"How can I help?" I asked.

"You take off your shoes and go into the stream, I want to draw a picture of the beauty in the waves." He held a paintbrush upside down in one hand and a palette in the other, staring at me with straight eyes.

I don't like being stared at like this and feeling repulsed in my heart. Also, I don't want to take off my shoes. "I'm sorry, I still have something to do, you better find someone else." I politely refuse.

"On such a hot day, you are still wearing wave shoes, the water of this stream is very cool, how comfortable it is to bubble down." He lobbied unrelentingly.

"Ballet dancers' feet are precious, how can they just soak in the stream." Another man's voice rang out. I turned my head to see Xiao Se leaning against the trunk of a tree next to me, still wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, and holding a reed in his hand, looking at me with a smile in his eyes. He actually appeared here quietly, I didn't want to pay attention to him at all, and turned around to leave.

The man who was painting blocked my way, "You're a ballerina?" ”

I said yes.

"Great!" His eyes lit up with excitement, "No wonder his temperament is so good, and his body lines are so beautiful." Can you model me and let me draw a few pictures of you dancing ballet? ”

I shook my head. "I don't have the time and I don't have the interest."

The man was a little disappointed, and then asked, "Which dance company are you from?" I want to go to your show. ”

"She's in Sea City Ballet." Xiao Se answered for me, and then introduced to me that the man who painted was named Zhao Junning, and he was a very talented new artist.

Zhao Junning's introduction to Xiao Se was obviously very useful, and immediately issued an invitation: "My studio is nearby, do you want to visit?" ”

"I have to go." I don't have a good impression of these two men, so I have no intention of idleming around with them anymore, bypassing Zhao Junning and trotting away.

After running a distance, there was a thud of feet on fallen leaves. I guessed it was Xiao Se who followed, and walked forward on his own. Soon he rushed to the front and stopped my way. The reed that he had just held in his hand was now held in his mouth, and he looked at me and smiled, with a ruffian face.

My face sank and I said unceremoniously, "Good dogs don't get in the way." ”

His thin lips curled upward, he took out the reeds in his mouth, and nodded exaggeratedly to me. "You can do it, swearing doesn't take a dirty word, but I like it."

"You're so thick-skinned." I responded coldly.

"Well, I apologize, I shouldn't be in your way." I was a little embarrassed that he said so sincerely, and I expected him to reply to me with mean words instead of apologies, "Aren't you looking for the alder tree, it's on your right." ”

I looked up in amazement, disappointed, the alder that can be traced back to the age of dinosaurs resembles a black-brown iron tree, with many aerial roots and dense thorns, and it is completely unexpectedly leafy.

"The alder tree is the most beautiful in winter, and now it is withered." Xiao Se saw my disappointment, "But the canyon stream is much more beautiful this season than in winter. ”

"You seem familiar with this place?" I couldn't help but ask. He and Zhao Junning also seem to be quite familiar.

He grinned at me. "Been here a few times. It's still early, there is an ancient house of the Ming Dynasty in this village, I can take you to visit. ”

I said no, I want to go back to Ye Zihan's house.