Chapter 47: Uncle Kim, the Painter

January 1, 2004 was a sunny day.

Early in the morning, Anne woke up, because she had not drawn the curtains last night, and the early morning sun shone on Anne's small bed by the window, and the sunlight turned into a dazzling angel to wake Anne from her sleep.

"Nini, are you awake?" Mom's voice came from the master bedroom, Anne's sleepy-eyed ear.

"Well, wake up! Good morning, Mom! Anne said as she lay on the bed, rubbing her sun-piercing eyes.

"When you wake up, get out of bed!" Mom shouted.

"Hmm!" Anne sat up as she spoke.

"Mom, are you resting today?" Anne said.

"Mom is resting today and accompanying Nini, okay?" Mom walked into Anne's little bedroom in her pajamas.

sat down along the side of Anne's bed, "Nini, today my mother took you to meet an uncle, who is Aunt Little Joe's husband, do you recognize Aunt Little Joe?" Mom said tenderly touching Anne's face.

"Aunt Xiao Qiao, it's Xiaoyu's mother, you know it! I've seen you a lot in your workplace! What's wrong? Anne said, looking back at the bedside.

"Quick, get up, get dressed, mom will help you put on makeup!" Mom got up and stood by the bed and said.

Makeup? Mom helps me with my makeup? Anne stood on the bed excitedly, the northern winter is so capricious, let the weather outside be cold and snowy, and the heating in the room is boiling hot, as if it is the height of summer in July.

Anne wears loungewear in short-sleeved shorts. Run to the bathroom.

Anne sat peacefully on the toilet and enjoyed the big things in the early morning of the New Year's Day holiday, which was called a comfort.

"Mom, are we going out today? What should I do if Aunt Xiao Xu comes? Anne said as she sat down on the toilet with a blushing face.

(Aunt Xiao Xu, a part-time worker in Anne's family, has been working beside Anne's mother for more than 8 years, that is to say, when Anne was still in Jiangcheng, Aunt Xiao Xu worked for her mother, cleaning twice a week, never stopped.) )

"You forgot, Aunt Xiao Xu has the key. Didn't her mother give her the key a long time ago! Mom said.

"Oh, yes, yes, yes, I forgot!" Anne struggles the toilet for a 'big cause'!

"Poof~tom~tom~tom~~" With the smooth flow of the "big business", Anne felt relieved and comfortable.

Out of the bathroom, Anne washed her hands vigorously in the bathroom!

"Between the fingernails, ten fingers crossed, remember the six-step hand-washing method that my mother taught you, be sure to wash your little hands, and wash your little hands before and after meals, according to the six-step hand-washing method!" Mom didn't get tired of nagging.

"Oh, I know, I know, the six-step handwashing method!" Anne coped with it, a little impatient in her heart.

Mom is an engineer engaged in chemistry, occupational disease + cleanliness in addition to work, but also in life, eh!

"Mom~ Then I don't have to practice today?" Anne said luckily.

"No, how can you not practice! Practice again in the evening! Mom said ruthlessly as she prepared breakfast in the kitchen.

Anne doesn't like to play the violin at all, Anne actually likes to draw, but her mother likes to play the violin, but she didn't have the conditions to learn to play the violin when she was a child, and now she has to let Anne learn the violin.

Mom always said that learning piano or violin can cultivate a girl's elegant temperament, and Mom also said: "Life is a lot of hardships, music can soothe the soul!"

In fact, Anne likes Monet, likes Van Gogh, and Anne likes to draw! I was forced to play the piano, and every time I played the piano, I saw the rosin foam on the bow like snowflakes falling, and I always felt extremely sad in my heart!

"Nini, have breakfast!"

"It's coming!"

Anne sat down at the table after a simple wash, and after a little skincare, she sat down at the table, and day after day milk, sliced, and fried eggs. It seems that my mother really lacks talent for cooking except for hot milk and fried eggs.

"Whew...... Mom, I want to eat hot pot! Anne took a sip of milk and wailed with milk stains on her lips!

