After the two sisters Ailan and Aiya bought their tickets from Yangcheng to Zhaoyang County, their expectations for the trip immediately increased.
After they sent the screenshots to the group, they continued to ask Li Shi various questions, asking what delicious and fun places there were in Nanhu Province.
As soon as he mentioned food, Li Shi immediately felt a sense of hunger in his stomach that he hadn't felt at first, just like watching a food video in the middle of the night - only then did he remember that he hadn't eaten dinner yet. Looking at the time, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening. .
"I'm really tired of eating takeout for half a month, so let's go out to eat."
While replying to WeChat, he got up and walked to the door. Just as he was about to change his shoes, he suddenly remembered that he would go directly to Tanzhou after going out to sketch, and then return to Zhaoyang County, probably during the Chinese New Year.
After changing my shoes, I looked through the previous records in the WeChat group and found the screenshots of the two sisters’ tickets and looked at the specific time.
"They set off from Yangcheng South Station at 11 noon and arrived in Zhaoyang at 1:57 pm. They will go back to the village first tomorrow morning..."
Li Shi was too lazy to walk far, so he ordered two dishes at a small restaurant opposite the community gate. After eating, he returned home and asked in the group: "You guys will come to me tomorrow at 2pm, do you want to take a rest?" Departing at night? There will be a self-driving tour later, which may be tiring."
They transferred from Jieyang to Yangcheng and then to Zhaoyang County. The journey took seven or eight hours.
After a while, my sister Ailan responded to the message.
"Brother Shi, we all obey your arrangements."
Li Shi thought to himself that the two girls came to play to relax, so it was best not to rush. Not to mention being in a hurry, they would be very tired and not have fun.
And he also had a selfish desire to spend more time with the twins, so that he could extend the time for sketching with them as models, conduct more detailed observations, and create more paintings with clear stages and more and more depth. work.
As for where to stay at night...
Li Shi glanced at the other two guest bedrooms besides Wang Yuelan's room, and thought, after they arrive, it's up to them to choose. Anyway, they can book hotels in the county at any time.
Clicked on the input box and typed: "Then let's have a night's rest first. We won't be in a hurry and can travel easily."
Aiya: "Okay, Brother Shi, actually I think so too (smirking), my sister just refused to let me say it."
After seeing her message, Li Shi couldn't help but smile and thought that although the two sisters were twins and looked almost exactly the same, their personalities were actually quite different. This could be used as a reference in subsequent painting creations.
"You can say whatever you want from now on. When we go out to play, the main thing is to have fun. It's better to be more casual."
"That's right, @伊兰, you can hear it (snickering)"
"(Knocking head) Got it. By the way, Brother Shi, should we bring some thick coats?"
"Yes, it's cold in the mountains, so you should bring some thick coats."
While Li Shi was planning the travel route, he was chatting with his sisters in the group. Sometimes he would also ask their opinions, such as where to go, whether to stay in a hotel or a B&B.
After discussing for an hour, he put away his mobile phone and went to the balcony of the living room that had been converted into an open study room. He sat at the work table and filled in the two notebooks filled during this period and four large papers. Take out the sketch of the box.
First, I reviewed the notes from beginning to end, and then flipped through the sketches one after another.
“I didn’t realize it when I first started drawing, but now when I look at these practice drafts, my basic skills are really getting better day by day. Whether it’s a hard pen or a soft pen, the smoothness of the lines is obviously on an upward trend as you go to the back. , the more natural and carefree I draw..."
Just when Li Shi was reviewing and summarizing his studies during this period, Ailan, who was far away in Jieyang, Dongguang Province, packed her luggage and came to her sister's room. Instead of knocking on the door as usual, she just pushed the door open and walked in. He threw himself on Aya who was playing with her mobile phone.
"You little girl, you still dare to file a complaint, let's see if I don't deal with you!"
"Haha... I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore!"
Under Ailan's tickling technique, Aya gave in decisively and quickly.
The two sisters played around for a while and then lay side by side.
After a short period of silence, sister Aiya suddenly spoke.
"Sister, what do you think of Brother Shi? After all, we have only met him twice. Isn't it a bit too rash to go and play with him like this?"
"You just thought of this... It's a bit rash, but I feel like he should be a good person, and aren't he and Weiwei good friends? It should be fine."
"It's a pity that Sister Zou Die went to Ruili with Viagra, otherwise I would have asked her to go with us."
