After taking the things the daughter bought back to her room, Su's mother ran into Li Hong as soon as she left the house. She frowned and asked, "Why are you hanging around outside instead of working in the kitchen?"
"I wasn't wandering around. I just heard some noise outside and ran out to check." Li Hong explained, and before Su's mother could ask, she lowered her voice and said, "Do you know what those two kids from my sister's family are doing?"
Recalling that she had not seen the two children when she went to the young lady's room, Su's mother asked, "What were they doing?"
"Watching chickens and ducks in the backyard. These city kids are really interesting. They can watch chickens and ducks so happily." Li Hong's expression and tone seemed to show that she was enjoying the fun, but also as if she thought they were ignorant.
Su's mother snorted coldly and said, "Who in the city raises chickens and ducks? They are young, so it's normal that they have never seen them. Others can't even think of it as something new and interesting, because they are not destined to do so."
Although Su's mother didn't mention any names, Li Hong could identify herself with them. She felt that she was the one who "didn't have this fate". She felt a little depressed, but she didn't dare to offend her mother-in-law. She said with an embarrassed look, "That's true. By the way, what good things did my sister and brother-in-law buy for you?"
There is no need to hide good things, and Su's mother is willing to take them out to show other people in the family. After all, except for the clothes and tea for the old man, she has the final say on how to divide the rest.
But Su's mother suspected that Li Hong was not hanging around outside to watch the fun, but was thinking about something. If she had come to ask openly, she would have told her. But she was so sneaky that Su's mother was not happy to say it. She frowned and said, "I don't have anything to give you, why are you asking so many questions? Why don't you hurry up and cook!"
Li Hong lowered her head and pouted: "I'm just asking, there's nothing else to it."
In fact, Li Hong had many thoughts in her mind. She felt that her sister-in-law had no conscience. She sent things to her parents every now and then after getting married. But she had a conscience. In the past three years, she had never thought of buying anything for her two brothers. At most, she sent some food back to Su's mother to share with the children.
As for her, the eldest sister-in-law, she is not in the other party's eyes and has not received any attention at all until now.
But Li Hong only dared to think about this in her heart, and at most whispered a few words to her husband, but she dared not say it in front of her mother-in-law. Her father-in-law was the brigade secretary and the pillar of the family. If her husband was promising, the daughter-in-law's words would be effective, and they, the children, could only listen to him. Otherwise, if they offended him too much, they would be sent away, and their life would be difficult.
Moreover, Li Hong had always kept in mind the fact that her cousin from her aunt's family was joining the army. Although Su Ting only said that she helped to inquire about the details related to the conscription, she had overheard the conversation between Su's father and mother and knew that the person in charge of the conscription knew her brother-in-law.
It's good to be a soldier. You get paid by the government and can become a high-ranking official. Just look at her brother-in-law, the deputy regiment commander. I heard that even the commune leaders have to be polite when they see him.
Li Hong thought about it in her mind. No matter how close her sister-in-law was to her, her man would always be her brother, and her son would always be her nephew. Her cousin and the others would all help her. If her son wanted to be a soldier in the future, they would have no reason not to help him.
So this sister-in-law must not be offended.
Thinking of this, Li Hong raised her head, forced a smile and said, "Mom, if you don't want to talk about it, forget it. I'll go back to the kitchen to cook."
"Well, go ahead." Su's mother nodded simply, watched her turn around and walk into the kitchen, then turned around and locked the door.
Normally, when there were many people at home, the room where she slept was not locked. Anyway, there was another lock on the closet inside, and all the valuable things in the house were in the closet.
But hadn't the girl bought them so many good things? Just the food being opened was enough to make her feel distressed. If someone with dirty hands and feet sneaked in from outside, she would cry to death.
It’s better to lock it up so you can feel at ease.
…
It was already completely dark before six o'clock.
The Su family team did not have electric lights, and they were afraid that Su Ting and the others would find the light dim. So when they were having dinner, Su's mother brought the kerosene lamp from the kitchen to the main room, and lit both lamps together, making the room look brighter.
After lighting the oil lamp, Su's mother returned to the dining table and said with a smile, "I don't know when you will be back. We haven't prepared any dishes at home. Let's just mix it together today. I'll kill the duck tomorrow morning..."
Li Hong interrupted her mother-in-law when she heard this: "Mom, you want to kill the duck? It's a female duck, it can lay eggs!"
