Yongle eight years, Gengyin, tiger.

The last day of the Year of the Tiger, Chinese New Year's Eve.

Probably because of the Spring Festival couplets on the house - after all, it is his own house - Zhang Ben got up much earlier than usual!

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Lin Liangyou sitting motionless on a stone bench in the courtyard with a pair of panda eyes and a quilt, with a touch of white frost hanging from the tips of his hair exposed on his forehead.

"Second brother! Why are you up so early? Zhang Ben was in good spirits and greeted loudly.

Lin Liangyou turned his head, looked at Zhang Ben, and silently spit out a wisp of white smoke from his mouth.

Zhang Ben also said that it was fog, and saw a leaf rolled in his hand, and the leaf was also smoking, but he didn't know what the leaf was.

Seeing that Lin Liangyou was still spitting out continuous white smoke from his mouth, Zhang Ben was stunned: "You kid, you have actually practiced qi to the point of going crazy, it's amazing!" ”

"Ahem." Lin Yanyou coughed twice, and the last puff of smoke came out of his nostrils: "I'm angry." ”

"What's angry in the morning? Who you off? Zhang Ben said, "Help the eldest brother boil the paste and paste the Spring Festival couplets!" ”

"I can't stay up, I can't stay up." Lin Liang lobbied, "I just stayed up all night, and I have to go sleep for a while." ”

"How can you sleep lazily in the Chinese New Year's Eve?" Zhang Ben said, while carrying water from the well to wash.

"I've only heard that you can't sleep on the first day of the first month." Lin Feng said, "I haven't heard that I can't sleep in the Chinese New Year's Eve, besides, I'm not sleeping lazy, I didn't sleep all night last night." ”

"What did you do last night? Went to be a thief? Zhang Ben looked back and asked with a smile, "Flower thief?" ”

"With my handsome appearance, do I still need to pick flowers?"

As he was talking, Lin Liangyou's door creaked open, and Yue Rong walked out of it.

"......" Zhang Ben froze with a toothbrush.

Yue Rong also saw Zhang Ben, said a blessing to the two of them, lowered his head and blushed sideways, slipped past Zhang Ben quickly, pushed open his door and flashed in.

is like a thief, it turns out that she is the thief.

"She, she ......" Zhang Ben watched Yue Rong enter the room, and then looked at Lin Yanyou, "You, you ......"

"What are you, what is she, what is she, early in the morning, why did the eldest brother stammer?" Lin Liangyou smiled bitterly, flicked the leaf roll in his hand, got up with a yawn, and walked to his room.

At this time, Yang Fang and Ren Ran also got up, everyone said good morning, Ren Ran went to the room to boil water and cook porridge, Yang Fang took a bamboo cup to brush his teeth and walked towards Zhang Ben and the others, man, just wash it with cold water, it is more energetic to wash it with cold water.

What's more, although it is a cold winter, the well water is not frozen at all - this is all due to geothermal heat!

"Third brother, didn't you say that you want to go to the West with Eunuch Zheng? If you do go someday, remember to go to a place called Luzon (present-day Philippines) and see the local indigenous islanders chewing leaves or smoking empty reeds in their mouths, and you will bring back the seeds of the plants that they chewed or stuffed in the empty reeds. Lin Liangyou Balabala finished speaking in one breath and walked into the room.

Yang Fang had a question mark on his face, saw Lin Yanyou's figure disappear into the room, and turned to look at Zhang Ben: "Big brother, what did the second brother say?" ”

"Talking in your dreams!" Zhang Ben looked at the leaves that were still emitting fine white smoke when Lin Scales flew to the ground, "It seems that he is really sleepy." "I'm curious about which tree in the yard and what leaves, and what is the matter, which can make the second brother so sad that he can't sleep all night.

Could it be that he slept with Yue Rong?

So why do you still have to worry? Shouldn't it be a champagne celebration?

Zhang Ben slapped his thigh: "I understand!" ”

"What?" Yang Fang squatted beside Zhang Ben and brushed his teeth.

"It's an afterthought." Zhang Ben put his hand on Yang Fang's shoulder and smiled evilly.

"......" Yang Fang had more question marks on his head.

"Is your daughter-in-law cooking porridge?" Zhang Ben asked.

Yang reassured that he had finally said something that I could understand early in the morning, and said without thinking: "Yes...... Big brother, she's not my daughter-in-law yet. ”

"Sooner or later!"

Lin Liangyou burrowed into the quilt that still had Yue Rong's body temperature and residual fragrance, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes intoxicated: "It's so fragrant!" ”

Last night, Yue Rong cried as he spoke, cried and cried, and fell asleep leaning on his shoulder.

Although Lin Liangyou is not a decent gentleman, although he is also greedy for her body, he still disdains to do things that take advantage of people's danger.

So he carried her to the bed and gently covered her with the quilt - he didn't even take off his night clothes for her, he was afraid that he would not be able to concentrate enough.

When it was almost dawn, he took out a quilt from the cabinet and sat in the courtyard with the quilt, not afraid that Yue Rong would misunderstand, but that others would misunderstand, after all, Yue Rong was a decent Ming man, his daughter's family, and his reputation was very important. insulted her reputation, but she was responsible.

