Chapter 8: Expectations and Disappointments
At 10 o'clock in the morning of December 1, the children's characters appeared on time in the Linxi Division of the Lanyu Calligraphy Competition.
She had never taken the Chinese college entrance examination for calligraphy students, so she checked the information in advance, which was almost the same as the form of taking the unified examination. In the morning, the creative copying is examined, and the theoretical knowledge is examined in the afternoon.
Copying generally requires imitation of two or three types of brushstrokes, and the time is two and a half hours in the morning. In the afternoon, I will examine the general knowledge and creation of Chinese calligraphy. It is also two and a half hours, but to complete these two items, and the creation needs to be written in two types of writing according to the regulations. The maximum score is 100 points. Copying accounts for 30%, Chinese calligraphy knowledge accounts for 10%, and creation accounts for 60%.
Without the examination of Chinese painting, it doesn't sound so difficult, but it's not so simple to do, and the writing in the examination room feels different from usual. Easy to get nervous, easy to make mistakes. This semester's courses are mainly on seal calligraphy and landscape painting, so you need to learn a lot of things by yourself.
Tong Ziru works hard to adjust her mentality, she never shows her vulnerable side in front of others, even if her heart is already in chaos, but she can still pretend to be casual, calmly walk to the examination room, calmly put things away and then unhurriedly take out the pen and ink inkstone and ruler.
The most important thing is the afternoon, in the morning, when she saw that the copy of the book is Mi Fu, the book is Zhang Qian, the pen is a little hesitant. She knows Mi Fu this calligrapher, and has seen his works, but has not been specifically written. Zhang Qian's official writing is not much.
The reality is a bit unfavorable, is she going to be yellow today?
After thinking for a few minutes, she picked up the pen again and began to write. The teacher said that if you encounter an unfamiliar font in the examination room, don't be in a hurry to write it down, first observe its font type, the trend of the word ending, and the direction of the pen.
There is no scratch paper at the moment. You can only write according to your own judgment.
Mi Fu overall layout is more atmospheric, positive side, leaning, back, turning, frustration in the formation of a natural and smooth momentum, not dragging mud and water. Just look at a word, when the pen is used a lot, the handwriting is heavy, with the pen trend to the middle slightly light, when encountering the pen or turn, he is used to using the side. For longer horizontal drawings, he likes "twists and turns". At first glance, it is also a bit like Wang Xizhi's "Sacred Order of Collecting Characters", which is a bit tilted when you look closely, but the center of gravity of his words is low, so he will stop the pen.
The difference between "Zhang Qian Monument" and "Cao Quan Monument" is that the apex of its font is an inverted trapezoid or triangle, not a "silkworm head." "From the end of the horizontal, it is the reverse front upward pen, its whole text for the square pen, square and strong, sharp edges and corners, the structure is rigorous, and the penmanship is concise. The style of writing is upright and simple, and Fang Jin is vigorous. It also infiltrates into the seal structure, the font is square, although the handwriting is diffuse, but it is upright and elegant, and the traces of peeling off are also natural. It's a natural feeling.
Almost grasping the meaning, she picked up the pen again and began to copy. Try to write a word in one go.
Nearly an hour later, she finished writing. After enjoying the whole article, I feel OK, there is a few points of Mi Fu's charm.
Immediately after that, she began to write the official book again. "Zhang Qianbei" is not easy to write, it may be that she pays more attention to the sense of heaviness, it may be the reason why she is nervous, she writes very quickly, but there are only five minutes left after writing.
Overall, there are no major problems with these two copying. She was a little shaky when she wrote, and it didn't affect much.
Then stay tuned for the afternoon.
At noon, she didn't have much appetite to eat, so she simply ate a bowl of gnocchi soup in a noodle restaurant and scattered around outside the examination room, listening to songs to relieve her uneasy mood.
Wait until half past two in the afternoon, and the game starts again. First began to answer theoretical knowledge, she can basically answer these theories, there are two or three who are not very familiar, which is not a big problem, only 0.5 points for a question.
The next calligraphy creation is not difficult, and the requirements are to create Wang Anshi's "Docking Guazhou" in regular script and line script respectively. The poem was not difficult, she had practiced it before, and it didn't have many traditional characters.
She chose regular script to write in her favorite Chu Suiliang pen style, and the line script is still Wang Xizhi.
First of all, she wrote her favorite book, and she was always so handy when she wrote Wang Xizhi's book, and the smooth tip of the pen in one go seemed to be dancing.
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is very particular about the "mention" penmanship, and the side stroke should be relaxed and moderate, and it is best to have a few words in one stroke.
This didn't stump her, and she soon finished writing after writing more Wang Ti Creations.
The second is to write regular script, the characteristics of Chu body is to become long and flat, wide and sparse. The structure is mainly charming, and the body posture is changeable. Some of them look like European bodies, but they are different from European bodies, and they are not uniform slender types.
Chu is thick and thin, but the thicker part is only slightly thicker than other italics, which does not mean that it is only written with the tip of the pen.
Less than half an hour. And she was done. It was also written that the payment was made.
