When I woke up the next morning, it was drizzling outside.
After Li Mai finished washing up, she also prepared water for Zhou Quan to wash up. Just then, Zhou Lin and Zhou Lei came over and took their older brother to the outhouse.
In the past two years, Zhou Quan has established a fixed time for going to the outhouse. His younger brothers remember it very well. Sometimes when one of them is not at home, the other will help him relieve himself in his room and then empty the toilet. However, Zhou Quan tries his best not to go to the outhouse, as it makes him feel even more useless.
They went out, and Li Mai went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. When she went out, she saw that Zhou Tao was already making it.
"Sister-in-law, Mother wants you to go and paint. You don't need to do any housework these days," Zhou Tao said, pushing her forward.
With no other option, Li Mai did some simple stretching exercises in the yard before going back inside, moving the table to the window, and continuing to draw.
She was going to town the day after tomorrow, and she also needed to deliver the map to Madam Yu.
Zhou Tao personally brought breakfast to her elder brother and sister-in-law's room so they could eat inside.
Today's breakfast was noodles with egg sauce, which tasted very good, and Zhou Quan ate half a bowl more than usual.
Before the meal, Li Mai had already made him drink half a bowl of spiritual spring water.
Perhaps due to the nourishment from a bowl of spiritual spring water every day, Zhou Quan's complexion visibly became much rosier, and his face no longer seemed as thin as before, but rather looked a bit rounder.
And in this way, he actually looks even more handsome.
This was something Li Mai noticed by chance when he looked up while they were having breakfast face-to-face at the kang table.
After Zhou Quan finished eating, he noticed Li Mai glancing at him while eating. He smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Was it not enough? Did I eat too fast?"
Zhou Tao brought three bowls of noodles to their room. Zhou Quan ate one and a half bowls, and left the other half for Li Mai, who was eating that half bowl at the time.
After Li Mai discovered that the original owner's body was well-healthy and without any problems after being recuperated, she gradually increased her appetite without experiencing any discomfort.
Li Mai shook her head and said with a smile, "No, I just think you look a little better than when I first met you, and you've gained a little weight too."
"Oh? Really?" When Zhou Quan heard her compliment his looks, he subconsciously touched his face, and a shy expression appeared on his face.
Li Mai chuckled to herself. This man was really shy. The way he showed that shy expression was actually quite alluring.
Tsk, using a face that resembles the teacher to seduce oneself, what a sin!
Li Mai silently complained to herself, then quickly lowered her head to eat her noodles, not daring to look at him.
Zhou Quan, on the contrary, quietly watched her eat her noodles.
She eats slowly and doesn't move roughly. She eats noodles one or two strands at a time, unlike others who eat one bite at a time with their chopsticks, finishing half a bowl of noodles in just a few bites.
After finishing her meal, Li Mai went for a walk in the field to digest her food before continuing to paint.
Zhou Quan sat quietly in the corner reading a book.
When he got tired of looking at her, he would look up and watch her paint. The two spent two days like this, and Li Mai finished all her paintings.
She used two imperial edicts to prepare eight items.
She simply included the other two pieces in the painting, and then wrote the name of the jewelry set on the right.
Love's Fireworks!
Because she needed money, she painted another one, but it wasn't from the fireworks series.
With autumn approaching, the Mid-Autumn Festival is generally the most important festival for people here.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people not only cook delicious food at home and celebrate the festival, but also worship the moon goddess. They also take their children to visit relatives and friends, bringing presents as gifts to exchange and strengthen relationships with relatives.
Li Mai plans to paint a theme related to the Mid-Autumn Festival next.
Words such as moon, moon goddess, osmanthus, and jade rabbit were all written by Li Mai on the paper.
She looked at them for a while, then beckoned Zhou Quan over. "Take a look at these words. Which one looks more poetic and evokes more imagery?"
Zhou Quan looked at them for a while, "Are they all related to the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
Li Mai nodded, "Yes, I'm thinking about the theme for the next design. It will be launched around the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it should be related to the Mid-Autumn Festival and be the one that people like the most."
Zhou Quan looked at it carefully for a while, "The Moon Goddess is Chang'e, right? Isn't the Jade Rabbit her pet?"
Li Mai paused, looked at him, and fell into deep thought.
Seeing that she was thinking, Zhou Quan didn't say anything to disturb her.
"Ah, I've got it!" Li Mai said, then cupped her hands in thanks to him. "Thanks, buddy!"
After saying that, he lowered his head and began to draw seriously.
Zhou Quan was stunned. Dude?
Does Xiaomai call him buddy?
Why? Is it because he resembles her brother?
Zhou Quan's mind started wandering again.
Li Mai lowered her head and began to draw diligently.
An hour later, a beautiful hairpin appeared on the paper.
A voluptuous fairy is striking a flying pose, holding an adorable rabbit in her arms.
In the woman's other free hand, two tassel beaded chains, one long and one short, hung down, and at the end of the beaded curtain, hung an adorable little rabbit.
Although the fairy is depicted with just a few simple strokes, it is still easily recognizable as the moon goddess Chang'e.
Li Mai glanced at it herself a few times, then waved to Zhou Quan, "Look, isn't it pretty?"
Zhou Quan nodded and said, "It looks good. From a distance, this Moon Goddess even looks a bit like a crescent moon."
Li Mai smiled and said, "Well, up close it looks like the Moon Goddess, from afar it looks like a crescent moon, and from the side it looks like two little rabbits hopping around."
Zhou Quan looked carefully at the painting, then at Li Mai's hands. He thought that Xiao Mai's hands were really skillful; she could do everything.
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