It is good to slander her body, but she has no plans to marry a wife and have children in Daming. Fortunately, Daming has a teaching department and a Qinlou Chu Pavilion, so you don't need to be responsible, you only need to pay. It doesn't matter if you marry a wife or not.

……

The four seasons of the year lie in spring.

In the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the official eunuchs or the common people, they ran around the world and were busy all their lives for the sake of fame and fame. As soon as you meet the order of the season, you will be infected by the festive atmosphere, so that you will be happy and forgetful.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, at the twilight of thirty years old, peach charm spring stickers were pasted in front of the door, door gods were pasted on the door, and paintings of the god of fortune, ghost judgment, and Zhong Kui were hung indoors. On the bed, hang the eight treasures of gold and silver, the western fan jinglun, or braided yellow money like a dragon.

Ren Ran boiled a big pot of porridge, filled a bowl of paste, and asked Yang Fang to bring it to Zhang Ben.

Zhang Ben set up a ladder and tore the old Spring Festival couplets blown up by the wind.

It turns out that it is not only the old memories that are blown up by the wind, but also the old Spring Festival couplets......

Back then, Zhang Ben was just a fat house that ate and drank muddy, and came to Daming for decades, but he didn't expect that among the two brothers, he seemed to be the head of a family.

On the small square table on the side, there was a couplet of two door gods.

The two door gods are Hu Dahai and Chang Yuchun, the two founding generals of this dynasty. In addition to Chi Qinqiong, there are also many people who stick to Hu Dahai and often meet spring, which is probably the embodiment of the pride of being a Ming person!

Wenchen also had the ability to post Bao Zheng and Wen Tianxiang, which alluded to political ambitions and expressed his reverence and learning for the noble character of idols such as uprightness, honesty and wisdom, bravery, and heroism.

Zhang Ben is also a military general, and it is normal for him to be the founding hero of this dynasty.

The problem is, his couplet......

"Big brother, this couplet doesn't seem right!" Yang Fang held the paste and looked up at Zhang Ben.

"Couplet couplet, how can it be wrong? I wrote it myself, and I wasn't very satisfied with what you bought. Zhang Ben looked down at Yang Fang, "How about it, big brother's words, it's okay!" The dragon flies and the phoenix dances, that is called a free and elegant, it is really like a person! ”

"It's not bad at all." Yang Fang said, "It's just that this content means ......"

Zhang Ben jumped off the bamboo ladder: "What's wrong with the content?" I think the moral is very good! ”

As he spoke, he picked up the couplet and read it himself:

Shanglian: "The three people in the courtyard became tigers back then,"

The next link: "Tonight, the Toad Palace is happy with the jade rabbit." ”

Horizontal criticism: "Move the tiger and get rid of the rabbit!" ”

After reading it, he gently dusted off the couplet and smiled proudly: "This is the eldest brother who has exhausted his milk...... It took a night of thinking about it to come up with it! Big brother, I just found out today that I am so talented. It's a big loss for Hanlin Academy to miss me! ”

Yang was silent: Can you stop the princess from selling melons and boasting?

"So, can you please explain to me the meaning of the couplet?" Yang Fang handed the paste to Zhang Ben.

Zhang Ben took the paste and took a sip of "Hula" first, with the paste in his mouth, his speech was also slurred, as if the paste ran into his brain from his mouth.

The brush in his hand lit up emptyly: "Meaning...... This Shanglian means that in the past, in this small courtyard, there were three big men living in us, and all three of us were tigers! There is a tiger in the chest, and the rose is sniffed! At the same time, it also alludes to the meaning of the upcoming Year of the Tiger. ”

"Three people become tigers, it doesn't seem to mean that." Yang Fang muttered and retorted softly.

"I know I don't mean that." Zhang Ben swallowed the paste in his mouth, "This porridge is really good for my wife!" Silky ...... Big brother, I have derived and quoted this idiom! ”

"What about the next link?"

"The next link is still unknown?" Zhang Ben said, "Now, there are four delicate little girls in our family, all of whom are as beautiful as flowers, just like the fairy Chang'e in the Toad Palace." ”

Yang is relieved to think that Ran'er is not delicate......

"But you are talking about the Jade Rabbit in the Toad Palace......"

"I said, why are you so tough? Do you have to get a bar? Zhang Ben glared, "I'm referring to Fairy Chang'e with the Jade Rabbit!" ”

"Okay!" Yang Fang nodded against his will, "So, this tiger is off the rabbit...... All I know is that moving is like a rabbit. ”

"It's good that you know, the meaning of the horizontal batch, that is, it implies the seven of you and me, the dragon spirit and tiger in the coming year, moving like a rabbit, full of vitality, a dragon and a tiger, a rabbit rises and falls, and the rabbit silk is attached to the female dill!"

"Rabbit silk attached to the girl?" Yang Fang still couldn't help but ask, "This doesn't seem right." ”

Wo rub, I can't imagine that this kid hasn't read for a few years, and he knows quite a lot of idioms.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Ben laughed, "Newly married to Jun, the rabbit silk is attached to the girl!" This word is tailor-made for you, you kid has already taken off the clothes of a jade rabbit, big brother and mine, isn't it appropriate? ”

Yang Fang's face flushed slightly: "Stick...... Suitable. ”

"Just be fit...... Don't be appropriate yet, stick the Spring Festival couplets! ”