On New Year's Eve, the sun shines all over the earth, bringing a touch of warmth to the cold winter. Lu Tingyan's family got up early and started to get busy. Her father, Dr. Lu, was preparing the items needed for New Year's Eve, while her mother was busy in the kitchen.

Lu Tianyu was standing in front of the desk in the study, holding a brush in his hand, thinking intently. Next to him was a piece of rice paper with several couplets already written on it.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he picked up a pen and wrote a couplet on the paper: "The spring breeze blows the green willows, and the auspicious snow heralds a good harvest." He looked at the couplet and nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, Lu Tingyan came in and saw Lu Tianyu writing couplets. She asked curiously, "Brother, what are you writing?"

Lu Tianyu smiled and replied, "I'm writing couplets. I want to write a few couplets to post on the door."

Lu Tingyan looked at the couplets on the table and exclaimed: "Brother, the couplets you wrote are really beautiful. I also want to learn how to write couplets."

Lu Tianyu readily agreed: "Okay, then I will teach you how to write couplets. When writing couplets, you must pay attention to the neatness of the parallelism, the coordination of the tones, and the meaning."

Lu Tingyan nodded, picked up the brush, and wrote a couplet on the paper: "Red plum blossoms herald the new spring, and auspicious snow heralds a good harvest."

Lu Tianyu carefully studied the words in front of him, his mouth slightly raised, and said with a smile: "Well, it's quite good! Tingyan is really talented. However, the couplet you wrote is slightly similar to the one I just wrote. Why don't we think of something different together?"

Lu Tingyan thought for a moment, then picked up her brush again and wrote another brand new couplet: "The soaring dragon brings prosperity to thousands of families, and the dancing snake brings prosperity to thousands of households in the new year."

After staring at it for a moment, Lu Tianyu couldn't help but applaud: "Excellent, Tingyan! Your couplet is not only well-balanced and profound, but also exudes a heroic spirit. It is indeed a masterpiece."

"Yan'er, this is such a wonderful couplet, you can paste it on the door of your boudoir yourself." Lu Tianyu suggested with a smile.

Hearing this, Lu Tingyan showed a trace of helplessness and muttered: "Huh? Is it because my writing is not as beautiful as my brother's?"

Seeing his sister like this, Lu Tianyu couldn't help laughing and hurriedly comforted her: "No, no, Yan'er's handwriting is fresh and beautiful, with a unique charm. Just paste it on without worry."

After hearing this, Lu Tingyan's face blossomed with a happy smile.

Lu Tingyan took the couplet and ran to the door excitedly. She carefully unfolded the couplet and glued it to the door frame. Looking at the couplet she wrote by herself, Lu Tingyan felt a sense of accomplishment.

"Brother, what do you think?" Lu Tingyan turned around and called Lu Tianyu.

Lu Tianyu walked to the door, admired the couplets, and praised them highly: "Wow, it's so well posted! This couplet makes our home more festive."

At this time, there was a knock on the door. Lu Tianyu opened the door and it turned out to be Mr. Li from next door.

"Doctor Lu, Happy New Year!" Uncle Li bowed and wished a happy new year. "Oh, this couplet was written by your Yan'er, right? It's really nice!"

Hearing Uncle Li's praise, Lu Tingyan smiled shyly.

"Thank you, Mr. Li." Lu Tianyu said with a smile, "Yan'er is a beginner, please bear with me."

"No way, this child has great potential!" Uncle Li gave her a thumbs up. "She will definitely be a miracle doctor like her father."

Lu Tianyu felt very happy after hearing this. He looked at his sister with pride in his eyes.

Lu Tianyu ran over to help with excitement. He stared at the bright red spring couplets with wide eyes, and his eyes showed strong curiosity. "Dad, what special meaning do these couplets contain?" Lu Tianyu asked with doubts.

Doctor Lu patiently explained to his son with a kind smile: "Posting couplets means bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, welcoming the arrival of the new year. The words on the couplets are usually auspicious and express our yearning and blessings for a better life. They can not only add a happy and peaceful atmosphere to the festival, but also carry people's full expectations and beautiful visions for the new year!"

After saying this, Doctor Lu gently picked up a spring couplet with the horizontal scroll titled "May Happiness Fill the World", and passed it to his beloved daughter Lu Tingyan gently and carefully, and gently instructed: "Come on, my little darling, help Daddy to put up this festive couplet."

Lu Tingyan nodded happily, indicating her willingness to help. She stood on tiptoe and tried her best to stick the spring couplets firmly on the door frame. At this moment, her young and naughty brother could not hold back his inner impulse and rushed forward, clamoring to join in.

"I want to put it on too! I want to put it on too!" Lu Tianyu shouted.

Lu Tingyan smiled and said, "Okay, brother, but you have to be careful not to tear the Spring Festival couplets."

