Snap!
Lu Yibei pressed them all tightly together.
The three of them then stood back together.
Let's take a closer look at the couplet and the character "福" (fortune/blessing).
Aunt Ji laughed out loud: "Oh dear, it looks a bit out of place."
"It's just for good luck," Lu Yibei said.
"I think it looks good."
Old Man Ji, however, said he was very satisfied—especially with his final point about the errors in the couplets.
Lu Yibei also chimed in with a compliment: "Uncle Ji's books weren't read for nothing."
Old Man Ji smiled: "That's right, Little Lu, let me tell you, there are some things you still need to remember, such as the tones of Spring Festival couplets, and also the seven-character lines... I read in a book before that..."
Lu Yibei chimed in, "Yes, yes, I've seen that too... Oh, I forgot. Uncle, you're so observant!"
“Hey, Xiao Lu…” Ji’s mother was just about to say something to Lu Yibei.
But Old Man Ji interrupted him: "I'm talking to Xiao Lu, wait a minute."
Ji's mother: ...
She watched the two men's retreating figures, then smiled knowingly.
Who would have thought that when she walked in the door, her husband was still talking to Xiao Lu about something... and now, after only a short while, he was already telling her not to interrupt.
Just when Ji's mother felt things were going quite well.
Suddenly, a sizzling sound came from the kitchen—the sound of hot oil hitting a pan.
Both Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji were startled.
Then he exclaimed in surprise.
"Qingqian—"
Are you alright?
Lu Yibei: ...
No, what are you two doing? It's just cooking a dish.
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