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A few days passed by in a blink of an eye, and it was New Year's Eve.

Early in the morning, the old village chief came to Zhang Taiping's house with a red piece of paper. The old man was doing Tai Chi in the yard. The village chief waited beside him without disturbing him. Even though he was a man in his fifties, he was still really impressive in front of the old man.

younger generation.

After the old man stopped and picked up the towel hanging on the tree to wipe his sweat, the village chief stepped forward and said: "Uncle, see if you can write a couplet." His face was drooling, without any of the village chief's usual posture.

The old man didn't say anything, but just waved his hand to follow. The old village chief understood at a glance that this was agreement, and followed the old man to the study room in the back room with the red paper. In fact, the village chief's family had already bought the pair.

But now that the old man has gone down the mountain, he bought it again

Cut a piece of red paper into a long strip and go to Zhang Taiping's house to ask the old man for some pairs. The old man's calligraphy is famous in the village. Before going up the mountain, every new year's couplets in the village would be

There is no need to buy it, you just need to buy red paper and cut it.

However, the old man did not start writing in the study. Instead, he moved a table into the yard and began to prepare ink. It was only in the past few years that the village bought some Spring Festival couplets from the market. Now the old man came down from the mountain.

, I believe that there are many people who have the same idea as the old village chief, so I moved a table to the courtyard early to avoid being crowded in the study.

Grinding the ink slowly and slowly is not only a process of grinding the ink, but also a process of adjusting the state of mind to put people into a state. If you want to write well, the state of mind is very important. You can write whatever you feel.

Words can reflect a person's character and mood.

The village chief was not in a hurry and stood aside to watch. After polishing the ink, the old man said to Cai Xiaomei who was standing by and watching: "Bring a bowl of hot water here."

Cai Xiaomei's agile figure entered the kitchen and brought out a bowl of hot water. She put the water on the table. The old man took out three large, medium and small brushes from the pen holder. These were all fine brushes made by Zhang Taiping with wolf hair. The old man looked at them.

He couldn't help but nodded and put it in hot water for a while.

Fan Ming, who was lying on the table next to him, asked curiously: "Grandpa Zhang, what are you doing?"

The old man stroked his beard and said with a smile: "If the pen is left for a long time, it will be stained with a lot of dust, which will not only make it difficult to draw ink, but will also leave small bumps in the written words, which will not be smooth and look good, affecting the effect of the words.

"

After soaking for a while, he took out the pen and shook off the water on it. Then he asked the village chief to spread the red paper flatly on the table and press it with smooth marble strips at the four corners. He asked the old village chief: "What do you want?"

What couplet should I write?”

The old village chief patted his head and said: "I don't have anything in my mind. I can't think of any good couplets. I don't want to bother you, so I can just help you think of one and write it down."

"It saves you effort."

"Hey, uncle, how old is the capable man?"

The old man agreed without any objection. He watched the village chief put his hands behind his hands and thought for a while, then took out a medium-sized pen and dipped it in full ink. His writing seemed to be full of energy. As the old man's pen moved rapidly, Fan Ming read out the words one by one.

came out.

"I'm happy to live in a treasured land and enjoy a thousand years of prosperity. Everything will be prosperous for my family and I wish you a happy new year."

As soon as the old man finished writing, the village chief burst into applause. Although he had been the village chief for so many years and knew how to read, he really didn’t have much understanding of what was so good about this couplet. The reason why he was so applauded was because it came from the hands of the old man.

Even if the content is not great, these eighteen words deserve better.

It seems that the village chief has become a fox in the past few years. It was a good idea to come here early in the morning. Just when he had just finished writing the couplet to the village chief and the ink had not dried, several more people came into the yard, and their hands were all the same.

Holding the cut red paper.

Seeing that the old village chief was there, Han Cuihua said: "The village chief came so early, I thought I was the first one."

The old man never refuses anyone who comes. As long as he can come, he will write a couplet, some even two. The couplet of Han Cuihua's family is: Good luck all year round. Treasures from all directions come into the house and write horizontally: Home and everything will be prosperous. Positive

Jing'er agreed that her family would open a store to make money, which also alluded to the harmony between husband and wife and the prosperity of the family.

After a while, another group of people came with the same purpose. It is an honor to have couplets written by the old man posted on the New Year's door in the village. Almost every family will come to let the old man write a couplet.

Zhang Taiping had a canopy on his shoulders and a dog behind him early in the morning, but he was walking the dog to let the hawk fly.

When he came back, Xiao Jin first flew to the top of the yard and saw a group of people in the yard below. He hooted loudly to warn Zhang Taiping. When the people in the yard heard the hawk's call, they looked up and looked at Xiao Jin, whose wings were spread out two meters above the yard. They were all surprised.

I understand that Marshal Zhang is back.

