After more than half an hour, the old lady stopped talking.
Jian Yuelan hasn't stopped writing yet.
She painted seriously. The old lady didn't care about the painting at first and was immersed in memories.
Lin Qingyuan saw it. He looked at Jian Yuelan's drawings one by one.
Not only are there characters, but there are also scenes.
Even the swing frame and flowers and plants described by the old lady were drawn.
"The scene reappears, this is the real scene reenactment——"
He murmured, and the old lady, who was addicted to memories, came back to her senses and looked over after hearing his words.
Seeing this made her burst into tears.
"Rongrong, my Rongrong."
She wanted to touch the face of the person in the painting with trembling hands, but Lin Qingyuan quickly stopped her, "Wait a moment, Comrade Jian hasn't finished the painting yet, so don't disturb Comrade Jian."
"Yes, you can't disturb Comrade Jane."
The old lady calmed down instantly and looked at Jian Yuelan, fearing that she would disturb her.
In fact, her worries were unnecessary. When Jian Yuelan was in working mode, her mind was completely undisturbed by the outside world.
Twenty minutes later, she stopped writing.
"Okay! That's great, so expressive -"
The old lady sighed repeatedly and shed tears.
Jian Yuelan didn't want to make the old lady cry. She put down her pen and wanted to comfort her. Lin Qingyuan was faster than her and successfully calmed the old lady after making some jokes.
"I'm sorry, I got a little excited and made my little comrade laugh."
The old lady wiped her tears and looked at Jian Yuelan with an apologetic look on her face.
She smiled and said, "You are serious."
"You are a good boy."
The old lady patted her hand and said warmly, "I have a heartfelt request, and I hope you will agree."
"You say."
It would have been impossible for anyone else, Jian Yuelan, to agree so readily, but this old lady was different.
She couldn't refuse a family full of loyalty, and a family of heroes deserved admiration.
"As long as I can do it, I will do my best."
It's not that serious, he is an honest kid.
The old lady smiled, shook her hand and said, "In addition to the photo and the one you drew, can you add a family portrait?"
Jian Yuelan understood what her old man meant, "Do you want to add your son and daughter-in-law to the list?"
The old lady hummed and nodded, "Yes, but you have to describe your son and daughter-in-law to me."
"good."
Then, after recalling her grandchildren and daughter-in-law, the old lady began to recall her son and daughter-in-law.
The old lady’s son and daughter-in-law passed away nearly twenty years ago. It was so long ago that her memory was a little blurred, which made the process described by the old lady not very smooth.
Fortunately, the old man who returned home midway joined in after asking Lin Qingyuan to find out what happened.
The two old people recalled together, corrected and supplemented each other, and Jian Yuelan finally drew the voices and smiles of the other six protagonists in the family portrait.
It seemed like she had no bottom, but when the old man and the old lady saw the tears bursting again, they must have been expressive.
After the two elderly people completely calmed down, Jian Yuelan invited two more people to be on-site models. After asking them clearly about their requirements for a family portrait, he drew another family portrait.
After liberation, the old lady and gentleman stayed in Beijing, Mingzhu and other places due to work reasons, and later came to Anseong.
They have been to many places over the years, but the one they remember most is the house they lived in in Mingzhu City. At that time, the old man and his wife’s son and daughter-in-law were all there.
It's a real family reunion.
Jian Yuelan created this family portrait based on the girdle house in their memories.
She has not forgotten the details of the top of the mountain, the double courtyards, the ceremonial gates, the protective walls and fences, and the clamshell windows.
Thanks to her for studying the difference between a guanhuan house and a courtyard house, otherwise this background would be really difficult to compose.
The whole family gathered in the yard. The old man was lying on a recliner with his eyes closed, and the old lady was sitting on an armchair making shoes.
Next to her were two daughters-in-law who were also working with needlework and chatting.
As for the four sons, they sat under the peach tree, played chess, read, drank tea and chatted.
In the corner of the yard, two young men, a man and a woman, were playing with a civet cat. They were the grandson and granddaughter-in-law of the old man and the old lady.
The whole painting focuses on a warm and family-friendly atmosphere.
Everyone in the painting is smiling, smiling slightly, laughing shyly, etc. The smile on each person's face is consistent with the character's personality based on the descriptions of the two elders.
The old gentleman kept wiping his tears and said with choked sobs, "This is the old life I imagined. Boss and the others are all here, and Rongrong and the others are also there."
The old lady didn't say anything, she just stared at the painting with tears in her eyes.
Then, the tears in her eyes gradually disappeared and a smile appeared on her face.
She took a deep breath, turned around and bowed deeply to Jian Yuelan, "Xiao Jian, thank you for fulfilling my dream."
A dream she couldn't even imagine.
"This is impossible, please get up quickly."
Jian Yuelan, who was caught off guard and saluted, almost went numb and hurriedly went to help the old lady.
"you're worth it."
The old gentleman also bowed, and Jian Yuelan looked desperate and wanted to cry.
"You, you, me..."
She stammered and held it in for a while, "My dad will beat me to death if he finds out."
If she asks all the loyal old gentlemen and old ladies to bow to her, her father will break her legs.
"Is your father so cruel?"
The old gentleman raised his eyebrows, his kind face became stern, and his whole demeanor instantly changed, turning into an old man full of evil spirits.
He said loudly, "If he dares to hit you, come to me and I will help you stand up for him."
Not to this extent.
"My dad is very good. He is the best father in the world."
After a pause, she explained seriously, "But you two have different identities."
The old gentleman sighed, she is a good girl.
"Do you have a partner?"
Jian Yuelan, who was caught off guard by being asked a personal question, was stunned for a moment and then said, "I'm married."
"Getting married at such a young age?"
The old lady looked pityful, "I have a good young man here, and I wanted to be a matchmaker for you."
"Since you are already married, forget it! By the way, what does your husband do?"
"They are soldiers just like your grandchildren."
"oh."
The old gentleman became interested and asked, "Serving as a soldier in Ancheng?"
"No, on the island."
Island?
The old man was thoughtful and asked the old lady, "I remember that the Tan family boy was on the island."
The old lady hummed, and Jian Yuelan had a strange premonition in her heart. The boy from the Tan family should be referring to Uncle Tan, and Uncle Tan had an old relationship with the Ye family and was once a soldier of his grandfather.
Since the old gentleman knows Uncle Tan, then——
She hesitated and said, "Do you two know Ye Lizhe?"
"know."
The old gentleman who answered subconsciously suddenly widened his eyes, "Are you the granddaughter-in-law of Old Ye Tou? Then your husband is not that bastard Ye Linxing?"
They are really acquaintances.
Jian Yuelan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What a coincidence.
She nodded, "You are right, Ye Lizhe is my grandfather and Ye Linxing is my husband."
The old man looked happy and said, "Then you have to call me and my grandpa grandma. Your grandpa and I were brothers who climbed out of the trenches."
"Hello, grandparents."
Jian Yuelan was so kind, and the two elders were so happy that they couldn't help but talk to her in detail.