Yipin Tang

Chapter 240

"Paste it upside down? Why do you paste it upside down?"

Old Cheng looked puzzled, and everyone was also very curious.

Wang Xiang smiled and said: "Think about it, if you paste the word "Fu" upside down, what will others say when they see it?"

Little Loli blinked her eyes and said, "Others will say that luck has fallen."

"Yeah, the fortune has fallen...the fortune has arrived..."

Seeing the smile on Wang Xiang's face, everyone immediately understood, Fang Xuanling shook his head and smiled, "I really don't know how you came up with these weird things."

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Since Li Er and several bigwigs in the court got the Spring Festival couplets from Wang Xiang, within two days the Spring Festival couplets became popular among the rich and nobles in Chang'an City, and the new paper made by Gewuyuan was very popular. Unexpected.

But not everyone can export couplets like Wang Xiang, so most people's Spring Festival couplets are copied from Wang Xiang's couplets. For this reason, Lao Cheng specially asked the servants in the mansion to keep the Spring Festival couplets and not to disclose them. The content of the Spring Festival couplets will not be posted until New Year's Eve.

Ordinary people can't afford new paper dyed red to make Spring Festival couplets, so they write couplets on peach charms, which is a bit more festive.

On the day Changsun Wuji and others came to ask for Spring Festival couplets, Xiaoya was worried that there would not be enough red paper, so she made a lot of red paper at once. Loli and the others how to cut beautiful window grilles, this new way of playing is very popular in the Hou Mansion, little Lolita, Wu Shun, Ju Yiya, Xiaoya and Aqinu are all obsessed with cutting window grilles, Wang Xiang from the warehouse I found a book of paper-cutting and threw it to them, and the few of them stayed in the house all day cutting paper, having a great time.

As for Wang Xiang, after dinner today, he quietly brought some couplets with him and summoned Tie Dan to leave the Hou Mansion.

There are a lot of Spring Festival couplets in the mansion anyway, so he thought of Ningxiang and Xiaoyun, and the two sisters Kawamura. He even asked Laifu to send two pairs of Spring Festival couplets to Kasang. The new house he bought in Chang'an was just right. It can be used, so that he can also feel the atmosphere of the New Year.

Let Tie Dan drive to Ningxiang's house first, they were very happy when they saw Wang Xiang coming, and they were even more happy when they saw the Spring Festival couplets sent by Wang Xiang, they had heard about the Spring Festival couplets for a long time , I also planned to find a chance to ask for a few pairs to post back, but I didn't expect this to be sent to them.

"How about you, are you used to living here?"

Ning Xiang smiled and said: "Thanks to the prince, our sisters live well here."

Wang Xiang smiled and said: "Don't say that, the business of Yipin Theater depends on you to be so hot, have you received this year's bonus?"

Xiaobei nodded excitedly and said: "I got it, I got five hundred guan!"

Everyone laughed.

Yipin Theater has also closed for rest. This year is the first New Year for Ningxiang and the others to be free. With a new house and new hope, I think they will have a happy New Year.

After leaving Ningxiang's place, Wang Xiang went to the hot spring house again, soaked in the hot spring for a while, and then told them how to paste Spring Festival couplets.

It was getting late when I returned to the Hou's Mansion, but I saw the usual queue at the gate of the Hou's Mansion. When I went up to see that all of them were farmers from the village, they were all carrying things in their hands.

"Uncle Yu, why are you here?"

When Uncle Yu heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw that it was Wang Xiang who hurriedly saluted.

Wang Xiang supported Uncle Yu and asked, "What are you all doing?"

Uncle Yu laughed and said, "Of course I'm here to pay the annual interest to the young master's residence."

"Nianli?" Wang Xiang was a little surprised, just in time to see Steward Wang coming out and asked, "Butler Wang, what's going on with this year's interest?"

Steward Wang explained: "The young master usually ignores these things in the mansion, so he doesn't know that the farmers in the village have to pay annual interest to the master every year."

Wang Xiang wondered, "Didn't they pay the rent?"

"Annual interest is different from rent." Steward Wang smiled wryly, Wang Xiang really didn't know anything about these things.

Uncle Yu also opened his mouth and said, "Yes, it's the same every year. This year, the harvest in the fields is good, and there are seeds distributed by the young master. Many young people in the village have found jobs in Yipin Winery. The old man wants to pay more bonuses. I would like to thank the young master, they are all grown and raised by the family, I hope the young master will not dislike them."

Wang Xiang glanced at the heavy rice, noodles, meat and vegetables in the hands of the villager, and felt very uncomfortable. These are all their hard work for a year. Usually they are reluctant to eat a bite of meat, but they brought meat and vegetables to pay bonuses during the Chinese New Year.

"Hou's mansion is not bad for this kind of food, and we will not accept bonuses in our mansion from now on!"

"That's impossible!" Steward Wang hadn't spoken yet, but Uncle Yu spoke first: "The young master usually takes good care of our farmers, everyone is very grateful, but we can't break the rules because of us."

Steward Wang also whispered: "Yes, young master, if we don't collect annual interest, where will the other masters..."

Wang Xiang understood what Steward Wang meant. It was a rule for the owner to collect the annual interest of the farmer. If he broke the rules alone, others would naturally look bad.

Steward Wang knew that Wang Xiang took great care of the farmers, so he said in a low voice, "It's a rule for farmers to pay annual interest, but it's up to the owner to pay more or less. If the young master is sympathetic to the farmers, he can charge a little less annual interest."

Uncle Yu hurriedly said: "How can this work, the life will be better with the young master at the gate of the farm, and everyone will sincerely pay the annual interest."

Wang Xiang looked at Uncle Yu with a serious expression and said with a smile: "Okay, the annual profit will be accepted, and the rice, noodles, meat and vegetables brought by Uncle Yu are just right for the mansion to use during the New Year."

Only then did Uncle Yu laugh, and lifted a big rooster in his hand and said: "Don't worry, young master, the big cock brought by the old man is raised by himself. It grew up eating rice worms. It is fat and tender. I bought the incense."

"Haha, I will definitely taste the big cock brought by Uncle Yu."

These are the most honest people in Datang. As long as you treat him with kindness, he will always remember it, thinking of repaying you with great kindness. How could Wang Xiang, such a lovely person, have the heart to let them down.

"Steward Wang, go and tell the farmers not to leave until they pay their annual interest."

Steward Wang asked suspiciously, "Master, do you have something to tell everyone?"

"It's not that I want to say something. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. As the host, I plan to wrap a red envelope for the farmers as a sign of auspiciousness. It will be a prosperous New Year."

Steward Wang nodded quickly when he heard the words: "Hey, I'll go and talk." He was also from a poor family. When he first followed Wang Bing, his life was not as good as these people's life. Seeing that Wang Xiang can sympathize with the poor people, Steward Wang was very relieved .

The farmers were at a loss when they received a red envelope after paying the annual interest. Inside the red envelope were a few silver beans. The annual interest they paid was not as valuable as the red envelope.

"The young master said, it's Chinese New Year, I'll give everyone a red envelope for good luck, let's all go back and have a good Chinese New Year!"

(End of this chapter)