On the evening of September 30, 1954, Chen Huaguo's woman from Chenjiahe, Yang Donggu, who was more than six months pregnant, was helping her family clean things in the house, when suddenly the sky was stormy and the rain was pouring down. The river swelled rapidly, and it looked like it was about to overflow to the house.

The Chen family's house is by the river, because as long as it rains heavily, the river will rise to the house, so Chen Huaguo of the Chen family decided to move his family to Xiucaiyuan above. Besides, this large house is not enough for a family.

The official move day is tomorrow, and the main job today is to put aside the things that are to be moved. Yang Donggu is a pregnant woman, she could have done nothing, but when she saw that everyone was so busy, it started to rain again, and she had never been idle, so she followed to help.

The water began to flow in the house, but it did not come up from the river, but fell from the house. This dilapidated house has been inhabited for two generations, and it is really impossible to live in it anymore.

Chen Huaguo is the eldest son of the Chen family, and the child conceived by Yang Donggu is the first grandson of the Chen family. The first grandson loved by grandparents, the broken intestines loved by parents, and Yang Donggu's pregnancy has always been concerned by her careful mother-in-law. The mother-in-law saw that it was raining and there was water everywhere underground, and when she was about to open her mouth to tell Yang Donggu to rest, Yang Donggu accidentally slipped and fell to the ground and fell.

Seeing her daughter-in-law fall to the ground, her mother-in-law Xie Chunxiang hurriedly went over to help her up, but the ground was too slippery, and her mother-in-law Xie Chunxiang had a pair of thin feet, she didn't help her daughter-in-law, but let herself fall too, and when the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't cry or laugh, Yang Donggu suddenly felt that there was liquid flowing down her legs, and then a small blood flowed out of her calves.

Seeing that her daughter-in-law began to bleed, her mother-in-law was so anxious that she jumped straight, and before she could speak, Yang Donggu complained of stomach pain.

Xie Chunxiang knew that her daughter-in-law was about to have a miscarriage or a premature birth, so she asked her son Chen Huaguo to come over, put Yang Donggu into bed first, and then said to her son Chen Huaguo, "Hurry up and call a midwife!"

Chen Huaguo hurried to ask for a midwife.

Xie Chunxiang comforted Yang Donggu while anxiously waiting for Chen Huaguo to come back.

In the storm, Chen Huaguo came to the house with the midwife. Because the rain was too heavy, both of them were almost drenched in soup. The midwife didn't care about the wetness of her body, so she started to deliver the baby.

Yang Donggu hurt her stomach for a while, and soon gave birth to a bloody child.

When the child fell to the ground, he didn't cry, which made everyone present sweat. Xie Chunxiang was the one who came over, she walked over and lifted the child who almost looked like a dead child upside down, shook it gently, and the child whined as if a sick cat had fallen to the ground, and then she cried twice weakly, and then there was no movement again.

The midwife still took the child into the basin and washed it, and told the Chen family that Yang Donggu gave birth to a son. The Chen family, who heard the news, was both a little happy and an ominous omen. The midwife stuffed the child into Yang Donggu's arms and tried to nurse the child. Strangely, the child did not make a movement to feed, and did not even smell the breast milk.

The people who came to see the excitement all dispersed automatically, although they also said a few words of congratulations, but they seemed to lack confidence.

The next morning, the child still didn't mean to feed, and the Chen family began to feel that things were not good, but they didn't say anything, and they knew each other. The people who came to help with the move began to move. Originally, because I had a child, I was ready to change my plan and move again after the full moon, but I was afraid that the weather would rain heavily and the river would rise and flood the thatched house.

Some people took advantage of the fact that it was not raining for the time being, and first carried Yang Donggu to Xiucaiyuan's new house, and after settling down, they continued to move.

In the busyness, people hurried to move quickly, and no one cared about the child who landed. Because the child had not fed for almost a day, and was a premature baby, nine times out of ten I was afraid that there was no hope, but I couldn't deal with it, so some people simply put the child in a broken basket and continued to move house.

People who were busy moving would occasionally glance into the broken basket to see if the child was dead or alive. The child in the broken basket did not even open his eyes, and it was clear that he was a baby who was about to die. Some people even suggested that they should simply send him to the mountains and bury him.

Xie Chunxiang, who was busy, suddenly remembered her eldest grandson, so she asked when she met people, until someone told her that she said that it was put in a broken basket, she was in a hurry to look at the child, although the child had not opened his eyes yet, but he still had a breath. She looked at the child, and tears fell. For her, this is not just a small life, but also the first grandson of the Chen family. She couldn't give up, and carefully took the child out of the basket, and the child who was born in just over six months was as light as a handful of lamp grass because of the mother's poor nutrition.

Xie Chunxiang, who was holding a child as light as a lamp grass, was unwilling to let this little life be left like this, she turned a little sugar water into a little sugar water, and tried to feed it to the child's mouth with a small spoon. The strange thing is that this child, who has not fed for almost a day, suddenly opened his mouth and drank the sugar water, and his little mouth was still baba, as if he had not drunk enough. Xie Chunxiang tried to feed it again, and the child drank it again. Xie Chunxiang exclaimed excitedly, "My grandson is saved!

I heard that the child was saved, and people who were busy moving came to see the excitement. Seeing the child drink another sip of sugar water, everyone's hearts that had been tense just now suddenly relaxed, and they smiled at this little life, in the arms of grandma, drinking sugar water very obediently.

When Xie Chunxiang was about to continue pouring sugar water, a kind person suggested to her, "Since he can drink sugar water, he will definitely be able to eat milk, why don't you feed it, let him suck his mother's milk, see if he sucks or not!"

