Chapter 42 Sticking Spring Festival Couplets

Xu Liuli heard her father's voice, slowly raised her head, her bright eyes contained tears, and she choked up and said, "Of the two hundred yuan you gave me, it cost ninety to buy meat, and fifty yuan was stolen." “

Father Xu was confused when he heard it, and after thinking about it carefully, he understood these upside-down words, and he understood why his daughter was crying.

This child has been spoiled by herself and her mother since she was a child, she has not experienced any wind and rain, and most of her friends are kind people, even if there is some noise, she will be reconciled in a few days, and her mind is still immature.

"It's okay, steal it, steal it, just pay the money to learn a long lesson, and then go to the street to pack the money in the future." Seeing her daughter bowing her head and choking up, she couldn't bear to be relieved.

Xu Liuli knew that stealing money must exist in society, but she never imagined that she would be a victim one day. People are complacent about thinking that bad things will not come to them, but once bad things come, they are difficult to hold onto.

Even though he has experienced so many things in his previous life, he still lacks some knowledge of the real firewood, rice, oil and salt in life, and today he was only stolen fifty yuan, but he felt so wronged in his heart.

"Well, I know, I'll learn to be smart next time. "Xu Liuli is originally an adult's soul, although she occasionally does some stupid things, but she still understands things when she calms down.

"Okay, the vegetables are all ready, let's go buy some firecrackers, dead paper, dark coins, incense candles and couplets!" Father Xu saw that his daughter had returned to her usual soft and cute appearance, said the unfinished work, and continued to do a good job and go home early.

"Okay, then let's put things here and let the uncle who watches the car help take a look!" Xu Liuli wiped the tears on her face and clenched her fists to cheer herself up.

The two of them talked badly, and finally asked the uncle who watched the car to help look at so many things they bought to prevent them from being taken away.

I walked quickly towards the place where I purchased, but I found that there were too many people buying things, and it took a long time to toss and turn, watching back and forth, comparing the quality and the price, and buying the goods for a long time.

As the sun moves over time, it reaches the upper part of the hollow, and the mild sunlight becomes more and more dazzling, as if it wants to use the last residual temperature to roast the moisture in the human body.

"Mom, my dad and I are back, I'm so tired that I don't want to go out on the street anymore. Xu Liuli picked up the big bag in her hand, and before she entered the door, she roared loudly.

Mother Xu was listening to gentle music to give her child prenatal education, when she suddenly heard her daughter's roar, and the singing in her mouth stopped abruptly.

Slowly sat up with his stomach up, looked at the door of the hall, and saw his daughter's 'miserable' image, and hurriedly walked over to help get things in distress.

It was another stormy action, the whole room suddenly had to hold two large bags of things, and the room was a little crowded, and Xu's mother couldn't care about being pregnant, so she wanted to know if the food and supplies her daughter bought met the needs, and when she heard her daughter spit out the prices of the items one by one, her face seemed to be smiling.

I thought to myself, 'Ginger is still old and spicy, and my daughter buys a lot of things that can be cheaper.' "But it's already a big challenge, being able to buy groceries independently.

The smell of the year is getting stronger and stronger, and the red lanterns are hung in front of every house, and the whole town exudes joy and jubilation.

Reluctantly got up from bed early in the morning, Xu Liuli accompanied her father to paste couplets, and the Spring Festival couplets for the New Year are old traditions left since ancient times.

Legend has it that the Spring Festival couplets were just to resist the invasion of monsters 'Nian', and it became a custom for generations to pass them down.

Thinking that the Spring Festival Lian was *** pasted in the past, "door pair", "couplet", and "peach symbol", which means that the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival. It depicts a beautiful image and expresses the principle of beauty in neat, concise and exquisite words.

Paste the Spring Festival couplets generally use red paper, peach wood red, auspicious and ward off evil spirits.

If there is an old man in the family who has passed away, the younger generation generally does not paste the red Spring Festival couplets for three years, and in some places the first year of filial piety is not yet the first year with white paper, the second year of green paper, the third year of yellow paper, and the fourth year of mourning before restoring the red paper, but there are also some places in order to express mourning will also not post the Spring Festival couplets for three years.