Although duck eggs are not as delicate as chicken eggs, not as popular, and sold at a lower price than chicken eggs, duck eggs are large in size, and one duck egg can be stir-fried with two green peppers. In addition, duck eggs are cool in nature and can reduce internal heat, so when these country people eat them themselves, they prefer duck eggs.
For their family, killing a duck means one less pickled vegetable every day. How can Li Hong not be anxious?
Su's mother glanced at Li Hong and said, "Chickens and ducks are raised to be eaten. Besides, what does it have to do with you if I raise chickens and ducks? If you don't want to eat them, just don't eat them tomorrow."
"That's right, sister-in-law, you don't like duck, so just don't eat it tomorrow. It will save a few pieces of meat and we can eat more." Su Guoping had been thinking about the chickens and ducks in the backyard for a long time.
Who doesn’t like meat?
Moreover, after hearing what her brother-in-law said, her portion of meat would not be able to go into her own children's mouths. Li Hong immediately changed her words: "Mom, you misunderstood. I don't want to eat it. I just feel a little sad. But you are right, my sister and brother-in-law finally came back. We should prepare something delicious. After all, ducks can be raised at any time."
Su's mother nodded calmly and said, "It's settled then. Tomorrow morning you should get up early, boil a pot of hot water, kill the duck, and pluck its feathers."
Li Hong was dumbfounded, thinking, isn't this your job? How come it suddenly fell on me?
But looking at her mother-in-law's expression, Li Hong moved her lips, but didn't say anything. She just said in a low voice, "I know."
The eldest daughter-in-law was a rare courtesy, and Su's mother was very satisfied. She invited everyone to eat, and Su's father poured a glass of white wine for himself and his son-in-law and asked, "Do you usually drink?"
"Drink, but drink less." He Dongchuan said, handing the bottle of wine that his father-in-law put down to his two brothers-in-law, and they also drank.
Father Su nodded and said, "You have to pay attention to your work. It's important to focus on the business. Come, let's have a drink together."
He Dongchuan picked up his wine glass, drank the liquor in it with Su's father, and then took the initiative to toast the Su brothers: "Big brother and second brother, let's have a drink too?"
The two brothers raised their glasses and drank again.
Su Ting saw He Dongchuan finish two glasses of wine in a blink of an eye. Although the wine was not full, the aftereffect of white wine was strong. She was afraid that he would get drunk, so she lowered her voice and said, "Take it easy."
Li Hong's ears were sharp, and she couldn't stop talking. She joked, "Sister, are you feeling sorry for your brother-in-law?"
Su Ting had been teased a lot in the past two years, and she was used to it. She said calmly, "I was afraid that he would get drunk and smell like alcohol."
"I just accompany my dad to have a few drinks but not get drunk," said He Dongchuan.
Su Ting said softly, "It's up to you."
Su's mother said, "Yes, yes, drink slowly, don't swallow it all at once, just enough."
After this incident, the four of them no longer drank in one gulp. Instead, they ate and drank at the same time. After the meal, they were still sober, but they smelled a little drunk.
So after sitting down and resting for a while after dinner, He Dongchuan wanted to pack his clothes and take a shower.
But after dinner, many people came to the Su family, all to see them. As he was the protagonist, no one was willing to let him go easily. They kept him again and again until it was around eight or nine o'clock before they left.
Just like that, the uncles and aunts were reluctant to leave, wishing to talk with He Dongchuan all night long. Finally, it was Su's father who spoke up and said that they had been sitting in the car for two days, so they should rest early tonight and talk tomorrow. Then everyone left one after another, and He Dongchuan finally took time off to take a shower.
After taking a shower and returning to the room, it was almost half past nine. The two children were tired after a day and had fallen asleep in bed. Su Ting had also finished taking a shower and lay down on the bed.
Although Su Ting was also the protagonist today, she was not as popular as He Dongchuan. No one stopped her when she went to take a shower, and she was happy to be quiet, so she went back to her room to rest after taking a shower.
Seeing He Dongchuan push open the door and come in, Su Ting raised her eyebrows and asked, "Did you wash your hair?"
"Well, I'm afraid of the smell of alcohol." He Dongchuan sat down on the bed and asked, "Are you not very happy tonight?"
Su Ting denied it: "Really?"
"You did," He Dongchuan was sure, "you were not in a good mood when chatting in the evening." If not, with so many guests present, Su Ting would not have been so impolite as to take a shower and go to bed.
Su Ting snorted: "It would be strange if I could get excited after listening to a bunch of people who look down on me bragging."
