Chapter 603: Writing Couplets
In the past, there was no holiday for the New Year, and I had to go to work on the Chinese New Year's Eve, but this year, Jiang saved the document and had a three-day holiday for the Spring Festival. Tian Shao still reads and doesn't feel anything, but Erya is happy.
After dinner, Erya said to Li Guihua: "Mother, on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year, I went to various relatives with Suozhu to pay New Year's greetings, and on the afternoon of the second day of the Lunar New Year, I went to Uncle Nie's house to take Grandma Nie back to the family home to live." β
Li Guihua used to like buildings. Well, to be exact, it is a kind of envy and longing of the country people for the life of the city people, but it is not comfortable to live anywhere. However, Erya treats Grandma Nie as filial piety as an ancestor, and she is still uncomfortable in her heart, and the words she says are not so good: "Don't tell me these things in the future." Your wings are stiff now, and I can't control you. β
Erya felt a little aggrieved, she felt that she respected her parents.
Tian Shao stood on Li Guihua's side this time, pulled his face and said: "Grandma Nie lived with you before, and my father and mother didn't object, what are you doing with this to your mother now?" This year, everyone is not happy, and you are happy. β
She can understand Li Guihua about this, after all, Erya is a recruiter and the house is still bought by herself. If you are smart, you should downplay this matter, and she also specifically mentioned that this is not looking for scolding.
"Sister, I don't."
Tian Shao hummed and said, "I know you didn't mean it this way, but your behavior is easy to misunderstand." Tian Erya, you are eighteen years old, and you have had your brain before talking and doing things. Your family doesn't care about you, but outsiders don't have that much sex. β
Thinking of the people he offended in the factory, Er Ya didn't dare to squeak. It's also a shame that Tian Shao and Yuwei are still there, otherwise Erya's temperament will not have a good life.
Tian Shao, who was celebrating the New Year, didn't want to make trouble unpleasantly, so he changed the topic after saying a few words: "Mother, is there red paper at home?" I bought a brush and ink, and cut red paper to write couplets. β
Accustomed to sticking couplets on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Tian Shao always felt uncomfortable without this item, and now he is not afraid if he is not so strict.
Li Guihua asked with some concern: "Can I paste a couplet now?" β
In the previous years, firecrackers were not allowed to be set off during the Chinese New Year, and couplets were not allowed, otherwise they would be deducted. Even when they went up the mountain to sweep the tomb, everyone was silent, and they didn't dare to make a big show.
Tian Shao comforted her and said: "Don't worry, you can paste it, now that the national policy has been relaxed, there are many red-haired and blue-eyed foreigners in Sijiu City." It's not a big deal to post a couplet. Mother, I haven't written anything in advance now, and I'll post it tomorrow morning. β
The kerosene lamp is too eye-consuming to read, and writing couplets is not in the way.
Li Guihua was still not at ease: "It's really okay?" β
Pei Yue said with a smile: "Auntie, don't worry, pasting couplets is a traditional custom in our country, and it will be fine." β
Li Guihua believes that Pei Yue, after all, is a national cadre, and he said that there will be no problem, so it must be right. She went into the house and took out a piece of red paper, and when she handed it to Tian Shao, she also told her to save some money.
Spreading out the red paper, Tian Shao couldn't cry or laugh. It's also a little bit of use, and no matter how much you save it, you can only write a couplet, which is not enough at all.
Wuya suddenly asked: "Eldest sister, we can't write calligraphy, who will write this couplet?" β
Tian Shaogang wanted to say that he could write, but suddenly remembered that the letters he wrote were the brushes used for warning letters, and they were exposed when they were written.
So, Tian Shao deliberately said with a bitter face: "When I bought brushes and ink, I thought about pasting couplets to make the house more lively, and I forgot that we don't know how to write calligraphy." β
Pei Yue laughed: "Xiao Shao, finally there is something you can't do?" β
I always feel that my fiancΓ©e can do anything, and it is rare to find that there is one that can't.
