Jiang Li said so, and the old man couldn't save face, so he decided to give her a chance to give it a try.

With the experience of the previous times, Jiang Li's hands stopped shaking and his heart stopped beating this time, and the speed kept up.

The old man made a good pose and told her to follow this, and to draw exactly the same.

The young man also deliberately took a mirror for the old man, and after remembering his current appearance, he let Jiang Li start.

Jiang Li laid out the canvas and began to sketch the lines at a great speed.

There are ready-made models here, and with a calm heart, Jiang Li's portrait speed is very fast.

Half an hour later, the old man's neck was already sore, and Jiang Li also put down his paintbrush.

"Grandpa, I've already drawn it."

Jiang Li took the initiative to turn the drawing board, and the old man looked at himself on the drawing board and was speechless with excitement.

"Quick, quick, get my mirror out! I'm going to take it again! ”

The old man doesn't have a good memory when he is old, and he just saw his appearance and now he forgot about it.

The young man hurriedly brought the mirror, and the old man looked into the mirror.

Hey! It's absolutely amazing, the self in the mirror is exactly the same as the self in the portrait!

"I'm not satisfied!" The terminally ill old man suddenly shouted angrily, Jiang Li was taken aback, and the young man hurriedly asked, "Master, the painting is obviously very similar, why are you not satisfied?" ”

"It's so similar! Paint me too old! So I'm not satisfied! ”

This reason is absolutely absolute, Jiang Li was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, it was too difficult to paint people, it was too similar to it, and it was not good to paint too ugly.

The image has been painted according to the old man's requirements, and now the old man says that he is not satisfied, is it for nothing to paint another painting for him?

Jiang Li was a little embarrassed, and the old man asked again: "How much does it cost to draw a portrait?" ”

"Master, five dollars!" In order to stop the old man from being vexatious, the young man decided to use his nirvana.

The elderly are reluctant to spend money on the door, and he won't be a demon if he paints a picture like five yuan, right?

"Okay, I'll give ten yuan, you draw me a young one with a little smile on his face, and put on a military uniform for me, I was born and died on the battlefield when I was young, and I will die in a military uniform when I am old."

The old man's voice was sad, and the young man also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Okay, I'll draw you another one."

With the previous foundation, Jiang Li drew faster this time.

It only took more than 20 minutes to draw a smiling portrait of the old man.

The old man on the paper had a bright smile, there were many fewer wrinkles on his face, he was obviously ten years younger, and he was wearing a solemn military uniform.

When the old man saw this portrait, he was excited and burst into tears.

This is the portrait he wants, young, healthy, happy, and full of vitality!

"Good, good, good! You girl really didn't disappoint me, the portrait you painted is first-class! ”

The old man gave Jiang Li a thumbs up, took out another 10 yuan from his pocket and handed it over.

Jiang Li refused to reach out to pick it up, and the old man sent it over one by one.

"Take it, take it, you help me paint the portrait so well, you deserve it!"

The young man sighed heavily, and although it hurt a little, he still nodded towards Jiang Li secretly.

Jiang Li took the money and put it in his pocket, and the old man was still praising her for being a good boy.

Jiang Li came to another family for a portrait, and the old man's request was very simple, that is, it was exactly the same as the old man's request just now.

It turned out that this was also an old man who retired from the battlefield, the two were soldiers together when they were young, and they supported each other on the battlefield to the end.

There were so many people in Lijia Village who went to serve as soldiers together, and in the end, only the two of them came back.

There was a revolutionary friendship between them, so even the house was built in one place.

Unexpectedly, when they died, their bodies deteriorated together, and they had to prepare the portraits together, and maybe they could be buried together.

Coincidentally, it was the same person who painted the portrait of them, and the style of painting was exactly the same.

"Okay, good, I'm satisfied!"

This old man has an elegant personality, much easier to talk than the previous one, and he is naturally satisfied with the portrait painted according to the old man's request.

Jiang Li completed the task and left, and the two young men hurriedly chased after him.

"I'll give you back the extra money."

Jiang Li was just about to dig out his pockets when he was stopped by the two of them at the same time.

"He is very satisfied with the image you painted for your grandfather, this is the money that your grandfather gave you, and I have no right to take it back."

"We're here to see you off, and I really appreciate you for letting the old man smile from the bottom of his heart before he leaves."

Jiang Li wanted to return the money several times, but the two kept refusing.

Jiang Li carried 10 yuan in his pocket and returned to the village happily.

This trip took a total of three hours plus the time spent on the road, and together they earned 10 yuan.

At the beginning, I sold my younger brothers and sisters and earned 20 yuan, which was equivalent to half a month's salary of ordinary people in the 70s.

Although the old man has a somewhat eccentric personality, he is still very willing to spend money when he encounters something he likes.

When Jiang Li returned home, the two babies were still sleeping honestly, and Yao Qiaoyun immediately greeted her enthusiastically when she saw her come back.

"How? Did this trip go well? ”

"It went well, it went very well, the old man was very satisfied with the portrait I painted for him, and gave me 10 yuan as a reward."

Jiang Li told what had happened, and Yao Qiaoyun patted Jiang Li's shoulder excitedly.

"Ouch, ouch, Jiang Li is promising! You can earn 10 yuan on a trip! At the beginning, I gave you two pieces less, but I didn't expect you to only accept one, and now I am really embarrassed to think about it! ”

Yao Qiaoyun went to take out her wallet again as she spoke, and Jiang Li hurriedly held her hand.

"Auntie, without your help, I would have had a difficult birth when I gave birth to Dabao Erbao, and later you helped me with confinement, so that I could eat and drink for nothing in your house."

"I don't know how much time and energy you spent on me during this time, if you really want to calculate it, I can't give you 20 yuan!"

Jiang Li handed over the 10 yuan as he spoke, and Yao Qiaoyun hurriedly pushed it back.

"You stupid boy, your own family is not rich, and you still want to give some money to others, do you want to live in your family?"

"I'm just grateful to my aunt, and I just made some money today and thought about borrowing flowers to offer Buddha."

"I don't want it, I don't want it, you quickly put away the money, go back and buy more meat and vegetables to make up for it, people have gained more than a dozen pounds after confinement, you see that you have recovered to your pre-pregnancy weight so quickly, this is all caused by lack of nutrition!"

Yao Qiaoyun took Jiang Li's hand and looked at it carefully, it was obviously a pair of calloused hands, and it didn't look special, how could he be so good at drawing and curling his hair?

The two were talking and the baby woke up, they were about hungry, waving their little hands and feet together and closing their eyes and crying, the two of them acted in unison, and the cries came and went.

Jiang Li and Yao Qiaoyun hugged a baby by themselves, and carried it directly to the door and began to pee, the diaper had just been pulled out, and the two brothers were like a game, one urine was farther than the other.