Most of the people chatting in the main hall of their house are middle-aged men. They don't have much ability, but they are better at bragging than each other. They also have a very high opinion of themselves. When they talk to Su Ting, their tone is full of condescension of the elders over the younger ones.
She is not a bad person, so why should she sit there and listen to them teach her how to take care of her husband and children?
Su Ting raised her eyes and looked at He Yan: "You must have had a pleasant chat with them."
Those people acted like elders in front of Su Ting, but they didn't dare to give orders to He Dongchuan. Their attitude could be described as flattering.
"It's not a happy time, but there are a lot of troubles." He Dongchuan said. Although those people were polite, they all had something to ask for. They all wanted him to send his family members to join the army.
Just kidding, he doesn't care about conscription. Even if he does, it's not his decision who should be conscripted and who shouldn't be conscripted.
Unfortunately, these people were considered elders, so he couldn't say anything too harsh and could only politely refuse. Fortunately, Su's father spoke for him, otherwise he would have to pretend to be drunk and leave.
As the couple talked, they both laughed helplessly.
Su Ting said, "I will talk to my parents about this tomorrow and let them tell those people." After all, they are the younger generation and have to consider Su's father and mother. Many times, even if they are right, they are reluctant to say some things.
He Dongchuan also knew this logic, so he didn't try to show off and just nodded and agreed.
After talking about this, Su Ting reached out and touched He Dongchuan's head. His hair was short, so it dried quickly even in winter. It just felt a little cold, so she asked, "Aren't you afraid of the cold when you wash your hair at night?"
When he was in Shanghai, He Dongchuan often washed his hair at night, but the coal stove at home was always burning and the kitchen was very warm. After washing his hair, he would sit inside for ten minutes or so and his hair would dry up and could not freeze.
But the Su family did not have this condition. They burned firewood, which burned faster. If the coal stove had to burn all day long, they would have to go to the mountains to chop firewood every few days, which was very labor-intensive.
In order to save firewood, the Su family's coal stove is basically only used for cooking. Today, because Su Ting and the others wanted to take a bath, the fire was kept burning for a while longer, but after enough hot water was boiled, the fire went out.
Although the doors and windows of the room were closed, it was not warm at all, so He Dongchuan felt a chill on his head.
"It was only after I washed my hair that I realized it. From then on, I stopped washing my hair at night." He Dongchuan said, rubbing his hair with a towel again.
Su Ting reached out to touch the towel in his hand. It was already soaked through and felt cooler than his head. She said, "Don't use this to wipe it."
He threw off the quilt and got up from the bed. He walked to the closet, opened the door, and took out an old piece of clothing. He brought it to his nose and smelled it. It didn't smell like anything. He guessed that Su's mother had washed it. He raised his hand and threw it to He Dongchuan, saying, "Wipe it with dry clothes."
He Dongchuan shook off the flowered sweatshirt that Su Ting threw over to him and asked with a smile, "You don't want to wear it anymore, right?"
"No, I'll give it to you if you want to wear it." Su Ting remembered something and smiled, "It just matches your underwear."
Speaking of underwear, He Dongchuan stopped wiping his hair, pulled Su Ting into his arms and said with gritted teeth: "How dare you say that? Who bought them?"
He had never worn red clothes in his life, and after receiving the 30th birthday gift from Su Ting, he really didn't want to wear it.
But underwear is different from other clothes. It is worn next to the skin, so it is not easy to use industrial cloth. It is all cotton. Cotton cloth is not expensive, but it is hard to get tickets. Although underwear does not use much material, it is a waste to throw away four pairs of underwear. He had no choice but to wear them.
Because of this underwear, he would pull up the waist of his pants and tighten his belt when wearing them recently, for fear that the red edge would be exposed accidentally and people would laugh at him.
Su Ting said innocently: "Red is a great color. It's festive and has a good meaning. People say that thirty is a hurdle. You should know that what you are wearing is not underwear, but my best wishes to you."
Heresy.
He Dongchuan thought about it in his heart, but when he saw Su Ting's lively appearance of making excuses, his heart moved slightly, and he lowered his head and gently bit her lips.
Su Ting quickly leaned back, placed her hands on his chest, put some distance between them and said, "The children are here!"
"I just kissed you, it's nothing." He Dongchuan lied with his eyes closed.
Su Ting felt the changes in his body and said, "Haha." She pushed He Dongchuan away with a tough attitude, lifted the quilt and crawled into the quilt.
He Dongchuan lowered his head, looked at the bulging trousers, and sighed softly.
How can I get through half a month?
