Before the Chinese New Year, every household was preparing for the New Year, Cheng Kejia asked the housekeeper to go to the street to buy a suitable set of Spring Festival couplets and came back, but she went happily, and then came back with a stack of brocade red paper.

Cheng Kejia looked at her with a little surprise and said, "The Spring Festival couplets you bought, haven't they been cut yet?" ”

The woman in charge looked at Cheng Kejia and shook her head lightly and said: "Master, this year's Spring Festival couplets are much more expensive than last year's, needless to say, the Spring Festival couplets written by famous artists are much more expensive. ”

She stretched out a slap and signaled to Cheng Kejia, Cheng Kejia said: "It's not expensive, it's three copper coins less than last year, I remember you told me last year that it was eight copper coins." ”

The woman in charge looked at Cheng Kejia and shook her head lightly and said, "Master, the Spring Festival couplets in the courtyard are fifty copper coins, and the Spring Festival couplets outside the courtyard gate are eighty copper coins. If it is a set of Spring Festival couplets inside and outside, the preferential price is one or two silver. ”

After Cheng Kejia listened to the woman in charge, she took a light breath and said, "Is that Xiucai's pen power very powerful?" ”

The lady in charge shook her head lightly and said, "Master, a set of Spring Festival couplets from a famous family is fifty to thirty taels of silver this year, which is much more expensive than last year.

That Xiucai's handwriting is well-written, but I can't say how good it is, I don't think it's worth the money. Master, you can write, you can write. ”

Cheng Kejia took a look at the look on the woman in charge, and after she thought about it, she nodded lightly and said, "Okay, our own courtyard door is not very well written, and we don't compare it with others." ”

The lady in charge looked at Cheng Kejia with a look of belief on her face and said, "Master, the third old lady said that the master's words are very upright and generous. ”

Cheng Kejia looked at the woman in charge and sighed: "Don't have too much hope, I'm worried that the higher your hope, the deeper your disappointment will be." ”

The housekeeper woman laughed slightly, she handed over a stack of brocade red paper to Cheng Kejia and said with a smile: "Master, I bought a lot, master can try it first." ”

Cheng Kejia shook his head lightly and said, "I'll try it with other paper, and then try the word 'Fu' to take a look." ”

In the afternoon, the people around Gu Dingxi took him to the backyard, and Cheng Kejia was preparing to write Spring Festival couplets in the front yard.

Cheng Kejia is now only looking forward to Guotai Min'an, but she thinks about it, she only remembers the Spring Festival couplets outside the courtyard door, "Firecrackers remove the old year; Peach Fu Wanhu for the New Year. ”

Cheng Kejia could only try to write the Spring Festival couplets in the kitchen first, and she set it very simply, and the upper couplets: three meals are delicious. Downlink: Four seasons of health.

On the lintel of the kitchen, she wrote peace.

After Cheng Kejia finished writing, after she examined it, she only felt reluctant, so she tried to write the Spring Festival couplets at the gate of the courtyard.

Cheng Kejia wrote the Spring Festival couplets she remembered, the Spring Festival couplets that everyone usually likes to use, must be the Spring Festival couplets that can stand the test of time, and the festivities will only thicken year after year.

Cheng Kejia wrote the Spring Festival couplets at the gate of the courtyard, and she wrote the Spring Festival couplets at the door of her room, and after the housekeeper woman finished writing them, she took the initiative to come over and say: "Master, you can give me a pair of Spring Festival couplets." ”

Cheng Kejia looked at her and nodded, and wrote the Spring Festival couplets she wanted according to her meaning, and the two women also stepped forward at this time and said, "Madam, you can also write two Spring Festival couplets for us." ”

Cheng Kejia smiled and asked them what they wanted to write, and the two of them said happily: "Say goodbye to the old year happily; Happy New Year. ”

Cheng Kejia nodded approvingly, and she asked if you want to write exactly the same Spring Festival couplets?

The two women smiled and said, "We think this Spring Festival couplet is the best, and nothing else is as good as this Spring Festival couplet." ”

Cheng Kejia wrote the same Spring Festival couplets again, Cheng Kejia was very moved in her heart that the two women stayed in Yangzhou City for the New Year, even if she deliberately sealed the New Year's red envelope in advance, she still felt a little unhappy in her heart.

The two women saw Cheng Kejia's thoughts, and they said to Cheng Kejia with a smile: "Over the years, we have rarely spent the New Year at home, and we are on the road almost every year.

This year, I was finally able to spend the New Year in Yangzhou City in peace, and I was able to use warm meals. ”

Cheng Kejia nodded lightly and said, "With you here, those who are in a hurry will have a greater sense of security in their hearts." ”

The two women looked at Cheng Kejia and smiled lightly, and said, "Over the years, we have met many people and experienced many things, and you and your family are very good. ”

Cheng Kejia understood what they meant, she smiled and said, "You guys are very good, we can meet you and sleep peacefully at night." ”

After Cheng Kejia finished writing the Spring Festival couplets at home, she wrote some blessing characters, and then the little brocade red paper left was used to cut window flowers.

Years ago, when the families were preparing for the New Year, the neighbors and wives rarely came to the Gu family, and the little women would still come to the Gu family in the morning to play the piano, and their piano sound became more and more beautiful.

The little women's sitting posture no longer seems to be restrained, and their sitting posture now shows a bit of elegance.

Their growth came quietly and quietly, and they became truly graceful and agile little women day by day.

The neighbors' wives can also feel the changes in them, they are more excited than Cheng Kejia, they told the truth in front of Cheng Kejia, they never thought that their granddaughters would have such a big change.

In their hearts, they don't agree that girls must learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, they think that those are useless things, they have never learned those things before, and they are also married, and after they get married, they also know how to be a housekeeper.

Cheng Kejia listened to their words, she laughed slightly, she understood what they meant in her heart, in the case of difficult food and clothing, survival is the most important thing.

Cheng Kejia looked at them and smiled slightly, and said: "Their luck is really good, they were born in a good family, and they met enlightened elders, giving them such a good opportunity to learn qin, chess, calligraphy and painting to cultivate their self-cultivation." ”

The neighbor's wife looked at Cheng Kejia and smiled slightly, and said: "They are willing to learn chess, they can learn from their brothers, they must be interested in calligraphy and painting, and they will continue to trouble Mrs. Gu in the future." ”

Cheng Kejia looked at them and smiled slightly, she was very humble and said: "I don't dare to be a teacher, my sister-in-law can't show up every time to save the emergency, everyone should be smart, the adults of your family should be quite good in this regard." ”

Cheng Kejia looked at them in surprise and said: "When I was young, I was actually taught a lot by my father, and then my grandfather would also teach me a thing or two, but I really can't be a bad person, so I can't mislead people's children." ”

Cheng Kejia looked at the ladies' pensive expressions, and she really wanted to remind them out loud that since men have the heart to put their minds on the concubines, why can't they put some thoughts on their grandchildren?