Chapter Twenty-Three: Borrowed
There was only a small bed, a wooden table and a wooden chair in the room. On the wooden table were neatly placed books that Chen Wen had not seen for a long time, inkstones, and brushes of different sizes.
What a reader should have, the same is not left behind.
Chen Wen stretched out his index finger and touched the brushes, one by one, from the barrel to the bristles.
It can be judged that it should be a home-made brush, the barrel is made of bamboo, and I don't know what kind of animal hair is used for the brush hair, which is not too soft, but each one is very fine.
She hadn't touched a pen for a long time, she hadn't painted, she was a little itchy, and she turned around and asked Village Chief Zhang: "Can I try it?" ”
Village Chief Zhang nodded, pulled out a box from under the bed, which contained paper, took out one and handed it to Chen Wen, and said, "Everything else can be touched." ”
Chen Wen took the paper and gently polished it with his two fingers. Jute paper, the paper is slightly rough, and there are straw stick confetti sticking to it, this is the kind of paper, which is very expensive now.
After receiving the fruit paper, spread it on the table, Chen Wen did not sit down, stood and first grinded it by himself, then sifted it, took out a small pen, dipped it in ink, thought for a while, and put down the pen.
After a few seemingly random strokes, a tree was drawn with a chubby bird perched on it.
Chen Wen also habitually inscribed on the side, and without a seal, she wrote her name.
Then he pinched and blew the ink and handed it to the village chief.
Village Chief Zhang took it and looked at it, and saw a neat row of words at a glance, although he didn't know what was written, but it didn't prevent him from being surprised: "Can you still write?" ”
"Hmm." Chen Wen didn't deny it, but just said nonsense: "Grandpa will, I have learned a little from my grandfather since I was a child." ”
Village Chief Zhang looked at the painting in his hand, and the words he didn't recognize, he was silent, and said slowly for a long time: "What kind of big family did you have?" Alas, if your hometown is in decline, you must also be a pampered child. ”
How many families can make girls read, read and draw? Village Chief Zhang thought that the decline of Chen Wen's family must be a big family in Chenqiao Village, Qingzhen.
Village Chief Zhang's words made Chen Wen unable to answer.
Big? In modern times, it is just a well-off family.
Chen Wen thought that he had deceived people before, and he had deceived people by mistake, and they were convinced of it, their smiles were a little solidified, and they couldn't come up with a reason, so they only said softly, "Hmm." "Silence.
Coddled? That's true. She did grow up with her grandmother and was pampered by her grandmother.
Let's just say that the original owner, Chen Wenchai, even if her hometown is in a disaster, if her parents are still by her side and protect her, she will definitely not despair to commit suicide by throwing herself into the river, and she will not inexplicably let her soul occupy the magpie's nest.
Thinking about it, Chen Wen slowly lowered his head, feeling a little sad in his heart.
If she hadn't gone out that night, she wouldn't have been hit by a car......
But thinking about the fact that dying on the spot was better than soul crossing, Chen Wen suddenly felt a little lucky, glad that he was still alive.
It's not sad to think about it this way.
Chen Wen raised his smile again and asked the village chief, "Is the village chief satisfied with my words?" Can I borrow pen and paper? ”
Village Chief Zhang carefully folded the paper in his hand and hid it behind him, he thought it was a good word, but he couldn't understand it, so he had to leave it to his little grandson to see.
He was also very tolerant of Chen Wen's need to borrow paper and pencils, and waved his hand: "Take it and use it." ”
He took out a few more pieces of paper from the box and gave them to Chen Wen. Chen Wen didn't take them all, but only took one: "One is enough." ”
Village Chief Zhang didn't force it, after all, paper is quite expensive.
Chen Wen poured all the mulberries in the rattan basket into the basin given by the village chief.
The village chief watched Chen Wen pour the mulberry fruit into it, and quickly filled the pot, but Chen Wen hadn't finished pouring it yet, so he stopped: "Okay, okay, don't want it." ”
Chen Wen didn't expect that this pot was very small, and it couldn't hold half a basket of mulberries, so he had to give up.
Wrap the excess mulberries in a gray cloth in a rattan basket, then put the borrowed things in the rattan basket, and say to Village Chief Zhang, "I'll pay it back tomorrow evening." ”
Tomorrow, when I go to the village entrance in the evening to get the silkworm eggs, I will return them by the way.
"It's fine."
Chen Wen nodded and went back.
From a distance, Chen Wen saw that the originally closed door of the house was wide open, Chen Wen was afraid that a thief had entered, so he chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly walked two steps, and then saw his grandmother come out and splash a basin of water.
Li Suniang poured water, and as soon as she looked up, she saw Chen Wen and shouted, "Where have you been?" ”
Chen Wen slowed down, raised his wrist to make the basket a little more eye-catching, and replied, "I'll go to the village chief's house to borrow something." ”
"Come back, I've got something for you."
Chen Wen raised his eyebrows, how did he go to the field, what good things did he get?
When I got home, I saw that the basket of needle and thread had been taken out and placed at the head of the bed, Chen Wen put down the things in his hand, walked over and opened it to see that it had been filled with new threads.
"You're going to buy thread?"
"I'm thinking, I'll give you a new pair of needles and threads, and you see, there are both big and small needles."
Chen Wen flipped through it carefully, and really found that the cotton line was wrapped in cloth, and when he opened it, there were several embroidery needles of different sizes and thicknesses.
Originally, there were only two small needles, which were rusty, and it was not good to sew too much, and when encountering a harder material, it could not be pulled out by hand alone.
But Chen Wen never mentioned these to his grandmother.
"Grandma......" Chen Wen couldn't help but be moved, and grandma was too meticulous in her observations.
No wonder she thinks that her grandmother has something to hide from her when she comes back from Grandma Xiangying......
It turned out that he only sold her needlework and thread.
It's really like her grandmother, and her grandmother is like this, always supporting her in everything she does, and then when she is in trouble, she doesn't hesitate to help.
Thinking of his grandmother who had passed away, Chen Wen was in tears.
Chen Wen had Li Suniang behind her back, and Li Suniang didn't see her crying, but just went to see the basket that Chen Wen brought back and asked her, "What did you go to the village chief's house to borrow?" ”
Chen Wen quietly wiped away his tears, got up and walked over to take out all the contents of the basket and put them on the table.
"Pen and paper? What do you do with these back? Li Suniang instantly thought of something, and exclaimed: "Can you write?" ”
Chen Wen nodded honestly and explained: "But I'm not using it to write, I'm going to draw a draft of Sister Shuhua's wedding dress." ”
"Sketches?"
"Well, just draw the clothes first, so that I won't mess up when I make clothes."
Chen Wen's words came out plainly, giving Li Suniang one surprise after another.
"Can you draw?" These couldn't help but make Li Suniang smile happily and asked, "Is there anything else I don't know about you?" ”
She originally thought that Chen Wen, a thirteen-year-old girl, could make clothes, which was already very different and powerful, but she didn't expect Chen Wen to be able to write and draw again......
Writing and drawing, what can only a rich family learn?
"Much, I'm a treasure." Chen Wen smiled and asked rhetorically, "Then what else can't grandma observe?" ”
"A small treasure indeed." After Li Suniang finished speaking, she replied to her in Chen Wen's words: "There are many of them, I am careful." ”
Chen Wen stepped forward with a smile and hugged his grandmother, and whispered, "Grandma is the best." ”
In this world, I am really lucky to meet so many people who are easy to get along with.