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The next day, Li Shi woke up at six o'clock, read for half an hour, and drove his Volvo xc90 to the village at 6:30.
The car was delivered by assistant Zhang Huijing before New Year's Day.
When he arrived in the town, he stopped by the side of the road and went to the only vegetable market in the town to buy a bunch of vegetables. Then he continued walking along a mountain road and entered the boundary of Yangqiao Village.
I spent the morning chatting with my mother at home and had lunch at noon. Without stopping too much, I drove back to Zhaoyang County.
Seeing that it was still early, he went to the Bubugao Supermarket not far from the community to buy some food and a box of bottled water. When he came out, he saw a pharmacy in front of the supermarket and bought some commonly used medicines.
After returning to the community and parking the car, Li Shi began to check the condition of the car.
After confirming that there was no problem, I went upstairs to read a book for a while, and then started to think about the real thing: how to draw the twin sisters Ailan and Aya well.
"As I said at the beginning, the appearance of these two sisters is too similar. If you want to really achieve the effect you want, you have to paint it several times and in several progressive levels."
"First observe and draw once, then touch the bones and draw once, then after many days of traveling together and getting to know each other better, finally draw again... step by step, the first two are foreplay, to achieve the best effect for the last time Make preparations and pave the way.”
At 1:40, Li Shi took the car keys, went downstairs again, and drove to the high-speed rail station.
He parked the car in the parking lot and sent a message to the group to tell sisters Ailan and Aiya that he had arrived. Then he got out of the car and walked to the exit. After a while, his phone vibrated.
He thought it was news from the group, but when he took it out, he saw it was Sun Shouwen.
"Brother, where are you?"
"What happened when I picked up two friends at the high-speed rail station?"
"It's a big deal today (hehe). I got a wild silver carp weighing more than ten kilograms. Come and get together and try your and my fish-making skills, Brother Monkey!"
Then, Sun Shouwen sent a photo.
Li Shi clicked it and took a look. Good guy, the fish is indeed not small.
While staring at the passengers at the exit, he typed back: "Can you cook?"
Sun Shouwen: "(squints) Don't underestimate any fisherman's skill in cooking fish, hehe. By the way, if you have friends, you can bring them over. Even the two of us can't finish such a big fish."
Li Shi thought for a moment and replied: Let's wait until I receive the person. "
Sun Shouwen: "Okay! By the way, give me a like in the circle of friends, thank you. (Biya)"
Li Shi shook his head and laughed. Thinking about it, if a fisherman caught such a big thing, why wouldn't he show it off on his WeChat Moments?
As soon as he liked it and commented three "6"s, Aiya teased him in the WeChat group: "Brother Shi, we're getting off the bus."
Li Shi replied: "You can just follow the other passengers out. I'm already at the exit."
"Great!"
Three or four minutes later, Li Shi saw a pair of slim sisters queuing out of the station from a distance. After passing the security check, they walked out with their suitcases in hand.
The two sisters are dressed slightly differently today. One is wearing a white cotton coat and apricot-colored wide-leg pants, with her black hair tied up and combed into a bun; the other is wearing a brown cotton coat and gray sports casual pants. Wearing a baseball cap.
The two of them are about the same height and have slim figures. When they stand there, they give others a youthful and beautiful look, so even if they wear masks, the rate of turning heads is still very high.
With a "study" attitude, Li Shi observed carefully, not missing any details from the figure to the gait.
The high-speed rail station in the county town is so big. As soon as the two sisters came out, they immediately saw Li Shi outside. They waved to him in unison, and then walked over each dragging their suitcases.
"Brother Shi, we meet again!"
"Brother Shi."
While saying hello, they also took off their masks, revealing two identical pretty faces.
Li Shi looked at the twin sisters in front of him with a smile, and said to the girl who greeted him first, wearing a white cotton coat and raising her buns, "You are Aiya.
Then he turned his head slightly and said to the girl wearing a brown cotton coat and a baseball cap: "You are Ailan, welcome."
Aiya was very curious: "Brother Shi, how come you recognized him at a glance?"
Li Shi looked at the long eyelashes on her big watery eyes and explained with a smile: "It just depends on your clothes, as well as the tone and demeanor of your speech. You are more lively, while Ai Lan is more quiet."
