Dongfang Shiming took the jar, raised his head and smiled: "Brother Bai, what are you saying? In Bai Hao's heart, you have always been very important."
As he spoke, he lowered his head to look at the jar, which was colored. Some very childish-looking graffiti were scrawled on it in disorder, and had long since faded due to dust.
"This painted clay pot is one of the few preserved... toys." Bai Yikao also looked at the pot with a deep tone, "The old man was angry with me last time, and many of the paintings from that year were burned to the ground. ."
Dongfang Shiming stopped talking and listened to Bai Yikao talking half to himself.
"Those were really beautiful days." Bai Yikao's eyes were blurry, as if he had returned to his childhood. "Now that I think about it, those were the days when I just started to be interested in painting. My little sister came to make trouble for me every day, painting the paint Smear it all over the wall.”
Dongfang Shiming followed his words and looked at the wall. It is indeed colorful and has many small handprints.
"At that time, I stayed here painting every day, and my little sister stayed here with me. From morning to afternoon, sometimes I didn't even bother to eat. The old man came to train people, and when he saw the little sister, he calmed down, and I could also Take advantage of it."
Facing that year, it seems that I have become an irrelevant passerby. Bai Yikao spoke slowly, his eyes flickering far and near: "Especially in the last two years. If it hadn't been for my little sister, maybe I would have had a huge quarrel with the old man."
"...I've heard of it." Dongfang Shiming said, "Bai Hao is still willing to support your choice."
Bai Yikao nodded: "It's always been the case. My little sister is not smart, but she is willing to compare her feelings with her own and is more willing to believe. Now, maybe I, the eldest brother, have actually disappointed her."
"How could it be?" Dongfang Shiming sighed with a smile, rubbing the slightly raised paint on the jar, "You are getting closer and closer to your dream, and Bai Hao will definitely be willing to support you."
Dongfang Shiming can understand Bai Yikao's complicated heart. In fact, in the Bai family, no matter whether he can enter the autumn curtain painting banquet, the evaluation of "not doing his job properly" will still not change. Of course, everyone is happy to take over Bai Bai De's hope and family business, but Bai Yikao can't do it, and maybe he won't be able to do it in the future.
So, a large part of his desire to join the Autumn Curtain Painting Banquet was to prove to his sister.
"Oh, it sounds like you know Artemisia better than I do." Bai Yikao turned his head helplessly, "How much do you know about Artemisia?"
Dongfang Shiming walked over, carefully put down the clay pot, turned his back to Bai Yikao and said, "I don't understand Bai Hao as big brother Bai does. But I know the value of family ties, and I also know the complexity and luck of being in it."
"My understanding of Bai Hao is limited to what she said to me personally." Dongfang Shiming closed his eyes and stood up, "But from what she said to me, I can know her attitude towards you. "
"Oh, what's your attitude?" Bai Yikao asked.
Dongfang Shiming smiled. He pondered and spoke slowly: "Actually, you should know better. Just like your feelings towards Bai Hao, it is a kind of close affection based on unconditional trust, and blood is thicker than water."
"That's very reasonable." Bai Yikao sighed, not sure whether it was as expected or because he had no choice but to say, "When chatting with people like you, people always fall into being lectured unconsciously."
"You can't afford this." Dongfang Shiming looked at the marks on the wall and raised the corners of his mouth, "You are like a life mentor in Bai Hao's heart. Before we met, I was still afraid of you, Brother Bai."
"You mean you were disappointed after meeting?" Bai Yikao laughed, turned around and said, "Well, what I said to the girl randomly back then can still be remembered by her. A life mentor or something like that can be called a mentor in front of you. It’s just a fool’s errand.”
After chatting for a while, the distance between the two has become much closer. Dongfang Shiming walked around the house again and saw many traces of the Bahao brother and sister playing in the past.
This kind of brother-sister relationship is really enviable. Dongfang Shiming thought of the strange sister in his family and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"I know, I'm ashamed of your ability." Bai Yikao spoke again, "It's really difficult to control the rhythm of chatting with you. I went straight to the point - I hope you can treat her well. Because I and you The old man can only accompany her until here. From now on, you will accompany her to continue."
In this case, Dongfang Shiming is both surprised and not surprised. Although I had expected that it would end with such words, when I heard it, I felt a little unprepared.
"Uh...I know." Dongfang Shiming had nothing else to say, so he could only say he agreed.
"This is what the old man will tell you when the time comes." Bai Yikao was very sure, "But that will have to wait for a while. He will tell you more than me."
Dongfang Shiming walked to the door: "It can be seen that the master of the house loves Bai Hao very much."
"More than ten?" Bai Yikao curled his lips, "Don't talk about his attitude towards me. Just say that I have no objection to his attitude towards my little sister."
Dongfang Shiming put his hands behind his back and couldn't help but laugh when he heard Bai Yikao say this.
"I think the master of the house is also very interested in you." He said quietly, his eyes slipping from the edge of the door frame.
Bai Yikao was stunned. He wanted to argue something with Dongfang Shiming, but their eyes instantly connected. They looked at each other meaningfully for a moment and stopped talking about the matter.
"That's alright." Bai Yikao took the lead to bypass Dongfang Shiming and walked out, "Let's go out for a walk again, the snow is getting lighter."
The two closed the door tightly and walked towards the back hill of Dongfang's house.
The snowflakes in the sky have turned into fine snow particles, and the wind has become lighter. Gray clouds of different shades are rolling in, not very cold.
After walking past the buildings and terraces, Dongfang Shiming realized that Zhushan Mountain, which the Bai family was backing, was also within the boundaries of the Bai family.
The surrounding walls gradually became lower, and the two walked to a rusty iron gate. This iron gate is embedded in the center of the wall and is so narrow that it can only accommodate one person. It is obviously not the main entrance to the back mountain, and few people seem to pass by here.
The dead vines winding down from the back hill were placed on the wall, blocking the iron gate wantonly. Bai Yikao stepped forward and pushed aside the dead vines, pinched the rusty copper bolt, and pulled it out with force.
The iron door slowly opened. Bai Yikao glanced inside, turned to Dongfang Shiming and said, "Come here."
Dongfang Shiming did not hesitate. The two of them passed through the iron gate one after another. In front of them was a dirt road overgrown with weeds, stretching sideways up the mountain. The two of them each found wooden sticks and moved slowly while flicking the weeds in front of them.
