rebirth all over again

Chen Xiaoyun quickly ran to Grandpa Xi's house, seeing that Grandpa Xi was really planning to order some noodles to make do with it.

Chen Xiaoyun refused to let him hang out, and dragged him to the house, telling him to go drink with his grandfather.

After hearing this, Grandpa Xi didn't intend to make do with it himself. Usually, he would ask Grandpa Chen to drink with him when he caught game in the mountains by himself, and came home with Chen Xiaoyun without refusing.

Grandpa Xi looked at the food on the table, hey, it's not bad, sit down and taste it, it tastes good, it's almost the same as what he eats in restaurants outside.

"Mr. Chen, I didn't post it before. Your mother-in-law is a good handicraft. Next time I catch her, I will come directly to your house." In the countryside, people always call their wives their mother-in-law. Grandpa Xi thought it was Grandma Chen who did it.

"Haha, you are wrong, this is made by Chen Zhu in my room." Grandpa Chen showed off with a hahaha laugh.

"Chen Zhu made it. He is capable and skilled." Grandpa Xi gave Chen Zu a thumbs up while eating a mouthful of braised rabbit.

Chen Zhu blushed and explained, "I'm still taught by Xiao Yunzi"

Now the whole family looked at Chen Xiaoyun, and Chen Xiaoyun ate and said, "Look at what I'm doing, I just watched TV in Teacher Chen's room and saw it. I remembered it and told Yao Dad, and Yao Dad made it to show me. Yao dad can do it"

The three adults all laughed, Grandpa Xi looked at Chen Xiaoyun, and felt that this child hadn't paid much attention to him before, so he looked carefully, um... not bad, this child is a blessed one.

Said to Grandpa Chen who was drinking, "This Yunwazi is a blessed one, you two still miss his happiness for the second time."

Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen were very happy to hear that, and Grandma Chen kept saying: Then I will accept your good words from Grandpa Xi.

Grandpa Chen also picked up the wine glass and asked Grandpa Xi to drink... drink and eat meat.

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After drinking, Chen Zhu made a cup of strong tea for the two of them. Both of them drank a little too much. The sorghum baijiu he made himself was very pure and strong.

Strong tea can soothe the hangover a little bit. This tea is also grown in the house. It is not as good as the one sold outside, but it is still okay to drink by yourself.

Chen Xiaoyun sat on the sidelines and listened to where the two grandpas were setting up a battle. After talking about the weather, they talked about the crops, after talking about the crops, they talked about the poultry at home, and after talking about the poultry, they suddenly talked about the children at home.

Grandpa Xi said that his grandson would come to accompany him during the winter vacation, and also spend the Spring Festival with him. Grandpa Xi's son basically didn't spend the Spring Festival at home.

Grandpa Xi's grandson is 14 years old. His name is Xi Mohan.

Chen Xiaoyun remembered that they met several times in their previous life, but the two of them didn't say much. When Xi Mohan came to Xi Grandpa, he just stayed at home and rarely came out to play. When he came out, he went to the mountains with his grandfather to herd sheep.

Chen Xiaoyun suddenly thought that he planned to learn calligraphy from Grandpa Xi, so now is the right time to talk about it.

Chen Xiaoyun moved the stool next to Grandpa Xi, raised her head and looked at him with wide eyes.

Grandpa Xi turned his head to look at him, his eyes beckoning to ask him what's the matter?

Chen Xiaoyun said a little embarrassedly, "Grandpa Xi, can I learn to write calligraphy from you?"

"You want to learn to write calligraphy with me. You have to know that learning this requires hardship and patience. Have you persisted?" Grandpa Xi was surprised that the child wanted to learn calligraphy from him. Children have never learned calligraphy, and learning calligraphy is very hard. Most of them can't bear the hardship and don't have the patience.

