. My drawings are just average. Are you guys out on business?"

Li Shaozhong didn't think Ye Shuning's paintings were ordinary. Judging from her paintings, Ye Shuning had a very deep foundation. However, seeing that Ye Shuning didn't want to talk more, he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he nodded and said, "We just came back from the county and didn't expect to run into you. It's a good opportunity to take you home."

Ye Shuning was about to refuse when Li Shaozhong said, "I'm going to look for Uncle Pan too, so I can take you back on the way. You can just let Yongnian ride the bike back by himself."

Ye Shuning no longer refused and told Pan Yongnian to come to her house after returning home. She had to keep him for lunch.

Li Shaozhong put Ye Shuning's backpack on the back seat of the car. Ye Shuning also sat in the back seat, while Yan Jingwen sat in the passenger seat.

The three of them quickly arrived at Fengyang Village, and Li Shaozhong first sent Ye Shuning home.

After getting off the car, Ye Shuning said, "Brother Li, Comrade Yan, come to my house for lunch later. I'll make you dumplings stuffed with wild vegetables. I bought some meat today, so we can have meat-filled dumplings."

Li Shaozhong and Yan Jingwen both recalled the wild vegetable dumplings that Ye Shuning had made before, and the taste was still fresh in their memory.

Yan Jingwen was reluctant to agree directly, so he looked at Li Shaozhong with hope.

Li Shaozhong said cheerfully, "Then we won't be polite. Let's go to Uncle Pan's house first and come back later."

Then he took out a small bag of white flour from the car and said, "Since we are going to eat at your house, we can't eat for free. This is white flour. Let's use it to make dumplings."

In fact, this white flour was what Li Shaozhong brought back to give to Ye Shuning, and it was just right this time.

Ye Shuning immediately waved her hand and refused, "No, I have white flour at home."

Li Shaozhong stuffed the small bag of white flour into Ye Shuning's hands and said, "If you don't want it, we won't eat at your house."

Ye Shuning had no choice but to accept the flour.

Li Shaozhong and Yan Jingwen did not enter the house and went to Pan's house first, while Ye Shuning began to prepare lunch.

She had stored some of the wild vegetables she had dug up earlier in the space. Ye Shuning had tested it and found that the things she put in the space could always stay fresh, so she planned to store more while the wild vegetables were still fresh and tender.

There are wild vegetables in the summer, but many are old and inedible. Some of the edible ones are not tasty anymore.