In the past, there was no holiday during the Chinese New Year, and everyone had to go to work on New Year's Eve. However, this year Jiang Province has issued a document to have a three-day holiday during the Spring Festival. Tian Shao is still studying and feels nothing, but Erya is very happy.
After dinner, Erya said to Li Guihua: "Mom, on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year, Suozhu and I went to various relatives to pay New Year greetings. In the afternoon of the second day of the Lunar New Year, we went to Uncle Nie's house to take Grandma Nie back to the family hospital to live."
Li Guihua used to like buildings. Well, to be precise, it was a kind of envy and desire of country people for the life of city people, but it was really uncomfortable to live in it anywhere. However, Erya treated Grandma Nie as filial to her ancestors.
She was still feeling uncomfortable, and her words were not so pleasant: "Don't tell me these things in the future. Now that your wings have hardened, I can't control you anymore."
Erya felt a little aggrieved. She thought she said it out of respect for her parents.
Tian Shao sided with Li Guihua this time and said with a face: "Grandma Nie lived with you before, and my parents didn't object. Why are you talking to your mother about this now? Everyone is living in unrest this year, so why don't you just
So happy."
She could understand Li Guihua, after all, Erya was asking for a new wife and the house was bought by her own family. A smart person should downplay this matter. She also specifically mentioned that this was not a scolding.
"Sister, I don't have one."
Tian Shao hummed and said, "I know that's not your intention, but your behavior is easy for people to misunderstand. Tian Erya, you are eighteen years old and think before you speak or act. Your family will not care about you.
Outsiders are not so good at sex.”
Thinking about the people he had offended in the factory, Erya did not dare to say anything. Fortunately, Tian Shao Yuwei was still there, otherwise Erya would have had a bad temper.
Tian Shao, who was celebrating the Chinese New Year, didn't want to cause any unpleasantness, so he changed the subject after saying a few words: "Mom, do you have red paper at home? I bought a brush and ink, and cut out red paper to write couplets."
Tian Shao was used to posting couplets on New Year's Eve, but Tian Shao always felt uncomfortable without this item. Now that the control is not so strict, he is no longer afraid.
Li Guihua asked worriedly: "Can I post couplets now?"
In previous years, it was not allowed to set off firecrackers or post couplets during the Chinese New Year, otherwise they would be labeled. Even when going up the mountain to sweep graves, everyone was silent and did not dare to make a big fuss.
Tian Shao comforted her and said: "Mom, don't worry, you can post it. Now that the national policy has been relaxed, there are many foreigners with red hair and blue eyes in Sijiu City. Posting a couplet is nothing. Mom, there is nothing to write in advance now. Tomorrow
Post it in the morning."
Reading under a kerosene lamp is too taxing on the eyes, but writing couplets is not in the way.
Li Guihua was still worried: "Is everything okay?"
Pei Yue smiled and said: "Don't worry, Auntie, posting couplets is a traditional custom in our country, and everything will be fine."
Li Guihua believed that Pei Yue was a state cadre after all, and he must be right when he said nothing would happen. She went into the room and took out a piece of red paper, and when she handed it to Tian Shao, she told her to use it sparingly.
When Tian Shao spread out the red paper and looked at it, he couldn't laugh or cry. He saved a little, but no matter how much he saved, he could only write one couplet, which was not enough at all.
Wuya suddenly asked: "Sister, we don't know how to write calligraphy, who will write this couplet?"
Tian Shao was just about to say that he could write, but suddenly he remembered that the warning letters he wrote were warning letters with a brush, and he would be exposed when he was about to write them.
Therefore, Tian Shao deliberately said with a grimace: "When I bought the brush and ink, I thought of posting couplets to make the house lively. I forgot that we don't even know how to write calligraphy."
Pei Yue laughed: "Xiao Shao, finally there is something you can't do?"
I always feel that my fiancée is capable of everything, and it is rare to find that there is one thing she cannot do.
Tian Shao gave him a roll of his eyes and said: "I'm not a god, so I can't do everything. If you can write, this important task will be left to you. If not, please ask someone else to write it when the time comes! By the way, Sanya.
, Si Ya, is Principal Xin back? If he comes back, you can ask Principal Xin to write."
Sanya smiled and said, "I'm back. The whole family is back on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month. The day after my sister-in-law came back, she brought specialties from the provincial capital. She also asked you if you would come back to celebrate the New Year this year?"
Tian Shao looked at Pei Yue, saw that he nodded to show that he could write calligraphy, and said: "Then let's go to the principal's house to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the new year."
Tian Shao was too lazy to write on such red paper, so he asked Li Guihua to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy red paper and then write on it.
There were no electric lights or entertainment activities in the countryside, so everyone went to bed early. The next day it was bright and Pei Yue got up when he heard some noise outside.
He saw Nie Suozhu holding a machete and Erya carrying a basket, and asked: "Are you going to visit the grave?"
Erya said with a smile: "Yes, I am sweeping the graves of my ancestors. Brother-in-law, it's still early, so you can sleep a little longer!"
Pei Yue knew that only his own descendants could visit the grave, so he didn't mention the silly thing of going with him. After the two left, he went to fetch water. When the water tank was full, he rode his bicycle out.
Li Guihua went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the town. When she came back and made breakfast, she realized that Pei Yue had gone out: "Da Ya, where has Xiao Pei gone? He hasn't been back for so long."
Tian Shao said while drinking porridge: "Yesterday we asked Zhao Kang to buy some meat and bones. He should have gone to the county town to get meat."
At that time, she was only concentrating on chatting with Li Aihua, and had no idea what Pei Yue said to Zhao Kang. She was not interested in the topic between men, and did not ask about it afterwards.
Pei Yue came back just after breakfast. Not only did he buy meat and bones, he also bought ten large pieces of red paper.
After breakfast, Tian Dalin and Li Guihua killed chickens and ducks to prepare lunch. Tian Shao took Wuya to make steamed buns, Sanya and Siya and Liuya were skillful in cutting paper, and Pei Yue wrote couplets. Erya and Nie Suozhu were also absent.
During their free time, the two of them were responsible for posting couplets.
Pei Yue was tired from writing couplets. When he looked up, he saw the whole family busy, and a real smile appeared on his face.
Not long after the couplets were posted on the front door, my neighbor Aunt Qing came to inquire. When Pei Yue said that the couplets could be posted now, she hurriedly asked: "My dear, could you please write a few for us too."
Before Pei Yue could speak, Li Guihua raised her voice and said, "You can ask my son-in-law to help you write couplets, but you have to bring the cut red paper."
Just spend some pen and ink, but don't stick the red paper upside down.
Aunt Qing agreed and hurried home. She didn't know what size to cut, so she took the red paper and brought her daughter over to ask Sanya for advice. In fact, cutting is not difficult, but the difficult part is how to maximize the use of paper without wasting it.
Aunt Qing's house didn't have much red paper, so she borrowed it from Li Guihua and said she would pay it back after the new year.
Li Guihua refused. She said: "My old house, my new house, and my parents' house are not enough."
As soon as Aunt Qing heard this, she immediately borrowed it from another family. As a result, she didn't borrow the red paper, but spread the news about Tian Shao's family writing couplets. The result was that Pei Yue spent the whole morning writing couplets, and when it was time for dinner, Li Guihua had everyone pay.
When he left, his hands were numb.
When Tian Shao saw this, he laughed and scolded: "I asked you to take a break just now and you won't listen anymore. Now you're fine. Your hand hurts a lot, right?"
Although his hand hurt, Pei Yue was in a good mood: "It's okay, just rest and it will be fine."