"Tom, tom......"

Is it knocking on our door? The sound was not very loud, the room was very quiet, and Fang Fei, who woke up, still heard it.

"Tom, tom, tom, tom, tom......" Suddenly, unhurriedly rang four times in succession.

"Who knocked on the door..."Lin Yi heard it in his sleep, muttered, turned over but didn't want to wake up.

"Someone knocked on our door..."Fang Fei heard it clearly, muttered and sat up, seeing the winter sun spilling in through the window, the weather was not so cold, and hurriedly pushed Lin Yi, "Get up, get up, the sun is up to your buttocks!"

"Let me sleep a little longer, Brother Xigui won't go fishing today, it's fine. Lin Yi looked like he hadn't slept enough as if he was in a dream, and his eyes were full of anxiety and wanted to continue. After winter came, Lin Yi sometimes got up too early to cook, and then went out to be busy, and when Fang Fei got up, it was cold again. Fang Fei will cook the rice again by herself, and the dish is usually the fish stewed the night before, but the taste of hot rice mixed with fish jelly is quite good, Lin Yi is at home in his spare time, Fang Fei also likes to eat like this. So, Lin Yi also had the opportunity to sleep lazy, in a winter like this, a family of three loved the quilt, and almost slept until three o'clock in the morning.

The knock on ......the door was still unhurried, and it was two more times.

"Smack!" Fang Fei patted Lin Yi's arm vigorously, and said in a low voice: "Didn't you hear the knock on the door?" It may be that Big Brother Dai Xigui is looking for you, maybe something is wrong." ”

"Oh. Lin Yi sat up sleepwalking, opened his eyes, saw that the sun was a little dazzling, shook his head to make himself sober, stretched, let out a sigh, and then hurriedly got out of bed, muttering: "The sun has risen so high, I'll take a look." ”

"Really..."Fang Fei muttered, helping him prepare his clothes in his hands.

"Brother Xigui, I'm here..."Lin Yi put on his clothes, tied his belt, and walked to open the door. The reason why it is so sure is that Dai Xigui is judged from the casual knock on the door, unlike Dai Cheng's reckless style, and because he is wearing a door. , except for Dai Xigui's family, who live next to each other, Lin Yi and his wife are not familiar with other families, and they can get close to each other.

"Lin Xianggong..."The door opened, and the people waiting outside the door opened their mouths to greet first, but it was not Dai Xigui, a man about the same age as Dai Xigui, who was also of medium stature, and his face was very unfamiliar.

"You, who are you?" Lin Yi didn't have any impression of this person in his mind.

"Oh!" The man standing at the door also came to his senses, and said with a smile: "I'm very sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my name is Dai Laifu, and it's also Dai??" may not have seen Lin Xianggong yet, I have been a good partner with Xigui since I was a child. ”

"Oh. Lin Yi relaxed, seeing that the other party was holding something in both hands, he couldn't guess what he meant, "May I ask this big brother Dai Laifu, is there anything wrong with me?"

"That's right, my new house is completed, and I am ready to move in before the New Year's Festival, and I heard that Xigui said that Lin Xianggong is a scholar, so I took the liberty to ask you to help me. The man Dai Laifu said, and lit up the things in his two hands, "I don't know much about it, but I also want to be elegant, I want to send a post to invite the villagers to have a banquet, I implore Lin Xianggong to help fill out the invitation, and write a few more festive couplets......"

"Oh!" Lin Yi saw that the other party said sincerely, and revealed in his words that he was friendly with Dai Xigui, so it was naturally inconvenient to refuse. Anyway, there is nothing left and right, and writing is just a matter of Lin Yi's gesture and a stroke of the pen, so he nodded kindly: "Then congratulations first, you should serve." ”

"Is it convenient to write it at Lin Xianggong's house?" Dai Laifu asked. Both were still clubbed at the door, one standing inside the house and the other outside.

"I'm sluggish, please come in, please come in-" Lin Yi thought that he should let the family into the house.

"Where, it's taking the liberty to trouble Lin Xianggong. Dai Laifu spoke appropriately and stepped into the house politely. Dai who has met with Lin Yi?? The others are a little different, they seem to be honest, but they feel very shrewd and brightly dressed, not the simplicity of the villagers.

"It's a simple place, please sit casually!" Lin Yi beckoned, and there were only two chairs in the room.

"You're welcome to be down there. Dai Laifu put a stack of invitations on his right hand and a roll of red paper on his left hand on the table, sat down on one of the chairs, and then took out a few pieces of broken silver from his arms, pushed them in front of Lin Yi and said, "These two taels of silver are for Lin Xianggong's pen fee." ”,

"This ......" Lin Yi didn't expect that the other party would give a reward.

"Let Lin Xianggong bother, it is not a respect, please do not refuse. Dai Laifu appeared to be sincere.

"But if it's disrespectful, then it's a shame. Lin Yi was a little surprised, but there was a reason not to accept it, surprised! Although he didn't directly put the silver tael in his pocket and let it be placed on the table, he already felt soft when he promised someone to accept it. Living in poverty, there has been no tea at home, Lin Yi looked at the teapot in a daze, and even the boiled water in the pot was already cold because it had been overnight.

"Lin Xianggong, you don't have to entertain me. Dai Laifu saw Lin Yi's embarrassment, and said generously: "You just prepare a pen, ink, and inkstone, and then I will read the name, and you fill in the invitation." ”

"That's good. Lin Yi heard what the other party said, and thought to himself that people came to him, of course, it was important to get down to business, and there was really no need to be so polite. Immediately relieved, immediately turned out the pen and ink and inkstone, these writing instruments that had been accompanied day and night were covered with dust, Lin Yi blew a breath, like reuniting with an old friend who had not been seen for a long time, and couldn't help but show a comfortable smile.

Although Dai Laifu didn't know a few words, his memory was very good, and he knew which people he was going to invite, and he read the names one by one, as if he was slipping through his mouth, so he filled out dozens of invitations in a stack in less than two quarters of an hour.

Lin Yi also worked very hard, and then spread out the red paper, waved the pen and walked the dragon and snake, and wrote more than a dozen couplets in one go, the words are wonderful words, and the couplets are wonderful words.

"Huh......" Lin Yi took a long breath and asked, "Brother Dai Laifu, do you think it's okay?"

"Okay, okay, okay, Lin Xianggong's words are so beautiful. Dai Laifu praised with great satisfaction.

"There are twelve couplets here, as well as horizontal batches, I'll go get scissors to split them..."Lin Yi collected the pen fee from others, and he must have done his best.

"Are the twelve horizontal batches also corresponding in order?" Dai Laifu asked.

"Yes, in order. Lin Yi nodded. Of course, if it is not in order, some can also be applied to each other, anyway, they are all auspicious words, and there is not much difference, but there is no need to explain so clearly.

"Then you don't have to bother Lin Xianggong, cut and split, I'll take this rough work back and someone else will do it." Dai Laifu said briskly, first putting away the stack of invitations, and then preparing to roll up the large red paper.

"Wait..."Lin Yi stopped him and asked, "Don't roll it up, that's it, can you take it?"

"That's it?" Dai Laifu was a little puzzled.

"The ink didn't dry, so you just took it back and it dried. Lin Yi explained.

"You can take it, you can take it..."Dai Laifu nodded busily with a smile on his face, grabbed a stack of invitations with his left hand, and picked up the big red paper with his left hand, "... Then don't bother Lin Xianggong, and say goodbye. ”

"I'll send you..."Lin Yi was in a happy mood and polite.