The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

The Shen family was delighted to have Lin'er, and three days later, it was time for the baby to be baptized, and many relatives and friends came to congratulate her with gifts.

Washing three times, full moon, grasping the week, etc. are all rituals for children at a certain age. Because the child death rate was high in the old days, it is inevitable to add some superstitious blessings to such celebrations.

From the royal family to the common people, they all have to be washed.

On this day, when relatives and friends gather, the host family will bathe the children with herbal decoction soup, and the guests will put money into the basin, which is called Timpan.There are also all kinds of cumbersome etiquette, all of which have beautiful meanings, including how to wash the child, there are already complete procedures.

This custom matured in the Tang Dynasty. Buddhism was prevalent in the Tang Dynasty. This bathing soup does not conform to the Buddhist rituals. It is the same as the practice of bathing the Buddha with fragrant soup on the Buddha Bathing Day.In fact, there are some people who simply ask for Buddha water in the temple to bathe their children if the festival coincides with the festival.

Shen Kuo's family can be regarded as a great scholar in talking and laughing, and there is no casual contact.When there are more scholars, there is one more procedure, that is, everyone write poems for children together.

To put it bluntly, ordinary people bless babies in vernacular, and they write poems... Naturally, it is full of all kinds of good wishes, and everyone feels the same.

Su Fatzi later washed his son for three hours, and wrote a unique poem about washing his son: "Everyone adopts a son to hope to be smart, and I have been fooled by being smart all my life. I only hope that the child will be stupid and reckless, and come to Gongqing without disaster or difficulty."

When Guagua washes three times, many friends who come to congratulate also write poems to wish.

As an atypical illiterate, Yun Yanhui naturally wouldn't go over to write poems, so he could just focus on smashing presents.

Those who come to wash three times are usually relatives and friends who are relatively close. If so, there are enough people who come today. Fortunately, Shuangyi and the others have not returned to their home, but are going to sit at the home of Daxiangguo Temple. Confinement.

Childbirth is very harmful to the body, so Yunyan hopes that Shuangyi will not be limited to one month this confinement, and it is best to take care of her body to the best.He hired several experienced women to help take care of Guagua so that Shuangyi could have enough time to rest.

As for the guests, everyone is asking for information about children in order to better write poems about children.

Shen Kuo was a little embarrassed, and vaguely stated that it was born in the middle of the night anyway.

When asked why the child was named Shen Liang, Shen Kuo hesitated again and couldn't speak.Although the name has become an established fact now, and there is no way to change it, but Shen Kuo, who still has a little bit of aesthetic persistence, still struggles in his heart.

When you look at it, it is obvious that there is a story in it.Well, don't ask him, just ask my brother-in-law.

Yunyan told everyone vividly and vividly that Shuangyi wanted to eat cold melons before giving birth, and her brother-in-law picked melons in the starry night. After eating them, the pregnant woman was about to give birth, so she named the child Shen Liang and her baby name Guagua.

Upon hearing this, everyone booed one after another.

"It turns out that's the case. Why are you embarrassed to say that? Liang Nai understands and is sincere!"

"The continuous melons are the first birth of the people."

"The child is very strong, and the baby name Guagua is also very good, catchy and meaningful."

"Cun Zhong Fu Gang is weak..."

After this sentence, everyone looked at this person, he found a bright spot!

Shen Kuo was dissatisfied with the name, obviously he didn't come up with the name, and the elders of Shen's family were all out of town, so it was clear at a glance who came up with the name.And even though Shen Kuo was dissatisfied, the baby still called this name, isn't it because of Fu Gang's depression?

It turned out that Shen Cunzhong was actually afraid of his own guilt!Usually, he would not go there even if he was told to eat flowers and wine, thinking that he was too obsessed with his career, now the case can be solved!

Shen Kuo's face suddenly turned gray, "..."

Look at the excitement of these people, I'm afraid Shen Kuo can't explain it clearly.

