Of course, all of this is based on times when I'm not busy. Since I actually started building the house, it seems like there are fewer and fewer of those times.
Fortunately, the house is now half finished, with only the roof and floor remaining to be completed. These can be done quickly, and the new house will be finished soon.
At the New Year's Eve dinner table, everyone happily chatted about recent events, and the topic unknowingly drifted to Yunhua and Zhao Yunyun.
"I wonder how Yunyun and the other two are doing. They've been gone for almost half a year, and we haven't heard a word from them. I wonder if they're having their New Year's Eve dinner right now," Grandpa Zhao asked worriedly.
"Don't worry! No news is good news. If there really were news, it would be for help. With Yunhua here, Yunyun is definitely not in danger. Don't worry!" the Taoist priest comforted her.
"Then I hope that around this time next year, we can get together for a New Year's Eve dinner." Grandpa Zhao looked at Xu Han with a meaningful expression. Xu Han instantly understood what Grandpa Zhao meant and blushed. He was trying to get her to have a baby!
Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Xu Han quickly changed the subject, saying, "The couplets haven't been put up yet this year! I bought red paper in advance last year, let's write the couplets in a bit!"
“I can write this; my handwriting is much better than your Grandpa Zhao’s,” the Taoist priest said.
"Since you've brought that up, I won't argue with you. After all, your handwriting is indeed better than mine. Hahahaha."
"Let's eat quickly! After we finish eating, we can clean up and write the couplets," Lu Chuan said.
"We're not eating anymore. We've been eating for almost half an hour, and we're already full. Are you all full?" the Taoist priest asked.
Upon hearing this, everyone said they were already full, and then they began to clear the table.
Store all the leftover food in the space, and you can reheat it and eat it again tomorrow!
The New Year's Eve dinner should be cooked in large quantities, and any leftovers should be saved for the following year, which is called "having abundance every year".
The four of them worked together to clean up; one collected the vegetables, the other swept the floor, and the other wiped the tables. They were all busy and worked quite quickly.
After tidying up, Lu Chuan took out his tools for writing couplets, moved out a table, and arranged everything neatly before the Taoist priest began writing.
"After the house is built, I'll make a desk for both the Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao and put it inside the house so they can use it easily," Lu Chuan said while watching the Taoist priest write couplets.
“That’s a good idea. We can build a big desk and put it in a spare room to use as a study. We can also build some bookshelves to store Grandpa Zhao’s medical books,” Xu Han agreed.
"Xiao Han is right, I like this. Hahahaha," Grandpa Zhao laughed.
"We'll each have one then, and neither of us will need the other's."
"Who cares to fight you for it! You won't even be allowed to touch mine."
Seeing this, Xu Han quickly changed the subject, saying, "I bought a lot of red paper before, let's cut paper snowflakes! They'll look especially nice when pasted on the paper snowflakes."
“Great! I’ll draw the patterns. Yunyun used to love cutting paper snowflakes, and I can draw quite a few patterns!” Grandpa Zhao said.
"I'll go get the scissors," Lu Chuan said, then went into the room and came out with three pairs of scissors in his hand.
"This plum blossom is so beautiful! Lu Chuan, look!" Xu Han said excitedly to Lu Chuan, holding the plum blossom she had just cut.
“It’s really beautiful. Look at this pattern, it’s so pretty. The fish looks like it’s alive.” Lu Chuan unfolded the pattern in his hand for Xu Han to see.
"Let's hurry up and put up these paper-cut window decorations!" With that, she skipped and hopped into the room.
Meanwhile, Grandpa Zhao and the Taoist priest watched the interaction between the two with loving expressions.
"Let's go put up Spring Festival couplets too."
Spring Festival couplets were pasted on both sides of the main gate, on the doors of each room, and even on the donkey shed and the dogs' kennels in the backyard.
"Once the Spring Festival couplets are put up, it instantly feels like the New Year. It's a pity we can't set off firecrackers and fireworks now, otherwise it would be even more lively," Xu Han said.
"After the famine is over, I'll take you to the capital to see the fireworks. They're especially beautiful there. I'm sure you'll love them," the Taoist priest said.
"Yes! Every New Year's Eve, there are fireworks. After finishing their New Year's Eve dinner, the people in the city go to the streets to watch the fireworks. It's very lively," Grandpa Zhao chimed in.
"I'll definitely go and see it when I have the chance in the future."
By the time everyone had finished putting up the fireworks and couplets, it was completely dark.
Xu Han took out the dumpling filling she had chopped that morning and the dough she had just kneaded that afternoon from her spatial storage, and everyone started making dumplings.
It's especially lively to chat about everyday things while making dumplings.
Xu Han thought to herself that she was too busy this year to make a set of mahjong tiles and playing cards in advance next year so that she could play mahjong then.
But even without these things, the evening was still very enjoyable. After making dumplings for tomorrow, the Taoist priest pulled Grandpa Zhao aside to play chess.
Xu Han didn't understand any of this at first, only knowing a little bit of the rules, but after watching a few rounds, and with Lu Chuan's explanation, she finally understood.
After understanding it, she really wanted to try it herself. Xu Han was very self-aware, knowing that the Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao were both very good at chess, which she could not compare to at all.
Compared to them, I'm like heaven and earth, and of course, Xu Han is definitely the one on earth.
So Xu Han pulled Lu Chuan along to play, but after only a few steps, she heard the Taoist priest's exasperated voice.
"Girl, what are you thinking! Can't you tell what he's going to do next? Why are you still walking here?"
Oh dear! Look at the chessboard!
"You've gone the wrong way, you've gone the wrong way! Didn't you already learn it?"
The game ended with Xu Han losing in a split second.
Most importantly, Xu Han herself doesn't even know how she lost.
"I'm not playing anymore, it's not fun at all." Xu Han looked frustrated and disappointed.
"Come on, let's switch. You can continue watching from the sidelines!" The Taoist priest pulled Xu Han down from her seat and then started playing chess with Lu Chuan himself.
"Just watch carefully from the side and see how I kill him without leaving a single piece of armor. Learn from me," the Taoist priest said.
Then Xu Han became the spectator of the game again, this time with Grandpa Zhao explaining the game to her.
In the end, the Taoist priest won. "I didn't realize, Xiao Chuan! Your chess skills are quite good! Who taught you?"
“When I was little, I often played chess with my father. Whenever he came home, I would ask him to teach me how to play chess and practice archery. Later, after I improved my chess skills, I would often play with the old man at the alley entrance,” Lu Chuan replied.
"You, Lu Chuan, you've been hiding it well! I had no idea you were such a good chess player." Xu Han threw a peanut at Lu Chuan.
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