Chapter 53: Temptation

With the arrival of the Spring Festival, the whole Chang'an City suddenly became lively, and the city suddenly became overcrowded, with noisy sounds all day long, and the neighing of horses accompanied by the sound of collisions on the road.

The population of Chang'an City has also skyrocketed by nearly doubling, and all prices have also doubled, some of which are not worth it, and the inconvenience of transportation, and the slow flow of goods in the north and south are also one of the reasons.

"Alas, the price of things in the city has grown a little more ruthlessly these days." Hou Peipei slowly sorted out a bunch of New Year's goods that she had just bought, sighed and said, the small mountain village is used to it, and there are dozens of dollars that can almost move the things in the entire town and store back, and now it's okay, go out and go around, and a few people have spent more than a thousand times, and they are used to it, and they are also thrifty.

Su Haitang smiled and shook her head, after coming back for so many days, the financial power of this family is still in the hands of Hou Peipei, she didn't say anything, they are all her own sisters, in fact, it doesn't matter who is in charge of this family, as long as the family can be together, she will be satisfied.

"Big sister, what do you mean by shaking your head? And don't do it, just teach me this, my belly is so big, it's better to rest more. Hou Peipei said to Su Haitang, and then said to Wang Qian: "Sister Qian, you can make a few changes of clothes for Xianggong with these two pieces of cloth, and you are the only one in our family who has good craftsmanship, so I have to thank you." ”

Then he picked out a few pieces of cotton cloth, reached out and touched them, and said to Su Haitang: "Sister, the husband said that the child's skin is more tender, and the water absorption is better, let's make a few clothes for the baby." ”

Su Haitang smiled and nodded.

"By the way, what about the princess? Why didn't you see him when you woke up today? Hou Peipei asked.

Looking at the people who didn't answer, he continued, "Whose room did he sleep in last night?" ”

Li Shen walked in with a yawn, looked at the items in the living room, and said lightly, "What are you guys doing?" How do you buy so many things and come back? ”

"What did you do yesterday? Why didn't you get up until now? Hou Peipei turned around and asked.

"I wrote a little something, stayed up all night, and then woke up, do you have anything to eat?" Li Shen replied with a yawn.

"You'll make some for you later." Hou Peipei replied.

Ate a little, just got up and didn't have a very big appetite, holding a cup of tea, Li Shen leaned on the chair and drank slowly, looked at the women who were packing up their things, and shook their heads slightly, women are really shopaholics, no matter what era they are in.

"Xianggong, I bought the red paper you wanted." Hou Peipei commanded lightly.

"Yes. What about them? Why didn't you see it? Li Shen nodded and replied lightly.

Couplets originated in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and are one of the traditions of Han culture, also known as couplets or pairs, which are dual sentences written on paper, cloth or engraved on bamboo, wood, and pillars. The couplets are neat and harmonious, and it is a unique art form of the Chinese language.

It is only the sixteenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty now, and there are still five or six hundred years before the birth of the couplet.

"Three children playing in the house." Su Haitang followed and replied.

After cutting the red paper, I saw three well-dressed little guys walking in, and saw Li Shen standing in front of the desk, fiddling with the red paper on the table, a little curious, after all, he was in the palace, and everything was taken care of by his subordinates, and he didn't know what Li Shen was doing, and he didn't know that there was a couplet, so he asked curiously: "Daddy, what are you doing?" ”

Li Shen raised his head and looked at the three little guys with a smile and said, "Daddy is writing couplets." ”

"Couplet? Is it attached to the door? Doctor Li asked.

"Yes." Li Shen smiled and nodded, this little guy still remembered what he said.

"Daddy, why do you want to post a door link during the New Year? Do other people post it too? Li Ju trotted over, climbed on top of the chair and stood looking at the red paper that covered the table and asked.

"Other families don't stick it, but Daddy believes that every family will put a couplet on it in the future."

"Why?"

Li Shen smiled and stretched out his hand to rub Li Ju's head, and said, "You'll know when you're older." ”

"Daddy, I'll help you." Li Xiang walked up to Li Shen and said.

"Okay, Xiang'er helps Daddy grind, you two stand aside and watch, practice writing well in the future, and in the future, our family's door couplet will be handed over to you to write."

Li Shen dipped the ink and looked at it, how to write the couplet of the gate, what is better to write, and I have been thinking about it in my mind these days, there are a few better ones, but I have never determined which one is better.

After a pause, Li Shen sighed, and wrote in a dragon flying and phoenix dance: "The wind and clouds are surging between the raised hands, and when you raise your eyes, you look down on the sky, and you criticize: smile at the sky." ”

Li Shen exhaled deeply, his eyes looked outside, a sneer flashed in his eyes, it has been such a long time, if it weren't for the news sent in the dark, he wouldn't know anything about the affairs of the imperial court at all, he wanted to see what His Majesty Li Er would do if he knew how he would react after writing this couplet, and where was the limit to accommodate him?

Li Xiang is also so big, and he reads poetry books deeply, looks at the couplet written by Li Shen, swallows his breath, looks at him a little timidly, and whispers: "Daddy, this couplet ......"

"What a domineering poem!" Doctor Li said with a smile on his face.

Li Shen looked at Li Xiang with a smile and said, "It's okay, everything is with Daddy." ”

"Daddy, Xiang'er is really scared." Li Xiang said with ruddy eyes.

Li Shen sighed, looked at Li Xiang, and said, "Xiang'er, you have to believe in Daddy, our family can be together for the rest of our lives, and Daddy promises that it will never happen again in the future." ”

Women don't care about things, even if there is something, they are buried in their hearts, looking at the couplet that Li Shen posted on the door, they didn't say anything, some things are not something they can meddle in, not to mention that in the face of this kind of thing, their women's families are even more unqualified to interfere.

Li Shen could see the worry in their eyes, but he didn't want to explain too much.

A pair of door couplets made the atmosphere of the home become depressed, and outside the window of the small courtyard, Li Xiang stood on a wooden stool, holding a blessing character in his hand and brushing a little paste on it.

"Doctor, it's wrong." Li Shen shouted with a smile.

"Daddy, what's wrong?"

"The word blessing should be pasted upside down."

"Paste it upside down? Why? Li Xiang asked.

"Fu is down, Fu is down, do you know now?"