And they did write all these things into their poems. Later, as Shen Kuo became more and more famous, these stories spread widely.In the end, as Shen Kuo's name was left in history, the label of fear has also been passed down with him through the ages, which he probably never thought of.

……

Yunyan heard familiar animal calls outside, and opened the window to see that it was the people from Lingyuan who helped him bring Beibei back.

Zhao Yunchu also came to add gifts today, looked at it, and said: "Shuangyi is still confinement here, so let Beibei come back?"

"I also thought that Beibei should wait for Shuangyi to finish her confinement before coming back. I didn't make it clear to the people in Lingyuan." Yun Yan thought about it, "But they all sent Beibei here. It's hard work going back, can I let it stay in your house for a month?"

Zhao Yunchu's house is big enough, he nodded, "That's fine."

While the two were talking, another car came outside, and a few children got out of it. As soon as they got out, they ran straight to Beibei's cage, and shouted, "Beibei! Beibei!"

Yun Yan looked back, and hurried out with Zhao Yunchu: Why did these little ancestors come here?

It turned out that Zhao Youwu, Zhao Zongshi, Gao Taotao and the little tiger came together, that's all for the little tiger, the other three came without making any noise.

Looking again, Chen Lin also came, and he came over to congratulate Yun Yan with a smile.

It turned out that it was Zhao Youwu who heard that his senior brother had a nephew, so he clamored to come and see. There had been no newborns in the palace for a long time, let alone various celebrations. Hearing that there was a nephew here, Zhao Youwu felt very strange.

When Renzong thought about it, he simply asked his confidant Chen Lin to bring the princess and others over to have a look, and also add a basin for him by the way.

Yunyan went back and quickly thanked the officials from afar, then took Zhao Youwu and the others to an empty room, brought Guagua over, and told them to meet the baby alone.

Guagua was sleeping, he was small, Zhao Youwu looked at his bulging little hand, and secretly kissed it, "Why is he so small, only a little bit bigger, can he talk?"

"Not yet, even my mother can't call now." Yunyan said with a smile back.

Zhao Zongshi hurriedly said: "My mother said, when I was one year old, it was the first time I called mother!"

Chen Lin also took a look at the child on behalf of Renzong, praised him for his good looks, and gave him a gift.

"He's still sleeping, I'll send him back first." Yun Yanhui sent Guagua back to the crib under the reluctant eyes of the children.

Little Tiger and the others followed one by one, standing at the door watching Yunyan return to release the child lightly.

The crib was also prepared by Yun Yanhui a long time ago, with various toys hanging above it.After the name of Guagua was decided, Zheng Ping even casually made a small watermelon out of cotton cloth and tied it to the head of the bed.There is also a watermelon pillow, which is placed on the Shuangyi bed.

After Yunyan stepped back, she heard them discussing that the word melon for Guagua refers to watermelon.

The little tiger held Yun Yanhui's hand tangled, and said solemnly: "Have you ever doubted that it's not the real Guagua?"

Yun Yan was stunned for a moment, "How do you say?"

The little tiger compared his belly, "When Guagua was in Sister Shuangyi's stomach, Sister Shuangyi's belly was so-so big, but Guagua is only a little bit bigger."

The little tiger compared for a long time, and finally said sadly: "I think it's not the same size, is it wrong?"

The two little girls, Zhao Youwu and Gao Taotao, took a deep breath and covered their mouths. They were obviously amazed by this amazing plot, and they didn't know how many plots they had imagined.

"So, where is the real Guagua?"

"Did it fall in the melon field?"

What?What fell in the melon patch?Yun Yan could hardly keep up with this plot. He thought about it and explained to everyone: "When Guagua was in Sister Shuangyi's belly, he lived in a bedroom. The size of this belly also includes Oh the size of the bedroom!"

"Wow--"

It turns out that the baby lived in the room in the mother's womb?

Even Zhao Zongshi, who claims to be the most mature, felt overturned: "Where is that house now?"

