A different life with a system reborn

Chapter 17 Asking for calligraphy lessons again
"Fourth Grandpa, have you eaten your lunch yet? I'm coming again." When Zhao Dongsheng came to the door of Fourth Grandpa's house with his things, he happened to run into Fourth Grandpa who was about to go out with a cattail fan.

"Haha, Fourth Grandpa, I just finished eating and was about to go visit." Seeing Zhao Dongsheng's arrival, Fourth Grandpa seemed very happy.

"Fourth Grandpa, I went to town today and saw that these apples are good. You can try them later." He put the things on the table smoothly.Then he picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea. The color was still mint and licorice tea.

"The herbal tea prepared by Fourth Grandpa is delicious. After drinking it last time, I kept thinking that I should drink more today."

"Okay, okay, you can pour it yourself if you like. I'll get a few packages of the mix later. You can take it back, boil it in water and drink it." Hearing Zhao Dongsheng's praise, Fourth Grandpa was even happier.You can tell from that hearty smile.

During this period of time, Zhao Dongsheng did not just work alone when getting along with the elderly, but also summed up many techniques to please the elderly.

The old man lives alone and usually communicates with other old people. He also has a lot of free time, so he is prone to random thoughts and sentimentality.

This kind of recognition from young people like Zhao Dongsheng can make the elderly feel comfortable.

These old people have never heard any compliments and flattery in their lives. What they lack when they get old are recognition and being needed.They are afraid that they will be rejected by others, that they will not be needed, and that they will be worthless.

Once someone truly identifies with them when they get older, they can remember it for a long time.

Zhao Dongsheng remembers that when he was in his 20s before his rebirth, he ate the hot sauce made by an old man. For some reason, he found it very delicious and ate three bowls of rice with the hot sauce.

The old man was very happy. From then on, the old man exposed the hot sauce every year and gave him a jar every time. This lasted for many years until... he could no longer expose it.

So from then on, Zhao Dongsheng would be particularly sincere and unpretentious when treating the elderly.

"Okay, Fourth Grandpa, you're welcome to take it later." After drinking two large glasses, Zhao Dongsheng started talking about business.

"Fourth Grandpa, I am here this time to ask you to help check my results. I will start school tomorrow and I want you to give me some guidance and see how I can practice in the future."

"Okay, let's see how you've been practicing during this period. Come on, let's go to the desk." When it came to business, Fourth Grandpa also became energetic. The last time he came to ask for advice, he thought Zhao Dongsheng just had a fever in his head, but he didn't expect it. I have been practicing.

I followed Grandpa Four to the desk and sat down. The desk was still the same as before, but the books on it had some changes.

"Here, it's the same paragraph as last time. You can write it again." Grandpa Fourth skillfully took out "The Art of War" and found the piece of paper that Zhao Dongsheng wrote last time.

After taking a look at the content on the paper, I quickly turned to the original page.

He took out a new piece of letter paper and pen and pushed them in front of Zhao Dongsheng.

Zhao Dongsheng took the pen, sat upright, and started writing again stroke by stroke.

"In the past, those who were good at fighting were invincible first, waiting for the enemy to be victorious. The invincibility lies in oneself, but the victory lies in the enemy. Therefore, those who are good at fighting can be invincible and cannot make the enemy victorious. Therefore, it is said: Victory can be known. But it can’t be done.”

In just a few dozen words, Zhao Dongsheng wrote slowly and seriously.

"Well, it's not bad. Let's see, this is what you wrote last time. You can compare it with what you wrote this time." After seeing Zhao Dongsheng finished writing, the Fourth Grandfather first praised Zhao Dongsheng, and then smiled Handed him the page of paper on which I wrote last time.

Zhao Dongsheng put the two pieces of paper together and made a comparison.

It’s really no better than I don’t know. Putting it all together, the difference between an ugly duckling and a swan is at least the difference between a toad and a frog.

"You have discovered it yourself, too. Although you were careful every stroke of what you wrote before, you didn't have a template in your mind. Although the strokes were correct, you just forced each word together, so it didn't look beautiful at first glance. .”

Fourth Grandpa pointed to the manuscript paper he had drawn before and said something that he had not commented on last time. Last time, he was afraid of hurting him, so he summarized it in one sentence without any basis.

Then he pointed to the page he just wrote on and continued: "Look, every stroke you write now has begun to have a sense of beauty. It can be seen that you have worked hard on your basic copybook, which is good. In the future, there is no need to practice the basic copybooks alone."

He paused for a moment, looked at Zhao Dongsheng's expression, and saw that he was not proud, so he nodded and continued: "Your characters look good when separated into each stroke or radical, but when combined, they are not very harmonious. It also lacks harmonious beauty.

Simple words are fine, but once you use more complex words, this shortcoming becomes obvious.

This is because you haven't learned how to layout, and you haven't practiced them as a whole. "

Seeing Zhao Dongsheng frowning and thinking, Fourth Grandpa calmed down and gave him some time to think and digest.

"However, you have only been practicing for more than a month. The fact that you can practice like this is beyond my expectation. Originally, I thought that you would be able to practice the basic calligraphy over there at this time. Now it seems that you have also mastered the basic calligraphy over there." No need to practice anymore.”

"Well, Fourth Grandpa, how should I practice next?" Zhao Dongsheng slowly digested what Fourth Grandpa said, and he benefited a lot from these words.

When practicing the introductory copybook, I copy short sentences and essays, which are actually those common words.

When he practiced, he felt that he had done very well. Even if he didn't practice against the dotted line, he could still write well.

But just for such a short paragraph, after he finished copying it, the whole thing felt awkward.

Now that the fourth grandfather pointed out the reason, it suddenly dawned on him.

"Haha, this is simple. What you need now is to practice more and copy more. Come on, I give you this "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. You can just take it back and copy it.

The original text of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", including the title, has a total of 6111 words. When you copy the first few times, you have to carefully observe the layout of each word before writing.

After you are familiar with the layout of all the characters, you will start to speed up your writing. The purpose of practicing hard-tipped calligraphy is definitely for writing, so the subsequent speed cannot be like this one stroke after another.

These should be enough for you to practice for a while, after you practice for a while.

Once you start to write beautifully, you no longer need to be limited to the current block letters. You can learn more other fonts.

By then, with your block letters as a base, you will definitely be able to learn other fonts quickly. After that, you will have to integrate your own habits and understanding. I will not be able to teach you anymore.

Anyway, you should remember one sentence: people are alive, and these characters are dead. When you practice calligraphy, you are also cultivating your nature. The so-called characters are like the people they are. "

(End of this chapter)