"Little shopkeeper, isn't this shop open today?" Listening to the sound from outside, the dog's face was overjoyed, and he took two steps to the door, lifted the curtain, and saluted the outside:

"Gao Xiucai, are you here? Boy, I'm looking forward to your old age today! ”

Gao Xiucai was stunned for a moment, looked at the enthusiastic dog in front of him, and thought to himself, this guy is usually lukewarm to himself, why did he change his personality today?

immediately hugged his fists and said: "Little shopkeeper, do you have something to look for?" ”

The dog replied with a smile on his face: "Gao Xiucai, kid has a good business here and wants to talk to you." ”

"Business?" Gao Lao Xiucai said slowly: "I don't have the money to do business with you!" ”

The dog hurriedly said: "It's not for you to spend money!" ”

Gao Xiucai was even more puzzled and said: "I only have two hens in my family, and the eggs laid are only enough for me to exchange for a bowl of tea to drink, and I have nothing to sell to you!" ”

The dog hurriedly shook his hand and said magnificently: "I don't want you chicken, and as long as you take my job today, I will let you drink the tea here for free in the future!" ”

This Gao Laoxiu is only fifty years old, he entered school when he was young, and he took the imperial examination for thirty years, but he didn't achieve a penny, well, just like his father......

Although he was fortunate to be released a few times, he was unlucky several times, and finally fell to Sun Shan and returned to his hometown in the dark.

It costs money to study and take the imperial examination, when he was young, he had his parents to help him and be more comfortable, and when his parents passed away, he didn't give birth, his hands were weak, and he couldn't plant the fields, and he felt a pity to do things for others, and he always wanted to fight in the imperial examination.

After ten years of exams or failed, thanks to her a good wife, she woke him up in time, since then he has lost this heart to test fame, looking back at himself, forty-five people, nothing has been accomplished, there were originally two sons, one died young, one died in an early war, the wife was angry and suffered a serious illness, sold out the family's fields, and saved the person back, the disease is cured, but the once strong body also collapsed, and from time to time always get sick.

Once I drilled the tip of the horn of the ox and hung a rope on the beam, I wanted to hang myself, but I found it early, saved the person, and scolded her fiercely to get out of the knot.

The body that was already unfavorable was tossed by this, and he completely collapsed on the bed, this paralysis was three years, and he usually relied on some writing and arithmetic work to earn a few copper coins to survive.

Books and this thing has been dealing with me all my life, so when I am usually idle and have nothing to do, I love to hold and take a look, my home is opposite the tea shop, the dilapidated adobe house, except for the room where my wife sleeps, the other rooms are cold.

There is a problem with reading books by yourself, I love to laugh when I encounter wonderful places, and I have woken up my sleeping wife several times, since this tea shop has been built, I inquired about it, and it doesn't hurt to stay as long as you want to stay for two pennies and provide hot tea to drink, and I suddenly liked it here.

Although the two pennies are not much, but the number of times they come, it will also give them a headache, after all, they can't make much money, this wife has to take medicine from time to time, fortunately, she has two old hens at home, so she takes the eggs they lay every day to exchange for tea and drink.

I heard that as long as I took this job, I wouldn't have to spend money to read books and drink tea in the future, so Gao Xiucai nodded neatly.

The dog smiled, and he didn't have time to tell him the conditions for preparing a couplet.

With a cough, he invited him into the room, pointed to the couplet on the table, and said, "Just compare this, and write those auspicious words and good words on red paper!" Is there a problem with Gao Xiu? ”

Gao Xiucai shook his head and said, "No! ”

"If you don't have it, then Gao Xiucai will start writing! Don't stick to a few words, as long as the paper can be written, and it doesn't hurt to write repeatedly! ”

Gao Xiucai nodded, frowned and flipped through the couplet written by the dog, then slowly walked to the table, picked up the brush and lightly tapped the ink, and a solemn momentum suddenly dispersed.

"The slightest spring rain moistens all things, and the mountains are full of blessings to bless my family", "Smooth sailing and auspicious stars, all the best luck comes to report", "The green mountains are in the sky for a long time, and the children and grandchildren are full of knees" and other small sentences come easily.

The dog pouted, what a waste of ink to write so many words!

This Gao Xiucai is not a loss in the solution, to the old scholar who has been to Dabi, a hand of brush writing is a line of flowing water, point, apostrophe, pinch, hook and other strokes, square, horizontal and vertical, and then look at the word horizontal and vertical thick, sharp edges and corners, rigorous structure, neat and even, just look at a comfortable and eye-catching feeling.

This font is called Song style, which is a unique font created by Qin Hui on the basis of Zhao Ji's "thin gold body" of Song Huizong.

This font has neat strokes and neat arrangement, and was designated as the official font by Zhao Gou of Song Gaozong, and ordered the whole country to write official documents according to this font.

As soon as the connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was one, and the calligraphy in one hand was written with a pen walking dragon and snake, compared with his own, well, it was not a grade at all, no wonder he kept frowning before.

Watching him write seven or eight pairs in one breath, he picked up the bowl of tea and stopped, slowly drank two sips, then turned around and shook his head at the couplet that the dog had written before, and the dog quickly asked, "What's wrong Gao Xiucai?" Is there any typo in what I wrote? ”

Gao Xiucai shook his head and said, "There is no typo." ”

"And what are you shaking your head at?"

