Jiangmen's direct daughter is busy farming

Chapter 21 Spring Festival couplet paper-cut
"Okay, let's go first!" Zhong Hai nodded and smiled at Song Shitou, and drove the carriage into the market in Pingshan Town.

After getting out of the carriage, Jingyue was also very happy when she saw the bustle of people coming and going in the market.She gave 200 taels of silver to Leng Yu and Leng Shuang, asked Zhong Bao and Zhong Hai to drive the carriage, and together they bought New Year's goods according to the list she made.

After giving orders to Leng Yu and the others, Jingyue brought Leng Ye and Leng Mei to an unremarkable alley in Pingshan Town.

"My lord, this is the shop!" Leng Mei led Jingyue into a small shop in the deepest part of the alley.There is only one lame shopkeeper in the shop.

"Objective, do you want to buy charcoal?" As soon as there was a business coming, the lame shopkeeper warmly greeted him.

He glanced at him coldly and said, "Where's your father? I'll get something!"

As soon as the lame shopkeeper heard that he was looking for his father, he remembered that a few days ago, his elderly father went to burn charcoal again, and he used high-quality willow wood, and he was alone in the room, beating and asking Only then did I know that it was to make something called a charcoal pencil for a rich man.

After a while, the old shopkeeper of the charcoal shop came out from the backyard with a boxy wooden box in his hand. After seeing Leng Mei, he handed it to her.

"The young master asked the little old man to do it, and it has already been done. I wonder if the young master is satisfied?" said the old shopkeeper.

Jingyue opened the box, took out a charcoal pencil, sharpened it with the dagger she carried with her, took out a piece of white paper, and scratched it a few times at will.Then let Leng Ye and Leng Mei sharpen other charcoal pencils of different thickness, softness and hardness, and try them one by one.

"Master, your craftsmanship is really good! I am very satisfied with these charcoal pencils, but I remember someone told you that the two sets are exactly the same?" Jingyue is very satisfied with these charcoal pencils, the ancient craftsmen are really skilled , with a little tweaking, what you make can be called a boutique.

However, many years later, Jingyue realized that the charcoal master in front of her was one of the top charcoal-making craftsmen in Xichao Country, and the charcoal pencils made by such a person were naturally good.

The old shopkeeper chuckled and said, "Young master, the other set is just under the box, just take off the top layer."

Jingyue removed the upper layer as she said, and sure enough there was another set of charcoal pencils lying side by side at the bottom of the box.

After paying the money readily, Jingyue and her group went to the rice paper place again, and asked the shopkeeper to cut a lot of large-sized rice paper for her, and she bought a lot of red paper afterwards.

When Jingyue was buying paper, Leng Ye went to the blacksmith's shop to pick up the blades and various scissors that she ordered a few days ago. She didn't know what her master wanted these things for.

It wasn't until noon that Jingyue joined Leng Yu and the others. After the seven of them had a simple meal at a small restaurant in the market, Jingyue led four maidservants to a tailor's shop for their family members, and each of them bought a new dress.At this point, the purchase of all the New Year's goods is considered to be over.

It was almost evening when we returned to Xiaozhuangzi in Qianhuang Mountain.The Song family, who were worried about Jingyue, sent Song Jingqi and Song Jingyun out to pick her up early.

"Yue'er, why is it so late?" As soon as she entered the house, Su pulled Jingyue over and asked worriedly.

"Mom, I'm fine! When I left in the morning, didn't I just tell you that I have to do New Year's goods today, so I might come home late? It's cold outside, so come in!" Jingyue hurriedly pulled Su into the warm room .

In the yard, Zhongbao and Zhongbiao were unloading the new year's goods from the carriage. Jingyue asked Leng Yu and Lengshuang to distribute the new clothes they bought to everyone, and she gave them to the elders in the family.

For a while, the Song family gathered in the large living room of the main house, and everyone had smiles on their faces.

"Yue'er is not only the housekeeper of our family, but also the richest one in the family. The 5000 taels of Mr. Xiao Wu seems to have made life a little bit easier for our family!" Song Zhanming said jokingly.

Jingyue lowered her head and smiled, and then said, "Does Uncle Liu dislike my housekeeper, or is he jealous that I have money? Hehe, my grandfather said that 5000 taels was a gift from Fifth Master Xiao, and I can control it freely. As for the housekeeper , I don’t want Mother and the two aunts to be too tired, so as not to hurt my father and the two uncles.”

"You girl, when did you learn to make fun of your elders!" Song Zhanwei shook his head helplessly and smiled, he didn't expect Jingyue to have such a mischievous side.

At this time, Song Jingrui, who was looking at the New Year's goods together, took a dozen red papers, walked up to Jingyue and said, "Sister, what are you buying red papers for? During the Spring Festival, don't you just hang red cloths on both sides of the door? "When the people of the Xichao Kingdom celebrate the Spring Festival, they hang red cloths on both sides of the gate to show their joy.The longer and wider the red cloth, the more prosperous and wealthy the family will be.

Jingyue took the red paper in his hand and said with a smile, "Of course it has uses! The red paper can be used to write Spring Festival couplets, make New Year pictures, and also be used for paper-cutting."

"Spring Festival couplets? New Year pictures? Paper-cutting? Sister, why can't I understand what you're talking about!" Song Jingrui scratched his head and looked at Jingyue puzzled.

The other family members in the room also looked at Jingyue in confusion.

Jingyue thought: Instead of spending time explaining clearly, it is better to let the family see what Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures and paper-cutting are.So, she spread the red paper on the table in the living room, first cut out two thin strips of red paper, and then let Leng Yu go to the room to take out the pen and ink.

With one stroke, Jingyue wrote the Spring Festival couplets that are often seen in modern times on the red paper.In order to make it easier for her family to read, Jingyue wrote in traditional block letters, with soft but strong brushstrokes, like flowing clouds and flowing water.

"'The New Year is prosperous and prosperous, and the festival is auspicious and prosperous', this poem is easy to understand and has an excellent meaning." Song Zhanwei praised without hesitation.

"Uncle Wu, these are the Spring Festival couplets. During the Spring Festival, you can stick the Spring Festival couplets on both sides of the door frame. Its function is the same as that of the red cloth, and there is more space to play, unlike the red cloth with nothing on it!" Jingyue Zhi So when I write Spring Festival couplets, I just don’t like to have only two pieces of red cloth floating by the door during the festival, so the Spring Festival couplets look more pleasing to the eye.

Next, Jingyue cut out a large square piece of red paper, and then folded it back and forth several times. She didn't use charcoal to draw at all, and just waved it up and down with the scissors in her hand.During the years she stayed in the Northeast, she learned a lot, and this paper-cutting was learned from one of the old masters.

Jingyue is different from other people who learn paper-cutting. What she is best at is not paper-cutting of animals and flowers, but complex paper-cutting of characters.Because the paper-cutting of characters is the most complicated and time-consuming, it requires the absolute calmness and concentration of the person who cuts the paper. This is one of the best ways to exercise a person's endurance.

Jingyue first cut a picture of the God of Wealth coming, and then a picture of a lucky star, and after thinking about it, she also cut a picture of a good harvest and a surplus every year.Take out the white paper and spread the paper-cut on the paper as a whole. The red and white are in harmony, which shows the exquisiteness and extraordinaryness of the paper-cut.

(End of this chapter)