The Petite Wife of the First Family

When Xu Zhizhi and Xiao Jingheng got up, everyone was busy for almost half the morning.

After the two quickly finished breakfast, they heard Xu Xiaowu shouting:

"Sister, brother-in-law, come and write couplets with us."

Xu Zhizhi said, "Okay! Have you asked the villagers if our family wrote couplets today?"

Xu Daniu said: "Several people asked me yesterday, and I told them to start writing today and ask them to bring red paper."

He glanced at Xu Zhizhi and continued, "Some people said they would buy it from us before they went to town to buy it."

Xu Zhizhi thought about it for a while. Modern Spring Festival couplets seem to cost ten yuan a pair, so it's almost ten yuan here!

She said, "Well! Just take ten coins for a pair."

Xu Daniu asked in surprise: "Sister, isn't it too high, this couplet is almost a pound of meat, will people buy it?"

Xu Zhizhi: Twelve texts are equivalent to a pound of meat, eh! She hadn't thought about this!

"Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

Xu Xiaowu said, "How about you take half a catty of meat!"

Xu Daniu felt that a pair of couplets with six cents of money was still a bit higher, and two cents of money was about the same.

Butler Wen thought for a while and said, "Let's just collect the copper plate of red paper! Xiaowu, the couplet you wrote is good if someone is willing to buy it!"

The old man said, "How come no one buys it! Xiao Wu quickly wrote it, and grandpa bought it and posted it in our yard."

Xu Xiaowu said happily: "Okay, we need more than a dozen copies in our yard! Grandpa, what do you want to write, I will think of a few copies myself."

He looked at Xiao Jingheng and said, "Brother-in-law help me write a copy and stick the door for us, okay?"

"Um!"

"Thank you brother-in-law, brother-in-law came here, you write first."

Xiao Jingheng took Xu Zhizhi to the table, picked up the pen and wrote.

"With the sound of firecrackers, the old year will be eliminated, and the peach symbol will welcome the new year to thousands of households."

"The sky increases the years and people increase their longevity, and the spring is full of heaven and earth, and the door is full of blessings."

"The door welcomes the blessings of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the household accepts wealth from east, west, south and north."

Xiao Jingheng wrote three times in a row and gestured with his eyes: Daughter-in-law, how is it?

Xu Zhizhi: "Xiang Gong is really amazing. Not only is his writing well written, but his couplets are also well aligned."

Butler Wen glanced at it, it was true, the words were better than his writing.

He said, "It's really good!"

The old man said proudly: "The boy is not bad, very good, Xiao Wu, come and pick a pair of yard gates that are pasted with our grandparents and grandchildren."

Xu Zhizhi also said, "Father, come and pick a pair to stick to the gate of your yard."

Father Xu was sitting by the brazier and heating the fire, when he heard his daughter call him to get up and pick a pair.

He knew words, after all, he had read books for several years before.

He looked at it carefully, and the three pairs were all very good-looking, with good words and good meanings.

Xu Daniu hurriedly said, "There is just one pair left, just stick it to the gate of my yard."

Butler Wen wrote several copies in the morning and waited for the villagers to come and buy them.

In the end, a pair of couplets was set for two coins, so that all the villagers in Qili Village were willing to buy them.

Xu Zhizhi imagined the situation of the Chinese New Year in Qili Village this year.

Every family posted couplets a year ago to embellish the Spring Festival with a sense of spring and joy.

Let the strong festive flavor permeate everyone's face and flow in everyone's heart.

She felt very fulfilled, this was her first year in Qili Village.

Under her leadership, the villagers' life was more than a little bit better than before.

Butler Wen wrote a couplet: "The door is big enough to allow a thousand horses to enter, and the hall will not feel that a hundred men are happy."

He asked, "Fairy girl, come and have a look, how about this post on the gate of our big yard?"

Xu Zhizhi glanced at it and said, "This one is attached to the door of my grandfather's bedroom, or the door of our living room. The door of the dining room is suitable."

The old marquis said, "It's appropriate to put it on the door of the dining room."

He shouldn't be so arrogant!

He really liked those written by his grandson-in-law that were well-meaning and easy to understand.

Butler Wen has thought about it for a long time!

At this time, he realized that fairy girls don't like to be too public.

Although Lin Zixi is a rough person, he has been in the officialdom of Los Angeles for many years after all.

He picked up the couplet and said, "Then it's the most suitable place to put it on the door of the dining room. Everyone has to go in and out three times a day, haha! It's perfect!"

Xu Zhizhi also smiled and said, "Ber Wen's literary talent is very good, so it's really suitable to be posted in the dining room."

She went on to say, "Berber Wen, I said a pair that was posted at the gate of the big yard. You can write it."

"Water, water, mountains and mountains are painted everywhere, and every family is prosperous every year"

Butler Wen was shocked, this pair is very suitable for the Xu family's gate.

The old man was the most supportive, he said loudly: "Okay, very good, this is very suitable."

Others also feel good, they can understand the meaning of the couplet.

Simple and easy to understand is very good, too esoteric, people do not understand, it is easy to misunderstand.

Xiao Jingheng picked up the pen and wrote several more copies, and asked Xu Ming to take them back and post them where they lived.

The others are the gates of his and Xu Zhizhi's yard, the study, the living room, and the door of the bedroom.

The rest he didn't write, and it was almost time for lunch.

After Xiao Jingheng wrote it, he let Xu Feng set it up, and when the ink was dry, it was sent to Xu Zhizhi's living room in the courtyard.

I will post it on New Year's Day. The ink dries slowly this winter, so I have to write it two days in advance.

Xu Xiaowu also wrote several copies, ready to post them in the living room in their yard, and at the door of the bedroom.

Wen Yu wrote a few copies and posted them in Xu Daniu's yard and every door.

Butler Wen wrote three copies in the morning, posted them for the Xu family himself, and planned to sell the rest to the villagers.

In the afternoon, he will continue to write, after all, there are dozens of families in Qili Village.

A family needs at least several copies! This takes about two days to write.

On the afternoon of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Xu family yard was very lively again.

Many villagers do not know how to read, so there are two or three people in the family.

They are afraid of making a mistake and sticking it upside down will not be beautiful.

So a person only takes one pair of couplets, the left hand is on the left, and the right is on the door on the right.

Xu Zhizhi heard the villagers' explanation and felt that although they didn't study, they were also talents.

This method is the best, although sticking couplets is especially important for the Spring Festival, but the most important thing in sticking couplets is not to make mistakes.

The villagers happily went back and forth to buy couplets in the yard of Xu's house.

The kids are here, and there's candy for them.

Candy snacks were made by Xu Zhizhi and Hai Liu and the others. They were delicious and inexpensive.

When the elderly come, they put the candy they get in their pockets and take them back to their favorite grandchildren to eat.

Xu Xiaowu and Wen Yushu still have money to sell couplets.

Because, to help the villagers put away, the left and right sides, so carefully look at the left and right sides of the couplet.

Sun Hao and Hai Liu gave out candy. Sun Hao is a face control, and he will give two more when he sees a good-looking child.

However, none of the children in Qili Village who have been beaten by wind and rain all year round can catch Sun Hao's eyes.

That would be fair!