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In May of this year, Nan Huizhen's teacher announced a news to the whole class. According to the news, the school will hold a campus painting competition in June. Those who want to participate can participate in the teacher's class. Where to sign up, and then each class of each grade will select a player from the applicants to participate in the competition with the players from the whole school.

The winners of the competition can not only keep their paintings in the outstanding works exhibition area of ​​the school and become one of the facades of the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, but also gain extra credits and have the opportunity to be recommended by the school, which will be held in July this year In the joint art exhibition of European Art Universities [Note 1], exhibited his own works.

Don’t underestimate this joint art exhibition. For many painters, no matter how extravagant their paintings are, if they don’t get the attention and recognition of the public, it’s still wine in the deep alley, and it may not be so fragrant. So this time The joint art exhibition has greatly tempted those who are interested in this, and they are trying to get that precious quota.

Of course Nan Huizhen was also tempted, but apart from the joint art exhibition that made her tempted, Nan Huizhen also liked the extra credits of winning the campus competition.You know, the Florence Academy of Fine Arts is notoriously not very easy to graduate, basically the annual graduation rate is around 40.00%, which is a genuine liberal entry and strict exit.

Nan Huizhen is an outstanding student in the class. Whether it is painting, which other students are good at, or art history, which other students are not good at, it is easy for Nan Huizhen.Thanks again to this girl for her innate memory, which enabled her to memorize all the intricate art history.

Nan Huizhen has been in Italy for almost a year, and she already has a feeling for Fomei's teaching model. She knows that even if the current situation continues, the possibility of her graduation is very high, but she always remembers Is it possible to shorten my time in school and return to Korea as soon as possible.

Well, it can be seen from this point that even though Nan Huizhen has grown up, deep down, she is still the introverted and family-loving girl back then. Her family and lovers in Korea are the deepest bonds of Nan Huizhen , let this kite, even if it flies above [-] feet, still miss the scenery at the other end of the kite line all the time.

Just like what Dr. R. Joseph, an American brain expert, once said: Deep in each of us, we are just the child we once were. This child has created everything we have experienced, our current life and the future Life.

After class, Liu Xiaoyun leaned on the girl's shoulder and asked her, "Hui Zhen, do you want to sign up for this competition?" Nan Huizhen nodded and said, "Yes, I want to try." Liu Xiaoyun said, "I also I want to give it a try, but I don’t know what their selection criteria are.”

Liu Xiaoyun is also the kind of student that teachers like. Although her art history has always been difficult, as long as it is painting class, Liu Xiaoyun's grades will never be low.Students in the class often joke that Nan Huizhen, Liu Xiaoyun and another girl, Geraldine, are the three roses in the class, because these three girls are always favored by the tutors.

Their instructors often praised Liu Xiaoyun's paintings in the class for their hidden enthusiasm and explosive power, which were called "red roses" by classmates; Nan Huizhen's paintings were full of soul breath and pure and warm feelings, and were called It is called "White Rose"; in Geraldine's case, the painting is full of sharpness and sharpness as its name [Note 2], and it is "Black Rose".

Although their tutor sent each student an application form without any leaks, everyone knows that the selection this time, when it comes to their class, is nothing more than a competition between the three roses, regardless of the selection criteria. The important thing is to participate.

Therefore, Nan Huizhen smiled and said to Liu Xiaoyun who was leaning against her: "Whatever, let's try it out and see who the teacher will choose to participate in the competition." Liu Xiaoyun also nodded in agreement.

During this period, Geraldine, who was in the same class, passed them by and overheard their conversation.The proud girl turned around and said to Nan Huizhen and Liu Xiaoyun, "Hey, two yellow-skinned monkeys, let me tell you, I'm going to book this competition. You should be conscious and don't sign up."

Liu Xiaoyun's violent temper immediately exploded, and he said angrily: "Why, you are a princess, do you think that everyone is your servant and everyone will listen to you? I just want to sign up, and you can't control me! "Geraldine turned pale, and said angrily, "You don't want to toast or eat fine wine!"

