I heard you are a junior

The place Zhong Yuxiao chose was the taste of the old city mentioned in the online guide.It was noon on the weekend, Liu Jinya thought that there would be many people, so she learned the lesson from her aunt's family visiting the city last time, and offered to help make a reservation.

Si Yan was disdainful, "It's okay, I'll brush my face."

Sure enough, as soon as Si Yan appeared at the door of the hotel, she called the manager to come out, happily led them to the best box, entered the door and chose a seat to sit down, with an elegant posture, just like the emperor himself.

After the menu came up, this domineering look disappeared all of a sudden.

Si Yan held the menu with her eyes shining.

Liu Jinya didn't feel anything, but thought that Si Yan's transformation from one to the other was cute. Zhong Yuxiao took out the posture of working and socializing, and said politely, "We don't know much, please take a look at what dishes are good, and help me to order." Bar."

"No problem." Si Yan scanned it, waved to the waiter, looked at the menu and began to say, "stuffed kumquat shrimp, chicken soup with yam, white fish with green onion and pepper, white fungus with phoenix marrow..." order one after another Pause, click one per page and turn around to continue.

What Liu Jinya paid attention to was the leaflet that was half exposed in Si Yan's pocket. Zhong Yuxiao originally wanted to have a good time, and didn't care about spending money. What's more, the meal this time meant to curry favor with Si Yan, so she didn't care either, and drank calmly. Tea.

"Si Yan!" Lin Qiqi is a good girl who is diligent and thrifty, and she heard Si Yan ordering dishes without finishing.Unable to sit still, he grabbed the menu and said, "You order so much, you can't finish it."

Si Yan clicked her tongue, and complained unrestrainedly, "What do you know, this store is very particular about the plates, and there is not much to eat without the decorations..."

The waiter coughed in embarrassment.

"You can't do this..." Lin Qiqi burst into tears, "It's not kind to order food desperately when someone treats guests."

Zhong Yuxiao sent a message, "Order casually, it's okay, we don't know when we will come next time, and we want to try all the special dishes at once."

"Haha." Si Yan didn't save face, "It's boring for you to talk politely. I didn't intend to ask you to pay. I just want to give more to the hotel where my friend works. Don't worry, I am not willing to help until someone else treats me to dinner. people."

Liu Jinya was taken aback, but Zhong Yuxiao was not surprised and put down the menu.

"You guys order too." Si Yan greeted.

After hearing more than a dozen dishes, of course they wouldn't order more. They looked at each other and shook their heads tacitly.

The waiter left, Si Yan took a sip of tea to soothe her tired throat, then turned her head to stare at Liu Jinya, "Tell me, what do you want from me?"

The other party made it plain, Liu Jinya didn't need to be shy, and asked directly, "Is Jiayi Art Gallery going to hold an art exhibition mainly for young artists recently?"

Si Yan nodded, took out the flyer from her pocket, and turned it with the turntable of the dining table.

Liu Jinya picked it up and looked at it carefully, and saw clearly the date next to the word "Fenghua" that shines brightly in the gorgeous nebula promotion, which is from the 15th to the 17th of next month. She turned over and read the rules line by line carefully, and found that this art exhibition is It is jointly organized with another gallery, and the rules are simple, and any painter under the age of 30 who intends to participate can sign up with their works.

There are only six places to test the waters, including exhibitions of works, interviews, and a small auction, which is a bit of a strong recommendation for new painters, so that they can increase their popularity as soon as possible and become familiar with collectors.

The remuneration is good and the rules are open, but she knows very well that there is no need for the gallery to waste money on painters who have not signed a contract and refuse to cooperate. It is only superficially good-looking, and the large number of participants cannot be open and transparent throughout the process, as it should be It is a normal ending for non-signed painters to lose the election.

Si Yan came out of Zhou Huahan's office, holding such a flyer, and with her recent award-winning background and strong backstage background, it is likely to be one of the six people.

There were only five places left. Liu Jinya was not familiar with Jiayi Painting Academy, so she asked, "Are there many painters in Jiayi Painting Academy under the age of 30?"

After Si Yan ordered the dishes, she jumped out of the image of a foodie, regained her radiant and proud beauty, and replied lightly, "I don't know, I usually look for inspiration and draw in the studio."

studio……

Liu Jinya thought of the previous scene, shut her mouth silently, picked up a teacup and drank some water to calm down.

