Mo Chen opened his phone and expertly found the live broadcast page. After adjusting all the parameters, he pointed the camera at Shen Yao.
Today, Shen Yao was wearing a very festive retro red suit, specially made for her by Ning Min long ago.
When it was made, she was pregnant, so Ning Min told her to save it to wear for the New Year.
Even though the live broadcast had not yet started, a large group of viewers were already waiting in the pre-broadcast room, fearing they might miss any exciting moments.
Because they all knew that Shen Yao's live broadcast room never disappointed.
Precisely on time, Mo Chen started the broadcast, and within moments, the viewership surged to over ten thousand.
Seeing Shen Yao amidst the crowd, the netizens in the live broadcast room were stunned.
"My heavens, what place is this? How can there be so many people?"
"Looking at so many people, as someone with social anxiety, I'm already trembling!"
"I know this, I know this! Is the streamer at a market? Dare to go to a New Year's market during the holiday, the streamer is quite brave!"
"New Year's market? Are they buying New Year's goods? That's great, I love watching this!"
"The New Year's atmosphere here is so strong, unlike where I am, it's desolate during the New Year, even worse than usual! Location: Guancheng."
"It's the same here. Everyone has gone home for the New Year, and we are also going home for the New Year, but why is the festive atmosphere so different? I don't understand!" Kai Shu Pavilion
"Looking at such a lively scene, I declare that next year I must go to the streamer's place for the New Year!"
"The one upstairs, take me with you, we'll form a group!"
"And me!"
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Since Mo Chen was holding the phone, it was very inconvenient for Shen Yao to read the comments, so she simply stopped looking and earnestly introduced various items to them.
The place they had arrived at was next to a department store in their county town.
Beside the department store were many small streets, with various small shops lining both sides. Unlike before, when these shops used to sell various snacks or were small stores,
But since the New Year's shopping began, the goods displayed by these stalls had all changed to various couplets, various door gods, various New Year pictures, and firecrackers for children.
This large-scale stall mode formed a particularly lively scene.
Because it was the New Year, every household had to change to new couplets, so the overlapping sounds of bargaining and hawking all spoke of the liveliness at this moment.
"Today we are going to shop for New Year's goods. Look at the New Year's atmosphere in our rural small county. See? These door couplets, door gods, and various hanging pictures are essential for our New Year here.
Come, follow Yaoyao."
After Shen Yao finished speaking, Mo Chen's camera followed Shen Yao steadily and without bias.
Shen Yao was also in high spirits and couldn't help but want to buy some couplets to put up.
She skillfully took out her phone and opened the family group chat.
There were over a dozen people in this group, including Grandpa Mo, Ning Zhiyong, and Father Jiang.
Shen Yao scrolled up and, seeing that no one had posted yet, sent a message to the group herself.
"This year's couplets, door gods, and New Year pictures, I'll buy them. Don't buy duplicates. I'll buy them all for the farmhouse!"
After clicking send, Shen Yao put away her phone. "I'll inform my family that I'll buy the couplets and tell them not to buy duplicates.
Besides the small courtyard here, every door at the farmhouse needs couplets, too. I don't know if your customs are the same as the streamer's. In our place, every door needs couplets, even the bathroom."
Shen Yao silently counted and realized that she would need to buy hundreds of couplets just for herself!
As Shen Yao walked, she looked around. When choosing couplets, she not only considered their auspicious meanings but also whether their appearance was pleasing.
"Uncle, how much is this pair of couplets?" Shen Yao held a pair of couplets that were over 3 meters tall.
Such couplets were not used in ordinary places but were almost always available at every stall.
Because these couplets were not only large but also long, they were usually pasted on the main gates of ancestral halls.
Couplets for such places not only needed to have auspicious meanings but also good craftsmanship, so their prices were naturally not cheap.
Shen Yao had already asked about other smaller couplets. Smaller ones cost over three yuan per pair, larger ones cost five yuan, and even larger ones cost ten yuan. If they needed sparkling designs, they would add two yuan to the base price.
But this pair in her hand alone cost fifty yuan, which could buy ten pairs of ordinary couplets!
However, this pair of couplets truly suited Shen Yao's taste, so Shen Yao took two pairs. One would be pasted on the side of the farmhouse's main gate, and the other would be pasted in the small courtyard.
Watching Shen Yao buy couplets like this, the netizens in the live broadcast room couldn't help but exclaim!
"A pair of couplets for just over three yuan, what kind of blessed place is this! A normal pair of couplets here costs ten yuan, it's so annoying!"
"I just want to say, the couplets the streamer picked have such good meanings, like this one: 'Soaring auspiciousness in the high heavens, the year progresses for the better, good fortune, good luck, and a good era; the countryside exhales greenery, the atmosphere renews, a new spring, new scenery, and new life.' This is truly perfect for the streamer's farmhouse!"
"One second I said the couplets sold by the streamer were cheap, and the next second I was proven wrong. Fifty yuan for a pair, suddenly it feels really expensive!"
"I think couplets are better when written by oneself. Buying them outside feels so insincere."
"I think so too. These are my family's couplets, all handwritten by my father and grandfather!"
"My family's couplets were also written by my son, and he's only ten years old! His calligraphy is excellent!"
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Upon seeing these suddenly appearing "haters," the netizens in the live broadcast room exclaimed, "Wow, we've seen something new, our streamer finally has some haters!"
They had followed Shen Yao for so long and witnessed her become a millionaire influencer, but they found that their streamer didn't even have a single hater!
How could they show themselves? How could they attract the streamer's attention? It was too difficult!
Now, seeing the sudden appearance of haters, a group of loyal fans started to get their spirits up.
But before they could start "spraying," they were enlightened by people in the live broadcast room.
"You upstairs are talking without a backache. Who can't write couplets? But do you know how many doors there are in the streamer's house? Writing them by hand? It would probably break your hand!"
"Hahaha, that's hilarious. This person is clearly a new fan, knows nothing, and is just talking nonsense here!"
"Just tell us, were you paid to post those messages? How much per message? 50 cents? That's all it's worth, anymore and I won't be happy!"