So, the brother and sister worked together, one was responsible for pasting the upper couplet and the other for pasting the lower couplet. Soon, the door of the house was decorated with red spring couplets, making it particularly festive.

After putting up the couplets, everyone sat down and started making dumplings around a large round table. Su skillfully rolled out the thin and soft dough, while Lu Tingyan and Lu Tianyu and other brothers and sisters got busy together. Even Lu Tianyuan was very interested in learning how to make dumplings.

Lu Tingyan carefully picked up a piece of dough, put the right amount of stuffing on it, and then skillfully pinched the edges. After a while, a delicate and cute dumpling appeared in her hands. She excitedly held up the dumpling and shouted to Su with a proud face: "Mom, look at what I made. Doesn't it look like a lively little rabbit?"

Su looked at it for a moment, her eyes full of admiration, and praised with a smile: "Well, it's really good! I didn't expect our Yan'er to be so clever and skillful."

Hearing her mother's praise, Lu Tingyan felt very happy and her smile became brighter. Seeing this, Lu Tianyuan couldn't help but want to show off his skills. He made a unique dumpling with a weird shape, which made people laugh. Seeing this, everyone burst into laughter.

However, Lu Tianyuan didn't mind at all. Instead, he proudly declared: "Hehe, this is my original 'creative dumpling', absolutely unique in the world!" After saying that, he didn't forget to wink at everyone, which made everyone laugh again.

In this way, the family laughed and talked happily. They enjoyed making dumplings and shared the little interesting things in life. Family affection and warmth filled every corner. In this loving atmosphere, they worked hand in hand to look forward to and welcome the coming of the New Year.

Lu Tingyan opened her eyes wide, staring at the strange-shaped and crooked dumplings that she had wrapped with her own hands. Suddenly, she couldn't help laughing and burst out laughing.

"Oh my, why are my dumplings so ugly!" She shook her head and sighed, muttering to herself.

Doctor Lu, who was standing nearby, saw this and quickly comforted her in a gentle voice, "It's okay, it's okay, Yan'er. Making dumplings is for fun. The most important thing is to participate in it."

Su also echoed, with a loving smile on her face, and said to Lu Tingyan: "Yes, Yan'er, look at what you made, it looks like a lively little rabbit!"

When everyone heard this, they came forward to check it out. Sure enough, they found that the shape of one of the dumplings was quite similar to a rabbit, and they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

At this moment, Lu Tianyuan had an idea and suggested: "In this case, why don't we have a competition to see who can make the most beautiful dumplings!"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone cheered in agreement. Then, everyone couldn't wait to put their carefully made dumplings on the table to show them to everyone. These dumplings have different shapes, some are like golden ingots, some are like delicate flowers, and some are like small and exquisite ships. They are really unique and interesting. In the end, after a selection, Lu Tingyan's "little rabbit" dumplings won the first place!

"Yeah! I won!" Lu Tingyan danced with joy.

"Okay, okay, the dumplings are finally wrapped!" Su shouted happily, "Now we can prepare them and put them in the pot! We will see who among you is lucky enough to eat dumplings wrapped by mother herself. It is said that doing so will bring better luck in the coming year!"

Hearing this, everyone gathered around and worked together to carefully put the dumplings into the pot one by one. As the water temperature gradually increased, the dumplings rolled and jumped in the boiling water, like a group of happy elves.

Before long, an alluring aroma wafted out from under the pot lid. "Wow, it smells so good!" Lu Tingyan couldn't hold back her inner anticipation, staring at the big pot, eager to taste the delicious dumplings.

Finally, the steaming dumplings were fished out and served in bowls. Everyone picked up their bowls and ate with relish. Everyone savored the food in their mouths and felt the warmth and happiness of the family. Lu Tingyan was eating with great pleasure. While she was eating the dumplings, she exclaimed: "Mm, delicious! Mom's cooking skills are getting better and better!"

"Well, it tastes really good!" Everyone praised it.

"Ouch!" Lu Tingyan suddenly screamed, "I think I hit something!" As she spoke, she spat out the food in her mouth. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a copper coin.

Su heard the sound and hurried over to see what was going on. When she saw the copper coin, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes: "My Yan'er is so lucky to be the first one to eat the copper coin!"

Lu Tingyan cheered excitedly: "Yeah! I get to eat the dumplings made by my mother. I must be the luckiest person!" Her face was filled with a happy smile, as if the whole world had become beautiful.

At this moment, Lu Tianyuan and Lu Tianyu also made a "click" sound at the same time. They shouted, "I got it too!" The two brothers looked at each other and laughed heartily.

Doctor Lu watched all this with a smile and said, "You are all blessed children." His tone was full of love and relief.

Su felt warm at the sight of the children's joy. At this moment, she suddenly shouted, "Oh my! Mom won the lottery, too!" Everyone laughed so hard that they fell backwards, and the atmosphere of joy filled the whole room.

Amidst laughter and joy, the family spent a warm and unforgettable New Year's Eve.

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