Chapter 369, Portrait
In the golden rice waves, the rice flowers, wearing white veils and sky-blue dresses, open their arms freely, feeling the warm breeze with a look of enjoyment.
Behind him, Xiao Yeyang, dressed in a moon-white robe, followed slowly, with a gentle and almost doting smile on his face.
At first, Wang Maner wanted to go find his girl despite Defu's obstruction, but slowly, feeling the warm and beautiful atmosphere lingering between the two of them, he gradually stopped.
"Xiao Yeyang, you have to manage Liulichang and train in the military camp, so how do you have time to come to Taohua Village?"
"Didn't I tell you that I'm here to help Grandma and Master Gu install glazed tiles and glazed windows?"
"It's so easy to install glazed tiles and glazed windows. You can just send someone over here."
"How can this be possible? Taohua An is a secluded place, how can anyone set foot there casually?"
".Now that you've installed it, why aren't you leaving?"
"Yan Yiyi, mother-in-law and Master Gu haven't chased me away yet, but you chased me away first."
"I'm just afraid of delaying you."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
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After a while, Xiao Yeyang took the initiative to ask, "Yan Yiyi, why do you like playing in the fields so much?"
"Don't you think walking in the fields makes me feel particularly happy? Seeing the abundant harvest makes me feel happy from the bottom of my heart."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "My uncle also said something like this. Every autumn during the harvest, he would go out incognito to check on the grain harvest, and sometimes he would even go to the fields himself."
Hearing this, Daohua was stunned and turned around in surprise: "The emperor attaches so much importance to farming?"
Xiao Yeyang nodded. "Uncle Emperor often says that food is the most important thing for the people. In the imperial farm, there are many experienced farmers who study how to increase grain production every day."
"When your father reported the high-yield grain to the court, the emperor's uncle laughed heartily for a long time."
Daohua smiled and said, "According to what you said, the emperor is really a good emperor."
Xiao Yeyang showed a proud look on his face: "Uncle Emperor is indeed a good emperor who works hard and cares about his people. You like farming so much. When he sees you in the future, he will definitely like you."
Daohua hesitated. "Can I see the emperor? The chance seems slim. Unless my father becomes an official in the capital, and his official position can't be too low, otherwise, my family won't be able to enter the palace, right?"
Xiao Yeyang's eyes flickered, and he said firmly, "You will definitely see it."
Daohua shook her head: "Don't be so confident. I don't know if my father can get promoted."
Xiao Yeyang smiled silently, but didn't say anything more. He watched the rice flowers floating in the rice waves with a faint smile.
The golden rice waves, bright and romantic smiles, and graceful figures are intertwined and set off against the clear blue sky. It is so beautiful that it looks like a painting, and people can't take their eyes off it.
Xiao Yeyang stared blankly for a long time. When Daohua turned around and smiled at him, he blurted out, "Let me draw a portrait of you. It will be how you look today."
Daohua's eyes lit up. "Okay, I've wanted you to paint for me before, but unfortunately I never had the chance." After a pause, she said, "Did you bring brushes, paints, or anything like that?"
Xiao Yeyang turned around and waved to Defu.
After a while, Defu and Wang Maner came over jogging.
Xiao Yeyang asked Defu, "Are there any brushes and paints on the boat?"
Defu nodded and said, "I've kept it ready, just in case the master wants to paint after seeing the beautiful scenery." After saying that, he quickly glanced at the rice flowers.
The master had been talking about painting for Miss Yan for a long time, so no matter where he went, he would always prepare brushes and paints.
Xiao Yeyang: "Go get it quickly."
Defu was stunned: "Get it here?"
Xiao Yeyang nodded: "Yes, it's right here."
Defu didn't ask any more questions, turned around and ran towards the boat.
Daohua smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be a realist painter. I wonder how good your painting skills are?"
Xiao Yeyang glanced at her sideways and said, "Don't worry, drawing you is no problem at all."
Daohua said quickly, "You can't make me look ugly. I'm going to hang the painting in my bedroom. If it's ugly, it will affect my mood. Of course, you don't have to beautify me either."
He said, covering his face with his hands and smiling.
"I still like this face very much. Just draw it as it is."
Xiao Yeyang laughed: "You draw it or I draw it, you have quite a few requirements."
Daohua said confidently, "Although you are the one drawing, it is me that is being painted. Out of responsibility for my eyes, I must have certain requirements."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and shook his head, too lazy to argue with her.
After a while, Defu brought two servants and brought the tables, chairs, benches, drawing paper, brushes and paints for painting.
"Do I need to pose?"
Just as Xiao Yeyang was organizing his pen and ink, Daohua suddenly asked this question.
Xiao Yeyang laughed a little, and when he saw Daohua was about to take off the veil, he quickly stopped her: "Don't take it off, it looks better when you wear it!"
Daohua looked doubtful: "Is this true? Will this hat hide my beauty?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yeyang couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Yan Yiyi, you are so narcissistic!"
Even Defu and Wang Maner couldn't help but smile secretly.
Their two masters are both extremely narcissistic.
Daohua curled her lips and asked Wang Man'er to help her adjust her veil. She didn't mention taking it off. After a while, she asked again, "Do I need a round fan or a handkerchief?"
Xiao Yeyang took a deep breath and said helplessly: "Take it if you want. Do whatever makes you feel comfortable."
Daohua felt that he was just being perfunctory and asked worriedly, "Why don't you have any requirements? How can I draw well like this?"
Seeing the rice flowers chattering non-stop, Xiao Yeyang simply stopped talking. He spread out the drawing paper, prepared the paints, took the paintbrush in his hand, looked up at the rice flowers, and then lowered his head to start painting.
Seeing him start writing, Daohua didn't dare to move, staring straight at him. After a while, she couldn't help but say, "Why don't you look at me?"
Xiao Yeyang then raised his head to look at the rice flowers, then lowered his head again.
Seeing him like this, Daohua was extremely worried and said to Wang Maner, "Go and see what he has drawn of me."
Wang Maner trotted over to the drawing table, stretched her neck to take a look, then smiled and nodded at the rice flowers, silently saying two words: "Beautiful."
Seeing this, the rice flowers finally felt relieved and stood there bored, playing with the rice ears beside them.
After about an hour, Xiao Yeyang raised his head and glanced at Daohua with a smile: "It's done."
Daohua shook her stiff legs and ran over: "Let me see what you have drawn of me?" After saying that, she stretched her head to look at the painting on the table.
In the painting, a young girl in green clothes stands amidst the golden waves of rice, smiling sweetly. The thin white gauze on her veil flutters in the wind, covering half of the girl's face.
Under the golden sunlight, this cover adds a touch of hazy beauty to the girl.
"how?"
Xiao Yeyang's gentle voice sounded in his ears.
Daohua looked at the painting, nodded straightly, and looked up at Xiao Yeyang: "It looks good."
Xiao Yeyang looked down at the rice flowers and asked with a smile, "Do you like it?"
Daohua smiled and nodded: "I like it. I will frame it when I get home and hang it in my bedroom. Xiao Yeyang, it's great. Your painting skills are really good."
After saying that, he couldn't help but look at his own portrait. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. Suddenly, his expression froze.
"Huh? Why did you draw a sunflower?"
Xiao Yeyang's eyes flashed, and he pretended to be calm and said, "I just made a mistake in my painting, and to cover up the flaw, I just painted this sunflower. Why, you don't like it?"
Rice Flower shook her head and smiled, saying, "No, I just think it feels weird to have a sunflower growing in a field of rice. But it's okay, I quite like it."
(End of this chapter)
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