The cold moonlight leaked from the willow trees, with a quiet smell, and the grass on the courtyard wall was covered with silver frost, reflecting the light of the moonlight.

Chrysanthemum Hall didn't know how to answer Zhao Qing's words for a while, and he didn't want to scare children to avoid this question like ordinary adults, so he thought about it and said: "Isn't it just like, it's very dirty." Qing'er, let's go see the excitement, it's embarrassing, who did you see pooping and peeing for people to see? ”

She also figured it out and decided not to go to see the excitement, after all, many men were present, and it was still very embarrassing to drag the calf out of that place, it was really not suitable for her young daughter-in-law to stay there, let alone Zhao Qing, a little girl.

Shame was also thinking about how to answer Zhao Qing's words, listening to Chrysanthemum saying so interesting, Zhao Qing was afraid that he wouldn't want to see this excitement, so he couldn't help laughing, touched Chrysanthemum's hand, and praised her for being smart.

Sure enough, Zhao Qing frowned, feeling that Chrysanthemum seemed to have some truth in what she said, her mother always said that the little girl should be gentle, of course it is not good to watch people and pee, and it is not possible to watch a cow and pee, so she raised her head and said to Chrysanthemum, "Then I won't go." Sister Chrysanthemum, let's go see the little gourd, it's useless to see him grow up. ”

Chrysanthemum said: "Okay." I'm afraid the gourd has already slept. "But it doesn't matter, he won't pay attention to us even if he doesn't sleep."

When the three of them entered the courtyard, they heard the voices of people in the backyard, and someone shouted, "Work hard." That's it."

Another voice said, "Slow down, don't talk nonsense, let it come out on its own." ”

Chrysanthemum hurriedly pushed the shame and said, "Go and see." Come and call me when you're done. I'll go to Sister Yunlan's. ”

The ashamed son hurriedly pedaled to the backyard of the Zheng family.

Yang came out of the house and stood under the eaves, looked at the two figures in the courtyard with his eyes, and asked, "Is it a chrysanthemum?" ”

Chrysanthemum turned around and closed the courtyard door, and replied, "It's me, mother," and came to her.

Yang smiled: "You're here to see the calf, right?" In a while, go to your sister-in-law's place first, and I'll call you when I get back. ”

Chrysanthemum agreed, and took Zhao Qing to the West House. There was a commotion outside, but there was no sound in the room. Entering her sister-in-law's bedroom, on the round table was covered with a cotton cloth with broken flowers on a blue background, an oil lamp was shaking, and under the dim light, Liu Yunlan was wrapped in a headscarf on her forehead, leaning on the carved shelf bed, patting her son sleeping next to her with one hand, while looking at the window boredly. There was a quiet, warm atmosphere in the air, as if there was a faint murmur of a mother in my heart.

The chrysanthemum cat walked in silently and whispered, "Sister Yunlan"

Then she took off her shoes with Zhao Qing with a smile, stepped on the pedal, and looked at the bed on the edge of the bed, looking at the sleeping little man, Zhao Qing squinted her eyes with a smile, and she couldn't wait to wake up the little gourd, to tease him for a while. However, a gourd is a gourd, and it is also deep when sleeping, and it will never wake up for no reason. Liu Yunlan was very happy when she saw the two of them, and said to Chrysanthemum: "I'm in a hurry and no one has spoken, and my mother doesn't let me do needlework, and I can't sleep - I slept for a long time during the day." The gourd sleeps all day long, and I sleep with nothing to do, and my bones are soft to sleep; Mile. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Bear with me, won't it be a full moon in a few days?" When the time comes, it will not be easy for you to be lazy and rest, so it is serious to take advantage of this confinement time to take good care of yourself. How much did you eat tonight? ”

Liu Yunlan said: "I ate a bowl of rice, a big bowl of chicken soup, and three eggs. ”

Chrysanthemum nodded and asked, "How do you feel now?" Do you want to eat a few more eggs to sleep? ”

Liu Yunlan shook her head and said, "Don't eat it, that bowl of chicken soup is not just chicken soup, there are a lot of chicken in it, I think it's a bit supportive." He smiled and said to Chrysanthemum: "I have enough milk, and I can't eat the gourd at all. ”

Chrysanthemum looked at the little gourd that had faded red and turned white and tender, and pursed her lips and smiled: "Didn't my mother say that the little baby will grow after she is born?" This milk is sufficient, he has eaten milk for a year, and has laid a good foundation since he was a child. When you grow up, your body will be strong. ”

Liu Yunlan touched her son's little head, nodded happily, and suddenly she said to Chrysanthemum worriedly: "Chrysanthemum, I feel like I've gained a lot of weight." ”

Chrysanthemum couldn't help but laugh and said, "Before you gave birth to a gourd, you were already fat." But I don't think you have to worry, when the full moon comes, you have to bring gourds and do housework, you say, how much meat can't fall? I'm afraid there will be a day there. Originally, if the gourd is not so well-behaved, you may not be able to stand it just by noisy nights - how can you gain weight if you don't sleep well? ”

Liu Yunlan nodded again and again: "I am really blessed." The gourd is well-behaved, never cries at night, feeds him milk, and changes diapers without making a sound. ”

Zhao Qing lay on the side of the bed, with black eyes open, looking at Chrysanthemum and Liu Yunlan for a while, and looking at the sleeping little gourd for a while, suddenly she pointed to the little milk baby and whispered to Chrysanthemum in surprise: "Sister Chrysanthemum, look, the gourd is chirping, he wants to feed."

When Chrysanthemum looked at it, she saw that the kid didn't know what he was thinking of in his sleep, or purely unconscious movements, and his little mouth kept clicking, as if he was eating something. She looked funny, looked up at Liu Yunlan and asked silently what the little milk baby wanted to do.

Liu Yunlan looked down at her son with a smile, shook her head and said, "It's not that I want to eat milk-I just ate it for a while." He often falls asleep like this, and after a while it will be fine. ”

As soon as Chrysanthemum wanted to speak, she heard the soft call of Huaizi from outside the window: "Chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum, the calf has been born."

Hearing this, