The Crossing of Fortune and Prayer Jubilee

Lou Yuzhu was sometimes made dumbfounded, which made the whole Zhou Mansion feel tense, so eager to confess him that it would be three sticks of incense sooner or later.Tell Fu Linshu these things as a joke, and the other party will get a finger.

"Don't be born in the midst of blessings and don't know your blessings. Which brother would not want your husband to take care of you when you are pregnant? Zhou Cheng is a little nervous, and it is for your own good. You are not allowed to play your temper and annoy him!"

Lou Yuzhu clutched her forehead and complained: "Father, am I your own? Why do my arms keep turning out!"

"What are you going out for, I'm doing it for your own good." Fu Lin Shuyu continued earnestly: "Since we got the imperial building card, many people have said that Zhou Cheng, a boy born as a servant, is not good enough for you, but I think everyone has their own opinions." Fate, think about it, let you marry a wealthy family and live with elder cousins ​​tomorrow, with your temperament, you can bear it? Why not just you and Zhou in Ruoda's house like now? Sincerely two masters, as long as Zhou Cheng dotes on you, you have the final say on the whole house. Isn’t this comfortable? Don’t blame Dad for nagging, the life of two people is originally you let me let you, blindly fighting for strength Willfulness, no matter how good the relationship is, there will be a day of obliteration."

Lou Yuzhu, whose face was filled with chicken soup for the cold, didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "In Daddy's heart, I am self-willed and unreasonable?"

"You are sensible, but you are self-willed enough. Don't be stubborn, think about what you have done for Zhou Cheng as a husband?" Fu Linshu whitened him, attacking him without any politeness: "From the engagement to the present, Zhou Cheng Things that haven’t been worn by your needlework, even the simplest shoe soles are terrible; you come to the meeting for food, but you can only eat and talk; you have a big mouth for daily service, and your own servants are well-prepared and unwashed The fact that you didn’t take the washing water once for clothes, isn’t it because Zhou Cheng hurts you?”

Lou Yuzhu shrinks her neck embarrassingly.

"And the idea of ​​only having one child, I advise you to get rid of it, and let me know that you have this idea, and I can't deal with you!"

After being severely scolded, Lou Yuzhu went back to the house and asked Zhou Cheng with the thought of 'I'm really that bad', but the other party couldn't laugh or cry.

"Don't listen to Father Yue, the worldly standard of measurement does not mean that it is also the standard between you and me," he said softly, "clothes, sewing, kitchen firewood and other rough work are prepared by your servants, your eyes and hands , it’s not for doing these rough jobs. Take a step back and say that even if you know it, I still can’t bear it.”

"What about the heir?"

Zhou Cheng smiled: "I also think the 'prenatal and postnatal care' you mentioned is very good. If you raise them well, you may not be able to bear the family business. Besides, having children is hard work, and I can't bear it."

Speaking of this, Lou Yuzhu feels that she is quite relaxed during pregnancy, she can eat and sleep, unlike Liang Zhaohuai and Lin Yun, who can't sleep half the night and have swollen feet, nor like Wei Qi, whose tastes change for a while I want to eat this and then I want to eat that, except that my stomach is round and my body is heavy, the rest of my daily life is the same as before.

The experienced Xu Se only praised Lou Yuzhu for giving birth, and made everyone happy.

From the hot summer to the cool autumn and then to the cold winter, the entire Gongde Lou family, which has been tense, finally ushered in the first brother of the three generations of the Lou family on the cold day of November, named Lou Xueer. Feng Ren laughed throughout the winter of Lou Ming's father, and made a big deal of the full moon wine. The Wei family, who were originally worried that their brother's child would not be a boy, immediately felt relieved.Looking back, he joked with Wei Qi dumbfoundingly, saying that ordinary people love the boy Dulou's family but spoil his elder brother or something, making Wei Qi a joke.

Lou Xueer's full moon is the end of the year after drinking, because Liang Zhao is not here, Wei Qi is newly married, and Fu Linshu has to provoke again. Fortunately, there is a backup for who should be sent, how to send it, and when. It's done in one go.A few of them were discussed by the whole family, such as how many pieces of brocade, how much high-quality silk, and how much high-quality distilled wine to eat freshly, etc. for the emperor's New Year's ceremony, as well as Jingyang Hou's Mansion, Mu Laona, and Li Zhifu. Then, there are a few relatives and so on.You can take back as much as you send out, the only difference between the two households is that Mr. Lou and Dafang only give gifts without returning presents, and the other household is Zhou Chengna. Whatever you send out, you will get back twice as much. Wei Qi, who was helping, was amused.