Sure enough, two big dogs rushed into the yard, followed by Zhang Taiping, who was wearing only a single shirt in the winter. After entering the yard, Ah Huang and Lion patrolled around the crowd, constantly sniffing people's legs.

Sniff your nose. The two of them are different from the local dogs in the village. Their size is really stressful.

It was so big that all the villagers who were queuing up felt cramps in their calves and didn't dare to move. They were worried that they would be misunderstood and attacked by the two big dogs. It would be uncomfortable if they were attacked by these two big dogs. Listen.

It is said that this Ah Huang is a fierce master who can't defeat the big green skin in the mountains in a duel.

Zhang Taiping saw the villagers' fear of Ah Huang and the lion, and waved his hand to drive the two big dogs into the front yard.

He came to the table and took a pen and waited to see if anyone would come up to him to write. The villagers saw that Zhang Taiping also picked up a pen, but no one came up to ask him to write. Although Zhang Taiping during this time

Taiping has changed a lot. The villagers' sense of him is completely different from before, but basically no one believes that he can write calligraphy, so no one comes up to him to write. They would rather wait in line here.

a while.

Wang Peng arrived late and was at the back of the queue. He was a little impatient with the wait. When he saw Zhang Taiping picking up a pen and preparing to write, but no one came forward yet, he happily ran to Zhang Taiping. He also thought in his mind that this place was originally

There is no one, when I come here

It's not like jumping in line. His admiration for Zhang Taiping is blind. He believes that even if someone says that Zhang Taiping can fly, Wang Peng, who is in a fever of his mind, may believe it. Now a mere calligraphy calligraphy, in Wang Peng's opinion, this is a big deal for Zhang Taiping.

It's a piece of cake.

Spreading out the red paper, Zhang Taiping listened to the couplets read by Wang Peng once, and immediately made a couplet with ink. Some people at the back curiously ran over and stood next to Zhang Taiping to take a look, although they did not know how to write.

, but he could still distinguish the quality of the handwriting surface. He was also unambiguous, and immediately spread out the red paper and asked Zhang Taiping to write a couplet. After the two couplets were written, some people moved to Zhang Taiping's side.

The two men wrote couplets for the villagers together, and the scene was very lively. Fan Ming took a camera and took a lot of photos with the characters.

Be decent, just like an old man who has washed away all his beauty

The life of Zhenzhi is the same, there is no glitz and hustle, what is left is calmness and return to nature; on the other hand, Zhang Taiping's calligraphy is also good, but his style is completely opposite to that of the old man, and he can't hide the iron horse's strength in the turning points of his gestures.

, killing spirit.

Xing Rushui looked at Zhang Taiping's handwriting and was fascinated for a while. This man usually looked ordinary and indifferent, but his handwriting revealed a restrained edge. Don't underestimate it, and don't dare to underestimate it.

watch for!

One morning, the two of them worked together to write a couplet for everyone who came. After lunch, the atmosphere suddenly became more intense, and firecrackers continued to sound. People successively posted the joyful couplets with black characters on red paper on the door.

Zhang Taiping led Fan Ming and Cai Xiaomei to do these things for their own homes. They didn’t even need a ladder to post the couplets, but glued them with a paste that Cai Xiaomei made by mixing vinegar and flour. This paste is popular in rural areas.

It's a simple trick, but the effect is really good. It won't fall off easily when it sticks to the wall. If you use other stickers, it will fall off intentionally. By then, the couplet will fall to the ground before the New Year is over, which is unlucky!

After pasting the couplets, rows of hollow carved beards were pasted on the door eaves, with the words "The whole family is happy and everything goes well".

Fan Ming and Cai Xiaomei took the initiative to ask Ying, one to stick to Qin Qiong and the other to Jingde. The two doors happened to be aligned up and down, one on the left and one on the right.

When Fan Ming pasted the word "福", Zhang Taiping stopped him: "You can't paste the word "福" like this, you have to paste it upside down."

"Post it upside down, why?" She didn't understand why the word "Hao Hao" was posted upside down. "Maybe there is something special about it?"

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "There is indeed something special about it. They say 'blessing' means 'blessing'. Blessing comes from the sky. If you put the word 'blessing' right on your head, it means you will be blessed."

Soar into the sky and run away. Only by pasting the word '福' upside down can blessings come to the world and come to us, and we can feel the blessings."

After hearing this, Fan Ming immediately looked enlightened, put the word "福" upside down again, clapped her hands happily and said, "Luck falls from the sky!"

After pasting these, Cai Xiaomei took out the paper flowers she bought at the supermarket. Zhang Taiping and the others took these paper cutouts of zodiac animals, auspicious characters, or unknown flowers, and pasted small ones on each window.

The small one and the extra ones were posted on the wall in the yard.

After doing this, I went back to look at the yard. Red decorations were everywhere in the yard, and I was filled with joy. It’s Chinese New Year!