auspicious baby

After the last meeting, the sky was gloomy and drizzling. Cao Rong leaned on crutches, and a guard held an umbrella for him.

Zhao Peng came all the way to greet Gu Zhang, and Gu Zhang maintained a handsome demeanor and greeted him with a smile.

"Nephew, what's next?"

"I plan to stay for a while. After all, I haven't been back for many years. Although things are different, I still miss them very much."

"I still keep that old house of yours for you, move it back, the fallen leaves return to their roots, it's all your property."

Gu Zhang took out the cigarette box, knocked out half of it on the back of his hand, handed it to Zhao Peng, lit it, and lit another one for himself.

The smoke and rain are hazy and the cigarettes are lingering.

After he couldn't see the white smoke clearly, Gu Zhang's expression, he said slowly, "Don't worry."

After a few words, they went back by themselves.

The moment he turned around, Gu Zhang's face darkened, and he hurried back without saying a word.

Tang Shishi is a full-fledged activist in a certain way, and she was a weak pregnant woman that night, and she had a unilateral quarrel with Gu Zhang.On the second day, he rushed to the Hongyang Escort based on the information he had inquired aggressively.

Baoxiang was sitting on the chair, shaking his head like a rattle drum, and his spirit was sluggish.

A maid knocked on the door, "Baoxiang, a lady is looking for you."

"Who?"

"I don't know, the face is very raw."

"Understood." He stood up and tidied up the ledger, went out to the lobby to have a look, and saw Hua Guduo supporting Tang Shishi, and Tang Shishi smiled innocently with her big belly.

"Baoxiang, isn't that right? Hello, we met again. The reception was not good last time. Please bear with me. I'm here to visit you today. Alas, Gu Zhang has been busy these days and has no time to accompany me," She patted her belly lightly, "But I'm so bored, I want to go out for a walk."

"The child will be born in a few months. It's the first time for Gu Zhang to be a father, and it's also the first time for me to be a mother. It's no wonder that I'm not nervous."

"It will be intriguing if you have done it before."

Hua Guduo skipped this sentence, and continued: "Master, I haven't decided what the child's name will be. I guess he searched the family tree, but he couldn't find a name he likes. Miss, the child is not even born yet, and my uncle will feel sorry for you." Terrible."

"What nonsense?" Tang Shishi sneered, turned her head, and said to Baoxiang, "I'm tired of standing, can I have a cup of tea and talk?"

"Oh, oh." Baoxiang only came to his senses now, and they had been standing and chatting all the time. He extended his hand to make a request, calling for the maid to serve tea.

"Miss Tang, you are inconvenient, and you have to come here. It's really hard work." Baoxiang said sourly.

"Hey, some important things have to be talked about in person, otherwise there will be a lump in my heart. You know, pregnant women can't be wronged. Being wronged is not good for the fetus. The fetus is not good, and Gu Zhang feels very uncomfortable. Nah. So I still have to talk about it.”

After the maid brought the tea, Baoxiang opened the teacup and poured her a cup of tea. He held up the teacup, and the tea was boiling hot with wisps of white smoke.

The more Baoxiang put on a nonchalant attitude, the more Tang Shishi put on an expression, the more confidently he spoke, but there was only a lack of response, and it was just like singing a one-man show.

It was a long afternoon, the sun was setting in the west, the scenery outside the door was dim, pedestrians were in a hurry, they left and came again, and the teacup in their hands, the tea was so cold that they could not finish a few ounces in the cup, they kept holding it in the palm of their hands, unaware of it .

With the support of Huaguduo, Tang Shishi walked like a flower branch.

Baoxiang slowly drank the residual tea in the cup, two cups in one cup, like wine in his throat, he was dizzy and drunk.

Hehe, Gu Zhang is getting married.

Yes, Gu Zhang is getting married, and the wedding date is set on the eighth day of next month.

Tang Shishi originally planned to reissue it after the child was born, but Liu Ma was sharp-tongued and analyzed it.

She thought about it too, the little wave's hoof was still there for a day, and she felt uneasy after all, she knew that the reason why Gu Zhang refused to nod for so long was only because of him.

"But wearing a wedding dress with a big belly is ugly. Besides, no one would get married with a big belly." Tang Shishi frowned, disgusted.

"Hey, miss, why don't you make the wedding dress looser and cover your stomach." Hua Guduo said, thumping her shoulder.

"This, this, hey, I'll ask Dad."

General Tang does not stick to small details, and based on the principle that if my daughter is happy, I will be happy. The person in charge will calculate the birth date of the two, and the decision must be on the eighth day of the next month.The daughter is married to Gu Zhang, not a husband-in-law, so she should hold a banquet at the man's house out of reason.He wanted to put on a show first, go back to his hometown and arrange a big banquet again, so that his daughter could get married in a hurry.

The dignitaries left behind all know Gu Zhang, know that today is not what it used to be, and compared to when Gu Tingkun was alive, he has improved to a higher level. Just because he is the representative of the south, many people will come to support him, and General Tang married the jewel in his palm , with him as the overlord, more people will come to join him.The combination of the two is even more powerful. In the face of power and interests, even if General Tang is a foreigner, he will still chase after him like a dancing butterfly and strive for personal favors.

As soon as the invitation came out, the bright blood dripping red made Baoxiang dizzy.

