Siheyuan: Give me incredible understanding but not knowledge

Chapter 43 Spring Festival Couplets
  There were many people coming and going in the early morning. This year it was the first day of the New Year.

There are still many things to do, such as the older ones having to deal with the younger ones’ New Year greetings, and red envelopes still have to be prepared.

What’s more, it’s about eating. Even if the family is not doing well these days, they will find ways to prepare more dishes to support the occasion.

So the people who come out at this time are all women, and there are relatively few men at home, most of whom are still sleeping.

Only Yan Bugui got up very early today, when there were not many people outside, and after getting up, he came to the courtyard.

Yan Bugui suddenly felt something was wrong and went back to take a look.

There was not even a couplet on the door of the neighbor's house around him. Then Yan Bugui hurriedly looked behind him, and he was relieved when he saw that there was still a couplet on the door of his own house.

But soon I was shocked again. The couplets in everyone's homes were gone, only the ones in my own home were left.

Yan Bugui was shocked!
  "This is to trap me into injustice!"

So he hurriedly came to his house and took off the couplets. Because he was worried about the couplets at home, they were torn.

He hurriedly took it in, just as the third aunt was in the house and was about to come out, she suddenly felt a little strange when she saw Yan Bugui's behavior.

"Are you going to put it away today? Isn't it just the first day of the Lunar New Year?"

"You don't know that all the couplets in the whole hospital are gone, only the couplets in our home are still there."

"Tell me, if someone else wakes up and sees our child here, this... this... I don't even know how to explain it."

"what?"

After hearing this, the third aunt walked outside and looked around!
  Good guy, the whole family is really gone.

So he hurried back home, where Yan Bugui unfolded the couplet and grinned hoarsely with distress.

"It's a pity that I was anxious just now! I broke one, and I don't know if Li Xingguo, Wang Tiejun and the others still want it."

"If you don't want it, it will really be a huge loss."

"I don't know who it is, so immoral as to tear up other people's couplets during the Chinese New Year, I..."

Yan Bugui muttered in his mouth, not knowing what he wanted to say.

Suddenly the third aunt seemed to think of something, and hurriedly walked into the house and looked at the rooms of the four children in her home.

Then he lifted the quilt and reached in!

cold!

He immediately walked out of the room with a surprised expression, looking at Yan Bugui and not knowing what to say for a while.

"what happened?"

Yan Bugui asked with some confusion when he saw the third aunt's expression.

The third aunt looked like a dead mother and suddenly cried out sadly.

"Go and take a look at the rooms of Jie Cheng, Jiefang, Xie Kuang, and Jie Di. The quilts are all cold! I guess they just listened to what you said yesterday..."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

When Yan Bugui heard what Third Aunt said, he naturally knew what he wanted to say, so he opened his mouth to stop what she wanted to say.

Then his expression became a little uncertain, and he waited for a while before speaking.

"These children may have been playful and went out early."

"Don't talk about this matter. I just tore it off at our door. This matter has nothing to do with us."

"I'm going to look everywhere now! If anyone in the yard talks about this, you also say that there are none in our house."

After finishing speaking, Yan Bugui looked at the torn couplets in front of him and took a deep breath.

Feeling a little distressed, I took it to the stove, stuffed the couplets in, and put the kettle on it.

The flames ignited the couplets, and the temperature in the room seemed to rise a lot. Immediately afterwards, I didn’t care anymore about worrying about these things. I pushed my bicycle and walked towards the outside of the courtyard.

After wandering around for a long time, Yan Bugui couldn't find anyone at all.

Yan Bugui paid a visit to those familiar streets, as well as some teahouses with strong cultural flavor in nearby gathering points.

He didn't see the four children in his home at all, and then Yan Bugui thought about it and there seemed to be another place.

"Liulichang!"

"If this thing is sold, I guess it will only be available there."

Thinking of this, Yan Bugui hurried towards Liulichang, and Yan Jiecheng was indeed here with his two younger brothers and a younger sister.

Although there are not as many people walking around here as in previous years, there are still a lot of people.

A few people found a vacant shop door and unfolded all the Spring Festival couplets they had obtained.

At first, the people around didn't pay much attention, and all looked at these dolls with the intention of watching the fun.

Because many of these Spring Festival couplets can still be seen to be stained with paste.

A few spots on the paper appear a little porcelain due to the paste.

Everyone in Liulichang is a genius!
  Naturally, it was obvious that this was someone else’s Spring Festival couplets!
  But then I took a closer look, oh!
  Good guy!
  No wonder these little guys would do this. These fonts and strokes are really not simple at all, and those who come and go are naturally some knowledgeable people.

"Children, your Spring Festival couplets..."

"Buy or not, don't say anything if you don't buy!"

Yan Jiecheng was also very courageous, so he naturally knew what this person wanted to say, and immediately stopped him from continuing.

The man suddenly became a little angry, but before he could speak, the people around him started to agree.

"It's just that you don't know the rules of Liulichang! Don't ask where things come from. If you want something, buy it. If you don't want it, get out!"

"Yes, how much does a pair of couplets cost for a child? I want two!"

Most people in Liulichang are speculators, and they naturally know the quality of things, even though this is a couplet posted on them.

But this kind of calligraphy, this style is unique!
  Investment is valuable, and the fact that Liulichang is half-dead is actually related to the fact that the government has not made a clear stance.

Speculation has never been caught here..., but it is not explicitly said that Liulichang is an exception.

Therefore, many people are afraid to come, and many shops are not open to business and are half-dead.

But the rules are still there!
  After the man said this, people around him began to ask about the price. Yan Jiecheng didn't know how much he should order, but he had overheard that his father had paid two yuan for this thing.

But now seeing so many people, Yan Jiecheng suddenly felt that maybe...

"Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Please give me three yuan for a lucky pair of couplets!"

Yan Jiecheng didn't dare to shout too much, but he felt that he had achieved a small success!

He was actually able to outscore his father by a dollar in calculations, and a smile appeared on his lips.

In less than a moment, all these Spring Festival couplets fell out.

Yan Jiecheng looked at the small stack of money in his hand and felt that it was not very real!

Then he asked his younger brothers and sisters to pull him one by one and squeeze out of the crowd!
  "Hold on, hold on to me!"

After a while, several people arrived at the door of Liulichang, but at this moment, Yan Jiecheng's body froze.

Stopping, Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, and Yan Jiedi quarreled at the people in front, some of whom didn't quite understand what the people on the opposite side were thinking.

But at this moment they heard Yan Jiecheng shout!
  "dad!"

His body suddenly stiffened! The three people behind him also stood up straight, not daring to move.

(End of this chapter)