"Hehe, Xiao Wu, what can you do?" Yang Lijun asked Xiao Wu with a smile. This boy, who was only eight years old, must have been spoiled at home.
"Sister Yang, I don't know anything. Can I learn from you?"
"Okay, but the kitchen at home is too small. But it's still fine for just the two of us."
Yang Lijun took Xiao Wu's hand, and the two went to the kitchen.
In the study, Zou Haiyin took out a pencil and said, "Little Six, Little Seven, do you want me to draw you pencil sketches? I'm best at sketching."
"You two are so pretty, how about you be my models? I'll definitely paint you both exceptionally beautifully."
"Okay, but Haiyin, don't you think Fifth Brother is the most handsome?" Xiaoqi asked Zou Haiyin with a smile.
"Yes, Xiao Wu is the prettiest, but you two are just as good. You two aren't the same type as Xiao Wu, so you can't be compared. Xiao Liu, how about we start with you?"
Xiao Liu always smiled and nodded, "Sure, Sister Haiyin, you'll definitely draw it beautifully."
Xiao Qi sat next to Zou Haiyin, watching the older sister quickly draw on the paper, and the outline soon came out.
"Xiao Liu, you're a really great model!" came Zou Haiyin's excited voice.
When Yang Lijun and Xiao Wu came in, they both moved behind Zou Haiyin. Xiao Liu's portrait was now about 70% complete. It was truly amazing.
Ten minutes later, Zou Haiyin put down her pen and asked, "Look, doesn't he look like Xiao Liu?"
"Sister Haiyin, you really, really look just like my sixth brother, just like in the photo. It's my turn, I have to be pretty too." Xiaoqi said as she ran over and sat there, motionless, like a model.
Yang Lijun and Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu sat on one side, looking at the painting and discussing it.
"Sister Yang, Sister Haiyin is really amazing. She captured Xiao Liu's features. Actually, the two of them are very similar, but Sister Haiyin drew Xiao Liu's features perfectly."
"Yes, your sister Haiyin has been learning to draw since she was little, and her drawing skills are really excellent. How about Xiao Wu draw one too?"
“Great! We’ll take it back and have it framed and hung in our room. It’s just as good as a photograph.”
Another hour passed, and Xiaoqi finished her drawing.
Xiao Qi looked at her own portrait, which was placed next to Sixth Brother's portrait.
"Sister Haiyin, you're amazing! You can tell us apart from this picture."
Yang Lijun stood up and said, "You four keep playing. I'm going to cook. The kitchen is too smoky. Xiao Wu, you stay here. Your sister Haiyin will draw your portrait."
Yang Lijun prepared two kinds of fillings: meat patties and cabbage with fermented black beans.
By the time she finished cooking lunch, the nanny had also prepared porridge and some side dishes.
Seeing that the four people had not yet come out of the study, he told Yang Yongjian that he was going to take a shower and change his clothes.
In rural areas, such customs are not observed, but given the means, Yang Lijun did not want to compromise herself.
I saw a lot in my past life, as if I had experienced it all myself, which is why I developed a habit of being clean.
When she came downstairs, she heard her grandfather's laughter and the voices of the three children.
"Sister Yang, look at my fifth brother's portrait, it's so beautiful, I think it's even better than the photo."
Zou Haiyin smiled broadly as she was praised. She had never felt so happy to be complimented before.
"Wow! Really, all of Xiao Wu's characteristics are captured in this. That's wonderful!"
Yang Yongjian saw his granddaughter come down and said, "Alright, let's go eat first. It's almost noon."
Xiao Wu and the other two ate the fried pancakes and kept praising Yang Lijun.
After dinner, the three children rested for a while. "Grandpa Yang, Sister Yang, Sister Haiyin, we have to go back now. Please come again next week to visit my home. Sister Haiyin, please draw portraits for my great-grandfather and grandfather as well."
"Great! Great! Just thinking about being able to paint portraits of important people is exciting."
The three people saw Xiao Wu and the other two off, and then they saw Chengzi already waiting outside.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Yang Yongjian watched them leave. He then called his granddaughter into the house.
"Grandpa, the leader's child is really well-educated; he doesn't have a single spoiled brat about him."
"Yes, Madam is a remarkable person. She has raised the children to be so outstanding."
"Grandpa Yang, Xiao Wu and the other two are so cute, even cuter than my little brother."
"Alright, you two should go and rest too. Why don't you skip school this afternoon and go tomorrow?"
"Grandpa, no, I have to go back to my studies. I haven't been studying for the past two days, and I'm afraid I'll fall behind."
Yang Yongjian felt truly gratified as he watched his granddaughter leave.
When Xiao Wu and his two friends came back, their great-grandfather, grandfather, and mother were all in the living room, as was Aunt Wang Ying.
The three of them greeted each other and then unfolded the portrait for Gu Chuanming and the others to see.
“Great-Grandpa, look, this is the portrait that Sister Haiyin painted for us. I’ve invited her to come over next week to paint portraits of you and Grandpa.”
Everyone gathered around, looking at the three portraits on the table.
"Hehe, this young lady from the Zou family is quite talented; she drew my three grandsons so well." Zhang Xingguo was delighted.
"Yes, this little girl is quite good; her hand-drawing skills are really impressive. But the most important thing is that she found the right model. Our three children are so outstanding!"
Listening to Gu Chuanming's boasting, Zhang Hongmei was truly at her wit's end.
This girl is really talented, and I'm really looking forward to the investigation report.
Wang Ying looked at the portrait with admiration. "Xiao Wu, this portrait is even more beautiful than the photograph."
"That's right, Aunt Wang Ying, it's because I'm good-looking."
After hearing this, Wang Ying laughed heartily, "I love how proud our Xiao Wu is. Yes, it's because our Xiao Wu is the best looking."
Zhang Hongmei stood there speechless. Of the seven children, only the fifth one was extremely narcissistic; she wondered who he took after.
A little while later, Wang Ying left with the documents to prepare for Saturday's gathering. Xiao Wu and Zhang Hongmei went into the study together.
In front of his mother, he was no longer the childish fifth grader.
"Mom, after spending time with them this morning, I didn't hear any complaints from them. They're both really nice. I can introduce them to my older brother and fourth brother."
"Hehe, great! They really could be your sisters-in-law in the future."
"Xiao Wu, there's a party next Saturday. Lots of ladies and girls will be coming. Do you want to go?"
"Are you looking for wives for my second and third brothers?"
“Yes, your great-grandfather was afraid that your second and third brothers wouldn’t be satisfied, so he took them and introduced them directly to your fourth brother.”
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