Xia Solstice is a painting drawn with an idle and meaningless heart, and the old woman is a professional, although she speaks mercilessly, but Xia Solstice does not take it to heart. And through this conversation and her observations, she has found that the old woman's temperament is a little cold and upright, and such a person seems to be difficult to get along with, but in fact it is really easy to get along with.

Summer Solstice rises up to respect professionals, and at the same time has respect for those who are upright and dare to speak the truth, and has a tolerant heart for them.

I don't care if I don't care, but Xia Zhi still protested to the old woman. "I know you're a painter. I didn't draw very well, but I did it seriously. You can't be a little tactful, so you're not afraid that I won't be able to lose face. ”

"Do you want to paint well, or do you want some senseless face?" the old woman asked Xia Zhi.

Xia Solstice hesitated. Li Xia immediately answered for her: "Of course she wants to learn to draw well." ”

"I'm going to hear her say it herself. The old woman glared at Li Xia.

Li Xia touched his nose and stopped talking.

The old woman looked at the summer solstice seriously.

Because of her serious attitude, Xia Zhi also had to seriously consider this issue. She is actually more interested in drawing, and it is not that she does not want to draw well, especially when it is possible to get guidance from famous teachers.

In addition, Xia Zhi couldn't help but glance at Li Xia.

Li Xia should have put a lot of thought into learning painting for her. Although she didn't mention to Li Xia that she wanted to learn painting.

After thinking about it for a while, Xia Solstice made a decision.

"Old lady, I want to learn to draw well. Can you teach me?" Xia Zhi asked the old woman very sincerely.

The old woman looked the summer solstice up and down for a moment, and then looked at her painting again. "Although the drawings are not like words, children's graffiti is also a bit fun. If you are willing to learn, then I will teach you. ”

"Thank you, Auntie Uncle. Li Xia thanked the old woman in surprise first.

The old woman turned her head to look at Li Xia: "It's a little bit to look at your face." But if this girl doesn't have aura, I still won't teach her. No, it made me tired and angry. ”

"Thank you, aunt and uncle. Li Xia was still smiling.

Although the old woman had a straight face, Xia Zhi could see that when she looked at Li Xia, her eyes were very gentle.

Li Xia saw that Xia Zhi was still standing there, so he hurriedly reminded her to hurry up and salute the old woman.

Xia Zhi knew that in such an era, it was difficult to learn a skill, and it was difficult to apprentice first. Since the old woman had promised to teach her, she wanted to earnestly worship the old woman as a teacher.

"Then I'll kowtow to Mr. first. I'm in a hurry today, and I'm not prepared. Another day, I'll invite a few good performances and hold another table of banquets. Xia Zhi said with a smile.

"It doesn't have to be that much trouble. The old woman said, but she did not stop the salute that Xia Zhi said.

There was also Li Xia beside him to help Zhang Luo, and Xia Zhi immediately gave tea to the old woman, and completed the number of apprenticeship rituals.

Then, on the summer solstice, the old woman was called Mr. with great respect.

Li Xia objected to this, he felt that Xia Zhi was a generation older than her by calling him so.

"Uncle and grandmother, why don't you let Sixteen call you like me. ”

The old woman looked at Li Xia and then at Xia Zhi, and quickly nodded: "It's okay." I have never accepted a student in my life, and depending on how well you learn, if you don't learn well, don't say that I taught you when you go out in the future. ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Xia Zhi agreed with a smile, and then naturally called the old woman's uncle and grandmother.

The old woman then asked the big guy to sit down and talk. On the summer solstice, everything he brought was delivered. The old woman looked carefully at the boxes of lipstick on the summer solstice, and then nodded.

"If you have this mind, it's easier to learn to draw than others. It means that the summer solstice still has some talent in color and aesthetics.

Xia Zhi already understood the way his teacher spoke. She thinks you are good and will not praise you positively, but when she criticizes you, she is ruthless and absolutely sharp.

After sitting for a while, seeing that the hour was not early, Li Xia offered to leave. The old woman didn't say that she wanted to keep them for dinner, but nodded, meaning that they could go.

Xia Zhi asked the old woman again when she would come to learn painting and what else she needed to prepare.

"I have everything here, so you don't have to prepare it yourself. Although the old woman was stern, she was very generous when she really wanted to teach her students. "Come every three or five. I still have homework for you to do......"

Before you even start learning, you already have your homework. It seems that the old woman really intends to teach her to draw seriously.

Xia Zhi received his homework and came out of Lao Hanlin's house with Li Xia and Xia Qiao. On the way back to Ninghuatang, Xia Zhi asked Li Xia about some old women.

