Xia Tian thought that he had to find another way to make more money.
She leaned on the table with her chin in her hand and went over the skills she had in her previous life in her mind.
Well, the only thing I can show off right now is painting.
This is a skill she learned for more than ten years in her previous life. Both Chinese painting and sketching are her specialties.
Just do it.
Xia Tian got up, put on his shoes and left the warm room, "Ningxiang, Ningxue, let's go to the study."
She remembered that when Shen Nian took her to see the house that day, there was a study in this yard, which was probably the study used by Miss Shen at that time.
When I entered the study, I found that there was a bookcase, but no books; there was a desk, but no four treasures of the study.
"Why is there nothing in this study?" Xia Tian was puzzled. It was impossible for Miss Shen to just use an empty study as a decoration, right?
"This was the eldest lady's former study. After she got married, she moved the books away one by one. When they decorated it the day before yesterday, they probably thought that the lady wouldn't need it, so they didn't decorate it." Ningxiang's voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke.
Understood!
It's just that Liu thought that she was a wild girl from the country and must have never been to school, so she would have no use for a study, so she didn't decorate it.
"Then go get me some writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone first. We can get the books later."
"Yes, ma'am." Ningxue went downstairs to get the four treasures of the study. Ningxiang called two little maids to help wipe the dust off the desk and bookshelf.
In fact, this house is cleaned every day, and now it’s just a matter of wiping off the dust.
After a while, Ningxue took out the four treasures of the study and placed them on the desk.
In the summer, white paper was spread on the table and weighed down with a paperweight, while Ningxue ground ink beside it.
She held the pen with her chin resting on it and thought for a while, then dipped the tip of the pen in ink and with a few "swish" strokes, she sketched out the outline of a puppy.
Ningxiang and Ningxue, who were standing beside her, were stunned. Madam can also paint? Could this also be taught by the prince?
They thought that the lady asked them to clean up the study so that she could practice calligraphy!
"How is it? Is it okay?" Xia Tian picked up the simple sketch she had just drawn and showed it to the two of them.
"Well, this puppy is painted just like the real one." Ningxue exclaimed in admiration.
"Madam, you are such a good painter. Could it be that the prince taught you?" Ningxiang was curious. How much did the prince teach her?
Xia Tian was also very happy when Ning Xiang asked this. "This wasn't taught by your prince. I drew it by myself. Isn't it amazing?"
"Great!" The two girls nodded heavily.
"But don't tell your son that I can paint yet. This is my secret weapon, and I'm planning to give him a surprise!"
"Okay, ma'am, we promise not to tell the prince." The two girls giggled and promised.
Xiatian picked up the pen and carefully sketched until a lifelike puppy appeared on the paper. She picked it up, blew on it, and looked at it carefully for a while.
It seems that her painting skills have not been lost.
I might as well just paint some animal paintings and sell them, but I don’t know how much a painting is worth now.
I'll go out tomorrow and check out the market first.
I thought this was a good idea. Seeing that it was getting late, I put away the painting I had just drawn and placed it in a box in the bedroom.
In the evening, Chen Nian came back from outside and went to Jinglan Garden.
"I heard my sister is here again today."
"Yeah." Xia Tian nodded.
"Did she embarrass you again?" Shen Nian saw that she seemed to be in a bad mood, so she asked in a calm tone.
"It's not that difficult. It's just like that. You want me to leave you."
"Then, will you leave?" Shen Nian's tone was gentle, but she felt a little uneasy in her heart.
"I told her to come find you. If you tell me to leave, I'll leave."
"Unhappy?" Shen Nian asked tentatively, seeing that she was not in a good mood.
"No, I'm a little tired today. Shen Lan came in the morning, and the eldest lady came again in the afternoon. We just had a lot of arguments all day."
"What is Shen Lan doing here?" Shen Nian's tone instantly turned cold when he heard that Shen Lan had come.
"Nothing, just came to see me. Maybe he was unhappy that I was living in this courtyard. But he didn't say much, just a few sarcastic remarks, sat for a while and then left."
Xia Tian was nagging Shen Nian, and when she saw his face turn cold, she hurriedly comforted him, “She’s just a spoiled young lady, she’s no match for me, don’t worry.”
"Yeah. If you don't want to bother with it, just leave."
Before the poison took effect, he used to treat Liu's three children as his own brothers and sisters, but now that he knows the truth, he can no longer get close to them.
"I understand." Xia Tian agreed happily.
Seeing Shen Nian's frown when he heard Shen Lan's name, she felt a little distressed.
What kind of torture did he go through during those three years that he didn't even want to hear the names of Liu and the child he had.
Xia Tian raised his hand and stroked Shen Nian’s brow, his tone like coaxing a child, “Don’t frown, frowning doesn’t look good!”
Shen Nian grabbed Xia Tian’s hand on his brow and pressed it against his forehead. He was silent for a long while before he softly said “hmm”.
Xia Tian let him hold his hand and waited for a while. Seeing that Shen Nian's mood had calmed down, he spoke again, "Brother Shen, I see that you haven't come back for dinner in the past two days. Don't be too tired."
"Well, I've been busy these days and haven't been able to take care of you. If you're bored, you can go out for a walk."
"Is it okay?" Xia Tian asked in surprise.
It just so happened that she was planning to go out and buy some paints and such, and she was thinking of talking to Shen Nian about it!
"Of course you can, but if you go out, you must take Ningxiang and the others with you. I will let Mufeng follow you."
"That's great. I'm going shopping tomorrow. I haven't seen what the capital looks like yet."
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