Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 57

On the morning of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Yu was woken up early in the morning by the sound outside the house.

"Go to this point, go to this point, hey, it's over, it's crooked again."

"Are you talking about going to the left or going to the right, just talking about this point, where is this?"

"Okay, okay, I see, a little to the left, a little to the left, a little to the left, ok ok, it's almost there."

"How is it correct?"

"Just a little bit up, just a little bit up."

"how about this?"

"Okay, okay, don't move, I told you not to move, you have done it again."

"..."

He opened his eyes and looked out of the window, but only saw brand-new window grilles pasted on the window, and he didn't know when it was pasted.

On the fog-stained windows, red window grilles were pasted, and there was a New Year's atmosphere immediately.

After Zhang Yu was woken up, he didn't feel sleepy anymore, and he simply didn't plan to go back to sleep, so he opened the door after getting dressed.

"Sister-in-law, you cut our family's window grilles this year, you are so skillful!" As soon as Zhang Yu saw the pattern of the window grilles, he knew that my sister-in-law did it by hand, so he boasted.

"You little mouth is really good at talking, as if you've been smeared with honey, I don't know my own level?" Zhang Guifang was amused by Zhang Yu's words, although she knew that her cutting was not very good. Good, but compliments on nephews are also useful.

"Xiaoyu, come here quickly! Come and show me if the couplet is posted correctly? Your brother is always giving me directions here." Seeing Zhang Yu go out, Zhao Wenzhuo stood on a chair and waved to him.

"Uncle, why did you post it so early this year?"

"It's not like Mr. Fang in the yard started writing couplets early this morning. I thought I could post them as soon as possible, so as to save myself having to wait in line later."

"Teacher Fang started writing couplets so early today." Zhang Yu looked curiously at Teacher Fang who had set up a table in the yard.

Mr. Fang also heard Zhang Yu's words. After writing the couplet for a neighbor, he put down his pen and said with a smile: "I didn't wake up early in the morning, and I didn't have anything to do. I just wanted to write it earlier, so you guys can do it sooner." Paste."

"Teacher Fang, come to my house for dinner later."

Zhang Guifang put down her work, wiped her wet hands on the apron, looked at him and said.

Teacher Fang opened his mouth, not knowing how to refuse.

I know Mr. Fang Zhang Yu quite well. When he was young, his family was in good condition and he never went to school seriously. Instead, he invited many tutors to teach at home.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, his family was in decline, so he taught students in a private school for a period of time.

He can be regarded as a relatively educated person in the courtyard. Every year during the New Year, he will help the people in the courtyard to write Spring Festival couplets. Although he is not a calligrapher, his strokes are unambiguous and the calligraphy is very beautiful.

Every year on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, the Spring Festival couplets he wrote will be sought after by everyone, and he does not charge money, just go to him with the red paper used to write couplets.

And because his wife and children passed away before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he is single now, and he doesn't know much about cooking, so he usually makes do with what he can.

So when we went, everyone took some dishes prepared at home so that he could keep them for the New Year.Or just bring melon seeds or peanuts as a finishing touch, which he usually charges.

Just because he likes children more, most of these things will end up in the mouths of the children in the courtyard.

Every year on the first day of the new year, the children would go to greet him with a smile and a smile. The children were laughing and laughing at his house, and he didn’t bother him. In addition to eating in the house, he would go to each child’s house when he left. Grab a handful of peanuts, melon seeds and the like in your pocket.

Let the children enter the door with a smile, and then go out with a smile.

Zhang Yu was a little embarrassed when he thought of this. When he went to pay Mr. Fang a New Year's greeting last year, he was so grown up and stuffed with a bag of peanut candies.

Shaking his head, shaking off the embarrassment in his heart, he turned his head and looked at the couplet that his uncle was pasting, and saw that it said: everything is going smoothly and every year is good, and everything goes well with backgammon.

Looking at the other two pictures that haven't been posted yet, one reads: The mountains and rivers of the motherland are good, and the years of the people are new.The other picture is: the labor family is always in the spring, and the family is diligent and thrifty for more than a year.

They all have the characteristics of 50 years, and people convey the belief of loving the motherland and striving for prosperity in their hearts.

After reading the content written on the couplet, I took a few steps back, looked up at the couplet that my uncle had pasted up, "Uncle, you don't need to change it anymore."

"Let me just say, I think it's been posted correctly, but your third brother is still complaining that I didn't post it correctly, so I posted it again and again, and the couplet almost broke." Zhao Wenzhuo heard After hearing Zhang Yu's words, he got off the bench and kept talking about his third son.

"Then I won't show it to you, you post it yourself."

"I don't need you anymore, I have Xiaoyu, and Xiaoyu can also let me watch." Zhao Wenzhuo seemed a little indifferent to his son's pick.

"..."

"..."

But Zhang Yu and my sister-in-law didn't interrupt, they just watched the two of them bickering.

After watching it almost, my sister-in-law said: "Okay, you are not too young, so what are you fussing about with the child? Just say a few words, but don't let it go on forever."

He turned his head and said to his son: "What's the matter, you are not happy with what your father said to you, just listen to it."

Zhang Guifang said it, and now no one was talking to anyone, and they were all said something, and the two of them immediately felt that it was fair, and they didn't say anything.

The most important thing is that neither of them dared to challenge Zhang Guifang's patience. You must know that Zhang Guifang is the one who holds the power of life and death in the family.

So the two immediately retracted their words, smiled at the sister-in-law, and honestly posted the couplets, not only on the door frame, on the bedside, on the kang, on the surface of the water urn, in the large and small cabinets, in the poultry sheds and other places. Auspicious words or blessings should be affixed.

The last couplet was posted amidst the noisy voices of the father and mother.

On the other hand, Zhang Yu and my sister-in-law are preparing the food for the New Year. They have to prepare everything today and tomorrow. After all, they can't use the knife after midnight on the [-]th.

He took a look, and for the sake of the Chinese New Year, my sister-in-law even killed a chicken. On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, it was already stewed, put it in a pot, and it can be eaten outside for a long time.

When guests come or want to eat, just dig a little bit with a spoon and mix it with a little dish, it will be a good meal.

And because the weather is relatively cold, as long as it is placed outside, it will not spoil if eaten.

(End of this chapter)