"Eat hot pot, okay. At noon, Aunt Xiao Qiao invites you to eat hot pot! I also want to introduce a painter uncle to you, you must like it! Right? Hurry up and eat, and after eating, your mother will help you clean up! Mom sat on the dining table and chair and drank a glass of warm water and said slowly!

Anne was chewing wax for breakfast, and Mom was already sitting at the dresser and starting her 'big business' of grooming.

Anne held a slice of bread with fried eggs in one hand and a glass of milk in the other, leaning against the doorframe of the master bedroom. Watch mom 'do big things'!

Mom's dresser is always placed with a variety of 'big business tools', at this moment Mom is taking out a golden capsule similar to vitamin E capsules from Arden's golden box, gently rotating the gold glue protrusion part left and right, and then gently unscrewing the protruding head, and then pouring the essence of the gold glue into the palm of the hand, gently applying it to the face and neck, and gently massaging it for 1-2 minutes, gently massaging to promote skin absorption, and then continuing the follow-up lotion and cream steps.

Anne is a rough girl, basically never wear makeup every day, and rubbing skin care products and sunscreen is also hasty, a few times to wipe it off, the technique is rough!

The only place that can be considered a girl is the step of applying pastel lip balm, but my mother is different from Anne, she regards beauty as a 'big business' in life, and she always takes it seriously and applies it carefully.

Compared with her mother, Anne is a boy, and her mother is a real girl!

In order to observe the delicate girl's makeup steps up close, Anne took two more steps forward and walked to the side of her mother's dresser to see the goddess's 'great cause' up close.

I saw my mother holding the powder in one hand, gently controlling the powder with three fingers in the other, and patting it on her face, the technique was gentle and full of rhythm.

The eyeshadow that Mom wore today was purple, the purple of violet flowers, which was very dreamy and very beautiful.

I saw her gently apply her ring finger to her eyelids, the technique was light and skillful, and then she used a dark coffee eyeliner pencil to apply the eyeliner in one go, wow.

If you really have violet eyeshadow and dark brown eyeliner, your eyes will quickly become beautiful and double the depth of your eyes!

Mom held a bottle of eyelash glue in her left hand, gently held a false eyelash with her right middle finger, squeezed the glue tube with her left hand, and a white gel with the thickness of a toothpick tip was immediately smeared on the false eyelashes.

Mom, it's amazing, violet eyeshadow with deep coffee eyeliner, plus the effect of false eyelashes, Mom is suddenly so beautiful that it explodes.

"Mom, you're so beautiful!" Anne couldn't help but admire!

"Wait a minute, mom will help you put on your makeup!" Mom said to Anne with a gentle smile as she gently applied the CT lipstick with her ring finger.

"Come on, I'll forget it, your foundation doesn't suit me, I'm so dark, I don't wear it like a black monkey who fell into a flour vat! Hahahaha......" Anne laughed to herself.

Mom cleaned herself up, saw the breadcrumbs hanging from the corner of Anne's mouth and said, "Go and wipe your mouth, Mommy will help you put on some lipstick!"

Anne turned to the table, grabbed a napkin, and wiped her mouth around.

Running to my mother's side excitedly, I opened my mouth wide and waited for my mother's wonderful pen to come to fruition.

I saw my mother looking left and right, and after looking at the lipstick stand for a long time, I didn't find a color that I could start with.

"Mom's lipstick colors are too mature for you, what about your lip balm?" Mom said with a look of loss.

Anne opened her mouth wide and closed her lipstick, a little embarrassed, and turned to the bathroom, where she took her pale pink lip balm and handed it to her mother.

At this moment, Anne continues to be like a little hippopotamus with a wide mouth waiting for the entrance of the watermelon, waiting for her mother's handiwork.

Mom gently dotted the lip balm on Anne's mouth with her ring finger.

Omaiga! Mom's method is really different from Anne's rough nonsense.

Mom's fingers are so soft, so skillful. It seems that Anne is really not a girl!

"Nini, you have to remember that girls are your age, you can do without makeup, but you must do a good job of skin care and sun protection, but you must wear lipstick, just like your pastel-colored lipstick is very good, you must make your lips moisturized and colorful." Mom looked at Anne with a solemn expression and said.

