Chapter Seventy-Eight: Baptism
Li Lanzao said excitedly: "She, a little crazy girl, said that there was a classmate who had a birthday today, and specially posted a post to invite her to the house to play, she went there when she was happy, and she didn't know that you had arrived in Shanghai, and it was probably not until the early hours of the morning that you could go home." However, she will not have classes tomorrow, but she can come to celebrate the child's birthday. β
Bo Ol said: "I haven't seen my cousin for about five or six years, and my aunt took her to the old capital for the summer vacation, and she was even more naughty than a boy, and grandpa and grandma said that they couldn't stand her." Now it seems that my cousin is still very lively. β
"Isn't it?"
Li Lanzao sat down with Yu Shi and Wan Chun, raised a finger and pointed at He Changchang and said with a smile: "It's all her who is used to her, like a monkey, other people's girls learn to play the piano and paint, but she is different, she has to learn to ride a horse and archery." She is very talkative, noisy, and doesn't let people have a quiet time, I often say that she, when can she and Nan Nan split their temperament in half, that's good. β
She seemed to be very dissatisfied, but the doting in her tone was still unquestionable.
When it comes to children among women, Yu Shi smiled beside her: "Our Nan Nan is too quiet, and it is also very good to be able to share half of Jin Li's temperament." This girl is weak, and she didn't come with me and your eldest brother at all, and there are always hundreds of pills after eating, and it will only take half a year to recuperate. β
Li Lanzao nodded, and said for a moment: "Nan Nan is the treasure in the palm of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and the life of great wealth and nobility is to be pampered." It's not as used to our children as they are to fighting in the sea, and there is nothing wrong with them since they were young, but they also save us a lot of heart. β
Yu smiled but did not speak. On one side, Ribol and his uncle He Changchang couldn't participate in their conversation, so they invited each other to go upstairs to the observation deck to chat. Zhongqing's child was probably hungry. Crying upstairs, crying downstairs. She got up to see if the nurse was in the room, leaving only Wanchun by Yu's side.
They sat and talked together, and the servants knew that there was a guest, and they did not dare to disturb them, so they all dispersed. The lights were like day, and the big living room suddenly became deserted, and Wanchun could only hear the whispers of Yu and Li Lanzao in his ears, like the golden hoop rod hidden by Sun Wukong on the stage, and the size of a needle tip drilled into his mind.
She sat for a long time. It's late at night again, and people will inevitably get sleepy, and Yu Shi is still gently patting her knee with one hand, and her instinct is drowsy. Look at the royal blue stained glass windows at the top of the roof, all of them are blurred, and they are infinitely magnified, magnified, magnified in front of you...... So big that each one reflects the shadow of a person.
Isn't the one wearing a moon-white flag shirt and navy blue cloth skirt the middle school self? He also wore two pigtails, which drooped down from the tips of his ears. It's really immature to shake around when you walk around. In the distance, there was a long gray shadow on another glass that looked like a man. She walked through the window, cautiously. For fear of crushing, he walked behind the shadow and tilted his head. After a long time, he gently reached out and patted him on the shoulder and asked him, "Who are you?" β
The man remained silent. She became curious again and patted again: "Why don't you speak?" β
This time, the man spoke. But it's not about it, it's laughingβlaughing unbridled and unbridled, almost bursting through people's eardrums. Wan Chun covered her ears, from the initial curiosity to fear, she turned around and was about to run back the same way.
"Ahh
Wan Chun exclaimed, no matter how careful she was, the glass window under her feet was still broken into countless pieces, and she fell from the shards, finally remembering who that person was. He is Lu Jianhao, he is Lu Jianhao!
"Miss Four, Miss Four......"
Who? Who's calling her Miss Four? Wan Chun frowned, her hands fluttering incessantly, trying in vain to grab everything she could support.
The voice of the call sounded again, and the volume was louder than before: "Fourth Miss, Fourth Miss......"
Wan Chun only felt that with her call, she seemed to have fallen to the end, probably in the water, swaying, probably not, because the water had never been so warm.
She struggled to open her eyes, trying to know where she was, but what caught her eye was Xiu'er's pretty face, lying crookedly next to her pillow, one hand still shaking her body.
