Chapter VI: Adoptive Fathers and Adoptive Mothers
Niu Da Zhuang fainted quickly and woke up quickly. I woke up almost as soon as my head hit the ground. This guy got up all of a sudden, carefully took Yan Hui out from under the offering table, and gently placed it on the offering table. The next action made Yan Hui depressed. Niu Dazhuang untied the swaddling clothes, carefully lifted Yanhui's diaper, and saw Yanhui's calf cow. Niu Dazhuang's mouth was crooked. Hurriedly wrapped Yan Hui, hugged him tightly in his arms, and kowtowed to the statue of the mountain god again.
"Thank you, Grandpa Mountain God, thank you Grandpa Mountain God for letting my Niu family have a queen. Don't worry, I'll rebuild the temple for you. You must always bless my son with safety. ”
Niu Dazhuang stood up and put the pig's head on his back and went into the water. This is when he went to the county town early this morning to kill pigs for Wan Yuanwai, Wan Yuanwai specially gave it to him. Because Niu Dazhuang is honest, Tong Suo is not bullied, and his skills are superb, and people in this area like to find him when they kill pigs and sheep.
Niu Dazhuang packed up his things, hugged Yan Hui tightly to his chest, and covered Yan Hui with a thick cloth to block the snow. The movements were so gentle that they were just like Zhuo Yujiao. When Niu Dazhuang walked to the gate of the temple, he deliberately stopped and shouted.
"Whose child is this, whose child is this? Have you ever lost a child? No one promised me to take it away. Haha, baby, let's go home. ”
He didn't know that when he shouted these words, Yan Hui's cold sweat came down. Fortunately, there was no one else around. Niu Dazhuang didn't really want to find Yanhui's relatives. In his heart, Yan Hui was the son given to him by the mountain god, and it had nothing to do with others. The reason why he shouted was because he wanted to be sure.
The ancients were superstitious and believed that there were gods and spirits who were three feet above their heads. Your words and deeds are clear to the gods. Therefore, ordinary people in ancient times were still more honest and kind.
Niu Da Zhuang withstood the wind and snow, one step at a time. He was full of strength, and his heart was hot. I can't wait to get home in one step. He bent his waist all the way, for fear that the wind and snow would blow on his son, and when a strong wind blew in his face, he quickly turned around and blocked the cold wind with his back. It was this move that made Zhuo Yujiao, who followed him closely, put away his sword. She knew that this man was a good person.
The mountain road winds and the snow gets deeper. Yan Hui felt that this was going uphill, and after walking for a long time, Yan Hui heard Niu Dazhuang say, "Son, we are home." Then there was the sound of a clattering door, followed by a dog's barking.
"Who? Is Da Zhuang back? ”
"Chunniang, it's me back. Open the door, open the door. ”
There was a rush of footsteps, followed by a clang, and the courtyard door opened. Niu Dazhuang didn't care to speak, rushed into the yard like a gust of wind and ran into the house, almost knocking down Chunniang who was standing at the door.
"Oops, I'm going to die, I was chased by a wolf, I almost hit me, really." Chunniang muttered and locked the courtyard door, blasted the big yellow dog into the nest, and then turned around and entered the house. Before Chunniang closed the door, she heard Niu Dazhuang shouting anxiously: "Chunniang, hurry up and make a fire, quickly burn the kang, quickly boil hot water, quickly." ”
"Come on, come on, what's wrong?"
When Chunniang walked into the back room, she was stunned. I saw that a bearskin coat had been opened on the kang head, and a white and chubby child was lying on it. The child didn't cry or make trouble, the two big black eyes looked at this and that, and finally fixed on Chunniang.
As the old saying goes: it's not a family that doesn't enter the door. As soon as Chunniang saw this child, her eyes couldn't move her nest. A hot current gushed out of my heart, and my mother's love flooded. Chun Niang suddenly pulled Niu Da Zhuang aside and picked up the child. The two of them looked at each other, and the four eyes met in the air, bursting into sparks and lightning.
