Chapter 70: Master-level calligraphy, shocking the Sihe Academy!

As the end of the year approached, the atmosphere of the New Year became stronger.

The rolling mill paid the employees in advance, just so the workers could have money for the New Year.

Only Yi Yi Zhonghai had one month’s salary deducted.

However, he had money and had saved quite a lot of family wealth over the years.

Not getting a month’s salary didn't have much impact on him.

In the courtyard, every household spent a little more money than usual, buying new clothes and new shoes for the children.

The wealthy ones added new items to their homes.

The vegetable market and grocery stores also increased supply to ensure that everyone could buy pork, vermicelli, soy products, and other foods for the New Year.

At the steel mill construction site, Jia Jia Zhangshi was still participating in reform-through-labor; she couldn't go home for the New Year.

Sha Zhu ran to the construction site every day, bringing delicious food to Jia Jia Zhangshi.

He treated her better than the Deaf Old Lady.

Even He Yushui hadn't eaten so much delicious food.

He Yushui, who already disliked Sha Zhu, completely looked down on him after knowing that her silly brother was with Jia Jia Zhangshi.

Her father ran off with a widow and went to Baocheng to be a live-in son-in-law.

Her own brother followed suit and was with the old widow Jia Jia Zhangshi.

He Yushui was going crazy.

In the past, Sha Zhu liked Qin Qin Huairu; He Yushui understood this and was too lazy to care.

But this time Sha Zhu went from bad to worse, directly choosing to date Jia Jia Zhangshi!

If this isn't brain-dead, what is?

For this, the two had a big fight.

He Yushui cursed Sha Zhu for being brainless, liking an old woman older than his mother.

Sha Zhu was so angry he almost hit He Yushui, actually lecturing him, his older brother.

When Sha Zhu acts foolish, he can be said to not recognize his own family.

If it weren't for several aunts coming out to stop it, He Yushui would have really been beaten by Sha Zhu.

The brother and sister had a big fight and completely broke up.

Every day when He Yushui came back from work, she went straight to her own room and didn't bother with Sha Zhu at all.

Seeing Sha Zhu diligently cooking for Jia Jia Zhangshi every morning, He Yushui wanted to burn his house down.

Family misfortune!

He Yushui didn't even want to spend the New Year with Sha Zhu.

In previous years, at Yi Yi Zhonghai’s suggestion, the three families of Yi Yi Zhonghai, Sha Zhu, and the Deaf Old Lady would spend the New Year together.

Yi Yi Zhonghai and the Deaf Old Lady would pay, and Sha Zhu would cook, making a table full of delicious food.

Only at this time could He Yushui eat a good meal.

Even then, leftovers had to be sent to the Jia family.

This year, He Yushui planned to spend the New Year alone.

Sha Zhu likes Jia Jia Zhangshi, so let him spend the New Year at the Jia house.

Like his father, he should just be a live-in son-in-law.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the rolling mill closed half a day early, allowing workers to buy New Year goods.

Chen Tian went to the logistics department, and Li Changhai personally came out to distribute various materials to Chen Tian.

Part of it was a reward from the factory, and part of it was Chen Tian’s ration as a Level 3 engineer.

There were too many things, so the factory specially found a tricycle to send them to Chen Tian’s house.

Watching two workers help Chen Tian move things into his house, everyone in the Sihe Academy was red-eyed with envy.

Yan Yan Bugui watched eagerly as Chen Tian flashed by with 20 jin of pork.

Looking at his wife, they both understood each other’s intentions.

Let Yu Li go help Chen Tian cook.

During the New Year, Chen Tian was alone at home; how could he finish so many things?

Chen Tian knows calligraphy, and the whole Sihe Academy was shocked.

Yi Yi Zhonghai opened his mouth wide, not daring to believe it was true.

Although he had a slightly higher cultural level than Liu Liu Haizhong, he was only a primary school graduate and hadn't even attended junior high school.

Writing and recognizing characters was fine, but writing couplets and calligraphy was simply beyond him.

For so many years, Yan Yan Bugui had written the couplets, and he just joined in the fun, unable to say anything meaningful.

Although he didn't know how to appreciate it, his intuition told Yi Yi Zhonghai that the characters Chen Tian wrote were absolutely extraordinary!

At the very least, the momentum and font were far better than Yan Yan Bugui’s.

Qin Qin Huairu stood stunned on the side.

Chen Tian is a genius?

How does he know everything?

Chen Tian’s handwriting was clearly much better than Yan Yan Bugui’s.

