Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 24 Strength and Strength

A few days before the Spring Festival, Liu Xiaonan became a busy person. Many villagers came to the door with red paper and asked him to write Spring Festival couplets.He felt that his brush calligraphy was still good, and since the villagers recognized it, he was willing to write for everyone for free.

In recent years, some customs during the Chinese New Year in rural areas have gradually recovered.There is no one in the village who can write Spring Festival couplets.

The old people remembered that Mr. Guan used to write for everyone, and foreigners who passed by or visited relatives in the village would stop to appreciate it.Everyone praised the Spring Festival couplets of every household in Liuzi Street. They were well written and beautiful, as if they were an important symbol of Liuzi Street's unique style.

The mountain grass donkey becomes a grasshopper, and one generation is not as good as the next generation-the old people scolded.Or go to the market to buy Spring Festival couplets, or draw a few strokes by yourself.

When the Spring Festival couplets are posted, there are all kinds of nonsense, and even the horizontal comment "The six animals are prosperous" can be pasted on the lintel of the main entrance.Without the slightest festive and aesthetic feeling, it made foreigners laugh out loud.

In this terrified winter, the villagers were pleasantly surprised to find that Mr. Guan had a personal disciple.Although it has not yet become a big climate, it is enough to revive the atmosphere of Liuzi Street.

Old Jia's fourth brother was the first to come to the door with two pieces of red paper between them to ask Liu Xiaonan to write Spring Festival couplets.He said to Liu Zhixin: "Uncle, when I went to Henan a few days ago, they asked me what happened to your Liuzi Street. Every day there was a series of fires. I said it was called fires and wealth. In fact, I was very afraid that my haystacks would also be set on fire. , Where can I buy grass to feed the big animals in the winter? I secretly dug a hole in the haystack and hid it in it every night. If I catch the person who set the fire, see if I don’t pinch his eggs.”

Liu Zhixin said: "Fourth brother, your family is also an old resident of Liuzi Street. It is easy to catch a thief and difficult to release a thief. If you live in the same village, it is not easy to unravel the enmity you have formed."

The fourth brother said: "I'm single, so I don't need to be afraid of wolves and tigers."

Liu Xiaonan smiled and said, "Fourth brother, why didn't I know you were hiding in the haystack?"

The fourth brother smiled honestly: "I saw you and the old man hanging out with flashlights every day, but I just kept silent. Everyone in the village said that Xiaonan contributed to the preservation of the remaining haystacks. I don't need to spend every night Hiding in the haystack, I have to support my brother."

Liu Zhixin was busy with the preparations for the year before at home. He stopped the rice cakes he was making, and taught his son the basics of writing and pasting Spring Festival couplets, starting with how to cut the paper and write the format.And relying on memory, I wrote down many traditional couplets with farm characteristics for my son to choose and use conveniently.

Liu Xiaonan marveled at his father's knowledge and knowledge, which made him feel ashamed.

The fourth brother started and spread the word everywhere, and more and more people came to the door with red paper.Liu Xiaonan set up a high-legged round table on the ground, with pens and ink waiting for her at any time.

Sometimes there are many people at home, and he was very busy before the year, so he would come to the house with a pen and ink to write at night.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the 29th day of the lunar calendar that Liu Xiaonan was able to relax.He was about to put away his pen and ink when Guan Xiaoyun, who hadn't shown up for a long time, came to the house.

He slapped his forehead, the last person who should forget has forgotten, he should take the initiative to go to the door to write Spring Festival couplets.

Jiang Changling pulled Guan Xiaoyun to greet him, her intentions were self-evident.

Guan Xiaoyun said that she had a lot of tailoring work on hand a few years ago, and she had to rush to finish it day and night, so she had the time to take a stroll and get some air.

Liu Zhixin said to Liu Xiaonan: "You have to learn from Xiaoyun. You must have a clear attitude towards life and life goals. You can't just idle around all day long."

Guan Xiaoyun rarely said shyly: "Don't learn from me, I can't do anything other than making clothes."

Liu Zhixin said to Guan Xiaoyun: "You are not an ordinary girl, if Xiaonan can catch up to half of you, I don't have to worry about him."

Guan Xiaoyun glanced at Liu Xiaonan and said, "Why are you elders like this? In my dad's eyes, he only likes Xiaonan."

Liu Xiaonan was extremely unwilling to hear his father compare himself with others, so he picked up his pen and ink and said to Guan Xiaoyun, "Come on, I'll go to your house to write couplets."

Stepping on the creaking snow, Guan Xiaoyun complained: "If I don't come to you, you won't remember me, will you?"

Liu Xiaonan said, "Even if I forget who I am, I won't forget you."

"After studying for a few years, I can speak, I don't believe it."

"The sky and the earth are the evidence, and the sun and the moon can learn from each other."

