What Li Su threw in front of me was a small box. The box was not big. It was about the size of an adult male's palm. It was square. There were some different patterns carved on the surface of the box. It didn't look unusual. The wooden body of the box was It was a little darkened due to poor maintenance.
"Is this a worship box?" I asked indifferently, looking at the small wooden box on the ground.
Li Su looked at me and said coldly: "It is indeed the young master of Yiyuanzhai... I didn't expect that you can recognize such a thing?"
Naturally, I could hear the sarcasm in Li Su's words. After a slight wry smile, I ignored her words and just asked, "Who sent this thing...?"
"Who sent it...don't you know?" Li Su did not answer my question, but asked me: "I should be the one asking you this, right? I did do some tricks before, But that can be regarded as happening for a reason, but what do you mean by making this drama now?"
My hand had already reached for the pants that were thrown aside on the ground. When I heard Li Su's words, I stopped my movements, turned to look at Li Su, and said lightly: "Did I do it? You What does this mean?"
Li Su looked at me and said, "What do you mean...don't you know what's inside the worship box?"
I smiled bitterly, and then said: "You are right... No matter what it is, you will know it immediately when you open it and take a look. Don't tell me, this is indeed the truth!"
After that, I put on my pants first. After all, no matter how thick-skinned I am, it still doesn't feel good to be naked in front of a woman.
After putting on my pants, I reached out and picked up the prayer box from the ground.
Some people may ask, what is a worship box? Note that I am definitely not trying to make up the word count here, but someone will really ask such a question, so I have no choice but to say a few more sentences.
The worship box is actually also called a greeting invitation, and as far as I know, the custom of sending greeting invitations originated from the Han Dynasty. At that time, it was not called a "worship invitation", but was called a "tou Ming thorn". In the Tang Dynasty, In the Song Dynasty, some people called it "Menzhuang", in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was called "Hongdan", and in the Republic of China after its demise, people commonly called it "Bai Tie" and "Ming Tie".
So what is the greeting card used for?
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a tool to "visit" on behalf of the owner.
Regarding this point, it is clearly shown in the data. Zhao Yi from the Qing Dynasty said in the "Famous Posts" in Volume 30 of "Yi Yu Cong Kao": "The ancients used common names, originally written with carved wood. In the Han Dynasty, it was called Ye, and in the Han Dynasty, it was called Ye In the late Han Dynasty, it was called thorn, but after the Han Dynasty, although paper was used, it was still called thorn."
By the Qing Dynasty, the method of "paying homage" was often used to pay New Year greetings.
Therefore, at that time, because it was mostly New Year greetings, most of the "famous invitations" sent by people were written on red paper, so they were called "red single invitations".
Write your name on the "red ticket" and send it to relatives and friends to express your congratulations. Those sent by someone to deliver them are called "original posts". Putting New Year's greetings messages in a wooden box is called a "Worship Box".
Note that when the knowledge point comes, the "worship box" appears only at this time.
The recipient family needs to use a paper bag to receive the invitation, and the red paper should have "receive blessing" written on it. This is a ritual, and of course it is also a blessing. Since people have attached great importance to good wishes since ancient times, so slowly Receiving greeting invitations has become a major event during the Chinese New Year.
There are many ways to write a greeting card. The most common one is--title (if any) plus position, place of birth, name, your own characters, some honorifics, and a big "Blessing" character.
For example, if the person sending the greeting card is the Second Master Guan Yu during the Three Kingdoms period, then he should write like this: Han Shouting Hou, former general, Hedong Jie County, Guan Yu Yunchang worships.
At this point, some people may ask, what is the function of this greeting card?
In fact, it is very simple. The first is to indicate the identity of the visitor. The second is to make an appointment, to make an appointment for the other person's time, and to make an appointment for what will happen next.
Okay, now that the greetings have been explained clearly, let’s continue with the story.
After I picked up the worship box on the ground, I slowly opened it and found that it contained not the usual red paper, but a piece of gray-white rice paper.
I unfolded the rice paper, and a line of words suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, "The income from Shuisheng Village is borrowed from me. I may not return it when we meet again in the future!"
Not only were these words very arrogant, but the words were also written in a very arrogant way. Although I didn’t see the person, it was not difficult to tell just from the words and the tone of voice that this person who stole things must be a very arrogant and confident person. Lord.
I smiled lightly when I saw this, but when my eyes glanced at the signature at the end, the smile suddenly settled on my face, because at the end of these lines, there was a big " Not only that, the word "Hu" is also stamped with a seal.
That was Yiyuanzhai's private seal, a seal that only my father and I had. Not even the second boss Xu Yingzhi had this seal.
I looked at the rice paper in my hand, and then at Li Su. Before I could speak, Li Su took the lead and said, "Young Master of the Hu family, don't you want to say something?"
At this time, my mind was already a mess, and countless questions were running back and forth in my mind. First, what did Li Su bring back from Shuisheng Village? Second, who took that thing and why did he leave it in this worship box? Third, does this worship box just cause conflicts and disputes between me and Li Su? Is it such a simple idea? Improbable... And finally, who is that person who just emerged from the ground? Could it be that he was assigned by Uncle Xu to come here to save me? But I have never seen this person in Yiyuanzhai... Could it be that Second Uncle Xu is powerful in the world? Finally, there is that seal. This is not the first time it has appeared. Could it be our old man...? It doesn't quite look like it. He didn't speak in such an arrogant tone just now... To be honest, these words seemed more like what I said...
Thinking of this, I looked at the rice paper in my hand again. It didn't matter. I was stunned for a moment, because it was at this moment that I discovered that the words on the paper not only sounded like me, but also sounded like me. What surprised me was that the words on it were very similar to mine...
No, I shouldn’t say they are very similar, I should say they are exactly the same...
Seeing my frown, Li Su snorted coldly and said, "What? Can't you make it up anymore?"
I didn't answer Li Su's words. I just stared at the rice paper in my hand. When Li Su saw that I didn't answer, he continued to say: "I have already checked your notes... The words on this paper are not from Others are what you wrote...!"