Every New Year, the couplets for everyone in the courtyard were written by Yan Yan Bugui, which Qin Qin Huairu had always looked down on.

The ones sold on the street outside were much better than what he wrote, but to save money, she had to let Yan Yan Bugui write them.

During the New Year, who doesn't hope that the couplets on their door are atmospheric and good-looking?

Qin Qin Huairu stared at Chen Tian with resentful eyes.

Calculating how to get Chen Tian to write a pair for her family.

That way, when relatives and friends come to pay New Year visits, how much face she would have.

Sha Zhu was furious.

He thought Chen Tian just wanted to show off.

Whenever there was such a thing to show his face in front of people, Chen Tian would pop up.

"Pfft, what calligraphy, it’s like a dog digging."

"I write better than him."

Sha Zhu picked his nose and mocked.

In his view, people like Yan Yan Bugui and Yi Yi Zhonghai were just ignorant.

It’s just a few brush characters, why make such a fuss?

It just boosted Chen Tian’s prestige for nothing.

"Sha Zhu, if you don't understand, shut your dog mouth."

"Chen Gong is at the level of a calligraphy master; with your primary school education, you’d better not embarrass yourself here."

Xu Xu Damao glanced at Sha Zhu; he was truly a frog at the bottom of a well.

Calligraphy wasn't lacking in Lou Xiao'e’s family.

Lou Xiao'e’s father was known as "Half-City Lou" and even owned half the shares of the rolling mill.

Although it has now been nationalized, the Lou family’s strength was still very strong.

Lou Xiao'e’s father loved collecting these things, and there were quite a few antiques, calligraphy, and paintings in the house.

When he first married Lou Xiao'e, Xu Xu Damao went to the Lou family and saw quite a few.

At that time, to flatter Lou Xiao'e’s parents, Xu Xu Damao studied them to cater to their preferences and bragged, and don't say, he really fooled the old couple.

Of course, in this situation now, Father Lou had long hidden these things.

Xu Xu Damao saw at a glance that the simple couplet Chen Tian wrote was not inferior to the calligraphy treasured by Lou Xiao'e’s maiden home.

Sha Zhu, this uncultured thing, only knew how to bark.

"Hehe, Chen Gong, how about giving me this couplet?"

"This is your first masterpiece, I must treasure it well."

Xu Xu Damao smiled, thinking about inviting Chen Tian for a drink one day and asking him to write a piece of calligraphy for him.

Lou Xiao'e was surprised.

She was knowledgeable since childhood and could naturally see Chen Tian’s deep calligraphy foundation.

Hearing Xu Xu Damao say this, Lou Xiao'e also looked at Chen Tian with a smile.

"It’s just a couplet, I’ll give it to you."

Chen Tian smiled; what was there to treasure about this thing?

Xu Xu Damao was a person who knew how to talk.

"This calligraphy, even if I practice for another ten years, I won't be able to compare."

"Chen Tian, you are truly multi-talented."

Yan Yan Bugui was convinced.

His level compared to Chen Tian’s, the two were not on the same level at all.

Watching Xu Xu Damao happily take the couplet, he was also a bit envious in his heart.

Many people in the courtyard were jealous and wanted Chen Tian to write one for them.

All were rejected by Chen Tian.

He showed off just to make the beasts in the courtyard jealous and make them feel itchy in their hearts.

The Deaf Old Lady stood in the courtyard, deaf and dumb, and could only get close to the crowd, holding her cane and squeezing to the front with effort.

She was at such an old age, and it was hard to have some fun during the New Year, so she also wanted a couplet written by Chen Tian.

But she didn't dare at all.

Whenever she spoke, she could only "aba aba" non-stop.

Chen Tian wrote another pair for his own house and went home laughing.

Today is New Year’s Eve, so he had to clean the house, wash clothes, and sit down for a big table of delicious food.

This was the most prosperous and happiest New Year Chen Tian had spent since crossing over.

"Sister Yu Li, today is New Year’s Eve, do you have time to come help me clean the house?"

In front of Yan Yan Bugui, Chen Tian asked deliberately.

Only seeing Yan Yan Bugui frantically winking at Yu Li, letting her agree to Chen Tian’s request.

"Hmm, no problem."

Yu Li pretended to smile knowingly, letting Old Yan rest assured.

Looking at Yan Yan Bugui’s expression, Chen Tian found it a bit funny.

Today for the New Year, he would give Yu Li a jin of pork to take home.

Otherwise, whether this old thing Yan Yan Bugui would let Yu Li come to clean for him in the future was another matter.