Major General Through the Upper Gate

Cheng Wei talked to Wei Yinzhi who was lying down for a while, and he came out after seeing that he was a little sleepy. During this time, the baby lying beside him was very well-behaved, neither crying nor fussing. Looking at Cheng Wei, he felt envious.

He remembered that when his little brother was born, he cried almost every day. Even when he grew up, he often had tears in his eyes, either in pain here or there.

For a long time, Cheng Wei thought that all children were like this.Thinking about it now, it was probably because his little brother didn't have a beast stone that he suffered so much.

Ordinary children should be the same as Yinzhi's, so well-behaved that it makes people jealous.

After Cheng Wei came out of Yinzhi's room, he walked straight towards Gu Xizheng. He stood behind Gu Xizheng, ignoring many people watching, and directly put his forehead on his back.

"What's the matter?" Gu Xizheng didn't look back, he went back and touched Cheng Wei's hand lightly, it was a little cold.It rained today, the temperature dropped sharply, and even talking was covered with white mist.

He pressed the man's hand around his waist, and then put his palm on the back of his hand.

"It's nothing." Cheng Wei raised his head and stood beside him, his hand gently hooked Gu Xijiao's, and then said in a low voice, "I just saw the child, and I suddenly felt a little emotional."

Gu Xizheng's eyes moved slightly after hearing his words, he turned his head, and it happened that Cheng Wei was also looking at him.He saw Cheng Wei smiled lightly and said, "Gu Xiangxiao, it's great to have a child."

"You like it very much?" Gu Xijiao asked after a long time.

"Yeah." Cheng Wei nodded, then looked ahead and said, "Silver Zhi's child is very cute."

Gu Xijiao didn't answer anymore, he lowered his eyes, but held Cheng Wei's hand unnaturally tight.At this moment, his heart became unsteady.

Probably the festive atmosphere distracted Cheng Wei, so that he didn't notice that there was something wrong with Gu Xijiao. It just so happened that the front became lively again. I saw Xiong Defang carrying a basin of water into the room, and there was a clatter behind him. followed a group of people.

"This is about to be baptized," Cheng Wei pulled Gu Xizheng and said, "Come on, let's take a look!"

The baptism of a baby on the third day after its birth is a very old tradition in Yunyue Kingdom, including the baptism of the prince's birth, which must be carried out as scheduled.

Because of the severe cold, a group of people put down the curtains when they entered the house. The main room is very spacious. Xiong Defang put several charcoal pots in the morning, and there are more people, so it doesn't feel cold.

However, he still waited until the room was completely warmed up before asking his little father to carry the child out.This is the first brother of their Xiong family, and everyone cherishes it very much.

When the child was carried out, his eyes were still closed, and he looked like he was fast asleep. Xiong Defang couldn't intervene at this time. My own father can only stare blankly.

Xiong Defang's little father unwrapped the child's quilt, and several people quickly applied a layer of oil on the child's body, and then gently woke him up.After the child opened his eyes, they slowly tried to put the child into the water.

The red child pursed his mouth, looking like he was about to cry.Xiong Defang's little father gently supported his head and submerged his body in the water. The next moment, the little pudding pouted his mouth, which looked like he was smiling.

"This kid is so cute!"

"Daddy, look at the baby's eyes!"

"Shh - don't be so loud."

While the child was taking a bath, centenarians invited from the town began to come in and sing blessings.Gu Xijiao and Cheng Wei were far away, so they couldn't hear what was being sung, but they knew it was a blessing after guessing.

This time is very short. After singing blessings, someone put a new weight wrapped in red cloth into the basin.Then I rubbed a green liquid on the butterfly imprint on the little guy's shoulder, and the gray imprint suddenly became brighter.

So the little guy who was having a good bath was picked up, and after he was safely carried back to the room, the main room became lively again, and the big guys shouted "Congratulations" to Xiong Defang loudly.

"Let's go out too." Cheng Wei pulled Gu Xizheng out of the main room, only then did he realize that Gu Xizheng seemed a little unhappy.

"Are you bored in the room just now?" Cheng Wei couldn't help asking him.

"No." Gu Xizheng shook his head, he looked at Cheng Wei for a while, and then said: "I seem to have seen the scene just now."

Hearing his words, Cheng Wei was stunned, and he said hesitantly, "Did you remember something?"

Gu Xizhen gently squeezed his hand, he shook his head and said, "No, it just looks familiar, don't think about it."

Cheng Wei originally wanted to ask more questions, but there were too many people around him. After the baptism, everyone sat at the table, and the table was full of people. Cheng Wei didn't find a chance to ask.

