You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 89 When

Shi Zelan looked at Shi Xiaoliu dumbfounded: "The neighbors are all enthusiastic people. Didn't you explain to them that I am only ten years old?"

"It was explained, but they still expressed concern."

Shi Zelan was very lucky at this moment. Her household registration age was only ten years old, which saved her countless troubles.

Shi Zelan looked at Shi Xiaoliu sympathetically: "It's hard to be a good person."

Shi Xiaoliu looked at her angrily: "Master and uncle can dislike treating others because they are scholars, and you can also act willfully because you are young. Can I?"

Shi Zelan sympathetically gave Shi Xiaoliu a Pure Heart Talisman: "Try holding it for a few days to see if you can avoid the enthusiastic people."

Shi Xiaoliu recognized the Pure Heart Talisman, took it and smiled: "I have already pure heart.

Okay, I'll use it for a few days and then tell you the results. "

Shi Zelan looked at him and said with a smile: "If you can't use this talisman, I have other talismans for you to use."

Shi Xiaoliu looked at her and became worried for a moment: "Sister Lan, if you are impatient when others say a few words to you, don't use the silence charm on others."

After hearing what he said, Shi Zelan was very unhappy and said, "Are ordinary people worthy of me using the talisman?"

Shi Xiaoliu thought of Aunt Zhang's arrival, and how she expressed her care and concern gushingly every time she faced him.

But she would always say a few polite words to Shi Zelan and ask, but Shi Zelan hadn't figured it out yet.

When Shi Xiaoliu heard about it, he almost laughed out of anger. Was he the one who had the enlightenment?

When he met Zhang's aunt later, he treated her coldly, but others could still talk endlessly in front of him.

Shi Zelan left very happily. During his short stay in the Black City, Shi Zelan did not want to have too much interaction with his neighbors.

Shi Xiaoliu originally had the same thoughts as her, but in daily life, he had little interaction with the scholars. Instead, he had interactions with the neighbor aunts.

Since they were going to stay in Heicheng for a while, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng took care of their two children to store food for the winter.

When the New Year was about to come, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng suddenly came up with the idea of ​​taking their two children to the entrance of the alley to write Spring Festival couplets for everyone.

After hearing this, Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan looked at them in shock: "Master (Master), Master (Uncle), haven't you changed your mind?"

Master Decheng nodded affirmatively: "If we want to enjoy the happiness of the New Year in the secular world, we should always give something."

Master Shanzheng said to Shi Zelan: "Don't worry about your handwriting being bad. I've been walking around a lot these days, and your handwriting is still barely usable."

Shi Zelan really thanked her master, but the elders made a decision, and she and Shi Xiaoliu could only obey.

The four of them set up a table at the entrance of the alley, prepared pens, ink, paper and inkstones and started writing Spring Festival couplets in their own yard.

Some neighbors came up curiously to inquire about the situation. After hearing their plans, they smiled and said: "Our alley is full of scholars. If you are really thoughtful, go to the entrance of the alley ahead."

Master Decheng and the kind-hearted people are really caring people. The next day, they went to the entrance of the alley ahead.

The two of them were sitting at the table, with Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan standing behind them at the table.

People passing by looked at the expressions of the four of them and bravely asked: "Do you need money to write Spring Festival couplets?"

Master Decheng pointed to the sign offering free Spring couplet writing: "Guests only need to bring their own red paper."

The person who asked the question turned around and said a few words to the people who came with him: "How about we give it a try?" "We have never seen these four people. What if they write bad things?"

"If you can save a penny, it's a penny, but if it's really bad, it's just a piece of paper."

Someone came forward and asked Master Decheng to write the word "福", and he wrote the word "福" seriously.

After finishing writing, more people crowded over. Shi Zelan quickly said to the women who crowded over: "Everyone, line up, and the four of us can write Spring Festival couplets for everyone."

The women glanced at Shi Zelan and said disgustedly: "You are just a child, so don't join in the fun. We want your adults to help write Spring Festival couplets."

Shi Zelan smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, but if you are in a hurry, my brother and I can also write Spring Festival couplets for everyone."

The women still lined up, with the largest number of people in front of the tables of Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng. There were also two or three people in front of Shi Xiaoliu's table who were rushing home. Only Shi Zelan's table was empty.

Shi Xiaoliu cherished this opportunity and wrote Spring Festival couplets for the guests very seriously. Then there were five or six more people in front of his table.

Throughout the day, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng never stopped working. Shi Xiaoliu also worked on twenty or thirty Spring Festival couplets. Only Shi Zelan had the most time. An old woman took pity on her and asked her to write the word "福" .

The next day, as they continued to write Spring Festival couplets, they stopped Shi Xiaoliu at the entrance of the alley and asked in a low voice: "How was your business yesterday?"

Shi Xiaoliu looked at her: "We use pen and ink to write Spring Festival couplets for others, we are not doing business."

"Then you can't do this. You are robbing the poor scholar of his livelihood."

Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng heard the woman's words. They turned around and said, "We only write today. We will come back tomorrow to study hard."

After the group of them left, the woman informed the people in the alley of the news and sighed: "I am so obsessed with reading books of all sizes that I don't even know how to earn a few pen and ink fees by the way."

People in the alley wanted to see the excitement, so they went to the entrance of the alley and were amazed when they saw people crowded with people writing Spring Festival couplets.

There were people in front of Shi Zelan's table this time. Everyone held written Spring Festival couplets and gathered around her table to talk.

They asked Shi Zelan: "Little girl, will your father and your uncle still be here writing Spring Festival couplets tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow won't come."

After Shi Zelan answered, a woman became anxious: "Why won't you come tomorrow? I've already sent the news to my natal brother."

Shi Zelan glanced at her and said, "Auntie, we can only write Spring Festival couplets for free for two days. If we exceed that, there will be some problems."

Several women left in a hurry, and one young woman looked at the Spring Festival couplets in her hands: "Then, how much pen and ink will it cost to write Spring Festival couplets?" "

Shi Zelan looked up at the woman who asked the question and said with a smile: "It depends on fate. At the moment, I can't answer randomly."

At noon on this day, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng ate the spring cakes given by the guests.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan returned to the courtyard to eat. After the meal, they took pens and ink and sent them over.

At dusk, Master Decheng and his party returned home, and there were two or three scholars waiting at the intersection.

They saluted Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng very politely: "Two master calligraphers, I don't know when you will be free. We would like to come and ask for advice?"

Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng looked at the red paper in their hands and said with a smile: "We are just people who like to write. We really cannot be called masters of calligraphy."

(End of this chapter)