Xie Chunxiang listened to the words of those people, hugged the child in front of Yang Donggu, and asked Yang Donggu to try to give him milk.

Yang Donggu hurriedly stuffed the milk into the child's mouth, but the child didn't seem interested.

Xie Chunxiang smiled and sighed, "This kid is a squint-eyed, drinks sugar water, and doesn't eat milk, it's weird!"

Everyone thought this kid was weird and ridiculous, and in the gossip, someone said:

"It's not that he doesn't eat milk, maybe he drank too much sugar water just now, and he was full, and his stomach was not hungry for the time being. ”

There is some truth to this, and everyone agrees.

Xie Chunxiang naturally agreed, she asked everyone to continue to be busy, she held the child and waited for the child to be hungry for a while, and then saw if she could eat milk.

Xie Chunxiang has always been by the child's side, and for her, this is a big deal.

Chen Caomin walked over and said to Xie Chunxiang, "What are you doing sitting here?"

"I'm waiting for him to be hungry for a while, to see if he eats milk!" Xie Chunxiang said with a smile.

Chen Caomin, who was in a happy mood, quipped, "You have something to do now, something to play!"

"You're right!" Xie Chunxiang said, "This grandson is my thing, my life!"

About half an hour later, Xie Chunxiang felt as if a year had passed, and she eagerly handed the child to Yang Donggu and asked her to try again.

Yang Donggu tried to stuff the milk into the child's small mouth, the small mouth began to suck, a smile appeared on Yang Donggu's face, Xie Chunxiang saw that the small mouth was moving, and couldn't help scolding: "Harmful essence, little harmful essence that makes people anxious, makes me almost cry!"

As he was talking, Chen Huaguo was passing by, and Xie Chunxiang said to Chen Huaguo, "Do you know what day tomorrow is?"

Chen Huaguo looked at his mother blankly and said, "I don't know." ”

Xie Chunxiang glared at her son Chen Huaguo and said, "Tomorrow is the day when your son washes for three weeks! Why don't you hurry up and send a letter to the midwife, asking her to wash the child and drink chicken soup tomorrow!"

Chen Huaguo said, "She should know!"

"I know you have to go for a trip too!" Xie Chunxiang said, "This kind of thing of inviting people to drink wine, of course, the host has to invite them, how can you be embarrassed to come if you don't invite people?"

Although Xie Chunxiang didn't say the meaning behind this, Chen Huaguo still thought that when the child gave birth, his life hung by a thread, and the midwife would think that the child would be lost within three weeks!

Chen Huaguo hurried out to ask for a midwife.

Three weeks to wash the child, of course, the midwife is just a process. The child is born and washed once, it is to wash the blood, and the child is washed in three weeks, which not only proves that this little life has officially fallen into the world, but also washes not the blood, but all the bad luck on the child's body. In this way, the child will grow up healthy and live a long life.

The midwife had just finished washing the child and was about to hand it to Yang Donggu, Xie Chunxiang snatched it up and said to Chen Caomin, "Hurry up and find the rod scale, see how heavy my grandson who is as light as a lamp grass weighs!"

Chen Caomin hurriedly found the old scale of sixteen taels, and then weighed the bamboo basket first, and then asked people to put the child in, weighed the scale, squinted at the old scale for a long time, and then said to Xie Chunxiang with a smile, "Three catties and three taels!"

"How much?" Xie Chunxiang, who had been watching his grandfather and grandson on the side, asked with a smile, "Three catties and three taels?"

Chen Caomin said, "Yes!

"A grandson of mine is only three pounds and three taels?" Xie Chunxiang asked in a puzzled tone.

"It's only three catties and three taels!" Chen Caomin said honestly.

"It's not that I read the wrong scale!" Xie Chunxiang said with a smile, "Your thatched-like numb eyes!

Chen Caomin was a little confused by Xie Chunxiang's words, so he simply weighed it again, then opened his eyes and looked at the scale star carefully, and said, "That's right!

Xie Chunxiang glanced at Chen Caomin, and said with a smile, "Three catties and three taels are three catties and three taels!

The midwife continued: "I have seen a lot of people who love their grandsons, but I have never seen you like this, and I don't know what my surname is, and I don't even worry about the old tailor's scales!"

Xie Chunxiang smiled and said, "You got your own grandson back then, isn't it the same?"

After laughing, Xie Chunxiang said to Chen Caomin again, "You are also the person who reads the most in Chen Jiahe, you can name your child!"

Chen Caomin was very uncomfortable when he heard this, he frowned, thought for a long time, and said, "This child belongs to a horse, let's call it Chen Hansheng!"

"Call a horse?" Xie Chunxiang said with a smile, "It's nice to name someone a horse?"

"Of course it's good!" Chen Caomin said, "The horse is a symbol of the future, so the ancients have long had the legend of the Eight Horses!"

Xie Chunxiang glanced at Chen Caomin and said, "If you say that you read a lot and are educated, you will become angry. ”

"Nickname?" Chen Caomin said, "You can pick up the nickname!"

Xie Chunxiang thought for a while and said, "This child was born a little weird, and when he grows up, maybe he will be a little crazy, just call him a madman!"

Xie Chunxiang's impromptu name was exchanged for a laugh.

A few years later, Chen Hansheng, a little named Madman, always didn't listen to his grandmother's words, and often lost his temper in a crazy way, so angry that his grandmother often said, "I know that you are so disobedient, I really shouldn't have taken you out of that broken basket back then!"