The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month!

As soon as he got up, Li Changping saw Yan Bugui directing the family to set up a table in the courtyard.

There is also red paper, a porcelain bowl, and a brush with some lint on the table.

When Li Changping saw this scene, he also understood that Yan Bugui had begun to write a couplet.

That’s right, it’s time to add some couplets.

Just after Yan Bugui finished setting the table, the remaining residents in the front yard came to the table and began to ask Yan Bugui to write couplets.

Of course, Yanbu Gui’s writing of couplets was not free of charge. He also charged some writing fees, such as peanuts, melon seeds, candies, etc.

Li Changping didn't read a book today, so he walked out of the room and came to the table where Yan Bugui came to write a couplet.

Looking at the big characters written by Yan Bugui, he silently compared with what he had written, but said nothing.

When Yan Bugui saw Li Changping coming over, he had just finished writing a couplet and said with a smile: "Changping, what do you think of this couplet I wrote?"

When Li Changping heard Yan Bugui's words, he lowered his head and looked.

The first couplet is: The people are safe and the country is prosperous;

The second line is: good weather brings good times;

The horizontal comment is: The Republic of China is peaceful.

I couldn't help but say: "The third uncle is worthy of being a teacher. This couplet is a masterpiece.

Of course, in addition to writing this couplet well, I also have a good command of this calligraphy!"

Yan Bugui really looks down on other people in the courtyard. After all, he is a teacher. Although he is only a primary school teacher, he also considers himself a scholar.

But it is different for Li Changping. Li Changping is a college student. In previous eras, he was a scholar, and when he came out, he was an official!

Of course, now that I have graduated, I am also a cadre.

But Yan Bugui regards Li Changping as a close friend!

After all, they are the only two scholars in the courtyard now.

Therefore, Yan Bugui was very happy. After all, hearing compliments from others was not as honorable as compliments from Li Changping, who was like a close friend!

This person always gets a little carried away when he is praised and flattered. Therefore, Yan Bugui directly stepped aside and said to Li Changping: "Come on, come on, Changping, you can also write one and let me see it."

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Li Changping hurriedly excused himself. Firstly, he was too lazy to do anything. Secondly, if the writing was good, it would make Yan Bugui lose face, but if the writing was bad, he would lose face.

Therefore, Li Changping remained unmoved when Yan Bugui tried to persuade him.

But Li Changping didn't compare. The people in the courtyard were all people who just watched the excitement and didn't take it too seriously.

Another neighbor in the front yard said at this time: "Changping, you're here to celebrate the New Year, why don't you show your skills and let us share your talent."

Following this neighbor's words, people in the entire front yard instantly cheered.

So, Li Changping had no choice but to agree, and at the same time he looked at Yan Bugui apologetically, but Yan Bugui didn't see Li Changping's eyes.

Li Changping walked to the place where Yan Bugui was before, picked up the brush from the table, took a deep sip of ink in the bowl, closed his eyes and thought about it, and then the brush started to flow.

In less than two minutes, a couplet was written.

At this time, a neighbor said: "Everywhere in the world is pure color."

Then another voice read: "Thousands of rivers and thousands of mountains will be illuminated."

"Everything is renewed,"

As the couplet was read out, the word "good" came out of Yan Bugui's mouth.

As a cultural person, I naturally think this couplet is very good.

So he hurriedly stepped forward and lowered his head to look.

It was at this moment when he lowered his head that Yan Bugui's old face twitched.

There is no way, anyone can tell the quality of this calligraphy, and he also knows calligraphy. Although he is not particularly proficient in calligraphy, he naturally has to say "I admire" Li Changping's calligraphy.
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At this time, with Yan Bugui's shrewdness, he also understood why Li Changping had just shied away. It was because he didn't want to steal his limelight.

Thinking of this, Yan Bugui wants to give himself two mouths and let you pretend. Now, there is another person in the courtyard who can write big characters. In the past, the retouching fee was a little bit a year, but now, I think it is

No more.

When he thought of this, Yan Bugui's heart began to hurt.

Li Changping felt very clearly about Yan Bugui's current situation, and he also saw clearly about other people in the compound, so he said directly: "Third uncle, I have to go to the department store now, so I'll leave first."

There is a saying that you can't afford to offend, but you can afford to hide.

People in the compound, seeing that they can also write big characters, will definitely let them write. After all, they make Yanbu more expensive and need to pay some writing fees. If they let themselves write, they will definitely be embarrassed to do it as a child.

As for the quality of speaking and writing, people in the courtyard don't care about that. They only think about saving some things so that they, the elderly and children can eat more.

After all, this is a problem of this era. Every family is worried about having a bite to eat every day, so naturally they have to make calculations at every turn.

Although Li Changping understands, it does not mean that Li Changping needs to be a good person.

Of course, bad people can't do it either, so leaving is a good idea.

After all, the two days of the year are used to write couplets during the Chinese New Year. How can it be used at other times? Even if it is used, I will no longer stay in the compound!

Of course, when Li Changping said he was going to the department store, he was not just saying it randomly. He really wanted to go to the department store to buy something.

Although I can be self-sufficient in food and drink in my small world, I have to go out and buy other things.

Li Changping did not take a car, but walked to the department store.

It’s been a long time since I came to this era, but I still haven’t taken a good look at the world. I just happened to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to take a good look.

Walking and stopping along the way, it took Li Changping about two hours to reach the front of the department store.

Li Changping turned his attention to the department store, and the history of the department store emerged in his mind.

After the founding of the new country, the first large-scale department store and retail store built in Forty-Nine City was known as the "Number One Store in the Country".

In this era, department stores have unique treatment: "The whole country supports the capital, and the capital gives priority to buildings."

At that time, the department store was the only retail enterprise in Sijiucheng that had the right to purchase goods nationwide and enjoyed the treatment of second-level wholesale stations. It could directly purchase goods at preferential prices from first-level wholesale stations in major cities such as TJ, SH, and GZ.<

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Because of this, there was a popular saying in Sijiucheng at that time: "If you can't buy things in department stores, don't go anywhere."
Chapter completed!