Nan Huizhen said plainly: "If you have to use this kind of behavior to get your quota, it can only prove that deep down in your heart, you are not confident enough about your own level, isn't it?" Although Nan Huizhen She didn't express Liu Xiaoyun's intense emotions, but her words hit the nail on the head.

The three of them have called "Three Roses" together for so long, how can they not know how much each other weighs? The most important thing is to participate in the mentality, and Geraldine is obviously more determined to win.

From Geraldine's point of view, the safest way for her to get that spot is to ask Nan Huizhen and Liu Xiaoyun to withdraw from the registration. In this way, the mentor can only choose Geraldine.

Nan Huizhen's words just hit Geraldine's sore spot. She raised her voice and said, "Okay, since you guys are so ignorant, don't blame me." Brown big/wavy curly hair, drawing a smooth arc in the air.

When she was gone, Liu Xiaoyun curled her lips and complained: "This woman, the princess's illness is getting worse and worse, and she has no edge when she sings, and she threatens me. I'm scared to be a sister? On weekdays I don't care about this woman who has crow's feet in the corners of her eyes, and if I don't show her some color this time, she thinks my mother is a vegetarian!"

Nan Huizhen was amused by her words, and said with a smile: "Did you see her crow's feet?" Liu Xiaoyun said disdainfully: "Do you still need to look at it? It's clear at a glance. These Westerners age quickly, and our green onions are tender and tender." When I was young, I started to develop crow's feet and various small fine lines, I am really glad that I am an oriental, let me keep my childlike face for a few more years."

Nan Huizhen nodded her face with a smile, and said, "Your mouth is unforgiving." Liu Xiaoyun smiled, leaning against Nan Huizhen without any image, and said, "Sister Huizhen, I will visit you at noon today. How about eating? It’s a long way home. I just fought that big monster for [-] rounds. I need to replenish my energy. I want to eat the spaghetti you made.”

Nan Huizhen replied: "Okay, yes." Liu Xiaoyun sat up and stood up in satisfaction, and walked out of the school with Nan Huizhen.

Having said that, I can't help but complain about Italy.In many places, it is absolutely normal for two girlfriends who have a good relationship to go shopping arm in arm, but in Italy and even Europe, the situation is completely different.

Friends of the same sex in Italy will not walk arm in arm when walking on the road, nor can they dance together in the ballroom. This is one of the important social etiquettes recognized in Italy and even in Europe.

If the same sex walks arm in arm, or dances together in the ballroom, others will definitely look at them with reproach, or think that they are homosexuals; Walking arm in arm, in the same way, in the ballroom, even if you can't find a partner of the opposite sex, you would rather just sit down and drink, chat and watch the fun, than dance with the same sex. 【Note 3】This probably stems from the same-sex culture that has existed in Europe since ancient times.In Europe, classical spiritual love seems to be synonymous with homosexuality.Not only the female poet Sappho [Note 4] is like this, but the "spiritual love" advocated by the famous Plato also refers to a kind of love between the same sex.

Plato once wrote many articles about gay men, claiming that the love of "divine love" only exists between men, because the process of homosexuality is more about spiritual and spiritual intercourse than physical intercourse.

Of course, this also has a certain background of the times. The reason why Plato praised the love between men was that women at that time were seldom educated, and men could only obtain spiritual resonance from men.

Similar to this, many well-educated modern women today also throw themselves into the embrace of understanding, gentle and affectionate men of the same sex without hesitation, instead of choosing a man.

If you pay attention to the history of European literature, it is not difficult to find that in the entire history of literature, works with the theme of homosexuality occupy a lot of shares, and many of these works are quite touching, such as Thomas Mann The novel "Death in Venice".

In this novel, the protagonist writer Gustav falls in love with Daqiu, a beautiful young man from Poland, while on vacation in Venice.

