117 Hooked on Writing

Wang Yougui was taken aback slightly before he said with a smile, "That's good. Venerable Fangzheng, I won't beat around the bush with you. As you know, it is almost the new year. Every family needs a pair of couplets on their doors. In previous years, we used to buy them. However, there's a master calligrapher here in our village now. Everyone naturally doesn't want to buy them anymore. So we would like for you to write couplets for us… Do you think…" Wang Yougui shrugged as a way to indicate that it was up to Fangzheng to decide.

What else could Fangzheng say? They were all friends in the village who he could not reject. Furthermore, Wang Yougui had already explained the matter. It was not considered out of the blue either. Thus, he agreed gladly.

The villagers were very happy that Fangzheng agreed to their request. They were a little worried before that Fangzheng was going to turn them down because of some bizarre rule.