Parental Love: Jiang Weimin's Life of Lying Down

"Comrades, come here quickly. I have captured the enemy! Jiang Weimin has promised to draw pictures for all of us!"

Jiang Yafei shouted excitedly. As soon as she finished speaking, waves of cheers surged in like a tide.

"Long live Jiang Yafei!"

However, at this moment, Jiang Yafei suddenly changed the subject: "But don't be too happy too soon, Jiang Weimin has conditions!

Each person needs to exchange a picture book for one of his drawings. So if you want to draw, you can think about it carefully first.

When you have thought it through, let me know and I will write it all down for you!"

Hearing this, the crowd immediately started talking:

"Oh, what are you thinking about? Every family has a few picture books!"

"That's right, I want to draw. I'll go back and get the picture book now!"

"I want to draw it too. I'll get it right away!"

Then, several more little girls chimed in: “Me too, me too!”

After a while, seven or eight little girls returned to the place happily holding the picture books.

"Jiang Yafei, this is for you! Let Jiang Weimin start painting quickly!" A little girl was eager to own such a beautiful painting.

"Okay, no problem! Just be patient, I'll write down your names first, so you don't make mistakes later!" Jiang Yafei took the comic book and carefully wrote down the name of each little girl.

After Jiang Yafei finished registering, she made a solemn promise and rushed home with the eight picture books. She went straight to Jiang Weimin's room and put all the books on the cabinet.

"Jiang Weimin, I brought the books back for you, eight in total." Jiang Yafei looked proud.

Jiang Weimin was very surprised when he saw the pile of books in front of him!

"so much!"

"That's still a lot!" Jiang Yafei rolled her eyes at him, "There are still a few that I'm hesitating about whether to change! Once everyone is satisfied with your painting, there should be more to come!"

"Haha, then I don't have to buy picture books anymore!"

However, Jiang Yafei poured cold water on him: "Don't expect it, two of these eight books are the same, they are all comic books published in the past, and the latest comic books definitely don't have them."

Jiang Weimin didn't think much of it: "That's good too! I can buy the new ones myself, so I can have endless picture books to read, and I don't have to collect them myself.

Look, I have finally collected more than 20 picture books, and you have brought back so many in one go."

"How come there are so many? Hey, aren't these in my room?"

Jiang Weimin smiled awkwardly and explained, "Hey, this is what I asked Yaning to collect for me. I also asked my second brother to help me get the things in my eldest and second brothers' rooms. Add in what you brought, and there are so many."

"I've read all the books at home, so you can collect them all! Among the eight books I brought over, there is one that I haven't read yet. I'll take it first and read it. I'll give it to you after I finish reading it."

"Okay, you tell my models to gather at the square first, I'll get the pens and paints and come right after."

After a while, Jiang Weimin prepared the drawing board, paper, pen and paint and prepared to walk towards the square. The drawing board was a simple drawing board made by Jiang Weimin himself.

Just then, Jiang Yaning came back from outside.

"Yaning, what were you doing just now?"

"I went to play checkers with my classmates and let them appreciate my paintings."

"How's it going? Did my painting skills shock your classmates?"

"Yeah, my classmates are so envious! They even asked me to ask my third brother if he could draw a picture for them as well."

"of course can."

Then, he told Jiang Yaning again the conditions that he had mentioned to Jiang Yafei before.

"Great! I'll tell my classmates right away." Before she finished her words, she put down her checkers and ran out in a hurry again.

Jiang Weimin shook his head and smiled then went to the square again. When Jiang Weimin arrived at the square, he found that several little girls were already waiting there.

As soon as he appeared, the little girls quickly surrounded him.

"Jiang Weimin, your painting is so great! We all like it very much."

Jiang Weimin was a little excited, as he did not expect his paintings to be so popular. He modestly said that as long as everyone likes it, it's fine.

"Let me make it clear first. I'm exchanging comic books with you because I like the pictures in them, and I'm also providing the paint and paper. If you feel this is unfair, please speak up."

Jiang Weimin was prepared for this, after all, this was the 1970s. But think about it, this is at most a barter, not speculation.

"No, it's good without this." A group of girls echoed in unison.

Seeing this, Jiang Weimin nodded and said, "Okay, everyone come one by one. I have several styles of clothes here, please choose them first, in case you are not satisfied with what I draw later."

