Ailan, who was next to her, wanted to hold her back from speaking, but she couldn't.
Li Shi quickly understood what Aiya meant.
He remembered his previous thoughts about the need to "preach" to the future impact grandmaster, and thought that he might as well give it a try. After pondering for a while, he asked with a smile: "Do you want to meet the fans' requirements?"
Aiya nodded expectantly: "My sister and I seldom show our faces on Douyin. We don't have many fans, but they are all loyal fans... So I want to pamper my fans once, but it depends on what you mean, Brother Shi. If you think it's not possible, no It’s convenient, that’s okay, we haven’t promised them in the group yet.”
She was worried about arousing Li Shi's resentment, and finally added: "I will definitely not agree to anything without your consent first."
Seeing her say this, Ailan's face looked better.
"We'll try to take a picture when we come back that night, but I won't show my face then."
Seeing Li Shi agree, Aiya was very happy and said excitedly: "Okay, just tonight!"
The owner of the B&B prepares authentic farm food, using ingredients grown by their local farmers. A simple free-range egg can be fried very fragrantly.
After eating, everyone went back to their rooms to get their bags.
As soon as he entered the room, Ai Lan complained a little to his sister and said, "Xiaoya, don't say anything like this next time. If Brother Shi is the kind of artist who wants to keep a low profile, aren't you the one who gives people problems?"
Aiya said softly: "Sister, I want Brother Shi to make his own decision when I say this. What if Brother Shi himself wants to make a video and post it online? Don't you think he agreed?"
…
Li Shi put away the sketches he had sketched before, checked some painting tools and equipment, and after making sure there was nothing wrong, he went out with his bag.
The B&B we stayed in was very close to the Bajiao Village attraction, just a few minutes' drive away.
Bajiaozhai is the highest peak of Langshan Mountain and is also considered by many tourists to be the most beautiful scenic spot in the entire scenic area.
Langshan straddles Nanhu Province and Xiguang Province, and Bajiaozhai is at the junction of the two provinces. So an interesting thing happened, that is, the same scenic spot was divided into two parts for development. It is called Guilin Danxia in Xiguang Province. Bajiao Village, on this side of Nanhu Province, is Langshan Bajiao Village.
The staff of the scenic spot also specially set up a check-in point on the top of the mountain, called "Two provinces with one foot".
Considering that Ailan and Aiya are both delicate girls, especially Ailan, whose knees bumped a little in the morning, Li Shi suggested buying three one-way cableway tickets, taking the cable car up, and then walking down slowly.
But when I asked, I found out that the cable car had been suspended recently.
A staff member told them that if they didn’t want to climb it themselves, they could ride a horse raised by the villagers up the mountain. There was an ancient tea-horse road next to it. Caravans in ancient times used that road to travel from the "Two Lakes" to the "Guangdong and Guangxi" areas.
Li Shi didn't think anything of it. When the sisters heard this, they immediately became interested.
Aiya ran over and asked the uncle who was soliciting the horse riding business. Then she scanned the QR code with her mobile phone and paid 450 yuan for three horses.
When they reached the top of the mountain, both girls felt a little regretful as they touched their round buttocks - the money was spent and their buttocks suffered.
Aiya held on to the huge boulder in Hunan and Guangxi that "spanned two provinces with one foot" and muttered: "I knew we might as well have climbed up by ourselves."
Li Shi was about to speak when he suddenly saw a change in the weather. The fog rose from the mountains in the distance and the sun disappeared.
The peaks of Bajiaozhai under the heavy fog are faint and delicate, with an air of elegance, which is very beautiful.
"You guys should take a rest, enjoy the scenery and take photos."
After Li Shi said this, he quickly took out the sketchbook from his backpack and began to learn angle painting.
The reason why Bajiaozhai is called Bajiaozhai is because there are eight raised corners on the main peak. Li Shi used these eight raised corners in his first work.
He first just observed and admired the scenery in front of him.
"There are no tall trees on the peak of the peak. It is mainly composed of rocks, sand and soil, and is covered with weeds and shrubs."
It is indeed the most unpopular 5a scenic spot. There are not many people on the top of the mountain and it is very quiet. Li Shi quickly got into the mood. He thought about the composition, then drew a sketch, then opened a new sketch paper and wrote seriously.
At this moment, the fog surged down and turned into white clouds between the mountains. The sun also emerged, and the golden sunlight swayed down from the heights, immediately giving the rolling mountains and elegant flowing clouds a golden layer. of brilliance.
"What a beauty!"
