Tranquility

Seeing that Tangning was fascinated by watching, Tang Mu knew that he liked it very much, so he said happily, "I did it according to what you said. Let's see if it's okay. I haven't polished it yet. If you look at it well, I'll polish it for you tomorrow." Light it up."

Tangning said, "Not only the outside, but also the inside has to be smoothed. Let me do it. This job takes time. I don't have anything to do at night."

Tang Mu thought for a while, this job didn't cost much, he would grind it a bit first, and the rest would be easy, so he didn't object.Although he loves his younger brother, he will not spoil his younger brother so much that he can't do any work. Children in rural areas have to do some work within their ability since they were young. Parents may not let their children read and write, nor teach them to be human. It makes sense, but they will unconsciously let their children know that they can only eat if they are hardworking and willing to suffer.People in the village can't get used to lazy people, so although Zhang Ergou is rich and powerful, he can't be the village chief, and the villagers don't accept him.

Tangning can't wait to start grinding now, and he can't wait to get all the materials ready right now, so that he can paint and earn money right away. He has been thinking about this for the past two days, from how to prepare materials to what to paint, and how to paint it. Shocked as a heavenly being or something, I often get hot-headed when I think about it, and I am so excited that I can't sleep.

However, the ideal is very full and the reality is very skinny. Oil painting is a money-burning business in modern times with a well-developed chemical industry; it is even more difficult to paint oil paintings in ancient times when there was nothing.In particular, his family was still at the bottom of the society, and they couldn't afford to light oil lamps at night, and they had to use oil for cooking. If he dared to put oil in colored soil, his father would dare to shoot him to death.

Regarding painting, Tangning hesitated for a long time, and even thought about retreating.As an excellent art student, he is very clear about what materials are needed for oil painting and how to configure materials. Many famous painters use materials that they configure by themselves, but those materials more or less use chemical substances, such as lead monoxide And so on, these are impossible to get in this ancient times.Moreover, he couldn't afford the materials that were available in ancient times.

Just when Tangning figured it out and was about to give up, his father and second brother had a violent fight. The reason was that second brother wanted to start a business, but his father firmly disagreed.Tang Ning also knew Carpenter Tang's thoughts. He was a worker, a farmer, a businessman, and his family had no status in the village. Many things could not be said at all. If he was a merchant, he would be even lower.But Tang Yun wasn't born to be a carpenter. Entrepreneurship was the way he liked and seemed to be the most talented. Besides, Tangning didn't have that much in his heart. Therefore, he supported his second brother very much and advised him not to give up. .

However, without the support of Carpenter Tang, it would be difficult for Tang Yun to raise the capital to do business.But the three brothers all felt that this matter was not urgent. Tang Yun was only nine years old, and he was not in such a hurry to venture out. He had a lot of time to save money, and he had already figured out some skills in hunting. He harvested almost every day, and occasionally he was lucky. Encounter unusual rarities like foxes.However, within a few days, the three brothers all felt that things were a bit tricky. If all the money from the sale of the prey went to Tang Yun, it would be easy to save money, but the money from the sale had to be handed over, and sometimes they didn’t need to handle it. Carpenter Tang went to I sold it while working in the town.

When the three brothers were in trouble, things took a turn for the better. Tang Yun picked up a family official in the town who had just returned home. His family was originally a wealthy family in the town, and he had been a fifth-rank official for half his life. , Eat very delicately, Tang Yun's fresh prey is sold to his family for more money than others, and his family also allows Tang Yun to supply it for a long time, buying as much as he can, Tang Yun takes the difference from the price, and finally saves some money.But the money may be enough to live, but it is far from enough to do business.

Seeing that the corners of the second brother's mouth were blistered, Tangning gritted her teeth and briefly explained to her two brothers his plan to make money from painting.Tang Ning's plan was not detailed, and he took it for granted. He planned to use the simplest materials for painting. Although the effect would not be as good as before, it was a new painting method and it was realistic. Someone would definitely buy it.The two elder brothers considered for a long time, and decided to trust their younger brother, and took out the money to support his younger brother's painting.

Tang Ning planned to start with making some free materials, and try to paint, and spend money after the effect is good.Just like this paint, Tangning decided not to buy paint powder, but to make it by herself first.In fact, he had never used homemade paint in his previous life, firstly, it was unnecessary, and secondly, he was not interested either.However, his girlfriend, who is in the same class as him, likes homemade paints very much. When I went out to sketch with him, I always took home some brightly colored things. It was because of his indifferent attitude that the friend decided to break up.Unexpectedly, one day, he would also start to make his own paints. Fortunately, his girlfriend talked a lot at the time, and he also memorized it. Combining the simple principles in the book, he has now made up a few basic colors, and he only needs to add flax. Oil to see if it changes color.