…
The next day, before dawn, the whole family was awakened by the sound of roosters crowing.
But the situation inside and outside the quilt was like heaven and hell. No one wanted to get up. They just lay in bed with their eyes closed, not moving, until the quacking sound of ducks was heard. Only then did He Dongchuan lift the quilt and get up.
One person took the lead, and others followed suit.
When He Yan got dressed and walked out of the room, he saw Li Hong sitting in the yard with a large basin in front of her. The basin was filled with hot water and a duck with its feathers half plucked.
He had never seen this before and found it novel, so he walked over and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Plucking the duck."
"Why is there so much hot water in the basin?"
Li Hong felt that the kids from the city really knew nothing!
But she changed her mind and realized that she didn't have a good relationship with her sister-in-law, but He Yan was her brother-in-law's biological son, so it would be good to have a good relationship with him. She patiently replied, "It will be easier to pluck the duck feathers after soaking them in hot water."
"Why is it easier to pluck duck feathers after soaking them in hot water?"
Li Hong was asked: "I don't know much about this, but we have been doing this since we were young."
He Yan said "oh" and squatted beside her to watch her continue plucking hair. Li Hong wanted to get along well with him, but when he didn't say anything, she hesitated and asked, "Do you want to try?"
"Is it okay?"
"What's wrong with that?" Li Hong thought to herself, if you are willing to help me, I will be happy and relaxed, and pushed the duck in front of He Yan.
He Yan was a little tempted, but he had never touched a whole duck before, so he was a little scared and didn't dare to start.
Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, Li Hong said, "If you don't want to try, forget it."
"Don't!" He Yan shouted hurriedly, reached out and grabbed a handful of duck feathers and pulled hard.
The duck feathers were easily pulled off, revealing the skin. He spread out his hands and looked at the duck feathers in his palms with a dazed expression, as if he couldn't believe it was so easy.
When Su Ting came out of the room, she saw He Yan and Li Hong sitting around a basin, plucking duck feathers.
Perhaps he felt proud of himself for having learned something new. When he saw Su Ting coming out, he said, "Mom, I can pluck duck feathers now!"
Su Ting also showed her support and said with a smile, "Okay, from now on, you will be the one plucking the ducks at home."
He Yan was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Does the duck we eat at home have hair? Why have I never seen it before?"
Of course you haven't seen it. The duck was bought and prepared at the appetizer station. Su Ting joked, "There will be one in the future."
After saying goodbye, he slowly walked out to the kitchen, scooped up some water, moved a stool and sat at the door of the kitchen to help her brush her teeth. During this time, he suddenly remembered to ask, "Have you brushed your teeth?"
"Not yet." He Yan said.
Li Hong said consciously: "Then you should go and brush your teeth. I'll be here for you."
He Yan turned his head to look at Su Ting, then reluctantly put the duck down: "I'll continue plucking after I finish brushing my teeth."
"become."
After Li Hong agreed, He Yan got up and ran back to his room. He took out his toothbrush and cup and went into the kitchen. Su's mother was making breakfast. She saw him come in and said with a smile, "Are you up? The water tank is there."
"Grandma." He Yan called out, went to scoop some water, took it outside, and squatted beside Manman to brush his teeth.
After they brushed their teeth and washed their faces, He Dongchuan came back. He hadn't done anything when he was out, but as usual, when he arrived at a new place, he had to walk around and familiarize himself with the environment before he felt at ease.
However, he underestimated the enthusiasm of the members of the Sujia Brigade. Everyone who saw him would greet him and some would give him food. It was difficult for him to return empty-handed.
When he saw He Yan in the yard, he called him over and asked him to go out for a run.
He Yan didn't really want to go. He was very enthusiastic about plucking duck feathers. He pointed at the duck in the basin that had lost most of its feathers and said, "I haven't finished plucking yet!"
He Dongchuan was a little puzzled as to why He Yan had such a problem with Yazi, but since his son was willing to work, there was no need for him as a father to interfere, so he said, "Then wait until you're done."
In fact, after plucking the duck feathers, the two did not leave immediately because breakfast was ready.
Hu Province is located in the central part of the country, and the locals don't eat much pasta. For breakfast, they usually have porridge with pickled vegetables and sweet potatoes, or they eat rice noodles with green leaves and glutinous rice cakes. They cook until the rice noodles are soft and the soup is thick, then they can eat it.
Su Ting also loved rice noodles in her previous life, but she basically bought them in restaurants. The soup was soup, and the noodles were noodles. She had never eaten rice noodles mixed together like this.
