The Female Assistant of Wei Yuyan Shuangfei

Three days passed in a blink of an eye. According to Xie Tingwen's document, Shen Yancheng distributed dividends to everyone in the yamen according to their share.

The heads of the six yamen and the captain of the police each received fifty strings of coins, the clerks of the six yamen received thirty strings of coins, the squad leaders received ten strings of coins each, and the other yamen runners received three strings of coins.

Even for several teachers in the government-run private schools, Xie Shuting specially approved five strings of coins for each of them as a New Year's gift, so that the teachers, who already seemed a little tight on finances, could have a prosperous new year.

Xie Shuting's actions directly won Xie Tingwen a lot of favor. After careful observation, some people found that Xie Tingwen was present in every case.

This made people imagine that Hsieh Shu-ting inexplicably got the nickname "Female Zhuge Liang" and was rarely talked about in the government office and among the people.

Obviously, Xie Shuting didn't notice anything unusual and continued to practice calligraphy in the courtyard.

After finishing her stroke, Xie Shuting nodded in satisfaction and said, "Xi'er! Change the red paper."

Upon hearing this, Lian Xi quickly removed the rice paper on the table and replaced it with the red paper that had been prepared long ago. He gently stroked the paper with a ruler and stepped aside.

Xie Shuting concentrated her mind and calmed her spirit. When she picked up the pen, she was surprised to see the tip of the pen take on the shape of a dragon and a snake, and a couplet appeared on the paper.

"The three friends of winter are plum, bamboo and pine. The three requirements for being an official are honest and upright."

Lian Xi read aloud, with a hint of suspicion on her face, "Miss! Where is your couplet hanging? It can't be at the door of the master's study!"

"No, this one hangs in the living room, and this one hangs outside my father's study."

Xie Shuting smiled calmly and wrote: "Take trees as a model for handling affairs, the roots are firm and the branches and leaves can move freely. Take money as a model for establishing oneself, the inside must be square and the outside must be round."

Lian Xi also had some education and had been influenced by Xie Shuting. Although his literary attainments were not high, he could see that this couplet was quite meaningful.

His heart trembled slightly, and he said with a hint of worry: "Miss! If you put up this couplet, the master will think too much."

"Thank you for what?" Xie Shuting pretended to be confused.

Lian Xi stamped her feet anxiously, looked around and saw that there were no servants, so she whispered, "Miss! Aren't you saying that the master is old-fashioned and doesn't know how to be tactful in dealing with people?"

"I don't know! What can I do if my father thinks that?"

Xie Shuting smiled playfully, paused the tip of her pen in the air, and murmured in a low voice: "I really hope my father thinks that way, otherwise he won't be able to change his old-fashioned character."

"Miss! Please stop talking." Lian Xi hurriedly stopped her.

Xie Shuting couldn't help but smile sweetly, picked up her pen and wrote a few more couplets, writing one on all the important gates of the county government.

After drawing her brush, Xie Shuting looked at the couplets on the desk with satisfaction and said, "These are for the study, the living room, the entrance to the Sixth Yamen, the flower hall...I think there's one couplet missing?"

"Is it the gate of the county government office?"

"Of course not. The county government gate needs my father's handwriting, but my room has not been written yet." Xie Shuting said with a smile.

After pondering for a moment, Xie Shuting came up with an idea and wrote again: "Spring is also full of love, and the birds flying on the branches urge me to write. The snow hides the autumn colors, and the bamboo forest releases my poetic thoughts."

Xie Shuting put down the brush with satisfaction, blew on the ink lightly, and then carefully rolled up the couplet.

Immediately! He turned to look at Lian Xi and said, "Xi'er! Tomorrow is New Year's Day. Tell Uncle Qin to send someone to prepare it and find someone to post it tomorrow morning."

"Yes, miss!"

Lian Xi responded, then packed up the couplets and held them in his arms. Before leaving, he called a maid to help, and they each took a part and went to the study.

According to the previous time, Xie Tingwen must be in the study, but when the two came over and found that Uncle Qin was not there, they knew that they had come to nothing.

The two people who wanted to go back just walked out of the corridor and saw Xie Tingwen leading Uncle Qin walking towards them quickly.

Lian Xi hurriedly took a half step forward, leaned forward and said, "Master!"

"Yeah!~"

Xie Tingwen nodded, just glanced at Lian Xi and returned to the study. Uncle Qin looked at what Lian Xi was holding in his hands and had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

In the Xie family's ancestral home in Xunyang, the couplets for the New Year's celebration every year are written by Xie Shuting. This is no secret in the Xie family.

Seeing the red paper in Lian Xi's arms, Uncle Qin naturally understood and asked, "Is this the New Year's couplet?"

"Uncle Qin is really smart. The young lady has asked someone to post the couplets tomorrow morning. The location of each couplet is marked. Thank you, Uncle Qin."

"Do you really need to give me such an obvious reminder? Do you think Uncle Qin is getting old?"

"How is that possible! Uncle Qin is still young?" Lian Xi handed the Spring Festival couplets in his arms to Uncle Qin while joking.

Uncle Qin took the couplet and was about to turn around, but Lian Xi seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly chased after him. He looked around and whispered, "Uncle Qin! Be careful when you put up the couplet in the master's study."

"Hey! Xi girl, what do you mean?" Uncle Qin shouted hurriedly.

Unfortunately, Lian Xi's feet seemed to be greased, and she didn't care about Uncle Qin's shouts at all, and quickly fled the corridor.

As luck would have it, Xie Tingwen was taking official documents from the study room when he saw this scene. He asked with a hint of suspicion, "Uncle Qin! What happened to Lian Xi?"

"Reporting to the master, Miss Xi said that you should be careful when pasting the couplets in your study, but she didn't say anything else." Uncle Qin replied in confusion.

"Yeah!~"

Xie Tingwen searched doubtfully in Uncle Qin's hand, and when he saw the note with the word "study" written on it, he unfolded the couplet.

It would be fine if he didn't read it, but as soon as he saw it, Xie Tingwen's temples couldn't help but throb a few times. When Uncle Qin saw the content of the couplet, he was also terrified.

"Isn't this couplet written by Miss too critical? Is it an insult to Master?" Uncle Qin muttered to himself.

"Good, a good one, 'Let the roots be firm and the leaves move, but the inside must be square and the outside round'. Uncle Qin!"

"I'm here," Uncle Qin responded, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

"You..." Xie Tingwen just started talking, then looked at the couplet and frowned.

He thought for a moment, then said with a look of helplessness on his face: "Just paste it according to what the lady wrote!"

"Ah!~"

Uncle Qin had just finished speaking when he recalled what Xie Tingwen had just said. He instantly felt more at ease and leaned forward and said, "I obey your command."

After Lian Xi finished explaining the task, he quickly returned to the back court. It was not until he stood in front of Xie Shuting that the uneasiness in his heart subsided a little.

Looking at Lian Xi who was sweating profusely, Xie Shuting paused and asked softly, "What's wrong? Is there someone chasing you?"

"Miss! I met the master when I was delivering couplets to Uncle Qin." Lian Xi said nervously.

"It's okay if we meet. Father won't eat people, so why are you afraid?"

"But the young lady's couplet..."

"Don't think too much. I said it's okay, so it's okay."

Xie Shuting waved her hand nonchalantly, then put away her pen, let out a long sigh and said, "If you have time, please ask someone for me where the Immortal Poet is."

It was inevitable that Xie Tingwen would be angry. Xie Shuting could naturally think of these things, but she would never believe that she was punished because of this.