Chapter 856 I have a couple of Spring Festival couplets here
Izumo Town.
Li Han took Xia Xiaoyu around the town and bought some things.
Li Han will go back to the village in two days. Today, he will buy some things for Xia Xiaoyu and her grandparents, even if he buys some New Year’s goods for them.
During the Chinese New Year, you always need to prepare some New Year’s goods.
Although life is good now, unlike before, I can only have a good meal during the Chinese New Year, but I still have to eat more during the Chinese New Year.
Today is the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow is the Little New Year.
Traditionally speaking, starting from tomorrow, the entire New Year will officially begin.
Therefore, today, the streets of Izumo Town have a relatively strong New Year atmosphere.
Lights are decorated everywhere, big red lanterns are hung, and people are writing Spring Festival couplets to people on the street.
There are quite a few people who want to write Spring Festival couplets. There are many people waiting to write Spring Festival couplets in front of several stalls that write Spring Festival couplets.
When Xia Xiaoyu saw it, she said, "During the New Year in previous years, my grandfather would come here to write a pair of Spring Festival couplets."
Li Han smiled and said, "I won't need it this year. When I go back later, I will write you a pair of Spring Festival couplets."
Xia Xiaoyu laughed and said, "Okay! The Spring Festival couplets you wrote must be better than what they wrote."
Li Han said: "You can't say that. Spring Festival couplets are all about our expression of good wishes. Different Spring Festival couplets have different wishes, and there is no difference."
Xia Xiaoyu nodded and said, "I understand."
At this time, the two of them happened to arrive at a stall writing Spring Festival couplets.
The stall owner is an old man in his sixties. He is energetic and has profound attainments in calligraphy. The couplets he wrote are very beautiful and very popular.
There are about ten different Spring Festival couplet samples placed on the stall table.
Guests can choose their favorite Spring Festival couplets from the sample, and then write them out by the stall owner on the spot and hand them over to the guests.
Very interesting.
Li Han and Xia Xiaoyu couldn't help but stop with interest, intending to look at it for a while.
At this time, it was a middle-aged man’s turn to choose Spring Festival couplets.
The middle-aged man looked at the samples of more than ten Spring Festival couplets, but seemed not to find anything satisfactory. He said to the stall owner: "Boss, you don't have the Spring Festival couplets I want here. Can you write me a new one according to my requirements?"
The stall owner glanced at the middle-aged man and said with a smile: "I'm not hiding this guest. My handwriting is pretty good, but I want me to create Spring Festival couplets. To be honest, I don't have much ability. These Spring Festival couplet samples were not created by me myself, they were all created by others. However, you can tell me what you want, and I can tell if I can write a copy for you as much as possible?"
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble the boss. I'm starting a business now, so I want a couplet that will make great achievements."
"Do you have a great vision?" the stall owner nodded, "Let me think about it."
The middle-aged man said, "Okay, I'm sorry, I'll bother the boss."
After a while, the stall owner shook his head and said apologetically: "I'm very sorry, creating new Spring Festival couplets is not my strength. In my impression, there seems to be no such thing in the existing Spring Festival couplets. There are many Spring Festival couplet stalls here, so you might as well go to other stalls to check it out."
The middle-aged man was a little disappointed, but he still said, "Okay. I still have to thank the boss."
At this time, Xia Xiaoyu whispered in Li Han's ear: "Brother Li Han, can you help him think of a pair of Spring Festival couplets?"
Li Han smiled and said, "Of course."
As the Spring Festival is approaching, Li Han is very willing to give people Spring Festival couplets. Even if Xia Xiaoyu doesn't say it, he plans to help.
Li Han is very happy to see someone like this traditional custom and culture.
So, Li Han said: "Sir, please wait a moment. If you don't mind, I have a pair of Spring Festival couplets that may meet your requirements."
When the middle-aged man who was about to leave heard this, he showed joy on his face and said, "Does this young man really have such Spring Festival couplets?"
Li Han said: "Of course, it really exists. I just don't know if it meets the teacher's requirements?"
The middle-aged man said, "Please tell me and listen. No matter what, I am very grateful to you."
Li Han nodded and said to the stall owner: "Can you please help me write it out?"
The stall owner smiled and said, "This is my honor. Please tell me, sir."
Li Han thanked the stall owner and said, "This year is the Year of the Horse, and next year is the Year of the Sheep. Then, the Spring Festival couplets are, 'The horse takes off to make a feat, and the spirit sheep starts to go on a new journey'."
As soon as the words were finished, the stall owner and the middle-aged man cheered.
The middle-aged man lined up behind him to write Spring Festival couplets, and his eyes lit up and cheered.
The middle-aged man laughed and said, "Mr. This is a very good couplet for Spring Festival. I just want such a couplet. Mr., I want this couplet, but I just don't know... this..."
The middle-aged man wanted to say, do he need to pay Li Han?
It’s not that he is reluctant to pay, but that he doesn’t know how to express it?
Li Han understood the meaning of the middle-aged man and said with a smile: "I will give this Spring Festival couplet to the gentleman for free. How much does the boss cost to write this Spring Festival couplet? You can give the boss how much you can."
After hearing this, the middle-aged man thanked him endlessly and was very grateful.
Then, the stall owner wrote down the Spring Festival couplet that Li Han had just read, read it himself, and said, "Good couplet, it's really a good couplet! In my impression, I have never seen this Spring Festival couplet. Is this Spring Festival couplet original by Mr.?"
Li Han said: "It makes the boss laugh."
The stall owner smiled and said, "Mr. I am too modest. Mr. I am clearly a talented man!"
The middle-aged man also smiled at this time: "The boss said it well, the young man is indeed a talented man."
The guests lined up behind them also said that Li Han could write such Spring Festival couplets at a young age, which was indeed very remarkable.
After a stir, the stall owner handed over the Spring Festival couplets to the middle-aged man.
When the middle-aged man was about to give money, the stall owner smiled and said that he would not charge the money this time.
The middle-aged man was not pretentious and once again expressed his gratitude to the stall owner and Li Han.
Then, it was the middle-aged guest who was queuing behind him to write Spring Festival couplets.
The guest did not select the Spring Festival couplet sample, but said to Li Han: "Mr., my son graduated from college this year and just started working. I want a pair of Spring Festival couplets with a bright future. Can you help me think of one?"
Li Han smiled and said, "Of course. Then use 'Given harmony in everything, and dreams soar and glorious'. What do you think?"
The guest's eyes were bright and he said, "Okay! It's so great! Thank you so much. Judging from the young man's age, he had just graduated from college. He was so talented!"
The stall owner, the middle-aged man, and other guests in line also cheered loudly.
All of me were very moved.
The young man in front of him looked like he had just graduated from college. Maybe he hadn't graduated yet. He was so talented, which was really eye-opening!
Chapter completed!