In the early morning, when the morning sun slowly peeks out from behind the mountains in the east, the brocade-like glow immediately spreads over the entire river.

Yanshan in March is in its most beautiful season of the year. Far and near, up and down the mountain, pink peach blossoms, white pear blossoms, and wild flowers of unknown colors bloom all over the mountains. The air is filled with the rich scent of flowers; The road is sprinkled with petals from the spring rain; Everywhere is full of spring, everywhere is dripping green.

With the ringing of bells, a caravan slowly walked out of a large peach forest, crossed a stone bridge over the flowing Youliang River, and entered Nanchuan Road.

The size of this pack caravan was very large, and when the packmen and the soldiers who opened the way had already walked more than a mile across the river, one pack horse after another was still rushing out of the peach blossom forest. Most of the pack horses' packs are tied with bulging bags and heavy long packages, some of the packers are hung with large wooden boxes with iron sheets, and there are blue command flags on the packs of several horses, which are written with the words "Yi County" and "Nanzheng", and the front small flag is "Beizheng......

From the front and back distribution of these flags, it can be seen that this is a large pack team starting from Beizheng County; And according to the direction in which they were headed, their destination was to the northernmost fort of the Great Army, where they were delivering supplies for the frontier troops stationed there.

Shang Cheng walked in the middle of the line.

Although it was already late spring in March, it was still quite chilly in the morning and evening, so he was still wrapped in a sheepskin jacket to protect him from the cold. Probably because of the fever and sweat from walking the long mountain road early in the morning, he now loosened the strap around his waist and opened his arms, blowing with the breeze in the Sichuan Road. The sheepskin of which the jacket was made was probably not good at first, and the straight tube hung on him, and with every step he took, the jacket would shake; The wool on the leather had long since lost its original color, and now it was tangled together in yellow, yellow, and black, forming many muddy bumps, which looked very dirty and exuded an unpleasant smell of mutton. However, he himself did not seem to pay much attention to the smell, and there was no look of disgust on his face, but he led his own three-year-old horse, and walked with his head buried. There were four other pack horses under his care, but they were all very tame old horses, and they all followed the three-year-old horse honestly.

After crossing the bridge, the road became wide and flat, and Zhao Shishi, who was following him, also led his head horse up and talked to him in a rambling manner.

The topic provoked by the stone starts with his latest experience of playing with money, either lamenting his bad luck to the point of stuffing his teeth with cold water, or boasting about how good he is, and making all the people around him look colorless. This time there was no exception, and the first thing he said was, "If I had known that I had lost seventeen in a row, I should have walked away with the money I won!" Alas, even the capital has been put in now......"

At first, Shang Cheng didn't pay attention to Zhao Shishi, just walked silently, occasionally snorting once or twice with his mouth closed and nose closed, indicating that he was listening. He knew that in fact, the stone didn't care if he listened to him or not, he just needed to vent his frustration after losing or the excitement after winning.

He was thinking about his own business while making the stone feel like he was going on. He is now facing a big problem: this errand is about to end, he needs to think carefully, after he unloads his errand in Ruqizhai, will he go back to Yi County to take care of his wife, or will he run between Beizheng and Ruqizhai twice?

Lianniang already has a body, five months ago, Wen Po, mother-in-law and seventeen aunts all asserted that Lianniang's belly must be a boy......

He's going to be a father!

As soon as he thought of this, he felt an indescribable excitement and restlessness in his heart, and he couldn't help but tug the reins in the palm of his hand. The three-year-old horse immediately walked up to him with a broken step, bowed his head in a flattering manner, snorted hot air, rubbed his cold lips and nose against his shoulder, and stared at him with big eyes bewildered. It probably didn't understand what its owner had suddenly called it to do.

Shang Cheng patted the three-year-old horse's neck twice, then gently pushed the horse's head away and continued to think about his own business.

Since he knew that Lianniang was pregnant with their child, he discussed with Lianniang and prepared to quit his official errand and concentrate on taking care of her at home. But Lianniang didn't agree with him doing this. Her reason is very simple, the family still owes a large amount of money when she bought a house, when she got married, and when she bought a horse...... These famines are worth twenty-four thousand dollars, and they must be paid off quickly. So she insisted that Shang Cheng be hired by the official, and said: "Now that the world is good, the official errand can have 600 yuan and two liters of rice and noodles a month, if it is changed to a normal year, this kind of good thing will not happen at all." What's more, we still have horses, and we can get another 800 yuan from the official, and even the horse's chewing money is from the official, where can we find this kind of beautiful thing? "As for herself, her body is not very tired, and she can take care of herself; If she is inconvenient to move, Aunt Seventeen, Erya and Yue'er can all help, and her sister-in-law will definitely come over to help.