Seeing that his elder brother was grinding the palette vigorously with weeds, Tangning suddenly thought that palettes and drawing boards must be painted with linseed oil. The linseed oil thing.To be on the safe side, he asked Tang Yundao:

"Second brother, we should have flax here, right?"

"Well, our place is most suitable for growing flax, and there are large areas in the mountains."

"Is there any linseed oil?"

"It should be. I heard that some people use linseed oil for cooking, but there are few people here who eat it. There should be some oil shops in the town."

"Is it expensive?"

"It should be cheaper than vegetable oil, and flax is very cheap. Tomorrow, the second brother will go to the town to have a look, and he will definitely be able to afford it."

"Second brother, how much money do we have now?"

"For 420 Liuwen, you can buy 21 catties of high-quality pork."

Tang Mu suddenly remembered something, put down his palette, and took out a bunch of money from his pocket, "Today, Dad gave me two hundred Wen, saying it was to buy paper and pen for the cat."

Tang Yun took the money and found another place to hide it. Tangning watched from the sidelines and chuckled. The second brother's ability to hide money increases with the amount of money. Now in their room, the top, bottom, and side of the wall They are all hiding money, Tangning thought, when the second brother earns a lot of money in the future, how should he hide the money? Could it be that he spread the gold all over the yard and covered it with soil to grow flowers?

Tang Yun saw that his younger brother was not knowing what he was doing, so he pretended to ask questions. Naturally, Tangning would not tell him, the two of them were fighting, and finally they were held down by the elder brother, before they fell asleep.

On the second night, Tang Yun brought back a large bucket of linseed oil, bought for five Wen, which was really cheap.The children in the family made a lot of noise, so it is logical that the carpenter should take care of them, but the fields are busy recently, Mrs. Tang will give birth in two months, and he is very busy, so he has no time to take care of the three children. It made Tangning and the others feel more at ease.

So Tangning boldly experimented with paints. After several days of experimentation, she managed to make out the colors of earthy yellow, golden earthy yellow, earthy green, and black. Some of them couldn't be stored for a long time.These are definitely not enough, so I had to spend money to buy some basic colors of red and blue pigment powder.Sure enough, the pigments bought with money are better, and most of them can be well integrated with linseed oil.

Regardless of the process, Tangning happily drew an apple on the wooden board that had been prepared earlier, the effect was good and very realistic.The more Tangning looked at it, the more satisfied she was. She planned to show it to her husband the next day. Whenever she thought of Mr. Tomorrow's shocked and excited expression, Tangning would feel elated.

Unexpectedly, the next day, when Tangning was full of confidence and showed off the painting in front of her husband, she was severely poured cold water by him.

"You can be regarded as a painting? You are full of craftsmanship. You are worthy of being born in a carpenter's family. You are born with craftsmanship. Do you know what is meant by painting? Do you know what are the six methods of using a brush? Have you read "Ancient Paintings Record" 》What? Dare to draw without knowing anything, and turn your tail when you draw a fruit. What's the use of drawing like it? Can I see the artistic conception from it?"

The gentleman was furious and spoke very harshly. He never used people's background to talk about things. He actually said it today. It can be seen that he was really angry.Tang Ning was completely chilled by this series of questioning. What made him feel chilled was not that the painting was not recognized, but that the husband, as an ancient man, did not approve of this painting. Then his plan to sell paintings to make money probably wouldn't work. For the past half a month, the hard work of the brothers, all the money spent was in vain. Without this road, how would the second brother save money? Tangning suddenly felt that the future was bleak, and the sky seemed to be gray.

"You want to learn painting before you learn how to write? How old are you? If you don't hold the pen firmly, you are too ambitious. If you want to learn painting, will I teach you? Figures, landscapes, fine brushwork, freehand brushwork, which one do you want to learn? I will teach you. What, do you need to learn it by yourself? Do you know that some painting methods are wrong and you can't change them for the rest of your life?" The gentleman let out a sigh of relief, seeing Tang Ning's pathetic look, his heart softened a little. In fact, Tang Ning's paintings are not useless. But he pursues similarity in form rather than in spirit, and he has already fallen behind in terms of realm, and he is complacent about it, Yelang is arrogant, this is absolutely unacceptable, and he will be woken up with a heavy hammer at the beginning, so he speaks more seriously, Seeing that Tangning's aura has been weakened, the gentleman said in a soft tone:

"However, your painting has some merits. It imitates Western paintings, but it is a little more spiritual than Western paintings, and it can be saved."

