In the third year of Yongle, in March in Shuzhong, the begonias are in full bloom.

In the courtyard of the green tile stone pillar, the man anxiously walked back and forth in front of the door, and the white and black cloth shoes under the green cloth robe shuttled back and forth, looking up at the window from time to time, but he wanted to see but could not see anything, just to ease his anxious mood.

Doctor Li Huaisheng's wife Tang Yufu is in the pot today, there has just been a light rain in the morning, the rain on the bluestone slab in the yard has not dried up, and the begonias in the flower beds on both sides are blooming beautifully, but it is a pity that Dr. Li is not in the mood to watch.

Although he is a doctor, he can only stomp his feet outside the door to pray for the safety of mother and child.

It seemed that after a long, long time, finally after the stone slab could not withstand the torture of his back and forth, the flower rain in the garden ushered in a loud baby cry.

The midwife hurriedly ran out to report the good news, the mother and daughter were safe, and they got a thousand gold; Dr. Li's heart finally settled back into his chest; Patiently waiting for everything in the room to be cleaned up, Dr. Li was finally able to step into the delivery room, take a look at the weak lady lying on the bed, and said:

"The lady suffered!"

Gently picking up the baby in swaddling clothes, the couple stared at this new life with loving eyes.

"Give your daughter a name!" Mrs. Li helplessly reminded Dr. Li who was holding her daughter and looked stupidly in her weakness.

Three years ago, he had an eldest son, but the name was given by his father, and now his father is not there, so he has to come by himself.

After thinking for a long time to no avail, he paced around the room, paced to the window, paced to the door, looked up, the begonias in the courtyard bloomed in front of him, and he ran back to the room with joy and took Mrs. Li's hand and asked:

"Lady thinks, it's good to be called Tang'er?"

"Tang'er? Tang'er... Li Tang "Mrs. Li touched her daughter's little hand: "It's not wrong to think about it!" ”

"Huh?" Hearing Dr. Li's voice, Mrs. Li followed and looked over, it turned out to be the root of the middle finger of Li Tang's left hand, there was a pink mark slightly darker than the skin tone, turned over the palm of the hand and looked closely, only to see that the mark was wrapped around the heel of the finger, it looked like a ring, but the ring on the back was a little different shades, like a pattern and couldn't tell what it looked like.

The couple couldn't see enough of their daughter, and Li Tang, who had not yet opened his eyes in swaddling clothes, had a red little face, and slept very sweetly.

Mrs. Li reached out and touched the pink mark, but unexpectedly, Li Tang, who was asleep, suddenly cried, and tears rolled down from her closed eyes.

Dr. Li hurriedly picked up his daughter, patted and comforted him, but fortunately stopped after a while, the incident happened suddenly, and the couple did not think much about it, but thought that the child suddenly woke up.

The courtyard of the Li family, from dawn, to this time has been busy for several hours, the rain in the courtyard has dried, the sky has a sunny appearance, and the begonia petals on both sides, drop by drop slipped down the rain that had been in the morning.

The white horse flies, time flies, Dr. Li and Mrs. Li accompany their daughter day by day, watching her grow up day by day, the little doll carved in pink and jade, white and chubby, clever and cute; It's just that these days, the couple is getting more and more worried day by day.

It is said that it is the mark brought by the mother's womb on Li Tang's little hand, how about it? The thing can't be touched; Whoever reaches out and touches it will cry.

I didn't care at first, but the eldest son had nothing to do every day, and always liked to jump around to see his sister in the room, grab his sister's fingers, and play with the birthmark on it, and the two of them found out about this strange thing.

Dr. Li has always disbelieved in those demons and monsters, but this thing is too strange and weird, and he practices medicine by himself, but there is no pathology to follow, it is not a disease, and the couple are worried all day long.

Helplessly, Mrs. Li asked a familiar female companion and found a famous master in the next town to see, when Li Tang was only full moon, Mrs. Li took her daughter, and it took a day of hard work to drive back and forth.

When he went, his heart must have been full of worry, and the master did not show anything unusual when he saw Li Tang in swaddling clothes for the first time.

This master rarely helps people to look at strange things now, and when the Li family trustee came, he mentioned that he already knew that Dr. Li was a respected doctor in Chunxi Town, and he had good medical ethics, so he agreed to let them come.

Quietly listened to Madame Li explain the reason, and tried to show him on the spot, after seeing this strange thing, the master was silent.

Mrs. Li was uneasy, and after carefully coaxing Li Tang to cry, she looked at the master helplessly, only to see the master stretch out his hand and stroke the small pink ring mark, unexpectedly, Li Tang did not cry like before, but smiled at the master with bright eyes.

Mrs. Li was stunned, looked up in surprise:

"Sir... This... It doesn't make sense, when we touch this mark, we are..."

The master pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "This kid is very good, it's okay, just grow up." ”

In order to make this mother-like woman feel more relieved, she got up and entered the inner hall.

After a while, a white porcelain bowl came out with one hand, and in the bowl was half a bowl of water with burnt yellow confetti, and the smell of burning floated out, and the master stepped forward with a pen in one hand:

"Turn the doll hand around."

Mrs. Li acted according to her words, the master silently recited the words in his mouth, dipped the pen in the porcelain bowl and dipped some water, and in the wrist of Xiao Li Tang, he drew a water charm by meandering, which was connected to the middle finger fetal mark, and the water did not slide down the skin as usual, but slowly melted into the skin and disappeared.