Sometimes people can't forget their roots!

Father Xu thought that the child was growing up, and he also needed to learn some knowledge that could not be learned from books and learn more about the ancient Chinese culture, otherwise he would be busy with study, life, career and family in the future, and he would have no source of resources to improve his cultivation.

"Ah Li, this couplet has both upper and lower couplets and horizontal batches, I said upper and lower couplets, is it okay for you to find horizontal batches. Father Xu suddenly remembered the way they were educated by their parents when they were children, holding the couplet in one hand and the horizontal batch in the other, and said to Xu Liuli with great interest.

Xu Liuli didn't know anything about pasting couplets, but seeing his father's excitement, he couldn't bear to save his face.

Anyway, I should play with my father, and nodded with a smile: "Okay, but you need to tell me how to match it so that I can understand clearly, and you can't laugh at me if I don't." “

"No, I'll teach you, I'll teach you some of the most basic first.

You see: generally speaking, there is no limit to the number of words in the upper and lower couplets of the couplet, but they must be equal, and the two sides of the couplet must correspond to each other. In addition, in addition to the neatness of the couplet, the couplet should also be flat up and down, that is, the tone of the ending word of the upper couplet should fall on the sound and go to the sound, and the tone of the last word of the lower couplet should fall on the flat body. Father Xu put down the couplet in his hand and sat on the chair to explain to Xu Liuli one by one.

Seeing her stunned look, she said speechlessly: "Forget it, I'll make a long story short! Horizontal batches generally pay attention to writing from right to left, the upper link should be pasted to the right, and the lower link should be pasted to the left. It's okay, let's try it first, and I'll teach you little by little. ”

You see, this one couplet fits perfectly. The east wind turns the rain into mountains and mountains, and the policy returns to the heart of spring. Horizontal batch: spring breeze and rain. And small places like the kitchen and the wall are pasted with 'thrift and thrift', and 'spring is bright', so let's start matching it now!" "Xu's father was about to use practice to tell his daughter how to paste it, when he suddenly turned to a couplet with a very good meaning, and couldn't help but read it out loud.

"Yes, that's good. That's okay, you read the upper and lower links, and I'll find the horizontal links. Xu Liuli listened to the couplet that her father read, but she felt that the battle was indeed quite neat, and then echoed it, and her interest was raised.

"A hundred years of heaven and earth will return to vitality, and the mountains and rivers will be returned to peace. The horizontal batch of this couplet?" Father Xu took a relatively simple one from which to release the water first, adding some self-confidence to his daughter.

"Well, isn't this country and people's peace. Xu Liuli looked at the two horizontal batches of 'Guotai Min'an' and 'Magnificent Mountains and Rivers' uncertainly, and finally gritted her teeth and chose 'Guotai Min'an' as the horizontal batch, and asked cautiously.

"Yes, my Ali is smart, so it's more difficult to give you one. Smooth sailing, auspicious stars arrived, and everything went well. The horizontal criticism of this couplet?" Xu's father saw that his daughter easily found the correct horizontal criticism, and continued to praise.

"The money is abundant. ”

"Happy to live in a treasure land for a thousand years, and everything is prosperous at home?"

"Happy New Year"

"The days increase and people increase longevity, and the spring is full of blessings. “

"Four Seasons Chang'an"

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The two came and went like this, back and forth, Xu Liuli rarely made mistakes, and sometimes they could go back and forth a few times, until Xu's mother cooked and didn't see all the couplets pasted.

Mother Xu put on a straight face and admonished: "You two hurry up and paste the couplet, and then set off firecrackers, and we can have dinner." “

Xu Liuli and Xu's father looked at each other for a moment, and then looked at Xu's mother with a smile in their eyes, nodding in unison.

Xu Liuli listened to the firecrackers, and couldn't stop feeling happy and happy in her heart. In a few years, the state will issue regulations prohibiting firecrackers and preventing air pollution.