The night has passed, and it's the last day of the year.
Grandma Xiao brought Lu Zheng, Xue Qianyu, and Meng Meng to celebrate the New Year with the Gu family. Similarly, Huo Junhao, Qian Liangduo, and Hu Liang from the yamen also celebrated the New Year with the Gu family.
In the morning, Gu Shouxin, along with Qian Liangduo, Huo Junhao, Lu Zheng, and Xue Qianyu, wrote couplets at the entrance of the yamen. There were no couplets for sale in Kuncheng; if your family wanted to put them up, you would have to go to the nearest prefecture to buy them.
Gu Shouxin had already planned it out: anyone who didn't have couplets could come to the yamen on the 30th to get them for free, just for the sake of celebration.
The top three scholars wrote auspicious couplets, while Lu Zheng and Xue Qianyu wrote the character "福" (fortune) in various calligraphic styles on neatly cut red paper.
Xue Qianyu's calligraphy was no worse than anyone else's. He was a child raised by the emperor and had more contact with the emperor than several princes. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was both literate and martial.
In his previous life, he even passed the martial arts exam to become the top martial arts scholar. However, due to the various time travels caused by Lu Zheng's rebirth, Xue Qianyu's life trajectory has changed, and he has not passed the martial arts exam to become the top martial arts scholar in this life.
Meng Meng didn't have such good handwriting, so he helped out here and there in the backyard.
Everyone in Kuncheng knew that Lord Gu was distributing couplets, and they all rushed to collect them. Because of the Gu family, they had learned how to make snacks and had earned a lot of money this year. They were extremely grateful to the Gu family, and each person received a couplet, with auspicious words pouring out like they were free.
After a busy morning, every household in Kuncheng received their couplets, and they happily put them up in the afternoon.
After lunch, Gu Shouxin went out alone, walking with his hands behind his back through the streets and alleys of Kuncheng. Everyone knew Lord Gu, and everyone greeted him.
Looking at the clean streets, the red lanterns hanging in front of every household, and the auspicious couplets, Gu Shouxin felt a sense of accomplishment.
In his previous life, he didn't understand the hearts of those small officials in small places who truly worked for the people; now he does.
He recalled the ideas that Niannian often told him about Renren's father's philosophy of serving the people, and he understood them even more deeply now.
Under his rule, there were no beggars or displaced people. The people under his rule were cheerful every day. Even if they only earned a dozen taels of silver a year, the smiles on their faces were much more genuine than the vast fortune he had casually acquired by confiscating and exterminating his family in his previous life.
Gu Shouxin liked this kind of life. He even thought that he was doing a good deed for the local people, and that he would probably be listed among the immortals after he died!
Thinking about it this way, Gu Shouxin found himself ridiculous. How could he be getting sillier and sillier?
"Dad, why are you out alone?" At this moment, Cai Xiaolian greeted her from the front.
"I'll come out to meet you!" Gu Shouxin smiled brightly.
The maid following behind Cai Xiaolian lowered her head and smiled. The master and madam have such a good relationship!
Cai Xiaolian glared at him: "Don't think I don't know you. You're secretly pleased because you think you've done something good for the people! You can stand around for so long while others are happily celebrating the New Year at home! Tell me, isn't it great to be a good official?"
Gu Shouxin reached out to take Cai Xiaolian's hand: "No one understands me better than you, my lady!"
Cai Xiaolian felt as sweet as her first love when she was sixteen, as Gu Shouxin held her hand.
Especially the face of the Ninth Prince, the more you look at it, the younger it looks; you could easily believe he's under thirty.
She came to the Peng family to deliver some things, and was even flirted with by the Ninth Prince on the way. Tsk tsk, this time travel was really worth it.
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