As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of paper with some clothing designs drawn on them. These designs were common in the 70s, but after Jiang Weimin's improved designs, they looked more simple and elegant, and the color matching was also very nice.

"Wow, there are so many beautiful clothes! I want this one, I want this one..."

Seeing these beautiful clothes, the girls were very excited and started to pick out the styles they liked. Jiang Yafei was so overwhelmed by the beautiful clothes that she completely forgot that she had a mission to accomplish.

"Jiang Yafei, don't just look at it, help count the styles of clothes that everyone has chosen, and then arrange the order of drawing.

If you like, I will draw a picture for each of your clothes tomorrow and make a picture album for you."

"Yes, I will ensure that I complete the task!" Jiang Yafei came back to her senses immediately, her face full of excitement.

At this time, one of the girls suddenly asked, "Brother Weimin, can I choose two pieces of clothing and draw two pictures?"

"Sure, but it's just a picture book."

"Really? Great! I'll go get it right away."

"You don't have to rush back to get it now. It will be the same if you bring it here tomorrow."

"Thank you, Brother Weimin!" The girl was overjoyed and responded happily with a sweet smile.

"Huh, Wei Min is calling me brother so intimately!" Jiang Yafei said in a weird tone.

"I shout like that because I admire Brother Weimin."

"Jiang Yafei, are you ready? Who will go first?" Jiang Weimin hurriedly interrupted their conversation, for he was afraid that they would start fighting.

Jiang Weimin had a lot of drawing paper in front of him, on which various figures had been sketched. It turned out that he was drawing portraits of these people.

Every piece of clothing Jiang Weimin chooses to draw is drawn according to the same template, with only slight changes to the clothes and the head, which can improve the drawing efficiency.

But even so, it took him two hours to complete all the paintings, a total of 12.

Two of the girls drew two pictures each, and one girl drew three pictures.

"Brother Weimin, your painting is so beautiful!"

"Yes! Jiang Weimin, if I hadn't seen your paintings, I wouldn't have known I was so beautiful." Another girl echoed.

Jiang Weimin's paintings do use some little tricks. While retaining each person's facial features, he fine-tunes their expressions. His paintings do not make people feel that the differences between the characters are too great. Instead, they make the faces appear softer and more three-dimensional.

In this way, everyone took their paintings home and showed them off very satisfied.

After dinner, everyone sat around the dining table to enjoy dinner. There were four dishes and the staple food steamed buns on the table. In the 70s, such a meal could be said to be extremely sumptuous.

Even after entering the 20th century, ordinary families rarely cooked four dishes.

While Jiang Weimin was eating with gusto, Jiang Yafei started to act up again.

"Today, a girl called Jiang Weimin 'Brother Weimin'. It sounded so corny!"

Jiang Weimin looked at Jiang Yafei helplessly, secretly complaining in his heart.

"Sister, who is it?" Jiang Yaning looked curious.

"It's Zhang Xiaojuan!"

"Oh, so she is the daughter of Captain Zhang!" Jiang Dehua suddenly interrupted and explained Zhang Xiaojuan's family situation.

Just as Jiang Yafei was about to continue speaking, Jiang Weimin hurriedly coughed to interrupt her and reminded her in a low voice: "Jiang Yafei, the album."

Jiang Yafei seemed to understand something and quickly responded, "Oh, Auntie's meal today is really delicious. I'm full and will go back to my room to do my homework."

"Jiang Yafei! Don't leave in such a hurry. Make yourself clear before you leave! What's the situation? Tell us in detail!" Jiang Weidong's face was full of curiosity.

"Oh, there's nothing much to say, just some very ordinary things..." After saying that, she quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks and ran out as fast as a little rabbit.

Jiang Weidong looked at his sister's back as she left and shook his head helplessly. He muttered to himself, "This girl runs really fast!"

At this moment, he glanced at his parents who were eating, and then at his brother who was curious, and thought to himself, "I can't let this gossip spread to me!"

"I'm full too, I'm going to go back and do my homework," he quickly followed Jiang Yafei's steps and ran out.

"Why did these two kids run away in the middle of a conversation? Really!" Jiang Dehua muttered.

"Alright, alright, don't take it too seriously, it's just a joke between kids. Let's eat!"