Chapter 88: The Pearl Covered in Dust
"Why do you suddenly want to go to the Lantern Festival? Will my parents agree?" Su Jing and Su Yun are brothers, and they said exactly the same thing.
"Fourth brother wants to go, fifth brother wants to go too. We all want to go. The key is that we've never seen the world before and want to join in the fun. Besides, a few days before the Lantern Festival, there will definitely be a lot of people from nearby counties and towns going to the provincial capital to see the Lantern Festival. With such a great opportunity, of course we have to make a fortune!"
Watching the lantern festival is secondary, making money is secondary, the main thing is to coax my eldest brother out of the academy.
At the same time, Su Yi, who was sitting at home, suddenly sneezed. Jiang Yu, who was painting with him, saw this and asked him if he had caught a cold.
Su Yi shook his head and said that his nose was just a little itchy.
He never said that he wanted to go to the Lantern Festival, but of course, he did want to in his heart.
"But the closer it gets to the exam, the more I should not waste any time preparing for it!" Su Jing hesitated.
"How can it be considered a waste of time? Going out to see the world is not a waste of time. The knowledge in books is too rigid. Everything you see is full of knowledge. Big brother, believe me, this trip will be worth it!"
Su Wan was determined to pull him along, shaking his arm and begging him like she was acting like a spoiled child.
Su Jing couldn't stand her acting like a spoiled brat, so he smiled indulgently and tapped her forehead lightly with his fingertips:
"You, I really can't do anything with you, isn't it enough for my brother to promise you?"
"Brother, please ask for leave from the academy in advance and come back three days in advance."
Remember to bring the books you want to read, as well as writing brushes, paper, and inkstone, so you can read at home!" Su Wan's words were full of clichés, but Su Jing saw that his sister had a filter and didn't doubt it at all.
"Okay, I'll do as you say!"
"Then you are not allowed to regret it. If you regret it, I will be angry!" Su Wan deliberately frowned and made the consequences sound very serious.
Su Jing was amused by her. His sister was the cutest.
Finally, Su Wan left the academy with satisfaction. His two brothers had been squatting at the door waiting for more than half an hour, and they looked like they were about to grow beards.
The first time Su Yun saw her, he accused her:
"Su Wan, aunt, you are finally back. If you hadn't come, my grave would have been covered with grass."
"Nonsense, Fourth Brother, don't say such unlucky things!"
It's not right for a young man to say that grass is growing on his grave. Su Wan made a gesture to silence him.
"What did you say to brother? We talked for so long!" Su Chen didn't have such a strong resentment.
"Nothing, just some small talk!" She didn't tell them what she said.
"A few words of family conversation can take half an hour." Su Yun didn't believe it.
"My eldest brother also took me around the academy, so I was delayed for a while."
Nowadays, Su Wan doesn't even think before she tells a lie. In the end, she has become the person she hates.
But she was telling white lies, white lies, and she began to attack herself.
"Okay..." Su Yun muttered. Both brothers carried a lot of things, but Su Wan had nothing in his hands.
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On the way, he went to Grandma Cai's house and bought two chickens. He also paid extra to buy an old hen that no longer laid eggs. He planned to wait for Mother Su to come back so that he could stew it for her to nourish her body.
When I came back, Jiang Yu and Su Yi were still painting.
Bored at home, Su Yi asked Jiang Yu if he could paint. Jiang Yu said he knew a little bit, so the two began to compete.
They also agreed to paint the same content. Su Yi suggested painting Su Wan, and Jiang Yu had the same idea, so the two of them started painting tacitly.
Su Yi was so focused that he didn't notice that Su Wan had returned and was standing silently behind him.
When she saw the people in their paintings, she couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart, because they were all painting themselves.
Jiang Yu has finished and is quite satisfied with his own pace. The Su Wan he painted is in a posture of looking up at the sky slightly with a faint smile on his face. At first glance, the painting is quite vivid, but when you look at Su Yi's, you can immediately see the difference.
Su Yi's painting of Su Wan showed her with her back to the camera, her face turned to reveal 60% of her features. She was still smiling, but he had even managed to bring out the expression in the dimples at the corners of her mouth.
Su Wan had bought him a fine brush specifically for drawing before, and he painted the details so vividly that even the hair looked so real.
Each eyelash is distinct and lifelike. If Jiang Yu's Su Wan is only 50% like the real thing, then the Su Wan in his painting is 90% like the real thing, as if she is coming alive from the painting.
Su Wan was about to say something when Jiang Yu made a silencing gesture to her, indicating that Su Yi was very focused at the moment and she should not disturb him.
Su Wan immediately shut up. Su Chen and Su Yun came over and were also stunned by the painting. They tacitly agreed not to disturb him.
After completing the last stroke, Su Yi was still not satisfied. He looked up and found that his neck was numb, and Su Wan was standing behind him watching him paint.
Su Yi's face flushed, and he was about to block the painting, but was stopped by Su Wan:
"Fifth brother, you are so awesome. I love this painting so much. Can you give it to me?"
Su Wan loved this portrait very much. She liked both the style of painting and herself in the painting.
I instantly felt myself elevated and become more noble.
"You like it but I feel like I didn't draw it well enough!" It was a surprise that Su Wan liked him, but he was also asking too much of himself.
"This is not considered a good painting. Fifth brother, do you want to be a god?" Su Wan thought, are these artists so cruel to themselves?
Su Yi blushed and was too embarrassed to answer.
"Fifth Brother, I think all you need to succeed is an opportunity. Once that happens, you'll be unstoppable!"
In the original novel, the fifth brother was appreciated by a great scholar in the literary world in his later years. He took his paintings to publicize them everywhere. Finally, his paintings were passed to the emperor. The emperor, who loved these paintings, was so happy that he stamped a seal on them. The fifth brother became famous. From then on, he spoke with his strength and quickly entered the literary world. He had a high status in the literary world. He was hailed as the youngest Confucian scholar in history and was given the reputation of a painting fairy.
Poetry, songs, calligraphy, chess, and painting have been elegant pursuits since ancient times, and those who are accomplished in these areas are collectively called Confucian scholars.
"Sister Wanwan is exaggerating. I don't deserve it. I have no teacher and no power. How can I encounter any opportunity?" Su Yi smiled bitterly. He was still too pessimistic.
"Fifth brother, relax. Gold shines wherever it is placed. You are still young, and opportunities are reserved for the young!"
"I think Su Wan is right, Su Yi. Your talent in painting cannot be underestimated. When I compare my painting skills to yours, I am just an ordinary stone, dull and lifeless. You are now a pearl covered in dust, just waiting for the right person to find you and let you shine!"
Jiang Yu never bows to anyone, but he accepted his defeat with a sincere heart.
Su Yi heard this and took a look at his painting. Well, according to his standards, it was indeed not pleasing to the eye. But he smiled and said nothing. He was also very proud, okay?
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