As mentioned earlier, there are various departments in the Hokugijuku, and the Calligraphy Department is one of them.

However, the calligraphy department is a grade weaker than the kendo club, judo club, and art club of the North Yoshijuku.

After all, the above three departments can get good results every year, and the honor of the calligraphy department can be counted on broken fingers.

Therefore, Jun Matsumoto, who is the second-year calligraphy minister, has an inexplicable feeling of helplessness.

Originally, he was in a good mood today, after all, Aiko Kijo, the student council president, took the initiative to find the calligraphy department, hoping to find someone to come out and buy the calligraphy vertical banner of the Hokugijuku Art Festival half a month later.

The students of the calligraphy department also wanted to be very interested and wanted to show their hands in front of the beautiful student president.

But in the end... The entire calligraphy department looked around, and Kijo Aiko didn't find a candidate who satisfied her, so she politely said some polite words to Jun Matsumoto and left.

Of course, these things are unknown to the students below, and they are still discussing who Aiko Kijo will choose to write the vertical banner when the time comes.

This made Jun Matsumoto shake his head a little helplessly.

The quality of calligraphy of this class of students is really not good, most of them come to join the gangsters, and there are few who study calligraphy seriously.

After all, let their group of youthful and energetic young men face the black ink of rice paper... Who can withstand this?

But Aiko Kijo went to the studio to find someone who knew calligraphy...?

This made Jun Matsumoto a little unconvinced.

There is still a specialization in the art industry.

Do you ask someone who studied Western oil painting to write calligraphy? It's just a joke.

At least Matsumoto Jun felt that it was impossible for Aiko Kijo to find a suitable person in the studio.

At best, it's a matter of luck in the past.

Just as Jun Matsumoto was thinking this, Aiko Kijo had already walked into the calligraphy club with Asami Machu and a boy she didn't know.

Did she really find the right person?

Jun Matsumoto thought to himself and greeted him.

There's no way, I can't help but give face, if I make the student union unhappy, Asami Mamachu, who is an accountant, will lose more than I can afford to pay for the department of the calligraphy department.

"Is there anything else I can do, President Kijo? And who is the one next to you...? ”

Jun Matsumoto said as he looked at the boy standing next to Aiko Kijo.

Ho - he's pretty handsome, but I don't know what the work is on.

"I'm Tsukasa Higashino, a first-year student, so I'd like to ask Matsumoto seniors for a lot of advice." The first impression of this young man named Tsukasa Higashino was not bad, with a smile on his face and great politeness.

"Well, let's ask each other for advice." Jun Matsumoto said to Tsukasa Higashino with a smile, and then looked at Aiko Kijo: "Is this the calligraphy master that President Kijo found in the studio?" ”

Belch...

This question is a little unanswerable to Kijo Aiko.

After all, she had never seen Tsukasa Higashino write, so she didn't know much about his calligraphy.

If Higashino's level is not enough, he is not as good as the students of the calligraphy department... Then she will be a little embarrassed.

"President Kijo doesn't know my level, but I asked to participate without permission, and if my level is not enough, then it will depend on Matsumoto seniors and the students of the calligraphy club."

Higashino's words not only relieved Aiko Kijo, but also said that Jun Matsumoto was very comfortable.

Jun Matsumoto looked at Tsukasa Higashino with satisfaction, and decided to wait for a while, even if Tsukasa Higashino couldn't write beautiful words, he would definitely not laugh at him: "It's okay, Higashino-san, everyone has their first time, and they all need to try." ”

"Then I wonder if Matsumoto-senpai can bring some paper over and let me practice my hands? I haven't written it for a long time, and my hands are a little raw. ”

"Of course."

Matsumoto Runle turned around and went to Zhang Luo.

Asami Majunaka, who was on the side, looked at Tsukasa Higashino and got closer to Jun Matsumoto with just a few words with a smile, and she was even more confused in her heart.

Was Tsukasa Higashino's communicative skills so strong before...?

I don't have the impression that there is.

While Asami was thinking about it, Tsukasa Higashino over there had already received ink, a brush, and a towel spread under the inkstone from Jun Matsumoto.

The towel has obviously been used many times, and the original white towel has been stained with a lot of ink, and it can't be washed cleanly.

Ink, inkstones, and brushes are all bargains that can be found everywhere, including rice paper.

After all, it's just for practice, and the students of the calligraphy department usually use tools of this specification when they practice - in fact, sometimes they use waste newspapers to practice calligraphy.

Only when they participate in calligraphy competitions will they take out expensive rice paper and special inkstones and ink stones for preparation.

"Ink..."Tsukasa Higashino was a little dissatisfied in his heart.

Industrially made ink is fundamentally different from regular ink ground from an inkstone.

The ink that comes out of the grinding ink will have an obvious sense of layering, while the industrial ink does not have this sense of layering, and it is made of chemical raw materials such as formaldehyde, so the industrial ink is easy to have sour eyes and dry throat.

But forget it, it's for practice anyway.

Tsukasa Higashino placed the ink and inkstone in front of him, pinched the brush in his hand, and slowly inhaled and exhaled.

He is not joking when he said before, the brush writing is easy to fall off if you don't practice it for a day, you must practice first, and get familiar with the touch of the Japanese brush and the texture of Japanese ink.

Tsukasa Higashino spread out the rice paper and gradually calmed down.

Before writing calligraphy, you must be calm, impetuousness is not able to write good words, only with a calm mind into the pen, the line of writing can write good words.

Jun Matsumoto, Aiko Kijo and the others next to them just watched curiously and didn't make a sound.

They also want to know what level Higashino is.

And then—

Jun Matsumoto swallowed his saliva, turned his head sideways and whispered to Aiko Kijo, "President Kijo, did you really find Higashino-san from the studio?" How can he write so well? ”

“... He said he could just write... I didn't know he was so good. ”

Watching Higashino Tsukasa steadily put pen into the pen, line the pen, close the pen, and even behave a little bit of everyone's style, Aiko Kijo next to him couldn't help but be stunned.

Is this really a treasure? Tsukasa Higashino really knows anything?

Just as they were thinking like this, Asami Machu, who had been watching Tsukasa Higashino without speaking, had inexplicable emotions surging in her heart.

It's not that I regret it, but I just have a faint sense of resentment.

You know so much, why didn't you show me these strengths at the time?

A little bit of a lemon pantothenic acid sensation.

"It's a bit of a Shizun temple school, but it's not like it, and it's a bit like Linghu... It's so atmospheric. ”

Jun Matsumoto, who was next to him, muttered quietly.

His muttering was naturally picked up by Higashino Division.

Tsukasa Higashino thought it was interesting.

Most Japanese people like to divide a lot of things into genres to make sure that their style is unique.

For example, the kendo school, and the judo school, even calligraphy has not escaped their 'poisonous hands', and they have divided it into many schools.

However, looking at the history of Japan, it is easy to see that the aesthetic of Japanese calligraphy is actually very tired, and its calligraphy culture is not so rich.

While there are many genres, it's easy to spot the commonalities.

Therefore, even though there are many schools of calligraphy in Japan, they are not as distinct as Chinese brush fonts.

This is not a deliberate tout by Tsukasa Higashino, but a recognized fact.

After all... Calligraphy came to Japan from China.