I hope I can succeed, Lin Xue encouraged herself.
An hour later, Lin Xue came to the main room with food. Tang Ao was not allowed in, so he didn't follow. After all, Mr. Qin still liked to be clean.
"You still refuse to give up?" Mr. Qin put down the brush without water this time.
"After persisting for so long, I naturally refuse to give up. Otherwise, wouldn't I be sorry for myself?" Lin Xue put down the food and handed Mr. Qin a pair of bowls and chopsticks.
Mr. Qin still painted the beautiful dragon girl, as if he still refused to agree.
"So, I'm really curious, what's so good about that man?" Mr. Qin picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating directly.
"Then why is she so obsessed with you?" Lin Xue asked.
"Do you want to hear..." Mr. Qin asked.
"I don't want to" Lin Xue refused.
The two of them have had this conversation countless times, but they seem to remain the same.
No one can convince anyone.
…
In the third year, winter, Linjia Village, Lin Mo’s house.
Lin Mo burned firewood, and the little turtle got into his arms this time and could not come out. He sat on the bottom of the boat and stared at the frozen sea.
The little turtle's wound has healed and it is now able to walk freely. It will be released in the spring next year.
Lin Mo had this thought in his mind. The little turtle didn't know anything and was tossing back and forth in Lin Mo's arms.
It's the third year, has something happened to her?
If you still can't wait, wait until the baby turtles are released and go to the city.
I remember that her home seemed to be in a gathering of immortals.
Lin Mo vaguely remembered this name.
…
Jinxiu City had a rare snowfall this year, which seemed unusual.
In the quiet courtyard, Lin Xue was serving food. Mr. Qin cleared the water this time, put down his brush, picked up a pair of bowls and chopsticks, picked up a piece of cooked lettuce, and put it into his mouth. His craftsmanship was still so good.
"You still haven't given up. Now that three years have passed, why don't you give up?" Mr. Qin asked. He remembered that she said she only had three years. Now that three years have come, won't she give up?
"Do you want to hear it?" This time it was Lin Xue who spoke.
"I'm all ears." Mr. Qin responded disrespectfully.
"The story is very simple and very long... I have known him since we were children. My father and his father have a very good relationship because his father saved my father's life. It is amazing to say that living by the sea, my father cannot go into the water. Every time he fished in a wooden boat, because he couldn't go into the water, his father took great care of my father. Once when there was a heavy rain, his father took a risk and saved my father's life."
Lin Xue continued with a lonely face: "But my father failed to save his father's life later, and he could only salvage the boat."
"He has been deaf since he was a child and can't speak, but he is a good man like his father. When I was a child, I couldn't get into the water, just like my father. One time, people in the village provoked me. I had a bad temper at the time and wanted to prove it to him. If they look at it, I will go into the water.”
"As a result, I drowned because I didn't tell the adults about the gas release. I was very scared at the time. Looking at the water getting closer and closer to me, I was afraid of dying like this. My consciousness became more and more blurred. I knew I was going to die. ."
Lin Xue smiled at this moment, making Mr. Qin put down his bowl and chopsticks.
"He's here. He's deaf and can't speak yet, but he saved me just like he saved my father. It's funny to say that when I was a child, I was afraid of being laughed at by the villagers, so I kept bullying him. I didn't understand why my father cared about him so much. , I feel that he has taken away my parents’ concern for me.”
"Until that moment, I didn't understand how important kindness is. My family owes him two lives, one is my father's and the other is mine."
"What does this have to do with three years?" Mr. Qin said what he was thinking.
"Three years ago, my uncle wanted me to marry another person, so I made an appointment with him for three years. If I succeeded within three years, I would not have to marry. Unfortunately, I failed." Lin Xue's eyes were depressed.
"You can leave. I believe that with your ability, you won't be able to find a way out."
"My uncle has been very kind to my family. It's for my own good that he doesn't call me. After all, who wants to let his family marry a deaf man who can't speak?" Lin Xue said helplessly.
"You talked about a three-year agreement, but because I came," Mr. Qin understood everything after hearing this.
Lin Xue said nothing and nodded silently.
"Then will you listen to me this time?" Mr. Qin asked.
"This should be the last time, master." Lin Xue looked lonely. No matter what she did, he always gritted his teeth and disagreed.
Seeing that Lin Xue did not refuse, Mr. Qin said: "It must have been when I was a child. I was caught by thieves and put on a boat because of my fun. The boat was floating on the sea and its whereabouts were uncertain. The government could not do anything about it. "
"They beat and scolded me every day. I was so despondent that I even thought about going and dying. Unfortunately, my brother didn't use any force when he hit me. There was only a big bump on the board and there was a sharp pain. "
"Under such severe pain, I didn't have the courage for the second time. I thought it was just me. About half a month later, a girl rescued me. She was a white dragon. She killed the entire ship with one move. I knocked her unconscious and brought the boat to the shore. She also gave me a piece of dragon scale."