Tian Shao gave him a roll of the eye and said, "I'm not an immortal, how can I do everything." If you can write, this responsibility will be handed over to you, if you don't have to ask someone else to write it then! By the way, Sanya, Siya, is Principal Xin back? If he comes back, he can ask Principal Xin to write it. β
Sanya smiled and said, "I'm back, the sixteenth family of Layue is back." The next day after my sister-in-law came back, I sent the special products of the provincial capital over, and asked if you would come back for the New Year this year? β
Tian Shao looked at Pei Yue, and after seeing him nodding his head and indicating that he could write calligraphy, he said, "Then let's go to the principal's house to pay New Year's greetings together." β
Tian Shao didn't bother to do such a little red paper, and told Li Guihua to let her go to the supply and marketing cooperatives tomorrow to buy red paper and write it.
There were no lights and no entertainment in the countryside, so everyone went to bed early. The next day, it was dawning, and Pei Yue heard a noise outside and got up.
He saw Nie Suozhu holding a scimitar and carrying a basket, and asked, "Are you going to sweep the tomb?" β
Erya smiled and said, "Yes, sweep the tomb of the ancestors." Brother-in-law, it's still early, you can sleep again! β
Pei Yue knew that only his own children and grandchildren could go to sweep the tomb, so he didn't mention the stupid thing of following him. After the two of them left, he went to fetch water first, and when the water tank was full, he rode out on his bicycle.
Li Guihua went to the supply and marketing cooperatives in the town, and when she came back to make breakfast, she knew that Pei Yue had gone out: "Big girl, where did little Pei go?" Haven't been back for so long. β
Tian Shao said while drinking porridge: "Yesterday we asked Zhao Kang to buy some meat and bones, he should have gone to the county seat to get meat." β
At that time, she was only concerned about chatting with Li Aihua, and she didn't know what Pei Yue said to Zhao Kang. She wasn't interested in the topic between men either, and she didn't ask after that.
Just after breakfast, Pei Yue came back, not only bought meat and bones, but also bought ten large pieces of red paper.
After breakfast, Tian Dalin and Li Guihua killed chickens and ducks to prepare the noon dishes, Tian Shao took Wuya to make steamed buns, Sanya skillfully cut paper with Siya and Liuya, and Pei Yue wrote couplets. Er Ya and Nie Suozhu were not idle, and the two were responsible for pasting couplets.
Pei Yue was tired of writing couplets, and when he looked up, he saw that the family was busy, and a real smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
Not long after the couplet at the gate was posted, the neighbor Aunt Qing came to the door to inquire. Hearing Pei Yue say that she could paste couplets now, she hurriedly asked, "Big girl, can you see if you can write a few for us." β
Without waiting for Pei Yue to speak, Li Guihua raised her voice and said, "It's okay to ask my son-in-law to help you write couplets, but you have to bring the cut red paper over." β
It takes a little pen and ink, but you can't paste the red paper upside down.
Aunt Qing hurried home after she got off, she didn't know how big the cut was appropriate, so she took the red paper and brought her daughter over to ask Sanya for advice. In fact, it is not difficult to cut, but how to maximize the use of paper without wasting it.
Aunt Qing's family didn't have much red paper, so she borrowed it from Li Guihua and said that she would pay it back after the year.
Li Guihua refused, she said: "My old house, the new house, and my mother's house, I don't know if it's enough." β
As soon as Aunt Qing heard this, she immediately borrowed it from another family, but the red paper was not borrowed, but the matter of Tian Shao's family writing couplets was passed out. As a result, Pei Yue had been writing couplets all morning, and when Li Guihua took everyone away at dinner, his hands were numb.
Seeing this, Tian Shao scolded with a smile: "I asked you to take a break just now and don't listen to it again, but now it's okay, your hands hurt badly, right?" β
Although his hand was very painful, Pei Yue was in a good mood: "It's okay, just rest." β
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