Yes, Yan Ruxing's method is to leave the difficult choice to his seven-year-old granddaughter and let the little girl choose five among the many guests. As for who will be chosen, it is unknown.
Fatty Wang said to Xue Chen with a frown, "It's really high!"
"It's quite high." Xue Chen admired Yan Ruxing's idea. Such a thing that would offend people was given to a little girl. Even if she was not selected, would she still blame a little girl? That would be too low. He would only smile with relief and lament his bad luck, but would not think that Yan Ruxing was not giving him face.
"I can responsibly say that I did not have an argument with Duoduo and asked her to choose whom or not. I don't know who she will choose. It all depends on your luck." Yan Ruxing said something to the guests. Finally, he lowered his head and whispered something to his granddaughter in his arms. The little girl's face turned red and she nodded with a smile.
The little girl Duoduo was not timid at all. She walked away from Yan Ruxing's arms and looked around with big watery eyes. Every guest who was looked at by the little girl showed a kind smile, trying to make the little girl choose him.
"Come Duoduo, come to Grandpa Shen. This is the New Year's money prepared for you." Shen Wanjun, who had been smiling and saying nothing, suddenly took out a small red envelope from the lining pocket of his coat, and the red envelope was At first glance, it looked like it was specially used to give out lucky money to juniors, and it was placed in the hands of the little girl Duoduo who walked over.
Duoduo beamed with joy and said thank you to Grandpa Shen, then turned to Yan Ruxing and said plainly: "I choose Grandpa Shen."
Before Yan Ruxing could open his mouth, the other guests were in an uproar.
"Boss Shen, are you cheating? Did you know that Lao Yan would do this for a long time, so you prepared red envelopes in advance for bribery?" Cai Yuanming asked loudly.
Yan Ruxing was the first to deny it: "The idea of letting Duoduo choose someone was just an impromptu idea of mine. I swear, no one knows about it!"
Shen Wanjun, who was the first to get the couplet, smiled heartily: "Of course it's not cheating, I just knew that Lao Yan's granddaughter was also coming, so I just prepared some New Year's money. I didn't expect to use it. It's a coincidence. Don't be suspicious. "
After hearing what the two people said, the guest stopped talking.
Seeing that Shen Wanjun's red envelope strategy was successful, other guests also wanted to imitate it. However, they did not prepare red envelopes with money. It was impossible to blatantly take out a few tickets and stuff them into the little girl Duoduo, which would change the taste. , it will immediately make people feel vulgar!
Now there were only four places left, and everyone took action again, waving and greeting the little girl Duoduo. Each one was more friendly than the other, and some promised to take Duoduo to the amusement park and the zoo. In short, they were thinking of various ways.
But the little girl was completely unmoved. She pouted and said, "I have been to the amusement park many times. The little animals in the zoo are so pitiful. They are put in cages. I don't like it..."
At this time, a thirty-seven-year-old customer took out an unopened box of chocolates from his handbag, shook it, and said in a friendly tone: "Come on, Duoduo, this is given to you by your uncle. But I brought it back from abroad and it’s not available in China, so it’s delicious.”
Duoduo's big eyes suddenly lit up, her little face showed joy, and she jumped over.
Just like that, the second spot was also taken away.
"Old Xue, we neither prepared red envelopes nor brought delicious candies and chocolates with us. I think there is no chance." Wang Dong shook his big head and sighed sadly.
"There's nothing we can do about it." Xue Chen shrugged his shoulders and chuckled when he saw others trying to win over the little girl.
Speaking of which, Yan Ruxing's couplets were not necessarily begged for. It would be nice to get them, but it would be a pity not to get the most. No one present took it too seriously. It was just playing as a small game. The Chinese New Year is almost here.
A happy picture.
Wang Dong scratched his head: "Hey, Lao Xue, I remember there is a little girl of about the same age in your family, so you should know her well. What is her like?"
"You mean Erniu?"
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Although the little girl Duoduo is not old, she is very smart. She knows that the uncles and grandfathers around her now have to please her, so she acts like a small profiteer, waiting for a price, and is not in a hurry to agree to anyone.
You can say as many nice things as you like.
This made Cai Yuanming say angrily: "Old Yan, I think your granddaughter will be able to do whatever you want when she grows up. She will definitely be a good hand in business."
Yan Ruxing's face glowed red and he said proudly: "Hey, that's for sure."
Xue Chen paid attention and waved to the little girl. When Duoduo came closer, he said, "I have two beautiful little snow squirrels at home. Do you like them? Do you want to touch them?"
"Little squirrel?" Duoduo asked happily.
"Yes, it's very cute. It feels fluffy. There is also a big bird that you can touch. By the way, you can also ride a dog. Can you ride a dog?" Xue Chen said with a smile.