Chen Xiaoyun stood up, "I'll stick to it, and I'm not afraid of suffering, Grandpa Xi, just teach me." Chen Xiaoyun is afraid of everything, but he is not afraid of hardship, and he has enough patience. In his previous life, he had enough hardship and patience to be admitted as a maintenance engineer. .

"Okay, why don't you try it with me first. If you persist, I'll teach you. If you can't persist, I can't help you." Seeing his serious expression, Grandpa Xi agreed.

"You go to the rest meeting now. I'll wait for you at home in the afternoon." Grandpa Xi drank the wine, and the alcohol was a little strong, so he planned to go home for a rest meeting. After talking to Grandpa Chen, he went home.

Chen Xiaoyun jumped up happily after hearing this, and hurried to wash her face and feet, and then went to bed to take a nap.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Xiaoyun got up and got dressed, and after telling his family, he was going to learn calligraphy at Grandpa Xi's house across the street.

As soon as I was about to go out, I was stopped by Grandpa Chen, "When you go to your grandpa Xi's house, you must be obedient and don't be mischievous (trickster), you are going to learn it yourself, so you have to persevere, don't feel a little bit hard and stop learning, in that case I'm going to hit you." Grandpa Chen was still worried about his grandson, fearing that he would be impatient, so he cashed him out.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely learn from it," Chen Xiaoyun assured Grandpa Chen.

In my previous life, my handwriting was poor, and I didn’t have the money to buy a pen to contact the notebook, let alone contact the copybook. After I went out, my handwriting had already been finalized, and I didn’t want to change it again. It’s just that when I signed the form at work, I was too old. It's being laughed at.At that time, I was still thinking about buying some copybooks and going home to connect the words properly, but in the end I was back to the present.

It would be a fool not to seize such a good opportunity now.

When he arrived at Grandpa Xi's house, Grandpa Xi was already up, and even the things he needed were ready.

Grandpa Xi took him behind the desk to finish, but Chen Xiaoyun was still a three-headed body after all, sitting on a chair couldn't reach the desk, so Chen Xiaoyun just knelt on the chair, which was just right.

Grandpa Xi saw him kneeling on the chair, so he went to the bedroom and brought him a pillow similar to a throw pillow for him to put on the chair so that his knees would not hurt.

Chen Xiaoyun looked at the desk, the white paper, brush, inkstone, and ink were all ready.

"When you are just learning, write with ink, and grind the ink after you have mastered the basics," he said while pouring the ink into the inkstone.

Picked up another brush and wrote the word 'country' on a piece of white paper,

Grandpa Xi told Chen Xiaoyun that to learn brush calligraphy, he must first learn to write Chinese characters, and the traditional Chinese characters of the country contain the strokes of any character.

After I finished writing, I stood next to Chen Xiaoyun and taught him how to sit and hold the brush, holding his hand while half pregnant and writing together.

"Remember it, just write it according to this stroke" after writing this character.

Chen Xiaoyun picked up the pen and started to write, but writing by himself was different from writing with someone else just now. The brush was too soft, and it was just a lump of ink on the paper when it was tapped. Chen Xiaoyun blushed and glanced at Grandpa Xi.

"It's okay, it's like this at the beginning, you have to learn how to move the brush." ​​Grandpa Xi comforted him, and then began to explain to him some methods of writing calligraphy.

"Today I will tell you two things, one is brushwork and the other is brushwork"

Chen Xiaoyun put down the brush, knelt down and listened carefully to Grandpa Xi.

"Brush movement refers to the operation of the pen. The first thing to note is that you must use your wrist to move the pen, not your fingers. The pen tube is held by the five fingers, and it depends on the force from the wrist to move the hand. The direction of movement of the hand moves back and forth to make the nib write stippling on the paper. In this way, the wrist must leave the table and hang it in the air, otherwise the hand cannot move. Many people put their arms and wrists close to the table when writing, so that the hand does not It is flexible, so you have to use your fingers to move the pen tube, and the range of motion of the nib is also very small. It can barely handle writing characters in lower case or about two centimeters, but it can’t work when writing characters in middle case, upper case or even larger. Therefore, to pay attention to pen movement, you need to practice wrist hanging first.