The master put down the bowl and pen and said: "Okay, I see that this doll has good bones, and it may be a naughty one in the future, so it should be taught well." ”

First, the master touched the birthmark Li Tang did not cry, and then the water charm penetrated into the skin without flowing, coupled with these words, Mrs. Li's heart finally fell.

Mrs. Li thanked her for her kindness, but the master only said that she would raise her hands and not accept silver money and gifts, and Mrs. Li was grateful and ready to get up and go out.

The master paused and hesitated, but stopped her, and said a few vague words:

"Madam, this ghost and god said, extremely mysterious, believe it or not, another matter, this account is also strange, maybe it is the root of the next world, don't treat it casually, others don't know, don't treat her lightly, when it hurts more... Otherwise, I am afraid that I will inevitably have to endure hardships, but Mrs. does not need to worry, Mrs. is kind-hearted, this child is also born very well, I believe that Ji Ren Tianxiang will be able to grow up peacefully. ”

After receiving the master's advice, Mrs. Li thanked her many times, got in the car and hurried back to Chunxi Town. Back in the house, Mrs. Li told Dr. Li in detail about the matter, and Dr. Li's hanging heart finally let go.

Jiao'er is already extremely good, and because of Li Tang, her father and mother feel a lot more distressed about her. Most parents in the world think that their children are the best, no matter how you look at it, they all think it is good!

After the 100-day banquet, the begonia flowers have already bloomed and failed, and they have entered the fruit season, and the small red fruits are extremely dazzling in the sunshine.

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In the seventh year of Yongle, the wax moon, the plum blossoms bloomed wantonly on the mountain, the powder was white, the mountain forest was covered with a thick layer of petals, and the town could smell the faint fragrance wafting in.

On the twenty-third day of the new year, early in the morning, Chunxi Town gathered villagers from the surrounding neighboring towns, and the morning market was so crowded that the fleas were out of breath;

Today's New Year, the vegetable farmers pushed the wheels early, carried small baskets, loaded all kinds of fresh vegetables and fruits, ready to exchange money to buy some wine and meat to go home for a small year, everyone was beaming with joy on their faces, and they were smiling when they met!

At this time, a young man came from the west exit of the morning market, wearing cotton clothes and straw sandals, medium stature, ordinary appearance, carrying two hares in one hand, and at this time he was still jumping around and kicking his short legs hard, but unfortunately he couldn't escape the man's palm!

The man was holding a three- or four-year-old girl in his other hand, the girl had a lantern bun on her head, her face was white and tender, like a small bun, her eyes were black and big, watery and talking, and her little hands were tightly held in the man's hands.

The man escorted the female baby through the crowded crowd, found a vacant seat in the back, squatted down and waited for someone to buy rabbits, and the female baby did not run around, just squatted aside, and looked everywhere with her eyes dripping!

Xu is lucky today, and after a while, an old woman squeezed in with a girl, the vegetable basket was already full, look at the dress, and she is also a descendant of a big family! The man greeted happily:

"Look at it, the live rabbit just caught in the morning is not hurt at all, and the rabbit is not too big, but it is very fat, and the meat is definitely not old, you have to take it back to stew soup and eat meat."

The old woman took a look, it was indeed quite fat, yesterday the lady said that she wanted to eat wild goods in the mountains, this rabbit bought back, one was killed for dinner, and one was left to be raised for the Chinese New Year's Eve and then killed, and the meat could not be dropped.

The old woman asked the price and bought it quickly, and the man offered an honest price. The man happily took the money and pulled the girl to walk out of the grass market.

When I walked to the entrance of the market and saw a stall selling candy balls, the girl was so hungry that she couldn't walk, and she tilted her head and dragged the man's hand:

"Daddy, daddy, you want to eat, you want to eat!"

"Okay, good, daddy bought it for Jiaojiao." As he spoke, he picked up the girl and walked over a few steps.

I bought a bag of sugar balls for the girl, it is rare to hold it, but the sugar balls are big, she has a small mouth, and she can lick the sugar outside when she holds one in her hand, and her mouth is full of sugar residue, but she has squinted happily.

The man looked at her like this, and he was not too dirty, his eyes were full of pampering, rubbing her hair and smooth head and scolding: "Silly girl".

Holding the girl baby to the wine shop to pour a tube of wine, the grandfather of the girl at home loves to drink two glasses, and then went to the lo-mei shop to cut lean meat and pig ears.

Put down the girl and lead the butcher shop, buy some fresh meat and go back to fry the dolls, the house is all cured meat and bacon, dozens of miles away from the town, maybe the New Year will not come.

After buying these, I walked around the street with the girl baby, and saw an old woman's stall and bought a wooden hairpin, which was not a precious thing, and the old woman said that the old man in the family made it by himself, and it was not worth a few dollars.

But the carving is good-looking, three plum blossoms, one big and two small, the small one is not generally big, the hairpin body is slightly bent and smooth, and the wife's head is tied with coarse cloth strips all the year round, she should be good-looking with this hair, thinking about the face showing some smiles.

The man carefully wrapped the hairpin with a coarse cloth, put it on the breast of the female baby, and said:

"Jiaojiao wants to put it away, can I go back to my mother?" The girl licked the sugar ball in her hand, took the time to nod her head and replied:

"Good", the man happily kissed the female baby's forehead; The money is almost spent, and I still have the dry food prepared by my wife when I go out, and I don't have to buy anything to eat on the way, and I have to rush home to eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, pick up the girl and walk towards the street.