Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 35 Happy Birthday

In the end, Konoe Lianghua didn't ask the question.

Because before that, Okano Yoshiko announced something in advance.

Everyone must spare some time on tomorrow's rest day. The Art Department of Beiyijuku will go to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum tomorrow for a collection.

In fact, it is more about collecting folk songs than enjoying the paintings of some contemporary painters in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

It is actually not difficult to display one's own paintings at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

Because in fact the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is a public exhibition hall, and some of the works in it are even the works of students studying in the five major art academies in Tokyo.

Through exposure to these paintings of peers who are three or four years older than me, I can find my own problems. This is the main purpose of the Beiyijuku Art Department to go to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum to collect ideas.

But in fact, the things displayed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum are only average in the eyes of Higashinoji.

It's like what he thinks is a [-]-point pass, but others see it as a [-]-point work. The levels are different, and the angles of looking at things are naturally different.

Because of this, even if he didn't want to show off much, what Higashino said was a bit arrogant in the eyes of others.

This is actually the case for a lot of people who engage in art. Obviously you feel that what you say is actually quite normal, but in the eyes of others, it has the special effects of 'looking down on all living beings' and 'everyone is rubbish except me'.

Turn the topic around.

As a public exhibition of a public nature, most of the works displayed in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum are only the works of some college students and some unknown painters. They just use the place of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum to 'gild'.

After all, in the society, if there is an item in the work qualifications list of "has exhibited paintings at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum", wouldn't the price of one's own paintings rise sharply?

So to be honest, Higashino Division is not interested in this interview.

However, gold-plating belongs to gold-plating, and it still needs some strength to open its own art exhibition in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

Because exhibiting works and developing them individually are two completely different things.

Higashinosi was fortunate enough to hold two art exhibitions in his previous life, and he was a little famous in China, so he didn't have to worry about eating and drinking.

The water in the profession of traditional painters is only deep, and deeper.

To use a word to describe it is 'drought to death from drought, flood to death from waterlogging. '

But since Yoshiko Okano said that he couldn't be absent from this event, Higashino didn't have to make fun of Yoshiko Okano, so he planned to spare tomorrow's time.

Okano Ryoko announced the matter and left.

After all, taking so many students to visit the art museum still needs to go through the formalities, and the documents from the principal have to be obtained.

After Okano Ryoko left, Higashino did not stay any longer, and his oil painting was temporarily put in the studio.After two days, or on a rest day, it would be more or less enough to come back and do two strokes.

After all, the studio of Beiyi School is closed as usual on the day off.

He leaned close to the ear of Konoe Lianghua, who was concentrating on drawing gouache, and then——'wow', which made her tremble in fright, and then left contentedly.

The storyboard of the third chapter has been considered almost, and I can get the strokes when I get home later, and call Hosokawa Koharu by the way, so that she can take the second chapter of "Midnight Ring" away.

Thinking of this, Higashino Division quickly walked home and bought a lot of ingredients along the way.

Now that I have enough money, it is naturally impossible to eat frozen bento from convenience stores all the time.

After all, seeing Chihaya Higashino's malnourished appearance made Higashino feel distressed, as if a father cared for his daughter.

While shopping, the owner Ino of the convenience store stopped Higashino with a smile and said, "Higano, I'm taking care of you, and here's this for you."

As the other party spoke, he handed over a box of exquisitely packaged snacks.

"What's the matter? Boss Ino? Why did you suddenly give me snacks?" Dong Yesi responded with a smile, and took the snacks.

This thing is not expensive, and he has no reason not to accept it.

"Huh? Isn't today your birthday?" Boss Ino said with an expression of "Why are you so indifferent": "You boy, you didn't notify me of your birthday. This gift was just picked at random. Don't be disgusted."

my birthday?

Tonoji felt a little baffled.

If he remembers correctly, the original owner's birthday should be October [-]th, and it's only July [-]th now

How come it's my birthday when I come to Boss Ino's place?

