Every time I wear a book, I am forced to turn around

After several days of retreat, Yuyuan finally finished painting "Winter Banquet".

He used the painting method of part-time work with color, using burnt ink to outline the lines, and then coloring with light colors. The brushwork is round and elegant, and the picture is clean and beautiful.Just as Yan Jinyun suggested, the left side of the screen is the banquet that has already been set, and Wu Shen, An Min and Duan Dahe have already arrived in advance.Among them, only An Min has a front face, Wu Shen has a profile face, and Duan Dahe has only a back view.At first glance, An Min looks like the main character in this painting. Yu Yuan carefully outlined his facial features, making him look handsome and unrestrained.

Then, on the far right side of the screen, Yan Jinyun came late and just walked into the whole screen with one foot.It is said to be one foot, but in fact there is nearly one-third of the lower body, and the wide sleeves of the robe are also drawn.Yu Yuan was already very good at drawing clothes, and the extremely delicate outline of the strokes showed the folds and patterns of the robe to the fullest.

From such a small picture, it is not difficult for viewers to imagine that Yan Jinyun must be a man who walks with style!Such a man must have a tall and straight figure like a green bamboo, and must have a free and easy demeanor like an aristocratic family.

Looking carefully at the left side of the screen, Duan Dahe didn't show his face, but he was holding a jug in his hand, as if he was going to pour wine into a cup.And the seat in front of the cup was empty.Therefore, the truth is very obvious, Duan Dahe is ready to pour wine for Yan Jinyun.He must respect Yan Jinyun very much.Otherwise he wouldn't be so attentive.

An Min showed her whole face, looking at the right side of the screen with a smile on her face, that is, looking at Yan Jinyun.His smile made the whole picture come alive.The painter seems to be very partial to An Min, but is this not the painter's scheming?An Min is undoubtedly a handsome man who conforms to the aesthetics of the times, and Yu Yuan has shown his beauty truthfully.And such a beauty is looking at the right side of the screen expectantly.People would naturally think that the senior brother who was so expected by An Min must be as beautiful as him.Good wine matches heroes, beauty treats beautiful women, this is the case in the world.

Wu Shen only showed his side face, and looked intently at the right side of the screen.It can be said that Wu Shen's eyes are the most difficult part of the whole painting.Yuyuan scrapped several drafts during retreat, because he felt that Wu Shen's eyes were not drawn well.Generally speaking, this kind of painting using traditional painting methods is less about realism and more about freehand brushwork. When drawing people, unless it is a portrait of the front face, there is no need to draw the eyes too carefully, just use a thin line to outline them. Just a little more and it should be fine.

Yu Yuan discovered one thing in his daily observations, although An Min and Duan Dahe both respect Yan Jinyun very much, but Wu Shen is the closest person to Yan Jinyun.What is the best way to show this unusual intimacy in the painting?He couldn't describe Wu Shen's eyes in detail like Western oil painters, so he had an idea and drew Wu Shen's eyebrows slightly raised.Hey, with just such a pick, Wu Shen's joy was revealed.

Then, if the viewers pay more attention when looking at the painting, they will find that there are a few small petals wrapped around one of Wu Shen's sleeves, and a few broken leaves have fallen.Taking a closer look, there happened to be a bunch of fresh wintersweets picked from the branches in that empty seat.Through these details, some literati with astonishing associative powers can completely make up such a story: In the early morning of winter, Wu Shen got up early, went to the plum forest a few miles away to choose the most beautiful plum blossom, folded it himself and brought it back. , put it on Yan Jinyun's table with joy, just to let Yan Jinyun smell the aroma of plum blossoms for the first time.

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In this way, although Yan Jinyun only appears in one corner in the whole painting, it can arouse the infinite imagination of others.People can't help but wonder what kind of character it is that can attract juniors to pour wine for him and friends to fold flowers for him.

At the same time, Yuyuan also used some care in the use of colors.In general, the left side of the frame is darker than the right side.But not obvious.Because there are various arrangements in the garden.It is consistent from left to right.Colors are gradients.So if you are not particularly sensitive to color, you probably won't notice this change in light and shade.

This made Yan Jinyun stand out even more.

Yuyuan is very satisfied with his work.Perhaps it is because of food as a consolation, eating all kinds of sweets that I have never eaten before, and I feel relaxed and happy, so the whole painting is elegantly written and the characters are vivid, without any sense of artificiality.If he hadn't promised to give this painting to Yan Jinyun, Yuyuan really wanted to keep it for himself.

However, it seems that it is not a loss to form a friendship with Chef Gongliang through this incident!

Yan Jinyun is also very satisfied with this work.He said: "If you don't mind, I would like to send this painting to Zhuangyuan Building and let them hang it for a month." The building is used to hang calligraphy of literati.There are often those kind of scholars who claim to be good-looking, and will submit their works to the Zhuangyuan Building. If they are really lucky to be displayed on the Zhuangyuan Building, no matter whether the scholar was famous before or not, he will definitely be famous in the future.Zhuangyuan Building sometimes invites contributions from people who have been famous for a long time.People like Xue Xingchang and Yuyuan, whose names are big enough and developed in the capital, are naturally very important candidates for the Zhuangyuan Building.

Yu Yuan chuckled: "I want to eat puff puffs again."

OK, no problem!The two happily reached a consensus.

In this way, "Winter Banquet Picture" was sent to the Zhuangyuan Building.Next year will be the year of spring, and many scholars gathered in the capital. Knowing that Yu Yuan's new work was put up, everyone rushed to Zhuangyuan Building to appreciate the painting.There is a line of small characters written in the blank space of the painting, which briefly describes the time and content of the painting, and a small seal of Yuyuan is stamped on it.

