Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 2034 (Two Thousand and Thirty-Four)
Tie Jinjue thought: Sister, do you know when she painted this? The last time she went to the battlefield to fight against monsters, she was injured by the Qi arrows fired by the monster king. After being brought back, she was in a coma for a long time. The doctor said that her life was in danger. Fortunately, she woke up later! After recuperating for a few days, she knew that she had lost all her martial arts. At that time, I was too busy for a while and had not taught her to paint until the day she painted the cactus. I taught her to paint again. I remember that day I asked her "You don't have any objections?" She told me directly that official duties were more important, and said that she had been recuperating for some time. Although she could come out to paint, it was better to rest more indoors. She said that she was suitable to come out, and it happened that my uncle was free, and then said "Isn't this better?" I still remember the look on her face when I saw her telling me these things, and I thought of you at that time. I can't say exactly where she is like you, but I just feel that she really looks like you at that time. She took the initiative to ask me what she was learning to paint that day, and I told her to paint cacti. I was just to encourage her. She had practiced martial arts for so many years, but she lost all her martial arts skills because of the injury on the battlefield. At that time, she already knew that her martial arts skills might not be restored. For so many years, she worked hard for that ideal. If she wanted to realize that ideal, if she wanted to become the future patriarch of the Tiecang tribe and change the environment, she must have strong martial arts skills. She used the magic tassel spear technique to rescue the blue armored people in batches again and again. After the injury, she lost all the martial arts she had practiced for many years. If she could not restore her martial arts skills, let alone becoming the future patriarch of the Tiecang tribe, it would be difficult for her to rescue the blue armored people as before. In my opinion, this was a fatal blow to her, so I wanted to encourage her to be strong by teaching her to draw cacti. After I told her to draw cacti, she told me that she liked cacti. She said that cacti are not only beautiful, but also can grow tenaciously in the desert. Although the growing environment is harsh, they have strong vitality. She seemed very determined when she said that, and I was very happy to hear that, because I taught her to draw cacti that day just to encourage her to be strong, but who knew she would say such words. At that time, I looked at her expression and felt that she seemed to be in a good mood. However, I was not sure whether her expression was just a superficial phenomenon, so I decided to continue to talk to her about the issue of being strong. I told her that sometimes the worse the situation, the stronger the life can be, and she nodded. I taught her to draw cacti, and while teaching, I also told her about how strong those cacti growing in the desert are. When Hongyan was drawing cacti, I looked at her expression and felt that she seemed to have no shadow in her heart at that time. I also guessed her mentality by looking at her paintings. Sister, look, isn’t the cactus she drew full of vitality? Look at the flowers on the cactus, aren’t they very bright? When I saw that her paintings were like this, I felt a little relieved.

Tie Jinjue spread another painting on the bed—a cactus painted by Tie Hongyan.

Tie Jinjue thought: Sister, look at this cactus, this is what she drew on the day she painted the cactus. While I was teaching her to draw, I said that the cactus is relatively round, although it is not absolutely round, but if it is not round enough, even if you get the spirit, you can't get the shape. I told her that I want to achieve both the shape and the spirit.

(End of this chapter)