But the taste was surprisingly good, the soup had the aroma of rice, rich but not greasy. The glutinous rice cakes tasted good too, and they were said to be handmade, not as sticky as the ones made by machines in her previous life.
After breakfast and resting for more than half an hour, He Dongchuan took He Yan out for a run.
After running and returning home, he was asked to stand in the yard and do horse stance.
This was a new thing in the countryside, and it quickly attracted a crowd of people, including adults and children, who came to watch and learn. But no matter adults or children, they couldn't stand it after a while. It's not difficult to do the horse stance, but it's not easy to hold it for a long time.
Seeing He Yan doing the foot-strap for half an hour with ease and then practicing the moves with He Dongchuan, the onlookers were a little amazed. Su Guoping whispered, "My nephew is amazing!"
"It's all acquired through practice." And they were forced to practice it.
"How long has he been practicing?"
"More than two months."
Su Guoping clicked his tongue twice: "That's amazing! If it were me, I wouldn't be able to last two weeks."
Su Ting glanced at him and thought, don't flatter yourself. If it were you, you might not be able to last two days.
Her second brother was good in other aspects except for one thing: he was extremely lazy. He would rather stand than sit, and would rather lie down than sit. He would always try to take time off to slack off at work every now and then, not to mention getting up to train. If he could persist for a day, it was a compliment to him.
Therefore, Su Guoping's reputation in the brigade has always been bad. When people talk about him, they always add the phrase "he is unlucky to be born into a good family".
However, after the reform and opening up, Su Guoping's reputation will probably undergo a 360-degree reversal. After all, he will be the first 10,000-yuan household in the village, and in a dozen years he will become a well-known entrepreneur in the city.
…
Ever since Su Ting and his family came back, the Su family has had a constant stream of guests. Some uncles and aunts even wanted to live in their house and would talk to He Dongchuan whenever they had time.
In the army, He Dongchuan could put on a cold face so that people would not dare to approach him. But in the Su family, he couldn't be too cold, or he would be overwhelmed.
So on the fourth day, they hardly stayed at home during the day. Every day they went hiking or boating in the lake, and had picnics and barbecues. Their days were very leisurely.
But they were free, and the uncles were not happy. They grumbled to Su's father, "They finally came back, why are they running out every day?"
Father Su thought that they were not at home because you guys from the old family forced them to stay away, but he said in a friendly manner: "It's because it's a rare trip back home that they find everything new and interesting. It will be fine after a while."
They will be leaving soon.
Everyone thought about it in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do, after all, the daughters and sons-in-law were someone else's.
After admiring the mountains and rivers for a few days, the atmosphere of the New Year became increasingly strong, and on the 26th day of the lunar year, the next-door brigade even opened a market.
Although the higher authorities did not allow everyone to do business freely, after the campaign ended, many things were indeed much more relaxed. For example, the market in the brigade next door had been closed for several years, but now it dares to reopen.
So on the twenty-sixth day of the lunar year, almost everyone in the Su family, except Su's father, went to the next door brigade.
Su Ting went there with high expectations, but was a little disappointed when she arrived because the market was not as big as she had imagined, and there were not that many stalls either, only about 20 to 30, selling mainly agricultural products and some snacks.
There were quite a lot of people rushing to the market. Almost every stall was surrounded by several layers of people. The aisles were also full of people coming and going. It was very crowded.
But maybe it was the first time the market reopened after being closed for several years, so the people who came had big smiles on their faces and were very excited.
The Su family was no exception. The most excited among the adults was Li Hong. Every time she spotted a vendor, she would shout to let everyone know. The children were all equally excited, jumping around and running away if not watched closely.
Su Guoan's son disappeared for a while. Li Hong almost went crazy after finding out. Fortunately, He Dongchuan found the short-armed and short-legged boy among a group of people watching the popcorn.
Because of this episode, when they were strolling around later, He Dongchuan kept holding Man Man, while Su Ting held He Yan's hand tightly, and they were led by him to every snack stall.
After visiting the market, the adults didn't have much in their hands, but every child had a lot of food in their hands.
After the gathering, Su's father and mother became busy.
Su's mother was busy frying dumplings and lotus roots, while Su's father moved a table into the yard, prepared brushes and ink, and wrote Spring Festival couplets for the people in the team.
When Su's father was young, he attended a private school for a few years and learned calligraphy. Later, his family fell into poverty and he dropped out of the private school. He never touched paper and pen again.
