Chapter 338: Joy to get a noble son
"God willing, bless my daughter-in-law for giving birth to a boy." At this time, because there is only Zhang Shihua, the only son, Zhang Liewu, who has always hoped to hold his grandson, can't help praying like this. And at this time, in addition to him praying like this, which of Zhang Shihua's old fathers-in-law was also praying like this.
However, unlike them, Zhang Shihua rushed to the delivery room at this time.
Because at this time, compared to the question of whether to give birth to a boy or a girl, Zhang Shihua still hopes to hear the news that his wife is safe and sound.
"Master, congratulations to you, my wife, I gave birth to a white and fat son, the mother and son are safe, the mother and son are safe." Finally, just as Zhang Shihua was about to walk to the door of the delivery room, a midwife walked out of the door with a smile on her face and a little baby who was wrapped in swaddling clothes and kept crying.
"Great, it's a grandson, mother and son are safe, okay, good!" Hearing the words of the midwife, the parents, relatives and fathers-in-law who walked behind Zhang Shihua couldn't help cheering.
At this time, Zhang Shihua himself was already smiling when he heard such words.
"Haha, I have a son, I have a son!" Zhang Shihua smiled, with an excited expression on his face.
"Come, let me hug this child." Looking at the little child who was crying with his eyes closed in his swaddling clothes, and feeling the feeling of blood connection, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but carefully take the child from the hands of the midwife.
But after all, it is the first time to be a dad, so Zhang Shihua's posture of holding the child is very unprofessional. So after being picked up by him, the child who obviously felt uncomfortable couldn't help crying even louder.
And Zhang Shihua, who felt the crying of his son in his arms, as if holding a rare treasure, couldn't help but walk into the delivery room cautiously with his son.
"Look, Vier, we have a baby. Xi'er, our son. Zhang Shihua hugged his son, looked at his wife who was a little out of strength because of the birth just now, and couldn't help but smile and say such things.
And when Guo Weier heard the words of her father-in-law, she couldn't help but show a motherly smile on her face. "Xianggong, quick, let me see our son again."
"Yes." Hearing his wife's words, Zhang Shihua was also busy agreeing, so he handed the child to his wife clumsily and carefully.
It's also strange, I don't know if I'm tired of crying or what, when Guo Weier took Zhang Xi from her father-in-law's hands, Zhang Xi, who was lying in her mother's arms, slowly opened her eyes, looked at the couple in front of her, moved her pink little hand, and couldn't help but fall asleep in Guo Weier's arms.
Seeing this scene, the husband and wife couldn't help but let out a chuckle because of their son's cute behavior.
"Xianggong, looking at how much our son's eyebrows and eyes miss you, he will definitely become a big hero like Xianggong when he grows up." Looking at the child in her arms, Guo Weier suddenly couldn't help whispering such words to Zhang Shihua.
Hearing his wife's words, Zhang Shihua looked at his son who was asleep in his wife's arms, and couldn't help but whisper to his wife with a smile: "I see that our eyebrows and eyes will miss you very much when we are there, so when our son grows up, he must be a handsome and beautiful man." ”
"Hehe~" Hearing the words of her father-in-law, Guo Weier couldn't help but chuckle.
And at this time, Zhang Shihua's mother and mother-in-law couldn't help but walk in.
"Mother!" Seeing their mother and mother-in-law (mother-in-law), Zhang Shihua and Guo Weier couldn't help but call their mother in unison. And when they heard this, these two mothers also agreed with a smile.
"Wei'er, you are really a good daughter-in-law of your mother, you have added a boy to my Zhang family, and you have also given Bochang a descendant, which is really a great achievement." Looking at Guo Wei'er, who was half-lying on the bed, Aunt Xue, as a mother-in-law, couldn't help but praise like this.
Hearing her mother-in-law's words, Guo Weier naturally smiled slightly. And then just like that, after the two mothers told Guo Weier a lot of words of concern, they couldn't help but carefully take the child from Guo Weier's arms again.
