Chapter 193 Spring Festival couplets, blessings are here
Li Er followed Zhao Mu nonchalantly, and after dinner they went to the study together.
In the study, a pair of written Spring Festival couplets are hanging aside.
Just wait for another two days to hang.
Seeing a pair of Spring Festival couplets hanging nearby, Li Er was very confused. When he saw the words on it, he stepped forward and read it.
Welcome happiness, spring, wealth, wealth, blessings, and peace. What a wonderful match for this pair.
Looking at the other side, the people are safe and the country is prosperous, and the weather is good and the country is prosperous.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, really good. He read out several Spring Festival couplets, and every sentence rhymed, making people feel very comfortable while reading it.
He looked up at Zhao Mu again, Li Yue polished it, and Zhao Mu wrote it himself.
After a while, another Spring Festival couplet was finished, and Linglong came forward and hung it aside.
Li Er stepped forward again and read out the pair.
He just stood aside and stared at it for a long time.
After a few couplets were written, he replaced it with a square piece of paper, put it aside, and wrote the word "福" in the middle.
Seeing this operation, Li Er was very confused.
"I said brother Xian, what are you doing?
What are these two words and the word "Fu" used for?"
Mainly because Li Er really didn't understand his operation.
Although I also know that Xiandi is a disciple of the gods and always likes to do something out of the ordinary.
But this time, I really didn’t understand what I was doing, so I had to ask out my doubts.
"Shopkeeper Li, don't you understand this? The name of this thing is Spring Festival couplets.
Before every Chinese New Year, stick it on the left and right sides of the door.
And this thing is called Fu Zi'er, and it can also be posted on the 4 weeks of Zhuangzi.
By the way, the word "福" must be posted upside down when posted."
Why is this perfect Chinese character "福" upside down?
The meaning of sticking it upside down means that the owner's family is blessed.
With that, he told Li Er the origin of the blessing. He also heard this story from the young master.
In ancient times, there was a prince whose family celebrated the New Year. He prepared many blessing characters and asked his servants to post them outside the gate.
But the person who was doing the work was a rough guy who didn't know how to read, so he pasted the word "福" on it during the pasting process.
When the housekeeper saw it, it was too late because the prince had already returned.
When the prince saw that the word "福" on the door was upside down, he was about to get angry, but with a few words of explanation from the butler, the bad thing turned into a good thing.
The character "福" is pasted upside down. Everyone who passes by their palace and sees their character "福" will say that the character "福" in their palace is upside down.
Blessings have arrived, blessings have arrived, which is a good meaning, and eventually it became a folk fashion!
After hearing Miss Linglong's explanation and seeing Zhao Mu who was holding a blessing letter, Li Er also became interested and stood aside to read.
I also asked about these couplets and what I should pay attention to when pasting the word "Fu", and I silently wrote it down in my heart. I can try it when I return to Chang'an City!
On the morning of the second day, Li Er left Zhaojiazhuang in a carriage and returned to Chang'an City with the half piece of cake leftover from yesterday.
Fortunately, the court has already gone on annual leave, so I don't have to be so anxious and busy.
After returning to Chang'an City, the first thing I did was to take the cake to the harem and give it to Queen Changsun!
"His Majesty!"
"Guanyin maid, this is the delicious food I got in Zhaojiazhuang. Try it quickly and see if it suits your taste?"
Li Er asked someone to fetch a plate, divided a piece with chopsticks and put it on the plate. Empress Changsun tasted it carefully.
This cake melts in your mouth and is really delicious. It tastes sweeter than other sweets.
That Mr. Zhao is really capable, he can actually create such delicious food!
"Mother."
It was said that it was too late, but it was too soon. Don't hear the sound of rapid footsteps coming from outside. Changle walked in.
Looking up, he saw his mother eating there. She quickly stepped forward to look at the cake in front of her and asked in a low voice.
"Mother, what are you eating? What is this? Why does it smell so fragrant? It must be delicious, right?"
Speaking of Changle, this cake doesn't smell very fragrant. Why is your nose so sharp?
Oh, Father, don't care about these details.
I have never seen this pastry before. It must be very delicious and I want to eat it too.
Seeing the expectant look in his daughter's eyes, Li Er asked someone to get a plate and chopsticks, got her a piece, and ate the delicious cake. It was so fragrant and delicious.
"Father, where did you get this?"
She could conclude that it was definitely not from Chang'an City. If it was from Chang'an City, she would have known it already!
"Father, didn't he do it in Zhaojiazhuang?"
The last time they went to Zhaojiazhuang, they ate a pig-killing dish. When they came back, Uncle Zhao gave each of them more than 10 kilograms of pork.
Everyone also presented a large pot of pig-killing vegetables, but it was a pity that when such a large pot of vegetables arrived at the palace, there were not enough people to share it, so everyone only had a few bites and then it was all gone!
"You are the only one who knows everything. Yes, you got this from your Uncle Zhao.
Your Uncle Zhao celebrated his birthday yesterday, and this is the birthday cake he prepared for himself."
"Uncle Zhao is so awesome, but do you want to eat birthday cake on this birthday?
When will my birthday be celebrated as my father’s wife? When it’s my birthday, can I also prepare a birthday cake?”
"Hahahaha, okay Changle, when you celebrate your birthday, as a father, I will go to Zhaojiazhuang myself and ask your Uncle Zhao to make one for you."
"Thank you, Father."
Changle jumped up happily, eating the cake and twisting it.
While he was happily eating, drinking, and dancing, another familiar voice came.
Brother Prince is here.
"I've met my father, I've met my mother, Changle, are you here too?"
"I've met the prince brother."
"I said Changle, what are you eating, so your mouth is stained?"
"Hey, Brother Prince, I'm eating cake, do you want to come over and eat too?
Uncle Zhao made this cake, and it is delicious. It is said that it is only prepared on birthdays."
"Changle, eat first."
He is a prince, not Changle. A prince has his own code of conduct and way of doing things.
Besides, the father, the emperor and the empress are still standing by and watching, so they must be reserved.
Although I looked over and was very confused and didn't know what Changle was eating, it must be delicious from the looks of it.
"Okay, here comes someone."
Li Er asked someone to prepare a new plate and chopsticks, picked up the cake on it, put it on the plate and handed it to Li Chengqian.
"Father got this in Zhaojiazhuang, eat it."
"Thank you, Father."
I didn't care about those things, picked up the chopsticks and took two big bites.
Looking up again, the queen mother had finished eating, but her father didn't seem to be moving. She put the things aside and said to her father.
"Father, this pastry is very delicious. Father, do you want to try it too?"
"Okay, I'm tired of the pastry I ate in Zhaojiazhuang. I brought it back this time just for your mother and queen.