After scolding Li Ao, Han Miao turned and ran back to the classroom without caring about what he might think. Li Ao didn't enter the classroom until class started. When he walked into the classroom, his eyes quickly glanced at Han Miao's face, then he lowered his eyes and sat back in his seat.
Han Miao's class has an art class every week, which is the third period on Wednesday afternoon. They have music class on odd weeks and art class on even weeks.
Today happened to be Wednesday, a fortnight, and we were in art class. Wangdong No. 1 High School has 30 classes per grade. Class 230, located at the very edge of the basement level, is an art class. Students in this class either sing and dance or play ball and run.
Han Miao's art teacher was the homeroom teacher of Class 230. His surname was Ouyang. Although his surname sounded very high-class, his parents gave him a more down-to-earth name, Ouyang Facai. Everyone privately called him the Money Tree.
Fa Cai Shu was wearing a light grey double-breasted jacket and a pair of handmade black cloth shoes, rare in this era. His hair was cut very short, but he had a long beard on his chin, like a goat.
The money tree walked into the classroom and glanced at the students in Class 22. Knowing that there was no student in Class 22 with a talent for painting, he felt uncomfortable teaching.
The money tree picked up the white chalk and drew a few strokes on the blackboard. In just a moment, a chalk sketch of a jar appeared on the blackboard.
"Today we're learning how to handle shadows in realistic sketches."
The teacher was lecturing on the stage while the students were doodling. Han Miao was drawing stick figures with a watercolor pen, while Lin Yutian was writing something on a piece of light blue paper.
Li Ao stared at the teacher for a while and then lost interest.
After the teacher finished speaking, he saw that the students were all playing their own games. He felt that it was boring, so he said, "I will give you a task."
All the students looked up and stared at the money tree.
"Teacher, what is the task?" Lin Yutian asked.
The teacher said: "Today is Singles' Day."
Everyone had a 'so what' expression on their face.
The teacher pulled a copper coin from his pocket and said, "This is a good luck copper coin. I asked for it at the temple when I went to Nanyue to burn incense. Now, come to the drawing competition, and the person who wins the first place can take my copper coin. With this copper coin of mine, you will find success in finding your partner and become a couple with your secret crush!"
As the head teacher of the art class, Ouyang Facai is relatively open-minded. He thinks that the children are already seventeen or eighteen years old and are little adults. It is normal for them to be curious about love.
Hearing Ouyang Facai's words, a group of girls and boys immediately rubbed their hands and looked very interested.
Ouyang Facai put the copper coin on the chalk box. He stared at the students in the audience and suddenly shouted, "Student Han Miao, come up." Han Miao was a celebrity in the school. He played the piano very well, much better than those guys in their class who learned musical instruments, so he was deeply impressed by Han Miao.
Han Miao was confused. She walked up to the stage and was pulled to the back by the teacher. She said honestly, "Han Miao will be your model today. Whoever draws her most vividly will get the coin!"
Several students who had studied painting immediately raised their hands. The teacher counted them and found six students competing. He asked, "Anyone else?"
There was a moment of silence.
Just when everyone thought there was no one around, a hand suddenly raised in the corner of the back door.
When Han Miao saw Li Ao raise his hand, she immediately thought of the piece of pork belly stuck on the refrigerator. She glared at Li Ao fiercely, warning him not to cause trouble.
Ouyang Facai nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give you twenty-five minutes. If you exceed the time limit, you will be deemed to have forfeited." Teacher Ouyang gave each of them a piece of quick drawing paper and asked them to show off their talents.
Han Miao stood out from behind the desk. She leaned sideways against the blackboard, one hand supporting the blackboard and the other hand in her trouser pocket. The side profile of her face was slightly rounded, and she struck a relaxed pose for everyone to draw her.
Sketching tests a painter's observation and drawing skills. Li Ao stared at Han Miao for a long time, and only picked up the pencil in the last seven minutes, quickly drawing lines on the drawing paper.
The teacher started observing the contestant sitting by the window, and when he turned to Li Ao, Li Ao's work was almost finished.
Li Ao's pen-holding technique betrays the clarity of a seasoned artist, and every line is sharp. The same model, on other people's drawings, would appear messy or formless, but on Han Miao's, the image is vividly portrayed. Even a simple sketch of the model's outline reveals its vibrant energy.
The teacher stared at Li Ao's painting, and he even had the illusion that this was a big shot and he had to admit defeat.
"Have you learned it?" Ouyang Fa Cai asked Li Ao.
Li Ao's lips were straight, his eyes focused on his painting, and he ignored Ouyang Facai. It was unclear whether he didn't hear Ouyang Facai at all, or if he did hear him, he didn't bother to answer.
A girl in front whispered to Ouyang Facai, "Teacher Ouyang, Li Ao can't speak."
Teacher Ouyang suddenly understood.
It turns out that he can't speak.
"Time is up!"
Upon hearing this, Li Ao immediately stopped writing.
Teacher Ouyang collected everyone's drawings, posted seven of them on the blackboard, and asked everyone to vote. The drawings were unsigned, only numbered, and there was almost no suspense. Everyone cast their votes for work number 5.
Han Miao stared at herself on the drawing paper, and her intuition told her that it was Li Ao who drew it.
Finally it’s not pork belly anymore.
Han Miao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
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