After all, there are still Zhang Shihua's father, father-in-law and relatives waiting in the courtyard. When a child is born, they have to see if it is.
"Wei'er, the kitchen will be able to bring the boiled ginseng soup in a while, you can drink some, and then have a good rest." Aunt Xue, who is a mother-in-law, walked out of the door with the child in her arms, and couldn't help but ask with concern again.
Hearing such an instruction, Guo Weier naturally nodded with a smile, and responded obediently: "Well, I know my mother." ”
"Yes, what the in-laws said is right, you have suffered, child, take a good rest first." Looking at her daughter's pale face caused by childbirth, Guo's mother couldn't help but echo with concern.
And when he heard such words again, without waiting for Guo Wei'er to answer, Zhang Shihua, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, couldn't help but say: "Mother-in-law, I will take good care of Wei'er, don't worry." ”
"Yes, that's good." Seeing this, the two mothers answered, and they couldn't help but hold the child and leave the room. As soon as they left the room, there were words such as "Quick, let me hug my grandson" or "Auntie, let me see my eldest nephew".
And in the house, when the husband and wife heard such words, they couldn't help but show a knowing smile on their faces.
At this time, the husband and wife didn't say anything more. Zhang Shihua was just holding his wife's slender hands at this time and leaning on the stepping bed. and his wife Guo Weier was half-lying on the bed, and her body was still leaning on Zhang Shihua's shoulder. The two of them were talking softly at this time, but they also seemed so warm.
And just like that, just a moment, the maid in the kitchen couldn't help but send the ginseng soup.
"Wei'er, the ginseng soup has been delivered." Zhang Shihua said softly. But when I turned around, I couldn't help but notice that my wife had fallen asleep leaning on her shoulder.
So at this time, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but shake his wife's body lightly. When she woke up, she fed the ginseng soup one bite at a time, and then saw her lying on the bed and fell asleep, then she walked gently and left the room.
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Early the next morning, at a breakfast stall, two passers-by couldn't help but talk with a smile.
Passerby A: "Hey, do you know, just yesterday, our Pingzhang lady was born, the mother and son are safe, and the work that our Pingzhang Lord has built can be regarded as having a decent heir." ”
Passerby B: "Isn't it, that's a really good thing." What a good person we are Lord Pingzhang, since we came to our Xiangyang City, our days are really ten times better than before! Now that Lord Pingzhang is behind again, the days after the people of Xiangyang can be regarded as capital preservation. ”
Such conversations can be said to be everywhere in Xiangyang City. A short night passed, and under the propaganda of the Marshal's Mansion, the entire Xiangyang City also knew the good news.
Yes, the people of Xiangyang now do regard this matter as good news.
Supposedly, things like this have nothing to do with these people. But since Zhang Shihua occupied Xiangyang, reducing taxes and developing agricultural businesses have made the people of Xiangyang get great benefits, and in addition to the spiritual baptism caused by storytellers and anti-Tartar dramas. So unconsciously, these people couldn't help but regard Zhang Shihua as their orthodox ruler of the entire Xiangyang.
So when they knew that Zhang Shihua had a son, they were indeed very happy for Zhang Shihua. Because they feel that in this way, Xiangyang can be under the rule of Zhang Shihua and his descendants forever.
However, at this time, in addition to the Zhang family and the Guo family, the most happy about this matter were the generals under Zhang Shihua.
Because ancient China was essentially a society with a family world. This means that in the values of the ancients, the interest of the family is actually higher than the interests of the state and the nation. Therefore, in this way, in the eyes of the ancients, whether it is the deeds or debts made by the fathers, they can be passed on to future generations.
Therefore, in the minds of these generals, the deeds they have established now will be passed on to their children and grandchildren sooner or later.
But in this way, Zhang Shihua, who is the object of their allegiance, must also have a legal heir. Because only in this way, when Zhang Shihua and them are a hundred years later, everything they have done during their lifetime will not be useless. Your own children and grandchildren will also have something to inherit.
Therefore, even if Zhang Shihua is only twenty-two years old now, he is still just a young man in his prime. But this did not affect the joy in their hearts in the slightest.
