Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 229 [Fortune arrives in front of the door, couplets welcome the New Year]

Chapter 240 [Fortune arrives in front of the door, couplets welcome the New Year]

At the end of the year, Meng Chun looked north to worship his ancestors.

190, January 1, today is the last day of this year's lunar year: New Year's Eve!

Today Lu Bu put down his official duties and stayed in the mansion without going there. He took Lu Lingqi, Diao Chan and the others to prepare for New Year's Eve.

That afternoon, Lu Lingqi, Diao Chan, Xiao Taohong and Lu Bu gathered in the study room. Lu Bu was using a brush to write on various shapes of paper placed on the desk.

On the desk, there is a large square of red paper with the word "Fu" written on it.

Lu Lingqi asked curiously: "Father, why did you write so many blessings? What are they used for?"

The eyes of Diao Chan and Xiao Taohong on the side also showed doubts.

Lu Bu looked up at Lu Lingqi and asked, "Girl, do you know what day it is today?"

Unexpectedly, Lu Lingqi really knew, she said a little proudly: "Daughter knows, today is the last day of the year-end, also called [New Year's Eve] or [New Year's Eve]. , my mother said before."

As she spoke, Lu Lingqi's eyes were filled with tears.

Lu Bu touched Lu Lingqi's head and comforted him, "Mother is watching in heaven, she hopes to see Lingqi happily every day."

"Yeah." Lu Lingqi couldn't stop crying, and nodded at the same time, "My daughter knows, I just miss my mother."

Diaochan at the side handed her silk handkerchief to Lu Lingqi. Lu Lingqi took it, wiped away her tears, and stopped crying, "Father, my daughter is very strong and will not let you and mother down."

"Well, father knows." Lu Bu wiped away the remaining tears on Lu Lingqi's face with distress.

Then he changed the subject, looked at Diao Chan, and asked, "Today is New Year's Eve, the last day of every year. Do you know the origin of New Year's Eve?"

This time, Lu Lingqi shook her head, she never heard from her mother.

"General, Diao Chan knows a legend about Da Ye." Diao Chan said with a slight smile.

"Tell me." Lu Bu looked at Diao Chan.

Diao Chan said: "It is said that in ancient times, our ancestors were threatened by one of the most ferocious beasts. This beast was called "Nian". Villages, hunting people and livestock, the people are in constant fear."

Lu Bu seems to have heard of this story, but what he cares more about is Diao Chan's gentle and melodious voice, which fascinates him.

On the other hand, Lu Lingqi and Xiao Taohong listened with great interest, and Lu Lingqi urged: "What happened to that "year" in the end?"

Diao Chan smiled, and continued: "Later, after many years of struggle with "Nian", people discovered that Nian was afraid of three things: red color, fire, and noise. So in winter people hung red color on their doors. There is a peach wood board, a fire is lit at the door, and I don’t sleep all night, knocking."

"On this night, "Nian" broke into the village, saw the red and fire lights of every house, heard the loud noise, and ran back to the mountains in fright, never daring to come out again. The night passed, people congratulated each other, and everyone lit up lanterns Coloring, drinking and feasting, celebrating victory.”

"From then on, at the end of the year, people will celebrate New Year's Eve with lanterns and festoons. Up to now, New Year's Eve also has customs such as worshiping ancestors, New Year's Eve dinner and keeping the year old."

After finishing speaking, Diao Chan looked suspiciously at Lu Bu and the red paper with the word "Fu" on the table, and asked: "General, Diao Chan is ignorant, I don't know why the General wrote the word "Fu", it seems that it has nothing to do with New Year's Eve."

"That's right, my daughter asked her before, but my father hasn't said anything yet." After hearing the story, Lu Lingqi was wondering what "Nian" was like, but when Diao Chan asked her father, she also came to her senses and wanted to know.

Lu Bu unhurriedly picked up a piece of written blessing and said, "There is also a story in it, do you want to hear it?"

"I think, father, tell me quickly." Lu Lingqi was very curious.

Diao Chan and Xiao Taohong nodded almost at the same time, listening quietly.

Lu Bu smiled and said solemnly:

"A long time ago, it was the Warring States period. At the end of a year, a king used the word "Fu" as a secret to kill people and planned to kill these people on New Year's Eve. The king had a clever and kind queen. The queen wanted to eliminate this disaster. , so that everyone in the city must paste a "Fu" character on their doors before dawn."

"Naturally, no one dared to disobey the queen's will, so the word "Fu" was pasted on the doors of every house. Some of the households were illiterate, so they put the word "Fu" upside down. On the second day, which is New Year's Eve, the king I sent someone to the street to check, and found that every family had posted the word "Fu", and one family had the word "Fu" upside down."

"The king was furious when he heard the report, and immediately ordered the army to ransack the entire family. The queen saw that things were not good, and hurriedly said to the king: "The family knew that you were visiting today, so they deliberately put the word "Fu" upside down. This is not "Fu". to" mean? "As soon as the king heard that it made sense, he ordered the people to be released, and a catastrophe was finally eliminated. Since then, people have pasted the word "Fu" upside down. One is to pray for auspiciousness, and the other is to commemorate the kind and intelligent queen."

"So, today is the New Year's Eve. No matter what other people do, we have to post the word "Fu" on the doors and windows, so as to bless the coming year with good fortune and good luck."

After speaking, Lu Bu looked at Lu Lingqi, Diao Chan, and Xiao Taohong.

Lu Lingqi was furious and scolded: "That king is a bad guy! Big villain!"

"En." Xiao Taohong nodded slightly, agreeing with Lu Lingqi's statement.

And Diao Chan said slightly sadly, "The Queen is a great person, smart and kind."

At the same time, Diao Chan thought in her heart: the general will be the king of one side in the future, but can she become such a queen and help the king?
This story was originally about Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, but Lu Bu changed it seriously.It seems that the effect is not bad.

Lu Bu said, "Okay, now that the story is over, later, you will take these lucky characters with your own hands, and lead someone to paste the doors and windows of the mansion, wishing you good luck and good luck in the coming year."

On New Year's Eve, in addition to posting blessings, Lu Bu remembered writing couplets.He racked his brains, thought hard, and finally managed to come up with two couplets:
The first couplet:
"There are roads and hard work in the mountains of books; there is no limit to the sea of ​​learning and hard work!"

The second couplet:
"The sound of the wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of reading is pleasant, family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs are all concerned!"

Pretending not to break the law, Lu Bu finished writing the two couplets and proudly asked Diao Chan, "What do you think?"

Originally, she wanted to hear Diao Chan praise herself, but her words were a bit cryptic, so she used "you" instead of "you".

Diao Chan was about to speak, when Xiao Taohong said, "General, your handwriting is getting better and better."

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(End of this chapter)