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The two hundred and fifty-fourth chapter [Spring Festival couplets in the pre-Qin era]

The New Year is over, and in the eyes of the ancients, this is really a barrier. Without the harvest of autumn grain, the cold birds are hard to eat at the end of the year, and there is not much accumulation of grain at home. But during the New Year, they always have to sell some grain to change pieces of meat, and pull a few feet of new cloth to measure clothes for the children? The family is almost empty, and the creditors have to force the door. What is this not the gate? It will be a good year after the past. If you can't get through, the family will hold it and cry, and then sell it as a slave, and go to those big families to be pigs and dogs, just for two meals a day.

Since Baijiazhuang was released, you can see the prosperity of fifty years at a glance. As long as Bai Dong is here, the New Year's Eve of the Bai family is not called "Qing". Like those nobles, this is called "Qing". On the 29th day of the New Year, hundreds of pigs and sheep were killed in the village early in the morning. The pigs were castrated as Bai Dong's request, and they were not smelly and were more chewy than the taste of mutton.

The best sheep tendon meat and pork buttocks can only be enjoyed by Bai Longye's family and Bai Dong's family. It was sent by the clan members early in the morning, but Bai Dong was worried about the tendon meat. The Qin people value lamb, especially the top-grade tendon meat selected from hundreds of sheep. According to the rules of the old Qin people, those who are daughter-in-law during the Chinese New Year should cook this meat carefully to honor their parents-in-law. Bai Dong's father died early, so the Bai family's wife should make this meat for her mother to taste. After the mother ate it, she smiled happily. This is considered that the daughter-in-law has fulfilled her filial piety and will be harmonious and beautiful next year.

The difficulty lies in the fact that Bai Dong’s wife has not married, but she already has two concubines, Bitter Wine and Flea. Although Bitter Wine is a big matchmaker for Li Jiang, and her status is different from that of an ordinary concubine, Flea has also made contributions to the Bai family. Her mother has not favored her, and Bai Dong also regards her as the palm of her hand. However, these two women who are good at her on weekdays seem to be close friends this time were secretly competing.

Now that Bai Dong thinks of this, he wants to slap himself. If you want to blame him, you have to blame himself! Seeing that the old soldiers trained well, the Gongshu made some things like flying tiger claw hanging steel cables. He wanted to build these old soldiers into the unique "Flying Tiger Team" of the Bai family. He didn't expect that the fleas would be so powerful. With the training plan he provided, he actually turned these old soldiers into strange people who could fly over the eaves and walls.

Although Bai Dong ordered the news to be kept confidential, he could not hide the bitter wine. This girl found a lingering night, taking advantage of the hazy moon and birds. She was also a chicken soup and a horse killed chicken, which made Bai Dong feel comfortable. She blew a pillow in his ears: "Honey, killing Nan Mo, how powerful is it? The rogues in the world were shocked. Who dared to invade our Baijiazhuang? Besides, even if there are those bold rats, aren't there any experts like Sang Wazi and the flea sister in our family? It's our Wenhua

Supermarkets have opened branches in various countries and the most precious goods sold. Whenever they are transporting goods, they have to worry about encountering bandits on the way. The invited rangers alone are unreliable after all. Last time, a ranger stole goods and injured the escort manager sent by our family. Look, these veterans who followed their husbands to the battlefield are reliable. It is too wasteful for three hundred people to stay in the village, so they cannot be allocated to me, and it will save people from worrying about being afraid every time."

Bai Dong was in a dilemma. These three hundred veterans were trained by fleas and whips. She regarded them as a treasure. Now she was always a bit inappropriate when she opened her mouth to ask for someone. During the Chinese New Year, if the two wives had a conflict, wouldn’t they have to stay at home?

"I know you are in a dilemma. I'm not going to be unable to get along with my sister fleas? Her life experience is even more pitiful than mine. I have my father, but she has never even seen her parents. For the safety of you and the Bai family, fighting alone in the forest of ink blood is heartbreaking... But what my husband said, the way to do business is to make full use of all the resources in his hands. If you waste one money, you will lose ten money. These three hundred old soldiers are so powerful, it is much easier to use than those rangers. Isn't it the biggest waste to stay in the village? If you are afraid that the fleas sister will misunderstand, then transfer one hundred people to the escort of the trading company and then fifty people to use for the academy in the future. This is a normal allocation, but it is not my greed?"

Bird wine is very reasonable, and she is not really jealous of fleas. She is just a strong business woman, and she can’t stand these “old military resources” being wasted.

Bai Dong shouldn't have agreed to her, but when he ran to the fleas, he was almost beaten by the fleas. Fortunately, Nie Zhu is loyal to protecting the master, so he was shocked. After the flea girl vented her anger, she knew that the overall situation was the most important thing and promised him to transfer 150 old soldiers. However, taking the overall situation into consideration, if you have any small knots in your heart, you would be deceiving yourself. A few days ago, she pestered Bai Dong and asked him to teach him how to make mutton. When slaughtering sheep this morning, she pointed to the lamb to be slaughtered and said that the tendon meat should be left for her and she should be filial to her mother-in-law.

Bai Dong was suddenly overwhelmed and had agreed to the bitter wine earlier. The tendon meat he got this year must be made from bitter wine. Who would have thought that a young wife who never likes to wear a red dress and is going to have a difficult time this year?

This is difficult. I have already agreed to bitter wine. It is not appropriate to separate her 'filial piety' at this moment, but fleas are also filial piety, so why should I discourage others' enthusiasm? As soon as the sheep tendon meat was sent into the door, the bitter wine smelled, and after receiving it, they had to clean and divide it. Suddenly, the fragrant wind flashed in front of me, and the fleas appeared in front of me, staring at Bai Dong with their big black eyes: "Husband, I have said that I should also be filial to my mother-in-law, and I want this tendon meat too!"

