Yu Chengyi smiled bitterly, Cen Jing didn't know what to say, he scratched his ears and cheeks, "I still think it's a lot of grinding, I was with my family at the beginning, she chased me for a long time before I slowly fell in love with her." It is estimated that children's characters are also relatively slow to heat. ”

"It's okay, you don't have to comfort me. Feelings can't be forced, she and I are friends, now we are making progress together to pursue a common dream of calligraphy, isn't it more important to realize dreams than love?"

He pulled out a smile arc, and Cen Jing pulled him and said that he wanted to go and have some wine together.

......

In the days that followed, Lin Mengyao really didn't come to trouble again, and the days returned to the tranquility of the past, and in two months, the children's characters made great progress, she learned to carve a simple seal, and she could also engrave her own name.

In addition to studying in class, Yu Chengyi will also guide her after class. He'll show her how to do it first.

"First of all, you need to spread the sandpaper on the tabletop and sand it with a stone to make the printing surface smooth. Next up is the design print. If you are a beginner, you should choose Linyin, preferably Hanyin. You can also choose a square seal, attach a piece of rice paper to the print, and dip the brush in ink to print the print. Cover the reverse side of the print with a stone, wet the printing surface with a clean brush dipped in water, wait until the printing surface is completely wet, absorb the excess water with rice paper, and then attach a new rice paper when it is about eight minutes dry. Finally, the stamps are removed, and basically the stamps are copied onto the stamping stone. ”

After he demonstrated the above steps, he looked at how Tong Ziru moved, Tong Ziru carefully followed what he said, and Yu Chengyi would also help him if he was not proficient.

"Well done, then you put it in front of the mirror and see if there's anything else that needs to be changed. If you are proficient in the future, you can write it directly on the stone. Pinch the handle with your thumb and forefinger and press your middle finger against the handle. The ring and little fingers are pressed against the middle finger. When engraving, use the knife with five fingers, stretch the little finger forward, touch the seal stone, and play a role in stabilizing the wrist strength and controlling the balance.

In addition, you can try the punching method, which requires the handle to be tilted sideways and the angle of the knife into the stone. Fingers are real and empty, and the five fingers and wrists push the knife hard, making up and down, left and right, and straight and backward. Among them, the horizontal rush is tilted outward, and the right corner of the blade is inserted into the stone. When moving the knife, the middle finger pushes the knife from the right outside to the left. The vertical punch is to dial the knife with the middle finger, and punch the knife up and down.

Another step is the retouching process. After using the above knife method to engrave the seal, we don't need to rush to make the seal, we apply a layer of ink on it, compare the original manuscript to see if there is anything that needs to be modified, and make up the knife again to adjust. We also have to use a knife to carve, not a little bit of a knife to scrape the line, we must pay attention to it, only in this way can the line have bone strength. Finally, the border is processed. Old, residual disposal.

Finally, gently wash it with a toothbrush, dip it in the ink and you're done. ”

When she was not very good at adjusting the processing, he actually reached out to hold her hand holding the seal stone, and asked her to put down the knife, and he came to help her deal with it.

The two heads were close together, and his warm breath hit her face at this moment.

She felt that this was a bit inappropriate, so she said that she wanted to go to the bathroom, and he helped her take a look first, and she avoided it for a while, and when she came back, it was ready.

"It's going to be slow, the exam is not difficult, practice more. He comforted her.

Children's characters are like rippling with a good-looking smile.

"Meow!"

The sudden meow of a cat broke the quiet classroom, and the children's words followed the prestige, and they saw a small black kitten coming in at some point.

"Little cutie, when are you coming in?" said the child, walking happily to the small corner on the right side of the classroom. The black cat looked a little scared and kept dodging around.

"Do you like cats?" Yu Chengyi was a little puzzled.

"Well," she said, instead of looking at him, she kept following the cat, "I like kittens the most." Paul, can you do me a favor, you go to the convenience store at school and buy some dried fish or something, I think it's hungry. ”

"Okay, wait a minute. Yu Chengyi went to buy it immediately.

Tong Ziru squatted down and beckoned to the black cat, "Don't be afraid, come here, I'll give you something delicious to eat in a while." ”

The cat saw that she had no ill intentions, so she gradually approached and walked to the feet of Tong Ziru. The children's character is like touching its black hair, soft and cute.

Yu Chengyi quickly bought it back, and after the two of them fed the cat, they took the cat out of the classroom together. After the cat had a good meal, he went to look for friends in other parts of the school.

Seeing that it was getting dark, it was eight o'clock in the evening, and they didn't have classes at night, so Yu Chengyi said to go home with her.

The two walked along the way and chatted about their respective lives recently, and Yu Chengyi said that the place where she lived was relatively remote, so she wanted to send her downstairs and leave by herself. Tong Ziru also agreed.

