Chapter 17
After getting dressed, he habitually touched Ye Lan's belly, and the two children felt their father's love, and stretched out their little fists to bulge a small bag on their mother's belly.
Zuo Yuanhao immediately smiled, lowered his head and kissed the small bag, and soon the small bag disappeared.
He gently covered the quilt, kissed Ye Lan on the forehead again, and then went out, but she didn't know that Ye Lan had already opened her eyes, she touched the residual warmth on her forehead, retracted her arm and hugged her belly, and asked in a low voice: "Baby, do you say that one day Daddy remembered the past and will leave us?" You have to be obedient, and your mother is also obedient, and he won't leave, right? ”
The two children naturally didn't respond, and Goo Dong rolled over in his stomach, barely responding.
After breakfast, the old couple went to the shop to open the door, Ye Lan saw that there was no one at home, so she was moved to play, and asked Zuo Yuanhao to take her to the street.
Coincidentally, Zuo Yuanhao was going to the grocery store to settle this month's money, thinking that she had not gone out at home for more than a month, so she responded as soon as her heart softened.
Ye Lan was immediately as happy as a child, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find dresses, curling her hair and putting on makeup, and she was as busy as a little bee.
Zuo Yuanhao was a little distressed, and said: "When you give birth to a child and spring blooms, I will take you out for a walk, the day before yesterday, the neighbors said that there is a peach orchard twenty miles away from the city, and many people go to enjoy the flowers when the peach blossoms bloom." ”
"Really, let's talk about it, you can't pay the bill!"
"Of course."
Ye Lan smiled and took a new cotton robe and put it on the edge of the kang, and motioned for Zuo Yuanhao to change it.
"Thank you for helping me massage my legs and feet at night, put them on, I'm going out to get countless envious eyes." Ye Lan lifted her chin proudly, just like many women, showing affection and showing off husband Jun is also one of her hobbies.
Zuo Yuanhao thought that he didn't have to do any hard work today, so he changed into new clothes as he said.
Ye Lan helped him straighten the cuffs of his shirt, and when he finally looked at the bare belt, he took another jade pendant from the box and tied it for him. "This will be worn for you in the future, don't lose it."
Zuo Yuanhao recognized that the pattern on the jade pendant was exactly the same as the one she wore around her neck, and the warmth in her eyes was even stronger, and nodded in response: "Okay." ”
The little couple dressed up neatly, and when they went out, they really received a lot of praise from their neighbors, and the smile on Ye Lan's face was not forgotten along the way, but they had to be polite and modest in their mouths, which made Zuo Yuanhao laugh secretly.
The two of them left the grocery store and walked around the streets, needless to say that they bought large and small bags of preserves and snacks, and when they came home, the sky was snowflakes again.
Zuo Yuanhao was afraid that Ye Lan would slip and touch his stomach, so he hired a carriage, thinking that this was the safest, but it was immediately destroyed at the mouth of his alley, but something still happened.
A man in a gray cotton jacket suddenly sprang out of the thorn and startled the old horse pulling the cart, and the coachman grabbed the reins with all his might, but the carriage still hit the big willow tree beside it.
Ye Lan was eating a snack, and suddenly fell off the seat, and before she could fall down, she was reached out and fished into her arms by Zuo Yuanhao, Zuo Yuanhao hit the wall of the car hard, and his head immediately became swollen.
Ye Lan was so frightened that she hurriedly reached out and rubbed it for him, "What's the matter?" Does it hurt? ”
Zuo Yuanhao endured the pain and comforted her, "It's okay, just go home and put a hot cloth on it." ”
As he spoke, he got out of the car with Ye Lan in his arms.
