Chapter 6: The Three Baptisms

On this day, the day of the eldest lady of Ningguo Mansion to wash the third day came, the middle door was wide open, and the guests invited by the house were extremely close to the house, and the whole banquet was joyful and peaceful.

When Sister Lu woke up, she had already been wrapped into a red ball, and she was being held in her arms by her sister-in-law Zhang, walking towards the flower hall where the backyard lady was located. As soon as Sister Lu arrived at the flower hall, she was called to be hugged by several high-grade old ladies who were sitting on the hand.

The old lady said, "This granddaughter of your family is good-looking, why don't you be my daughter-in-law!" The old lady who spoke was the old Princess Beijing, and the Beijing Mansion and the Jia family were family friends, although they were not relatives, they were closer than ordinary relatives.

It was the old lady of Rongguofu who was talking, the housewife of Ningguofu was sitting in confinement, and the grandmother was too young, and only Mother Jia was the only one who could sit with the old lady. But Jia Lu's parents are still there, and they are the daughter of the patriarch, their status is precious, although they are grandmothers, but after all, they are separated from each other, and in recent years, somehow the two mansions have been estranged a lot, and Jia Jing is an uninhibited and casual person, at the beginning, the girls in Jiafu were all named after Yuanchun, but he didn't listen to it, and he gave the same name as Min'er as a brother.

"My granddaughter is still young, how can I tell the good or the bad"

Princess Lao Beijing said, "I'm optimistic, if you say this about your granddaughter, beware that she will blame you in the future!" Princess Lao Beijing also knew that the old lady of the Jia family in Ningguo Mansion couldn't be the master. Besides, the child is still too young to see the character, and the general large family will not make a marriage contract when the child is so young except for special circumstances, for fear that one party will not grow up, and the other party will bear the name of a husband/wife for nothing, and she will just say it in passing.

Although Jia Lusui couldn't see it clearly, he also knew that these old ladies who were sitting on the top of the hand were not low, but they didn't cry or make trouble, and whoever touched them was smiling, which left an excellent impression on these old wives.

After a while, the Zhang family came here in person to say that the auspicious time had come, and took Sister Lu to the front hall, and everyone followed.

Sister Lu handed it over to the midwifery grandmother sitting on the upper seat, surrounded by thirteen mothers such as Bixia Yuanjun, Qiongxiao Niangniang, Yunxiao Niangniang, Giving Birth Niangniang, Bean Rash Niangniang, and Eye Niangniang. All relatives and friends have invested gold and silver coins to add pots, and Jia Jing threw a blessing doll the size of Sister Lu with gold into the basin, so that the water in the basin is about to overflow, and the midshipman smiled from ear to ear, these things will be used as her reward, and with such a big benefit, the midship's grandmother has become more and more neat and gentle.

After adding a basin, the mallet of the grandmother was stirred in the basin, and said,

"One stir, two stirs, three stirs, the elder brother leads the younger brother to run. Seventy, eighty, crooked, naughty, sighing and snoring!"

Subsequently, to bathe the child, Sister Lu was picked up when she was just adding a basin, and she struggled hard and did not escape the evil hand, she was ashamed, as soon as she touched the cold water, Sister Lu was excited, and she couldn't help screaming directly, and the relatives around her laughed happily. Sister Lu scolded secretly, these inhuman guys!

The midwife's grandmother also shouted with a smile,

"Wash your hair first, be a prince, then wash your waist, one generation is higher than the other, wash your eggs, be a magistrate, wash your ditch, and be a magistrate"

Then, lit it with mugwort leaf balls, used ginger slices as a support, put it on the door of my sister's head, symbolically burned it, and then dressed up my sister, and said,

"Three combs, two bundles, grow up and wear a red top; draw eyebrows on the left, sideburns on the right, find a son-in-law in the fourth village; brush your teeth, rinse your mouth, and talk to others to avoid embarrassment. ”

Roll an egg on your face and say:

"The egg is rolling on the face, the face is like egg skin, the willow is red like white, and he is really a lover. ”

After washing, Sister Lu was tied up again, and was beaten three times by the green onion, and the sister endured and endured it at this time, she couldn't stand it anymore, and cried and made a fuss, "It's not over! Is the old lady hungry and tired? Someone is not, is the cheap father and cheap mother here? Your daughter is going to be tossed to death, do you know!"

