The New Year is just around the corner. Lin Chuchu walked along the familiar street, and the people on both sides of the street had smiles on their faces, after all, the New Year was just around the corner.

Lin Chuchu even saw a stall set up in front of a house, where an old man was writing couplets with a calligraphy brush on a long strip of red paper on the table.

A crowd gathered around, chattering about what kind of content they wanted to write.

Lin Chuchu leaned closer to take a look. The old man's handwriting was strong and powerful, exuding a murderous aura.

You can tell a person's life just by looking at their handwriting. The old man in front of me must have been a soldier before.

Just as Lin Chuchu was considering whether to buy a couplet as well, she saw her mother leading her two children over.

It seemed they were also going to buy couplets. From a distance, Mu's mother spotted Lin Chuchu and Liu Xiaonuan standing in the crowd.

Her eyes lit up immediately. "Chuchu, Xiaonuan, are you on holiday? That makes sense, the New Year is just around the corner."

Liu Xiaonuan called her godmother.

Lin Chuchu nodded and walked towards the group of people. "Mom, I just got home from my holiday today and saw some people writing couplets here. I was thinking of buying some."

After saying that, she took Da Bao and Xiao Bao's hands. The two children were almost as tall as her, and they had grown taller than last year.

Lin Chuchu pinched their cheeks; their faces were slightly cool and no longer as chubby as when they were little.

"Mom, stop pinching me. I'm all grown up now, you can't keep pinching my cheeks."

Xiao Bao complained, wanting to save his face from his mother's grasp.

Da Bao was quite well-behaved. After his mother had finished pinching him, he stepped back slightly and politely greeted Liu Xiaonuan.

Hello, Auntie.

The two calls of "Auntie" warmed Liu Xiaonuan's heart, and she pulled the two children toward the convenience store.

Lin Chuchu quickly called out, "Don't buy them too much candy, or they'll get cavities."

"Okay, sister-in-law."

Liu Xiaonuan agreed, but whether she did it or not was up to her.

Lin Chuchu watched the three people walk away and then bumped into Li Wanpeng at a fork in the road.

Li Wanpeng approached Liu Xiaonuan and said something that made Liu Xiaonuan roll her eyes at him.

Mother Mu said with a smile, "I think Li Wanpeng is a good guy. He has waited for Xiaonuan for two years. He is a good boy. You should go back and persuade Xiaonuan. A woman still needs to find a man to spend her life with."

Lin Chuchu nodded. "Okay, I understand."

The two waited a while longer before it was finally their turn. The mother quickly handed over the prepared couplets.

The old man's eyes lit up when he saw them. "These two couplets are quite nice, very suitable for the New Year."

Mom smiled and said, "This was brought back by my husband. I don't know who came up with the couplet."

Lin Chuchu also took a look. The couplet was different from most couplets nowadays; it wasn't so straightforward.

It's obvious that he has a good command of literature.

Hearing that their couplets had been praised by the old man, many people gathered around.

Those who could read read aloud, and everyone around them agreed.

"Your couplet is really good. I'll write one just like it later."

"I like this too, please write the same one for me."

Mother Mu beamed with joy, as if her own family's treasures had been recognized by others.

The old man laughed and said, "It wouldn't be good if the couplets weren't the same, otherwise people from the outside wouldn't be able to tell whose house it is."

The crowd agreed that the old man's words made a lot of sense, so some people still chose some slips of paper from the ones written on them.

After the old man finished writing, Mother Mu carefully put away the couplets, took out some White Rabbit milk candies from her pocket, and put them into the box next to the old man.

The old man wrote the couplets not to make money, but people couldn't let him help for nothing, so every household brought something with them when they came.

Some people brought a single egg, a handful of greens, while others brought brown sugar, White Rabbit milk candy, and some even brought their own homemade steamed buns.

The elderly man felt at ease accepting the money.

Just as the two were about to leave, Liu Xiaonuan and Li Wanpeng returned with their two children.

Both of them were good-looking, and the four of them walking together really looked like a family of four.

Li Wanpeng greeted Mu's mother, "Hello, Auntie."

"Alright, come on, let's go home. We've prepared lots of delicious food."

"Mother Mu said with a smile."

Li Wanpeng turned to look at Liu Xiaonuan, but Liu Xiaonuan ignored him.

"Okay, thank you, Auntie."

Lin Chuchu immediately noticed that Liu Xiaonuan's ear tips were slightly red, clearly indicating that she was a little shy.

Lin Chuchu's eyes lit up; it seemed there was hope.

Mother Mu clearly noticed this as well, and her smile became even brighter.

Soon, everyone returned home. Some cooked, some comforted the children, and no one spent time chatting with the elders.

Another year has passed, and Wang Qiao is busy making his lanterns again, with Mu's father, Li Wanpeng, Qin Dui, and Liu Xiaonuan helping him.

In recent years, there have been more and more lanterns, and more and more new styles have emerged.

Moreover, it's becoming increasingly complicated and difficult to do.

Of course, the more elaborate the lantern, the more expensive it is. However, since it's Chinese New Year, some people still buy the more elaborate lanterns.

Of course, the simplest lanterns are the most numerous and the cheapest.

The large lanterns are all red, while the small lanterns are red and white. They are made of bamboo and red paper, with other colored papers used as accessories.

There were also some ears of wheat, which were placed below the lanterns and looked very pretty.

Some small lanterns still use candles, while some large lanterns hanging under the windows use light bulbs.

There were a lot of scraps nearby, in all sorts of colors.

Liu Xiaonuan then took the scissors and began cutting out the pattern.

When Lin Chuchu came out of the room with fruit in her hands, she looked at the lifelike pictures of cats and dogs with a look of amazement.

"Xiao Nuan, I didn't know you had this skill. You cut them so beautifully. Let's cut more this year and stick them on the windows as paper-cuts."

"Okay, sister-in-law."

Liu Xiaonuan's eyes shone brightly, filled with the joy of being praised. Across from her, Li Wanpeng looked at her gently, a faint smile on his lips.

The intense gaze made Liu Xiaonuan feel uncomfortable.

Honestly, can't this person know how to restrain themselves?

Lin Chuchu also took a pair of scissors with interest, but couldn't cut anything out. She then realized that she had absolutely no artistic talent.

After ruining several sheets of red paper, I finally gave up.

All the patterns that Liu Xiaonuan cut out were pasted onto the lanterns. When the candles were lit, the patterns of small animals were projected onto the ground.

These patterned lanterns are priced slightly higher.

These lanterns aren't all for sale; some will be given to relatives and friends, since every family has a few children.

Da Bao and Xiao Bao are long past the age of playing with toys; instead, Xiao Ping An takes a lantern to play with Duo Duo.