Genshin Impact: My confession was rejected, so I traveled to seven countries

Chapter 243: Harmony and Prosperity

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The streets were bustling with people, and the lively atmosphere of the Lantern Festival was already permeating the air. Su Mo and Zhang Yan walked side by side, Su Mo's eyes wandering among the crowd, as if searching for something.

"Look, it's almost the Lantern Festival, and there are still quite a lot of people on the streets." Su Mo said as he looked at the busy streets.

Zhang Yan frowned, a little puzzled: "Well, didn't you say you were going to take a walk? Why are you here?"

Su Mo smiled lightly, not taking it seriously: "The atmosphere of the world is just like that, isn't it spinning?"

Su Mo looked into the distance, then glanced at Zhang Yan who was standing beside him nonchalantly. Some thoughts flashed in his eyes, and then he walked to a stall selling couplets and took a look.

"Boss, how much is this couplet?" Su Mo picked up a couplet and asked curiously.

"One thousand Mora a pair, how many pairs do you want, young man?" the stall owner answered enthusiastically.

Su Mo picked up the couplet and looked at it: "One pair, right? Let me see those blessing characters." He pointed to the blessing paper in the distance.

"Okay." The boss said, handing Su Mo a bunch of blessing characters. Pick whatever you want.

Su Mo looked at the gold-plated "Fu" characters and nodded with satisfaction. Then he picked out a few and handed them to the boss.

"Just these few. See how many Mora there are."

The boss took it and calculated the price. While the boss was packing, Su Mo asked, "Boss, business is good, right? I just saw a lot of people buying things from you."

The boss couldn't help but laugh: "Young man, you're joking. Look at this couplet, it's only one thousand Mora. How much money can you make from it?"

Su Mo was also a little curious when he heard this.

"Then you still set up a stall?"

"I've been busy all year, and I can't wait to have some free time. It's the Lantern Festival, so I thought I'd take advantage of this atmosphere to start a small business to supplement my family income. I'll earn as much as I can."

Su Mo couldn't help but laugh when he heard that.

"The boss is a man of action and a man of action."

He praised it like this.

The boss waved his hand: "No, I'm just busy with life. If you have money, who would be willing to suffer from the cold wind here?" As he said that, the boss handed the packaged couplets to Su Mo.

"Hey, little brother, here's your couplet."

"Okay, boss, I wish you a prosperous new year."

The boss smiled and cupped his fists.

"Thank you for your kind words, I also wish you a prosperous new year and all the best."

Su Mo nodded and turned to leave.

"Why did you buy this?" Zhang Yan looked at the couplet in Su Mo's hand, speechless.

"To put up couplets." Su Mo answered as a matter of course.

"You didn't buy it?"

Su Mo couldn't help but roll his eyes at him: "Nonsense, if I had bought it, why would I buy this?"

Zhang Yan was speechless. As expected, nothing good would happen if this guy came to him.

"Then are you going to drag me to buy lanterns and all those other things next?" Zhang Yan said with a forced smile.

"Smart." Su Mo snapped his fingers and said affirmatively.

"Haha, then I won't turn around anymore. I'm going back." Zhang Yan said as he turned to leave.

Su Mo quickly grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, it's just a purchase. You've already come out, why are you going back? It's Chinese New Year, you're really spoiling the fun."

Zhang Yan couldn't help but sigh.

Ok,

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Zhang Yan looked at the paste in his hand speechlessly.

"So this is why you asked me to come with you?"

"Otherwise"

"Haha, you are so honest."

"Hey, help me post it now that I'm here."

Okay, that's the sentence again.

"Don't be so depressed. At worst, I can go and help you when your family puts it up." Su Mo said.

"Haha, I didn't even put up the stickers on my own house. I had already put them up when you went there just now. Why are you telling me this now?"

Su Mo brought a ladder, climbed up, looked down and reminded.

"Here, give me the first line."

Zhang Yan suddenly unfolded the couplet and saw that on one side it was written, "The beautiful landscape is always in spring." On the other side it was written, "Good fortune comes naturally in the quiet years."

Zhang Yan was a little confused for a moment. As long as spring is there, happiness will come naturally?

He knew that the last few words of the upper and lower couplets had to be read, but he really couldn't tell the difference between the two words "Spring is always here, and blessings come naturally."

Is it the presence of spring that brings blessings to the home, or is it the presence of blessings that brings about the presence of spring in the home?

Zhang Yan frowned slightly and was in a dilemma.

"Huh? What are you doing?" Su Mo, who had been waiting for a long time but had not received the Spring Festival couplets, could not help but take a look at the situation below. He saw Zhang Yan looking at the couplets for a long time without any movement, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Hearing this, Zhang Yan looked up and asked in confusion: "Which is the first couplet and which is the second couplet?"

"The first couplet has a ze (third or fourth) tone at the end, and the second couplet has a ping (first or second) tone at the end."

Su Mo couldn't help but feel worried about Zhang Yan's intelligence: "You are a bookstore owner after all. If you don't understand this kind of thing, how can you sell books? You can't just watch your clerk sell them."

Zhang Yan smeared paste on the first couplet and handed it to Su Mo.

"What do you know? I'm the boss, why would I do this? At most, I'll talk to big clients in person. Besides, whether or not this happens has nothing to do with whether or not I can sell books."

Su Mo took it and pasted it on the wall. Then, while arranging it, he said, "You have to know a little bit about it. Others have mentioned that the owner of Xuanyan Bookstore is illiterate? That's so shameful."

Zhang Yan posted the following on the wall and complained casually, "I'm not sure if I'm illiterate, but at most I can't tell the difference between the upper and lower couplets. As for the rest, I understand a little bit."

Su Mo got down the ladder, moved it to the other side, and climbed up.

"From what you said, you know a lot?"

Zhang Yan smeared paste on the back of the second couplet and handed it to Su Mo.

"I can't say much, but at least it's better than you who only read sage books all day... Oops, hold on tight, you almost dropped it."

Su Mo flicked the paste on his hand and said casually, "Don't worry, it might fall off." Then Su Mo took it, pasted it on, and smoothed it from top to bottom with a broom.

"Okay, all that's left is the banner."

"Here, the one next to you, give it to me."

Zhang Yan finished the banner and handed it to Su Mo.

Su Mo felt the slightly damp banner in his hand and frowned slightly: "Why are you applying so much? Do you think I'm putting it on too easily?"

Zhang Yan was speechless: "Then take it down and I'll get you some more?"

"forget it."

Su Mo placed it just above the threshold and smoothed it out.

After coming down, I looked at the couplets and banners and nodded.

I saw

The first couplet reads: The country is beautiful and spring is always here.

The second line reads: Good fortune comes naturally in peaceful times.

Horizontal banner: Harmony and prosperity

Then Su Mo pointed at the couplet and read it word by word: "Look, the beautiful country is always in spring, and the peaceful years bring blessings. '在' is the fourth tone, so it is the first line. '来' is the second tone, so it is the second line."

"Remember, don't make a mistake next time." Su Mo instructed.

"Oh, I see." Zhang Yan said impatiently.

This guy started showing off his cultural knowledge to him again.

Su Mo didn't say anything about it, just nodded.

"Let's go. We're done. We want to go shopping, right? Let's go."

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