She didn't set up a dining table for Duan Yingying in the living room, so the little girl wouldn't feel uncomfortable eating alone.
Xiao Yunying came out of the kitchen through the door of the living room, and pulled out the two little heads that were peering out from the doorway.
Luo Li said, "Mother, I think I know why you're unhappy. I didn't mean to just now."
"I don't blame you, but you need to be more discerning in the future. Alright, are you done feeding the dog? Go to your study and practice your calligraphy."
"ah?"
"What do you mean 'ah'? Go quickly, Xin'er, go and watch over your third brother, and tell your eldest brother that he has to write three large characters before noon."
Luo Xin received the task and happily replied, "Understood," before pulling the frowning Luo Li away.
Xiao Yunying was arranging couplets on the long table in the reception room, grouping them by upper and lower lines and horizontal scroll.
After Duan Yingying finished eating, she went to the kitchen to take out the paste that had cooled down a bit, and glanced at the bowls and chopsticks on the drain rack and the pot that had been washed.
Duan Yingying said from behind her, "Sister Yunying, I learned how to do it because I saw you using it like this. Pour the dishwater into that sink, and put the dishes and chopsticks on the rack to dry. I didn't make a mistake, did I?"
"That's right, you're very smart. You figured out how to use it after just one look. Come on, help me put up the Spring Festival couplets."
The local custom for pasting Spring Festival couplets is to paste them from the outside in. Every house must have Spring Festival couplets or at least a red paper pasted on it for good luck.
Xiao Yunying first pasted a Spring Festival couplet at the entrance of the greenhouse, then pasted it on the front and back gates of her house, and finally pasted it inside the yard.
Even the walls in the courtyard are covered with upside-down "福" (Fu, meaning good fortune) characters.
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