With Xue Xing's industrious help, the work that should have taken more than two hours was finished in less than one.
Looking at his newly refreshed home, Xue Yang was very satisfied. He glanced at their customary New Year's couplets. The first line read, "Fortune Stars Shine Brightly," the second, "Prosperity Endures and Grows," and the horizontal banner across the top also said, "Fortune Stars Shine Brightly."
Hmm, that's right. This is what the New Year is all about.
What kind of New Year had he celebrated for the past six years? Aside from studying, he would run over to Chen Ying's house whenever he had free time. In previous years, he would have never been at home at this time; he would have already gone to the next village to be at Chen Ying's house.
Xue Yuanqing had just finished the preparations for the New Year's Eve dinner and was about to put up the couplets when he found they were already hanging, leaving him stunned for a moment.
