The purpose of his doing this was to prepare paper for painting for the junior students of Taiping Primary School. Such a piece of patched paper would be disdainful to the literati, so the junior students probably wouldn't care about it.
Paper is a very expensive thing. For ordinary people, painting with paper is even more of a luxury. Xie Fu used to paint on rocks and walls. Later, he became famous as a famous actress in a brothel, so he could be more generous.
drawing on paper.
Xie Fu has always been able to find the shadow of his own childhood in these young students, and he also understands the desires in their hearts.
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Early the next morning, Xie Fu walked to Taiping Primary School early as usual.
After passing Lumen, go eastward along the Suzhou River, pass Debofang, and go out of the scope of Lu City. The buildings along the bank begin to turn into bungalows with blue bricks and black tiles.
This type of residential houses run parallel to the river and alleys. The houses are close to the river, with stacked stone foundations and half-hanging rooms floating above the water. They are the most common river-side houses in Suzhou City.
There is a light layer of mist on the river in the early morning. There is a faint breeze and the mist is light and airy. It is like a quiet but smart painting. This is real. It is not a painting, but it is as beautiful and moving as a painting.
With the dawn of dawn, the mist like fairy smoke slowly dissipated, revealing the clear river water.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, the sound of rocking came. A boat was leisurely rocking by on the river. The boatman had already started his day's work. The boat docked at the river port. The women got off the boat carrying vegetables, and the men hawked directly on the boat: "Fresh."
The fish are jumping alive..."
"Pah, pah, pah."
The woman wearing a cloth skirt and a jingle hairpin squatted on the stone steps, pounding her clothes, water splashed, and the pair of embroidered shoes under her feet, which were always exquisite, got wet at some point.
The voices of women talking and joking laughter occasionally came, and I don’t know when, but the stone steps of the river port were already full of people.
Xie Fu stopped, closed his eyes, and listened to the beautiful Wu Nong's soft words, the gentle sound of water, the sound of swaying branches and leaves, and the loud shouts. He felt an inexplicable sense of comfort and joy in his heart. He just wanted to sleep in this scene forever.
Among the wonderful ink paintings...
One mile away from Lumen, this is the turning point where the Taohua River flows north. Because the angle is too large, silt accumulates here all year round. Although migrant workers spontaneously expanded the width of the river here, the fundamental problem still cannot be solved.
Xie Fu suddenly saw a figure under the river. Thinking that someone had fallen into the water, he hurriedly ran over.
After running closer, I realized that he was just wading close to the foot of the river wall. The main reason was the calmness on his body. A person who fell into the water would never be so calm and calm.
He was wearing Confucian clothes, and his hands were deep into the water to fish for something. His behavior was extremely weird. Could it be that he was fishing for shrimps? It didn't look like it.
Xie Fu came closer and asked kindly: "Brother, you have lost something, do you need help?"
Hearing the sound, the man turned his head and looked towards Xie Fu. He saw that Xie Fu was dressed in simple Confucian clothes and holding a stack of paper in his hand.
The person who caught Xie Fu's eyes had a face with clear eyebrows, bright eyes, and thin lips. However, the skin color on his face was a bit different, perhaps because he had been working outdoors all year round.
Although she was dressed in men's clothing, Xie Fu could tell at a glance that she was actually a woman, and said awkwardly: "Miss, I'm sorry, I thought you were... a man."
The woman didn't answer, turned her head away after one glance, and went deep into the water with her hands to continue fishing for things.
She was leaning against the river wall, and the water was already above her knees. Mr. Xie was worried that she would fall into the deep water without paying attention, so he asked again: "Miss, can you swim?"
The woman should not refuse to answer. Xie Fu was asking for trouble and thought to himself: "Maybe she is mute."
Xie Fu wanted to leave, but he was always worried that she would accidentally fall into deep water, so he stood and waited for a while, waiting for her to fish out something before leaving.
After standing for a while, Xie Fu suddenly felt a little cold on his face, and it was raining.
Fu Xie hurriedly spread out his clothes, covered the paper with his clothes to keep out the rain, and said to the woman under the river: "Miss, please be more careful, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." He hugged the paper and walked towards Taiping.
He ran in the direction of the small school.
The woman looked sideways in the direction where Xie Fu was running, and what she saw was an embarrassed man running hurriedly in the rain with a piece of paper in his arms. She didn't look back until the figure disappeared from her sight, and took out a stick from the water.
Measuring rod.
The rain was not heavy, but the paper was useless if it got wet. Xie Fu ran into the Taiping School and stood under the eaves before taking the paper out of his clothes. Fortunately, the paper did not get wet.
Xie Fu walked into the school. When the boy saw Xie Fu suddenly appeared, he immediately started shouting, "Sir is here."
Their voices were full of joy, and their eyes were fixed on Mr. Xie who finally appeared. They forgot to stand up and salute until Mr. Xie reached the center of the podium. Instead, Mr. Xie leaned forward slightly and saluted, "Sir, I'm late. I apologize to you."
The students reacted immediately and stood up to salute. Xie Fu raised his hand to signal them all to sit down and said with a smile: "But today, Mr. brought something specially, which is considered compensation."
Someone asked: "Sir, what did you bring?"
"Paper, sir, I will teach you how to draw today. Are you interested?"
It is the nature of children to like to draw. Compared with words, patterns can give these children who have not yet had a complete world view a more intuitive feeling, and students are eager to respond.
Suddenly someone asked again: "Student, are you still telling stories today? You didn't finish telling your story yesterday."
Xie Fuying said: "Okay, then I won't read poetry or practice calligraphy today. I'll finish telling the story first."
"Last time, we talked about the princess of Qi Marquis marrying to Wei Marquis and becoming the mother of the country..."
After Mr. Xie finished telling the story, he taught them how to paint...
"Sir, what should I draw?"
"You can draw whatever you want in your heart."
"I want to draw my house, but I don't know how."
"Okay, let me teach you, what does your home look like?"
"A house."
"Then draw a house."
"There is also a small river at the door."
"Then draw a small river like this."
"There are also trees planted by the river."
"Then draw some trees like this."
"Sir, sir, come and teach me how to draw. I want to draw in the room with my father and mother."
"Sir, teach me too..."
The school quickly became noisy...
One side teaches with great care, the other side has strong interest, and both sides don't realize that time has passed. Xie Fu suddenly thought that the time for this class has passed long ago, and exclaimed: "Oops."
The primary school students were very concerned, "Sir, what happened?"
Seeing their worried expressions, Mr. Xie comforted them with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay. That's it for today. If you haven't finished the painting yet, go home and finish it again. Sir, he's leaving."
The primary school students immediately stood up and said, "Sir, walk slowly."
He watched Mr. Xie leave with reluctant eyes.
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