Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 299 Posting Couplets

However, Hou Xiaoge knew that what he said was not a good thing, and he didn't want to be scolded on New Year's Day, so he took out a handful of copper coins and gave them to the little guy.

"Hey! Give me more, I want to buy some candied haws." The little guy became more and more greedy.

"Get out! I made thirty candied haws a few days ago, and you ate more than a dozen of them in three days. Your teeth are sore, but you still want to eat more." Hou Xiaoge hurriedly drove him away.

"Then I'll buy something delicious!"

"Are you going to leave or not? If you don't leave, I'll beat you to death." Hou Xiaoge rolled up his sleeves and pretended to chase after him.

"A stingy person drinks cold water, lol lol!" The little guy made a face, covered his pocket and ran away.

"This kid!" Hou Xiaoge put down his sleeves, smiled and shook his head.

Because practicing calligraphy can calm one's mind, Hou Xiaoge often practices calligraphy when he has nothing to do, and now he can do it quite well.

I also wrote a couplet for the Yanhuang Alliance some time ago.

First Couplet: With the ambition to create the world and lay the foundation for the Chinese nation, the descendants of China shocked the world.

Second line: I wish to rise from the divine land, to pioneer civilization, to wear the Han scarf in the southeast

There is no need to be so deliberate when writing to your own home nowadays; it is best to be festive.

"I got it! Write one with a moral." Hou Xiaoge suddenly had an idea.

First couplet: Good times come after adversity, spring comes after adversity

Second line: Good fortune comes naturally when good luck comes.

Horizontal banner: Good fortune comes in spring

Over the past year, whether it is my own career or the people of Nanjiagou, it is true that fortune and misfortune are closely related, and misfortune and fortune are closely related. This couplet is the best reflection and also the most beautiful expectation.

Posting couplets has always been a man's job. Women usually don't get involved and just stand and watch.

When the couplets were pasted, the younger brother also came back, but his pockets were bulging. Hou Xiaoge looked with his mental power and found that the little guy's pockets were full of firecrackers bought from the village peddler, but they were unpacked.

"Brother, I'll press the bench for you to see if it's straight." The little guy said with a grin on his chubby face.

The wooden door is only about two meters thirty or two meters wide, which is more than enough for Hou Xiaoge to stand on a high stool, but he didn't dare let the little guy support him, as he must have been holding his fart.

"You don't have to press it. It's a good thing that you didn't kick it down. Just stand aside and watch with our mother and the others."

"If you don't want to press it, then don't press it!" The little guy put his hands in his pockets and watched from a distance.

Hou Xiaoge first applied the paste on the clean door frame, and then tapped the door frame a few times to stick it on. This was much more convenient than moving a ladder to stick it on in later generations.

"Heiwa, who wrote this couplet? It's so well written, with such a graceful and graceful style!" When the couplet was being posted, villagers came over to comment.

The speaker was an old lady from the village. She was obviously illiterate and had only heard the term "dragon flying and phoenix dancing".

"Aunt, I studied with a teacher for a year! I just wrote it casually." Hou Xiaoge said modestly.

"What? You wrote it yourself. Wow! Heiwa has become a scholar."

"Oh my! Heiwa can write couplets now. I should have asked Heiwa to write it earlier. Heiwa is so lucky. The handwriting looks better than Uncle Qi's."

“Heiwa, this is only the second year that grandpa and grandma have been in my family, so I can’t write a red couplet.

My sister-in-law has two pieces of red paper at home. Can you write two Chinese characters for blessing and I will paste them on my house when I get back?" asked my eldest cousin's wife with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, what's the big deal? Go get it and I'll write it for you." Hou Xiaoge nodded with a smile.

"Okay, I'll get it right away." Wang Chunyan walked towards home with her big belly.

Last year, all the elderly people in Nanjiagou Village died because of fleeing, and all they posted on New Year’s Eve were white couplets.

But we have moved back and forth several times since last year when we fled for the disaster, and the villagers wanted to have a good time this year, so we discussed it in advance and decided that instead of sticking yellow paper this year, we could stick red paper instead.

However, some people with deep-seated ideas are still unwilling to post red couplets, and instead post yellow ones, thinking of welcoming their parents home for dinner during the Chinese New Year.

Hou Xiaoge had no impression of his original grandparents, and his father was not around, so he took the initiative to post the red couplets.

But my uncle Hou Yangmin felt sorry for his parents, so he posted yellow couplets for the New Year this year and said he would change them after three years.

However, since his son was getting married this year, he had to have something red, so Hou Yangmin got two pieces of red paper and planned to write two Chinese characters for "Fu" on them and paste them on the old man after he had spent the New Year at home.

“Well written!”

Hou Xiaoge waved the big brush up and down, which was a pleasure to watch, and people around him couldn't help but cheer.

"Heiwa, you wrote the word "Fu" really well. Good things come after adversity. Good times come when good luck comes. When good times come, good fortune will come naturally. Good luck comes with spring.

This couplet describes all the blessings and disasters that our Nanjiagou Hou family has experienced in the past year. It is really well written. "My uncle Hou Yangmin came over and commented with a smile.