I asked you to set up a table and show off your grandson's skills. Now I think your grandson will be tired.
Old Lintou didn't dare to say a word while holding his pipe and pot. He knew his old lady's temper. If she was right and you still retorted unconvinced, then the broom might come over.
This wasn't the old Lintou trying to scare him. He remembered that when he was young, he was often greeted by big broomsticks.
Now, unlike before, he was about to become the grand master. It would be so embarrassing if he still got slapped.
Seeing so many villagers coming to the door, Lin Sanzhu became more straightforward.
His dog doesn’t write Spring Festival couplets specifically for them, so it’s hard to bear with the coming waves.
Moreover, some villagers are so ignorant that they don’t write enough for themselves and have to help relatives carry them. It really doesn’t hurt to use them as free labor.
Therefore, starting from the second day, Lin Sanzhu set the rules for writing Spring Festival couplets. Each household could only write a maximum of six couplets.
In this way, Lin Yuanqiu can save a lot of effort. Not only him, but also Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanbai, the two people who take turns grinding ink, also feel a lot more relaxed.
Most of the villagers can understand. After all, Yuan Qiu is still just a child. He has been writing for several hours that day, and he must be very tired. Besides, if you feel that six couplets are not enough, you can go with red paper. The Jin Cai family, didn’t their family also start writing Spring Festival couplets for others?
"What! You said that the Jin Cai family has also started writing Spring Festival couplets?" A black-faced man asked, "I passed by his house yesterday. Why didn't I see anything?"
The fat-faced woman nodded, "I started writing it this morning. It is placed in his yard. You can definitely see it if you go over now. His three grandsons are all writing it."
"Oh, it's such a cold day to put it in the yard. It won't freeze to death. Come on, let's go over and have a look. I happen to have a few shots left, so let Jin Cai's grandson help me. wrote."
"Yes, yes, my side is still a little bit worse. Come on, let's go there together."
While they were talking, several villagers who still lacked Spring Festival couplets walked to Lin Jincai's house.
Seeing this, Lao Lintou, Lin Sanzhu, and Lin Dazhu all breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what the reason for doing this was, it was true that they could save a lot of energy.
What else could be the reason for the eldest brother to do this? Of course, he wanted to imitate the second brother, so as to bring a good reputation to the family.
In the eyes of everyone in the long house, writing ink to help the villagers write couplets is just a matter of being friendly to others and putting money on one's face.
Speaking of which, Lin Jincai was still a little annoyed, wondering why he hadn't thought of writing Spring Festival couplets earlier. Speaking of Wen Yan and Wen Qing, they had studied and learned literacy for several years before their second brother's family in Yuanqiu. If his family had set up a stall and helped the villagers write Spring Festival couplets at that time, their good reputation would have been lost by now. It spread all over the country.
It is said that a tree has a skin and a person has a face. With a good reputation, there is no need to worry about the marriage of the eldest grandson.
Yes, Lin Wenyan's marriage is what worries Lin Jincai the most.
Originally, the family wanted to wait until he passed the Tongsheng test before arranging a good marriage.
But now, I'm afraid that Tong Sheng will have to wait a little longer.
It's just that Tongsheng can wait, but marrying a wife can't wait any longer. Didn't you see that Lin Yuanfeng has already married a wife? You know, Wen Yan and Yuan Feng are the same age.
Thinking of the girl from Dongwan Village that the matchmaker mentioned a few days ago, her family is similar to her own, and her family also has more than 20 acres of land. I heard that the girl is also sensible and virtuous.
If it had been before, the girls from this family, Lin Jincai and the Jin family, as well as Lin Quanhe and the others, would definitely be satisfied.
But people are afraid of comparisons. As long as they think that Lin Yuanfeng's daughter-in-law is not only from the town, but also has so many dowries, then when the Lin family chooses their grandson's daughter-in-law, they can't help but look for the same conditions.
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Twenty-eight handfuls of dough, twenty-nine steamed buns, and after steaming all the big New Year buns, it will soon be New Year's Eve.
Naturally, the New Year's Eve dinner cannot be careless. Early in the morning, Mrs. Zhou, her two sisters-in-law, and her eldest daughter-in-law were busy working in the kitchen.
Feng washed the vegetables, Liu helped cut the vegetables, Zhou held the spoon, and Gao Cui was responsible for lighting the fire. The four of them cooperated tacitly.
Dumplings are a must-have on New Year’s Eve.
