Rebirth System: Learning makes me happy

After waking up, Su Qingqing energetically pulled Yu Xingye to hang lanterns.

Yu Xingye held the ladder firmly with one hand and held Su Qingqing's legs with the other, and gently instructed her to hang the lantern on the eaves:

"Baby, there's a little hook on your left hand side, do you see it?"

Su Qingqing looked over and examined it carefully, but she really didn't see the hook that Yu Xingye mentioned. She simply planned to reach out and feel where it was, but as soon as she raised her hand, Yu Xingye grabbed it.

"No."

Yu Xingye frowned, his voice full of disapproval:

“It’s easy to get scratched.”

Su Qingqing smiled and rubbed his head: "I know."

Su Qingqing narrowed her eyes and once again searched the small hook for the lantern. Her fingers unconsciously rubbed Yu Xingye's fingertips, making Yu Xingye so itchy that he gave her several light kisses on her hand.

After she finally found the hook and took the lantern from Yu Xingye and hung it up, Zheng Yinqiu also poked her head out of the door:

"Qingqing, the paste is ready."

Su Qingqing turned her head and looked at her: "Okay, we'll go over after the other lantern is hung up."

Zheng Yinqiu squatted on the doorstep without any image:

"Why didn't you let my uncle hang up?"

Su Qingqing straightened the lantern and brushed the dust off her hands. Before she could go down the ladder, Yu Xingye picked her up and put her on the ground.

Su Qingqing put her hands behind Yu Xingye's back, not wanting to dirty his clothes.

"It looked fun, so I thought about giving it a try."

Zheng Yinqiu was about to say something when Mother Zheng's angry voice came from far inside the house:

"Zheng! Yin! Qiu! You stepped on the threshold again!"

Zheng Yinqiu quickly jumped down from the threshold and ran to the yard in a hurry:

"Qingqing, don't forget to go to the study to write couplets later. I'm going to go see Daqiu and the others!"

Su Qingqing looked at her fleeing back and felt that given her proficiency in escaping, this must have happened more than once.

Yu Xingye took her hand and said, "There is another lantern."

Su Qingqing came back to her senses and followed his steps to the other side:

"Does Xingxing also write couplets every year?"

Yu Xingye brought the ladder over and stood behind to protect Su Qingqing:

"Well, not just me, the twins have to write too."

Su Qingqing successfully hung up the lantern: "Is this a family rule?"

Yu Xingye picked her up and kissed her on the lips with a smile.

"No, it's just that the twins were quite naughty when they were little, so I just wanted to give them something to do."

He led Su Qingqing to the study room: "After a long time, it will become a habit."

Su Qingqing shook her hand interlocked with his:

"Xingxing is also being naughty?"

Yu Xingye glanced at her with a smile.

Su Qingqing immediately changed her words: "Is Xingxing writing couplets because he wants to teach Xiaoqiu?"

Yu Xingye pinched her cheek:

"Almost. They were still young at that time and could only copy what I wrote."

His sister threw the twins directly to him on the grounds that "it is not a good idea to invite a teacher to visit during the New Year", but she was in poor health at that time, so he agreed.

By the time Su Qingqing and Yu Xingye were ready to write the couplets, Zheng Yinqiu and the others had also returned, bringing with them two people who should have arrived a long time ago.

Gu Xiao looked at Yu Xingye grinding ink with his eyes downcast, and the smile on his face grew bigger and bigger:

"It has to be our teacher Su. This is the first time I see Mr. Yu grinding ink for others."

Yu Xingye glanced at him lightly, his hands grinding ink continuously:

"Whose teacher Su?"

The unexpected dog food made Gu Xiao lose the mood to tease. He licked his aching back teeth:

"Yours, yours. Of course, it belongs to Mr. Yu."

Only then did Yu Xingye let him go.

Zheng Yinqiu pulled Jiang Nian to Su Qingqing's side and looked at the half-written couplet:

“This is such a beautiful handwriting.”

Zheng Yinqiu touched his chin and said, "It just looks familiar."

Su Qingqing finished writing the couplet, blew the ink dry, and chuckled:

"Look there, I wrote it according to that couplet."

Zheng Yinqiu and Jiang Nian followed her gaze and saw the couplet pressed down by a paperweight on the other side of the desk.

The handwriting was so smooth and the brush strokes were as sharp as swords that even Jiang Nian, who had never seen Yu Xingye's calligraphy, could guess its owner, not to mention Zheng Yinqiu who had been copying it for more than ten years.

"Congratulations, Qingqing, you have found the fun of writing couplets."

The reason why she and Zheng Boqiu wrote couplets obediently every year when they were young was not only because they did not dare to resist their uncle, but more because they would compete with each other to see whose handwriting was more like their uncle's.

Because there is no clear winner every year, this custom has continued to this day.

Su Qingqing immediately figured out what Zheng Yinqiu meant by fun, and couldn't help but ask her curiously:

"Has Xiao Qiu never won once?"

As far as she knew, Zheng Boqiu was not very interested in writing calligraphy.

Zheng Yinqiu leaned on the desk, took a brush and turned it between his fingers:

"Although my brother doesn't like to practice calligraphy, he is very good at copying. I practice more than him, but I don't have much interest in calligraphy, so when it comes to writing couplets, our handwriting is actually similar."

Su Qingqing satisfied her curiosity, put away the couplet she had written, and gave her place to Zheng Yinqiu.

Yu Xingye also put down the ink stick in his hand and slowly spread his palm in front of Su Qingqing.

Su Qingqing looked at Yu Xingye with amusement, then took out a disinfectant wipe, grabbed his hand, and carefully wiped the ink stains on it.

Feng Ping naturally took over the task of grinding ink. He looked at Zheng Yinqiu writing seriously, and the love in his eyes was so strong that it seemed like it would drip out in the next second.

Su Qingqing leaned in Yu Xingye's arms, watching the scene with a smile, and couldn't help wondering in her heart when they would be able to achieve their goal.

Yu Xingye lazily put his arm around her waist, his fingertips entwined with her soft long hair that fell to her waist. His half-closed eyes made it impossible to see his expression, but this did not prevent others from noticing that he was in a very good mood at the moment.

Gu Xiao did not participate in their "couplet writing" activity. After admiring their unique calligraphy works, he sat directly opposite Su Qingqing and Yu Xingye.

"Teacher Su, let me congratulate you in advance."

Su Qingqing was a little confused. When she looked up, she met Yu Xingye's dark eyes. She smiled and held his hand tightly. The two silver rings sparkled under the light.

"What happy event?"

Gu Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Teacher Su, don't you know? The Hugo Award has already released the news. As long as the novel you are currently serializing can be completed before the preliminary review, your name will definitely be included in this year's Hugo Award."

Su Qingqing really didn't know.

Yu Xingye rubbed her hair helplessly:

"Li Yun told you."

Su Qingqing was a little confused: "Ah? When?"

Yu Xingye: "Did you forget that Li Yun called you last week to discuss adding more chapters?"

Su Qingqing suddenly realized: "I remember now."

At that time, she was busy writing the outline for her next novel, and she had already set the completion time, which would be a seamless connection with the serialization of the new book. When she heard Li Yun say that she wanted to add more chapters, she directly refused.

She vaguely remembered that Li Yun seemed to have mentioned some award.

Yu Xingye chuckled, cleared his throat, and imitated Su Qingqing's annoyed tone when her work was interrupted, and said:

"'I didn't write the book for the sake of winning an award. There's no need to disrupt my plans for an award. Even if the king of heaven comes, don't expect me to add more chapters.' Do you remember what you said, baby?"

Su Qingqing remembered.