"Dead ghost, why are you still standing here, don't you go to boil water and burn kang, go quickly." Chun Niang said while kicking the cow strong. Niu Da Zhuang went to boil water and boil the kang, and he didn't even notice that the big yellow dog in the courtyard barked more than usual.
The big yellow dog had already seen Zhuo Yujiao who was following behind his master. The watchdogs in the mountains are very powerful, and they bite directly if they are not acquaintances. The big yellow dog was about to bite Zhuo Yujiao, but was hit by a stone on the dog's mouth. It is said that dogs fight people, and this is not true at all. When the big yellow dog saw that the owner ignored him, the stranger was so powerful, he jumped into the kennel with his tail between his legs and never dared to show his head again.
Zhuo Yujiao glanced at Niu Dazhuang, who was coming in and out of the firewood room, and her feet fluttered on the roof. She hung her head upside down, her fingers dripping on it, and made a small hole in the window to look inside. I saw a young woman with a dignified face and a plump body, sitting on the kang with Yanhui in her arms. The young woman wept and muttered.
"Alas, whose parents are so ruthless, they don't want children who are so old. What a good child, so good-looking, so liked. Why don't you want it? Alas, poor. How well-behaved, don't cry or make trouble. Are you hungry? ”
The tears in Zhuo Yujiao's eyes couldn't stop staying. The young woman's words pierced her heart like a steel needle.
Niu Dazhuang came in with hot water. By this time, the temperature in the house had risen quite a bit. The two of them carefully took off Yanhui's clothes, and Chunniang carefully scrubbed Yanhui. Even the inside of the flesh was cleaned. In the past few days, Yanhui's mother and son have been running between life and death, where is the opportunity to take a bath. Yan Hui's body was itching for a long time, but he didn't want to trouble his mother, so he endured it. Now it's okay, it's finally comfortable. Yan Hui smiled at Chun Niang, this time Chun Niang loved Yan Hui even more. Washing and washing, Chunniang found that the jade plate on Yanhui's neck was a little in the way, and it was a bit big. She was afraid that Yanhui wouldn't be able to stand it, so she wanted to take it off for him. But the strange thing is that no matter what method she uses, she can't take it off. She didn't dare to exert herself, so she had to call Niu Da Zhuang. Niu Dazhuang couldn't take it off, and the jade plate seemed to grow on Yan Hui's body.
"If you can't take it off, you won't take it off. Isn't there anything uncomfortable about not seeing my son? ”
"What about pressing your chest when you sleep, you're going to have nightmares."
"No, I'll tell you that my son was begged by me in front of Grandpa Mountain God. It was given to our son by Grandpa the mountain god. Here's the thing......"
Niu Dazhuang wiped the water on Yan Hui's body with a soft cotton cloth, and while putting Yan Hui into the warm little quilt, he talked about how he found Yan Hui. Chunniang understood, and Zhuo Yujiao also understood. She clasped her hands together and kept thanking Niu Da Zhuang and his family. This is my son's savior.
"Great, I thought it was someone else's unwanted child. No wonder this big coat and this little dress are so gorgeous, who uses these in ordinary people. It turned out to be given to us by Grandpa the mountain god. Then I am his mother, his own mother. ”
"Needless to say, this is our own son. Wait until tomorrow I will buy some incense and candle tributes, and then bring the pig's head, and go to the temple to thank the mountain god Grandpa. By the way, Grandpa Mountain God gave me a gold ingot, and he was afraid that we wouldn't be able to take care of our son. ”
"How come, this is our own son, I can't starve him if I don't eat. Wow, what a big ingot of gold, Grandpa Mountain God is so good. Da Zhuang, when my son is older, let's work more and save more money, and repair the mountain temple, which can be regarded as a thank you to the mountain god's grandfather and his old man. ”
"Well, it has to be. I have promised Grandpa the mountain god, and I must be true to my word. If we have land, I can hunt and kill pigs. It won't be long before the temple can be built. By the way, we still have to save money to let our son go to school. Looking at our son's face, he must be a promising person in the future. ”
"Well, good. I also knit more cloth and raise more chickens and ducks for my son to go to school and make up for his body. By the way, you look at my son, I'll go and make porridge for him. ”
"Boiled porridge with polished rice, and then stewed some meat and mixed it in the porridge. My son must be very hungry, you see he doesn't cry, he must be hungry and has no strength. By the way, I didn't eat it, so I'll make some for me. ”
"Okay, you two will come later."