Hearing Western paintings, Tangning's ears twitched. She came back to her senses and asked eagerly, "Western paintings, what Western paintings? Did they come from overseas?"

The gentleman narrowed his eyes, "Have you never seen Western paintings?"

Tangning hurriedly replied, "I've seen a painting like this in the town, but I don't know it's a Western painting."

Think about it, sir, Cangping County is part of Weihai City, in the northeast direction of Dazhao, it is not far from the sea, not too far from the capital, and it is an important traffic route, where merchants often pass by with some Western goods. Western paintings are not surprising, so he nodded, and then asked:

"Why do you suddenly want to paint Western paintings?"

Tangning was already overwhelmed by the aura of the husband, and besides, he also wanted someone to help out with an idea. Undoubtedly, the husband was the best candidate, so he honestly thought that the second brother wanted to start a business, and he wanted to draw some novel paintings to make money The plan told Mr.

The master listened, thought for a while, and said: "You have a good idea, and it's a good thing to respect brothers and friends, but you can't do this kind of painting anymore, and those who buy western paintings don't go for the painting method. "As he spoke, he gave Tang Ning a sideways glance.

Tang Ning's back tightened, and he immediately thought that there was a period of religious oil paintings popular in classical oil paintings, and the Virgin Mary was naked. He was afraid that the very tough gentleman in his bones would say something scary, so he interrupted bravely, "Sir, don't blame me for supporting Second brother is in business?"

Fortunately, I don’t know if my husband also thinks it’s immoral to say this to a child, so he changed the subject.

"Business is the general trend. The current emperor has been in power for more than ten years, the government is clear, the people live in peace and prosperity, and there is a little surplus. Although pirates are rampant, the emperor has never imposed a sea ban. The function is to communicate with the countries on the sea, which is very beneficial to the dynasty. Besides, the weather has been good these years, the court encourages widows to remarry, the population increases, and there is not so much land to plant, so the surplus population will eventually have to do business. Believe After a while, the emperor will improve the status of merchants, and naturally the tax revenue will definitely be higher."

Tangning understood a little bit. This dynasty is very similar to the middle and late Ming Dynasty in the previous life. The population increased, and there were more people doing business. They just started to contact the western countries, and some officials went to sea. After listening to the lecture given by Mr. a few days ago, this dynasty It should be that a certain dynasty in the previous life started to go astray, and there were more celebrities who were not in the history of the previous life, but the Four Books and Five Classics are the same.

Tangning was about to ask a few more questions when Sister Cheng walked in with a food box.As soon as she entered the door, she saw that Tangning's complexion was not good, so she asked concerned, "Why is her complexion so bad, but is she sick?"

Tangning was worried that her painting was not unique anymore, and the plan she had been thinking about for a long time was going to go to waste, so she forced a smile and said, "I drew a painting today, and my husband thinks it's not good."

Sister Cheng was curious: "Let me see."

Tangning pointed to the small wooden board. Sister Cheng looked at it and praised, "It's so beautiful, it looks real."

Seeing that Sister Cheng didn't seem to be comforting him, Tangning felt better and regained a little confidence.But the husband snorted dissatisfiedly at the side. Sister Cheng ignored him and continued: "From now on, Brother Tang will draw more beautiful pictures to relieve my sister's boredom. My sister is only facing Aunt Li at home, which is very boring."

Tangning nodded hastily. It's still her older sister who has the highest grades, and she can always embarrass her husband. Thinking of being scolded a lot by her husband today, she couldn't help but say to Sister Cheng:

"Sister Cheng, I got a good thing recently, it will take a while to get it, and I will give it to you when the time comes, you must like it very much." He said and glanced at Mr.

Sister Cheng smiled and rolled her eyes, "What is it, so mysterious, can't I say it now?"

Mr. sat on the chair and turned sideways, thinking disdainfully, after a month of heavy snow, the school will be closed, see if you can still come.

When Tang Ning saw Mr.'s behavior, she knew that Mr. must not like him again. A few days ago, the second brother said that Zhang Dezhu's dog was pregnant, so he thought of giving one to Sister Cheng to save her from being alone all the time. It's no wonder that I'm in a good mood. Having a puppy with me can make my sister feel lonely. Girls love these furry animals the most. I don't know how happy my sister Cheng will be when the time comes. My husband will definitely die of anger.

Unfortunately, before Tangning heard the news of Zhang Dezhu's dog giving birth, he first heard the news that his stepmother was going to have a baby. He was a little confused, isn't there still two months left?