After unlocking the material space, I raised my younger siblings in a farmhouse.

Chapter 276 Writing Spring Festival Couplets

They had only walked a little more than halfway through the afternoon market, and there were six of them in their group, each carrying at least two things.

Lin Chuyi bought gifts for Mr. Huang and Mrs. Shen who were not present. After a quick look, she found that no one could take any more. Only then did Lin Chuyi suppress her urge to continue shopping.

After strolling around for a while with their things in their arms, everyone started to walk back. By the time they returned to Lin's house, it was already the end of the afternoon.

It was already late, so they didn't stay in the county any longer. After sorting out the things they had bought today, they got on the carriage and headed back to Qingshan Village.

The twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month is a day to get rid of bad luck. On this day, everyone has to wash their hair and take a bath to get rid of the bad luck on their body and welcome the arrival of the new year.

Ordinary people at that time seldom took a bath, especially in the cold winter months, when they took a bath even less frequently.

There are two reasons for this result. First, the weather is cold in winter and the demand for firewood is very high. Every household has a large population, and if people take a bath frequently, the firewood storage at home will not be enough.

Secondly, if you take a bath in winter, you may catch a cold if you are not careful. Medical technology was not well developed at that time, and farmers who relied on farming for their livelihood did not have extra money to spend on medical treatment. This led to the fact that an ordinary cold in modern times could cost them their lives.

That is why people seldom wash their hair or take a bath in winter. But the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month is different. Today is the day to get rid of bad luck. Who doesn't want bad luck to leave and have smooth sailing in the coming year?

So on this day, every household will not be stingy with firewood, and will boil large basins of hot water during the day so that the whole family can wash their hair, take a bath, change into new clothes, and greet the arrival of the New Year with the best appearance.

Lin Chuyi was watching Aunt Huang boiling water in the kitchen and chatting with her. As she listened to Aunt Huang talking about what was to be done that day and their previous routines, her thoughts drifted away.

It is good to rescue those who are being sold like objects, teach them skills, give them jobs and let them live a new life, but even if her brand stores are opened all over the country, only a few people can be helped.

But if medical skills can be developed and promoted, not to mention serious illnesses, even minor ailments like colds and fevers can be solved quickly and effectively, it will benefit millions of people.

In this way, she can not only help the poor people who cannot afford medical treatment, but also gain a lot of merit, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. The specific implementation method still needs to be considered, but one thing that is certain is that she has to change Lin Miao's development strategy.

Lin Chuyi decided to go back to the space at night, carefully consider the specific operation methods of this matter, and formulate a complete operation process.

Lin Chuyi made up his mind, so he put the matter aside for the time being and continued chatting with Aunt Huang.

The Lin family bought firewood from the villagers, and there was an adequate supply of firewood in the firewood room. In addition, Lin Chuyi loved cleanliness, so during the time she lived at home, she not only washed her hair and took a bath frequently, but also required other people in the family to maintain hygiene and health, and prepared a lot of toiletries for them.

Under Lin Chuyi's repeated emphasis, everyone in the Lin family developed the habit of washing their hair and taking a bath frequently.

Washing your hair and taking a bath today can get rid of bad luck. Not only do they wash their hair, but they also wash it carefully several times.

Therefore, on the twenty-seventh day, the fire in the Lin family's stove was never extinguished, and buckets of hot water were delivered to the bath room. Everyone washed themselves fragrantly, and then they could greet the New Year cleanly and refreshed.

The twenty-eighth is to paste flowers. The so-called pasting flowers means pasting couplets. When Lin Chuyi went shopping on the street two days ago, he bought a large bundle of red paper in order to use it to write couplets.

Uncle Huang and Aunt Huang cut the red paper into different sizes according to Lin Chuyi's request.

After the red paper was cut, Lin Chuyi began to write couplets. Today, Lin Chuyi can be said to be an all-rounder and can write a few couplets with ease.

Lin Chuyi writes couplets very quickly. After she finishes one, other people in the family will take one away and spread it on the ground to dry, writing while they are drying.

Seeing that some of the couplets had already dried, Mr. Huang planned to use rice paste to paste them on, but was stopped by Lin Chuyi.

"Don't put it up yet. We are going to put it up at Lin's house. Collect the couplets that have been hung out to dry first, and then go to the county and put them up at Lin's house. By the way, you can go with Aunt Huang later. It will be faster if you put them up together."

"Okay." After Grandpa Huang responded, he called his grandson to collect the couplets with him.

It's not that he couldn't handle it alone, he was afraid that he was illiterate and might make a mistake on the two couplets. These were the couplets that would be posted in the county's mansion. If they were wrong, it would be a disgrace to the girl. He didn't dare to take the risk, so he wanted his educated grandson to help confirm it again.

Lin Wuyou and Lin Cheng learned of Grandpa Huang's concerns and took the initiative to help. With the addition of the three children, the speed of collecting couplets became faster. Before lunch, Grandpa Huang and Aunt Huang set off to the county with a large stack of couplets.

After Lin Chuyi gave the instructions, he continued to write Spring Festival couplets without distraction. In addition to the door couplets, Lin Chuyi also wrote a lot of blessing characters and asked the little ones to paste them.

The three of them excitedly carried rice paste and pasted the word "Fu" on all the boxes, wardrobes, and water tanks in the house. They even didn't spare the cowshed or the chicken coop. Since they wrote so much, Lin Chuyi just let them do what they wanted.

She bought a lot of red paper, and after writing the couplets, there was still a lot of red paper left. Mrs. Shen was a dexterous person, so she picked up the remaining red paper, cut it into squares, folded the cut red paper in half and then in half again, and began to cut spring flowers.

Lin Chuyi and the other four didn't know how to do this, so they just surrounded Madam Shen and watched.

It took only a few strokes for Madam Shen to cut out an exquisite window paper pattern. Everyone was interested in this skill. They each took a piece of red paper and a pair of scissors, and imitated Madam Shen, preparing to cut spring flowers themselves, but they didn't know where to start.

Madam Shen was not shy about her skills. Seeing that they were interested in this, she started teaching them from the most basic level.

A quarter of an hour later, Lin Chuyi and other students handed in their works one after another.

Among these window paper-cut works, the best ones are those by Lin Chuyi and Lin Jinxiu. Lin Chuyi has to learn a lot of things every day. Under such high-intensity learning, she has formed a unique learning method. Now, even if she does not use skills such as "photographic memory" and "comprehensive understanding", she can quickly memorize, understand and master new knowledge.

Learning to cut some simple window paper-cut patterns is a piece of cake for Lin Chuyi now.