Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Jia Mu was overjoyed when she heard the words, put her palms together and recited a sentence: "Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless you."

Mrs. Xing was also very happy, and hurriedly turned her head to tell the girl: "Tell Lian'er to go with the master!"

The girl promised to go with a smile.

Li Wan smiled and congratulated Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Xing: "Congratulations to the old lady and wife, happy to have a golden grandson."

Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang also came forward to say congratulations, and all the family members in the courtyard also came forward to kowtow to congratulate. Jia Mu was happy from ear to ear, and said with a smile: "Everyone is happy, let the word go, and the family will reward you with two months' money. An extra month will be added for the ones in Fengyatou's courtyard!"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard the words, and hurriedly spread the word.

Mrs. Wang glanced at the chiming clock, it was the second quarter of Shenchu, and said with a smile: "Madam Feng's pregnancy is really smooth, and she was born in just over an hour."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she liked it more and more, she nodded and smiled and said, "Young girl Feng is a blessed one."

At this time, Ping'er brought out the sewage with a few women, and said with a smile: "Old lady, the second mistress has already cleaned up."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she helped Yuanyang's hand and went into the room to have a look. Li Wan also entered with Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue.

Entering the room, I saw that Sister Feng had changed into a clean silver-red jacket and was lying on the kang, with a royal blue satin flat gold mop on her head. Although her face was pale, her face was full of joy. The delivery grandma dresses the child.

The grandma who took the baby in was wrapped in red swaddling clothes. When she saw Mother Jia and others coming in, she hurriedly got up and saluted, and said, "My brother has packed it up. Can the old lady take a look?"

Mother Jia was full of joy, got up quickly, and took the red swaddle in person, lifted the quilt and took a closer look. Seeing that the child was born with a square face, big ears, bright eyes and sparse eyebrows, she was really happy, and said with a smile: "It's so big." You fat boy, girl Feng has done a great job this time."

Sister Feng was very happy in her heart, and her waist straightened unconsciously.

Jia Mu thanked the admission grandma again and said, "Grandma has worked hard today." She asked Yuanyang to take two ingots of silver, a pair of gold rings with double dragons playing with pearls and two pieces of red satin for washing hands. Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang also paid 20 taels. Silver, two bolts of red silk.

The grandma and grandma who gave birth kowtowed their heads again.

Mother Jia hugged the child fondly, and said with a smile to Li Wan and the others, "Come and have a look, this child looks like Lian'er when he was young, and he will definitely be a handsome boy in the future."

Mrs. Xing was very envious looking at it, and she wanted to take it and hug her, but Mother Jia didn't let go of the child, and could only watch eagerly.

Seeing her staring at the child eagerly, Mother Jia felt a little bit sad.

Sighing, he handed over the swaddle and said with a smile, "Master, come and hug your grandson too."

Mrs. Xing was both surprised and happy, and hurriedly took the swaddle baby carefully, only to see the little guy sleeping sweetly with his eyes closed, his tender little fists clenched, the more he looked at him, the more he loved him, a feeling of love welled up in his heart, and he hugged and looked at it for a long time, Fang reluctantly placed it beside Sister Feng's pillow, and said softly, "You have worked really hard this time, and you are a great contributor to our family."

Sister Feng was very pleased when she heard this, she looked gently at her son beside her, and said with a smile: "It's not too hard, it's not as difficult as giving birth to Sister Qiao, this one is much easier and faster."

Li Wan sighed secretly. In this world, no matter how capable you are, you can't compare to having a son. Although you are not worthy of Sister Feng in your heart, you can't show it on your face, so you can only smile and say: "I think our little brother also feels sorry for you." His mother, he didn't make much trouble, and he will be a smart and filial child in the future."

Sister Feng was very happy when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "I will be satisfied with my sister-in-law's good words, I only hope that he can learn a little bit from Brother Lang in the future."

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue also looked at the child once, and asked Sister Feng, "Have you drank the brown sugar water?"

Sister Feng said: "Cai Ping'er served me and drank it."

Aunt Xue nodded and said, "It's not as usual during the confinement period. You have to be careful about your diet and daily life. If it's cold today, keep warm and don't catch a cold." Sister Feng agreed.

Mrs. Wang asked again: "Have all the wet nurses been selected?"

Sister Feng said: "It's been chosen a long time ago. The wet nurse is from Zhao Tianliang's family. She gave birth to a child just a month ago. Her mother-in-law is the second master's wet nurse. She has always been extremely loyal, and the maids she serves are also extremely innocent. Have a child."

Mrs. Wang nodded after hearing this, and said nothing more.

Mother Jia asked if the confinement room had been tidied up, and Ping'er hurriedly said, "The west suite has been tidied up, and the bedding and bedding are all clean. I'll wait for grandma to move over there slowly."