The coachman hurriedly came over to apologize, "This boy, you really can't rely on me, this man suddenly lay in front of the horse's hooves, and in order to avoid him, he hit the wall." ”
Without waiting for Zuo Yuanhao to speak, the gray-clothed man lying on the ground rolled and shouted, "Oops, I killed someone!" My bones are broken, I'm going to die of pain, everyone, come and see, I've hit someone! ”
Zuo Yuanhao looked at Ye Lan, who was pale in his arms, and then looked at this scoundrel who was obviously touching porcelain, and his face sank.
"Wait a minute, I'll dispose of him, and we'll go home."
"Okay." Ye Lan held her stomach with her hands and answered in shock.
The scoundrel glanced at Zuo Yuanhao's clothes, and a touch of pride flashed in his eyes. He guessed that the carriage must not be a poor person, and if he was lucky today, he would go to the gambling house to try his luck with a few taels of silver, and maybe he would turn over.
Thinking about him like this, he cried louder and louder, not wanting Zuo Yuanhao to be afraid at all, so he picked him up directly without saying a word and fell to the ground.
This scoundrel was smashed to pieces, and when he was wondering why Zuo Yuanhao didn't play his cards according to common sense, he was hit twice again, and he was hit twice on the waist.
Only then did he realize that he had encountered hard stubble today.
The scoundrel's mouth immediately changed the words, "Uncle spare your life, spare your life!" The small ones don't know Mount Tai with their eyes, and the little ones don't dare anymore! ”
Zuo Yuanhao's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and he didn't listen to his pleas for mercy at all, just lifted him up and fell down again and again, and his cold appearance made it so that the neighbors who surrounded him didn't dare to come forward to persuade him.
Ye Lan was also a little surprised that he was so ruthless, and was about to speak, but suddenly felt her stomach twitch, and her legs seemed to have a hot current gushing out, and she couldn't help but exclaim: "Brother Yong! ”
Zuo Yuanhao turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw her holding her stomach with her hands around her and her eyes wide open, thinking that she was scared, so he opened his mouth to reassure: "Don't be afraid, I'll fall a few more times!" ”
Everyone couldn't help but grin, the scoundrel had already rolled his eyes at this time, and he fell down to keep it and went to report to Lord Yama.
I didn't want Ye Lan to tremble and responded: "It's not him, it's me!" I feel like I'm going to give birth......"
"What?" The crowd was boiling hot water, and immediately it boiled.
Zuo Yuanhao was even more shocked, "Isn't there still a month?" ”
"How do I know, it hurts me to death!" Ye Lan was clutching his cotton robe in pain, and her mind was blank.
A familiar neighbor's aunt hurriedly stepped forward to help support her, and comforted: "It's okay, it's okay, no one's daughter-in-law may have a child on a day, sooner or later, hurry home, and then invite Grandma Wu in the back street." ”
There were already enthusiastic young juniors who ran around to ask for news, but Zuo Yuanhao had long forgotten to pick up the scoundrel, picked up Ye Lan and ran home.
When the crowd dispersed, the scoundrel snorted and chirped, scolded and ran away secretly, and as for the coachman, he did not know when he was gone.
Hu Po was originally selling baked cakes, but when she heard the neighbor report that Ye Lan was about to give birth, she was so frightened that she didn't even care about the money box, so she ran to the back and shouted Hu Bo and rushed home together.
Grandma Wu in the back street was walking slowly in the alley, just caught up by the old couple, Hu Po was a quick temper, pulled her arm and shouted: "You old woman, you don't eat my family's baked cakes on weekdays, how to use your efforts, you rubbed it for me." Hurry up, you're going to hurt my Lan girl to death?! ”
Grandma Wu is in her early sixties this year, and she is a thin old lady who can be blown away by a gust of wind, where can she stop Hu Po from pulling, and before she can say a word, she is even pulled into the courtyard of the Hu family.
The two little daughters-in-law who came to help were helping to boil hot water, and when they saw Grandma Wu so embarrassed, they quipped: "Grandma came so quickly today, when we gave birth, I didn't see you so concerned." ”
Grandma Wu glared at Hu Po hatefully, and scolded with a smile: "If I don't leave quickly, I won't be able to do it, the Hu family's sister is going to eat people." ”
Everyone laughed.
