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The next day, Ye Yizhu returned from the provincial capital.

Seeing the house that had been cleaned up, I felt a mix of emotions.

Hearing that Lu Yuan had helped him, he grew even more fond of his future brother-in-law.

Ye Yixian told him about the arrangements for visiting relatives during the Spring Festival. In the past, they didn't have many relatives, so there was no such thing as visiting relatives during the Spring Festival. For them, the Spring Festival was just a day to watch the excitement, and they hardly participated in the festival.

This year is different. The Ye family now has relatives and quite a few friends.

Ye Yizhu was a little nervous. With his parents gone, he was the eldest son in charge of the household. He had never visited other people's homes to offer New Year's greetings before, so he asked Ye Yixian what kind of gift he should bring.

Ye Yixian thought for a moment. Given the financial situation of the siblings, the gifts they could afford to give were unnecessary to the Lu family, while the gifts the Lu family needed were beyond their means.

Therefore, it's still necessary to choose a suitable gift.

Ye Yixian couldn't make up her mind, so she called Lu Yuan for advice.

When Lu Yuan heard them say they wanted to bring gifts, he refused, mainly because he really didn't need them. However, the brother and sister insisted on bringing something with them, otherwise they would feel embarrassed to come to the New Year's Eve dinner.

Unable to resist his insistence, Lu Yuan suggested that they could go shopping and pick something out.

The brother and sister agreed, and Ye Yizhu sent Ye Yixian to buy it, which also gave the young couple some space to be alone.

What Ye Yizhu didn't know was that in the days before he returned, Lu Yuan had spent many nights alone with Ye Yixian.

Everyone says Ye Yixian is energetic, and that's absolutely true.

In this world, Lu Yuan knows best that Ye Yixian is full of energy, truly living up to the saying: "There are no fields that can't be plowed properly, only oxen that have died from exhaustion."

Ye Yixian is now completely attached to Lu Yuan, and she's lost all her former shyness. Whenever she gets the chance, she makes sure to give Lu Yuan a good time.

This kind of happiness left Lu Yuan completely exhausted.

There are only three days left until Lunar New Year's Eve, and all the shops are selling New Year's goods.

Walking down the street, one sees a dazzling array of red couplets, lanterns, offerings, and other goods. People who had gone out to work have all returned, so the streets are packed with people and completely congested.

Let alone driving a car, even riding a motorcycle is extremely difficult; only walking allows one to truly navigate the streets.

In 2011, Jiangcheng did not pay much attention to street management, and traffic jams causing paralysis were common during holidays.

This situation will not improve until around 2016 when the streets are expanded and the roads are renovated.

Today, Ye Yixian not only needs to buy a New Year's gift, but also couplets, window decorations, and other essential items for the Spring Festival.

This was the first time she had ever taken care of these things for her own family. In the past, she had no money in her pocket, and the New Year was not lively at all. She would just put up some couplets and pay respects to her ancestors and her deceased mother.

Ye Yizhu always thought his younger sister was too young and didn't let her get involved in these things.

This year is different. Ye Yixian is now wealthy and no longer a child. She can choose her own favorite couplets and buy two more lanterns and some paper-cut window decorations to make her home more festive.

Of course, couplets are easy to buy, but choosing New Year's gifts is not so easy, so we tacitly agreed to go and choose gifts together first.

This process was quite complicated, mainly because Ye Yixian felt that nothing was suitable. He couldn't afford anything too expensive, and he was embarrassed to show anything too cheap. He was very distressed.

After looking around, at Lu Yuan's suggestion, we decided to give them a tea set as a gift. Since Lu's parents have a habit of enjoying tea while watching TV in the evenings, and we haven't bought a new tea set this year, giving them a new one would definitely be appropriate.

There are certain rules to follow when giving tea sets as gifts. If it's a colleague or a friend of the same generation, a tea set priced around 300 yuan is appropriate. If it's for an elder, a tea set priced between 300 and 1,000 yuan is better. If it's for someone of higher status, then a tea set priced at 1,000 yuan or more is suitable.

If you need something from someone, then the more exquisite the better.

Lu Yuan picked out a pair for Ye Yixian that cost a little over 300 yuan. Ye Yixian could afford it if she gritted her teeth a bit, since it was the first time she was giving a gift to Lu Yuan's parents, and she couldn't afford to spend a little less.

Once you've chosen a gift, the rest is easy.

Strictly speaking, Ye Yixian's house only has one gate, not even a courtyard gate, so there's no way to put up couplets. Therefore, buying just one couplet is enough.

At that time, people simply pasted their couplets directly onto the wall with paste, and not many people framed them. Naturally, they didn't pay much attention to the size, but rather valued the content and style of the couplets.

When the couplet vendor saw that the two people had come, he became even more enthusiastic in promoting his products. He knew that young people didn't like to haggle and would readily buy anything they liked.

He first inquired about the size Ye Yixian wanted to buy, and Ye Yixian said she wasn't picky and any size would be fine.

He then asked about the content style, and Ye Yixian said he liked something grand and sophisticated, but not something too flashy or extravagant.

After understanding the situation, the boss recommended two couplets to Ye Yixian. One couplet reads: "First line: Harmony in the family brings prosperity and lasting success; Second line: Smooth sailing in life brings lasting blessings." It mainly describes the prosperity of the family.

Ye Yixian didn't really like it because her family's situation was rather special, and hanging such a couplet on the front door always felt a bit ironic.

She hesitated for a moment, but the boss could tell she didn't like it, so he immediately put it away and replaced it with a couplet: "First line: Business prospers throughout the four seas; Second line: Wealth flows abundantly to the three rivers," mainly about business prosperity.

Ye Yixian still didn't like it because her family didn't run a business, and she knew that people preferred to put such couplets on the doors of companies and factories, so it would look strange to put them on the door of a house.

The boss took one look and thought to himself that this was a picky customer.

"It's okay, I have more."

The boss wasn't afraid of the trouble and went to renovate the couplets.

A couplet costs tens of yuan, but the cost is only a few cents. Making a sale is a huge profit, so why would the boss be afraid of the trouble? These few days are the best business all year round. If you don't make a sale all year, you can live off the profits for the whole year.

After much searching, the boss finally found a new couplet. This one was very simple in style, and the ink used for writing was just ordinary gold ink, not the kind with added glitter, so it didn't look as luxurious as the two we had seen before.

The couplet reads: "First line: May the spring breeze bring good fortune; Second line: May we stay safe and healthy in the new year."

It doesn't mention family or career; it only wishes for people in the present to have good fortune and health in the future.

For some reason, Ye Yixian really liked this painting and wanted it immediately, along with two lanterns and some paper-cut window decorations.

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief and immediately wrapped up all the things Ye Yixian wanted with a smile.

Ye Yixian had already spent several hundred yuan on gifts, and Lu Yuan didn't want her to spend any more money, so he planned to pay for the couplets for her. Ye Yixian hesitated for a moment, but then agreed.

The shop owner led Lu Yuan into the store to get change, while Ye Yixian waited outside.

No sooner had Lu Yuan left than a voice tentatively asked, "Are you... Ye Yixian?"

"Your name is Ye Yixian, right?"