"It's just a little uncomfortable to look at!"

Gou Erqi said: "What's so uncomfortable about this?" ”

"I feel like I've wasted a good piece of red paper," Gao Xiucai sighed.

Grandma's legs, this poor old scholar, isn't it just a little bit better than what he writes! Don't I admit that as for hitting myself like this, your writing is good, so you can write it slowly!

The angry dog didn't want to guard him anymore, so he went out with the basket on his back.

If you want to sell the couplet, you have to plan carefully, and four days is enough.

As the saying goes, one trick is eaten all over the world! It doesn't matter if it's old-fashioned, as long as it works.

The dog went to Xicheng, so far, there are more than a dozen little beggars who have not been solved the problem of eating, these people have eaten and slept as before, slept and eaten, and when it comes to the New Year, every household is preparing some food, and the business on the street is also lively, and it is much easier for these beggars to beg for food and money than usual.

One by one, I mixed my belly early and was lying in the nest to sleep!

The dog found a strange phenomenon, those who followed the big fool dog to push firewood every day to walk the streets and alleys to send firewood and sell firewood, although tired, the stomach sometimes can't eat, but everyone exudes a vigorous spirit, and then look at this group of beggars Although they can mix their stomachs every day, and occasionally pick up some leftover meat scraps to eat, but the whole person has a sense of decadence.

Seeing that they exude a lazy and lazy ghost look, in broad daylight, there are still large pieces of eye droppings left in the corners of their eyes, ask a word, and it will take half a day to return to you.

The angry dogs couldn't do it, so they kicked them to the ground one by one.

After suffering from the pain, they regained some of their spirits and looked at the dog like a quail with their heads shrunk.

"Look at what you all look like, you still sleep in the nest like a pig in broad daylight, you are dirty, you can smell the bad smell from three meters away, you all line up and roll out to wash me, if you let me see who still has dirty mud between my fingernails, carefully throw him into the dung pit!"

Hearing the boss's temper, a group of people hula-la-la ran to the well with wooden ladles and barrels to wash.

These beggars are all young children, some of them were old before, and then they were all driven away by the Zhang brothers, and those who were sick and disabled and couldn't walk were maliciously thrown outside, and they would freeze to death in one night, and those who couldn't die would also be frozen and sick, and they would die of illness if they didn't have medicine or food, and they would die of illness if they didn't survive for three days.

There is a providence in the dark, and the Zhang brothers were also "frozen to death" in the end.

No matter how tattered the child is, once the dirty face is washed clean, there is so much cuteness in it, although they are cold and shivering, but they are more pleasing to the eye than the previous half-dead appearance.

With a wave of his big hand, they all followed me, and took this group of people to the center of the city.

It took almost the same amount of time to walk back and forth from here to the south, east, west, and northwest, and when the dog stopped, stood on a large rock, and began to assign tasks.

First, divide the group into four small groups, about three or four people each.

Then let the gang learn to sing nursery rhymes together:

"When the New Year comes, wear new clothes, wear flower hats, avoid little ghosts and paste peach charms, and welcome the God of Wealth and paste couplets!"

"When the New Year arrives, hit firecrackers, eat noodle corners, be festive, put up lanterns, be auspicious, and paste couplets!"

……

A series of seven or eight nursery rhymes, each of which ends with the three words "paste couplets", which contain good words and phrases such as Fu Lu Shou and Fortune, Pi and Evil Town.

It was only when a group of people became fluent and proficient in singing that the dog told them the last and most important point.

"Red couplet, where to buy? Tea shops sell cheaply! ”

"Do you all remember?" The dog asked, cross-legging and pointing at them.

"Remember, Brother Dog!" A group of people hurried back.

Whether the business can sell well, whether you can make yourself have a comfortable year, you have to count on the current dozen beggars, for fear that these people will fool themselves, the dog immediately spot-checked a few.

Sure enough, there were really two beggars in it.

Pointing to the two dumbfounded babies, he said, "Let me ask you, where can I buy a couplet?" ”

The two children were frightened, a pair of eyes were dripping and they couldn't answer, and they were going to be angry when they saw the dog, a little older baby, and said wittily: "Sell Spring Festival couplets and go to the shop!" ”

The dog scolded again: "Go to that shop? ”

"Go, go to the sugar melon shop!"

"I'll let you have a sugar melon shop!" kicked him to the ground and pointed at a group of them: "I'm saying it again, buy red couplets, I'm going to the pantry, do you remember everything!" ”

A crowd of people hurriedly shouted: "Remember! ”

"Well, where is the pantry? Did you know? ”

The children had been working in the pantry for several days, so they all replied, "We remember!" ”

"Well, just remember, you all be careful, if someone asks you on the road, you must lead him to the tea shop, you know!"

"Got it! Brother Dog. ”

After the big stick is struck, you have to promise benefits.

The dog crossed his waist and said, "When the couplets are sold out, each person will have five copper coins and five meat steamed buns!! Whoever of you in this group has the most guests, I'll buy him a new pair of cotton shoes, do a good job! Do you hear me? ”

A group of people raised their eyebrows and shouted at the top of their voices, "Hear me! ”

"When I heard it, I hurriedly ran to the street to sing, and when I saw anyone who was lazy, I told me that Wang Xiaoyi would beat him hard."

A group of frightened children quickly dispersed.

Then this couplet began to be sung in this land, and this singing has been sung for thousands of years.