Time flies, in a blink of an eye it is the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the fine white snow has fallen overnight, under the blowing of the cold wind, the light snowflakes cover the roofs of every household in Bianliang, if you look at it from a high place, the whole Bianliang City is a white expanse, the sun in the sky is still so bright and dazzling, but it does not make people feel the slightest warmth.

It was another morning, the sky was already white, and the servants of the Chu Mansion endured the biting chill, struggled out of the warm bed, and began to clear the snow overnight.

Hearing the knocking sound from outside the door, Chu Zhi, who had already woken up, but had been lying on the bed and refused to get up, only then did he agree leisurely, and it took a while to reluctantly lift the quilt, put on the clothes as quickly as possible, and wrapped himself tightly.

"Childe, good morning." Pushing open the door, Changgui showed a smile and said with a conscience.

Looking at the sun hanging in the air outside along the door and window, Chu Zhen also agreed without shame, took the hot towel handed by Changgui, and washed up carelessly.

"Mrs. Hui asked the little one to tell the young man that he won't come back at noon today, so that the son should not forget to eat lunch." Changgui chuckled and said, I don't think Mrs. Hui is doing this too much, and I don't know what's going on, this year's son seems to be particularly afraid of the cold, and when he is resting, if no one calls, he can stay in bed for a day, and he won't even eat.

"Well, where did they go to pay New Year's greetings again?" After Chu Zhen finished washing and drying his face and hands with a towel, he asked leisurely, before crossing, Chu Zhen was a southerner, and he had never been in a place in the snow winter, he thought he could see the scene of heavy snow flying, and he was still a little excited, but unfortunately he couldn't stand the cold of the snow winter, fortunately, it was now the new year, and the warm weather would return to the past for a while.

"The small ones don't know." Changgui shook his head, picked up the washing water, and slowly walked out of the room, as if he remembered something, stopped, turned around and said with a smile: "Childe, there is still an hour to have lunch, what do you want to eat, let the kitchen prepare the small one." ”

"It's fine as usual." Chu Zhi said, closed the door smoothly, the wind was strong outside, and the cold wind blew in, which made him very uncomfortable, carefully checked the gaps in the doors and windows, and after not missing anything, Chu Zhen slowly walked to the bookcase, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, dripped a few drops of water on the inkstone, and slowly grinded it.

At the time of the Spring Festival, Baique Academy naturally gave students vacation time very reasonably, but in order to let the students not slack off their studies during this period, they naturally assigned a little homework, and Chu Qian, as a disciple of the mountain chief He She, naturally had to do so much more homework than others.

There is such a famous teacher, for himself, it is a fortunate thing, but also a little worried, usually want to be lazy is a problem, Chu Zhi sighed helplessly, immediately gathered his mind, lifted the pen in ink, the wrist was slightly suspended, and he groaned for a while, and then put the pen into operation.

After about ten minutes, the basic structure of a Hanjiang solo fishing picture was roughly finished, Chu Zhi exhaled and put down his pen, without the intention of continuing to draw, endured the cold and cleaned his hands with clean water, put his hands in his pockets to keep warm, Chu Zhen turned the bookcase and carefully looked at his work, thinking carefully in his mind about how to start later.

"Second brother, are you awake?" Tapped the door twice, and Chu Jue shouted.

"The door is not tethered, come in." Chu Zhi responded.

"I didn't bother my second brother to paint." Pushing the door lightly, Chu Jue walked lightly to the bookcase, carefully watching Chu Qian's unfinished Hanjiang solo fishing map, as he grew older, Chu Jue seemed to be more calm, his handsome face was a little more harmonious, it seemed that it was not as cold as before, and occasionally a smile would bloom at the corner of his lips.

"It doesn't matter, I didn't expect to finish this picture today anyway." Chu Zhen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Why didn't you go out with your father and them to pay New Year's greetings today?" ”

"It's not interesting to go, it's better not to go." Chu Jue said lightly.

"Alas, I don't know which little lady is going to cry sadly." Chu Zhi sighed and said, it seemed to be a little ridiculous.

"It's nothing, second brother, don't talk nonsense." Chu Jue hurriedly denied it, and a flush appeared on his handsome face.

"Wenyu, didn't I say you, there are so many famous ladies, isn't there one who makes you tempted?" Chu Zhen said softly, and when he attended a banquet held by an official eunuch a few days ago, Chu Jue couldn't avoid it, and when he was surrounded by several ******** and teased, a shy and embarrassed expression appeared on his face, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but bloom with a bright smile.

"Second brother, you're not the same." Chu Jue endured his shame and retorted loudly: "Aunt Hui also introduced you to several ladies, don't you look down on it, you'd rather hide at home and pretend to sleep than go out." ”

"It's all my own brothers, don't tell my mother about it, otherwise I'll be reprimanded again, we're still young, we should focus on our studies, and it's not too late to talk about the rest later." Chu Zhen hurriedly said, he was not afraid of reprimanding, he was most afraid that Mrs. Hui would know her plan and introduce herself to some famous girl, and her head would hurt at that time.

"That's pretty much it." Chu Jue said with satisfaction, his attention returned to the pictures on the bookcase, observed for a while, and couldn't help but admire: "Second brother, I haven't seen you for a few days, your painting skills have improved again, only a few brushstrokes, and you don't need ink at all, you can vividly reflect the scene of the snowy river, and the artistic conception is far-reaching." ”

"When did you kid learn to slap horses, he must have been influenced by Caiqing." Chu Zhen shook his head and smiled, there was also a hint of joy in his heart, since he learned painting from He She, Chu Zhen also felt that his painting skills were advancing day by day, and after getting the affirmation of He Shi and others, Chu Zhen also suspected that he had a very high talent for painting.

Affirmed, Chu Zhi's interest in painting is also strong, from time to time in his own works mixed with some later generations of brushwork, although sometimes the way, painting beyond recognition, but sometimes by chance, novel and unique painting methods, immediately get He She's great admiration, but even more think that he is not wrong, Chu Zhen is indeed a painting genius.

"Second son, third son, someone outside sent this invitation." The two brothers laughed and talked, and a servant hurried in to report his fatigue.

"Second brother, it was Caiqing who invited us to the banquet." Chu Jue took the invitation, opened it, and immediately smiled.

"I don't know what this kid is doing." Chu Zhen smiled and said: "But it doesn't matter so much, I haven't seen him for more than half a month, it's rare that the kid is willing to entertain, and he will definitely leave on an empty stomach, and he won't return if he doesn't get drunk." ”