"Si Yan!" Lin Qiqi knew what inspiration was best, her cheeks flushed with anger, but unfortunately she was soft-tempered, and after holding it back for a long time, she complained weakly, "Stop talking about it."

Si Yan coughed lightly, and asked Liu Jinya to change the subject, "Any questions?"

"The deadline is next Thursday." Liu Jinya knew that it was embarrassing to be quiet, so she had something to say, and counting the days, she felt that the rule of five exhibited works was a bit difficult for Yan Zinan, "Can the works be submitted later?"

Si Yan suddenly realized, "No wonder your friend went to the studio to draw as soon as he came... Didn't she bring her work?"

Liu Jinya didn't want to mention Yan Zinan's past hardships, so she said euphemistically, "It's a bit rare."

"I understand!" Si Yan thought of these three words, "I often don't have inspiration either!"

Liu Jinya never asked questions about inspiration, but only knew that Yan Zinan spent eight paintings on a trip to a restaurant. After arriving in City A, she heard Zhou Huahan's words and went to the studio to start work without any hesitation. She gave a two-day deadline to produce the finished product. There will be no problem of not being able to draw.

She wanted to answer "I don't know", when the food just arrived, Si Yan's attention suddenly went away, staring at the steaming food on the plate.

Liu Jinya didn't say much, she put the flyer aside, checked that the time had reached twelve o'clock, and sent a message to ask if the two people in the studio had eaten.

While she was typing, Zhong Yuxiao put down a bowl of soup and reminded, "Eat first."

"Well, let me ask Xiao Yin if they have eaten."

Zhong Yuxiao was silent for a moment, frowned incomprehensibly, and said, "They will eat when they are hungry."

Liu Jinya was taken aback for a moment, and later realized that she had the potential of an old mother, but it was a pity that it would be a pity to delete half of the information, so she hurriedly sent it out, drank the hot soup that Zhong Yuxiao brought to her, and concentrated on eating.

Nor is it attentive.

On the way, Yin Xinchang sent back a message, saying that Yan Zinan didn't eat or drink again for painting. Liu Jinya was worried when she saw it, thinking that there was no condition for Yan Zinan to fall asleep after painting on the site in City A, and tried hard to persuade, "Cup The porridge in the package is convenient to eat, go buy some, and persuade Yan Zinan to drink it, don’t be hungry and eat more, if you don’t know the place, just ask Assistant Sun.”

Yin Xinchang replied "Oh".

After finishing the two "little friends" Yin Xinchang and Yan Zinan, Liu Jinya thought that she should be able to concentrate on eating. She tasted a few dishes and found that Lin Qiqi on the opposite side stared at the white fish with scallions and peppers. I can pick up a large piece of meat with one chopstick, and I can't hold it for a long time. In addition to smashing the fish, I can only taste the umami of the tip of the chopsticks.

Lin Qiqi is thin-skinned, and there is Si Yan who is very active next to her, she can only eat a small amount every time.

Zhong Baobao is not picky about food, and Liu Jinya has no feelings for fish, so she took the initiative to turn the fish to Lin Qiqi, and kept the green onion and pepper white fish not so far away from Lin Qiqi every time.

Afterwards everyone was almost done eating, Lin Qiqi bowed her head and typed frantically on her mobile phone, Zhong Yuxiao drank tea, there were a lot of dishes left, Liu Jinya was afraid that Si Yan would be embarrassed to eat alone, so she tasted snacks one after another.

She really thought too much.

Si Yan ate with her head down, not even paying much attention to Lin Qiqi next to her.

Liu Jinya was full. Seeing the time passed past one o'clock, she couldn't let go, so she sent another message to ask Yin Xinchang, "Have you eaten yet?"

Yin Xinchang returned with a mournful expression, "There is no porridge in a cup nearby. I bought noodles, but Zi Nan refused to eat."

Eating in the studio is not very good. Liu Jinya can think of the most convenient and least traceable thing is the porridge in a cup, and she frowned upon hearing this.She didn't quite understand the rules of Jiayi Painting Garden, so she turned her head and asked Si Yan who was busy eating, "When you are usually busy painting, what do you eat to pad your stomach?"

Hearing this sentence, Si Yan stopped biting the rose ice crisp, and blinked blankly.

