The gossip in the house spread the situation of Changle more and more miserable.

Chang Le was burning willow branches, and when he raised his eyes in his spare time, a subordinate happened to walk in front of the courtyard gate, looking at her with deep pity in his eyes. Chang Le looked puzzled and looked down at himself.

Everything is fine, nothing is abnormal.

Waiting for the second one, the third subordinate passed by, without exception, Chang Le couldn't help but pull one of them, and said blankly: "What do you see?" ”

"No, no."

The maid ran away in a hurry, muttering, "Madame is worse than they rumored!" ”

"Are all the people in the house suffering from eye diseases or what's wrong?" Chang Le was too lazy to care about it, and now making money was the right thing to do, so he turned around and went back to sort out the burned willow branch charcoal.

Shili is used to this kind of compassionate gaze. Helping in his hands, his mouth kept talking: "It must be that flower fox who wants to be a demon against Mrs. again, Madame better be careful." ”

"Who cares about her."

After laying out the table in the courtyard, Chang Le's body was pressed on one leg in the center, and he turned the charcoal strip in his hand: "Shili, tell me, what paintings do you usually buy?" ”

Shili adjusted the position of the brazier for her, and said, "It's nothing more than some flowers, flowers, birds and birds." The previous owner bought a picture of colorful butterflies flying for the Hua family, and it cost twenty taels. ”

"Tsk, this is to fly with the little three-colored butterfly? The old lady wished them a double flight. Chang Le snorted, roughly looked at the size distribution of the paper, raised his eyebrows and said, "Then let's draw two black butterflies." ”

Put away the improper, Chang Le began to conceive and write seriously. Sketching, changing pens, blending, flowing smoothly and methodically. took the time to throw a self-righteous wink, and the corners of his mouth hooked up the arc of what he thought was confident and charming: "Isn't it handsome?" ”

Shili was amazed, and looked at Chang Le carefully, as if he wanted to see her soul: "Madam, aren't you being put on the body?" ”

As a soul crossing possessor, Chang Le shook when he heard it, and snorted twice: "Don't talk about ghosts in broad daylight." ”

Shili stuck out his tongue.

About a quarter of an hour later, Chang Le finished the painting, holding his arms like a shelf, to prevent the charcoal ash from rubbing against his clothes. Both hands are like touching the bottom of the pot, black and not slippery, wiping their faces casually, leaving a face of charcoal ash. The smeared veil also changed from white to black.

Chang Le stood for a while, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, and he was very infatuated.

"Look at the painting, look at the layout, why it's so perfect! Ten miles girl, what do you think of this work? ”

Shili couldn't help laughing, ignoring her impropriety, looking at the two black butterflies on the white paper, and nodded: "Madam, your painting is indeed very good. This method of painting is really novel, and no one has ever seen it. However, it may not sell well. ”

"It's not easy to sell, but it can be sold, right? Let's just wait for it to open. Wait until I coat it with a grease film and mount it, and then you can take it out and test the water. Chang Le reluctantly stared at his paintings, and began to sensationalize again, "This is the first painting I painted when I came to this world, and I am really reluctant to sell it." ”

After sending away ten miles, Chang Le pulled a rocking chair and sat in the courtyard around the red-hot brazier. Squinting his eyes and crossing Erlang's legs, it was very pleasant. There is some warm sun today, and she is in a trance back to the 21st century.

"I think I'm always happy, but I was the first place in the art examination to enter the National Capital Academy of Fine Arts. I've been in the comics industry since college.,Now I'm also a second- or third-tier cartoonist.,It's not uncommon for a monthly order、Click on various rankings to be the first in a row.,The peripherals out are simply coaxing.。 Selling paintings is stress-free. But think about my cute comic fans, if they can't find me, will they have blown up? ”

Dangling in the rocking chair, I fell asleep and dreamed back to the scene of the signing party.

When I woke up, it was already dark. Although the night falls early in winter, it is not too early to see the situation.

"It's dark, why haven't you come back?" Chang Le's knuckles tapped on the armrests of the rocking chair, frowning and calculating, "Watching TV, scholars set up stalls casually, and some people spend money to buy one or two." My painting is different, there are always curious people who take a fancy to it, and it should sell faster. ”

After waiting for a while, Shili's figure appeared at the gate of the courtyard.

Chang Le stepped on the ground, stopped the rocking chair, turned his head to look at Shili, and Chengzhu raised his eyebrows on his chest and said, "How many taels have you sold?" ”

"Madam, you are so whimsical, how can you sell a few taels?" Ten miles tired stepped forward.

Chang Le blinked: "How much was that sold?" ”

Shili frustrated and took out the painting and returned it to Chang Le.

"Madam, I have run away from dozens of painting workshops in the east and west of the city today, the soles of my shoes are worn out, my mouth is worn out, and those people are stunned and don't buy them. Madam, selling paintings really doesn't work. ”

Chang Le took the painting stupidly, was stunned, patted the armrest and stood up, and said in disbelief: "How can it not be sold?" Even if you can't accept my novel painting method for a while, don't you even have a curious person? ”

"Madame, don't be angry." Shili was busy comforting, "The thirteen counties are like this, there are not many people who can really appreciate calligraphy and painting, and even fewer have vision." ”

Chang Le was unwilling to give up, so he asked Shili to get some food first, and then continued to ponder.

"It should be a matter of content. If there are two butterflies, the single dog will definitely not buy it back and abuse itself, and it will lose a lot of customers. We have to draw something that is acceptable to the general public. Ten miles, do you have an idea? ”

Shili only listened to the last sentence, took a bite of the bun, and thought: "Peony? Flowers bloom and are rich, and many people should buy them to put them in their homes. ”

Chang Le thought so, and stayed up late to draw a peony picture.

Early the next morning, she gave Shili the painting unkempt, and asked Shili to try it again.

Shili pursed his lips, and under the pressure of Chang Le's expectant gaze, he hesitantly took the scroll and put it in the painting bag. Then he parted to his waist, took a deep breath, and strode out the door.

After the blow, Chang Le was not so comfortable this time, sitting in front of the brazier and burning willow branches and charcoal. Always absent-minded, I don't know when the willow branches are burned out, and I have been burned by the fire repeatedly.

I couldn't figure out that my paintings would not sell one day.

It was getting dark, and the coals in the courtyard had cooled down and turned to ashes. Shili finally dragged himself back, and his steps were heavy.

Chang Le immediately got up and asked, "How is it?" ”

Shili shook his head dejectedly and handed the painting back as it was.

Seeing that the light in Chang Le's eyes dimmed, Shili immediately thought of the grievances he suffered today, and said angrily: "Some art workshops are too much, and when they see me going today, they want to sell paintings again, so they blew me out without saying a word." Madam, we will make money in the future, and we will not sell them if they beg to buy them! ”

"Well, that's it!" Chang Le took a deep breath and said hatefully.

Chang Le has been smooth sailing since he began to learn to paint, and he has never suffered such setbacks. Now that I have been tossing for ten miles for two days, I am tired, so I have to grit my teeth to suppress my sadness and accompany her to rest first.