Venice at that time was when cholera broke out, and it was full of plague, stagnant water, sterilizing drugs and the smell of funeral parlors everywhere. However, Gustav was in this hellish Venice, indulging in the desire for a beautiful boy. Among them, dying in the same-sex/love infatuation is not untouchable.Therefore, under such a general environment, this custom in Italy is not incomprehensible.

A few days later, it was time to submit the application form. Nan Huizhen and Liu Xiaoyun filled out the form, put it in their bags, and were about to submit it when class was over, but during the break, the two of them just went out to take a breath and came back When the time came, the application form disappeared.

Liu Xiaoyun knew in her heart that it might have something to do with the princess's disease, but there was no definite evidence, so it was hard to go to question her, so the two had to go to the teacher again and ask for two application forms, which they filled out on the spot and handed over to the teacher.

When they finished submitting the application form and went downstairs from the teacher's office, someone suddenly pushed Nan Huizhen hard behind her. Seeing that she was falling down, Nan Huizhen was about to fall off the ladder, but Liu Xiaoyun hurriedly stopped her .

But the momentum of the girl's fall was too violent, and Liu Xiaoyun also staggered down several stairs. When they stabilized, Nan Huizhen was unscathed, just a little frightened, but Liu Xiaoyun's left ankle and right hand were different. degree of sprain.

Nan Huizhen watched Liu Xiaoyun grinning and rubbing her wrist, and her eyes turned slightly red. She held Liu Xiaoyun's hand in a slightly trembling tone and said, "oni, is your hand okay? Seriously?" ? Will it affect your participation?" Seeing this girl, she was so nervous that she even ran out of her mother tongue.

Liu Xiaoyun pretended to be relaxed and said: "Hey, it's rare to hear you call me sister, I have to remember this precious time." The girl was about to cry, and said dissatisfiedly: "What time is it, you are so talkative! Does your hand hurt? Shall I take you to the doctor?"

Liu Xiaoyun comforted Nan Huizhen who was extremely guilty: "It's okay, Huizhen, in fact, even if my hand is not injured, I may not be selected by the teacher to compete."

There was a chuckle from above the stairs. Nan Huizhen looked up and saw Geraldine standing on the top of the stairs with several girls. Seeing Nan Huizhen raised her head, Geraldine said, "You two are really sisters. Ah, seeing that you are about to fall, she just stretched out her hand to pull it, and even said it's okay to hurt her hand, it's really touching!"

It was the first time that Nanhui Zhen was so angry at such an age. She asked Geraldine angrily, "You pushed me, right? Are you not afraid that I will tell the mentor about your despicable behavior?"

Geraldine smiled contemptuously, and said nonchalantly, "Did I push you? Do you have evidence?" Then, she turned her head and asked the people around her, "She said I pushed her, what do you think?" Several girls smiled and said, "Of course not, she fell down by herself."

So Geraldine turned her head in satisfaction, and said proudly to the angry Nan Huizhen: "See, the eyes of the masses are the clearest, everyone can see clearly, you fell down by yourself, don't blame me .”

Nan Huizhen wanted to go up to argue with her, but Liu Xiaoyun firmly grabbed her with her uninjured hand, and Liu Xiaoyun said, "Let's go, Huizhen, don't talk to them anymore, they are more human. Too much, we can't negotiate, forget it, let's go back, you accompany me to get a medicine."

Nan Huizhen reluctantly supported Liu Xiaoyun, and slowly left. When the two went downstairs.Geraldine's aggressive voice came from behind: "I told you a long time ago that you have to be sensible, but you are not obedient. Your two lost application forms are my last warning to you, who knows that you will not appreciate it." , I went to ask for a new application form, so don’t blame me for being cruel. This quota can only be mine!”

Nan Huizhen bit her lip, did not speak, and helped Liu Xiaoyun leave the teaching building. She apologized to Liu Xiaoyun: "I'm sorry, I hurt you."