"Well, okay. I got my mother! But now I think, should we hurry out and go to Aunt Joe's house for hot pot? Anne pursed her lips and said.

"Let's go!"

Aunt Xiao Qiao's home is not in the corner of a luxury villa in the bustling city, nor is it hidden in a corner of a popular and noble apartment, but in a simple residential building in the western suburbs of Tang City.

The rough appearance of the building raises questions about the living conditions of the people who live in it.

"Ding Dong ~ Ding Dong ~ Ding Dong ~ " is coming! Come on! Come on! There was a sound of cheerful footsteps from inside the door, greeting us outside the door with enthusiasm.

And when the heavy door is opened, the strong contrast between the outside of the building and the living room makes people feel a "short circuit" in their minds for a moment, and all the feelings are simply "stepping from hell to heaven".

European-style retro table lamps, brown fabric sofas and brown classic bookcases give people the feeling of walking into the medieval William Castle.

"Ponies! Ah, come in, come in! Aunt Xiao Qiao said with a warm smile.

"Old Kim, the pony is here~"

"Xiaoyu, come on, come on, Sister Anne is here!"

"Hello Aunt Joe!"

"Oh, here we go!" A man's voice came from the kitchen.

"Sit, quick, sit, you eat some fruit first, I'll go to the kitchen to figure it out, let's start the meal in 10 minutes, okay?" The little one must be hungry! ”

"I'll help you!" Mom said, taking off her coat and wanting to come forward to help!

Aunt Xiao Qiao put her mother's shoulders on her shoulders with both hands and said, "No, no, eat hot pot, it's very simple, Lao Jin can do it alone!"

"Lao Jin, come quickly!"

With the sound of footsteps, Anne saw a tall, thin, handsome uncle, who looked seven or eight points like Xiaoyu. Something special is the uncle's long curly hair and a curly ponytail high on the back of his head. Wearing a black tight sweater with a red plaid apron on his chest and a bottle of sesame oil in his hand.

With an innocent and restrained expression, he put the sesame oil in his hand on the coffee table in the living room, wiped his hands with an apron, and said with a shy and restrained expression: "Hello, pony!" Hello! I often hear our little Joe talk about you! Welcome! Welcome! ”

"Hello, Mr. Jin! Your name is like thunder, and I have been thinking about it, for fear that you will be busy with work and disturb you! Mom stood up and smiled and held out her hand.

"Where, where, I'm all busy! Pure entertainment! Foolishness. Teacher Jin said softly and solemnly.

"He's all free labor for others!"

"Hello, you're Annie, you're a big girl! So beautiful! Teacher Jin took the initiative to reach out and touch Annie's head.

"Nini, Uncle Kim is a big artist, a great painter, don't you like Van Gogh the most, Monet, after eating, look at Uncle Kim's study, it must be an eye-opener for you!"

"What an artist! He is a poor painter, and the two copper plates he earns are just enough to support his family, and he is not far from starving his wife and children! Aunt Xiao Qiao said with a smile.

Uncle Kim, who was obviously very shy, turned red all over his face. Oh my God, artists are really different from us laymen.

Xiaoyu quietly walked to the living room, and her voice was as small as a mosquito: "Hello Aunt Pony, hello Sister Nini!" The whole person blushed and lowered his head, sat on the sofa and played with his fingers.

Anne often sees Xiaoyu in her mother's office, Xiaoyu has always been a timid and shy little sister, Anne only learned today that Xiaoyu's personality is a genetic Uncle Kim!

Ha ha! Indeed, if there is a father, there must be a daughter!

"Xiaoyu, you accompany your sister, get an apple for your sister to eat!"

A row of floor-to-ceiling windows makes the living room feel extra spacious and bright.

Each piece of furniture has a sense of smooth lines, and Anne can't help but sigh: the decoration of a home can best reflect the owner's taste and aesthetics.

Uncle Kim in life must be low-key and introverted on weekdays, just like his home, with an unassuming simple style!