Seeing that there was still some time, she planned to look at her handwriting again and evaluate what her grades were.
"Zhongshan is only a few mountains, and the south bank of the Spring Breeze Green River," no, it seems that two words are missing.
She read it carefully, and these two sentences should be "Zhongshan is only separated by a few mountains, and the spring breeze is on the south bank of the Green River." Well, she didn't write the words "interval" and "again".
What am I thinking, is my brain in water? How can I write less, obviously everyone on the test paper has written this poem.
Isn't that going to deduct points? Why don't I make up for it later?
She was a little overwhelmed, but luckily a student-looking proctor walked up to her.
The invigilator of this competition should also be a student who knows calligraphy, so let me ask.
So, she raised her hand, and the invigilator saw her raise her hand and walked up to her and asked softly, "Classmate, is there any problem?"
"Hello, I would like to ask a question about the exam paper, I just wrote two words less when writing this poem. I found out after I finished writing, what do you think I should do? Can I make up for it? Will I deduct points?"
The invigilator smiled a little awkwardly, scratched her head, and whispered, "This...... It should be possible, you just make up for it later, and if you write two words less, the teacher will definitely deduct points when you see it. ”
As soon as she heard the invigilator say this, Tong Ziru was more sure to do this, she smiled and whispered thank you, and then picked up the pen and continued to fill in the two words that were missing in the regular script in the bottom column of the rice paper.
As soon as the whole thing comes out, the time is up. She packed up her calligraphy tools and walked out of the examination room like everyone else, and her mood became very bright when she walked out of the examination room. I want to wait for the good results to be announced in half a month. These days are waiting for good news.
When she returned to school after the exam that day, Yu Chengyi asked her to go to the cafeteria to eat together, and asked her how she did in the exam by the way.
When Tong Ziru said today's performance, Yu Chengyi was very happy for her at first, and said that he believed that she did a good job in these games. But when Tong Ziru said that she didn't know if it would work if she made up two words today, Yu Chengyi put down the dishes and chopsticks, and her expression was a little serious.
"You wrote those two words less, and you ended up adding them?"
"Hmm. ”
Yu Chengyi's deep eyes were a little elusive, he squinted slightly, and sighed.
"The invigilator is generally looking for teachers from other majors in various schools and senior students to invigilate the exam, you ask her, she knows a hair! You have committed a taboo, it doesn't matter if there are fewer words, even if the teacher finds that the deduction is not much, but you make up for it later, and the serious point will be treated as cheating, and the teacher who encounters loose hands is estimated to give you a low score. ”
Hearing Yu Chengyi say this, Tong Ziru also lost her appetite, she cleaned up the table, although there was still more than half a bowl of rice in the bowl, she told him that she was full for a while and had classes in the evening.
Yu Chengyi asked her to sit down and looked at the watch in her hand, it was six o'clock in the evening, and there was still an hour and a half before class.
"There's still time, sorry, I just talked a little too much, don't take it to heart. Keep eating, it's actually nothing, this time it doesn't work and there will be a next time, it's okay. It's great that you can represent the school in this competition. ”
The corners of the child's mouth rose, "I'm not because of this, I really don't have much appetite." It's okay, I think I'll definitely win the award next time with my ability. Don't worry, I won't be unhappy because of this. ”
The more she smiled brightly, the more bitter and sour her heart became, how could she show herself in front of him, not only Yu Chengyi, but also other people, she would also pretend to be very proud.
It's not that she dislikes Yu Chengyi's bad words, what he said just now is very correct, and he probably said something hurtful when he was in a hurry. The words are not rough, and they all complain that they didn't ask the teacher about this situation in advance, and they can't win the award if they make a joke. Do you still deserve a scholarship? For example, you are really a loser.
Tong Ziru still insisted on leaving, saying that she remembered that their teacher asked her to go to the office and left first. After separating from Yu Chengyi, she walked to the school playground alone.
The winter wind is cold. During the day, the weather is clear and the wind is smooth, but at night it snows lightly. This is the first snow in Linxi since the beginning of winter.
Some people say that a snowflake is a pair of white wings, waving away the wind, rain and dust of life, and stretching the white wings of dreams. Snowflake is a beautiful snowdrop, which polishes the dullness of life and nurtures the garden of pure soul.
She liked snow the most, but now she was in no mood to pay attention to it, she only felt that the snow had frozen her heart, and the wings of her dreams had broken their wings.
Unexpectedly, the expectation was finally exchanged for disappointment.
Pieces of small snowflakes fell on her head, and even the thick eyelashes on her body were a little shiny, and she looked like a doll in the snow from a distance.
As she walked, she heard a boy calling behind her, "Tong Zi Ru!
She turned around and saw that not far ahead, a person in a dark blue down jacket walked towards her, and when she looked closely, it was Zhao Yang.
"Senior, why are you here?" After Zhao Yang approached, Tong Ziru found that he had a large wet patch on his body, and then he realized that the snow was starting to fall heavily.
"I just saw you in the restaurant and wanted to say hello. I didn't bother when I noticed you talking to him, how did you know my brother?"
"Your brother?"
If you don't answer the rhetorical question.