In the main room, Lao Lintou wiped the two dining tables clean with a rag, then Lin Dazhu kneaded the dough and cut the dough. Lin Yuanqiu flattened the dough on the side. Lin Erzhu and Lin Sanzhu each took a rolling pin and quickly rolled it out. Knead the flat pieces one by one into dumpling wrappers.
At the square table nearby, Mrs. Wu and her grandchildren were making dumplings in full swing.
To say it was in full swing would not be an exaggeration.
No, Lin Yuanbai and Lin Yuanhuai were busy "carrying" the dumpling wrappers, Chunmei and Chunxiu, Lin Yuanfeng, Lin Yuansong, plus Wu, the five of them were wrapping the dumplings very quickly.
Chuncao and Chunyan put the wrapped dumplings one by one on the bamboo curtain outside the house.
The temperature outside is low and it will freeze soon.
Finally, put the hard-frozen dumplings into an empty water tank on the side, so that you can eat them for many days.
At the end of Shenshi, there was a burst of crackling firecrackers in the village. This was when people started to have the New Year's Eve dinner.
Mrs. Zhou sped up the cooking speed, and when the two bowls of meat slices were finished, they were all done.
As soon as they heard that dinner was ready, Lin Yuanbai and Lin Yuanhuai hurriedly ran to the west room. After a while, they came out with two large rolls of firecrackers.
Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong hung the firecrackers on the bamboo poles that had been prepared long ago, and just waited for the food to be served before they could light the firecrackers.
There are a lot of dishes today, besides stewed pig trotters and fried pork slices. There is also delicious and savory braised chicken and duck, which Lin Sanzhu bought specially from the town. After steaming it in a pot, it can be cut into pieces and served in bowls. Then there are the fried meatballs that are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the delicious red dates and old hen soup, and the last thing served on the table is Lin Yuanqiu’s favorite braised fish.
With the deafening sound of firecrackers, the Lin family's New Year's Eve dinner also began. The family sat around the table, not to mention having a lively meal.
Today's Shou Sui is still in the east room.
After everyone arrived, Mrs. Wu took out a few pieces of silver that she had prepared a long time ago, and then divided them one by one starting from the eldest daughter-in-law, "This is for you, one tael of silver for each room, as your My own private room.”
With that said, Wu handed another smaller piece of silver to Gao Cui, "Here are five pieces of silver, which is also a private house for you and your young couple."
Seeing that his son and daughter-in-law were a little stunned, Old Lintou said with a smile, "Your mother and I have already discussed it. From now on, we will give you this amount and send it to you once a year. As for how to spend it, it is all up to you."
After saying that, Old Lintou looked at his second grandson again and said with a smile, "When Yuansong gets married next year, just like your elder brother and sister-in-law, the father-in-law will give you and your wife five silver coins for a private house every year."
Giving money to each house to build a private house is something that Lao Lintou and Wu have been considering during this time.
Because, since the dividend for embroidery work stopped the year before last, the public school has not distributed money to each room for almost two years.
Although all the daily expenses are paid for by the family, I always have to get some pocket money for them.
So the couple discussed it and finally decided to give each of their three sons one tael of silver each year as a private house, while the married grandsons would each receive 500 taels of silver.
In this way, the young couple can make their own decisions about what they want to buy in the future.
As soon as he heard about getting married, Lin Yuansong's face suddenly turned red. The young man quickly lowered his head and became embarrassed.
Lin Yuanbai, who was sitting next to Lin Yuansong, quickly understood what his grandpa said. Does this mean that as long as they get married, they will get it privately every year?
After looking at the money in his sister-in-law's hand and thinking about the fun firecrackers, Lin Yuanbai couldn't help but said to Ms. Liu, "Mom, my son also wants to get married!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuanhuai, who was holding a few unexploded firecrackers and breaking them, opened his eyes wide. Yes, as long as they get married, he will have endless money to buy firecrackers. .
Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu felt that if they hadn't been reluctant to spank their children during the Chinese New Year, they would have given their youngest son a few hard slaps on his butt.
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As expected, when he woke up, Lin Yuanqiu took out the New Year's money from under his pillow. He squeezed it hard. It was hard. There should be many copper coins. He opened it and counted it. There were twenty brand-new copper coins in total.
When I got up, my grandma's red paper bag was already ready.
In addition to the gifts from grandma, the children also received red envelopes from their elder brothers and sisters-in-law today, which made them extremely happy.
As in previous years, after paying New Year's greetings to his grandparents, Lin Yuanqiu followed his father to the clan to pay New Year's greetings, first to several elders in the clan, and then to the clan leader.