Liu Xiaoyun shook his head indifferently, and said, "Don't think so. Although she said that she pushed you this time, her goal is the two of us. It's just a matter of time. Huizhen, you have to do it next time." Be careful. Although I can't compete anymore, you must win that woman and get the spot this time, and you must teach her a lesson along with me." Nan Huizhen nodded and solemnly agreed.

After accompanying Liu Xiaoyun on the medicine, Nan Huizhen sent her home before returning to her place of residence.Throughout the day, the girl was so entangled in this matter that she couldn't even sleep well at night.

She knows that the two orientals are absolutely disadvantaged groups in the class, and Nan Huizhen and Liu Xiaoyun are usually not willing to communicate with the people in the class. Naturally, they are not as good as Geraldine, so even if Now that something happened, no one would stand by their side.

Nan Huizhen didn't know what kind of behavior Geraldine would do to make her withdraw from the competition, but Nan Huizhen knew that there was only one who could be a thief for a thousand days, and there was no one who could defend against a thief for a thousand days. She was absolutely impossible to guard against Geraldine.

After thinking about it all night, the next day, Nan Huizhen found her mentor and asked about the selection of the places for this competition. The mentor also had a hard time making a decision and said, "I'm actually in a difficult situation too. The three of you are all excellent. , I also have a hard time deciding who to choose for the competition. missliu has told me that she has a sprained wrist, which will affect the competition, and she is willing to withdraw automatically, but you and geraldine also make it hard for me to decide. Both of you are my pride Students have different painting styles and characteristics, it is really impossible to choose.”

Seeing the embarrassment on the instructor's face, Nan Huizhen suggested, "How about this, teacher. Since Geraldine and I both want to participate in this competition, and you are still undecided, teacher, why don't you just do it as an internal competition in the class?" Let's compete, for the sake of fairness, the teacher will choose a painting target and painting angle, and Geraldine and I will complete a painting at the same time, to see who is more similar to the original object, okay?"

Upon hearing this, the instructor felt that Nan Huizhen's proposal was indeed a test for painters and was of great value in the competition, so he agreed graciously, and announced this decision to everyone during class that day.

The author has something to say: Some readers asked about the time of Nan Huizhen’s return to China. Let me tell you here that she will return to China soon. In fact, this chapter is also a preparation for her early graduation. I borrowed Ciro’s in the previous article Mouth, foreshadowing, I don't know if everyone still has an impression.

Although Cui Xiaocao did not appear in this chapter, it has a very important meaning, because from this time on, Xiao Huizhen really began to learn to adapt to this society where competition is everywhere. good thing.Just like what Nietzsche said: Individuals must always struggle to survive in society in order to keep themselves from being disillusioned.Competition is the survival instinct of human beings, and Xiao Huizhen must adapt.

Next update, old rules, Tuesday night around 10:30.

[Note 1]: Regarding this part of the competition and the art exhibition, Bei admitted that he had fabricated it.Originally, I wanted to find out if there was a world-wide painting competition, and then open a gold finger for my daughter to participate in, but after checking a lot of information, I found out that there is currently no world-wide painting for adults The competition is only for teenagers, so I had to make up one myself. In order not to be too exaggerated, I delimited this competition within Fomei, so that it would not be contrary to reality.

[Note 2]: The reason for saying this is because the name geraldine means "strong and powerful spear".

[Note 3]: This is not a fabrication by a certain North, but a reality that exists.

[Note 4]: Some girls may not have heard of Sappho, but they may have heard of Homer (that is, the one who wrote "Homer's Epic"), and Sappho can be said to be the only poet in ancient Greece who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Homer .In the history of Western literature, Sappho can be regarded as the pioneering female poet. Even Plato praised her for writing poems, and she was simply possessed by a muse, and said that she was the tenth muse.She is also a pioneer of lesbian culture, "lesbian" (meaning lesbians) and the adjective "sapphic" (female homosexual), etc., are derived from Sappho.