"Sister flea, you can't make meat, you've ruined this good thing without any means... Let my sister do it. My mother can't finish it alone, so I'll give it to you the second one, which will make sure it will smell good."

Bird wine turned around and wanted to leave with the meat, but was blocked by fleas: "Slow. My sister worked so hard, and I had to worry about Wenhua Supermarket and the distribution and use of the three hundred old soldiers. My sister was very ashamed. Let me share some of the burden this time. If my sister is polite, my sister will be angry."

"Oh, my sister is wrong. I'm not afraid of hard work. Besides, if the sheep tendons and flesh are divided, then even filial piety is divided? So this year, my sister will do it alone. In the order of seniority, my sister should only do it next year. Don't you have to worry?"

"Sister knows it. I'm just an impatient..."

You know it would be like this! Oh my God. Bijiu was such a gentle woman before marriage. Although the flea was ridiculous, he was still a cute person. How long after that, he became a jealous woman? Later philosophers said nothing wrong, marriage is the grave of love!

Bai Dong was one big and two big. He looked at the two women smiling and said, but he could smell the smell of gunpowder hidden in it. It would be fine if he had a hand in the Bai Family Trading Company and Wenhua Supermarket. After being in the position for a long time, he naturally would not forgive him. He could not imagine that once the fleas were cured, his little mouth would be able to speak well... Why did he forget that this little girl was born in the Mo family. Which of the Mo family's children is not a master who can both be both civil and military, and can dance a sword and dismount? Help!

"Your letter has arrived. The emperor said that Bai Zuo doesn't have to welcome him..."

Bitter wine and fleas became stubborn and could not stop each other for a while. Bai Dong felt a headache, and the familiar voice was heard. But Fan Qiang arrived. Lao Qin’s “Inner Prime Minister” personally wrote a letter, and he was naturally extraordinary. If he had to burn incense to welcome him, Bai Dong was overjoyed. Fan Bo, you are my uncle, and you came too timely!

"The New Year is approaching, but I still miss you, but after thinking about it, I really don't know what to reward you. Your sister-in-law said, you have more money than you, your wife is literary and martial, and she is more blessed than you. Even if you give money, you won't be rare, and you won't be able to reward beauty. I'm afraid that my flea brother and sister will enter the Lihua Palace, so why not just reward you with a piece of meat? There is also a piece of red cloth, remember to hang it in front of the door and ask for a good omen..."

After reading Junshu, Fan Qiang did not rush to leave. He drank the fragrant tea delivered by Bai Chi. He looked at the bitter wine and fleas in a glance. After seeing the form clearly, the old guy smiled strangely at Bai Dong: "Boy, you are very kind to you. Bo Fan has been teaching Junshu for half his life. This is the first time he has seen Junshu speak to his ministers in such a tone. It's the Chinese New Year that your family must be harmonious and beautiful, don't let the Lord worry?"

"Boe Fan said, bitter wine and fleas, why don't you accept the reward from the Lord?"

The two wives were still looking at the luck of the sheep tendon meat, and when did they stop using Ying Quliang's reward? Bitter wine and fleas looked at each other, one came to pick up the meat, and the other came to pick up the red cloth. Seeing the red cloth, Bai Dong's heart was jumped: "Is this hanging on the door?"

Fan Qiang looked at him: "Or else would you let you make clothes?"

"Haha, Bai Chi, prepare the pen and ink! Cut three pieces of red cloth, two long and one short, the size is... I need to write Spring Festival couplets on this left!"

"Spring Festival couplets?"

Bai Chi was slightly stunned. He really didn't understand what this was, but thinking that his master had always been novel in his ways, he didn't ask much, took Bai Dong's size and found someone to cut the red cloth.

"The day after tomorrow is the New Year, and it is also the season of spring. Is your 'Spring Festival' related to the New Year? Fan Bo wants to see what you can write..."

Fan Qiang was not eating tea or snacks. When he saw Bai Chi holding the pen and ink and cut red cloth, he also walked towards the stone table in the courtyard to see Bai Dong's new invention; he didn't bother with fleas and bitter wine. One of them held the sheep tendon meat, the other one held the meat given by Ying Quliang, and stood beside Bai Dong and watched curiously.

Bai Dong pondered slightly and wrote the first couplet, "The husband and wife follow this to gather wealthy wealth." Fan Qiang looked at it and immediately called Cai. Bird wine and fleas looked at each other, but their faces were slightly red.

Bai Dong smiled and looked at his two wives, and then wrote the second couplet, "Only by the mother, kind and filial son, can you have good fortune and prosperity for the descendants."

"This sentence is better! The two-line poem expresses the love between mother and son, but it always makes people feel that something is missing?" Fan Qiang looked at the fleas and bitter wine, and clearly wanted to take advantage of the topic.

"Fan Bo, this is not a new poem, but a couplet, which is divided into two parts: the first couplet and the second couplet. You are not wrong, and you have missing a horizontal copy, which serves as a point of view."

Bai Dong smiled slightly, pulled apart the upper and lower lines, and wrote five words on the shortest and narrowest red cloth - "Home harmony is prosperous."

Fan Qiang laughed loudly, and he laughed very strangely; his face turned redder even more. Isn’t this couplet written for himself?

Seeing Bai Dong's family sticking the couplet on the door, Fan Qiang recited it several times, nodding repeatedly every time he recited it, pulling him aside secretly, lowering his voice and said, "Boy, Fan is right this time. You kid can coax your wife. It seems that you can't reconcile the right and wrong of this matter..." (To be continued...)

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