Lin Qiqi snorted and helped to answer, "She doesn't eat! She paints from morning till night!"

Liu Jinya didn't expect that the two artists she met had such stomach-torturing tempers when they were inspired, so she nodded with a dry smile, and had to ask Yin Xinchang to buy some candy for Yan Zinan to eat.

Si Yan became interested, "Your friend is also busy painting, don't you want to eat?"

"Ah."

"It's okay." Si Yan comforted, "It's no big deal to be hungry~"

Liu Jinya felt wrong and couldn't refute, so she smiled and said nothing.

Lin Qiqi is a person close to Si Yan, and she is qualified to speak. After hearing it, she was dissatisfied, "You are not only hungry, but every time you draw inspiration, you don't want to eat. Are you sorry for me? I cook so hard, It's fine if you don't say thank you, but you still want me to coax you to eat, it's too much..."

Liu Jinya wanted to pretend not to hear the awkward quarrel between the young wives, and to filter out the soft and coquettish resentment from her ears.

Zhong Yuxiao didn't deserve a beating, and the whole process was quiet, and at this moment, there was resonance, "That's right, cooking is very hard."

Liu Jinya sighed and complained silently in her heart:

Baby, the only hard work in our family is the electric saucepan and bread machine.

Fortunately, Si Yan didn't know the truth. Seeing that Lin Qiqi had an ally, she thought that she had aroused the anger of the "chefs", so she shrank her body and obediently promised, "It won't happen in the future."

"Yeah." Lin Qiqi smiled and said aggressively, "You ordered so many dishes, you have to finish them."

Si Yan agreed, picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat without feeling tired and unafraid. Halfway through the meal, she rolled her eyes and suggested, "Qiqi, how about we take some food and go to the studio to visit friends? They came all the way from L City , We are guests, we can't just patronize ourselves, we need to be more enthusiastic!"

Lin Qiqi didn't hear anything wrong, she nodded in confusion, "Okay."

Liu Jinya saw that Si Yan was so troublesome, and wanted to say that she didn't need to trouble her to take care of her. Before she could say anything, Zhong Yuxiao pinched the hand under the table.

She turned her head and saw Zhong Yuxiao shaking her head to signal her not to speak too much.

Although she didn't understand why, Liu Jinya respected Zhong Yuxiao's opinion, and after Si Yan called the waiter to deliver the menu, she helped to order, and asked for the beef porridge to be put in a cup with a straw, for fear that Yan Zinan would not stop Out of the studio for dinner.

The hotel's service is very good, she met all her requirements, and even sent a thermos.

When walking out of the hotel, Si Yan secretly sent a message asking Liu Jinya, "Is your friend still painting?"

"It should be, what's wrong?"

"Great, when Qiqi sees that your friend also forgot to eat, she will know that I'm not the only one like this, so stop scolding me~"

Liu Jinya couldn't laugh or cry.

It turned out that this was the idea.

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The hotel was far away, and it took them two hours to go back and forth after a meal.So much time has passed, Yan Zinan's painting has just taken shape, Yin Xinchang squinted beside him in a daze, yawning from sleepiness and remembering to breathe lightly, tears came out.

It was inconvenient for Liu Jinya to go in like this, so she sent a message to ask Yin Xinchang to come out, and handed over the thermos cup, "This is beef porridge. Yan Zinan took some time to drink."

Seeing that the heat was dissipating, Yin Xinchang pursed his lips and burst out, "I'll just feed Zi Nan."

Liu Jinya was dumbfounded.

Si Yan secretly laughed at the side, "Oh, there are so many similarities between me and your friend."

"Ah?" Yin Xinchang didn't understand, tilted his head and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

It means another pair of little lilies.

Liu Jinya didn't say anything, but patted Yin Xinchang's shoulder, "Go."

"Hey~" striding to go in, the footsteps were chaotic, almost hitting the frame, the moment the door was pushed open, it was like a quiet girl possessed, becoming cautious, the toe of the shoe was not stepped on, but slowly looking for it The location is pasted.

It was because the delay in opening and closing the door was too long, Si Yan clearly saw Yan Zinan's unfinished work, her eyes widened, and she suddenly stretched out her foot to block the door.

Yin Xinchang didn't put in much effort, but was startled by the vibration at hand, almost spilled the porridge, curled his lips unhappily, and silently asked, "What are you doing?"