After all, the patriarchal system had been established as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties in ancient China. For more than 2,000 years, this kind of value has long been imprinted in the blood of the Chinese people.
Therefore, even a traverser like Zhang Shihua will inevitably silently hope that his wife's first child will give birth to a boy in his heart.
But in any case, it's a good thing to be happy with your son. Therefore, Zhang Shihua, who was extremely happy, couldn't help but send someone to send a large amount of wine and food to the black-clothed soldiers stationed around Xiangyang City to share his joy with them.
In addition, Zhang Shihua also sent a stone of grain and a liter of oil to the elderly people over 60 years old in Xiangyang City.
After all, in this era of medical and health technology and its underbelly, the elderly who can live to the age of 60 will be better than the century old and centenarians in the future generations.
Just look at Xiangyang City, you can know that the total population of Xiangyang City is 1890,000.
Among these many people, the average person who is over 60 years old is only a little more than 100 people.
Therefore, in addition to respecting the elderly, sending some grain and oil to these people also means that they hope that their sons can grow up safely and smoothly.
After all, the rate of child mortality in this era is too high. You must know that even if the prince is the emperor now, there are not a few people who die before they are minors. Therefore, in order to let their children grow up smoothly, it is not surprising to seek some psychological comfort.
No, in just a few days after the child was born, Zhang Shihua's two parents and adults almost went around Xiangyang City and the temples and Taoist temples around Xiangyang.
Just for various kinds of talismans, I begged for more than a dozen for Zhang Shihua's son Zhang Xi.
In this regard, Zhang Shihua himself really didn't know what to say except for a wry smile.
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Day after day, time passed so fast.
In the blink of an eye, before I knew it, a month had passed.
However, it has to be said that in the past two months or so since the New Year. The situation in the world is becoming more and more complicated.
At this time, the rebel forces in the world, except for Zhang Shihua's side, are still in full swing, but Liu Futong and Xu Shouhui, who are also on the separatist side, have suffered a major blow.
Needless to say, Liu Futong raised troops at the end of last year, which plunged him into internal and external troubles, and the strength of his soldiers and horses was greatly affected. However, at this time, Xu Shouhui was even worse than him.
In the past few months, Xu Shouhui can be said to be worse day by day. In the past, the territory that was finally conquered was also uprooted by the Yuanmeng court one after another. So much so that up to now, Xu Shouhui has not had much territory left in the rest of the place, except for Qizhou Road.
However, the rebels were not without good news, although the rebels in the Central Plains and Jiangnan suffered major blows.
However, the situation of the rebel army in the Huaishang area was greatly improved because of the illness and death of Shangshu Jialu of the Ministry of Works, and the defeat of the imperial court.
The head of the rat who was originally taken off and beaten could only be stationed in Haozhou, and Zhao Junyong and Peng Da were even more famous because of this. At this time, the two have not only occupied Haozhou and Huainan regions against the guest, but also claimed the king.
As for Guo Zixing, the nominal leader of the original rebel army in Haozhou, he almost completely became a vassal of these two at this time.
Therefore, after so many things happened, Zhu Yuanzhang, Guo Zixing's son-in-law and subordinate, was also completely disappointed in this father-in-law who couldn't support the wall in the mud. After the siege was lifted in Haozhou, the imperial soldiers and horses attacking Haozhou collapsed on their own due to the death of the commander. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but resolutely leave Haozhou with his wife and some henchmen, returned to his hometown Fengyang, and prepared to recruit soldiers from his hometown and start a new job on his own.
So at this time, the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty gradually began to enter the white-hot stage.
A vigorous battle is about to begin, and those Yuan Mengxiong heroes who are familiar to future generations, such as Li Chahan, Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shicheng, etc., will also begin to appear one after another. The famous generals and wise men of the late Yuan Dynasty also began to emerge like a blowout, and began to wantonly bloom their own dazzling brilliance in this era.
However, just when the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were about to enter the white-hot stage, in Xiangyang City, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but be busy making a full moon wine for his son.