Mountain Miscellaneous

Chapter 217
"Fa Jing" was written by Li Kui of Wei State during the Warring States Period, and it is generally believed that Han Fei founded Legalism.

Han Fei was born about 200 years later than Li Kui. He learned from Confucianism Xunzi. Hundreds of schools of thought have already started careers in Confucianism, Mohism, farming, medicine, Taoism, and Yin-Yang.

Time flies, and the end of the year is approaching.

After the reform and opening up, inland cities have set off an upsurge of going to seaside cities to work, and Lijiaao is no exception.

Some villagers in Lijia'ao work outside all the year round and haven't been home for the New Year for several years. After hearing about the changes in the village, they all returned home at the same time. They saw that the muddy mountain road became a flat concrete road when it rained. On the road from Lingxia Township to Lijiaao, it is rare to see a single person, but now there is a lot of traffic.

"Hey, Uncle Hongda and Aunt Liumei are back, Xiaoguang and Xiaoling have grown so tall!"

Li Sande drove a silver-white van back from the county town to buy goods. On the way, he met villagers Li Hongda, Su Liumei and their daughter who had worked in Lingnan Province for many years.

"Sande! All the good guys have bought cars!" Li Hongda remembered that Li Sande's family used to be very poor.

"Hey, didn't I run a restaurant in the village? This car is just for hauling goods! There's still space in the car, I'll let you go back!"

Li Sande stopped the car and said to Li Hongda and Su Liumei's family.

"Okay! Linghua, are you complaining about leg pain? Thank you, brother Sande!"

Li Hongda carried all the big and small bags he brought back to the car, and pushed his youngest daughter Li Linghua.

"Thank you, brother Sande!" Li Linghua was only 12 years old and nearly 1.5 meters tall.

"Thank you from the same village?" Li Sande said nonchalantly while driving the car.

"It's only been two years since I haven't been home, so everything has changed! I heard that the tea factory in the village has also reopened?"

The changes along the way were too great, Li Hongda was filled with emotion, and remembered a rumor.

"That's right. Our village's Baduanxiang ancient health-care tea won a gold medal at the provincial agricultural exhibition, and later won the title of national intangible cultural heritage. The business is booming!"

"That's really amazing! I heard that Qingwa, the son of Brother Dahai's family, made these?"

"That's right, since Qingzi came back to the village, the village has started to change! Now there are many people who come to Lijia'ao Primary School to listen to Qingzi or Mr. Meng's reading, and some of them go to the village to buy tea, or go to Sanqing Temple to burn incense. Anyway, now people in the village can earn money without going out! Uncle Da, if you come back this year, don’t go out. You can’t be happy in the village if you look at people’s faces outside! And this year has passed the tea season, if you wait until Next year, if the Dongfeng Tea Plantation officially starts mass production, the village will still have money to distribute to everyone!"

Li Sande felt that his little boy had surpassed his cognition, and even gave him a feeling of illusion. If everything hadn't happened in real life, he would have suspected that he was dreaming, and talked about it to Li Hongda. with.

"Don't go out, don't go out, just stay in the village, don't go anywhere!"

Li Hongda never dared to think that there would be such a day in Lijiaao who was trapped deep in the mountains, and all this changed only because Li Changqing from Li Dahai's family repeated excitedly.

When Li Sande was driving a van to wait for Li Hongda's family to return to the village, Sun Yingzhong, chairman of the Wen'an City Calligraphy Association, Zhao Guizhong, vice chairman, and Zhang Chun, a large number of members of the Calligraphy Association entered the village in a mighty manner. Surrounded by Li Jianguo.

"Secretary Li, I need your help with something!" Sun Yingzhong said sincerely.

"You big voters come to Qingwa again to ask for words?"

Li Jianguo knew very well that this group of Calligraphy Association members were obsessed with Li Changqing's calligraphy, so they came to Lijia'ao every now and then, and he could roughly guess the purpose of Sun Yingzhong, Zhao Guizhong and others.

"Hey, isn't it the Chinese New Year coming soon? Every household is changing new couplets, so we are thinking if we can get some Spring Festival couplets from Master Li to hang up!" Sun Yingzhong said with a smile.

"You are the dignified president of the Wen'an City Calligraphy Association who came to our Lijia'ao to ask for Spring Festival couplets. If you spread the word, you are not afraid that others will laugh at you!" Li Jianguo said jokingly.

"I can't help it. I'm used to reading Master Li's handwriting, but when I look at my own handwriting, I always feel awkward! It's uncomfortable to hang on the door frame. If I can replace it with the Spring Festival couplets written by Master Li, I will definitely feel uncomfortable." Feel at ease!"

"That is, if you make people laugh a few words, you can get Master Li's Spring Festival couplets. Even if you make everyone laugh a few words, it doesn't matter, just get a few more Spring Festival couplets from Master Li!"

Sun Yingzhong and Zhao Guizhong, the two presidents and vice presidents of the Wen'an Calligraphy Association, sang together, fully expressing their desire for Li Changqing to write couplets.

"It's true that you calligraphy idiots can't do anything about it, but let's talk about it first, and I will take you up the mountain. As for whether Qingwa is willing to write Spring Festival couplets for you, that's up to you!"

"Uh-huh!"

A group of people went up the mountain and met Li Changqing outside the grove.

"Master Li, we are here to ask for Spring Festival couplets. We also know that every word of Master Li is very precious, so we each brought some small gifts for Master Li!"

Sun Yingzhong, Zhao Guizhong, Zhang Chun, etc. all presented their own collections of famous antique calligraphy and paintings at the bottom of the box. Although it was a bit painful, they felt much more comfortable thinking that they could change to the couplets written by Li Changqing.

"You keep the things, and I will write three Spring Festival couplets for Uncle Jianguo to take down the mountain later! After you go down the mountain, write more Spring Festival couplets for the villagers to choose, and see who writes Spring Festival couplets that are selected by the villagers more. You can get a pair of Spring Festival couplets!"

The villagers in Lijia'ao have also greatly improved their appreciation of calligraphy. They don't like the printed Spring Festival couplets. It is impossible for Li Changqing to write a Spring Festival couplet for every household. The level of this group of people in the Calligraphy Association just meets the villagers According to their needs, follow along.

Then, a miraculous scene appeared on the playground of Lijia'ao Primary School. The chairman and vice president of the Wen'an City Calligraphy Association and several key elites were working hard to recommend the couplets they wrote to the village names for free...

A few years ago, Meng Yuncheng and Shen Ruolin had gone home, and Meng Hongru was still guarding Sanqing Temple.

January 27th in the Gregorian calendar, the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year.

The Lijia’ao in the valley is brightly lit. In the past, the villagers all went to the poker table after the New Year’s Eve dinner, but this year they all gathered on the playground and watched the Spring Festival Gala on the big screen. It doesn’t matter what the program is. Ao villagers are intoxicated.

Li Changqing was quite relieved to see that he was studying on the mountain to cultivate his character, and the villagers could live and work in peace and contentment. This self-cultivation and Qi family should be regarded as accomplished!
After reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, it's time to go out after the Chinese New Year!

(End of this chapter)