Chapter 34
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That night, Tang Feng and the others slept in the Guo family house.
Tang Feng and Guo Mi shared a bed.
Guo Mi next to him had been carefully turning over, he was afraid that Tang Feng had fallen asleep. But he didn’t know that Tang Feng had already opened his eyes without any sleepiness. .
“Can’t sleep?”
Tang Feng’s voice was very loud in the middle of the night.
This startled Guo Mi, who had always thought he was cautious.
“Cousin! Are you awake? ”
Guo Mi was a little embarrassed, “I still disturbed you in the end.”
Tang Feng sighed in his heart, he was thinking about Lin Yu, so he didn’t sleep.
In the past few months, Tang Feng had long been accustomed to sleeping with Lin Yu, but he was suddenly separated, so he was a little uncomfortable. Tang Feng was not used to sleeping with others except Lin Yu.
“What about you, why haven’t you slept yet? It’s been a tiring day today. ”
Guo Mi was the host’s family, therefore they had not had it as easy as Tang Feng and the others as guests.
Guo Mi stretched out his hand and scratched his head, staring at the dark roof with a pair of clear eyes.
“You remembered the young man who was looking for me today, right? If he hadn’t come to me, I would have forgotten. ”
Tang Feng remembered Wu Feng earlier in the daytime, who mistakenly regarded himself as Guo Mi raised his eyebrows and said, “You guys promised to take the Xiucai exam together at that time?”
Guo Mi frowned, “No, at that time when I went to town with my Father, I accidentally saw him begging on the street with his own Amo, so I gave him some reliefs. And he said that he would take the Xiucai exam with me in the future to repay me.”
Although he didn’t understand why they had to take the Xiucai exam together, it’s precisely to repay them.
“But I was only seven or eight years old at that time, I didn’t understand anything, how would I know I was going to learn the abacus, and now he even found me by my door………, alas!”
Guo Mi covered his head with a quilt, and the sound of urn gas came from it.
“Huh, what’s the smell?” Guo Mi’s incomprehensible voice came out again, but his head did not come out.
Tang Feng turned around silently, of course there was a smell, he just let out a fart.
There was still silence.
After breakfast the next day, the Tang family also said goodbye to the Guo family, and passed through the town. Tang Feng bought some red paper, which was to be used to write couplets. Tang Amo and Lin Yu went to buy some other things for the New Year, and Father Tang stayed in the place where the dry tobacco was sold, and was blowing smoke with a man while also enjoying the smell of “smoke”.
Because he bought a lot of things, Father Tang made a hard effort to find a donkey cart to return home.
As soon as they put everything away and tidied up, they sat down to quench their thirst but stood up when they heard a knock on the door.
“I’m afraid something happened since we’ve all been away for a day. I’ll take a look.”
Father Tang was afraid that the villagers would come to the door because something happened, so he hurriedly went to open the door.
“You’re all back!”
Father Lin outside the door stood at the gate with his hand on his waist, looking unhappy. He ran to the Tang family yesterday for unknown amount of times to wait for Tang Feng, that kid to come back.
It was hard to see the figure of the Tang family. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even bring the umbrella, and just braced the wind and snow to rush over.
“In-law! Quickly come in, quickly come in!” Father Tang saw Father Lin and hurriedly beckoned the other party to come in.
“It’s because of my Father-in-law’s birthday yesterday, so everyone wasn’t at home,” Father Tang explained to Father Lin who entered the door, while yelling into the house, “The in-laws are here!”
“Father-in-law.”
After Tang Feng put a stool for Father Lin, he lit the brazier and placed it in the middle of several people to warm up together.
“Father.”
Lin Yu handed Father Lin a bowl of hot tea, Father Lin glanced at him but did not take it.
Lin Yu sighed helplessly.
“I wasn’t home yesterday, and I don’t have any cold herbal tea left.”
Father Lin took it at this time.
“I’m here to find Tang Feng.”
“Father-in-law please speak.”
Father Lin cleared his throat, “Isn’t it because you have a good handwriting? I would like to ask you to write a few couplets for our family! ”
Tang Feng thought it was something else, “Of course. ”
Father Lin was very satisfied, “Then I’ll just say it, you write it down, Lao Lin, I, can’t write.”
“This is?”
Father Tang did not understand for a while.
“It’s because I heard Wang Laomo said that his husband, Old Xiucai Wang, wrote a couplet for Tang Feng to write? I’ve thought of several pairs myself! I want to put it on the door of the kitchen, the door of the courtyard, and the door of the hall! ”
At that time, if others asked who wrote this couplet, he would say that his son-in-law wrote it, but he came up with it himself! Let others also see that he was not the same as the ordinary old man who cannot read a word.
