It's a beautiful day the birds are chirping, flowers are blooming on days like this kids like me
Think about Childe Ajax Tartaglia the 11th of the Fatui Harbringers hailing from the small Snezhnayan village Morepesok and his relationship with a certain funeral consultant
like its vasic knowledge that zhongli gifted childe a pair of chopsticks with phoenix and dragon pattern which is a traditional Chinese betrothal gift and people always say in fanfic Childe didnt know the meaning well here is my take
he may not specifically know but im pretty sure he can guess, why? because traditional love and wedding spoons have existed since the 1600 and even in Eastern Europe and given that Snezhnaya is based on Russia which is in Eastern Europe if we go by traditions he should now this (especially when he came from a small village it was stronger in those places)
so what are those Love and Wedding spoons?
simple back then when a suitor wanted to confess or propose they'd crave a wooden spoon. the spoon would show the mans ability in the field of wood working showing that they could take care of their future family
sailor would also crave such spoons during their long journeys showing that they thought of tbeir love
wedding spoon are actually Norwegian but i still wanna mention them (lol) those spoons are made out of two spoon that are connected via a chain, the newlyweds would eat with thenlinked spoons to symbolise their connection
I think childe even if he didnt know could guess the meaning of the chopsticks and the pattern i mean he even learned old liyue writtings to make talismans . i once read a fic (i forgot how it was called 😔) where childe found out and craved zhongli chopsticks to reciprocate his feelings and well lets just say if it was a love spoon it would have been pretty neat but anyway
childe knows the meaning of those chopsticks and i probably craving a love spoon for zhongli!!!