The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 593: Rivalry Becomes Serious (1)_1

Yang Boyan brought a bunch of materials for making lanterns, as well as a Dessert Box, and asked Pei Qian and Pei Wendong about making flower lanterns, "The lads insisted that I, their uncle, make them lanterns. It’s one thing to have me buy something, but asking me to make a flower lantern really puts me in a tight spot! Are you two planning to make flower lanterns? I can learn from you!" He looked at Pei Qian as he asked.

"We don’t have anyone in our family who knows how to make flower lanterns!" Pei Qian thought to herself with a roll of the eyes.

"Uh... how about giving it a try?" Yang Boyan asked her with a smile. The refusal was indeed straightforward.

Pei Qian eyed the materials, feeling somewhat tempted, but she didn’t know how.

"I don’t know how either," Pei Wendong also shook his head.

Seeing that none of them knew how, now that the materials had been piled up before them, Pei Qin said, "Then let’s give it a try! It’s good to take a craft class once in a while!"

The Pei family’s Little Radish had always been used to martial arts, arithmetic, and labor classes, but had never taken such a craft class.

Xiao Yong looked at Fang Liuming, lips pursed with a smile, "I can make lanterns." He had learned from a steward at home.

Fang Liuming had no chance to speak before Yang Boyan asked him to lead the teaching, organizing a few Little Radishes to make lanterns.

Pei Qin, with her daughter about to jump into her arms, watched a group of people busily making lanterns and also grabbed a pair of scissors to make a folded lantern.

Fang Liuming kept his eyes on Pei Qian, teaching her how to make an attractive flower lantern, "... I’ll help you draw the pattern on the outside."

Yang Boyan raised an eyebrow, a hint of interest curving his lips, and with a grand gesture said, "Let me try drawing one first!" He took a half-finished lantern and sketched a Picture of a Drunk Beauty Among Flowers.

Fang Liuming refused to be outdone. Although his painting skills weren’t great, he could still present a passable rendering of the "Four Gentlemen" plants.

Like competitors taking their craft seriously, each time they finished a lantern, the two men would quickly add their drawings to it.

In less than half a day, a pile of lanterns was covered with their artwork, and they seemed ready to take on another pile.

Xiao Yong, however, focused all his attention on Pei Qin. She had made a foldable lantern and was currently painting fish on it. Her strokes were delicate, resembling fine brushwork, yet with distinct techniques. The fish seemed almost ready to swim out of the lantern, so lifelike were they.

Jiujiu stared wide-eyed at her mother, drool running down from the corner of her mouth and trailing a long thread.

Pei Qin put down her brush and turned her head, exclaiming, "Oh dear! My darling girl! You’re drooling a river!" She quickly grabbed a bib to wipe it away.

"Sister Qin! Let me have this lantern!" Xiao Yong seized the opportunity and swiftly claimed the lantern for himself.

Speaking of drawing, Pei Qin only did it to pass the time in the lab when she was bored waiting for results or when things got moldy, but she never drew on paper. She could only draw these fishes, turtles, and the like. Seeing that he liked it, she said, "Here, play with it!"

Xiao Yong joyfully put it away.

On the other side, Fang Liuming and Yang Boyan had been busy drawing on a stack of lanterns and finally turned to look at the one he was holding.

Yang Boyan raised an eyebrow and quickly approached, "Let me have a look!"

Fang Liuming was also somewhat surprised. His cousin usually sketched a few odd patterns, but who knew her artistic skills were also so formidable?

"Whose disciple are you in painting?" Yang Boyan asked. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

"Just picking it up on my own when I have nothing else to do!" Pei Qin replied to him.

Yang Boyan didn’t believe it, "There’s no way you’d have such painting skills from aimless dabbling!"

"I can only draw fish!" Pei Qin chuckled, "Oh, and turtles! I can’t draw anything else!"

"They’re all aquatic..." Yang Boyan looked skeptical.

With one hand holding her daughter and the other holding a brush, Pei Qin quickly drew another turtle.

Yang Boyan noticed that when she drew the turtle, she didn’t start with a line frame but began to meticulously delineate from one corner until the entire turtle appeared, "This method of painting is indeed uncommon."