With that said, he took the suitcases from the two of them and led the way to the parking lot. After getting in the car, they talked for a while and then drove back to Tianjiao Washington.
In just a few minutes, Li Shi parked his car in the parking space outside the community. When he entered through the gate, he met Xiao Li - the high school classmate who was working in a decoration company and pursuing the monitor Gu Shuting.
Without Gu Shuting around, neither of them bothered to talk to each other and just nodded to each other.
But when Xiao Li saw Ailan and Aiya next to Li Shi, his eyes widened.
He wanted to say something, but Li Shi and the others walked away without giving him a chance to speak.
His eyes were always fixed on the slim backs of the two sisters: "Such a beautiful twin, grandson Li Shi, can't be... stupid and immoral!"
He was sputtering dirty words and condemning the Li Shi he imagined, but if you look closely at his eyes, his cloudy eyes were full of envy and jealousy, as if you wanted to replace him with yourself and let him be the dirty person you imagined. .
Li Shi didn't have the evil thoughts he thought at all.
At least not yet.
He sincerely invited the two sisters to relax. His only selfish motive was to let them serve as models for his paintings and help him polish his skills in portrait painting. They were still wearing clothes.
This matter has been agreed upon a long time ago. The two sisters had seen his portrait of Zou Die. They loved beauty and were looking forward to it themselves.
The three of them chatted along the way. When they got home, they gradually became familiar with each other. Li Shi directly talked about the issue of accommodation for the night. He smiled and said:
"Choose one. You can stay in the guest bedroom at home, or you can go to a hotel next to the community to book a room."
"If you stay at home, the hygiene will be better. However, I am a boy after all, so it may be inconvenient for you. My suggestion is to stay in a hotel, which is only a few minutes' walk away... What do you think?"
Ailan and Aiya looked at each other, and her sister Ailan said with a smile: "Brother Shi, we chose to stay at home. There is no inconvenience. We just sleep for one night."
Seeing this, Li Shi nodded: "There are two guest bedrooms available. Do you want to sleep together or separately?"
"Let's sleep together."
"also."
Li Shi took them to the guest bedroom farthest from the master bedroom, and took out the pillows, sheets and bedding from the closet: "These are new and have been washed once. You can use them with confidence."
Letting the two sisters clean up first, he returned to the living room, took his mobile phone and sent a message to Sun Shouwen.
"Shou Wen, how are you doing there? Are the dishes prepared enough? Can I eat enough if I bring two friends over?"
Sun Shouwen's focus was very special. He asked directly: "Is your friend a boy or a girl?"
Li Shi: "Both girls are hungry because they haven't eaten lunch. How long will it take for you to get food?"
Sun Shouwen was silent for a while: "Then don't bring me to my dormitory. My dormitory is like a pig's nest. Let's find a restaurant. I will bring the fish over and let the chef in the restaurant process it."
Li Shi didn't care: "It's okay. You are familiar with the county. Find a store with better taste."
Sun Shouwen: "I will send you the location in five minutes."
The restaurant Sun Shouwen found was somewhat similar to a food stall. He was very familiar with the owner of the restaurant. He first brought the fish over to show off for a while, and then asked the boss to arrange for a chef to cook it. The chef came directly to eat one fish and three for such a big fish. : Fish head with chopped pepper, fish fillet with pickled cabbage and homemade fish fillet with green pepper.
In addition, he was also very particular. Considering that he could not lose face to his brother, and knowing that Li Shi had a big appetite, he ordered a few more vegetables and vegetables.
When Li Shi arrived with his people, the big round table was already full.
After meeting, introduce and be polite.
Although he was surprised that Ailan and Aiya were twins and how beautiful they were, Sun Shouwen, as a senior fisherman, was very calm about these things. He warmly and appropriately greeted them to taste the food and chat until they got the feeling during the chat. After learning that Li Shi was going to travel alone with the sisters, his eyes suddenly couldn't help but round.
this……
He tried hard to control his impulse to ask. It wasn't until Ailan accidentally got chili oil on his clothes while eating, and the two sisters went to the bathroom to deal with it, that he could no longer suppress his curiosity, came over and patted it gently. He touched Li Shi's shoulder and lowered his voice: "Damn, brother, what's going on, are you really going to take these sisters on a trip?"
May Day is coming soon. Fellow Taoists who have an astonishing wealth of 7.8 billion, are you planning to travel with beauty? Please take me!
