I

emembe

, the fi

st time I w

ote couplets i

a **all tow

, that yea

was the Yea

of the Ox. I caught a bad cold. I was give

i

t

ave

ous d

ip i

the hospital, a

d my body could ha

dly move. My colleagues e

cou

aged me, a

d my ill

ess passed. Oppo

tu

ity, o

ly o

ce a yea

! I t

ied my best to buy

ed pape

a

d bo

owed two big woode

boa

ds f

om p

ima

y school as a big pictu

e fo

w

iti

g! A bottle of i

k, a w

iti

g b

ush, a

d my couplet busi

ess sta

ted like this! What helped me was the g

a

dfathe

who

epai

ed bicycles at the c

oss

oads. He was si

gle, with a thi

body a

d a bu

ch of little goatee. He was a

i

t

oduce

fo

me. Eve

yo

e who came to see me would

atu

ally i

t

oduce how good my callig

aphy is. Ru

i

g sc

ipt is the best pe

fo

ma

ce of couplets, a

d my callig

aphy is the fi

st i

the tow

! I am a membe

of the Chi

ese Book Associatio

, haha, actually, I am

ot, I let him flatte

me. Just fo

someo

e to buy o

e of my couplets, that yea

, o

e of my couplets was o

ly 5 ce

ts! A few yea

s late

, I

eve

saw the shadow of my old ma

agai

. I ofte

looked at the i

te

sectio

a

d st

aighte

ed the facade of d

ivi

g. Whe

he appea

ed agai

, I missed him!

有个老奶奶每年会手拿一根细绳，上面打了结，表示红纸的宽度，说她的儿子开了一个饭店，每年过年，儿子忙，只能自己来选一个对联！细心的她，一定要选最好的内容，吉祥，发财，多福，多寿，平安，顺利。好的话还要改来改去，一副对联要选上一个下午的！没几年，她再不见踪迹，我想她！

Eve

y yea

, a

old woma

holds a st

i

g with a k

ot o

it, i

dicati

g the width of

ed pape

, sayi

g that he

so

u

s a

estau

a

t, a

d eve

y yea

du

i

g the Sp

i

g Festival, his so

is busy, so he ca

o

ly choose a couplet by himself! Ca