Li Jin saw that this dress was only half-made a few days ago. He was not in a hurry to wear it. He just watched Qin Muwen sitting in front of the window and sewing clothes for himself stitch by stitch, and he was very satisfied.
On the bed next to Qin Muwen, there was a little bun who was sleeping soundly.
Both are his cubs.
At that time, Li Jin really wanted to learn to paint, and used a brush to draw on paper the two people who were most involved with him in the world.
Think about it is a kind of happiness.
Of course, between husband and wife, it will also add subtle taste.
It's a pity that Li Jin has never learned to paint, and the only paintings that he can draw so far are the smiling faces of the little buns painted on a whim.
Moreover, he also promised to make a painting for the young man. Later, he did not forget it, but every time he wanted to pick up a pen, he felt powerless.
Li Jin felt that a person as good as Qin Muwen must be good at painting.
Simple strokes are not suitable to outline the beauty in your mind.
So this matter has been on hold.
Now that there is no need to sit in a medical clinic, Li Jin has time to learn an 'art'.
The six arts are divided into rituals, music, archery, horsemanship, calligraphy, and arithmetic.
Books in his day were interpreted as calligraphy and paintings, but in this era, 'books' simply referred to paintings and calligraphy.
Because calligraphy is an essential skill for scholars, it is no longer included in the six arts.
Li Jin didn't mention to Mr. Song that he wanted to learn to paint, because Mr. Song also came from a poor family. Although he had some savings in teaching and educating people in the past few years, he occasionally had to subsidize the family.
Li Jin didn't see any picture scrolls in Mr. Song's study.
It can be seen that Mr. Song is relatively busy, and he is not involved in this.
As for Chen Xiran, endorsement is already the biggest requirement of his family, and it is even more impossible to draw a brush.
However, Chen Xiran seems to be able to ride horses, which Li Jin has not yet confirmed.
Therefore, there are basically no people around Li Jin who can paint. The town is small, and there are only a few well-known scholars, and there is no such thing as 'the masters of the painting world come to live in seclusion' as mentioned in the book.
Li Jin could not find anyone who could teach him to paint.
The next day, Li Jin had breakfast at home, and then walked around the yard with a small bun for a while.
There is no need to go to school today, the time for Dou Shi and tea tasting is set at 10:00 in the morning.
When the tea garden was closed early, Li Jin simply practiced a few big characters before going out.
Li Jin and Chen Xiran discussed that they should meet at the shop selling steamed buns in Zhenzikou in the morning, and then go to the tea garden together.
When Li Jin arrived, Chen Xiran was already holding a meat bun and squatting on the side of the road to eat.
The proprietress of the steamed bun shop looked blank, completely unable to imagine how this person could wear satin clothes and eat steamed buns while squatting on the side of the road.
Chen Xiran gave Li Jin two meat buns, but Li Jin did not intend to.
But Chen Xiran said: "I know you have eaten in the morning, but I have attended those poetry fighting parties before. A group of people can write poetry and praise others, and they don't even want to eat until the afternoon."
Li Jin was silent for a while, took the buns, and chose to eat them.
He ate early for breakfast, and if he really had to fight poems until the afternoon and could only drink tea during the period, he would be really hungry.
Chen Xiran followed Li Jin and introduced him. Mr. Song sent Dalang to his house in the morning to tell him that Li Jin had never participated in a poetry fighting party before, so he asked him to tell Li Jin about his experience.
So that Li Jin was mentally prepared.
So Chen Xiran didn't have breakfast at home, went to buy buns and cakes, and ate it with Li Jin first.
Li Jin finally understood, Chen Xiran's experience can be summed up in three words: boredom and hunger.
Boredom means that when he attends this kind of party, he basically jogs aside, he can't appreciate the poems made by others, and the poems made by himself... others don't appreciate it even more.
But because of his former husband's reputation, he still had to attend this kind of gathering, otherwise he would have a reputation for being out of place, which would hinder him from taking the imperial examinations.
Chen Xiran said: "I have prepared a lot of inspiration this time. No matter what topic they come up with, I can write it out."
Gotta make them all appreciate it.
The tea garden is not far from the town. It is the manor of a wealthy family in the county. Usually no one lives, but the yard is very large. The servants grow tea in the yard, and occasionally fry it for sale, but most of it is left as a gift to the owner. home.
It happened that Huang Xiucai had a student's family who had contact with this wealthy family, so he borrowed the yard.
Chen Xiran usually likes to stroll in the town, so he naturally knows the route. With him with him, Li Jin also asks the way.
Chen Xiran and Li Jin arrived early, only the student who borrowed the tea garden arrived first. He welcomed them in and introduced himself with a smile.
"My surname is Xu, my name is Xu Zifan, and the word is far away. I'm Mr. Huang's disciple. I'm going to participate in the imperial examination in February next year."
Xu Zifan looks like Zhou Zheng, and he is 24 this year. He has participated in the county exam before, but according to him, that time was simply seeing the world.
Chen Xiran and Li Jin also gave a brief introduction.
Neither of them has reached the weak crown, and next year will also be the first time to participate in the county test.
Li Jin thought to himself, sure enough, this is not a simple poetry-fighting party, but let the three students of Huang Xiucai get in touch with them, observe each other's behavior, and participate in the Tongsheng test next year to 'guarantee' together.