The sisters who were resting on the steps over there took out their mobile phones to take pictures of each other, even if they could still sit still.
Li Shi also quickly painted.
After painting for a few minutes, I came up with a shape and thought about it. The beauty of nature has a time limit.
I stopped writing temporarily, took out my mobile phone and took a few photos, and then observed carefully, trying to take note of the beauty in front of me and remember it in my heart.
"Brother Shi, can you take a picture for us?"
Over there, Aiya saw that Li Shi hadn't painted at the moment, so she came over and asked.
"Okay, you guys can stand by the railing together."
Li Shi chose the scene and composition and took three pictures for them.
When taking pictures, Li Shi was also observing the momentum and temperament of the mountain in his mind, trying to sublimate the image of all the scenes in front of him.
After taking photos of the two women, he stood in front of the railing again, stared at the beautiful scenery in front of him, and pondered for two minutes.
"The red clouds are as beautiful as silk, and the scenery is as light as silk."
"Since ancient times, immortals have lived in the place where one stroke paints the dream."
Suddenly, under the surprised gazes of Ailan and Aiya, Li Shi recited a few lines of poetry, then raised the sketchbook in his hand again, picked up the brush, and started drawing lines quickly.
As soon as I started writing, I forgot about everything. I only saw the brush and the drawing paper. Even the twin sisters behind me, who were not much inferior to this beautiful scenery, briefly "forgot".
Alan and Aya looked at each other.
"Sister, Brother Shi..."
"What's up with him?"
"I feel that he is different from the people we have known before. He is very serious when he draws, unusually serious, and he is quite handsome - a serious man, even his back looks so good-looking."
Aiya said, holding up her phone and taking a photo of Li Shi's back while he was painting.
Ailan thought something was wrong with Li Shi before, but now she felt something was wrong with her sister. She pulled Aiya down the mountain road in Xiguang Province for a while, and asked in a low voice: "Xiaoya, there is something wrong with you, you can't …”
Aiya knew what she wanted to say and said with a smile: "No, I just think Brother Shi is a nice person and very comfortable to get along with. I have a slight crush on him. But it's you, sister, why do I think there's something wrong with you?"
Ai Lan did not lie to her sister, and said truthfully: "I also have a crush on him. I have to say that he is a very outstanding and charming boy."
The twin sisters looked at each other again.
Aya suddenly said: "Is it still the same as when I was a child, rock, paper, scissors?"
The sisters hardly quarreled or fought since they were young. If they fell in love with the same toy or candy, they would either rock, paper, or share.
Ailan thought for a while and said, "Forget it."
Aiya's eyes suddenly widened: "Sister, you don't want to...ah, although we have been close to each other since childhood, men are not willing to share..., right?"
Snapped!
Ai Lan slapped her sister's recovered butt and said angrily: "What are you thinking about? I mean, Brother Shi is a human being, not the toys and candies we wanted when we were children. Using rock, paper, scissors is disrespectful... and The time we have spent with him is still short, we just have a little good impression, which doesn't mean anything... Besides, who knows if he will also like us, we don't even know if he has a girlfriend."
Hearing this, Aiya knew that she had misunderstood her sister's meaning, and giggled awkwardly: "Ha, yes, let's wait for more contact and a deeper understanding before talking."
When it comes to "going deep", Aiya suddenly remembers Li Shi touching Ailan's bones in the morning.
Glancing at her sister's face that was exactly the same as hers, she whispered: "That's not right. What were you doing this morning? There was so much physical contact. Sister, you were... ah! I just want to say that you were very happy."
Another crisp slap on the butt.
"Don't say it!"
…
Li Shi devoted himself wholeheartedly to his creation, and naturally he would not deliberately control the speed of his painting. He started writing quickly, and in about 20 minutes, he completed the "Picture of Immortal Residence in Yunshan Mountain in Bajiao Village"
He admired it repeatedly and felt particularly satisfied. He called out the study panel and "taken a look" at it.
"Still (Proficient), although the feeling of breaking through to (Proficient+) is getting stronger, but just completing a landscape sketch is not enough!"
He put down his sketchbook, looked around, and found three tourists not far away taking photos and checking in, but the two sisters Ailan and Aiya were not there.
He took out his mobile phone, edited the text and sent it to the WeChat group: "Where are you?"
As soon as the message was sent, he suddenly discovered that the group name had been changed.
It used to be the online name of three people, but now it will become a "three-person tour group".
Threesome?
Li Shi smiled, did not dwell on this, and continued to appreciate the surrounding scenery.
Danxia landform is indeed very unique.