Wan Chun barely sat up and looked around, as if he was in his bedroom. She pressed the corner of her forehead, and knew that the scene just now was just a dream, but she wasn't with her mother and aunt, why did she end up here? blurted out Xiu'er, "What's wrong with me?" β
Xiu'er smiled: "What else?" You were so sleepy downstairs that our wife and aunt couldn't stop laughing, thinking that you were tired from the car, so they told you not to wake you up, so I asked the eldest young master to carry you to the upstairs guest room and fell asleep. I came to see if your quilt was tightly covered, but I didn't want to hear you talk in your sleep, shouting to save me, save me, and I knew that you had a nightmare, so I woke you up. β
Did you fall asleep downstairs? Wan Chun patted her head and couldn't help but sigh in annoyance. Xiu'er saw that she was completely awake, so she went to pour a cup of tea and said, "What kind of dream did you have to be scared like this?" If I hadn't come quickly, I would have almost quarreled with my wife and them. β
Wan Chun took her hand close to the edge of the cup and took a sip to suppress the shock, remembering what happened in the dream, she was shocked and scared, I don't know what kind of sign this is, so she didn't answer Xiu'er's words, but asked her: "Mom and aunt, are they still downstairs?" β
Xiu'er said: "It's almost midnight at this time, and my aunt and aunt have been back for a while, but my wife and uncle have just gone to sleep." The second lady and aunt just sent their wives up, and it was time to go back to sleep at this time. You drink this cup of tea, and then go back to sleep, I will watch over you, and it will be fine. β
Wanchun nodded, and really drank the tea and fell asleep again. Maybe there is Xiu'er, but in the second half of the night, it is stable, and I haven't dreamed all the time.
The next day, it was the full moon day of the child, Wanchun woke up early in the morning, changed into clothes for the occasion, and put the diamond necklace given by Li Lanzao and his wife around his neck. My father's car had arrived at the Fengqiao Mansion at dawn, and my mother had joined him as the child's maternal grandparents to congratulate him. Aunt Li Lanzao really brought her cousin Jin Li here, they all slept late yesterday, and got up late in the morning, when they arrived, the guests in the courtyard were almost all together, everyone was an acquaintance in social occasions, and they had to greet each other when they met.
Jin Li couldn't bear it, and when she heard Wanchun and Bo Ol coming, she went to them early.
She hadn't seen Bool for a long time, and when she saw it, she climbed on Bool's arm and said coquettishly: "Big brother, my mother said that you are from Japan, did you bring us any gifts?" β
Bo Ol nodded her forehead, loved her as much as Wanchun, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I didn't bring a gift when I came back this time." I think that the things in our country are already very good, and a lot of Japanese things are passed through us, so it's better to buy our own than Japanese things. β
"Strong words." Jin Li raised her head and snorted, pretending to be angry, "You obviously don't want to bring us gifts." Well, I shouldn't have asked for it. Then he approached Wan Chun with a smile and said, "Sister Wan, let's go, don't talk to this stingy person." β
She became naughty, so that Burol couldn't resist it, and hurriedly said: "Forgive me, cousin, I'm not a stingy person, if you don't know if you take us to Shanghai for a walk, if you want to tell me what you like, can I buy it for you?" β
"That's pretty much it."
Jin Li covered her mouth and giggled, Li Lanzao and his wife came from behind them, knocked on the back of her head and said angrily: "Don't joke with your brother, the guests are here, carefully let people hear the joke." β
Jin Li grimaced at her, but she didn't look scared at all.
Let's say that the Fengqiao Mansion has been busy for more than half a month for the full moon banquet, and this meeting is very familiar and orderly.
Due to the existence of two concessions in Shanghai, Christianity has been very popular in the local area, when the child is full of moon, the rich and noble families will invite the priest to perform the baptism ceremony for the sake of pomp and face.
In fact, they themselves are not Christians, but they have visited the whole process of baptism in other people's homes, and they are inexplicably fond of that kind of sacred ceremony, remembering that the child is still in infancy, so they are held by their parents and baptized. The cold holy water dripped on the child's forehead, and the child was frightened by this ignorance, and began to cry loudly.
The guests were smiling in the courtyard as if this was something that life had to go through. But Burnol just shook his head secretly, disgusted by this kind of poor tossing and turning for no reason. He was babbling in his mouth, Wan Chun stood beside him and watched the baptism ceremony intently, so that as soon as he spoke, he was immediately distracted, and asked with a low smile, "Is the eldest brother praying?" β
Bool suddenly came back to his senses, waved his hand, and said, "I'm not a Christian, where do I pray?" β
Wan Chun smiled: "I see that you have words in your mouth, I think you are praying for a child." β
Bool sighed and said: "I'm just sad for the thoughts of the Chinese people, but everything that is in Western countries, whether cultural or material, they think it is good." For example, in this baptism, there are no Christians in the family, so why bother with such a young child. β
Wan Chun pursed her lips with a smile, she had already learned the excellence of Bo Alcohol's thoughts, and there was nothing strange about his feelings at this time.
After the baptism, the Fengqiao Mansion arranged a stage and drum lyrics for the guests, and everyone could invite friends to listen to them according to their own preferences. Wanchun was afraid that Bo Ol would be boring alone, so she invited him to listen to the play with Jin Li. (To be continued.) )