Zuo Yuanhao was in a hurry, and urged: "Lan'er has been in pain for a long time, grandma go and take a look." ”
Grandma Wu knew that he was worried in his heart, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, how can a woman give birth to a child quickly, not to mention that Lan Yatou is still the first child." Just wait, grandma will keep your wife and children safe. ”
"Thank you, grandma, there will be a lot of thanks later." Zuo Yuanhao saluted.
Grandma Wu felt ironed in her heart, so she raised her feet and entered the house.
Hu Bo stepped forward and pulled Zuo Yuanhao to wait in the wing, but he refused, and as a result, he waited until the beginning of the lantern. With a loud cry, a fat boy descended into the world, and in less than a quarter of an hour, a petite girl was born.
Dragon and phoenix fetuse! The small courtyard of the Hu family was completely lively, and everyone had a smile on their faces, you know, the average woman is pregnant with a child, that is, there are occasionally two and most of them are two men or two women, so that the dragon and phoenix fetus of a man and a woman is too rare, and a child with a "good" word is regarded as a blessing, a good omen, and some people like to find their daughters-in-law
Such a child sleeps on the bed in the new house the day before they get married, and they are blessed.
Therefore, several aunts and sisters who have young children in the family are smiling very happily, competing to hold two little dolls who have not yet opened their eyes.
Zuo Yuanhao went into the house to take a look at Ye Lan, and saw her lying in the bloody bed, although her face was as white as paper, her breathing was very steady, and she finally let go.
Hu Po and a little daughter-in-law came in with their children, put the two little swaddling clothes beside Ye Lan, and said to Zuo Yuanhao with a smile: "Look at your child, my brother has five catties and two taels, and my sister is only four catties and eight taels." ”
"So thin, doesn't it mean that the children are all eight or nine pounds?" Zuo Yuanhao was a little nervous, for fear that the child would not be healthy.
Hu Po and the little daughter-in-law couldn't help laughing loudly and explained: "That's a child, if both of them are so fat, I'm afraid Lan Yatou won't be able to walk." It's good that the kids are healthy. ”
"That's good, that's good." Zuo Yuanhao consciously made a joke, blushed a little embarrassedly, and saw that the little daughter-in-law's eyes didn't blink.
Hu Po hurriedly pulled her little daughter-in-law out of the house, and before leaving, she instructed: "You accompany their mother and son for a while, and when Lan Ya gets up, she calls me and stews lactation soup for her on the stove." ”
Zuo Yuanhao nodded in response, and when the door closed, he went to the swaddling clothes to look at his son and daughter carefully. It's really like what Ye Lan said at the beginning, the son's appearance is almost carved out of the same mold as him, all of them are ink eyebrows and phoenix eyes, presumably he is also a romantic character who provokes women when he grows up, and his daughter is with Ye Lan, and her appearance is not coquettish, but it is rare that there is a bit of atmosphere between her eyebrows and eyes, and it is obvious that she is a hot doll with a hearty personality.
The more he looked at it, the more he loved it, and his heart was so sweet that it almost dripped honey.
"Son, daughter, I am your father, you must grow up healthy, don't be afraid of trouble, father will protect you."
"Poof!" Ye Lan woke up for a while, and she didn't bother when she saw the father and son exchanging feelings, but she couldn't help laughing out loud when she heard this. "How can you be a father like this, the children are not sensible, you will provoke them to cause trouble!"