Niu Dazhuang lay beside Yan Hui and couldn't stop laughing at Yan Hui. The smile was kind and proud. Yan Hui didn't want to cry because he had vowed not to cry again. But at this moment, by the side of Niu Dazhuang and his family, he felt the warmth of home and the love of his parents. Two crystal tears flowed down his face, and he couldn't control it.
Niu Dazhuang panicked, and quickly jumped off the kang and ran out barefoot. While running, he shouted: "Chun Niang, Chun Niang." My son is so hungry that he cries, is the porridge ready? The hot porridge just came out of the pot, Niu Dazhuang didn't care about the heat, picked up the bowl and ran back to the back room, and Chun Niang hurriedly followed.
Zhuo Yujiao flashed into the kitchen, her chest was already hungry and pressed against her back. In the kitchen, there are meals prepared by Chunniang for Niu Dazhuang. Coarse dough cakes with pickled vegetables, and a bowl of steaming mutton soup. Zhuo Yujiao wanted to leave some for Niu Dazhuang, but she couldn't stop eating it. The meal prepared by Chunniang for Niu Dazhuang was eaten clean by Zhuo Yujiao. After eating, Zhuo Yujiao dodged and hid in the firewood room, meditating cross-legged in the dark to heal her injuries. After a while, the door opened, and Niu Dazhuang walked into the kitchen humming a little song in his mouth, and he looked around the kitchen and found that there was nothing to eat. I had to take a piece of cold cake and deal with the leftover porridge in the pot.
Niu Dazhuang closed the kitchen door, and whispered as he walked: "This Chun Niang, if you have a son, you forget your grandfather, and you patronize your son to get food, and she doesn't care if he is still hungry." Hehehe. ”
Zhuo Yujiao's face turned red when she heard this. As if remembering something, he quietly walked out of the firewood room, and disappeared into the wind and snow in a few leaps.
The big yellow dog looked at Zhuo Yujiao, who was far away, and then put the dog's heart into the dog's belly, closed his eyes and slept peacefully.
Niu Dazhuang and Chun Niang sandwiched Yan Hui in the middle. The two of them were like being hit by a magic barrier, and he laughed for a while, and she laughed for a while. Yan Hui lost his temper, so he had to close his eyes and sleep.
"Da Zhuang, tomorrow you can bring that wolf back, I want to make a wolf skin mattress for my son. In this way, the son is not afraid of the cold. ”
"Okay, sleeping on a wolf's skin mattress is like sleeping on a brazier, it must be warm."
"Da Zhuang, when we build the temple, you can go and beg the mountain god grandfather. I also want a girl. ”
"Okay, it's up to you. But beg me first. Hey, hey, hey. ”
Yan Hui hadn't fallen asleep yet, listening to the two of them tossing and lamenting secretly. Although she was quite popular with women in her previous life, she still lacked real experience. It's not that there is no chance, but there is no time. Now reborn in this world, he was finally reborn in a wealthy family, but he was so miserable by that dog emperor. The more he thought about it, the more he hated, Yan Hui cursed Long Yanhei to cut off his children and grandchildren, and the green hat was changed every day, and he died and was buried in the ground. Unexpectedly, his curse did become a reality years later.