After going to Grandpa's house again, the various New Year greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year are over.
As for the New Year's greetings at his grandma and grandpa's house on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Yuanqiu did not go. In four months there would be the government examination, and the master planned for him to take part.
Lin Yuanqiu himself also wanted to take the exam, so during these days, in addition to completing the exercises assigned by the master, Lin Yuanqiu would write a policy paper basically every two days. The title is still what Master said, but when writing the article, Lin Yuanqiu used a variety of different arguments and methods to explain it.
There is only one purpose for doing this, and that is to practice more to become proficient. No matter how difficult the question is, as long as you practice more, there will be nothing to worry about.
After every article he writes, Lin Yuanqiu will take out rice paper and draw a picture, which can be regarded as a perfect balance between work and rest.
Lin Yuanqiu painted freehand landscapes. Although he did not have colored pigments, he could draw five kinds of ink colors: light-colored distant mountains, burnt-colored rocks, and then used thick ink to outline the vigor of the rocks, as well as the clear Colorful mountain streams and dark gray moss in the rainy landscape.
Seeing that the mountains and forests in the distance seemed to lack a touch of warm color, Lin Yuanqiu took out the box of cinnabar, picked out some with a cleaned pen tip, and then blended it with very light ink, and then lightly touched the dark pink color. Between the bamboo forest.
The wet dyeing property of Shengxuan quickly dizzy the little bit of pink, and then turned into a looming peach blossom forest, like a fairyland.
Lin Yuanqiu was very satisfied with this painting. Thinking that he had not yet signed it, he took up his pen and wrote a poem on the light cloud in the upper right corner: The cold mountains are still green, the winter water is gurgling in the sun, leaning against the grass gate outside, listening to the evening cicadas in the wind.
As for the signature, Lin Yuanqiu thought about it and finally wrote the words "Taoyuan Mountain Man".
From now on, this will be my pen name.
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In this way, in the next more than half a month, Lin Yuanqiu did not only study calligraphy and answer questions, but also painted.
Lin Yuanqiu mostly chose to paint at night. Therefore, his family, including Lin Sanzhu, did not know that Lin Yuanqiu had painted six landscape paintings in total.
Lin Yuanqiu carefully rolled up several paintings and put them in the book box.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month tomorrow, he had to go to a private school again. After Lin Yuanqiu arrived in town, he first went to the calligraphy and painting shops on Hexi Street to see if there was a market for the paintings he painted. Just fine.
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Chapter 56 Selling Paintings
After arriving at the school, Lin Sanzhu helped deliver the quilt to the dormitory.
Under normal circumstances, parents of students are only allowed to enter the dormitory when the private school is in session and on vacation. At other times, they can basically wait at the door of the private school. If there is something wrong with their children, they can ask the concierge to help them pass on the message. Just call people out.
After helping to make the bed, Lin Sanzhu was ready to go back. These days were still in the first month of the year, and ox carts did not run to the town every day. There were not many people riding the ox carts today, so he had to go to the ox carts early. Let others wait for you.
Compared with the worries he felt when he sent his son here for the first time, Lin Sanzhu is now more adaptable. After all, his son has always been sensible and never does anything that worries him.
Sometimes Lin Sanzhu would think that maybe God saw that it was not easy for him to raise a son before, so he specially gave him a sensible and considerate son.
Isn't he just sensible and considerate? His dog has known how to take care of himself since he was five years old. Put on more clothes when it’s cold and prevent heatstroke when it’s hot, and never let your parents worry more.
In the past few years, except for a few bouts of frostbite, my son has had no other problems, and his body is getting stronger day by day. This is all because the child has taken good care of himself.
If Lin Yuanqiu knew what his father was thinking, he would definitely say in his heart: That's natural. After finally living again, he couldn't accidentally lose his life again.
Lin Yuanqiu's worry was not unfounded. The two brothers in front of the original body and the original body himself were sick and died.
With such a high mortality rate in ancient times, of course he had to take care of himself.
Therefore, in the past few years, Lin Yuanqiu would not do anything that was not good for the body, such as running out to play in the snow and getting cold in the middle of winter, sweating in the cold wind and drinking cold water on hot days, and being picky about food.
Although these actions show that he is not lively enough and does not suit the age of a child.
But Lin Yuanqiu felt that he was not a normal "child" to begin with.
After seeing Lin Sanzhu off, Lin Yuanqiu looked at the time. It was almost the end of the day, so it was still too late to go to the calligraphy and painting shop.