However, no one could understand her ahhhhh

"One dozen smart ("smart" and "onion" homonym), two dozen smart. ”

He weighed the scales again, "Although the scales are small, they weigh thousands of catties!"

The lock three gestures, "Grow up, your head is tight, your feet are tight, and your hands are tight." ”

My sister was put in the tea tray again, and she was tucked away with gold and silver and jewelry, "The left is gold, the right is silver, you can't spend it, and you will be rewarded." ”

Finally, he took a look at his buttocks with a mirror and said, "Use a treasure mirror to shine on your belly, and shit and shit during the day." ”

It's finally over, Sister Lu was so embarrassed that she was hugged down, drank a few sips of milk, fell asleep at a glance, and wanted to take advantage of the banquet to inquire about some news, it was all bitter tears!

Sister Lu slept, the banquet was not over, the men and women were eating and drinking on the side, and no one noticed that an old woman with a resolute and stern face in the female family pile heard the whisper of a maid, and after hearing the whisper of a maid, she took a boy of five or six years old to follow the maid and leave the table early. In fact, it doesn't hurt to notice it, everyone is close to the past, and naturally they all know that this old woman and the little boy are the mother's family of the Han family, the wife of Ning Guofu, and it is normal for the mother's family to see the sister-in-law of the family.

Under the leadership of the maid, the old woman and the little boy entered Han's house, the old woman did not smile, her face was strict, every move was as if it had been measured, according to the rules, the little boy and his grandmother, did not look around, behaved calmly, looked like a young man with rules, but careful people saw that his eyes were purring, and they knew that he was also a naughty, but just pretending to be a well-behaved skin.

Mother Han had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw the two of them coming in, she burst into tears for a while, and she couldn't care about etiquette, so she took the hands of the old woman and the little boy and put them on the kang, and said,

"Sister-in-law, you're here!" Han's mother choked up and said, "If it weren't for the birth of your niece, wouldn't you have come?"

The old woman is Han's mother's sister-in-law, her maiden name is Lin, and Jia Min's husband's family has a little relationship, she is the daughter of the Gusu Lin family, and later married Han's mother's brother-in-law, Han's mother died early when she was a child, and her father went not long after Lin married into the Han family, at that time Han's mother was just an ignorant child, raised by Lin, and the two were no different from their own mother and daughter.

Although Mrs. Han's expression did not change, her eyes when she looked at Mother Han were full of love.

"Why don't you come, how can you still love Jiaojiao like a little girl, you don't know the situation at home, we don't go to ordinary people's homes, for fear of bad luck for others, not to mention that you are still pregnant, how can you come?"

Han's mother paused, thinking of what happened to her mother's family a few years ago, looking at her sister-in-law's white hair full of temples, and thinking that her originally gentle and virtuous sister-in-law had become so strict and resolute now, and a sour feeling came to her heart.

"Sister-in-law" Han's mother didn't know what to say for a while, so she only patted Han's sister-in-law's hand as a comforting gesture.

The old woman Han knew her intentions and pretended to be annoyed, "What are you crying in the confinement, why are you still so ignorant after giving birth to one?" Sister, I didn't look carefully outside just now, so don't let me take a look!"

Han's mother was ashamed, and even asked people to hug her sister over. I took the little boy's hand, looked at it carefully, and then looked up and said to my sister-in-law,

"Brother Qi is two years younger than our Brother Rong! He doesn't think much about my nephew, but he is carved out of the same mold as my brother. ”

"No, your nephew and his wife went, but left a boy like your brother, and your brother Quanxia is satisfied. ”

Mother Han saw her sister-in-law with gloomy eyes, Qi Ge'er with her head down, and thought of her brother and nephew who died early, endured her grief, and joked,

"Brother is not satisfied with Qi Ge'er, but with your virtuous wife. ”

At this moment, my sister was hugged over, and the sad topic was tacitly forgotten.

Han's mother saw that her sister-in-law was holding her sister and didn't let go, so she didn't care about it, she only took Han Qi's hand and asked if she went to school and what she studied.

The old woman Han teased her sister, but she was afraid that she was tired and couldn't wake up no matter how she got it. Mrs. Han coaxed her for a while, and stopped bothering her. turned his head and chatted with Han's mother for a while, reminiscing about the old days, and the atmosphere became harmonious.

Soon, the banquet was dispersed, and Mrs. Han didn't stay much, but Han Qi was left by Han Muqiang and arranged to live with Brother Rong.