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Now the gray ball is getting longer and thicker, weighing about 90 kilograms. Erniu rides on it, which puts no pressure on the gray ball at all.
Sure enough, little girls of the same age have similar hobbies. When Duoduo heard about the novelty of riding a big dog, she finally couldn't help but let go and told her grandfather Yan Ruxing that he had chosen Xue Chen.
Seeing that Xue Chen's promise to take the little girl to ride a dog turned out to be true, the other guests all looked at each other, dumbfounded and admired how Xue Chen came up with such an idea.
"Haha, Lao Xue, that's good. Thank you for coming up with this idea. But speaking of it, I have never ridden a dog in my life. It should be interesting to think about it. But unfortunately, I am destined to have no chance in this life.
, unless one day science is advanced enough to breed dogs as big as horses." Wang Dong said thoughtfully.
After a while, maybe the little girl Duoduo saw that it was "unprofitable" and lost interest in playing, so she randomly picked two people who liked the game and ran to another room to watch TV.
The five promised couplets all had owners, and the other guests shook their heads, feeling pity.
Yan Ruxing stood up with a smile, rolled up his sleeves, and said: "Today's work is done today, so just write the couplet now, so that I can save my worries."
Yan Ruxing got up and went to the lobby on the first floor, and the guests naturally followed. They all wanted to see Yan Ruxing write couplets. Many people here were like Xue Chen. They had only heard that Yan Ruxing wrote good couplets, but they had never seen it in person.
Saw it.
When going downstairs, Shen Wanjun asked Xue Chen casually: "Xue Chen, do you know the couplet culture?"
"Well, I know a little bit about it." Xue Chen touched his chin and said while thinking about it, "I remember that the couplet should have originated from Meng Chang of the Later Shu Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, 'New Year's greeting Yuqing, Jiajie Changchun', this It is a couplet written by Meng Chang on the peach charm on the door panel. Counting it together, it is also the first couplet and the origin of the couplet."
"Well, that's very good." Shen Wanjun nodded.
Arriving at the spacious lobby on the first floor, Yan Ruxing ordered the waiters to get paper, ink, pens and inkstones. Soon, the three waiters brought everything.
The couplets everyone requested were all hung at the main entrance, and the paper used was naturally quite large. They were all made of fine red paper nearly two and a half meters long. The paper was thick and heavy. Xue Chen touched it and found it to be very strong, even if he wanted to use his hands. It takes some effort to tear it apart, and there is no fear of being damaged by wind and snow.
There was no such a big table to spread out, so Yan Ruxing just shook it with his hands and spread it flat on the floor.
Many guests formed a circle and stood around.
Yan Ru was very particular about his conduct. He washed his hands before writing, and the ink he used was not ready-made ink, but freshly ground with an inkstone.
"Boss Yan, your inkstone and ink ingot don't look simple at all. They are both old items," someone asked.
Yan Ruxing, who was grinding it, said proudly: "Yes, they are all old objects, and the ink ingots are from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. They are not very precious things, but this inkstone is an authentic Songhua inkstone from the mid-Qing Dynasty, but I like it very much." An inkstone."
"This is the Songhua Inkstone, which is quite rare." Xue Chen glanced at it.
Songhua inkstone, as the name suggests, is made of polished pine flower stone. Songhua stone is a kind of river stone in the Songhua River basin. And because Songhua River is the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty, Songhua inkstone is mostly collected by the Qing palace and is a good thing.
"A good inkstone should be paired with good ink. Unfortunately, if the inkstone is used endlessly, the ink ingots will be used up. I think based on Yan Ruxing's character, even if he has good ink ingots, he will not be willing to use them." Wang Dong came to Xue Chen's side. , chuckled and muttered.
"Speaking of ink ingots, the last time I went to the United States, I got a piece of Cao Sugong's purple jade ink ingot." Xue Chen said.
"Really? But Xue Chen, why didn't I see it in your storage room?" Shen Wanjun said in surprise. He naturally knew the famous Purple Jade Light very well.
"Oh, it was because an elder of a friend I made in the United States was celebrating his birthday, so I passed it on to him." Xue Chen said truthfully.
Shen Wanjun said with some pity: "I have seen purple jade light once or twice, but I have never gotten it. It would be a pity to change hands."
At this time, Yan Ruxing had already polished the ink and held up a soft brush with a shaft, thumb thickness and nearly thirty centimeters long in his hand. He turned around and saw Xue Chen beside him, and said: "Xiao Xue, I Let me write it for you first. What kind of couplet do you want to write? Just tell me and I will write it."
Xue Chen looked at Wang Dong, who scratched his head: "Old Xue, tell me, I don't know what to write at the moment."
Xue Chen thought for a while and said: "Then I'll trouble Uncle Yan and write, 'The sun and moon are shining brightly on the seat, and the haze is glowing in front of the hall'!" (To be continued)