"Go~" Si Yan urged, "The porridge is getting cold."

In just a few seconds, the porridge couldn't be cold, and Yin Xinchang cared more about Si Yan's talkativeness, so he made a gesture of silence with his finger around his mouth, and walked in.When he got near the drawing board, Yin Xinchang wanted to poke Yan Zinan, but after thinking about the angle for a long time, he couldn't do it, so he raised his hand and brought the straw to his mouth.

Yan Zinan finally moved his eyes away from the drawing board, took the cup after hesitating for a moment, walked to the side and sat down to eat.

The person standing in front moved away, Si Yan saw the painting more clearly, but she was still not satisfied, she knocked on the door to ask for permission to go in, walked to the front and wandered around the semi-finished painting, frowning and touching her chin to think seriously, After a long while, he choked out a sentence, "You really haven't signed a contract?"

Yan Zinan nodded and replied calmly, "No one wants to accept my paintings."

Si Yan raised her eyebrows, "Someone must have bullied you."

Yan Zinan didn't speak.

"Are you interested in this exhibition?" Si Yan took out the flyer from her pocket, spread out the folds, and handed it over politely, "The participants are all young people, the scale is not big, but it is selected in the art fair in the city The Central Office has been promoting and campaigning for half a year, and many people must have read it."

Yan Zinan looked at it seriously and said, "Do you want to sign a contract?"

"Your level is quite good!" Si Yan said, "Oh...by the way, I want five paintings. If they are not suitable at that time, I may ask for a replacement. You'd better prepare more. Do you still have your works in L City? ?”

Yan Zinan was very calm: "It's okay, there is still half a month before the deadline for registration, I can draw a dozen or so."

Si Yan's eyes widened even wider.

"It's not just painting casually." Yan Zinan explained a little more, "I didn't have the conditions before, and I couldn't paint many things I wanted to paint. Now that I have materials and a studio, I don't want to waste the opportunity."

"No conditions..." Si Yan bit her lip, and looked down at the custom-made diamond ring on her hand.

Yan Zinan didn't feel miserable, she wiped her mouth and hands after hastily eating a bowl of porridge, "I'm sorry, I have to continue painting, and sign a contract with the gallery as soon as possible to continue using this studio."

"Oh my god!" Si Yan covered her heart and looked at Yan Zinan, her eyes were flushed, tears were already in her eyes.

Even if she was not the person involved, Liu Jinya was still a little moved when she saw this picture of young artists admiring each other—this is the power of art and dreams, no matter rich or poor, as long as the painter holds a brush and has something he wants to express, he can be in any situation. Adversity can be overcome.

Si Yan changed her name and changed her surname to start again, while Yan Zinan was suppressed and rushed to City A to look for opportunities.

People who work hard for their dreams deserve respect and admiration.

Liu Jinya is more emotional.I sighed a small composition in my heart.

however……

Si Yan's next sentence was: "Why don't you find someone to raise?"

Everyone in the room: "..."

In order to prove that she was speaking from the facts, Si Yan dragged Lin Qiqi to her side, and showed off a wave of smiles, "My Qiqi is doing well, cook for me, encourage me, and give me pocket money!"

Lin Qiqi was embarrassed, struggled to hide behind Si Yan, blushed and whispered, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

It was Zhong Yuxiao who responded quickly, avoiding such embarrassing topics and asked directly, "Can you talk about the exhibition?"

"Oh! Someone will talk about the precautions, I'll go and say something nice for you first." Si Yan is impatient, "Go now, it's best to find Lao Zhou, and it's okay if you don't meet the curator..."

Lin Qiqi was led away, and she still remembers waving to them, "Bye bye."

Soft and cute.

Liu Jinya raised the corners of her mouth when she saw it, even if the other party didn't need it, she sent Zhong Yuxiao to the elevator on the floor where the studio was located, and then came back and talked to Yan Zinan about the most important business, "You are in a hurry to draw for signing a contract and signing up for an exhibition If so...will you go back to City L tonight?"

"No more." Yan Zinan frowned, put down her brush and immediately asked Yin Xinchang, "Can I borrow your phone to refund the ticket?"

Yin Xinchang hurriedly said, "I'm not going back either, let's go back together."

Liu Jinya was very relieved to see Yan Zinan being so determined: It seems that Yan Zinan has found the way to go, and after confirming it, he went down without hesitation.

