Pastoral Master

Chapter 41 Extraordinary Art
The old lady Qin went home to wash and dress up. She wears a purple tube top and a jet-black waistband with a coat of the same color. There are no fancy accessories, just a green emerald hairpin on her head.

The old lady Qin sat upright in front of the shop, and Yan Ruxue set up a table at the door of the shop, with pens, ink, paper and inkstone placed on the table.

Yan Ruxue let out a long sigh, and in the end she decided to follow Mrs. Qin's advice. Even if she didn't open an academy, it wouldn't be a bad thing to establish a name. As for the face of a scholar, she just doesn't want it as a little girl!

After the old lady Qin sat down, Yan Ruxue closed her eyes, looked at her nose with her eyes, and looked at her heart with her nose. After calming down, she opened her eyes again. Half a day later, I raised my pen and wrote down calmly, the pen was like the wind and the clouds and flowing water.

Even though Yan Ruxue wrote like a god, but this painting has been painted for an hour.

During this period, Yan Ruxue did not look at the old lady Qin other than looking up, but the old lady Qin who had been sitting opposite her was very happy at this moment, because now Yan Ruxue had gathered around her. Many people, scholars and passers-by stood beside Yan Ruxue one after another, but they had a tacit understanding to stay one step away from Yan Ruxue. No one disturbed Yan Ruxue, they just watched quietly from the side.

It wasn't until Yan Ruxue finished writing that the scholars on the side applauded one after another. Some praised Yan Ruxue's accuracy in writing, and some praised Yan Ruxue's coloring in seconds.The passers-by on the side didn't understand as well as those scholars, but they could tell that Yan Ruxue's painting was very similar, very similar!

"Grandma, the drawing is finished!" Yan Ruxue picked up the drawing paper and blew on it lightly, and then heaved a sigh of relief. Luckily, she didn't embarrass her master!

The old lady Qin got up quickly and came to Yan Ruxue's side, took the drawing paper, and after looking at it, her hands trembled slightly, and tears welled up in her eyes. "Like! Really like! Clearer than looking in a mirror..."

Although I don't know why Mrs. Qin wants this painting, but looking at her like this, it seems that it is not as simple as a painting!
"Grandma, I will do what you want!" Yan Ruxue clapped her hands lightly.

The old lady Qin sniffed, put away the painting carefully, and said. "I did it, I did it, what do you want to eat tonight? The old lady will make it for you!"

Yan Ruxue smiled. "Complement the shape with the shape, my wrist hurts, grandma make me a braised pork knuckle!"

"Haha..." Mrs. Qin laughed. "Row!"

After speaking, the old lady Qin left in a hurry.

As soon as the old lady Qin left, Yan Ruxue tidied up and prepared to close the stall, but unexpectedly, she was surrounded by those scholars and passers-by.

"Miss Yan, how much money do you charge for this portrait?"

"Miss Yan, how about we compete some other day?"

"Miss Yan..."

Everyone asked Yan Ruxue in a hurry.

Yan Ruxue smiled faintly. "I'm tired today. If you want to say something, you'd better talk about it in the shop tomorrow!"

"Ah?!..." Everyone was stunned.

Yan Ruxue took advantage of the time when everyone was in a daze and hurriedly took the stall back. The name has already been set up. All she has to do is to be more reserved. Rare things are more expensive. If her paintings can be bought by passers-by on the street If money can afford it, then her paintings are worthless!Therefore, she can't draw easily. Only in this way will people flock to her. Otherwise, she will fail the old lady Qin's good intentions.

"Sister! Sister!" Yan Chen hurried back after class. "Sister, my godfather invited the two of us to dinner at his house tonight! And sister, what are you doing today? People in the academy will ask me to learn about my painting skills when they see me today, saying that it is sister's painting Yi Feifan, mine must be not bad, it's annoying!"

Yan Ruxue smiled lightly. "I didn't do anything, I just drew a portrait for Grandma Qin!"

portrait?Yan Chen knew about this, but he always felt that it would not be so simple. "Just a portrait?"

Yan Ruxue nodded. "It was just painted on the street!"

"Drawn on the street?!" Yan Chen took a breath. "Sister, you are so bold, you are not afraid that your hand will ruin your reputation!"

Yan Ruxue smiled. "Grandma Qin is right, it's not a bad thing to break in when I'm young! Even if I lose face today, I can get it back tomorrow, but if I don't break in, maybe I can only sell here for the rest of my life A cloud swallowed!"

As a scholar, farmer, businessman, being a small merchant is also an expedient measure. Whether it is Yan Chen or Yan Ruxue, if it is not for their livelihood, they will never set up a stall. From the bottom of their hearts, both siblings have A bit of a scholar's aloofness!
Going to the appointment in the evening, Yan Ruxue changed into the new dress that Mrs. Qin made for her, half of her hair was simply tied up with a ribbon, and the remaining half was scattered behind her back, dragging it to her waist , with a purple veil on his face.

The same was true for Yan Chen, who put on new clothes and tied up his square scarf neatly.

The two went to Shi Jun's house together. Shi Jun's house was in the south of the city, far away from the academy, and the two of them walked there, so it was a bit slow.

"Chen'er, why did Uncle Shi invite us to a banquet today? What kind of banquet are you going to?" Yan Ruxue asked on the road.

Yan Chen shook his head. "I don't know, I just know that the masters in the academy will probably come today, and what godfather told me today probably wants you to enter the academy. He means that if we become merchants, it will damage the Yan family. face!"

Although Yan Ruxue has such a noble scholar in her bones, she hasn't reached the level of pedantry, she can't survive, and why should she pay attention to those reputations! "Then Uncle Shi still wants me to show off in front of these people?"

Yan Chen nodded. "possible!"

Suddenly, Yan Ruxue stopped in her tracks. "Chen'er, I don't want to go!"

Yan Chen frowned. "Why?"

Yan Ruxue sighed. "Because you don't want to deal with those so-called Confucian scholars, you have been in the academy for more than a month. Can you tell me how you feel about your academy?"

Yan Chen thought for a while and said. "The academy is roughly divided into two factions, one is the sons of the noble families, and the other is us humble students. Those noble sons are just dawdling in the academy. Those who really want to learn are us humble students. ..."

When Yan Chen said this, he couldn't help but stop, as if he had thought of something.

"But the academy doesn't take you seriously. What they pay attention to is precisely those aristocratic sons who are fooling around, because they are the rookies in the officialdom in the future!" Yan Ruxue said.

(End of this chapter)