Chapter 43: Full of Loyalty
After more than half an hour, the old lady's narration stopped.
Jian Yuelan's pen hasn't stopped.
She painted carefully, and the old lady didn't bother to look at the painting at first, immersed in her memories.
Lin Qingyuan saw it, and he looked at Jian Yuelan's strokes.
There are not only characters, but also scenes.
Even the swing frame, flowers and plants described by the old lady were drawn.
"Scene reproduction, this is a real scene reproduction—"
He muttered, and the old lady, who was indulging in his memories, heard his words and looked back.
At this sight, she burst into tears.
"Rongrong, my Rongrong."
She trembled and wanted to touch the face of the person in the painting, but Lin Qingyuan hurriedly stopped, "Wait, Comrade Jian hasn't finished painting yet, don't bother Comrade Jian." ”
"Yes, you can't disturb Comrade Jane."
The old lady calmed down instantly and looked at Jian Yuelan, afraid that she would disturb her.
In fact, she has a lot of worries, and Jian Yuelan, who has entered the working state, has no distractions and is not disturbed by the outside world at all.
Twenty minutes later, she stopped writing.
"Good! It's so good, it's so expressive—"
The old lady sighed again and again, and her tears fell down.
Jian Yuelan didn't want to make the old lady cry, she put down the pen and wanted to appease, Lin Qingyuan was faster than her, and successfully calmed the old lady after a gag.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little emotional, which makes the little comrade smile."
The old lady wiped her tears and looked at Jian Yuelan with an apologetic expression.
She smiled, "You're serious. ”
"You're a good boy."
The old lady patted her hand and said softly, "I have a reluctant request, and I hope you will agree." ”
"You say."
It would be impossible for Jian Yuelan to be so happy if it were someone else, but this old lady was different.
She can't refuse the family full of loyalty, and the heroic family is worthy of admiration.
"As long as I can do it, I will do my best."
It's not that serious, this is a sincere child.
The old lady smiled, shook her hand and said, "In addition to the photo and the one you painted, can you add a family photo?" ”
Jian Yuelan understood what her old man meant, "Do you want to add your son and daughter-in-law?" ”
The old lady hummed, and she nodded, "Yes, but you have to describe your son and daughter-in-law to me." ”
"Okay."
Then, after reminiscing about her grandchildren and daughters-in-law, the old lady began to recall her son and daughter-in-law again.
It has been nearly twenty years since the death of the old lady's son and daughter-in-law, and the memory is a little blurry because of the long time, which makes the process described by the old lady not very smooth.
Fortunately, the old gentleman who went home halfway joined in after looking for Lin Qingyuan to understand what happened.
With the two old men reminiscing together and correcting each other to complement each other, Jian Yuelan finally drew the voices and smiles of the other six protagonists in the family portrait.
It's not like she has no bottom, but when the old gentleman and the old lady saw that the tears broke the embankment again, it must be expressive.
After the emotions of the two old men completely calmed down, Jian Yuelan invited two more to be on-site models, and after asking them about their requirements for family portraits, she drew another family portrait.
After the liberation, the old lady and the old gentleman stayed in the capital, Mingzhu and other places for work reasons, and later came to Anseong.
They have been to a lot of places over the years, but what they remember most is the noose house they lived in Mingzhu City, when the sons and daughters-in-law of the old man and the old lady were there.
It's a real family reunion.
Jian Yuelan used the noose house in their memory as the background to create this family portrait.
She has not forgotten the details of the top of the mountain, the double quadrangle, the gatehouse-style instrument door, the wall fence and the mussel shell sash window.
Thanks to her for studying the difference between a noose house and a courtyard house, otherwise this background is really difficult to compose.
The family gathered in the courtyard, the old gentleman lay on the chaise longue and closed his eyes to recuperate, and the old lady sat on the circle chair to make shoes.
Next to them are the two daughters-in-law who are also chatting while doing work with needles and threads.
As for the four sons, they sat under the peach tree, played chess, read books, drank tea and chatted.
In the corner of the yard, a man and a woman are teasing a raccoon cat, which is the grandchild and daughter-in-law of the old man and the old lady.
The main theme of the whole painting is a warm and family carnival.
In the painting, everyone is smiling, smiling, smiling, shy, etc., and the smiles on everyone's faces are consistent with the characters' personalities according to the descriptions of the two elders.
The old gentleman kept wiping away his tears and choked up, "This is the old age life I imagined, the boss is all there, and Rong Rong is also there." ”
The old lady didn't speak, just stared at the painting with teary eyes.
Then, the tears in her eyes faded away, and a smile appeared on her face.
She took a deep breath, turned around and bowed deeply to Jian Yuelan, "Little Jane, thank you for fulfilling a dream of my wife." ”
A dream she couldn't even think about.
"This can't be helped, please get up quickly."
Jian Yuelan, who was caught off guard and was saluted, was almost numb, and hurriedly went to help the old lady.
"You're worth it."
The old gentleman also bowed, and Jian Yuelan looked desperate and wanted to cry.
"You, you, I ······"
She stammered, and after a while, she said, "My dad would have killed me if he knew." ”
Let the old gentleman and old lady who are full of loyal people bow to her, and the father will break her leg.
"Your dad is so fierce?"
The old gentleman raised his eyebrows, his kind face was flat, and his whole temperament changed in an instant, and he became an old man full of evil spirits.
He said loudly, "If he dares to beat you to come to me, I will help you out." ”
Not to that extent.
"My dad is very nice, the best father in the world."
After a pause, she explained seriously, "But the identities of the two of you are different. ”
The old gentleman sighed, this is a good girl.
"Do you have a partner?"
Jian Yuelan, who was caught off guard by the personal question, was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I'm married." ”
"Married at such a young age?"
The old lady looked pityful, "I have a good offspring here, and I originally wanted to be a matchmaker for you." ”
"Now that you're married, forget it! By the way, what does your husband do? ”
"A soldier like your grandchildren."
"Oh."
The old gentleman became interested and asked, "Serving as a soldier in Anseong?" ”
"No, on the island."
Island?
The old gentleman was thoughtful and asked the old lady, "I remember that the Tan family kid is on the island." ”
The old lady hummed, and Jian Yuelan had a wonderful premonition in her heart, the Tan family boy should be referring to Uncle Tan, and Uncle Tan and the Ye family have an old relationship, and they used to be grandpa's soldiers.
Since the old gentleman knows Uncle Tan, then-
She hesitated, "Do you two recognize Ye Lizhe?" ”。
"Acquaintance."
The old gentleman who subconsciously answered suddenly widened his eyes, "You are Lao Yetou's granddaughter-in-law?" Then isn't your husband Ye Linxing's bastard boy? ”
It's really an acquaintance.
Jian Yuelan couldn't cry or laugh, this was too coincidental.
She nodded, "You're right, Ye Lizhe is my grandfather, and Ye Linxing is my husband." ”
The old gentleman looked happy, "Then you have to call me and my wife grandparents, your grandfather and I were brothers of life and death who crawled out of the trenches." ”
"Hello grandparents."
Jian Yuelan was as good as a stream, and the two elders suddenly couldn't close their mouths happily, and pulled her to chat carefully.