Zhuo Yujiao braved the wind and snow to return to the woods next to the mountain temple. She gathered her horses and hid them in the temple of the mountain. They came to the road again and found the bodies of several people who had been killed by the bombing. Bone water was poured over the corpses of these men. In just a few moments, the corpses of these people were completely clean. Before this, Zhuo Yujiao had already put away all the packages and bags of these people. In the dense forest, the corpses of the father-in-law were also disposed of in this way.
Back at the broken temple, Zhuo Yujiao cleaned up the package. There was still a lot of gold and silver, which were put together and wrapped into a package. She thought for a moment, then took out a stack of silver tickets from her bosom and put them in. The remaining paperwork and waist cards were picked up and a few were kept, and the rest burned out.
Zhuo Yujiao has already made up her mind, looking at the enemy's posture, she will chase it to the end. They must be diverted as far away as possible. Let the son stay with Niu Dazhuang and his wife for the time being. By their side, their son can grow up smoothly. For the sake of her son, Zhuo Yujiao can do anything. Even if he loses his life, he is willing.
After packing up everything, Zhuo Yujiao led a few horses out of the temple gate, picked up the dead wolf and threw it on the horse's back. She got on her horse and ran towards the mountain village. When approaching the mountain village, Zhuo Yujiao tied her horse to the woods and jumped into the yard of Niu Dazhuang's house by herself.
The big yellow dog opened his eyes and saw that the person was coming again, and he was so frightened that the two dogs covered the dog's mouth and shivered in the nest, and they didn't dare to come out. Zhuo Yujiao hung the package containing gold and silver on the lintel of the door, threw the dead wolf at the door of the firewood room, and then went up to the roof, she wanted to see her son again.
The lights in the back room had not been extinguished, and Niu Dazhuang and his family snuggled together and whispered. Yan Hui was already asleep, and the faint light reflected his red little face, which looked so cute. Zhuo Yujiao looked at her son carefully, and at that moment she couldn't wait to rush into the house and take her son into her arms to have a good intimacy. She wished she could become an eaves so that she could see her son every day.
"Da Zhuang, tomorrow I have to go to the village to register my son. Our family has imported Ding, and according to the rules of the imperial court, there is still Dingkoutian. Although there are not as many as there used to be, there are also a lot of ten acres of land, so we can't forget it. ”
"I'll do this, but I have to give my son a name, what's the name?"
"What's the call for Xiao Zhuang? I hope my son will grow up strong, just like you. ”
"Oh no, isn't that a buddy? That's not going to work, think again. "These two people are good, but they don't know how to read. In ancient times, this situation was very common, and it was still relatively difficult for ordinary people to read.
On the Shenzhou Continent, the literacy rate of the common people in the Dayan Empire is still relatively high. On this continent, except for the Manggul Kingdom in the west, which can be compared with Great Yan, other countries are worse than Great Yan, and it is not half a point. But even so, most of the people of the Dayan Empire only knew their names and simple numbers. In a small mountain village like this, illiterate people abound. It's no wonder that Niu Dazhuang and Chunniang can't come up with any good names. Maybe it's the blessing to the soul, Niu Dazhuang's brain flashed with inspiration.
"I remembered, it's called God's gift, cow's God's gift. You think that our son was sent by the mountain god's grandfather, isn't that the same as what God gave him? Therefore, it is called Niu Tianci, and God gives it to our son. ”
"A good name is Niu Tianci. God's gift, God's gift to my son? Haha, I slept so soundly. Da Zhuang, you are really knowledgeable~~~~. ”
Zhuo Yujiao on the eaves almost didn't slip off the roof. But it's a good name, and it makes sense to call it loud. Zhuo Yujiao reluctantly glanced at her son for the last time, and quietly left Niu Dazhuang's house.
She mounted her horse and followed the mountain road back to the official road. The battlefield on the official road is still the same, and it seems that the next wave of enemies has not yet followed. Zhuo Yujiao, who let go of the shackles, replenished her weapons and dry food, and urged the horse to gallop along the official road. Now she doesn't need to hide, she just wants to lure all the enemies to her, and then lead them all away herself, so that Yanhui will be safe.