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Chapter 3 Worrying About the Country and the People

Cousin Wen kept staring at Mao Geng's paintings, and his appreciation level was of course limited. After he had the ambition, he naturally ignored the parts that Mao Geng was not accurate enough, so he felt that his cousin was well drawn and like it. At this time, he saw Mr. Jiang thinking about it with his face close to the portrait, and he knew that Mr. Jiang was also attracted by his cousin's painting skills. At this time, of course, he had to create momentum for his cousin.

Cousin Wen then said to Niu San:

"Brother Niu, look at this painting to draw your mighty and extraordinary beauty. Brother Niu, look, how much is your brother Niu! Brother Niu, how? Is it very similar?"

Niu San probably hasn't taken a bronze mirror a few times in his life. He didn't know what he looked like. He just thought that the portrait of Brother Mao was vivid and interesting. Niu San didn't mind that Brother Mao painted himself more fiercely. As a useful person, there was no tattoo on his face. However, Niu San felt that as a soldier in the Song Dynasty, he should never be a scholar, but he should have a majestic appearance. Besides, even the knowledgeable Mr. Jiang seemed to appreciate this portrait very much, and it must be no bad. So, after hearing the words of Brother Wen's family, Niu San smiled and said:

"You are right, you draw well! Like! Very similar! I like it!"

Mr. Jiang looked around the sketch for a long time, but he didn't figure out the reason. Instead, the closer he got, the only way to see the charcoal traces was that this unprecedented painting method opened his eyes.

Although the portraits of Niu San painted by the boy from the Mao family are similar but not similar, they are still somewhat similar in words. Anyway, they have an indescribable sense of reality. Compared with the portraits of other figures in the Song Dynasty that they have seen, this portrait seems to be more similar to people.

However, Mr. Jiang himself has limited knowledge of painting. It is true that the Mao boy in front of him has some painting skills. However, this incredible painting method seems to be a side-minded person. Mr. Jiang thought, he might not have been able to see the eyes of an authentic painter.

Instead, I thought that this might be a secret Taoist tradition, and there is such a portrait in the world! I am lucky to have a glimpse of it today, which is considered my own luck. This opportunity is rare. It is better to continue to let this Mao family boy demonstrate this painting technique before he wakes up.

Mr. Jiang murmured:

"The Taoist painting method is interesting."

Seeing that Mr. Jiang was thinking about the drawing, Mao Geng was no longer entangled with the failure in the drawing, and instead became active. It seemed that he had temporarily cleared the suspicion of spies, so he couldn't help but let his ideals go. One of them was to think that whether to be a painter in the Southern Song Dynasty or a literati and scholar seemed to be a good choice. Suddenly, when he heard that Mr. Jiang talked about Taoism, he was suddenly shocked. But don't let yourself be a Taoist priest. Being an alchemist is not within his professional design scope.

When he thought of this, Mao Geng said:

"The master was just -- that one passed me a little bit -- that painting skill -- and -- the other little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a skill -- that skill, all are -- -- that one is a little bit of a trick, and it is not to let the boy be that Taoist priest."

Mr. Jiang didn't care whether he would be a Taoist priest or not. He was just interested in Mao Geng's strange painting skills, and said immediately:

Mr. Jiang couldn't wait to come over and then saw the portrait of Mao Geng for himself. When he looked at the characters in the portrait, he felt that the person in the painting was not good-looking, had a nasty face, and had bad faces. He suddenly felt that his face was dull and he was sunken at that time.

Niu San, who came up almost at the same time, looked at the portrait, but did not pay attention to Mr. Jiang's expression. He only felt that he had drawn Mr. Jiang's appearance, so he said carelessly:

"Well, like, like Mr. Jiang."

Mr. Jiang was already depressed. When he saw Niu San, the brainless guy, looking completely blind, he immediately shouted:

"What do you look like? Niu San, you are so ignorant."

The Wen family cousin next to him just found that Mr. Jiang's expression was wrong. When Mr. Jiang scolded Niu San and looked at the portrait again, he also found that the painting was wrong. It was okay for my cousin to draw Niu San, but Mr. Jiang seemed to have made Mr. Jiang poorly draw Mr. Jiang, and even he could see that the portrait was not angry. The Wen family felt that he had the responsibility to defend his cousin strategically:

"The portrait that my cousin painted for Mr. Jiang is indeed not very accurate. Although it shows Mr. Jiang's appearance of worrying about the country and the people, it seems too exaggerated. But it still looks like it. What does Mr. Jiang think?"

When Mao Geng heard this, his cousin was a delicate man and his words were so artistic! He was originally looking dead, but when he spoke, he turned into a look of worrying about the country and the people. Haha, I wonder if Mr. Jiang was willing to go down this step.

Mao Geng was no longer at ease, so he had to pay attention:

"Mr. Jiang's demeanor - that - that - extraordinary, but unfortunately, the boy's painting skills - that one is too bad, and he can't draw it - Mr. Jiang - that charm - that painting - that one, please draw it, please ask Mr. Jiang - that one - that one doesn't care about it - that one is tolerant!"

When Mr. Jiang heard the Mao boy talked hesitantly, he felt that the Wen boy's statement "worrying about the country and the people" was also a statement. Mr. Jiang hesitated for a moment, thinking that he really had a face that was worried about the country and the people! When should he look at the bronze mirror well? Thinking of this, his face turned slightly from yin to sunny and said:

"Brother Wen said that my face is worried about the country and the people, so even if I worry about the country and the people! The so-called 'When you live in a high temple, you worry about the people; when you live in a far away world, you worry about the king', alas! I thought that I crossed the south of the Song Dynasty, and large areas of rivers and mountains fell into the hands of the Jin soldiers. It is a common human nature to worry about the country and the people, so it is nothing. Haha, Brother Mao also painted it with care, so I put away this painting."

He just asked Mao Geng to paint, but he was a little drunk. He wanted to explore Mao Geng's painting skills. Now that he has a painting in his hand, he can think about it slowly in the future, so there is no need to make too difficult for this boy named Mao now.

Mao Geng was amazed in his heart that Mr. Jiang easily took over the hat of worrying about the country and the people. After putting it on, he felt quite at ease, and he couldn't help but reduce the impression of scholars in the Southern Song Dynasty by half. However, there were many such people in later generations. The more they read, the less shameful they were. Although it was not necessarily "the more knowledge, the more reactionary", the more knowledge, the thicker they were, as if they were the general rule in the world.

When Mr. Jiang rolled up the portrait, Mao Geng felt silent for the painting. This was not because it looked a bit like a portrait, but because it was not done with spray glue. It seemed that the adhesion of carbon black on this kind of paper was not good enough. It was okay to roll it once. If there were too many times, I was afraid that the carbon black would stick to the back of the paper and then the portrait would be impossible to see.

Of course, Mao Geng would not stop Mr. Jiang. Mao Geng is now just concerned about what kind of place he and his cousin will get next. Mao Geng lived for almost fifty years in his previous life. Based on his years of life experience, Mao Geng did not dare to expect this gloomy Jiang to take care of him, so he is vigilant against him from the bottom of his heart. He hopes that Jiang, who looks like he is "worrying about the country and the people" and does not make things difficult for him.

The Wen family's cousin showed his cousin's drawing skills, and felt that it was natural that he would have extra points for Mr. Jiang, or that it would bring them additional opportunities to the two of them. He felt a little more anticipated.

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