Zuo Yuanhao tucked the swaddling clothes for his son and daughter, leaned in front of Ye Lan, raised his hand and hugged her tightly, and said after a while: "Lan'er, thank you for your hard work." ”
Ye Lan sniffed the sweat on his body, guessed that he must have been waiting outside with extreme anxiety, and suddenly seemed to feel that some heavy things in the deepest part of his heart had completely dissipated, and he subconsciously asked, "You won't leave me and the child, will you?" ”
Zuo Yuanhao was stunned for a moment, got up and saw that Ye Lan's eyes were full of apprehension, remembering the story that Hu Po had told, and thinking that she was worried that the family would make trouble, so Zhengse responded: "No, our family will live a good life." ”
"Okay." Ye Lan's nose was sour, and she buried her head in his arms for a long time and was reluctant to get up.
Outside the door, Hu Po brought a bowl of hot soup, her eyes were red, and then she put down the bowl and bowed to the west sky, silently praying for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas in her heart, as long as the family is safe together, it is the greatest blessing.
In a blink of an eye, the two little babies of the Hu family were born for two days, and the neighbors who were familiar with each other came to see the freshness, and asked about the child's milk name - the big name naturally asked the child's father to take it, and the old lady decided to take the milk name.
The reunion was reunited, happy and good, Ye Lan also agreed when she heard it, and the two little guys clenched their little fists and spit out two saliva bubbles, which can be regarded as raising their hands to participate in the vote.
There is a custom of washing and eating carp for three days in the gravel city, which means that when the child grows up, the carp jumps over the dragon gate and soars.
Although there are people selling them in the market, most of them are the children's fathers who go to the river to fish for them, and they also show that they love their children.
At this time, there were many people in the family, and Zuo Yuanhao said to Hu Bo and went out of the city with a net pocket and iron tongs.
At this time, it is about to enter the winter moon, and there are still two months before the Chinese New Year, and the river is already frozen, as long as you dig an ice hole in the ice, the fish that are suffocating under the water will scramble to swim over.
Zuo Yuanhao was bent on catching two big fish, so the hole was chiseled bigger, and a few children on the shore saw that someone was fishing, and they swarmed to see the excitement.
One of the children was wearing a thick cotton jacket, running up and stumbling, and was about to get close to the front, but a heel fell out, Zuo Yuanhao was bending down to get off the net, and he was knocked into a crooked body, the child stopped next to the hole, but Zuo Yuanhao fell down with a bang.
A group of children were dumbfounded, stunned for a moment and felt that they were in trouble, and ran home crying.
Zuo Yuanhao kept paddling his hands and feet and struggled, the river was so cold that it was so cold that his head seemed to explode, and some of the memories that had been sealed and hidden in the depths of his mind suddenly came up-
It seems that a long time ago, he had fallen into the water and struggled like this......
A few fishermen who lived not far away could hear the children crying, and when they ran over, they saw Zuo Yuanhao standing on the edge of the ice cave with water all over.
The fat child's father hurriedly stepped forward and apologized very guiltily, "I'm so sorry, this big brother, my kid has made a big accident." How are you? Let's go to my house and change into dry clothes, so as not to freeze out. ”
The rest of the people also chimed in, "That's it, why do you have to drink a bowl of ginger soup, otherwise the cold will enter the body, and you will suffer when you are old in the future." ”
Zuo Yuanhao shook his head with a cold face, pointed to the fishing net on the side and said lightly: "Help me catch two carp as compensation." ”
Several fishermen looked at each other and tried to persuade each other, but seeing that Zuo Yuanhao's face was not good, and he didn't mean to be held responsible, he hurriedly scattered fishing nets. They were all veterans of fishing, and they were very experienced, and soon they had five or six fish netted.
One of them picked two large carps, threaded them with a rope, and respectfully handed them to Zuo Yuanhao.
Zuo Yuanhao also ignored them anymore, turned around and went back to the city, leaving a group of fishermen looking at each other, and it took a long time for one of them to ask: "Why is this person a little weird, and he doesn't need fishing nets and iron tongs?" ”
An older fisherman shook his head and replied, "Who knows, is it a frozen brain?" Let's put it away first, maybe he'll look for it later. ”