He was silent for a long time before he found a lame reason: "I'm afraid that they are inexperienced and can't take care of you." ”

When he said this, he immediately smiled at Erya and Yue'er, who were talking to Lianniang at his house, and Lianniang blushed and grabbed him and said, "Have you given birth to a baby?" ”

He had no choice but to run back to the county seat and continue to work for the yamen.

He silently calculated the days of Lianniang in his heart. Alas, it will take six months to speak, and pregnant women should be most cautious at this time, and the consequences of not paying attention to it are unimaginable...... He felt that although he had never given birth to a baby, he knew more than his aunt and his second child, and maybe the messy books he had flipped through when he had nothing to do in the past could help him a lot.

However, what Lianniang said is also reasonable, the debts owed to others must be repaid quickly; Otherwise, if he was really approached to collect debts, his face and the good reputation he had earned so hard at that time would have to be in vain......

However, leaving Lianniang alone at home, he is always relieved that if she has a bump in her walking, in case she accidentally eats something that she shouldn't eat, in case she ...... What should he do?

He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard the stone say, "Are you going back too?" ”

This question was endless, but Shang Cheng understood what Shi Shi was referring to. He hadn't completely taken the Lord's idea, but now he was asked by the stone, but he made a decision. He told his friend that when Ruqizhai unloaded the trip, he would settle the salary and return to Yi County.

"When will my sister-in-law give birth?"

"How do you know?" Shang Cheng glanced at the stone in surprise. Lianniang was pregnant, he didn't tell anyone, not even the mountain baby who was closer to him, until a few days ago the mountain baby quit his errand in the yamen to go back to the mountains to plant spring, he invited two good friends in a tavern, and still didn't inform the mountain baby. On the contrary, the mountain baby drank too much wine, and asked him over and over again, why is Lianniang's belly still not moving? He even dipped his hand in wine and drew several pictures on the table, using his own successful experience to prove how effective the methods he introduced......

"I saw you carving five blessings."

Shang Cheng immediately understood what was going on. Although he didn't tell Zhao Shi the news that his wife was pregnant, how could the stone not see any clues about carving wood with a knife when he was free during the month? This carved wooden doll is also a local custom, and he, the father, should prepare the "Big Five Blessings" for the unborn doll seven months ago, so that the doll can be smooth sailing without disaster or illness after it is born; He has carved two smiling wooden dolls, and the "gift doll" he is carving has also carved his eyebrows, and it seems that it is absolutely no problem to prepare the "Big Five Blessings" on time. It's a pity that the most spiritual temple is in Yanzhou, otherwise he must go to worship and sincerely pray that the gods of heaven will bless his children from now on.

He said: "The day should be in August, either fourteen or fifteen, or sixteen. In short, between thirteen and fourteen and sixteen and seventeen......"

"The day of the stable mother's reckoning? Why didn't you tell me earlier? ”

Shang Cheng didn't know how to explain to the stone. Why not tell them? Because he wants to chew the best things in the world alone; He wants to store it in his stomach, let it ferment, let it brew, and make it the most mellow wine between heaven and earth...... But he couldn't say this to the stone who was often muddy, so he had to smile apologetically.

Fortunately, Shi Shi didn't want to know the answer, so he paused for a moment and asked again: "Does the mountain baby know about my sister-in-law's pregnancy?" ”

Shang Cheng shook his head and said, "I didn't tell him." However, when he went back, he passed by Huojiabao, and he must go to report my safety to Lianniang, so he naturally knew it. ”

"......," Stone immediately muttered an expletive, "This guy has taken the lead again!" After a moment's thought, he pulled a thin string from his neckline, to which was tied a black stone, and on which a simple line pattern was drawn in twists and turns of white paint. As if holding his own heart, he carefully handed it to Shang Cheng and said, "I don't have anything good to give him as an uncle." This was invited by my father in Zhaoji Land Temple, and it worked very well, so I have never had any illness since I was a child, and even when my situation was the worst before, I came over safely......"

Shang Cheng solemnly put the stone in his purse. Although he knew that this kind of thing would not work, he still wanted to find someone to ask for one or two of these things; But I can't always find the right one. There must be such a thing in the seventeenth aunt's family, but she gave birth to four female babies in a row, and even if she had, it was impossible to give him one by one, and she still wanted to give birth to a male baby for the Huo family. The Liu family is also a girl, even if she is willing to send him, it is not suitable for her mother to say that Lianniang is a son in her belly. Lianniang's maiden family also has it, but her brother and sister-in-law's dolls are not in good health, and no one can say whether the things they have worn will bring disaster to their dolls......

He said gratefully to the stone, "When the baby is born, I will tie it with my own hands." ”

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