"...Precise, neat, yet tactful and smooth...As expected of Mr. Shenquan's painting!" This is a compliment to Yuyuan.

"Huh, this painting turned out to be Mr. Yi's four apprentices? Who is Mr. Gongliang?" This is to read the content of the painting first.A few figures summed up the background of the painting, pointing out that Mr. Yi's four apprentices held a banquet, and Yan Jinyun was late because of something.

"Then can you see the true face of Mr. Jin Yun? Who is Mr. in the picture?" This is Wu Shen's little fan.

Next to the painting stood a servant from Yufu, and he said calmly: "Everyone, please look, this is Mr. Yi's big apprentice, Mr. Jin Yun, and this is the second apprentice..." Soon it came Yan Jinyun, "Mr. Gongliang is Mr. Yi's new apprentice. Mr. Gongliang has some family traditions and his cooking skills are very good, so even Mr. Jinyun wants to call him a senior brother. The sugar that caused heated discussions in Beijing not long ago Mr. Gongliang made the pickled cherries and fairy soup."

There was a sudden silence in the Zhuangyuan Building, and everyone froze for a few seconds before discussing loudly again.

Because only An Min was shown in the painting, everyone was shocked by his beauty, and then thought of Mr. Yi's well-known standards for accepting apprentices, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Mr. Yi really accepted his apprentices based on his face of!After they heard about Yan Jinyun's abilities from the servants of the Yufu, they realized that Mr. Yi not only judges his appearance, but also his talent.Who doesn't know about the candied cherries? Xue Xingchang's poem has been spread all over the world, and his name must be passed down through the ages!

Which literati are not well-known these days?They all want to try the legendary food that inspires them!

For a while, Yufu received a lot of posts, and many people wanted to catch up with Yan Jinyun through Yuyuan.Even Xue Xingchang came to find him himself.He had already finished eating those candied cherries before, so he came here now to find out news from Yu Yuan.Xue Xingchang said: "My good brother, tell me honestly, what should I do to ask Mr. Lai Gongliang to help me for a long time."

Yu Yuan thought about it seriously, and said with some uncertainty: "Maybe...you can write an ode to beauty for him?"

Xue Xingchang: "???"

Yu Yuan nodded solemnly at Xue Xingchang.

Xue Xingchang asked thoughtfully: "Could it be that Mr. Gongliang is beautiful and likes to hear compliments?"

How should I answer this... As for the question of Yan Jinyun's appearance, Yuyuan has gradually figured it out these days. If Yan Jinyun has a crooked nose and a slanted mouth, and his face is full of pits and pits, this does not prevent him from respecting Yan Jinyun, but if If this is the case, then no matter how delicious the food Yan Jinyun cooks, he won't think he looks good.

The reason why he thinks Yan Jinyun is getting better and better is that Yan Jinyun is really not ugly.Yan Jinyun just doesn't conform to the mainstream aesthetics.But aesthetics is inherently idealistic, and there is no uniform standard.

Looking at ancient paintings in Yuyuan, I have a feeling. Go back 900 years, and men at that time still regarded Kong Wu as powerful.

Therefore, Yuyuan spoke good words for Yan Jinyun in a serious manner: "Mr. Gongliang looks quite ancient, I am very happy! It's not that he likes to hear compliments, he is really a humble person, and he has no pompous style. Only in my opinion Come on, a character like Mr. Gong Liang, (for the puffs, crisps, cream soup, etc. he made), is indeed worthy of praise!"

Although the servants around Xue Xingchang had undergone some rectification, the fence of the Xue residence was still not secure, so some specious words spread out.Even in Geng Rong's place, when he was out socializing, some people came to whisper to him and gossiped: "Do you know that Mr. Gongliang who made candied cherries, I don't know how stunning he is. Yu Shenquan saw it He was so shocked that he said something that I am very happy with on the spot. I really want to see him!"

Geng Rong: "???"

Although Yan Jinyun came to Beijing with Geng Rong at the beginning, he was very low-key on the way to Beijing. Ordinary people really don't know that Yan Jinyun and Geng Rong still have friendship.Geng Rong was very confused. Although Mr. Gongliang is not ugly, what is so stunning about him?

After returning to the mansion, Geng Rong couldn't help talking about it to Sun Er.

Sun Er exploded on the spot: "Someone must be trying to harm my master! My master has come to the present step by step with his own ability! That Huahua, everyone is willing to befriend my master, it must be because of my master's cooking!" Yihao, why did you go for my master's beauty? No, I must tell the master about this and tell him to be careful."

Sun Er wrote a letter to Yan Jinyun.He dictated, and Geng Rong wrote for him.

The general idea of ​​the letter is: Master, as long as I am here, I will defend your reputation to the death. As long as anyone wants to tarnish your reputation, they must step over my dead body.Master, you must be more careful.These city people are really bad, they say I am stunning, I can bear it, but I can't say my master, this matter has nothing to do with my master!

The author has something to say: Some people said before that they had forgotten who Geng Rong was. He was the one who failed every exam because of his poor psychological quality.His father is a teacher and has taught many powerful apprentices.The special effects made by Sun Er were equivalent to no special effects. Yan Jinyun was anxious for him, so he went to Geng's residence and asked Sun Er to cook for Geng Rong.Geng Rong ate and slept well, and later passed the exam.Then they went to Beijing together.Yan Jinyun was able to borrow and live in Tang Ge's hometown at the beginning, because Tang Ge was always a student of Geng Rong's father.