Just as Baochai, Yingchun, Tanchun and others all came to say congratulations, Sister Feng gave birth earlier, and they were all girls who had not left the cabinet, so they were inconvenient to be present. congratulate.

Not long after, I saw Lin Zhixiao's family with all the daughters-in-law and girls from all the houses, all of whom kowtowed to congratulate each other. Then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of You's family in Dongfu also came to congratulate each other, and Sister Feng's courtyard became more and more lively.

Unconsciously, the sky gradually darkened, and it was already dinner time. Everyone watched Sister Feng drink the porridge.

Aunt Xue invited Mrs. You to go with her, and all the sisters also

When everyone went back to their rooms, Mrs. Wang said to Li Wan, "It's time to prepare for the third son's wash. Now Feng girl can't manage the affairs, so you should take more care."

Li Wan agreed, sent Mrs. Wang back to her room, and then ordered Suyun to send a message to the waiter, dyed xiguo and eggs to send to relatives and friends; Fang Xie.

But Jia She and Jia Lian were overjoyed when they learned that Sister Feng had given birth. They hurriedly sent people to Wang Ziteng's house and reported to relatives and friends everywhere.Afterwards, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, father and son, Jia Huan, Jia Cong's uncle and nephew all came to congratulate, and the housekeeper Lai Da and Lin Zhixiao also brought a group of stewards to kowtow to congratulate.

Jia Lian finally finished the socializing. Hearing that Mother Jia and others had returned to their rooms, she was thinking about her son, so she hurried to Sister Feng's room, hugged the child and wept with joy, and refused to let go for a long time, making Sister Feng laugh once.

Jia Amnesty also forgot to eat and drink, and went back to the study to read books, thinking about choosing a good name for his grandson.

Because Jia Lan's generation was ranked in cursive characters, Jia Amnesty thought it over and over again, and finally named his grandson Jia Zhi, which meant Zhi Lan Qi Fang, and everyone in the family called Zhi Geer from then on.

In a twinkling of an eye, it was the sixth day of October, and Zhi Geer washed the third day.

Early in the morning, after Li Wan had cleaned up, he called Lin Zhixiao's house and asked, "Have you prepared the colorful wedding eggs, various fruits, wedding noodles, wedding cakes and other things for relatives and friends?"

Lin Zhixiao's family hurriedly said: "Don't worry, grandma, everything has been packed, just waiting to be sent."

Li Wan listened and nodded and said: "In this case, let's send it earlier, and distribute it according to the list given by Lian Erye, and ask people to rush for the table under the kitchen, and the guests will arrive after a while. "

Lin Zhixiao agreed, and went to cook without mentioning it.

Li Wan called Ping'er over again, arranged a banquet for relatives and friends, and relied on everyone's care and care before going to Mrs. Wang's room.

After I greeted you for a while, Mrs. Wang also asked about today's banquet. Li Wan said with a smile: "Don't worry about this matter, my wife has already asked Ping'er and Lai to take care of everyone, and the big kitchen has already prepared the banquet. Relatives and friends at home and abroad will serve wine and food as soon as they arrive, and there will be no mistakes."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang asked, "Have you agreed on where to place the banquet?"

Li Wan said: "What the old lady meant yesterday is that the people who came today are all close relatives of the same family, and there are not many people. Five or six tables are enough. Therefore, it has been agreed that the table for the female relatives will be placed in the old lady's upper room. There will be arranged by the Elder Master Tong Lian and the Second Uncle Lian, so we don't have to worry about it."

Mrs. Wang saw that her arrangement was very thorough and appropriate, she was satisfied, she nodded and said: "Very good, that's all.

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Before Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she saw that Prince Teng's husband was presenting the three baptisms, and the daughter-in-law in charge had finished asking An Daoxi. She walked up to Mrs. Wang and presented the gift list, and said with a smile, "This is from our wife to my aunt." With my brother."

Li Wan took it, opened it, and saw that it was a red gold silk and flowing cloud baifu longevity lock, a suet jade lock with both blessings and longevity, two red gold plate collars, two pairs of golden bell bracelets, and Ruyi emerald jade carvings. A pair of decorations, two sets of head and face inlaid with precious stones inlaid with red gold, two red and green crepe quilts, two beds each, one Baijia clothing, one pair of tiger-head shoes, two pieces of red feather gauze satin, and four pieces of inner-made Ning silk. , eight bolts of bright red duoluo, twelve bolts of silk and satin of various colors, two sticks of ginseng, four kinds of dim sum made inside, four colors of dried fruit, four boxes of tea and food, and eight altars of Shaoxing wine.

In addition, there are two ingots of silver, two ingots of gold, four pieces of red gold jewellery, and two pieces of red silk for washing three basins. In addition, there are twelve strings of rewards, with 24 ends of the ruler, for the girls and daughters-in-law who serve in Sister Feng's house. them.

