"This must be a lot of money borrowed," Xie Yunjiao said.
Gu Huai felt embarrassed, thinking that he couldn't hide these things from his wife.
"that……"
Gu Huai thought, this is so embarrassing, my wife will definitely scold me.
"It's very good. Put it away quickly and have a happy New Year." Xie Yunjiao said.
Gu Huai was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay."
He walked out with the firecrackers in his hand. Xie Yunjiao looked at his joyful figure and couldn't help but murmur, "Why do so many people think I'll be angry? Am I such a fierce person? I'm obviously not, okay?"
Gu Huai turned back with the firecrackers in his hand, and just heard Xie Yunjiao's muttering, and couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.
Not fierce, not at all, and very cute.
"Why are you back again? Didn't we agree to set off firecrackers?"
"I haven't put up the couplets yet, and I want to put them up with you and Doudou." Gu Huai said.
"I didn't buy any couplets either," Xie Yunjiao paused, and seeing the surprise on Gu Huai's face, she quickly added, "I bought red paper and planned to have Doudou write on it. Our Doudou's handwriting is really beautiful."
The main reason is that handwritten couplets sold outside are too expensive. The money for a pair of couplets can buy a lot of red paper.
She bought some red paper, cut it into the right size, and then asked Doudou to write on it. It saved money and effort, which was great.
Gu Huai thought this method was good. In previous years at the Gu family, old man Gu would ask his third brother Gu An to write couplets during the Chinese New Year.
It not only saves money but also lets everyone know that there is an outstanding scholar in their family.
The villagers nearby who were on good terms with Old Man Gu would also bring red paper to Gu An to ask him to write couplets. Seeing those people trying to please him, Old Man Gu felt so happy.
Fan said loudly that it would affect Gu An's studies, and at the same time asked Gu An to write more beautifully, feeling very proud.
Gu Huai also thought Gu An was very capable, and he was always proud of his younger brother.
Unlike him, who only deals with animals all day and is illiterate.
Now, he no longer has to envy Gu An, as there is also a scholar in his family.
Gu Huai was happy and went into the house to call Doudou out.
He saw that the red spots on the child's face had faded a lot and the fever seemed to have subsided, and he couldn't help but marvel at it.
They didn't even give the child any medicine, but he recovered on his own. He was truly blessed with a long life.
Gu Huai told this to Xie Yunjiao. Xie Yunjiao agreed and thought to herself that this was all thanks to her spiritual spring water.
When Doudou heard that he had to write the couplets alone, he couldn't help but become worried.
"Mom, I've never written before. Will I write badly?" Doudou said.
"It's okay, just write boldly. Mom has bought a lot of red paper anyway. If you can't write well, just rewrite it." Xie Yunjiao said.
Gu An was passing by Gu Huai's yard. He saw that Gu Huai had set up a table in the yard and placed pens, ink, paper and inkstone there. He couldn't help feeling proud.
He said that Xie Yunjiao would have to ask him for help eventually. He had said such harsh words yesterday, so today it depends on how she begs him.
If the words were nice and he was in a good mood, he would naturally help them write couplets.
If you make him in a bad mood, don't expect him to help you!
If they come out to invite him later, he will have to teach this arrogant second sister-in-law a lesson.
But he stood at the door for a long time. Xie Yunjiao and the others were cutting paper and grinding ink, chatting and laughing, and seemed to have no intention of inviting him.
He thought maybe she wasn't ready yet, so he waited at the door for a while.
Seeing that everything was ready, and seeing Xie Yunjiao bringing out a bowl of delicious-looking noodles and sitting on a low stool ready to eat, he couldn't help swallowing.
Smells so good.
He cleared his throat and coughed lightly.
Xie Yunjiao, Gu Huai and others turned and looked towards the door.
When Gu Huai saw it was him, he nodded and greeted him, "Third brother."
Then they turned around and continued talking to the red paper, showing no intention of paying any attention to him.
Gu An was stunned, and the nameless anger in his heart instantly burned.
What does this mean? You have to ask for help from others and still have this attitude?
Believe it or not, he just walked away without paying any attention to them!
Even if they come to him and ask for help, he won't come to help them write couplets!
Forget it, for the sake of that bowl of delicious noodles, he could reluctantly let them beg and help them write it.
Wait a minute, what does this mean? They actually let that little kid Doudou grab a brush and scribble on red paper?
Don’t you think that even if a pig crawls on paper, it can’t form words!
"Who let you in?"
Xie Yunjiao glared at Gu An with a fierce face.
Gu An was startled by Xie Yunjiao's cold shout and felt even more upset.
He thought that if Xie Yunjiao asked him for help later, he would make Xie Yunjiao apologize to him sincerely and say all the nice things she could.
"I see you are preparing to write couplets?" Gu An asked.
Xie Yunjiao was too lazy to pay attention to him and continued eating noodles.
The smell becomes even better when you get closer. It has a unique meaty aroma, fragrant but not pungent, which is really tempting.
Xie Yunjiao saw that he looked like a starving ghost and knew immediately that he was another person who coveted their food.
"Yeah, it's too late to buy couplets."
"Do you want me to help? But my father asked me to go out and write several couplets today, and my hands are tired." Gu An said.
He said it so clearly, if Gu Huai had a little bit of common sense, he should know what to do.
"No need, our Doudou can write it." Gu Huai said.
"Doudou?" Gu An was slightly startled. "Are you kidding?"
"Why should we joke with you? If you have nothing to do, just stay away first, so that your presence won't affect our Doudou's performance." Xie Yunjiao said unhappily.
Suddenly there was another person, and Doudou seemed nervous and didn't dare to write.
"Let me step aside for a moment?" Gu An raised his voice, his face full of displeasure.
"Don't you understand what I'm saying?" Xie Yunjiao said.
"Okay, since you said so, don't regret it."
Suddenly, he glanced and saw the ink stick on the table, and his eyes lit up.
Isn't this the ink stick from Zizhuxuan worth more than ten taels? Why would Gu Huai's family have such a fine ink stick, and give it to a little brat? It's such a waste!
"Why are you still standing there? The door is right behind you. You can just turn around and leave. Goodbye."
"Okay, I'll leave." Gu An was thinking about the ink stick on the table, but still left Gu Huai's yard angrily.
On the way back, he met Liu Miaohua and asked her if Gu Huai's family was very rich now.
Liu Miaohua couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "If their family was really rich, why would they all live in a shabby yard?"
Gu An thought about it and felt that what Liu Miaohua said made sense.
But how did such expensive ink sticks come about?
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