returned to his yard, Qin Hanzhen asked Feng'er to help, found his own sketches, and opened two of them for Zhao Mo to see.

She was a little embarrassed and said, "This ...... It was painted during the Chinese New Year this year. Because I said that I would paint seriously, it took me a little longer, and it was not until September that I finished the painting in earnest, but not one, but two......"

Zhao Mo came to the painting case to take a closer look, it turned out to be the picture of the Longfu Temple!

He was still thinking about this painting in his heart earlier, thinking to himself why Qin Hanzhen hadn't finished painting yet, but then as soon as there were many things, he threw away his hand. Anyway, Qin Hanzhen paints a lot of paintings every year, so how can he see the whole picture? It's just because he has a particularly good memory of the time when he visited the temple fair, so he will say a few more words. But Qin Hanzhen's paintings are all the same good in his opinion. He also thought about taking his fiancée to the temple fair in the first month of next year, and then re-mention the matter of this painting, and then make an agreement with Qin Hanzhen that he would visit the temple fair every year after that, no matter where Longfu Temple is, as a tradition of the couple, it will continue for decades, and the children and grandchildren will pass it on.

It turned out that Qin Hanzhen hadn't forgotten this painting, not to mention that he had already finished painting, and had painted two more!

Zhao Mo carefully admired the two paintings, and only felt that although the two paintings were the same theme, they were both red and lively, but the content was a little different.

One is a normal, festive New Year's temple fair map, in the middle is the big archway of the main entrance of Longfu Temple, all kinds of hawkers, stalls are placed in turn at both ends, the people who play regardless of men and women, young and old, describe the posture and demeanor are different, a long scroll does not know how many people are painted, how many shops, how many stalls, how many New Year's Department stores, all are lifelike, very fine, as if it is a rare painting of people's livelihood in the world. Although there was a gap of ten months, Zhao Mo still remembered some of the situations at the temple fair at that time, and recalled it carefully, it was clearly vaguely similar to the situation on this picture scroll, and only some small details were adjusted to make the picture more compact. It turned out that Qin Han really painted what he saw and heard at the temple fair, and even the appearance of those vendors was very realistic!

It's okay, it's just a realistic painting of the street scene, Qin Hanzhen was able to do it a few years ago, which is not uncommon. Zhao Mo himself also has such skills, but his skills are not as good as Qin Han's. But the key thing is that the joy on the picture is so festive that people only need to stand in front of the painting to feel it clearly. Obviously, most of this painting uses ordinary black and white ink, occasionally dotted with other colors of paint, red ochre and blue, etc., even if because of the subject matter, the picture uses more deep and light shades of red, but in fact the proportion is not large, at least the ink part is not covered, but the whole painting gives people the feeling that it is still a red and festive atmosphere during the Chinese New Year. This is not what the brushstrokes can create, but the atmosphere created by the whole painting, from the little details of the details, from the joy that is revealed on the faces and gestures of the characters.

Zhao Mo admired this painting in amazement, and deeply realized that Qin Hanzhen's painting skills had improved tremendously.

Qin Hanzhen was originally cautiously waiting for Zhao Mo's evaluation, but he didn't hear him for a long time, turned his head to look at his expression, and already understood his opinion. Although she didn't get the answer she wanted, she was already very happy in her heart.

She was a little embarrassed and said, "I still draw the characters a little bit poorly, not detailed enough, and there may be some problems with the proportions." In order to make the figures as clear as possible, and to make all the distinctive stalls as possible, I made the stalls a little smaller, but the figures were a little bigger.

Obviously, no, if it weren't for Qin Hanzhen to say, Zhao Mo wouldn't have noticed this problem at all. He said in admiration: "Hanzhen, your painting is really rare in the world! If you take it out for people to see, who dares not to admire it?!"

Qin Hanzhen's face flushed: "This is too exaggerated. I feel that I have made a lot of progress, and I am more confident in painting other paintings, especially in the direction of picture layout. But when it comes to everyone's admiration, I'm still far behind. ”

"No, no, no......" Zhao Mo hurriedly said, "Your previous painting, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess were amazed when they saw it." How many good paintings and calligraphy have you seen? Both of them look at your paintings differently, which shows that they are really good. This one, I think it has improved more than your previous paintings, and it already has the style of a famous artist. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sees it, he will only boast more. But you don't have to be too presumptuous! If you don't believe me, I'll take it to the palace and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to appreciate it?"

Qin Hanzhen was a little unhappy: "If Mr. Zeng hadn't taken the initiative to mention it, I wouldn't have offered the paintings to the East Palace, and I haven't returned a few paintings now." I painted this painting for my own enjoyment, not to mention that there are two more, and I don't plan to let others see the other one, so you must not send it to the palace. ”

Zhao Mo hurriedly went to see the second painting. He was so focused on the first one that he forgot that there was another.

The content of the second painting is a little different from the first. If the first painting depicts the main scene of the Longfu temple fair, the second painting depicts the itinerary of their group that day. Half of the temple fair occupies nearly one-third of the picture scroll, and then there are many houses, and then there are thousands of flavors.