After Li Wan looked at it, he presented it to Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang took a look and said with a smile, "Why bother?" Then she said to Li Wan, "Send it to Feng girl."

Li Wan ordered Suyun to send the gift list to Sister Feng, and Mrs. Wang ordered to reward the visitor generously. After eating happy noodles, she just went.

Afterwards, both the historians and the Xue family sent people to send congratulatory gifts, and the Gu family also sent people to send eight gold and silver things for Daiyu's sake. There is an endless stream of bell jewelry and wishful water gifts.

The housekeeper's wife and so on are greeted by Li Wan and Yingchun Tanchun, and the cooks are ordered to prepare more happy noodles, and send home and outsiders to eat with men and women.For the rest of the housekeepers who came to congratulate, Jia Lian greeted Lai Dalin's filial piety outside, treated the noodles one by one, and sent eggs and fruits back, so there is no need to repeat them.

Li Wan and the others had been busy for half a day before they had time to sit down and have a rest. While having tea, they heard the little girl reply that Miss Lin had come.

It turned out that Daiyu arrived early in the morning with Lin Ruhai by car, first went to greet Jia Mu and Mrs. Xing Wang, and then came here.

After everyone saw the ceremony, Yingchun wanted to order someone to serve noodles, Daiyu hurriedly smiled and said: "Second sister doesn't have to be busy, so I came here to eat noodles at my grandmother's."

After hearing this, Li Wan laughed and said, "My sister won't eat, so just serve me a bowl. I'm very hungry now, and I haven't touched any of the noodles today."

Yingchun was startled, and said: "Sister-in-law, hasn't she had breakfast yet?"

Li Wan smiled helplessly: "I got up early today and ate two pieces of snacks to make a cushion. I just finished digesting it after working for half a day. You saw the scene just now. Where is it?"

Still have time to eat?That's the only time I have to rest. "

After hearing this, Tanchun said to a daughter-in-law: "Go and tell the kitchen that grandma hasn't eaten breakfast, so tell him to hurry up and order a bowl of noodles. Pick up grandma's favorite dishes and ask for four, and make some more Miss Lin." The snacks that you like to eat on weekdays, put them in a box and bring them to this room."

The daughter-in-law agreed to go, and after a while she took the saving box.

Li Wan ate half a bowl of noodles, and Daiyu also ate a few pieces of snacks. After she rinsed her mouth for a while, Daiyu said, "I haven't gone to congratulate Sister Feng yet. I'll go and see her."

Li Wan and Yingchun Tanchun were still waiting to give gifts to their relatives, friends and congratulatory guests. It was inconvenient to accompany them, so they ordered people to send them over.

At that time, Sister Feng had moved into the warm pavilion in the west suite, and was teasing Zhige on the kang. When she heard that Daiyu was coming, she hurriedly invited her in.

When Daiyu came to the house, she saw Sister Feng sitting on the kang, her head was wrapped in a silver and red gold baotou, she was wearing a pink satin jacket embroidered with hundreds of butterflies and flowers, and a red crepe silk and white fox-leg cloak, her complexion was ruddy, The face is full of spring breeze.

After seeing each other, Daiyu expressed her congratulations to Sister Feng, and ordered Zijuan to present a red brocade box she had brought, and said with a smile, "my sister-in-law is happy with Lin'er, and I don't have anything good to congratulate. This is for you." A little naughty brother."

Ping'er stepped forward to take the brocade box, and Sister Feng opened it, but it was a very small and exquisite white jade safety buckle, only about the size of a copper coin, the jade was shiny and smooth, the texture was fine, and it was warm to the touch, it was carved from warm jade.

It turned out that Lin Ruhai got a piece of warm jade by chance two years ago, the jade material was very small, and only one piece of jade pendant and a safety buckle were carved out in total.

The day before yesterday, when she heard that Sister Feng had given birth, Daiyu specially found out to see her off.

Zijuan smiled and said: "Our girl specially consecrated it in front of the Buddha. I wear it next to my brother's body. It can protect the body from evil spirits, dispel evil spirits and avoid disasters to ensure safety."

Ping'an buckle, also known as Arhat's eye, means auspiciousness, can dispel evil spirits and avoid disasters, and keep people safe in and out. It is a safety amulet often worn by children.

Sister Feng was even more joyful when she heard the words, and she was grateful to Daiyu for her kindness. She thanked again and again, and said, "Thank you for your generous reward, and I will ask Zhige to kowtow for the girl."

Daiyu laughed and said, "It's nothing worth it, as long as my sister-in-law doesn't dislike it."

Sister Feng asked Ping'er to keep it and put it on when Zhige'er was older.

In this room, Zhige was sleeping on the kang with a small quilt. Daiyu saw that he was a small person, with a small face only half the size of her palm, with a small nose and a small mouth.