On New Year's Eve, Lou Yuzhu, with her eight-month-old belly, directed the servants to prepare a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, drank two glasses of fruit wine with Zhou Cheng, and went to the Lou Zhai after a few hours of rest.

This time it was Zhipan's turn to lead a group of officials to worship the building.

According to the calendar, the objects bestowed by the emperor, offerings, incense burners, sacrifices and other objects were placed to complete the worship ceremony amidst the sound of firecrackers. After a sumptuous lunch, they all dispersed.

Before the Lantern Festival came out, news came from Baishui that Liang Zhao had given birth to a fat boy. Lou Ming couldn't do it, and even wrote to make fun of Lou Hua showing off that he had a brother, making Lou Hua dumbfounded.

Lou Hua's second son was named Lin Jiong, and he didn't plan to have a full moon wine, so Lou Chengyi and Zhang's uncle rushed to have a home-cooked meal, and then rushed back without stopping.Because in a blink of an eye, Lou Yuzhu will give birth.

Lou Yuzhu had an attack in the middle of the night, Zhou Cheng was in a state of panic, and Fu Linshu, who got the news, rushed to preside over the situation.Originally, as father-in-law, he shouldn't be dictating his brother-in-law's house, but seeing Zhou Cheng's eagerness to rush in, Fu Linshu hurriedly started to command the servants.After all, as a person who has given birth to four children and presided over the birth of two daughters-in-law, Fu Linshu immediately calmed down the situation.

At dawn, the Zhou Mansion heard the first loud cry of a baby.

Lou Ming pulled Wei Qi, his face full of joy: "It's born, it's born, Brother Yu is born!"

Zhou Cheng was about to charge forward with one stride, but Fu Linshu pulled him away and shouted: "Don't rush in at this time, the mother who gave birth is carrying the baby out to announce the good news!"

Sure enough, the mother who gave birth carried the baby and came out with a happy expression on her face: "Congratulations to Master Zhou, Mr. Junfu gave birth to a big fat boy for you!"

Zhou Cheng was stunned, and stiffly picked up the tightly wrapped baby under Fu Linshu's command.

Lou Ming smiled: "It turns out that Big Brother Zhou is just as nervous as I was back then. It's a pity that he is a kid and not a brother, but our brother Xue is the cutest!"

"It's not my brother's, this is the eldest son of the Zhou family!" Fu Linshu glared at Lou Ming angrily, and even Wei Qi turned a blind eye to her husband, and rushed to look at the baby.

Zhou Cheng, who was about to change hands, put the child in Wei Qi's hands, turned around and went inside to see Lou Yuzhu.

Wei Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You don't want the hot eldest son?"

Fu Linshu also couldn't laugh or cry.Fortunately, after Wei Qi gave birth, Lin Xueer knew how to hold the baby, otherwise Zhou Cheng would have made the baby cry just now with such a loss.

Lou Yuzhu in the house had already been cleaned up by his personal slave brother. Lou Yuzhu, who was still in good spirits, saw Zhou Cheng come in empty-handed, and asked in surprise, "Where is your son?"

"I'm not very good at hugging, so I'll give it to my second brother-in-law." Only then did Zhou Cheng feel that it was not good to lose his son like this.

Fortunately, Wei Qi understood, so she turned around and brought the child in. Lou Ming and Lou Chengyi went back when they couldn't get in. Later, Fu Linshu came in with a bowl of warm water and said with a smile: "My grandson was born and opened his eyes. After seeing it, he must be a capable and responsible person!"

Wei Qi also smiled: "That's right, she stared at me with her beady eyes, as if she knew I wasn't his father." After that, she hugged the baby and moved to the bedside to show Lou Yuzhu, teasingly said: "Little girl Be good, this is your father, do you know? In the future, you have to be filial, obedient, and sensible, do you know? Otherwise, hum, second uncle will beat you up~~"

Fu Linshu laughed at this, and waved: "Come and feed me some warm water, while my grandson is still awake, it will be troublesome if I fall asleep."

"Isn't it feeding goat milk?" Zhou Cheng was puzzled. He had prepared several milk-producing sheep for this purpose.

