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Chapter 162 Preliminary Competition 2
As soon as she entered the chrysanthemum garden, there was a rush of people. The number of participants far exceeded Chen Huiyin's expectations. She took Tang Yaoling and An Ning to the painting competition area along the path separated by chrysanthemum bonsai.

The painting competition area is arranged in the pavilion on the water in Juyuan. This pavilion has three floors. They were arranged to wait in separate private rooms, some with only servants, and these servants were all arranged to wait in an empty side hall.

Tang Yaoling waited in the side hall for a while, feeling really bored, he informed An Ning, then left the side hall and went to the garden.

On the other side, Chen Huiyin carried her toolbox and was taken to the third floor. The location had already been arranged. She sat down at the table that belonged to her with the aunt who led the way, thanked the aunt who led the way, and then did not panic. Take out your own tools from the toolbox in a leisurely manner.

Chen Huiyin had already thought about what to draw in the preliminary competition, so she didn't have any pressure, so she looked at the other contestants left and right.

It just so happened that another contestant was brought in at this time. Chen Huiyin subconsciously looked towards the door, and met the eyes of a beautiful young lady aged sixteen or seventeen. The other party was taken aback for a moment, then smiled gently and nodded.

Chen Huiyin also nodded, who knew it was such a coincidence that the little lady was sitting next to her, so Chen Huiyin glanced at the name tag on the table, and the words "Gu Xinhui, Yuhang Mansion" on the name tag came into her sight.

Chen Huiyin looked back calmly, at this time the little lady took the initiative to say: "Sister Chen, I'm Gu Xinhui from Yuhang Mansion, this inkstone of yours is really exquisite and beautiful, where did you buy it?"

"Chen Huiyin, Lingwu County." Chen Huiyin reported her name, and then recalled Xinhui's words: "My inkstone was obtained from a shop called Moxiang, which runs the Four Treasures of the Study in Dongdu. I also think this inkstone is very delicate and beautiful. , and fell in love with it at a glance.”

Putting aside the fact that Gu Xinhui might be a member of sister Gu's clan, Chen Huiyin is doing her best to promote the Helan inkstone at this moment. While she took the initiative to pass the Helan inkstone to Gu Xinhui for appreciation, she continued: "This inkstone is not only beautiful in appearance, but also inks quickly. , the ink that is ground is fine and oily, and this inkstone can gather water with a breath.

There is also a lot of ink. A few days ago, I grinded a lot of ink at a time, and I didn’t use it up. After closing the lid, the ink in the inkstone was not only dry, but also had no smell. It is a good inkstone. "

As soon as she said this, several teenagers and young ladies came over. Chen Huiyin didn't deliberately suppress her voice when she spoke, and her appearance was really dazzling. Since she came in, there were many seventeen or eighteen-year-olds Mr. Xiao Lang was peeping at her, and now he had the opportunity to get close, so he seized the opportunity to talk to the beautiful woman.

After admiring the inkstone, Gu Xinhui returned it to Chen Huiyin, and said with a smile: "After hearing what Sister Chen said, I can't wait to have such an exquisite and beautiful inkstone. When the competition is over, I will go to the shop that Sister Chen mentioned. "

After hearing what she said, Chen Huiyin showed a polite smile and didn't answer the conversation, because Tang Yaoling went to Moxiang again yesterday, but Moxiang was not open for business, and there was a sign on the door that the owner was busy and reopened in the middle of the month Notice, so she really has nothing to say.

Fortunately, not long after, all the participants arrived. Although it was not time for the competition, someone came out to maintain order, and everyone went back to their seats.

As soon as the time for the competition came, the bell rang, and everyone devoted themselves to their creations. Chen Huiyin planned to use horses as the theme to draw horse training pictures.

There is a riding and shooting range at home, and horses are also raised. When taking riding and archery classes, she often sees scenes of grooms taming horses. She is very familiar with this. Besides, nearly half of the judges are horse lovers. She This is also a good match.

There is a time limit for the competition, two hours, but if you finish the painting, you can hand in the painting in advance and leave.

It only took Chen Huiyin an hour to complete the painting, put her name on the painting, and stamped it, then she handed in the painting and left with her toolbox.

As soon as she arrived on the first floor, she happened to meet Tang Yaoling who had returned from the garden.

In the side hall, she kept paying attention to the tranquility outside, and originally wanted to go out, but when she saw Mr. Tang Dalang, she retreated again. Don't think she is shorter than Miss, but she is actually a year older than Miss.

I didn't notice it before, but this morning Mr. Tang looked at the young lady's eyes, and she saw admiration from it, so it's better for her not to go out to get in the way at this time.

Tang Yaoling naturally reached out to take the toolbox in Chen Huiyin's hand, and suggested: "I just went out for a walk and saw a lot of famous chrysanthemums. Let me take you to have a look!"

Chen Huiyin nodded: "I'll go and call An Ning out. We've seen the chrysanthemums, so we can leave immediately."

Tang Yaoling only wanted two people to go together, but he didn't want one more person in the way, but he couldn't express his thoughts.

In the side hall, An Ning vaguely heard the young lady's words, and hurried out. She first took the toolbox from Mr. Tang Dalang, and then said to the young lady: "Miss, servant girl, let's rent a car first. I met two older sisters in the side hall just now. , They have already sent people out to rent a car, because they are afraid that after the game, there will be too many people to rent a car.”

However, Chen Huiyin said: "There is no need to rush to rent a car. There is still an hour before the game ends. Let's go shopping in the garden, and it will be done in half an hour at most. You should come with us. It's rare to come in. How can you not take a good look around?" , just leave!"

An Ning smiled and said: "Actually, the servants have been to this garden before. Although they came in to work with brother, they have seen everything that should be seen. The servants should go out to rent a car first, and then buy some that the young lady and Mr. Dalang like. Come back with some snacks, when you come out of the garden, you should be hungry."

Seeing this, Chen Huiyin didn't force her anymore, and Fang Anning went out of the garden first, while she went to the garden with Tang Yaoling herself.

After walking a certain distance and seeing no one around, Tang Yaoling asked her: "Sister Qiao, why did you come out so soon?"

Chen Huiyin told the truth directly: "One is the theme of today's competition. I have drawn many times and I am very familiar with it. In addition, the picture is not big, so one hour is enough. The second is to avoid a person. You must not think of it. I The seat next to her turned out to be Gu Xinhui from Yuhang Mansion, whose name was only one letter away from Sister Gu's.

I heard Sister Gu mention that her generation is of the Xinzi generation, and the names of her peers all have the word Xinzi in their names, so Gu Xinhui may be Sister Gu's clan elder sister.

And she took the initiative to talk to me. I always felt that her motives were not pure. At that time, the seats in front of her and on the other side were all young ladies, and they were all from famous families, but I didn't see her take the initiative to talk to me. "

(End of this chapter)