It was not until after liberation that he was fortunate enough to be elected village chief because he had received education and was classified as a poor peasant. Only then did he start picking up books and later practiced calligraphy again.
In recent years, he has written all the Spring Festival couplets for Sujia Brigade, and even people from other brigades came to him and asked him to help write Spring Festival couplets.
In the face of everyone's requests, Su's father always accepts them, so he is very busy in the days before the Chinese New Year every year. Of course, Su's father enjoys this busyness, after all, it is a kind of recognition of him.
He Yan was very interested in writing Spring Festival couplets. The Spring Festival couplets his family used to put up during the Spring Festival were all bought ready-made, so he had never seen handwritten Spring Festival couplets.
So when Su's father was writing Spring Festival couplets, he would watch beside him, pulling red paper and pouring ink, very attentively.
This was a treatment that Su's father had never enjoyed before, so at the end of the day, the relationship between the two could be said to have made great progress. When he had time, Su's father even taught He Yan to write calligraphy.
He Yan also has to write big characters when he goes to school, but his hard-tip calligraphy is okay, but his soft-tip calligraphy, well, can only be barely recognized.
After teaching for less than half a day, Su's father was almost disappointed with this student. However, He Yan's interest was still there because he had long ago promised his parents that he would write a pair of Spring Festival couplets himself this year.
When he first learned of his grandson's idea, Su's father was very supportive, but half a day later he couldn't help but discuss with He Yan: "There are too many words on the Spring Festival couplets, and it takes time to write them. The New Year is coming soon, and time may not be enough."
He Yan didn't quite understand: "But Grandpa, you always write very quickly."
"That's because I've been writing for many years and have memorized it. I can write any time I pick up a pen. But you have too little time to learn. One or two days may not be enough."
It was mainly about calligraphy. He Yan really had no talent. After teaching him for an entire afternoon, he couldn't write a single legible word. By the time he finished writing a pair of Spring Festival couplets, a whole year would have passed.
More importantly, in just one afternoon, he felt that he had two more white hairs. If he continued teaching for a while longer, his hair would probably be completely white.
I can’t bear it!
He Yan was embarrassed after hearing this: "But I told my parents that I want to write a pair of Spring Festival couplets."
"Isn't it because we don't have enough time?" Father Su sighed and suggested, "How about we write something else?"
"What?"
“It only takes a short time to write the word ‘Fu’. It is also a post for the New Year and has a lot of meaning.” Father Su thought that it should not be difficult to learn one word.
After practicing for an afternoon, He Yan felt a little bored. Hearing what Father Su said, he was a little tempted, but a little hesitant: "Then... I'll go ask Mom and Dad first."
Upon hearing this, Father Su quickly called out his daughter and son-in-law, explained the whole story to them and said, "The main reason is that calligraphy requires long-term practice, and Xiaoyan has learned it in too short a time, so we thought, why don't we write Spring Festival couplets, but write two pieces of the word "Fu", what do you think?"
As he spoke, he winked at his daughter-in-law and son-in-law, signaling them to agree quickly.
Su Ting realized that asking He Yan to write Spring Festival couplets was not to train him, but to embarrass Su's father, so she suppressed her laughter and said, "As long as it's for the New Year, you can write whatever you want."
So for the next two days, Su's father stopped teaching He Yan how to write Spring Festival couplets and instead taught him to focus on the character "Fu". In the end, he taught him step by step and helped him write two nice-looking characters for "Fu".
After writing, He Yan took the red paper with the word "Fu" written on it and ran to show off to his parents. He patted his chest and continued to boast: "I have already learned how to write the word "Fu". From now on, I will write the word "Fu" for the Chinese New Year posters in our house!"
Su's father, who followed He Yan into the house, almost slipped when he heard this.
But he quickly remembered that his son-in-law was busy with work and had few holidays, so he might not be able to take a leave for the New Year next year. Even if he did, they went to the capital to celebrate the New Year last year, and this year they went to their old Su family. According to the two-year cycle, they should still go to the capital to celebrate the New Year next year.
By this calculation, the one who will be worried about the New Year next year will probably be my father-in-law.
Father Su calmed down, walked into the house and said with a smile: "Xiao Yan's idea is very good, I support it very much, but I think this person should not always stand still in doing things. You wrote the word "Fu" this year, and you should increase the difficulty appropriately and write couplets next year."
He Yan didn't know that Father Su was setting a trap for his father-in-law. He thought about his words carefully and felt that they made sense: "Then I will try to write a couplet next year!"
Father Su raised his thumb and said, "You have great ambition!"