Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 306 - 298 Mr. Yue the Obedient

Chapter 306: 298 Mr. Yue the Obedient

"Classmate Meng, your characters do show a certain foundation, but it seems you’ve only used ballpoint or rollerball pens before. If you’ve just switched to a brush pen, your wrist might be a bit weak and floaty, the pressure of your strokes inconsistent... This book here mainly focuses on using wrist strength to control the brush. Start with practicing individual characters, and you may try more..."

Meng Yinge accepted the book with a surprised and delighted look, "Thank you, Teacher Feng!"

Feng Shuzhen smiled and handed out books to each person.

It was their first meeting, yet she could call out each student by their surname, clearly a teacher with an excellent memory.

Finally, she approached Yan Yueqing, her kindly expression turning into one of sharp scrutiny.

"Yueqing, have you been practicing your writing these past few years?"

Yan Yueqing knew that when Teacher Feng smiled like this, it was usually not a good sign, but she still kept her expression as innocent as a kitten.

"Certainly, certainly!"

She handed over the paper she held, "Please take a look, Teacher Feng."

Feng Shuzhen took it and looked it over seriously.

The camera also followed her gaze, capturing the poem written by Yan Yueqing.

Teacher Feng liked plum blossoms, and the Jiang family’s Dongpo Mountain top was perennially snowy. Jiang Yu had transplanted many plum trees from Hua Country and tended them carefully, finally creating a plum garden reminiscent of the old country for Teacher Feng.

Yan Yueqing catered to her preference and wrote a poem about plum blossoms.

"The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold..." Teacher Feng couldn’t help but let her smile show as she read the poem.

It seemed that she was quite satisfied with the characters.

Yan Yueqing had diligently practiced her writing for seventy hours. During the one-hour car ride at noon, she also reviewed ten hours of Plum Blossom Small Script in her space.

According to what the system said,

"With such a long practice, even a pig could write two good characters!"

It proved to be very effective.

Netizens, seeing the characters on the paper, started praising them.

[Wow, Big Boss Yue’s writing is this good-looking?]

[For real? Let me not lie, I have an autograph from Yueqing when she just started her career. It was at the airport when I wanted an autograph from Chi Xianlin but ended up getting Yueqing’s instead, and those characters were like chicken scratches, so ugly that they were shocking! How come it’s so good now?]

[Maybe she was hiding her skill? Or perhaps Yueqing is not good with ballpoint pens? I have a lot of friends who write well with a brush but really can’t write nicely with a signature pen! The way to hold and maneuver the pen is quite different. Moreover, from Teacher Feng’s tone, it seems she knows Yueqing, maybe even taught her for a while, right?]

[A good teacher also needs students who are willing to put in the hard work! There’s no shortcut to practicing calligraphy; if she can write this well, it indicates she must have really put in a lot of effort regularly! Otherwise, no matter how good Teacher Feng is, she couldn’t teach her that well.

[This is true! Sob sob sob, Big Boss Yue is really awesome!]

After looking it over, Feng Shuzhen nodded and commented, "Hmm, you have been diligent lately."

Having taught her for a few years, how could she not tell—Yan Yueqing’s characters were done in a rush?

But with many people around, she decided not to expose the girl there and then.

Yueqing gave a shy smile, "Thank you, teacher."

In her heart, though, she was sighing repeatedly: How deserving of Teacher Feng, to even notice that her work was done in haste, QAQ!

The class ended rather quickly; although it was a two-hour live broadcast, everyone felt somewhat reluctant to part when Teacher Feng announced the end of the lesson.

Zhang Guowen, in particular, kept flipping through the rubbing that Feng Shuzhen had given to Meng Chengchu.

"Wow, Senior Sister actually thinks so highly of your talent, she went straight to giving you the Hairpin Flower Small Script to practice?"

Meng Chengchu didn’t quite understand the significance, and politely responded, "This font looks very nice, this junior will definitely practice diligently."

The live chat was puzzled.

[Hairpin Flower Small Script? Isn’t that a font that only girls practice?]

[Since when do fonts have a gender? Besides, Hairpin Flower Small Script is most suitable for beginners to practice writing. If you haven’t practiced regular script for a year or two, the teacher won’t let you practice other fonts!]

[Right, did you see the close-up shots just now? Everyone else is practicing from scratch, with rubbings full of basic strokes everywhere, only Meng Yinge and Meng Chengchu were practicing individual characters.]

[And, the style of everyone’s writing practice is different; men write with a robust style, women write with a gentle one, it seems to have become an inherent impression. But those masters, like Teacher Zhang Guowen’s teacher, Master Wen Rong! He integrates the strengths of many schools, with a variety of styles. Sadly, by the time it reached Teacher Zhang, only the robust style prevailed.]

[Although I don’t know why Elder Wen Rong didn’t make public that he also had a disciple like Feng Shuzhen, judging by Teacher Zhang’s attitude, it’s obvious he holds great respect for his senior sister! The handwritten rubbings that Teacher Feng Shuzhen brought out are also varied in style, not purely robust or simple, and there are many styles that look appealing to me, yet I can’t quite put my finger on them!]

[Is the calligraphy world about to witness the birth of a new legacy? OMG, I’m incredibly excited!]

And so, amidst everyone’s reluctance to let go, Teacher Feng Shuzhen ended the lesson.

The second class was a physical training session for artists.

Jiang Chuanning politely invited Teacher Feng Shuzhen and Teacher Zhang Guowen to rest before beginning to introduce the instructor for the second class to everyone.

"Han Ziyi, a disciple of Teacher Han Qing, is a young and very talented physical trainer, proficient in the ’rites’ and ’music’ of the Gentleman’s Six Arts. Today she’ll start by getting to know everyone and teach some basic lessons. For the next three days, practice rites and music in the morning, and then practice calligraphy in the afternoon to calm the mind. I hope everyone will study hard!"

No sooner had the words been spoken than a young and pretty girl walked in from outside the tent.

"Hello everyone, my name is Han Ziyi..."

Li Manman said softly, "This teacher looks quite young."

Yan Yueqing recognized her, "Although she’s young, she is a proud disciple of Teacher Han Qing, and her teaching is rather strict..."

Online viewers hadn’t expected the second teacher to look so young either.

[Han Ziyi? The name sounds nice, but isn’t she a bit too young? Feels like she just became an adult, can she really be a teacher?]

[Here you go again, right? Have you forgotten how you were proven wrong just now?]

[Hold on! Teacher Han Qing, isn’t that the master of rites and music who retired due to illness 30 years ago?!]

[Is there a story there? I want to hear it!]

Soon someone began to explain.

"Teacher Han Qing, a national treasure of Hua Country and a master of rites and music, used to specialize in classical etiquette and musical instruments. His Qin playing with the five-stringed zither was transcendental! The guqin soundtracks in the TV dramas from earlier years, those were basically all works of Teacher Han! Also, have you seen the credits of those old films? Whenever Teacher Han was invited as the etiquette consultant, they would put his name directly before the director’s in the end credits, isn’t that cool?!"

[Damn, that’s awesome!]

[What a pity Teacher Han contracted cancer 30 years ago and had to withdraw from the scene to focus on treatment and was never seen again. His oldest disciple Yang Qing didn’t leave the industry and still produces music, right? Many tear-inducing TV drama soundtracks are basically all made by Teacher Yang.]

[I’m no longer daring to casually critique the teachers invited by Zhongxing, after all, those who seem ordinary prove to slam us in the face the hardest! It’s better to just honestly follow the training.]

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