Chapter 371, combined painting
After being interrupted by Gu Jian, Daohua was busy explaining and had no idea that Xiao Yeyang's eyes were similar to Grandma Gu's.
During dinner, Gu Jian saw his little disciple looking at him hesitantly, without even glancing at her.
My disciple is too sharp-eyed. It’s better to let her have something to worry about, so that she won’t stare at me too much and then start to think too much and create unnecessary complications.
My sister is very satisfied with her current life and doesn’t want to change anything. Since that’s the case, let’s just live like this.
Seeing that Daohua was still glancing at him from time to time, Gu Jian's face turned serious: "Master, there are flowers on your face, or is it because you are too beautiful? Can you still eat properly?"
Hearing this, Daohua's mouth twitched. She didn't dare look at her master anymore and could only bury her head in the rice. As she was doing so, she noticed a piece of braised pork in the bowl. She looked up and saw that it was Xiao Yeyang who had picked it up for her. She immediately glared at him and said, "Take it away. I don't eat fatty meat."
Xiao Yeyang: "It's not fat, it's half fat."
Daohua: "I won't eat even half fat meat."
Xiao Yeyang took the braised pork back with a sullen face, then ate it angrily in one bite.
Seeing that his little apprentice who had been bullied by him turned around and bullied his nephew, and his nephew still looked like a bullied person, Gu Jian's eyelids twitched. He felt a little uncomfortable watching it, so he simply buried his head in eating.
At the dinner table, Granny Gu and Old Lady Yan looked at the three of them with strange expressions: "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing!"
The three of them said in unison.
Seeing this, the strange expressions on Granny Gu and Old Lady Yan's faces became even more intense.
Old Madam Yan looked at the dishes that had barely been touched and said, "Nothing. Why are you just eating the rice and not picking up any vegetables?"
As soon as he finished speaking, three pairs of chopsticks reached for the dish at the same time.
Gu Jian was fine, he just went straight to pick up his favorite cold cucumber salad.
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang reached out for the boiled pork slices at the same time, and they both picked up the same piece of meat.
Xiao Yeyang did not give in. Relying on his strong hands, he grabbed the piece of meat and raised his eyebrows at Daohua proudly.
When Daohua saw this, she was so angry that her teeth were itching. She turned her head away and didn't look at him.
Seeing this, Xiao Yeyang quickly put the meat slices into her bowl and said, "Eat it!"
Daohua then smiled: "Why bother? Why didn't you just give it to me earlier?" After saying that, she picked up the piece of meat and put it in her mouth.
Seeing the two of them like this, Granny Gu was extremely happy and said to Granny Yan with a smile: "These two little guys are still like children."
Old Madam Yan glared at the rice flowers and said, "That's right. The more they grow, the more they go back in time."
After dinner, Daohua lingered at Gu Jian's door for a while, but still didn't find a chance to explain, so she had to return to her room dejectedly.
The next day, when Gu Jian was worried about Xiao Yeyang painting, Daohua noticed again that her sister and Xiao Yeyang had similar eyes, so he sent her directly to the pharmacy to sort out the herbs.
Daohua has its own medicine garden. She had previously sent Qin Xiaoliu to deliver a lot of medicinal herbs to Gu Jian. Some of them were piled up in the pharmacy before Gu Jian had time to sort them out.
Daohua wanted to watch Xiao Yeyang paint, especially when she saw that Grandma Gu and her own master were dressed more formally than usual for the portraits, she didn't want to leave even more.
But seeing her master looking at her with a stern face, she had no choice but to reluctantly go into the pharmacy.
"Then let's get started, mother-in-law, old lady, who will go first?"
After Xiao Yeyang prepared the paper and brushes, he looked at the two old ladies with a smile. As for Master Gu, sorry, Daohua said that ladies were given first, so he had to wait for a while.
Old Madam Yan smiled at Granny Gu and said, "Old sister, you go first."
Granny Gu: "You should go first."
Just as the two were being polite to each other, Defu hurried towards Xiao Yeyang with a letter.
Xiao Yeyang frowned, put down his pen, opened the envelope and began to read quickly.
Granny Gu and the other two looked at him with worry: "But what happened?"
After reading the letter, Xiao Yeyang put it away and looked at the three elderly people with some apology: "Grandma, Old Lady, Master Gu, my uncle has something to ask me, so I have to leave this afternoon. I'm afraid I can't paint for you three individually today. Otherwise, how about you three paint a picture together first?"
Gu Jian: "Our business is not urgent. You can leave now if you want."
Xiao Yeyang was silent for a moment, looked at the three old men who were dressed in new clothes, and said with a smile: "Don't rush half a day. Don't paint the scenery, just paint the characters. Half a day is enough."
As he said that, he turned and looked at Defu.
"Go get some stools and put them in the middle of the yard so that mother-in-law and the others can sit down."
When Gu Jian and the other two saw Xiao Yeyang start to grind and adjust the color, they didn't say anything more. After Defu brought a stool, they sat down with their backs straight.
Then, Xiao Yeyang began to paint.
Defu and Wang Maner stood by and served.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang looking up from time to time while painting, Wang Man'er immediately asked Defu in a puzzled voice: "Yesterday, when the young prince was painting for the young lady, he only looked up occasionally and the painting was very smooth. Why is he so slow today?"
Defu whispered back, "Why else? As for Miss Yan, I'm very familiar with her every move, every frown and smile. It's like she's engraved in my mind, so it's natural and smooth for me to paint her."
"Grandma Gu, your old lady, and Master Gu, the master doesn't pay much attention to them. When painting, of course, you have to look at them more to make the painting realistic."
Wang Maner suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."
Defu nodded: "That's it."
It was not until noon that Xiao Yeyang finished the joint painting of the three of them.
At this time, Daohua had finished sorting the herbs and came out. Seeing Xiao Yeyang put down his pen, he immediately came over and said, "It looks very similar! Grandma, come and see. Even if you are wearing a mask, I can recognize you at a glance."
Granny Gu and the other two came over, staring at the portrait eagerly, and couldn't help but smile.
In the portrait, Grandma Gu is in the middle, Gu Jian is on the left, and Old Lady Yan is on the right. The three of them are sitting side by side. Grandma Gu and Old Lady Yan are holding hands tightly, and Gu Jian is slightly sideways facing Grandma Gu.
At first glance, they look like a family of three siblings.
Old Lady Yan smiled and said, "Old sister, you have such a good temperament. In front of you, I am like that ignorant younger sister."
Granny Gu glanced at Granny Yan with a smile and said, "I'm older than you, so it's not wrong for you to call me sister."
Old Lady Yan smiled and nodded: "That's what I said!"
Daohua also commented: "Grandma and grandmother both have smiles on their faces, but Master has a stern face. Master, you should smile."
Gu Jian glanced at his apprentice, then continued to stare at the painting. Although he didn't smile, he was quite satisfied with himself in the painting.
Seeing that the three elders were quite satisfied, Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "I don't have time to draw the background yet. I'll add it next time I come."
Daohua nodded and said, "Next time you come, draw one for each of grandma and the others."
Xiao Yeyang readily agreed: "Okay!"
(End of this chapter)
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