Although this old lady Hanlin lives in the Li family's settlement, she generally lives in a simple place. The old couple has two sons and a daughter, both of whom have long been adults. The two sons are officials in other places, and the daughters are also married in other places early, and they rarely have the opportunity to come back.

"Sixteen, don't look at the sternness of my uncle and grandmother. I can tell she likes you. Li Xia said to Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi glanced at Li Xia. "I don't know how you can see that. But I think she's pretty cute. ”

Li Xia smiled: "Sixteen, I guess you were the first to say that." ”

Li Xia told Xia Zhi that Old Hanlin and his wife could be said to have a respected status in the Li family, but neither of them cared much about the affairs of the clan. The people in the clan don't say anything about Lao Hanlin, but most of them say that Mrs. Lao Hanlin is tall and difficult to get along with.

"It's because they don't know what to do. Compared with those people in this world who have a honey-bellied sword and a set of stomachs, Mrs. Old Hanlin is clean and refreshing, not only cute, but also very respectable. ”

Li Xia chuckled.

"What are you laughing at?" Xia Zhi asked Li Xia.

"My mother said something similar. Li Xia replied.

Xia Zhi was silent for a while before saying: "You~ Niang can read people, of course she understands better than ordinary people." ”

"Actually, you and my mother should have a good conversation. Li Xia said again.

Mrs. Ketian is hostile to her. Xia Zhi can make some compromises for Li Xia, but if she really wants to completely let go of ~ her figure and try her best to please Mrs. Tian, then she really can't do it.

It's not that she can't do it, she just can't.

Xia Zhi pinched the handkerchief in her hand, and she couldn't understand why she was a little stubborn in this matter. She didn't think she was that kind of person.

If you don't understand, it's too nerve-wracking, then don't think about it. Maybe there will come a time when it will suddenly dawn on you.

The summer solstice is very open-minded.

Back in Ninghuatang, Xia Solstice began to make gifts. In addition to some of the usual things, she also sent people to buy some of the finest pens, paints, and papers for painting.

She kept some of these things for herself, and packed the rest for the old lady Hanlin.

Xia Zhi also asked Li Xia what kind of income the old lady Hanlin and her family usually have.

"My uncle loved to collect books, my uncle and grandmother loved to paint, and I loved to collect paintings. None of them are very good at managing ......" and the two sons are relatively weak scholars, and they don't need them to subsidize their daughters' marriages, but they won't subsidize them.

However, the Li family has its own ancestral property, and even if the old couple has no savings, they have no worries about food and clothing.

"Understood. Xia Zhi nodded, and decided that she would take care of food, clothing, housing and transportation in the future.

One day as a teacher and a lifetime as a father, respecting teachers is the same no matter what era. This is especially true for the summer solstice.

Xia Qiao accompanied Xia Zhi to worship his teacher, and returned to Daxingzhuang the next day.

And from this time on, the summer solstice is busier. Business, products, and learning to paint, in addition, I have to deal with a lot of trivial matters, because of Tian's illness, Xia Solstice has to deal with more trivial matters than before.

is so busy, Xia Zhi does not feel bitter, on the contrary, she feels that her life is very fulfilling. Following Mrs. Hanlin to learn painting, she gradually learned. Old Mrs. Hanlin was still stern, but she spared no effort when teaching her.

Sometimes during the summer solstice, he went to Lao Hanlin's house to learn painting, and he would bring the little black fish and the little tree. Old Hanlin is at home, and he can also help teach the lessons of the little black fish and the little tree.

This is a treatment that is difficult for those children of the Li family to get.

Xia Zhi followed Mrs. Lao Hanlin to learn painting, and Li Xia's Mrs. Niangtian naturally knew about it quickly. For this matter, she also specially called Li Xia to come to interrogate.

"It's the thread you pulled. I said why do you always run to the house of the sixth old lady. I thought you were me asking for advice~ homework, but I was afraid that asking for advice~ homework is a name, and your mind is used elsewhere. ”

"Mother, sixteen paintings were indeed recommended by me. But you don't know your uncle's and grandmother's temper. She didn't have a crush on Sixteen, and I didn't have that much face. …… Uncle and grandmother loved sixteen ......"

"Hey. Mrs. Tian sneered. Mrs. Old Hanlin likes the summer solstice, and now it is also the consensus of the Li family. If she didn't like the summer solstice, Mrs. Hanlin would never accept the things that the summer solstice gave every once in a while, nor would she teach the summer solstice to be a whole day, and leave the summer solstice and the other two children to eat at home.

