Farming and Raising Cubs (II)

Chapter 231: Instructions and Posters

"Xiuxiu, do you like painting very much?" Li Mumu asked her.

Gu Xiuxiu nodded.

"Not just to help Third Aunt, but do you like painting yourself?" Li Mumu asked again.

"Yeah." Gu Xiuxiu nodded, "I think painting is interesting."

"What do you like to paint?"

"I like everything. I want to paint what I see in my daily life and find interesting."

"You have already painted a lot? Can you show it to Third Aunt?" Li Mumu asked.

"Okay." Gu Xiuxiu went back to her room and took out a stack of papers after a while.

Li Mumu looked at them one by one.

There were small vendors on the street, and even the clay figures on the stalls were painted.

There were also children playing in the alleys, and old people sitting and chatting.

There were also birds resting in the trees.

These were all what Gu Xiuxiu saw every day.

"Whose paintings do you like? Auntie, please take a look. If you come across any, I will buy them for you." Li Mumu said, "To improve your painting skills, you should not only paint more, but also learn more about the techniques of the famous artists you like, and then slowly develop your own characteristics."

"I like the paintings of Gu Kaizhi and Wu Daozi." Gu Xiuxiu said.

"Auntie, I remember." Li Mumu said, "Famous artists' paintings are hard to find. If there is a chance, Auntie will definitely buy one for you."

Gu Xiuxiu said hurriedly, "Their paintings are precious, Auntie, if possible... buy those with similar styles to theirs, or good imitations, that's fine."

"Okay." Li Mumu smiled and nodded, "By the way."

Li Mumu took out her purse and took out a silver coin and gave it to Gu Xiuxiu, "This is for your painting money." "

Painting money?" Gu Xiuxiu was puzzled.

"You paint for Auntie, so you should be paid." Li Mumu said.

Gu Xiuxiu quickly shook her head and did not take it, "I just painted for fun, how can I charge Third Aunt for money."

"How can this be painted for fun? You paint very well. Even if I go out to find someone to paint, it is difficult to paint as well as you. Besides, I just provide an idea. How to paint is up to you." Li Mumu said, "You are a painter in this way. Since you are a painter, you naturally have to charge me for painting for me."

"Not just this time, in the future, when you paint, as long as someone uses it, you have to charge money." Li Mumu said, "Your paintings are worth the money."

Seeing that Gu Xiuxiu blushed and refused to take it, Li Mumu stuffed the silver into Gu Xiuxiu's hand, "However, let Third Aunt take advantage of you and paint another one for her?"

"In the future, Third Aunt will have many paintings for you to paint." Li Mumu said, "Xiuxiu, you paint very well, but there is no reason to paint in vain."

"Also, you should practice your painting skills more, and you will get better and better in the future. You can sell your paintings at a higher price in the future." Li Mumu said, "However, since I am your third aunt, if you sell them at a higher price in the future, you must remember to give me a lower price."

Li Mumu's words made Gu Xiuxiu laugh.

"Then...then I will accept it." Gu Xiuxiu said with a red face.

"That's right." Li Mumu said, "Otherwise, how can the third aunt have the audacity to always ask you to paint?"

"If you earn money by yourself, you can also buy some paintings you like, isn't it better?" Li Mumu continued.

This time, Gu Xiuxiu was completely convinced.

"Thank you, third aunt." Gu Xiuxiu said with a red face.

"I am optimistic about you, you will definitely become a very famous painter in the future!" Li Mumu said firmly.

Gu Xiuxiu was inspired by what Li Mumu said. She was full of fighting spirit and wished she could practice her painting skills day and night. She asked Li Mumu hurriedly, "Aunt San, what else do you want me to draw?"

"Draw a propaganda poster." Li Mumu said, "Draw that kind of picture book, with several grids on a piece of paper, and each grid is a picture, telling a story."

"Just draw it. Passerby A and his companion B were hungry on the road, but they found that there was no village in front and no shop behind, so they could only sit on the side of the road to rest. Passerby A took out some dry food but didn't know the taste, but companion B took out instant noodles, broke them into pieces and poured the seasoning packet on them, and they ate it very deliciously. They also shared some with Passerby A, who took a bite and put the dry food away, not wanting to eat it anymore."

"The two continued to move forward and finally arrived at the post station to rest. They were hungry in the middle of the night, but the cook had already gone to bed. Companion B took out instant noodles again. Passerby A expressed that he wanted to eat something hot. Companion B said no problem, so he boiled water and made instant noodles. The two ate hot instant noodles again at night."

"Oh, it's really interesting." Gu Xiuxiu started to paint immediately.

This time Gu Xiuxiu took a longer time to paint.

It took her an entire afternoon.

Li Mumu took the two paintings that Gu Xiuxiu had drawn to find someone to copy.

The instructions for use are to be given along with the instant noodles when customers buy them.

The posters were handed over to the errand shop guys, who were asked to hand out the posters to customers when they delivered the goods.

At the same time, a tasting stall was set up at the entrance of Gu's Snack Shop, and a large instruction sheet for use was posted in front of the stall.

When people passing by saw this, although they didn't know what it was, they knew that Gu's Snacks had come up with something new, so they came forward to ask, "What new thing do you have?"

The waiter explained with a smile, "I let you guess. This is our new instant noodles. Look, there are instructions for use. If you have nowhere to eat when you are out, restaurants are expensive, or you don't want to cook at home, you can put this noodle in a bowl, sprinkle it with the seasoning packet, pour boiling water and soak it for half a cup of tea, and then you can eat it."

"We soak this with hot water, it's really not boiled." The waiter pointed to a large bowl in front of him, "If you don't believe me, I'll soak it for you now, but you'll have to wait a moment."

"Oh? I've never heard of noodles being soaked in boiling water." The man was surprised, "How about you soak one for me to see?"

"Okay!" The waiter brought another bowl and put the noodles in it. "Look, this is dry noodles."

The waiter picked up a small plate in front of him, on which was a small piece of noodles, and sprinkled with some seasoning powder.

"Can it be eaten directly like this?" The customer took it and said in surprise.

"Of course, the seasoning powder on it is what comes with our instant noodles. The one you buy back home is exactly the same as the one in here." The waiter said.

The customer half-believed and half-doubtedly put the small piece of noodles into his mouth, and took a bite. It was crispy, "Huh? So crispy? Delicious!"

Then he saw the waiter pour hot water.

In such a short time, many people gathered around.

When the time is up, the waiter opens the lid on the bowl and says, "This lid is the pot lid in our store. You can use any plate or pot lid at home to cover it."

Everyone sees the waiter stir the noodles in the bowl, and the noodle soup is dyed orange yellow by the seasoning.