"You don't understand that, do you?" Fu Linshu smiled at him and said, "Newborn babies can't drink milk right away. They need to drink a few sips of warm water to clear their stomach before they can drink milk. And they can't drink too much at a time. You have to eat less and eat more, and the milk must be freshly cooked and then warmed up before you can drink it." Seeing Zhou Cheng's dumbfounded expression, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't be leaving for a while, and spend the month with Brother Yu son."

Wei Qi also said: "I will come here and scurry around from time to time, I can't help much, at least I can talk to brother Yu to relieve boredom."

Lou Yuzhu was quite embarrassed and said: "There are so many servants, how can father be busy?"

Fu Linshu interrupted him: "Stupid words. It's settled like this. Put a piece of paper next to it, and I'll just lie down."

Zhou Cheng got up: "There's a side room next to it, I'll let someone clean it up, Father Yue can live there with the child, Brother Yu, I'll just stay with you."

"Ah? How can anyone stay with husband during confinement?" Usually, wealthy families don't even bring in the delivery room, but Zhou Cheng has to live in it. Isn't that too much?

"That's someone else's house, our house has no such rules." Zhou Cheng held Lou Yuzhu's hand tightly and went to order someone to prepare the side room.

Wei Qi and Fu Linshu looked at each other, and joked to Lou Yuzhu: "This brother-in-law knows how to love others, even I am jealous."

"Brother Qi should let my second brother listen to what Brother Qi said, and see if he annoys you."

Wei Qi blushed and reprimanded him, not daring to joke anymore.Seeing Zhou Cheng coming back from over there, he hurriedly changed the subject and said, "I've been hugging the child for a long time, have you come up with a name for my son-in-law?"

"It's Zhou Yi."

"Which meaning?" Lou Yuzhu was stunned, it seems that the name was not prepared before, right?

"God's will."

Lou Yuzhu was still in a daze, but Wei Qi blushed, put the child in Zhou Cheng's hands angrily, and joked: "Hurry up and hug you, the crystallization of heaven's will! I won't be an eyesore here!" After saying that, he turned around and slipped away.

Lou Yuzhu couldn't laugh or cry.

Fu Linshu leaned over and smiled, "I'll take the child to the side room, so don't worry about it, just take a good rest."

Zhou Cheng got up to send the person out, then turned around and took Lou Yuzhu's hand. Lou Yuzhu, who was already dizzy, curled her lips, rubbed her fingers twice on her hand, and then fell asleep.Zhou Cheng folded his clothes and lay down next to him, and his mind finally settled down. This sleep was dizzy and he didn't wake up until late at night. To be precise, he woke up from hunger.

When Zhou Cheng moved, Lou Yuzhu also woke up, and the two of them listened to the side room for no movement, so they guessed that the child was asleep, so Zhou Cheng quietly got up and asked the servants to prepare the food, and then he served Lou Yuzhu after the meal, and then he brought the bowl to the table. Two bowls were picked up next to it, and two or three nugees in this room have already helped Lou Yuzhu to clean her body and change into hot clothes and bedding.

After all this was done and the door was closed, Fu Linshu walked through the small door of the house with Xiao Zhouyi in his arms and laughed loudly: "You two are awake, you can sleep better than my good grandson."

Zhou Cheng coughed dryly in embarrassment, Fu Linshu pursed his lips and smiled, then carefully placed the swaddle next to Lou Yuzhu, and said in a low voice, "The little guy just ate milk, and now he is asleep."

Fu Linshu's good Lou Yuzhu can be seen from the side of the head. The small nose and mouth are not open, and the skin is red like a monkey. However, because of the good nutrition, the child's skeleton is not small, and the weight is relatively heavy among babies. heavy. "...Is he noisy?"

"Not too noisy, very well behaved."

Lou Yuzhu's heart skipped a beat: "Then let me sleep here tonight, so Father can rest well."

Fu Linshu didn't argue with him, and said straightly: "It's okay, anyway, I'll be right next to me, and I'll come over when the child wakes up." As he said, he got up to mean that he didn't want to tie up the family of three anymore, but he just remembered something and turned to Zhou Cheng and said, "Zhou Cheng has to think about what to do with Xisan and Manyuejiu. This is the first grandson in our family, if we don't do it well, we won't obey."

"That's natural." Zhou Yi is his first son and eldest son, with different identities, it is natural that we should do something special.

