Chapter 15: Joy Gives Birth to Sadness
It turned out that there was such a good talisman! I was overjoyed after hearing the recipe and drawing method, but Ninth Uncle made me swear to use it only once, and never again. Good thing buddy I'm not a greedy person, once is enough, thinking of Du Feiyu's face, I promised her that I would go to Harbin to accompany her. Manly man promised others things must be done, no matter whether it is promised to Ayu or Uncle Nine, I have to do it. I don't know when I started to be so persistent. But it gives me peace of mind. There's a god three feet above my head.
After thanking the ninth uncle, the ugly time is also almost over, so and the ninth uncle said take care, later have time to come back to see him again, the ninth uncle sighed again and said to me: "to practice diligently, do not go astray, no matter what to do should have a clear conscience, know it?"
I said, "I know master, don't worry." After I said that I wiped off the water on the mirror with the sleeve of my shirt, put the mirror away and ran home joyfully.
The next day I drew the talisman, and then after spending half a month reading those tutorials and borrowed practice papers, I took the talisman with me and tested it once. As expected, the answers automatically appeared in my head as soon as I looked at the practice questions. I looked at this 'sixteen mouth wake up God and power' charm sigh, this thing is simply too good, this simply can not be said to be a charm, this is an almighty university notice ah!
The rest of the week, looking around the group of students are busy with the temporary clasp, they also have a lot of people in order to take the test can be desperate to cheat and buy some high-tech (is the bluetooth headset, my senior year of high school when this thing can really be considered high-tech), a sense of pride, I thought to myself: these stupid human ah, actually want to use such a shoddy and low-grade products. As the saying goes, the brick breaks the martial arts, the slice knife breaks the qigong. Don't they know that every test center is equipped with electronic dogs? Maybe for this college entrance exam, only Lao Zi can have such an impeccable means to achieve his goal with the help of a divine talisman! Wahahahaha!
"What are you laughing at?" I received a slap on the back of my head from Du Feiyu. Maybe I got too carried away and forgot that this was still a study session, I rubbed the back of my head and told her it was nothing. Then continue to pretend to read with her, she wrote a while after the exercises, suddenly put down the pen to me, said: "If you can't get into college, we'll break up." After saying that she continued to study.
I looked at this girl, it seems that her heart is still quite concerned about me, want to encourage me in this form? Hey, hey, hey, Ayu, you underestimate your man. If I do not have you in my heart, even if it is Tsinghua University I can be completely free in and out. But I promised you, I'll definitely study in the same university as you. You wait. Haha.
A week later, since there is no examination center in our small county, Old Jia and Old Zhang took our class on a train to Qiqihar City.
Qiqihar is the second largest city in China's Heilongjiang Province, bordering Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Jilin Province. "Qiqihar is a Daur language meaning "frontier" or "natural pasture". Anciently known as Bukui (Daur language "auspicious" meaning). The famous national scenic spot Zalong Nature Reserve is here. The world's rare bird, the red-crowned crane is here to rest and recuperate. Therefore, it is also known as the "hometown of cranes". And Qiqihar is rightly called the city of cranes.
Since we belong to the art class, our college entrance examination is divided into two parts, the first test is the professional course, and then the cultural course. Both categories were held at the test center within the University of Qiqihar over a total of two days. We arrived in Qiqihar the night before the exam, so we had to stay here for two nights and one day. Carrying a painting bag and a toolbox with brushes, we have the feeling of going to the capital to catch the examination in ancient times.
The next day's test is a professional course, because we are painting two or three years of painting, so basically the score can be about the same, so we are still very calm, after receiving the number into the examination room to find that the test question is the design of the logo. Hey, this thing can not be difficult to defeat me. The most important thing to know about designing a logo is that it should be simple and concise, so that consumers can remember it at a glance, and that's the way to go. For example, if I say what logo is a 'big hook'? Your mind will definitely know what brand logo I am talking about. I mouth with a marker, thinking about what to draw it, eyes turn, there, at least we are learning the Tao people, just use the Tai Chi diagram as a prototype, change the logo on it.
You can not underestimate the Tai Chi diagram, do not think it is too common, I can clearly tell you, this is our ancestors left us one of the greatest cultural heritage, to a large extent, it is the study of the principles of the Zhouyi an important picture, which contains the common laws of the world, so some people say that it is the pattern of the universe is the lighthouse of science. To a lesser extent, it also feeds a group of so-called 'art' eaters like us. The yin and yang fish symbolizes the interchangeability of yin and yang, and the endlessness of life. I don't know how many well-known symbols also come from this. Even the seals we use every day are inseparable from it. In layman's terms, the yin fish in the yin and yang fish is concave and the yang fish is convex. Seal of the two engraving methods, the effect of yin carving, and yang carving effect is derived from this.
Said to do, I took out the compass, first with the plane composition in the drawing method drew a rule of the yin and yang fish, have picked up the pencil first of this picture to do the art of exaggerated deformation. Then adjusted the gouache with a triangle board across the line in the figure painted evenly, and finally with a black carbon pen hook edge. After finishing the work and labeling it with my test number and name, I walked out of the exam room.
By the next day, all of us in the studio were more nervous than ever, of course, out of my humble self, that is, underneath. Wahahaha, how could I not have a feeling of gloating when I looked at the unlucky looks of these frustrated people. I finally understand what it means to be a villain. It probably describes the buddy type.
To be clear, one of the most significant factors in failing the entrance exams is stress, and it's true, there's a kind of intangible pressure that comes with the entrance exams, especially when it's a subject you're not good at. It can literally take your breath away. But for me, who already knew the results, that pressure was basically equal to zero. So buddy I was humming a pleasant song on the bus, which I used to express this praise of my great country's beautiful mountains and rivers. Du Feiyu was reading a book next to me, and when she heard me singing she put down the book and glared at me. Yang Xu was in my front seat, he turned around and asked me, "Are you kids too stressed out and crazy?" Old Zhang was also in my back seat and asked me, "Are you broken?"
Mediocre people, I don't give a damn about you guys~. Now my head is full of Harbin that university in the beautiful scene, winter hand holding hot soybean milk to send Ayu will be dormitory, summer can be in the women's dormitory downstairs, waiting for Ayu out and I date, but also can appreciate the sophomore and junior older sisters harmonious and loving stockings short skirt. Then take Ayu to the beautiful Songhua River to see the sunset, uh, must not catch the last bus back to school, so that you can live with Ayu outside, wahahaha, may be able to get rid of this followed my nearly twenty years of virginity. Life is really too good!
While fantasizing about my rose-colored college life, the car arrived at the entrance of the examination room, after Old Jia and Old Zhang finished basically the same instructions as yesterday, we walked towards our respective examination rooms, I looked at Du Feiyu and gave her a victory gesture before walking into my examination room with my hands in my pockets.
Art students' cultural courses only test the most basic three subjects, from elementary school to the big math, language and English. In the two invigilator teacher after nagging some precautions, began to send the examination paper, hey, hey, hey, I at this time has long been the 'sixteen mouth wake up God borrowed power talisman' clutched in the hand, thinking, a good life waiting for me, buddy to come!
But I didn't know the cup was about to happen. The exam papers were handed out to me, and the bitchy invigilator noticed me giggling and observed me for a couple of moments. She suddenly spoke, "What are you clutching in your hand? Take it out."