He picked up the sketchbook again, found an angle, composed the picture, and continued to draw sketches - flowers, plants and trees. He had taken the time to draw a lot of them when he was in his hometown. This time, he mainly drew pictures of different temperaments and styles from a macro perspective. Mountain".
After a while, the phone rang. I took it out and saw that it was Ailan who had replied to the message.
"Brother Shi, we are here in Xiguang Province and will be back soon. By the way, the scenery here is also very good. Do you want to come and take a look too?"
Li Shi smiled, typed quickly with one hand and replied: "No, it's okay if you go back slowly, I just happen to draw one more picture."
After he drew three sketches, the sisterhood walked back to Nanhu Province from Xiguang Province.
The three of them walked up and down together, passing Yuntai Temple, taking the long and narrow plank road, passing through the ancient village gate, and leaving the Banshan Pavilion.
With a leisurely attitude, they walked slowly and leisurely, stopping to watch and rest when they encountered a place with beautiful scenery.
At this time, Li Shi would first use his mobile phone to take a few large photos of the two sisters, enough for them to post on WeChat Moments or TikTok. Then he would take out his sketchbook and find an angle to compose the sketch.
By the time he reached the bottom of the mountain, he had taken thirty or forty photos himself and made as many as twelve sketches.
"Hey, this is the filming location of Kunlunxu in "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom"!"
Back at the entrance, Aya suddenly pointed to a billboard on the side of the road and said in surprise.
Li Shi heard the sound and looked over.
He had heard of the ancient puppet fairy drama and knew it was very popular, but he had never seen it.
Two sisters, Ai Lan and Aiya, were obviously fans of the show. They immediately took out their phones to take photos and check in.
On the way back to the inn, the two of them were still discussing the show in the car. Listening to their chat, Li Shi couldn't help but ask: "Do you like the show, or do you like the actors who play this show?"
Aiya, who was sitting in the co-pilot this time, was the first to say: "We used to be fans of that fierce actress, and we watched the drama because of her. Later we found out that it was really good. Although we are no longer fans now, we have to admit that, That show was very successful.”
A fierce actress?
Li Shi was stunned for a few seconds before he remembered who Aiya was talking about.
It was five o'clock in the evening when he returned to the inn, and it was still dark. When he was at the door, Li Shi found that the view in the yard was very special, especially looking to the left. The exquisite houses in the distance and the mountains further away formed a very beautiful scene. Beautiful landscape painting.
He stopped and looked at it for a while, and then after discussing it with the sisters, he asked the housekeeper to arrange dinner at seven o'clock, and they went back upstairs to rest for a while.
Li Shi entered his room, took out his notebook from his backpack, and summarized his experience of sketching this afternoon.
"Today, when I painted the peak of Bajiaozhai, I borrowed Shih Jin's techniques, but the scenery I painted is completely different from his scenery in style."
"His paintings are bold and bold, with the grandeur and magnificence of the northern nature of Goose Country, and have an epic temperament."
"And the mountain scenery I painted today has an air of elegance in its beauty... Unfortunately, it is only a little elegance, and it cannot reach the level of being called 'fairy air'. My level is not good enough."
Li Shi stared at his work that took the most time and effort for a while, and shook his head with some regret.
"But there is still progress compared to yesterday when I painted in my hometown village, so I still paint more!"
He checked the time and saw that it was only five forty, more than an hour before the dinner time he had made with the two sisters.
I took the tools and went downstairs to the yard. I found an angle with the best view facing the left side and moved a bamboo chair to sit down.
I still observed first, waited for a few minutes, then opened the sketchbook, took the pencil from the pencil case, and started drawing.
This time, he slowed down his painting speed and watched as he painted.
After a while, a female tourist wearing a jacket suddenly walked in from outside the gate. Li Shi subconsciously raised his head and glanced, and then was stunned for a second - she turned out to be a foreign woman with blond hair and sunglasses.
How come foreigners come to visit such an unpopular scenic spot?
A trace of doubt flashed in Li Shi's mind, but at this moment his mind was on creation, so he didn't think much and continued painting.
After a while, just as he was thinking about which image to highlight in this painting, he contacted WeChat and thought about it several times.
Frown slightly.
When I took it out, I saw that it was sent by Zhou Yajuan from Dejia Auction Company.
Li Shi scanned it once and was about to reply when he suddenly felt movement behind him. He turned around and before he could see the person clearly, he heard a Mandarin with a slightly weird accent: "Hello."
0.1 seconds later, I saw the other party's appearance clearly.
It's an old white man.