When he got home, Gu Xizheng had suppressed all his emotions. No matter what he asked, the man would stroke his hair in a good-tempered manner and say nothing, so he suppressed the matter.

The rain after the winter solstice caused the weather to get colder every day. The north wind seemed to have finally remembered this southern town, and the strong wind made the open door "bang bang".

The children also shrank around the brazier in the house and refused to move their nests. Even when they went out to pee, they would shrink their necks and want to bury their heads in their collars.

Wei Xiaopai said that this kind of days will last for ten days and a half months, and it will be sunny for a while. It seems that this year will probably be a rainy year.

There's not much you can do when you go out in this weather, and the big guys in Tonghua Village have officially started the cat winter.

Because he went to Yunjing Country some time ago and didn't have time to burn charcoal, he and Wei Xiaopai bought some, plus what was left over from last year, and prepared to spend this winter like this.

"Our two pigs, one of them was killed in a while, and I want to ask Uncle Jiang to come back and slaughter the other, and then transport it to the town to sell." Cheng Wei was making small clothes around the brazier, and Wei Yinzhi was the child of the full moon. It was almost the Chinese New Year, and he wasn't going to bother him when the time came, so he sewed two sets of clothes and brought them to Wei Xiaopai along with the gift money, so he would be considered as a follower.

"If someone in the village wants it, you can just sell it in the village." Gu Xizheng poked potatoes in the brazier with a stick, and said while flipping through the old enlightenment book with one hand.

He can understand an enlightenment book at least seventy to eighty times, mainly because only half of the text here is like that on the blue star, and the other half is twisted and twisted, and he doesn't know how it was derived.

"That's what I originally planned, but I don't know how many people will buy meat this year." Don't sell all the meat by then, and take the leftovers to the town, it will be a real loss.

"Don't be afraid, we can eat it ourselves if we can't sell it all." Gu Xizheng tilted his head and said.

"The remaining end is not enough for you to eat!" Cheng Wei said angrily.But with so many people in Tonghua Village, there should be no need to worry about selling out a pig.

After the cold wave had passed, in the middle of January in the Gregorian calendar, Cheng Wei invited Uncle Jiang, Uncle Wei and his uncle to help him kill the two pigs at home.

It is said that the slaughter of pigs is early, and Cheng Wei gets up at four o'clock in the morning to boil water, and they all come over at five o'clock.Because the two pigs were slaughtered together, there was more than enough to stew the pork offal and the scattered meat in a large pot.

Cheng Wei asked Wei Xiaodi's family, uncle's family and Uncle Jiang's family to come over for breakfast, a dozen or so set up a big round table in the yard, and several children sat separately.

Because most of the children don’t like to eat offal, Cheng Wei asked his father Wei, who was helping the cook, to cut up lean meat and cook it in a small pot, mixed with freshly pickled sauerkraut, so that everyone felt a thin layer of it in the cold wind. sweat.

Killing pigs in Tonghua Village is considered a big event. Originally, the two planned to sell the meat in Tonghua Village, but Uncle Jiang shook his head and said to help them bring them to the town.

"It's better not to sell it in Tonghua Village. Your family isn't the only one who kills the New Year Pig. I'll bring it to the town for you." Uncle Jiang ate sauerkraut fried large intestine, wiped his mouth and said.

The chili is delicious, and the sauerkraut is also delicious.

"Okay, then I'll trouble Uncle Jiang." Cheng Weilue could understand after thinking about it. Although there are not many pigs raised in Tonghua Village, others raise them every year. The folks in Tonghua Village usually go to those houses to buy meat for the New Year. , if they sell it in Tonghua Village, I am afraid it will not be so good.

On the contrary, Wei Xiaopai and his uncle bought some with him, because the other end was to be brought to the town whole, so Cheng Wei used the end reserved for himself.

"Brother Wei, have you bought all the spices? This pig has to be slaughtered and the weather is good these days, so hurry up and dry it." When everyone dispersed, Wei Xiaopai asked him while helping to clean up the yard.

"I've bought everything. I'll chop the meat in a while. I'll make some sausages first. I'm afraid it will rain in a while." Cheng Wei set the round table against the wall, drew water from the well, and cleaned the pig hairs that were all over the ground outside the door. Rinse well.

"Then don't break up, we'll be together later." Wei Xiaodi said with a smile.He asked Cheng Wei to keep his intestines for him early in the morning.Now the meat is also bought by Cheng Wei, so there is no need to touch the two.

"That's a good relationship." Cheng Wei nodded again and again, with the help of Wei Xiaopai, he didn't have to worry about putting all kinds of seasonings out of order.

Just like this, I have been busy all day long, and the New Year's Eve is quietly approaching.