The chicken soup she drank was always rotten when she tasted it carefully.

"Refund as soon as possible to avoid system and network failures," Yan Zinan urged, "There is no way to refund when the time comes, and it is a waste of money."

It turned out that the firm reason was that I was worried that the ticket would not be refunded.

Liu Jinya didn't have the strength to sigh this time, so she thought in a good direction—very good, now artists are starting to think about all kinds of problems, and they won't be so unearthly in painting anymore.

However, she thought that the two little girls would stay in City A for a long time, so she couldn't hold back the habit of nagging, and told her a few more words, "If you have time, you can change to a hotel closer to the painting garden. It will be much more convenient for you to live here. I'm not familiar with you, so be careful, and ask Assistant Sun if you don't understand."

Yan Zinan nodded silently, Yin Xinchang muttered impatiently while eating the lollipop, "I know..."

Zhong Yuxiao glared.

"I know~" The words were still the same, but Yin Xinchang's tone was much gentler, and his smile was bright and lovely.

Liu Jinya didn't want to continue to babble to be annoying, but when she thought about it carefully, she always felt that there was something she couldn't finish explaining, "During dinner, you go back to the hotel to eat, and by the way, renew the room for two days. There are a lot of things these days , I think you don’t need to rush to find another hotel to move, and you can consider it after signing the contract.”

Yin Xinchang's mind was already distracted, his eyes were empty.

Yan Zinan was quite obedient, and when she was rubbing the pen, she took the time to answer, "Okay."

"Is there anything else?" Even though Liu Jinya knew that they might be impatient, she couldn't control her old mother's worried mood. "Do you want us to help bring things? Send something from L City?"

Yin Xinchang thought for a moment, but he really said something.

Facing Zhong Yuxiao.

"You have to speak for me." Yin Xinchang explained carefully, "Tell me that I am here to develop the art industry."

Zhong Yuxiao's face was expressionless, "Oh, I said you are doing odd jobs in a gallery, so it's more believable."

Yin Xinchang was a little unconvinced when he heard it, and he was a little timid when facing the firm Zhong Yuxiao. After careful consideration of the two arguments, he had to admit that what Zhong Yuxiao said was very reasonable, and nodded sullenly, "That's okay, anyway. Let my mother believe that I am doing business in City A."

"Ah."

Liu Jinya couldn't speak, and watched the two of them talking silently.

"You guys are going back by train at night, go back and collect your things." Yin Xinchang felt that too many people in the studio would affect Yan Zinan, and urged, "Bye bye~ Go back and play with you guys~"

Liu Jinya thought it was right, said goodbye and immediately left with Zhong Yuxiao.

Zhong Yuxiao was puzzled, "Why are you in such a hurry all of a sudden?"

"The train departs after eight o'clock in the evening." Liu Jinya looked at the time on her phone, "There is still time to pack up after dinner, we still have an afternoon, let's go shopping?"

"it is good."

"Where do you want to go?"

Zhong Yuxiao took out her mobile phone and checked, "Shall we go to the riverside? It's dark and early, so we can take a look at the night view before going back to the hotel."

Of course Liu Jinya agreed.

When Zhong Yuxiao was about to put away her mobile phone, a call came in, interrupting her progress.

The screen was reflective, and Liu Jinya didn't see the caller ID clearly, and Zhong Yuxiao turned around in the blink of an eye.

"Work phone." Zhong Yuxiao walked five or six steps away, covering her mouth and speaking in a low voice.

Is it because the wind will make the other party hard to hear?

Liu Jinya was puzzled for a moment, but didn't pay much attention to it. She looked up how to get to the river by herself, and read the thousands of words of other people's strategy before waiting for Zhong Yuxiao to come back. She asked curiously, "Who is it? Is there any trouble at work?"

Zhong Yuxiao shook her head, "No, let's go."

Liu Jinya faintly felt that something was wrong, and she wanted to ask again, but was held by her hand. She felt Zhong Yuxiao's fingertips pinching her palm lightly, and her mind moved accordingly. Looking at Zhong Yuxiao's bright eyes again, she swallowed everything Go down, follow obediently, and comfort yourself in your heart:

It's only been a few hours in City A, don't think about it, it's fun.

The author has something to say: make trouble (*/ω＼*)