Gu Zhang's name was outlined with vigorous brushwork. He carefully traced the handwriting. He thought he would feel uncomfortable, but it didn't. Since he returned to Yang's mansion from the inn, he was very quiet, not on the surface of a person, but psychologically, without waves Wulan, even he himself was a little unbelievable, suspecting that the six roots were really clean, even worse than the monks in the temple.

Zhang Chunming has been living in seclusion, staying in the Yang Mansion to help with chores.

In the past two days, she was the only one who followed Baoxiang anxiously and seemed constipated.

"Sister, please do me a favor, I'm going to the latrine, will you follow me?"

"Oh, no, no, no."

"What are you doing? You don't have any money to follow me. Go and chat with my aunt. She can't get out of bed for the past two days, and she likes to think wildly when she is alone."

"She fell asleep," Zhang Chunming looked at Baoxiang's face, with the crescent moon imprinted between his eyebrows, he was just like the Republic of China version of Mrs. Bao, and she would not let go of the slightest possible sign, so she continued Staring at Baoxiang, he said, "Where are you going?"

"Where can I go, go to the latrine," Baoxiang immediately acted vigilant, showing a look of panic, "You won't be so crazy as to follow me to the latrine."

Zhang Chunming waved her hand vigorously, "I'll go," she laughed frivolously, "Sister, I haven't seen anything, haha, why are you shy, your face is blushing."

"You, you, stop talking, stop talking, don't follow me, I'm in a hurry." Then he covered his stomach, ran straight forward, and muttered as he walked, "Didn't you say that you should be devout to Buddha, sister , you broke the precept again."

"Sins, sins." She suddenly realized, clasped her hands together, and muttered to the open world.

Baoxiang took the opportunity to escape Zhang Chunming's constant surveillance.

He understood her intentions, but he didn't understand the matter of feelings.

He faced the rising sun and passed day by day. It was actually a raging August, and it was less than ten days before Gu Zhang got married. It was time to prepare a decent gift for him.

Baoxiang had warned himself early in the morning that it would not last long. Gu Zhang was a normal person, and he wanted to live a normal life after all. Marrying a wife and having children was the best way. He couldn't bear to die with him. He understands how hard it is for a family to exchange up and down.

The more you understand, the more you have to let go, he thought.

His eyes were full of delicate jade, emerald green, and he strolled around among the jade wares placed by Lin Lang.

In fact, he can't understand it, and he doesn't know how to appreciate it.

It's just that everyone in the world knows that jade has spirituality, protects the Lord's peace, and blesses auspiciousness and well-being.

Therefore, he believed that if he sent a copy to Gu Zhang, Gu Zhang would also be blessed by the gods.

The shopkeeper stroking his woolly beard, waving a palm-leaf fan, walked up to Baoxiang in a fairy-like manner, "Little brother, which piece of beautiful jade suits your eyes?"

"Is it okay to go?"

"Yo, with a heart of reluctance and reluctance, Yu can't see you anymore."

"Ha, you're still nagging me."

"Who do you want to give it to?"

"Is there any point?"

"Of course." He giggled, with a sense of immortality, and with the smell of copper rust unique to profiteers, he lowered his voice and said, "There are 'as you wish' and 'as he wishes'."

Baoxiang didn't know why, so he cast a small questioning look.

"Come on," he pulled Baoxiang into the room and poured tea for him, "If you have a good relationship, then..." He made a gesture of worship, and then continued, "If you don't have a good relationship, then ..." As he spoke, his hands strangled his neck as if desperate for his life.

"Is it really useful?" Baoxiang asked in doubt.

"Hehe, sincerity makes spirit." He looked at Baoxiang, picked up a shiny black purple sand pot, and refilled his cup.

"Wouldn't it be very wicked?"

The shopkeeper is very miraculous, in the fluttering fairy spirit, he can switch freely with the evil eyebrows and mouse eyes, without any sense of disobedience, I only heard him chuckle twice, "It's just to get over the sea of ​​suffering early, don't worry, don't worry, I There is also a kind of jade here, which can suppress ghosts, so don't be afraid to take your life."

"Oh, it looks so powerful." Baoxiang said perfunctorily for the sake of creating an atmosphere.

"Then, ask for a piece."

"Go ahead."

"I can sell it as a set here to ensure that if life goes wrong, there will be no worries after death, and there will be no future troubles."

"Who wants these?"

"..."

"I want the most auspicious, the best, and the most blessed by the gods."

"..."

"Have it?"

"Have!"

……

Baoxiang stood in front of the cabinet, hesitating, the shopkeeper rubbed his sore legs, and smiled apologetically, "The best ones are here, don't underestimate this cabinet of jade, but it was handed down from the treasury of the Qing Palace back then. Those who went out, there are many peerless treasures, children are not deceived, in the world, gold has a price, but jade is priceless, look at this one..."

Since Baoxiang couldn't stop his flood-like eloquence, he automatically blocked it and chose carefully.

After thinking about it, he picked up the jade that had been neglected in the corner. He felt that the shape was unique, and it became a heart shape with edges and corners. He turned to the shopkeeper who finally came in handy, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"Concentric Jade," he slid along the groove, and divided it into two jade pendants, one big and one small. The concave pattern on the big one can just wrap around the small one, tightly fastened. The shopkeeper continued, " High-quality jade with vision."

Baoxiang said, "I want this piece, wrap it up for me." Only for Gu Zhang and his children, not for Tang Shishi, he thought.