I have a mirror of two realms

Chapter 163 Preparations before the New Year
After talking about the piano music, Li Erer's cheeks turned slightly red.

She thought about it for a moment, then asked with a concerned look on her face: "Sir, seeing that the New Year is approaching, what preparations are you going to make?"

"Uh?"

Wang Teng was stunned, and naturally raised his hand and patted his forehead.

He looked at Li Erer with apologetic eyes and said, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about celebrating the New Year. Let me count the days first. What day is today?"

"puff!"

Li Erer couldn't help laughing, his beautiful eyebrows curved into crescent moons.

She lightly covered Cherry's little mouth and said slowly: "Today is the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the New Year's Day will be here in more than half a month."

"Look at my memory, I can't even remember a single day clearly."

Wang Teng shook his head and smiled bitterly, full of self-deprecating irony.

Since starting to practice, most of his energy has been focused on practice.

He also paid much less attention to some daily knowledge points than before.

If Li Erer hadn't mentioned it on his own initiative, Wang Teng wouldn't even know that the Chinese New Year was coming soon here.

Fortunately, Li Erer mentioned that, otherwise he would have known nothing about it.

I'm over [-] years old and I don't have much face anymore. It sounds so familiar.

"Young masters often forget things. It's normal for them not to remember specific dates."

Li Erer was reasonable and gave Wang Teng an excellent excuse in time.

"Do you have any special customs in your family?"

Wang Teng carried forward the spirit of asking questions when he didn't understand, and tried to find out something from Li Erer's mouth.

The New Year festival in modern society is unremarkable. Even fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited.

He sometimes feels puzzled: People have set off fireworks and firecrackers for thousands of years without causing any pollution. Why is it that setting off some fireworks now causes a lot of pollution?
No matter how high the policy is, we must implement it even if we don’t understand it in our hearts.

"It's nothing special. They usually prepare a table of good wine and food, buy some fireworks, candies, snacks, etc., and then write a Spring Festival couplet and hang it in front of the door."

Li Erer tilted his head and thought for a while, then answered the question naturally.

She thought Wang Teng wanted to take care of her own emotions, so she never mentioned those miscellaneous rules.

It was not easy to celebrate the New Year happily, and she had to think more about Wang Teng.

"I'll prepare the wine and food, as well as the fireworks, candies, and snacks. As for the Spring Festival couplets."

After Wang Teng listened to Li Erer's explanation, he thought about taking over everything.

It’s easy to order wine and food online, as well as fireworks and candies.

Since the Spring Festival couplets have to be written, it must be more appropriate for him to write them himself.

Wang Teng looked at Li Erer with a smile: "How about I write the Spring Festival couplets?"

"Hurrah!"

Li Erer's eyes flashed and he said enthusiastically: "I have never seen Young Master's calligraphy before, so I just want to take this opportunity to open my eyes."

"I'm just afraid that if I haven't picked up the pen for a long time, my skills will become rusty, and I'll make you laugh in front of me."

Wang Teng became extremely humble, and he didn't want to take the opportunity to show off again.

The skills of chess, calligraphy and painting cannot be learned in vain, it would be a waste of the light of destiny.

"My handwriting is rather elegant, so I'm not suitable for writing Spring Festival couplets. I still have to trouble the young master."

Li Erer seemed to have ignored what Wang Teng said and insisted that he write it himself.

However, as she said, the beautiful handwriting of a woman writing Spring Festival couplets always makes people feel a little less majestic.

"I think it's better to forget it for today. It's not too late for me to show off my shame tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

Wang Teng casually cast a careless eye, thinking that he would make some adequate preparations after returning.

He hasn't decided yet which font to use to write the Spring Festival couplets. He has to go back to the villa to check the relevant information.It was such a rare opportunity to show off his skills, so he must find a way to show off his skills.

"Alright."

Li Erer nodded lightly.

She accepted Wang Teng's suggestions and was not eager to observe his calligraphy skills.

Calligraphy is also usually related to people's state of mind. It is not possible to write good calligraphy just by picking up a pen casually.

Some people who are in a bad mood often show it in the process of writing and painting.

Wang Teng sat in the Li family's house for a while.

He chatted with Li Erer for a few words, then hurriedly got up and left.

Wang Teng walked quickly to the street and asked a few passers-by about the various festivals of the Zhou Dynasty.

He adheres to the spirit of asking questions if you don't understand, and supplements his knowledge base bit by bit.

The various customs of the Zhou Dynasty seem to have little connection with modern society.

Apart from the New Year's Day, the Lantern Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are almost nothing else in common between the two.

Holidays such as New Year's Day, May [-]st Labor Day, June [-]st Children's Day, July [-]st Birthday, August [-]st Army Day and National Day were all not included in the Zhou Dynasty.

Even traditional festivals in modern society such as Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Double Ninth Festival did not exist in the Zhou Dynasty.

Wang Teng was quietly relieved.

His anxious mood gradually began to calm down.

Seeing that the New Year's Day is coming, there should still be more than half a month left.

There is no need to rush when it comes to shopping for New Year expenses.

Wang Teng thought for a moment and planned to order wine, food, candies, snacks, etc. from Modern Society.

Its level of richness and luxury undoubtedly far exceeded the level of the Zhou Dynasty.

In addition, he also wanted to purchase a batch of daily necessities to transport to Biyou Temple.

Biyou Temple is far away from Qingyuan County, so life is relatively difficult.

Daily necessities such as fruits, vegetables and minced meat are usually scarce in Biyou Temple.

I thought that even during the Chinese New Year, Biyou Temple would not be any different from usual times.

When Wang Teng returned to his house, he specifically gave Uncle Hong a few words as he passed by the front yard.

He made several requests to Hong Bo: All kinds of fruits, vegetables and minced meat that can be bought in the Qingyuan County market should be purchased as much as possible to cover the expenses of 200 people for half a month.

The Taoist priests at Biyou Temple usually do not taboo against meat and fish, but they do not have any taboos about purchasing daily necessities.

After Uncle Hong has purchased enough daily necessities, he will go to the carriage and horse shop in the city to hire a few carriages.

When the time comes, Wang Teng will personally transport all these living supplies to Biyou Temple.

It’s neither too early nor too late, so one week before and after the New Year’s Day is enough.

At the same time, Wang Teng also asked Hong Bo to buy as many fruits, vegetables and grain as possible.

Then, Hong Bo was asked to send it to Tanyun Temple in the south of the city in his own name.

The monks of Tanyun Temple do not eat minced meat on weekdays, so they just give some fruits and vegetables to show their appreciation.

No matter what, he wanted to go there and try to establish friendship with each other.

This will make it much more convenient when dealing with you in the future.

Um.
As long as the death of Monk Huineng easily involves him, Tanyun Temple will be a help sooner or later.

Wang Teng secretly planned in his heart.

(End of this chapter)