Think by himself?
Several people in the Tang family looked at each other, but Tang Feng was even more inexplicably expectant.
What will this couplet that Father Lin came up with be?
“Then you say, I can remember it.”
Father Lin put down the tea bowl and gently closed his eyes under everyone’s gaze.
“Good! Good! Good! ”
Opening his eyes, “This is the left antithetical couplet. ”
He closed his eyes.
“Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! ”
Opening his eyes, “This is the right antithetical couplet. ”
Then with a satisfied face, he said the horizontal antithetical couplet, “Excellent!”
Tang Feng: ……………….
Lin Yu: ……………….
Tang family husband and wife: ………………, there seems to be something wrong.
“What are you watching me for?” Seeing that everyone looked at him dumbfounded, Father Lin said dissatisfied, “Tang Feng! Did you take note of it? ”
Tang Feng coughed lightly, his eyes flickered a little, “Father-in-law, dare to ask what is the intention of your couplets?”
Father Lin looked helpless, the bottom of his eyes was full of contempt for Tang Feng, “What other intention can it have! I just hope everyone in the family is well! This is what I am going to hang at the entrance of the courtyard, I have several more couplets, I will tell you, you have to remember it well. ”
“Don’t! Father, none of what you said will work. ”
Lin Yu spoke before Tang Feng could speak.
“What?! I’ve been thinking about this for days! ”
Father Lin’s expression was as shocking as it could be.
“It’s really not good. Although I can’t read, I know that what you have come up with isn’t good. Let Husband think of something for you.”
Father Lin shrugged his face, quite crestfallen.
Father Tang and Tang Amo looked at each other and did not interject. Tang Feng held back a smile, softly soothed, “Father-in-law, don’t worry, I won’t change it completely for you, I will just think of adding a few words to this, what do you think?”
Father Lin’s eyes lit up, he looked straight at Tang Feng, “Really?”
“Of course.” Tang Feng said affirmatively.
“Okay, you change it.”
Father Lin finally compromised.
“Good luck welcoming happy events!”
“Be met with wonderfulness!”
“The horizontal antithetical couplet: Happy events occur repeatedly.”
(Author: Forgive me for picking random things!!!! ）
Tang Feng didn’t want to give Father Lin any lofty couplet, so he directly changed what the other party said and used it directly. Now even a peasant family would understand it as soon as they heard it.
“Good!”
Father Lin really understood it, he wonderfully praised him.
Next, Tang Feng changed them one by one according to the other pairs that Father Lin came up with, until Father Lin was satisfied. Tang Feng went to Lin’s house with Father Lin and wrote couplets on the cut red paper.
“Second brother-in-law, Amo said to have a meal first before leaving.”
Lin Wen walked slowly from the kitchen to the hall and said with some reluctance.
Tang Feng was burying his head in writing the couplet, “Okay, then I will not be polite.”
Lin Wen: ……………, why not be polite.
Lin Zhuang stood on the side and looked at Tang Feng, his eyes were full of admiration. He admired scholars. Lin Zhuang also went to school, but after half a day, he couldn’t stand it, and he wasn’t willing to go the next day no matter what. Helpless, Lin Amo had to let him be.
After all, peasant families did not have enough money, since his own baby did not have that talent, he would rather not waste the money.
And Lin Yu, Lin Wen are all Gers, Ger academy was only available in the county. Moreover, it’s a specially run Ger’s academy, which was full of Gers, and the payment was very high, how could an average peasant family afford it.
“Second brother-in-law, I heard Amo say that you can write such beautiful words by looking at other people’s words, really amazing!”
Tang Feng lifted the brush and looked sideways at Lin Zhuang with a humble expression, “What’s amazing about this, if you want to learn, I can teach you.”
When Lin Zhuang heard this, the humility on his face was covered by anxiety. His head shook like a rattle, “Don’t! No! I just admire you scholars! But I don’t want to be a scholar!”
Tang Feng had heard about Lin Zhuang from Lin Yu, when he saw him behaving like this, he knew the details and did not delve into it, “Then that’s fine.”
Lin Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief, the whole person much more energetic.
“If you want to, come find me.”
Another show of rattling.
If you want to, come find me…!! When Lin Wen, who was about to serve the dishes, entered through the door of the hall, he heard Tang Feng’s words, and his whole face turned green.
This! This! It’s so shameless!
After finishing the “happy family” dinner, Tang Feng and Father Lin and the others let their mouths loose before preparing to leave.
“You’re useless! What did I raise you for! Your moral integrity is really like your Amo! I will beat you to death! Beat you to death!”
A roar came from a family not far from Lin’s house.