There are few people in the Li family who have heads and faces, and few can get such treatment in the old Hanlin Mansion.

"Li Xia, you are my son, I know you. You're not stupid, but you're far from this summer solstice girl. This summer solstice girl is a human spirit, who she wants to please, as long as she wants to, it is not easy to catch......"

"Mother, sixteen is born smart, yes. But she is also a person with a true temperament, pleasing or something, when did Sixteen go out of her way to please anyone!" Li Xia defended Xia Zhi.

Mrs. Tian thought of the three boxes of lipstick, and she was in a somewhat complicated mood. Although He Bing'er came to her to have some tongues, she did not dislike the summer solstice because of this.

She wouldn't be disgusted with the summer solstice because of something like this. On the contrary, she actually felt that Xia Zhi was quite stylish.

There are few girls with wind bones, and with a family background like Xia Zhi, and opening up such a world today, this style is even more rare.

If it weren't for Li Xia, Mrs. Tian felt that she would appreciate a girl like Xia Zhi.

"Fenghuang'er," Mrs. Tian's tone softened, "As a child of the Li family, you should understand your obligations. You're not too young anymore, so you don't need your mother to always remind you. Knowing that there will be no results in the future, it is a good thing for you to make a decision earlier, which is a good thing for the summer solstice girl. ”

It was the first time that Mrs. Tian had been so open and honest.

Of course, Li Xia can't be ambiguous.

"Mother, why do you assert that we will not be able to achieve results in the future. It's not just a matter of you and my dad talking about it. ”

"I will never say yes. Mrs. Tian immediately straightened her face, "Li Xia, I'll talk about it here first, no matter how hard you try, don't think that I don't know what you want to do, I won't nod." ”

Li Xia didn't say anything, but the smile on his face was put away. He obviously knew that Mrs. Tian was very serious, and he also knew the seriousness of this matter.

Seeing her son like this, Mrs. Tian couldn't help but slow down her tone again. "I look like the summer solstice girl is a backbone, and her grandfather is also a person with backbone and respectability. If it is another girl, you will be brought in the door to be an aunt in the future, and your mother will not stop you. But will the summer solstice girl make you small?"

Li Xia's face turned red: "Mother, don't say this about sixteen." ”

"Look, look......" Mrs. Tian was actually a little shocked, but she didn't show it, "You also know that it's impossible." ”

"Mother, don't say that, sixteen. I feel bad. It is blasphemous sixteen, too...... Blasphemed me......"

Li Xia didn't continue to talk to Mrs. Tian anymore, and left in a hurry.

This is almost the first time that the conversation between mother and son has ended.

Mrs. Tian looked at the door of the hollow ~ cave, and her heart couldn't help but sink. She still underestimated Li Xia's deep affection for the summer solstice.

It was a hundred times more tricky than she had imagined.

Mrs. Tian felt that she had a headache. When Li Shanchang came back from the academy in the evening, she told Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang was not as persistent about this matter as Mrs. Tian, and he persuaded Mrs. Tian to open up more: "They are still young, and if they are two years older, maybe this mind will change." ”

Unlike Mrs. Tian's heart-wrenching, Li Shanchang was in a pretty good mood. Recently, the students in the academy have been studying well in general, and Li Xia's articles are better, and Lao Hanlin even praised Li Xia in front of him.

"It's going to change, it's going to become more determined, it's going to be more inseparable. Can you stop thinking about the academy all the time, you don't see that I~ have gray hair when I worry about?"

"What, Madame has gray hair?" said Li Shanchang in surprise. He also immediately got up to check Mrs. Tian's hair, and then comforted Mrs. Tian with a smile, "Madame's hair is still like duck wings, and there is no trace of gray hair." Madame, you are too worried. ”

When Mrs. Tian was young, she especially loved Li Shanchang's temperament. But today she felt that Li Shanchang was simply too hateful to be like this.

"If you're serious, you'll interrupt me. You have a way to let Phoenix alienate the summer solstice as soon as possible. ”

Only then did Li Shanchang put away the smile on his face, and said to Mrs. Tian solemnly: "Madam, it's not that people are pestering us Li Xia. We can't control Li Xia, what else can we do. Do you want to follow the example of that bully, to be patient with the Xia family, to be patient with the sixteenth lady, I can't do this, and you don't care to do it, right? ”

Mrs. Tian had to admit that what Li Shanchang said was right.

However, for the sake of Li Xia, Mrs. Tian felt that she could make an exception by accident.