They appeared in three sections at the same time, and at the temple fair, they stayed in different stalls, bought New Year's goods, and watched juggling; This paragraph is obviously recreated, because in fact, they were sent back to the temple fair to buy souvenirs after the fact; finally, in the center of Qianwei Ju, the faces of the guests and the guys walking and shuttling in the doors and windows of each small courtyard can see how lively this restaurant is, and then in the courtyard in the upper right part of the picture, you can clearly see the movements of their leaders and their entourage eating, drinking, chatting and resting, and even the clothes worn by the Qin Hanzhen sisters that day are also realistically drawn, very fine. Although the facial features on each person's face are small, they still accurately capture the facial characteristics of each person, and even if there are only a few strokes, the viewer can easily recognize which person it is.

Zhao Mo recognized sharply that in the section of the temple fair, he and Qin Hanzhen looked at each other in the crowd, smiling tacitly, and the affection revealed in his eyes could be clearly felt in his heart even outside the painting;

This long scroll is actually slightly shorter than the first one, and the temple fairs and folk houses are not long, especially the latter, which is not even a quarter of the scroll. This is not so much a realistic style, but more freehand, the background is a little blurred, Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo are the focus, and when it comes to the third part of Qianweiju, the picture they occupy is larger and the weight is more obvious. If the proportions in the first painting are not very obvious, in the second painting the proportions are a little more arbitrary. If it was a different theme, Qin Hanzhen would definitely feel that this kind of brushwork was very awkward, but now she is more for self-entertainment, so it doesn't matter if she is willful.

Zhao Mo admired this second painting, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became. He now understands what Qin Hanzhen meant, this painting is actually about his affection with Qin Hanzhen, and it is really a good thing to keep in his hands and appreciate carefully, and he must not take it out for outsiders to see!

He glanced at Qin Hanzhen with a smile: "I understand, this second painting is better! I prefer the second one!"

Qin Hanzhen blushed and said, "Actually, the second painting ...... I don't paint as fine as the first one, I painted it after my marriage with you was decided, those houses, as well as the stalls and characters at the temple fair, even the guests and men in Qianwei Ju, I painted a little simpler, only those of us who went out to play together, I painted a little more carefully, and my energy was spent on painting you and me...... If you talk about detail, it is definitely not as good as the first one. I've been painting that painting for almost nine months!"

Zhao Mo smiled and said, "Both paintings are just as good." The first painting, I can feel the joy of the New Year when I look at it. The second ......" he paused and looked at his fiancée tenderly, "I can feel the affection between you and me more...... I say that both paintings are equally good, because my cousin's paintings can already make the viewer feel the feelings that the painter wants to express. My cousin's painting skills are not what they used to be!"

Qin Hanzhen's face turned even redder: "It's good if you like it." I...... I didn't plan to show it to others. If you want someone else to see it, just take the first one out and you ...... the second one Just take it and enjoy it slowly, and don't mention it to anyone. When I painted, I didn't even tell my grandfather, that is, Feng'er helped me to help me and glanced at it a few times. ”

Zhao Mo sighed: "How can I be willing to show it to others?" But his fiancée's painting skills are so superb, but only he knows, and he is also reluctant. If you think about it, you can really only take the first one out. But there's no rush in this matter, he has to keep it for himself and appreciate it first.

Both paintings have not been framed, only lined with large sheets of snow wave paper, and then covered with a ground gauze to prevent dust. Qin Hanzhen told Zhao Mo: "I was learning the art of framing from my grandfather, thinking that I would frame it myself and then give it to you as a New Year's gift." But I learned too slowly, only the paste boiled fairly well, and my grandfather said that I was far from being able to operate independently, and the weather was getting colder, and it was no longer suitable for framing, so I put the painting away. The first one was upside down, and the second painting, I was too embarrassed for my grandfather to see. Now I'm just going to give you the painting, and whoever you ask to frame it. Anyway, the framer you are looking for doesn't know me, and he doesn't know who painted it, so I don't know what he thinks in his heart. ”

Zhao Mo hurriedly said: "I must find a good framer to frame the painting, and I want to frame it better than my grandfather." He cherished the two paintings and carefully rolled them up, Qin Hanzhen found two painting tubes for him, loaded the paintings, and held them in his arms himself.

At this time, he suddenly remembered one thing, and regretted that he had put the painting up too early: "By the way, I just looked at the two paintings, the first one has the name of the painting, and there is a small print next to the painting explaining the cause of the deeds of the day, but there is no payment; This is also a bit of space, shouldn't I add some inscriptions? And my cousin has drawn two good paintings, how can I not pay for it?"

Qin Hanzhen thought about it and said with a smile: "I don't have a serious pen name to write down when I paint, only two idle seals are printed casually." Anyway, this is a painting that I admire for myself, but it doesn't really matter. If you don't think it's enough, then add it for me?"

Zhao Mo glanced at Qin Hanzhen deeply: "Okay, then I'll add it for you." ”