Everyone is his own historian. —Carl Baker
Couplets are an important part of traditional Chinese culture because their basic rules are simple and less restrictive, and they have become a big stage for all kinds of people to take the stage. Ordinary people, literati officials, emperors and princes, as long as they have basic couplet common sense, no one will be restricted. Therefore, in daily life, people often use couplets to express their emotions and thoughts.
There are many classic couplets and stories that have been handed down throughout history. Legend has it that during the Ming Dynasty, there was a prodigy Li Dongyang. At that time, the name of "prodigy" still had to be tested, so 4-year-old Xiao Dongyang was led to the palace by his father. But the threshold of the palace was very high, and the others had short calves and could not walk over, and they were held by their fathers. When Emperor Jingtai saw this, he smiled and said, "The prodigy has short legs." Xiao Dongyang was astute, and he answered smoothly: "The Heavenly Son's Gate is high." ”
Originally, the emperor was only joking, and the short legs were not his fault, but he defended himself in a different way, and also gave the "Son of Heaven" a top hat - Tianzi, is not the emperor. The emperor was very happy to hear this, and later directly let him sit on his lap, which was not necessarily the treatment that the emperor and grandson might have.
So it's a good thing to be cultured. Our protagonist today is a talented woman who is full of poetry books. We know that in ancient times, the imperial examination did not require female candidates, and many times they did not want the sons of merchants, so why did the father of a talented woman not only let his sons study, but also paid so much attention to his daughter's education? Because although businessmen are "despised", educated businessmen are different.
However, he also did not expect that after his daughter could read and break sentences, she was not satisfied with the "words of the parents' fate", and she had to find a talented man of her choice - in short, she was more than Wen Zhao, not more than poetry. Of course, the father did not want his son-in-law to be a straw bag, so he agreed to his daughter's request.
However, since you want to do it, you must make it bigger and do it well! The father let all four sons go into battle, and they selected them first, and the last ones to stay, so that they could meet his daughter - just to show everyone his family's wealth and the talents of his sons, hmmm, very good.
So on the day of the recruitment, it was quite lively at that time, because there was free food. There is something to eat, there is a lively look, why not enjoy it? The four sons who know their father's intentions and the four brothers of the talented daughter work very hard to act as a mountain between the talented and the talented, so that everyone is about to forget - today is the recruitment meeting! What about talented women? The talented woman sulked behind her back.
After some tossing and turning by the brothers, only a dozen talents were left to participate in the election. These more than a dozen people came to the talented woman, saw her posture, her eyes were full of emotion, and the bitterness that had been previously harassed was swept away. However, the talented woman did not find that she was moved at a glance, so she threw out the ultimate uplink: "The word heaven is out for my husband." ”
This shanglian is actually a simple word game, if the word "heaven" is out of the head, it becomes the word "husband", and "husband" naturally refers to the husband of the talented woman. However, as a couplet, there are not many people who can be opposed to "husband", and in this situation, only the word "wife" is left. So, what words to use and how to play to get a "wife"?
A poor show dressed in a shabby dress only figured out the joints, and a lower link blurted out: "The word "wood is my wife!" This "棲" actually means almost the same thing as what we say today as "perch", but it does exist. The best answer had been snatched away, and the crowd knew that they had lost, so they sighed and went to the feast of the "losers."
This is the cleverness of the father, there is only one son-in-law, what about the rest of the talents? Good life entertains Bo and then "uses it for me". A family call not only found a son-in-law, but also publicized his own reputation, expanded his connections, and rejoiced in himself, his son, and his daughter! This father is really good.