The time passed when Lou Yuzhu was in confinement and Xiao Zhou intended to eat, drink, sleep and sleep. It was a lively day on the third day, and then there was full moon wine.

Lou Hua, who hadn’t returned during the Chinese New Year, led Liang Zhao, who was just out of confinement, back. Lou Chen, who was far away in Beijing, sent a letter asking Lou Yuzhu to ask for a holiday with Mr. Mu, but Lou Yuzhu sold it and Mr. Mu took it with him. Dun, the person didn't return but the gift was sent back. There were clothes, shoes, etc., and a lot of gadgets that were popular in Beijing. Two nephews and one nephew fully loaded two carriages!When I got home and dismantled it, Zhou Yi had more than his two cousins.Fortunately, the brothers Louhua and Louming didn't mind, and they prepared a lot of things for them when they turned back. Lou Yuzhu, who was collecting the gifts, couldn't laugh or cry.

As soon as the child falls to the ground, he will grow up in the wind, become more lively and cuter day by day, and sometimes become more tossing people day by day.After the child was [-] days old, Lou Yuzhu kicked Zhou Cheng out to earn money to support the family, and he took the child to wander around leisurely every day, sometimes returning to the house twice a day, and Fu Lin scolded him for being willful .

However, there is a price for this self-willedness. Lou Yuzhu became pregnant again when Xiao Zhouyi was able to toddle.This time the couple has gained experience, and Zhou Cheng is not as exaggeratedly nervous as last time.More than nine months later, Lou Yuzhu gave birth to another fat boy named Zhou Yu, who lived up to the name for three years.

In the twelfth lunar month of the same year, Lou Chengzu quietly closed his eyes at night.Lou Chengli took the lead in organizing the funeral together with Lou Chengyi, Tang Lian laughed at the mentally handicapped child as the heir to inherit the big family's incense, and at the same time Lou Hua proposed to divide the clan.

Old Man Lou's energy was exhausted when Lou Wen passed away, and now Lou Chengzu, who was sent to a black-haired man by a white-haired man, seemed to have only one breath left. Zong didn't even have the energy to scold.

Lou Hua directly assumed that he agreed, and turned around and asked someone to build an ancestral hall in the Lou Zhai, only to wait for Lou Chengyi and his wife to become the master and inherit the incense for their descendants after a hundred years.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Lou Chen, at the age of sixteen, got engaged to the youngest grandson of Mr. Mu in the same year.Only then can Lou Chen go back to Yan's Village on the grounds of visiting relatives, and in the past three years Lou Yuzhu gave birth to twin boys, and now he is pregnant with another twin boy who has been obsessed with giving birth to his brother.

Lou Chen hugged the six-year-old eldest Zhou Yi, the four-year-old second Zhou Yu, and the two-year-old third Zhou Qi and Zhou Zhoulin one by one. Then he touched Lou Yuzhu's four-month-old belly, and said sadly: " I have already missed the eldest to the fourth child, and I must watch the birth of the fifth child!"

Lou Yuzhu, who was quite energetic with her rounded stomach, glared at him: "Then you have to pray that this is a brother, otherwise, hehe."

Lou Chen admitted his cowardice like a benevolent person, nodded suddenly and said: "Brother must be a brother! When I come back, the fifth child must be a brother." After finishing speaking, he stared sadly and said: "Actually, Brother Yu should have written a letter asking me to come back. Yes, otherwise, I would have given birth to a brother long ago."

The whole family couldn't laugh or cry when they heard this logic, Fu Linshu laughed and scolded: "Young brother Yu, don't seduce you, brother Yu, when the fifth child is born, you will still be a kid, and see if your brother Yu will not pick your skin!"

Lou Hua, who already has three boys, actually wanted a brother very much, and sighed: "Our family has nine generations in three generations, and there is only one brother Xue among the eight boys."

Speaking of Lou Mingle's straight slap on the leg, Wei Qi felt so flamboyantly blushing.Anyway, he is also the father of two children, right? I don't want to behave like a child.

Lou Chen pretended to be meaningful: "It seems that the responsibility still falls on me."

The whole family was amused, among them Lou Ming said with a smile: "It's something that hasn't been filmed yet! At this time, I can guarantee that I won't be afraid that the wind will flash my tongue!"

But he didn't want to say something emphatically, Lou Chen didn't have a brother's life either!