Chapter 19: New Year
At this time, more than a dozen women and mothers-in-law from neighboring villages smiled and spoke.
"Ran Yaozu, you can help us write a few different ones, like what is safe in and out, happy family, prosperous six animals, auspicious wishes, and rolling financial resources."
"No problem, a few aunts wait a minute."
Ran Yaozu laid out the red paper, sharpened some ink, and then began to write, and it didn't take long to write.
Looking at the couplets in front of him, Ran Yaozu said.
"These are all couplets in and out of peace." After that, I started to talk about the content.
"Shanglian: people are smooth, families are smooth, and all industries are smooth; Downlink: Blessing and wealth, wealth and joy. ”
"Shanglian: peace and happiness and blessing stars; Downlink: Wealth, auspiciousness and good luck come. ”
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"These are all family-friendly ones."
"Shanglian: auspicious wishes and blessings; Downlink: Wealth, peace, and harmony. ”
"Shanglian: A safe and happy year for everything. Downlink: auspicious wishes for the New Year. ”
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"These pairs are the six animals that are thriving."
"Shanglian: schools of chickens and ducks are full of fish; Downlink: cattle and sheep fat and strong pigs. ”
"Shanglian: The harvest of cereals and grains is prosperous; Downlink: Pigs and sheep are full of fat sources. ”
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"These are auspicious."
"Shanglian: Happy New Year; Downlink: Jia Sui Ping An backgammon. ”
"Shanglian: All the best family photo; Downlink: Smooth sailing, family business. ”
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"The last ones are a lot of money."
"Shanglian: Joy and happiness come; Downlink: Wealth rolls in with spring. ”
"Shanglian: The financial resources are rolling golden pigs; Downlink: Happy events are open again and again. ”
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Ran Yaozu brought the contents one by one, and then said to them: "The content you want is here, let's see which one you want." ”
Soon several people divided the couplets.
Ran Yaozu looked at the time, and estimated that there shouldn't be many people coming, so he packed up his things and went back to the house.
Old Man Ran and Ran Guangzong, who went out early in the morning, also came back, both of them hung a bamboo basket on their bodies, and as soon as they came back, they took a basin for washing and put it in the yard, and then carried a bucket of well water and poured it into the basin.
Seeing that they took off the bamboo basket hanging on their waists and poured out some fish and shrimp, the old man Ran sighed and said, "Hey, I didn't catch anything today, the fish and shrimp in this river are getting more and more difficult to catch, fortunately, after the New Year, the weather is hot and you can plant in the spring, otherwise, I don't know how to live this day." ”
Seeing them come back, Chu Xiumei and Shen Cuihua began to cook rice, because today is the Chinese New Year, so it is better than before, except for multigrain wild vegetables, a bowl of white rice is placed in the pot, and the cooked rice is full of the fragrance of rice.
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After eating, Old Man Ran went out for a walk, and not long after Ran Shen also went out, Ran Guangzong took Shen Cuihua out of the door, and Ran Yingjun ran together.
The neighbors are rowing and pulling homely, and by the way, they send each other some simple food.
Ran Yaozu changed his outfit, and he didn't know where he went, Ran Yun had never come back since he was taken to Zhang's Mansion.
Chu Xiumei was handling fish and shrimp at home, and Ran Wenyue saw that the family had gone out, so she took her two younger brothers out of the yard and ran to a piece of snow behind the house to practice writing.
"Bo'er, Xing'er, you are also four years old, and you will be five years old after the New Year, do you want to learn to write?"
"Yes, but we won't, grandma definitely won't let us go to private school."
"It's okay, my sister taught you, I learned a lot from my uncle, and when my sister sends you to the school in the future, it's better than a private school."
"Uh-huh, let's listen to my sister!"
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Time passed slowly.
In the cold night, the pedestrians with their necks shrunk were in a hurry, there were pieces of dead leaves hanging on the branches in front of the door, the night wind was blowing, it was already cold, and the cold air quietly surrounded it, sitting in the stove house, drinking the warm fish soup in the bowl, Ran Wenyue couldn't help but let out a happy sigh.
"It's really comfortable to drink a bowl of warm fish soup when it's cold!"
Looking at Ran Wenyue, who was drinking fish soup slowly, Ran Shen just looked at her unpleasantly, "Shut up, clean up after eating!" There's more to do tomorrow! Don't you look at it, who still hasn't finished eating! It's lazy to eat every day. ”
Ran Wenyue glanced at her, and lowered her head to remove the brilliance in her eyes. I thought silently in my heart, "It seems that I have to find a time to tell my mother that I will divide the house, by the way, and my father's jade pendant will also be taken back!" This is an important proof of this. ”
Chu Xiumei felt that Ran Wenyue was absent-minded, lowered her head and drank soup while distracted, she didn't know that she was thinking about things, and thought it was because her grandmother didn't like her more and more now, she felt sad, touched her head, and said, "Eat quickly!" Eat early and rest, tomorrow we have to get up early to go to grandma's house! ”
"Hmm!" Ran Wenyue hurriedly finished eating, and then went to wash the bowl.
After cleaning up the stove house and coming out, Ran Wenyue heard a quarrel in the upper room, and it didn't take long for Ran Shen to come out crying and go back to the room, and soon there was talk and crying in the house intermittently, and I couldn't hear what was being said clearly.