Traveled through time and became the darling of the whole family

Ye Ziyu returned to the room and immediately asked Liqiu and Lixia to prepare paper and pens, ready to start designing some styles. But when Liqiu brought the pen, Ye Ziyu was worried. Her design habit was to draw a sketch first, and then slowly modify the details, but... now it was a brush! ! And she really didn't know how to paint with a brush, it seemed that she had to prepare both hands at the same time.

"Lixia, is my sister in the mansion today?"

"Yes, I just bumped into Xiaoxue."

"Let's go find Sister."

When Ye Ziyu arrived, Ye Qingyin had just finished a painting. She put down her brush and saw her sister coming. "Why did you suddenly come to see me, sister? What's the matter?"

Ye Ziyu walked to the desk and picked up the painting that Ye Qingyin had just made. "Why don't you teach me how to paint, Sister?"

"Why does Ayu suddenly want to learn painting?"

"It's a secret. I originally wanted to ask my sister to help me find a teacher to teach me. Now that I see that my sister is so good at painting, it's enough for her to teach me."

"I still have a secret with my sister." Ye Qingyin scratched Ye Ziyu's nose.

"It hasn't been done yet. I'll tell you when I'm done. Hehe, okay, sister, just teach me, okay?" Ye Ziyu pulled Ye Qingyin's arm and acted coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, I'll teach you, but before you learn to paint, you have to learn how to control the pen and write first."

"Ah, can't you just start learning how to paint?"

"Of course not. Painting requires a combination of reality and illusion. It tests your pen control and pen strength. These all require practice!"

"Alright alright."

"Then come to my place and learn for an hour every morning starting tomorrow, so you can go back and practice on your own in the afternoon. I'll ask Xiaoxue to prepare some equipment for beginners."

"Okay, thank you, sister. You continue to be busy, I will go find my brother."

"Brother should be in the barracks now. Do you have something urgent to talk to him about?"

"No rush. Let's wait until brother comes back. I'll go back first." After saying that, Ye Ziyu ran away in a hurry.

"Slow down and don't be so impatient." Ye Qingyin looked at Ye Ziyu, afraid that she would fall.

After returning to the room, Ye Ziyu sat down at the desk, took out a piece of paper and began to think. Learning to paint with a brush is one thing, but it is not realistic to paint with a brush for a long time. It would be a waste of paper and time to design it once, so he still had to find a way to see if he could make a pencil.

But where can I get the raw materials for making pencils? Ye Ziyu was worried. Not to mention the complicated production process, she didn't know how to get the most basic graphite powder. After all, in ancient times, minerals were state-owned. Suddenly, she remembered Lingxin Pavilion that Yifeng had mentioned before, "Lixia, call Yifeng."

After a while, the legacy came.

"Miss, what are your orders?"

"Lingxin Pavilion collects and trades intelligence, but what about items?"

"thing?"

"Yes, it's the kind of thing that's relatively scarce. Can they get it?"

“It’s possible, but the price shouldn’t be cheap.”

"Please ask them if they can get graphite powder for me, and then ask about the price."

"Graphite powder? What is it?"

"Just help me ask. You don't need to know what it is. If there is no graphite powder, then ask for graphite ore. The quantity does not need to be large. Go ahead."

"Yes." Yifeng took the order and retreated.

"Okay, now let's just wait for the raw materials to arrive."

"Miss, what are you going to do?" Li Qiu didn't understand what those weird things Ye Ziyu wanted, and didn't the young lady want to learn painting?

"As for me, I want to make a baby, which will save me a lot of trouble later."

"By the way, Liqiu, please prepare some flour, salt, oil and water for me, prepare a little more." Although I don't know whether the oil here is vegetable oil, I can only give it a try.

"Miss, do you want to cook? Just tell us what you want to eat and we will make it."

"No, no, you just go and prepare it, and bring it directly to the room when the time comes." At this time, Ye Ziyu was very grateful for the extracurricular courses of Modern Primary School, which allowed students to do various experiments by themselves, such as erasers and pencils. It happened that her sister and brother-in-law were very busy at work, and she was the one who did these extracurricular experimental assignments for her niece. Now they came in handy, so Li Qiu took the order and went to prepare.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot the most important thing. Does our family have an ice cellar?" Although it is winter now, the outdoor temperature is still not enough to solidify the rubber eraser.

"Yes, miss, why are you asking about the ice cellar on such a cold day?"

"It's useful. Please prepare a small container for me. It must be airtight."

"Yes."

After everything was arranged, Ye Ziyu began to lie on the couch and read a storybook, waiting for the things to arrive before starting to work.

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"Miss, I have brought you the flour, salt, oil and water you asked for." Because he didn't know what the young lady was going to do and it was not appropriate to take these things openly, Li Qiu waited until the cooks went to eat and then secretly went in to take them.

"Leave it there for now. Now we just have to wait for Lixia to find the container and then we can start working."

After waiting for a while, Lixia came back.

"Miss, I really can't find a suitable sealed container for what you want. There is only one like this, but it's a little big." Lixia took out a box.

"It's a little big, so let's cut it when it's done." Ye Ziyu picked up the box in Lixia's hand and looked at it carefully. It was okay.

"Oh, I forgot I need a measuring cup. Do you have a measuring cup at home, Liqiu Lixia?"

“What is a measuring cup?”

"There is a scale so you can tell how much you have put in." You definitely can't use a teacup, this teacup is too small.

"It seems not." The two answered in unison.

"Where's the bamboo tube?"

"Miss, can I use the bamboo tube for watering flowers? I remember Ah Cai has one."

"You can borrow it and have a look. It should be OK."

Li Qiu ran out to find Ah Cai to get the bamboo tube. Li Xia saw that there were so many things to prepare, and an ice cellar was needed, "Miss, what are you going to do? You need so many things."

"The main thing is that I can't explain it clearly right now, and even if I tell you, you won't know what it is because the other one hasn't been made yet."

"Oh oh oh."

After Li Qiu retrieved the bamboo tube, Ye Ziyu started to work. She took a cup and a half of flour, half a cup of salt, a quarter cup of vegetable oil, and about a quarter cup of water, and then began to knead it. Because it was difficult to grasp the amount, she repeatedly added water and flour. When it was finally kneaded, it was already a very large dough. Ye Ziyu put the kneaded dough into the box, and then used the excess to wrap the outside of the box to make it more sealed.

"Okay, take it to the ice cellar. Go check it after a while. When you feel the outer layer of dough and it's half hard, you can take it out." Ye Ziyu handed the packed box to Lixia.

"I'm so tired. My hands are sore from kneading. Liqiu, please give me some massage." Ye Ziyu shook her hands.

"Miss, it's just a simple process of kneading the dough. Just tell us and we will do it. Why do you have to do it yourself?" Li Qiu patted Ye Ziyu's hands.

"Emmm... I will definitely do it next time!!!" Ye Ziyu completely forgot that it was such a simple thing that she didn't have to do it herself. Ye Ziyu leaned back on the couch to take a rest. She didn't feel tired when she did it before, so why did she feel so tired just by kneading it today?

"By the way, you don't need to send the extra flour and salt back for now. Keep them and they will be useful later." Ye Ziyu thought of something and reminded Li Qiu.