Writing Spring Festival Couplets Together

The three of them each picked a spot and began showing off their talents.

"Today, there are plenty of brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones. Just produce your finest work!" Su Haoqian said with a smile.

Su Chen and Fang Qi smiled. "All right!"

Yan Bingxue, Lin Xiu, and Gu Yuxin began grinding ink nearby while Su Chen, Su Haoqian, and Fang Qi seriously wrote their couplets.

As the red paper was spread out, a feeling of joy rose naturally in their hearts.

Yan Bingxue looked tenderly at Su Chen. "Honey, what are you planning to write today?"

Su Chen smiled. "Hmm... how about you help me think of one, honey?"

While concentrating on grinding the ink, Yan Bingxue thought for a moment. Then a couplet suddenly came to mind. "Peach blossoms send warmth everywhere; year after year, spring departs and returns. What do you think?"

Su Chen clapped in praise. "Great! Let's use 'Peach blossoms send spring everywhere; year after year, spring departs and returns' as our couplet! But we're still missing a horizontal inscription!"

Su Chen and Yan Bingxue both thought seriously about the inscription, then said in unison, "Spring Returns to the Earth!"

They exchanged smiles.

Su Chen picked up his brush, dipped it in ink, and began writing the Spring Festival couplet. He completed it in one smooth flow. Every stroke, every dot and sweep, every horizontal and vertical line, every initial lift and movement of the brush was perfectly controlled. Yan Bingxue watched him in fascination.

Every stroke was perfect. Half the couplet was finished in a single sweep, and every stroke was etched into Yan Bingxue's heart. Yan Bingxue felt that the man before her was truly wonderful: in scholarship, his fine handwriting was no worse than a master's; in martial arts, his fighting ability