"These years... I have been looking for her, hoping to thank her for her kindness that day." Mr. Qin took out a white scale contained in a beautiful wooden box from his arms. The shape is similar to fish scales, but it looks thicker. , although it is white, it glows with bursts of color in the sun.
"Master, student, please leave." When Lin Xue was about to leave, Mr. Qin stopped her.
"Since you have accepted me as your teacher, I am responsible for you. You have refused to give up in three years. I respect your choice." Mr. Qin picked up a painting and said:
"If you think this is the last time, then come look at the paintings with me for the last time."
Lin Xue sighed. It has been three years, and I don't know what painting the master painted. It's the picture of the dragon girl again. It doesn't matter, let's take the test again for the last time.
Starting from the Dragon Girl picture and ending with the Dragon Girl picture, it can be considered a beginning and an end.
Mr. Qin unfolded the painting just as he did when the two met for the first time three years ago.
Lin Xue smiled, looked up, and suddenly shrank her eyes. This time, the picture on the drawing paper was no longer the beautiful dragon girl, but a picture of a young tiger. The young tiger was painted lifelike, with a well-accurate expression, and surrounding people. Boulders are dotted with them, and there is an adult tiger painted on the back. The adult tiger stares at the cub, looking panicked, fearing that something unexpected will happen.
"This is..." Although Lin Xue was surprised, she still didn't understand its meaning.
"City Lord!"
"City Lord!"
"City Lord!"
I remembered three shouts in succession outside, namely Old Tang and Old Xu, as well as Tang Ao behind.
"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived." Mr. Qin looked like he knew.
Lin Xue was a little confused. Although she had some plans of her own, after all, she had too little experience.
Before Tang Ao's voice fell, a hearty laughter came. A bearded man in black armor walked to the main house with vigorous steps, and greeted respectfully:
"Mr. Qin, we have an appointment. It's not too late for me to come." The city lord was overjoyed at this time, but he still did not lose his etiquette.
Waiting outside the main house to say hello to Mr. Qin.
"Come in." After Mr. Qin spoke, the city lord dared to take a step forward and walked in. As soon as he entered, he saw the picture of a tiger sending a child away. His eyes lit up, but in the next breath he knew that he had lost his temper. He quickly laughed to cover it up.
He knew that the picture of a tiger sending a child had not yet been signed. After all, it was just an empty painting and of no use.
Originally, Mr. Qin asked him to find a dragon girl, but he felt that there was no hope. No one in the entire court knew that Mr. Qin loved the picture of the dragon girl, even to the point of madness.
Now, he was asked to come and said that he wanted to give him a painting. As soon as the city lord heard this, he immediately put aside all important matters and hurried over on a fast horse.
This painting has not been signed. It seems that Mr. Qin has something he wants. As long as it is not the illusory dragon girl, he will win this painting for his son even if he spends a lot of money and does not even need to be the city lord.
"Mr. Qin, tell me what you have to say. I was born as a soldier. Fortunately, the court favored me and I became the lord of Jinxiu City. If something happens to you, I will do my best." The lord expressed his attitude.
You just keep talking, even if you fish for the moon in the water, you still have to bite off half of it from the sky.
"It's just that it's not difficult. I, a student, have something to ask for, and I'm a scholar, so I can't do anything about it. I have no choice but to trouble the Lord of the City," Mr. Qin introduced Lin Xue first-hand.
"Can't do anything? These literati always love this trick, and they do everything to themselves. They keep talking about one thing here and another here and there." The city lord muttered in his heart, seeming to be dissatisfied, as if he had suffered similar losses.
"Miss Lin, just speak and do your best." The city lord naturally recognized Mr. Qin's apprentice. Why do you say apprentice? It's just this student. I'm afraid no one can compete with him.
For Lin Xue, the impression of this city lord was still very good.
The city owner was relieved when he saw that it was Lin Xue. At that time, he knew that the other party was Mr. Qin's student, so he immediately set up a table in Juxian Tower. He usually took care of Juxian Tower. He heard that the shopkeeper of Juxian Tower was He is Lin Xue's uncle.
"Lord City Lord, can a friend of mine be assigned a casual position?" Lin Xue said cautiously.
"Mr. Qin, are you kidding me?" The city lord was a little angry when he heard this.
What the hell is this? It's not funny to joke about this kind of thing. It seems that I won't be able to get the picture of sending a child to a tiger today.
Why doesn't the city lord have a temper?
"What she said is true, I can testify. I really planned to give the city lord a painting today to show my kindness, but unexpectedly, I don't know where I put the signature I usually carry with me. The city lord doesn't mind taking this painting first. He will take it someday. I will make up for it when I find it." Mr. Qin said with a smile.
The city lord narrowed his eyes. It didn't look like he was making fun of him, so he had gotten a big deal. It looked like Mr. Qin's plan to send a son to a tiger.
If others knew about it, they would go crazy and grab it.
The city lord was overjoyed in his heart, but still showed a slight hesitation on the surface. Finally he pretended to grit his teeth and agreed:
"I trust Mr. Qin"