When she entered her community, Tong Ziru saw several stray cats barking together, the sound seemed to be whimpering, and there was a kitten that seemed to be born a few days ago, the sound was very immature, as big as a little mouse, and the white fur had not yet grown.

"They're so pitiful, no one cares. No, I'm going to help them. "Tong Ziru wants to put them in the community where there are small animals to stay, but there is no such house around, I heard that it is going to rain today, Tong Ziru is worried that these kittens will be injured.

She looked at Yu Chengyi anxiously, "Do you have a phone number for the aid station?" I want to send them over. ”

"It's so late, everyone is estimated to be off work, tomorrow. ”

Tong Ziru was a little unhappy when he heard this, so he said directly, "What are you talking about, how can you know if you don't try? You can't bear to let them wait for death in the storm?"

"That's not what I meant. ”

Tong Ziru didn't want to pay attention to him, she called 114 and checked the aid station, so she called the aid station, but fortunately, there were still people in the shelter, and they said that they would send someone to pick up the small animals later.

Because she was worried about the kitten, she stayed there, and Yu Chengyi didn't leave, although she didn't speak, she stayed with her.

Tong Ziru realized that he had spoken a little too much, and wanted to apologize to him, "I just talked a little too much, don't pay too much attention to it." ”

Yu Chengyi smiled and shook his head, "I'm fine, you really like cats, don't you?" I've never seen that different smile on your face. ”

Since that's the case, it's okay to say it. In fact, it was an unbearable past.

"That's right, because the cat spent a very dark day with me. Haven't you always wondered why I'm always alone, I'm a child of a single-parent family, my parents divorced when I was two years old, my grandfather spent a very happy childhood with me when he was alive, until my grandfather who loved me the most died at the age of eight, my mother remarried when I was seven years old, and only Anna was with me, Anna was a colorful kitten raised by my grandfather. But Anna is gone now. ”

Tong Ziru said this paragraph just now when there was no ups and downs on her face, once upon a time, it was the darkest time of her life, what she said was still reserved, in fact, not only because of the death of her grandfather, but also because of the relatives on her father's side at that time, after all, the house where her mother lived was her father's. Every day she could hear all kinds of unpleasant words, and as for the stepfather Wayne, who hated her, he only scolded her every day: When will you drag your feet get out of here.

Whenever she felt the oppression of reality and couldn't breathe, it was Anna who accompanied her, and when she saw her crying in disappointment, Anna would snuggle up to her and meow non-stop.

Three years later, Anna died, vowing never to shed another tear again.

"Tina, it seems that your background is miserable, so you think that the only people who love you are cats and grandpa. It's okay, life will go through hardships, and it's good to be willing to suffer. When I see a cat in the future, I will accompany you to do good deeds. ”

Yu Chengyi touched her hair, Tong Ziru dodged his hand, and said lightly that it was okay.

"It's okay, it's all over, but fortunately, my mother gave me a lot of material things, and I won't be sad about these things now. Did you cry when you saw me say this? ”

She smiled so that the blue pupils in her eyes seemed to be a little misty, but she didn't look out of the ordinary.

"Paul, you are the first person who asked me to tell me in such detail about my past, I have never told anyone else, Chen Xi, I only told her about my family. ”

"Well, it seems that I am really flattered, and you trust me very much. He pretended to be serious.

It's not too early, if Tong Zi doesn't want to delay him any longer, it seems that it is going to rain in the sky, and presumably the people from the shelter will not come tonight. She asked him to go back first, she planned to put the kittens in the basement of her house first, and the landlady didn't need that basement, and the children's characters were just enough to put the little ones inside.

Yu Chengyi did not leave, but accompanied her to put the kittens in the basement, he said that he was afraid that those kittens would scratch her and she would be infected, and Tong Ziru had a little cold in the past few days.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening after the busy work, and Yu Chengyi separated from her.

The next morning, after the rain, the sky was clear, and there was good sunshine and rainbows, and the shelter also sent staff to take the kittens away. Before leaving, Tong Ziru did not forget to entrust them to take care of the kittens.

Tong Ziru was in a particularly good mood today, smiling all the way.

Going to school, she heard another long-awaited news. The teacher reminds everyone to register for the calligraphy grade exam, and it is already the middle of March, so don't miss it.

This exam is also very important in her heart, to take it she will only take the advanced level, her philosophy is to have high expectations and strict requirements to succeed.

However, in the first half of the year, there was no advanced calligraphy exam, only elementary and intermediate, so she planned to take the calligraphy intermediate sixth level.

The difficulty of the exam is slightly easier than the last Lanyu competition, and she lost so badly last time, this time she is only allowed to succeed and not fail. Fortunately, Yu Chengyi has also taken the senior exam, and he is so good that she can learn from it.

Once again, she was still confident in herself and was waiting for the May 19th exam.