My Mister Ostrich

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MY MISTER OSTRICH
Chapter 20 I’ll Go With You
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Chapter 20 ?I’ll Go With You
Translated by Twelve_Months_of_May

Because birds can fly.

During the first year of junior high, Pang Shuisheng ordered Cartoon King for Pang Qian. Since then, she would intercept the magazine even before it was delivered. She could read each issue multiple times. When the second year started, Pang Shuisheng felt that it wasn’t quite right, so he cancelled the subscription. Pang Qian didn’t care that much. If they weren’t subscribed, she would just go out to buy each issue.

Cartoon King put out one issue each month. In the beginning, it cost 8.50 for an issue, but later the price was raised to 10 dollars. That was a quarter of Pang Qian’s pocket money for the month. But Pang Qian bit the bullet and saved money instead of buying snacks. She never missed out on each installment.

She loved the authors in the magazine. Tang Weiqing, Lin Ying, Ding Dong… When she found a story and artwork that she liked, she never got tired of reading the comics. When there was something she really loved, she’d even make Gu Mingxi copy a scene for her. Who told him to be so good at drawing.

Gu Mingxi started taking lessons for drawing when he was 9 years old. At the time, Gu Guoxiang had already returned from his studies abroad. Seeing his severely disabled son, he couldn’t help but consider what Gu Mingxi’s future would be like.

Even if he graduated from university, what kind of work would he be able to do? Doctor, teacher, policeman… He can’t become those. Driver, factory worker, chef… He can’t become those either, let alone a technician or engineer like himself. With a heavy heart, Gu Guoxiang went for a smoke. He didn’t sleep well for several days, constantly thinking about his originally smart and healthy son. His son would never be able to become a welder like he had. He felt that his heart had been replaced by a stone, a heavy weight pulling him down.

In the end, Gu Guoxiang and Li Han decided to build his art skills in addition to his regular school studies. Gu Mingxi had always liked drawing. Three years after his amputation, his ability to draw with his feet was just as good as when he used to draw with his hands. The illustrated characters came to life at his feet. He did seem a bit talented.

So, Gu Guoxiang enrolled Gu Mingxi in the art class at the Children’s Palace. He had class once a week. When junior high started, Gu Guoxiang found a senior expert art teacher, who came every weekend to give Gu Mingxi lessons. Gu Mingxi progressed very quickly. In the past few years, his use of color and composition were very good. But most outstanding would have to be his rich imagination.

The teacher said that Gu Mingxi’s drawings never felt confined. He had a bold and exaggerated style, especially when it came to drawing animals. He drew rabbits with extremely long ears, and also cats kissing mice. When he was a slightly younger, he really liked to draw birds, all kinds of them with multi colored feathers. Groups of them with their wings spread, flying in the sky.

The teacher said that although Gu Mingxi was very mild mannered and obedient, he had a lot of his own ideas. He wasn’t just a child who followed at someone else’s beck and call.

Pang Qian watched Gu Mingxi draw birds many times. The paper was set on the low table. His right foot held a brush as he made several casual strokes. From the watercolors, a bird appeared.

He put down his brush and grabbed onto a tube of paint with his left foot. With his right foot, he unscrewed the cap. Both his feet were covered in reds and greens, but he didn’t mind. Pang Qian rested her chin in her hands and sat at the side. She sighed, “You draw so well! Gu Mingxi, why do you like to draw birds?”