However, although he didn't quite understand what happened, but at any rate, it was Boss Ino's kindness. Higashino thanked him with a smile, and accepted it, expressing that he would definitely return the gift later.

Then Higashino walked out of the convenience store and walked towards the commercial street.

Then he felt even more inexplicable.

He has a lot of acquaintances in the commercial street, and they all come here to give gifts. Even a five or six-year-old girl who didn't have a gift came up and said 'Happy Birthday' with a smile.

"You little guys."

Higashinosi smiled and shook his head, then took out a bag of sugar from his pocket and gave them to them.

These little girls are the daughters of the bosses in the commercial street, and they usually like to play with Higashinoji the most-mainly when he plays with Higashinoji, he will leave candy for himself.

Accompanied by the cheerful child's voice of "Long live" two or three times, the little girls ran away without a trace. Dong Yesi glanced at the time, and then at the big and small bags in his hand, somewhat dumbfounded.

He basically didn't spend any money today, and basically wherever he went, someone gave him gifts.

In the commercial street, everyone's gifts are very down-to-earth.

The owner of the meat pie shop gave the minced meat patties to Higashino Tsukasa, and the fish shop owner sent four cuts of high-quality sea bream. Grandma Chiyo, the "old flower of Xiacheng Town" in the fruit shop, praised her demeanor because of Higashino Tsukasa. The same as before, so I cheerfully gave him an extra fruit basket

In addition, there are many people who give gifts.

This made Dong Yesi a little flattered.

Because today is not his birthday at all.

However, feeling the enthusiasm of these friends of different ages, Higashinosi smiled and accepted all these inexpensive but thoughtful gifts.

It's a big deal to pay back the gift later.

After exchanging pleasantries with the uncles and aunts in the commercial street, Dong Yesi returned home with his hands full.

It's just that as soon as he arrived at the door of the house, Dong Yesi heard the sound of ping, ping, pong, pong, and pong from inside the door.

It seemed that Chihaya Higashino was beating something inside.

Higashino opened the door in confusion, and entered the room with his things in his hands.

Then he saw Higashino Chihaya, sweating profusely, holding a small hammer, beating against a wooden board.

"Miss Chihaya, what are you doing?"

Higashino Tsukasa walked up to Higashino Chihaya in two steps in three steps, and pinched her palm.

Chihaya Higashino's white fingers were also oozing blood, as if they had been hit by a hammer.

"Asi is back?" Seeing that it was Higashino who came back, Higashino Chihaya threw down the hammer and grabbed him excitedly: "Isn't today Asi's birthday? I'm going to celebrate Asi's birthday!"

what?

Only then did Higashino come to his senses.

He turned his head and looked at the board that Higashino Chihaya had nailed.

It said 'Happy 17th birthday to Asi' in crooked handwriting.

Higashino took two steps back and looked at the furnishings at home.

There are colorful papers hanging around the house, which should have been bought by Chihaya Higashino from the commercial street.

That's it

It is estimated that the commercial street saw Chihaya Higashino bought so many things, so he asked a question, which is why he celebrated his wrong birthday today.

Higashino Division smiled, looking a little helpless, and seemed to have nothing to do with Higashino Chihaya.

He reached out and touched Chihaya Higashino's head:

"Thank you Miss Qianzao, I forgot, today is my birthday."

"Hey, Ah Si has always been stupid. He can't even remember his own birthday. My sister helped you remember it. Praise me!"

Higashino Chihaya laughed silly twice, seeing her like this, Higashino Tsukasa couldn't stop laughing either.

Smiling, he touched Higashino Chihaya's head again, and sighed in a complicated mood.

Recently, I haven't taken Chihaya Higashino into account, and I haven't noticed her secret preparations—I'm really stupid.

　Thanks to Su Yin Qianyin, Silent Rorschach, Chang'an Little Talent, Defeat, Drunk Asuka, and Cao Yunjin for their rewards!Thank you so much!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)