"It's still in Shuangyi's belly, this house will disappear slowly." Yunyan said back, and actually took them to see Shuangyi, and asked Shuangyi to show them the stomach that hadn't completely disappeared.

"So there really is a house!" Zhao Youwu's eyes sparkled, "No wonder Guagua is so small!"

The little tiger felt relieved, "It seems that Guagua is the real Guagua."

Shuang Yi looked at Yun Yanhui with puzzled eyes, Yun Yan smiled back and said nothing.

After watching Guagua's "old residence", Zhao Zongshi, who has been studying for several years, even invited himself to compose a poem.

"Xinghe urges the lin'er, and the cool melon heralds a good time. The orchid basin washes the phoenix chicks, and they will wear purple clothes in the future."

As soon as Zhao Zongshi finished reading the poem, there was thunderous applause.Considering Zhao Zongshi's age, this level is quite good.

Yun Yan clapped back and clapped especially hard...

If there is no accident, this is the future emperor.The future emperor said that you are a young phoenix, and you can be a high official in the future, so can you not be a high official?

From this perspective, Zhao Zongshi's poems simply overwhelmed the audience.After all, other people's blessings are pure blessings. For Zhao Zongshi, if he wants to come true, it will come true in the future!

Zhao Youwu and the others didn't stay here for a long time. After all, Zhao Youwu was the honor of the princess. After visiting and sending blessings, Chen Lin took them back to the palace.

But not long after, another little loli whom Yun Yanhui also liked very much also came.

That was Yu Wenxuan and his wife, who also came with Yuwen Rounu and her younger brother.

Shen Zhou and Yu Wenxuan's father agreed that Shuangyi would marry Yuwen Rounu's younger brother when she gave birth to a girl, and marry Yuwen Rounu when she gave birth to a boy.Now that Guagua is born, of course he automatically has a marriage contract with Yuwen Rounu.

After Shuangyi visited Yuwen's home, she felt that Yuwen Rounu was very cute. Thinking about it, if Yuwen Rounu was her daughter-in-law, there would be nothing wrong with it.

Yuwen Rounu also supported the crib to look at Guagua. At her age, she still doesn't know what her future husband will be, but her younger brother is only a few months older than Guagua, so she skillfully uses the small watermelon beside the bed Play with Guagua.

Yuwen Rounu was not there when Shuangyi gave birth, and this was the first time she saw her fiancé, while teasing Guagua, Yuwen Rounu raised her head and said softly, "Brother Guagua is so cute."

Seeing this scene, the elders all laughed tacitly.

……

After Shuangyi gave birth to a child, Yunyan was as happy as if she had become a father herself, and she was still smiling when she returned to work.

In a few days, the academic officer of Kaifeng Prefecture School announced another good news.

It has been confirmed that next spring, the officials will recruit scholars.

At this time, the frequency of imperial examinations has not yet been fixed. Perhaps the officials are happy. We will hold imperial examinations this year and next year. If something happens, it may not be done for two or three years.

Of course, before that, that is, starting from the second half of this year, students will have to take the solution test and the provincial test to obtain qualifications.

In fact, the suspension does not necessarily mean that the examination and provincial examinations have also been suspended. It may just be that the officials do not take scholars anymore.Therefore, the students of the examination and provincial examinations have been preparing. Now that they know that there will be an imperial examination next year, they are naturally more nervous, and they have to weigh whether they want to take part.

For the first batch of students of Touxi Street Vocational and Technical College, quite a few of them have already reached the level of the next test.Some "experienced" ones have even taken the first two exams before.

This is the first time Kaifeng Fuxue has verified their teaching strength after several years of establishment.

All the gentlemen are stunned. At this time, the admission rate of the imperial examination is extremely low, and it is more difficult than the modern college entrance examination. It is not only a thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge, but a thousand troops walking a tightrope.

In particular, Kaifeng Fuxue is located in the capital city. There are various government and private schools here. A large part of the students they accept are not descendants of high-ranking officials and dignitaries.This relatively fair imperial examination is the only way out for many poor students with dreams.