"The more you talk, the more outrageous it is. Returning the world, the sun and the moon, is it evil?"

Liu Xiaonan couldn't help laughing, turned around and walked backwards, and said to Guan Xiaoyun: "If you like to listen, I can say a few more words."

"Shut up, you." Guan Xiaoyun suppressed a smile, and made a new discovery: "You seem to be fatter than when you were studying."

Liu Xiaonan laughed at herself: "If you can eat, sleep and work, there is no reason not to be fat."

"It's been more than half a year since school, can you adapt?"

"We can't change the environment, we can only adapt to the environment, if we don't adapt, we have to bite the bullet and learn to adapt."

Guan Xiaoyun was secretly proud, this time you have nowhere to run, you should give up completely.

When he came to Guan Deyu's house, Guan Xiaoyun put down a table on the kang and covered it with newspapers.Liu Xiaonan stood on the ground and wrote the couplet while Guan Deyu sat quietly watching.

The written couplets were put on the kang to dry, and Guan Deyu couldn't put it down to admire them one by one. The more he looked at them, the more familiar they became, and the more he looked at them, the more familiar they became.

Although the skill is still far from the same level, but it is quite satisfactory, and it is not difficult to see that there is a little charm of the old man's calligraphy between the lines.

The old man's sons and grandsons, none of them have inherited this housekeeping skill, even his proud disciple Liu Zhixin is not that material.

On the contrary, this kid only received half a day's guidance from the old man before his death, and all the pen and brush calligraphy reproduced the old man's demeanor. Who can say that this is a rare fate?

Guan Deyu also secretly annoyed and scolded for the arson incident in the village, racking his brains to think of countermeasures.I even thought of convening a meeting of villagers to do ideological work like before.

When he saw Liu Xiaonan appearing on the stele for several days in a row, his heart suddenly brightened.He guessed whose attention it was, and couldn't help but secretly admire it.

Xiaoyun said that Xiaonan was a fool, and he was not afraid of freezing himself, so he had to be driven home.He didn't allow his daughter to disturb her, instead he said with a smile that her daughter was stupid.

Who has the perseverance to brave the severe cold and squat on the stone tablet to copy?Can't see that this is a different person?Others look down on him for not being a good hand at farm work, but they don't know that he is far more powerful than those five big and three rough people.

He warned his daughter that there are not many young people like this, and you should not look at him with the eyes of ordinary people.He won't get it so easily, and getting it is a lifetime of happiness.

He asked his daughter: "Should I help my father secretly, and talk to Xiaonan's parents? The two families are family friends, and you two are childhood sweethearts. Let's have another parent to arrange for it. Both insurances are safe."

Guan Xiaoyun flicked his head: "No need."

The village was saved.Guan Deyu leisurely went to the store to buy a small whip, disassembled all of them and piled them on the windowsill.A corner of the window glass was broken, the size of a wine bottle cap, usually covered with paper.

He uncovered the paper, lit a small whip, and popped it out along the gap with his finger, and it exploded with a bang, which was very interesting.

They popped out one after another, and exploded one after another. Unexpectedly, one of them failed to pop out, and bounced back to detonate all the remaining small whips on the windowsill.The skin on his finger was blown off, and a piece of the kang mat was burned, but he laughed like a mischievous child.

Guan Deyu was very pleased to learn that the villagers asked Liu Xiaonan to write Spring Festival couplets.Wouldn't it be a great pleasure to go out to worship the New Year on the first day of the new year, and you will see calligraphy imitating the old man everywhere?
After writing the couplets, Liu Xiaonan wanted to go back, he was afraid that there would be people waiting at home.Guan Deyu suddenly asked: "Xiaonan, why do you want to practice calligraphy?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "I just knew why that stone tablet was lying there, and I also remembered Mr. Guan's teachings and grandma's exhortations. I don't want to make a name for myself, and I don't want to be a calligrapher. I just want to promise to fulfill my responsibilities. "

Guan Deyu nodded and said, "Xiaonan, third uncle asks you one thing. No matter what job you will do in the future, whether you are far or near from home, you must remember to come back every year to write Spring Festival couplets for the villagers."

Liu Xiaonan readily agreed, this is not a difficult task.Guan Xiaoyun sent him out, and said expectantly: "Come to my house to watch TV at night if you have nothing to do."

Guan Xiaoyun's family bought the first [-]-inch black and white TV set in the village. Every night, the kang was full of people, and they didn't leave until midnight.

How many arsonists are hidden in this?Liu Xiaonan said: "There are too many people, it's chaotic."

"Treat you like a human being, but you are dragging into the donkey pen. If you don't come and pull it down, you are born to be a good guy." Guan Xiaoyun turned and went home.

Liu Xiaonan was ridiculed by Guan Xiaoyun for no reason, but he was not angry, he was very surprised that he would never get angry with Guan Xiaoyun.

(End of this chapter)