“………。”
“Why are you still muffled! You, this moral integrity, it’s the same as your Amo! It’s all the same!”
“……………。”
Lin Amo sighed when he heard this, “It’s the Wu family again.”
“I’ll take a look!”
Lin Zhuang rushed out directly!
“Come back! Come back! ”
Seeing Lin Zhuang like this, Lin Amo hurriedly shouted, but this Lin Zhuang was too much in a hurry, how could he have heard what his own Amo said?
“What are you stunned about! You go! How can he, an unmarried man, take care of the family affairs of an unmarried Ger!” Lin Amo kicked Father Lin, who was slow to move, and roared angrily.
Father Lin reacted and rushed over.
“This…”
Tang Feng opened his mouth.
“Go home quickly, Ah Yu must still be waiting for you now,” Lin Amo said softly, “As for them, you don’t have to care, you have to remember your identity.”
The following sentence had some hidden meaning, but Tang Feng understood it clearly. He cupped his hands to Lin Amo and left.
He didn’t think about it, but remembered his eldest brother-in-law’s reaction, it was a little too much.
Thinking like this, Tang Feng stepped on the thick snow, listened to the crunching sound under his feet, and returned to the Tang family.
“I knew you were going to eat there,” Father Tang was just washing his feet, and smiled when he saw Tang Feng enter the door, “Did the in-laws let you drink tiger whip wine today?”
Tang Feng shook his head. Tang Amo came out to pour water, heard Father Tang’s words, and glared at him fiercely, “What did you say!”
Lin Yu was cleaning up the room, it was getting colder and colder, so he had to take out another quilt to use.
Tang Feng finished washing his feet and pushed open the door, “Haven’t slept yet?”
“It’s so cold these days, I added a bed quilt, come, help me pinch a corner.” Lin Yu said while holding a corner of the sheet to Tang Feng.
Tang Feng put the brush and ink in his hand into the box, took the corner of the sheet and worked with Lin Yu to sort out and put the quilt in place.
“That Wu Laosan always cause a big ruckus every time?”
As soon as Lin Yu heard this, he knew that the Wu family was making trouble again. Remembering Wu De’s thin little body, he sighed helplessly, “Yes, don’t look at Wu De’s thin body, he’s stubborn, every time his Father hits him, no matter how much pain he feels, he just won’t cry out loud which makes his Father even angrier, so he beats him even harder.”
Tang Feng thought of Lin Zhuang, “Father-in-law, they and the Wu family are also neighbors, when the Wu family makes a fuss, with Father-in-law’s conduct, they would not sit idly by, right?”
“We persuaded him several times already, but when we left, it was the same result not long after.”
Lin Yu took off his coat, lifted the quilt, and laid down, “Come in quickly, it’s really warmer with the quilt.”
Tang Feng turned off the light, laid beside Lin Yu, and gently leaned on, “I have to let Father and Amo go find that Wu family son to have a talk when they have time.”
Lin Yu tilted his head sideways, “Find Wu Zhong?”
Wu Zhong is the son brought by Wu Step Amo, because his Amo married into the Wu family, so he also changed his surname.
Tang Feng nodded and hugged Lin Yu tightly, “Sleep, I slept with Guo Mi last night, and didn’t sleep well at all.”
“What’s wrong?”
Tang Feng in the dark let out a burst of laughter, “What else, I was missing you.”
Lin Yu hooked the corners of his mouth and closed his eyes, it’s not that he didn’t miss him too.
The next morning, at the dining table, Tang Feng told the Tang family husband and wife about the Wu family. After eating, Father Tang and Tang Amo both went out.
The author has something to say: “I heard, today is Valentine’s Day?”
Villager 1: I heard that today is Valentine’s Day?
Guo Mi: “What does it have anything to do with me, I am still a baby!”
Villager 2: I heard that today is Valentine’s Day?
Hu Qiang, Wu Zhu: “What can I do! I’m desperate too!” Tearful eyes watched as the person walked in front of them, but ignored them, their Wen Qing.
Villager 3: I heard that today is Valentine’s Day?
Hu Qiang: “Lover’s tribulation?! What kind of tribulation is this?! ”
Villager 4: I heard that today is Valentine’s Day?
Wen Shu: “So what? I’m still going to study!”
Wen Qing: “What does it have anything to do with me?”
Villager 5: I heard that today is Valentine’s Day?
Tang Feng and Lin Yu, who went out hand in hand, looked at each other affectionately, “As long as he is here, every day is Valentine’s Day.”
A large wave of villagers who had eaten a bucket of dog food wiped a handful of bitter tears, “I heard today is Valentine’s Day, wuwu (cries) ”
Ciacia/N: Whistle everyone! Whistle! xD
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