She also frowned faintly, which was really cute.

Daiyu couldn't bear it, so she lightly touched the little guy's face with her fingers, she felt soft and tender, smoother than a freshly peeled egg, and touched the little feet, she couldn't help laughing softly: " Are all dolls this small and delicate?"

Seeing this, Sister Feng couldn't help laughing, took a look at her, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be jealous, you will have enough for you tomorrow."

Ping'er and the others burst out laughing, Daiyu blushed with shame, spat at Sister Feng, and said, "I just said you were serious, but I didn't expect you to be so annoying!"

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Where am I wrong? I heard that the old lady of the Gu family is looking forward to your early passage every day. The brother-in-law of the Gu family will be nineteen next year. Why don't you go out?" After speaking, she asked Zijuan with a smile : "Zijuan, tell me, am I right? Are you girls going out next year?"

Zijuan glanced at Daiyu with a smile, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Our uncle will have a spring next year. The master said that at least the wedding will be held after the scientific examination is over, and it will not be until April or May at the earliest."

Daiyu blushed and said to Zicuckoo: "What does it have to do with your hoof, you are talking for nothing here!"

Zijuan smiled and said: "This is what the master said, what did the girl scold me for?"

The maids and women in the room couldn't help laughing, Ping'er said with a smile: "Zijuan has been with Miss Lin for a long time, and she has become more and more clever."

Sister Feng pushed Daiyu lightly, and said with a smile: "My brother-in-law of the Gu family won the first prize this year, and next year Chunwei will definitely earn you a champion. By then, you will be the wife of the champion!"

Daiyu blushed even more, lowered her head and said nothing.

While talking and laughing, I suddenly saw that Mrs. Wang Ziteng also brought her maid to visit. After a while of gossiping, Mrs. Xing sent a maid to pass on the message, asking Baozhi to wash three.

Sister Feng hurriedly tidied up Zhi Ge'er, wrapped her in a red cloak, and handed it to the wet nurse to carry her to the front.

Here Mrs. Jia's mother Xing and Mrs. Wang are waiting in the front hall, Li Wan and You Shi are on the sidelines to take care of them, and all relatives, friends and family members have also come.

The midwife grandma washed Zhi Geer three times, wrapped her in a quilt again, and held her in her arms.

Mother Jia rewarded two small gold ingots and a piece of red silk and satin. Mrs. Xing rewarded two ingots of silver and four pieces of gold and silver jewelry. The same was true for Mrs. Wang. Aunt Xue rewarded two golden ones, and dug out a branch of golden ears. Mrs. Wang Ziteng put them on according to the ceremony of adding a basin.

Grandma Xizhi

Endless, kowtow to thank you, and take all the burden away.

After washing three times, relatives and friends looked at it once, and the nurse and maid went back to Sister Feng's room with Zhi Geer in her arms.

Li Wan has sent someone to prepare the banquet. Today, relatives, friends and family members who gave gifts to the congratulatory family have six seats in total.Fortunately, the flower hall in Jiamu's upper room is very spacious and not crowded.

Jia's mother also called a general small show and played various juggling games for fun. Everyone drank and ordered, which was very lively, and they didn't break up until the hour of watch.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng sat down for a while, ate for a minute, then got up and said goodbye to Mrs. Jia Muwang. She still went to Sister Feng's room to have a look and gave her instructions before going home by car.

Li Wan and Ping'er asked people to remove the leftovers from the wine, and waited for the servants to pack up their things before going back to their rooms.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is the full moon again. Jia She and Jia Lian ordered to open a banquet on Rongning [-]nd Street. Regardless of their status or background, anyone who came to congratulate them can attend the banquet. There were nearly a thousand people at the banquet that day. A group of relatives and friends who came to congratulate, besides the close relatives of Wang's Xue family, Lin family, historians, etc., there are also hundreds of other concubines, imperial concubines, family friends of the same year, and female relatives of the same clan.

The Jia's mansion set up wine and sang operas to entertain the guests. People from the two mansions were so busy that they were dizzy, and the quarrel lasted for three days before it was over.

After everything was over, Li Wan felt exhausted and had to rest for several days before recovering.

This day, Li Wan and all his sisters were talking and joking in Sister Feng's room. They saw a few little girls and old women rushing over, and they all laughed and said, "There are a lot of girls and grandmas here, but we don't recognize them; grandmas and girls, hurry up." Let's go."

Li Wan said with a smile: "Where is this? Have you explained it clearly, whose relative is it?"

The woman and girl laughed and said: "The two sisters of grandma are here, and there is a girl who is said to be Miss Xue's sister. There is also a master who is said to be Uncle Xue's brother. I will invite my wife to go now." Well, grandma and the girls go up first." Saying that, he walked away. (Note ①)

The author has something to say: Note ①: Quoted from Cao Gong's original work.