You are still young, the strength in your arms is not strong enough, and you have never practiced writing with your wrists hanging. When your lower arms leave the table, you lose your support, the pen trembles in your hands, and your hands fluctuate. Whether it is thick or thin, it is very ugly, so you must put in some effort to practice, and don't retreat when it is difficult.

When you are free at home, hold the pen barrel upside down, or grab a chopstick, hold it according to the method I taught you to hold the pen, hang your wrist, circle around the table, practice for a while, and your wrist will gradually stabilize; One is to put the left hand flat on the table when writing, and write with the right wrist resting on the back of the left hand. After writing in this way for a period of time, the left hand is removed, and the right hand gradually stabilizes.These two methods can be used at the same time, and within a hundred days, you will definitely be able to receive results.

If you write large characters, hang your wrists higher and keep them away from the table; if you write small characters, hang your wrists lower and keep them closer to the table. There are no hard and fast rules.

In the past, because it was not easy to practice wrist hanging high, people proposed a compromise method called "lifting the wrist", also known as "empty wrist". In a word, the lowest hanging wrist is of course much easier than the high hanging wrist.If you just want to make the writing correct and fluent through practice, you might as well use the method of "raising the wrist".If you want to go further into the art of calligraphy in the future and hope to achieve something in art, then you should work hard and practice high-hanging wrists. When the foundation is laid, you can use it freely."

"What I told you just now is how to use the brush, now I will tell you how to use the brush"

"Brushwork, also known as using a pen, refers to the process of writing stippling on the paper with the tip of the pen. Don't think that stippling is easy. You just need to point a point on the paper and write a picture. It's not that simple. Randomly written stippling seems to have strong brushwork, but it is superficial and does not contain real power. There is a saying in ancient times that "strength penetrates the back of the paper". How can casually written stipples pass through the back of the paper? The key to this is only the eight characters "no vertical, no shrinking, no direction, no closing". It means that no matter any strokes such as dots, horizontal strokes, strokes, and strokes, there must be going and coming, and you can't just go and not return.'General That is to say, any stroke must be "turned back to the front".

After speaking, Grandpa Chen was demonstrating to Chen Xiaoyun, explaining while doing the demonstration, "For example, when drawing horizontally from left to right, when writing, first reverse the stroke to the left, reach the top of the stroke, press down lightly, and then draw to the right; Draw straight from top to bottom. When writing, first go up against the pen, reach the apex of the starting pen, press lightly to the bottom right, and then draw down. What is called "returning to the front" means that the pen will go back when the pen is closed, such as horizontal drawing to the close At the pen place, slightly upward to the right, then lightly press downward to the right, and go back to the middle; draw straight to the end of the pen, gently lift it to the left, and then go back to the middle, other points, pick, write, press, etc. Any stroke is written in this way. Why must it be written in this way? This is related to the main tool for writing Chinese characters - the brush.

The performance of the writing brush is soft and elastic. The part near the tip of the pen tip is called "Feng", which is particularly elastic. When writing, the pen tip will fall down when pressed on the paper, and straighten when lifted. This is the role of "Feng".When writing horizontally, use the reverse brush to make the tip of the brush turn to the right like a heart, and then turn it to the right. At this time, the bristles of the brush will be spread flat on the paper, and the tip of the brush will be in the middle of the horizontal painting, neither upward nor sideways. Once closed, the stroke is still straight, which is called "center front" in calligraphy terminology, also known as "positive front". The ancients used "Zangfeng" to discuss the secret of using the brush, and used "to make the heart of the brush (brush) always move in the middle of the stippling", which means center forward.The writing can be done in the center of the brush, it is natural but not vain, and the ink can be used evenly.