'Uninsurance' is no joke. If someone cheats, all five of them will have to sit together and disqualify from the exam.
I kept the record, and I don't know if I can take the imperial examination next time.
After the introduction of several people, Xu Zifan did not let the servants serve him, and made tea by himself. With the smoky blue jacket he specially wore today, he had the implication of being a celebrity.
According to Xu Zifan, Huang Xiucai has a total of three students who plan to take the county exam next year.
One was about his age, Zhou Qi. He is very knowledgeable. He passed the county exam the year before, but failed the government exam. So the family married him a wife, gave birth to a child, and hoped to be named in the gold list next year.
The other, like Chen Xiran and Li Jin, was under 20 and was a relative of Huang Xiucai, called Huang Yiling. Next year is also the first time to participate in the county test.
Xu Zifan was a few years older than Li Jin and the others, and laughed and shared some anecdotes about his participation in the county exam.
"It's the first time I've participated in the county test, and I'm not flustered at all. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.
Like me, if I haven't passed the exam at a certain age, the whole person's mentality will be bad. "
Because of this sentence, Chen Xiran had a much better impression of him. People who can take the initiative to be humble will not be too bad, and they will be easy to deal with in the future.
Li Jin said: "Brother Xu is elegant and elegant, and his bearing can show his mentality."
Xu Zifan looked at Li Jin and measured his eyes. He had heard from Mr. Huang earlier that Song Xiucai had two proud disciples, one was Chen Xiran, a talented and intelligent young master from a wealthy family, and the other was Li Jin, a farmer.
Only Chen Xiran was famous, and they couldn't find much information on Li Jin's side.
But Song Xiucai had been here once before, and he was very satisfied with Li Jin, which made the three of them curious.
When I saw him today, Li Jin really had a noble temperament. He was a handsome young man, and he couldn't tell his peasant background at all.
The most important thing is that this person is not stunned at first glance, and there is no other person's hatred of the rich or the status of backward, people can't help but give him a good impression in their hearts.
After a while, someone knocked on the door outside the tea garden.
This time it was the servant who opened the door, Xu Zifan said, "Both of them are regular customers, so there's no need to make a special trip to greet them."
Sure enough, a hoarse voice with youthful vitality came from outside the hospital.
"Okay, Xu Yuandao, is your hospitality like this?"
Xu Zifan also said unceremoniously, "Is Huang Yiling trying to win over the guest?"
The relationship between them is familiar, but it makes Dou Shihui a lot easier.
The servant lifted the curtain, and Huang Yiling came in side by side with another young man in a blue robe.
Before they could introduce themselves, Huang Yiling pointed at Li Jin and took a few steps forward.
"You are Doctor Li of Xinglintang?"
As soon as these words came out, except for Chen Xiran, the other two people present were shocked.
Xu Zifan said directly: "Doctor Li, is that little genius doctor who guessed the grand slam by guessing lantern riddles on the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
The last person was Zhou Qi. He didn't say anything at first, but now he was also shocked: "Is that the 'magic doctor farmer' that the teahouse talks about all day long?"
Li Jin felt that this scene was a bit embarrassing.
If you put it on the son of a big family, even if you are surprised, it will not be so obvious.
But everyone's background is not high, at most, their living standards are a little higher, but in terms of dealing with people and things, they have not yet reached the level of ease.
Xu Zifan was the first to come to his senses, and he was also led astray by Huang Yiling.
It is puzzling to know that Huang Yiling has been sick every year, but this year he is still alive and well.
In the end, Mr. Huang said that Huang Yiling took the medicine prescribed by Xinglintang.
Xu Zifan had seen the world in the county. He knew that if there was a doctor who could make a step forward, he would definitely not be unknown, and he would have become famous earlier in other places.
As a result, Huang Yiling said that the doctor was a young man, and he had not seen much in the town before.
But because he is too young, it should not be the case that Xu Zifan said.
Several people originally made an appointment to go to Xinglintang before the county test.
As a result... Doctor Lai actually hides his merits and fame, and is no longer a doctor there.
When everyone sat down, Xu Zifan smiled and eased the atmosphere: "This is like stepping through iron shoes and finding nowhere, it takes no effort to get it! Doctor Li, I respect you for this cup of tea."
After a few laps of tea, several people began to write poems.
The ancient literati believed that chrysanthemums symbolized the quality of warning, and there happened to be several pots of less expensive chrysanthemums.
Xu Zifan said, "Then we will take the chrysanthemum as the theme and take turns to write poems."
After Huang Yiling wrote a poem, he suddenly became interested and planned to pick up a pen and paint.
"This chrysanthemum is really blooming, even better than what I saw in town. I have to draw it."
Zhou Qi smiled and said: "Okay, you go, draw a picture for me."
Huang Yiling: "You are so beautiful."
However, Zhou Qi's words also reminded him that he had previously painted a scene in which Doctor Li was talking to the pupils around him.
—The man in a robe was holding a scorpion, with a handsome and young face, without a beard. He didn’t know what the people around him were saying, and he was raising his eyebrows and smiling.
Huang Yiling thought that he had planned to give the painting to Doctor Lai as a thank you gift when he saw it again.
Now I finally have a chance to send it out.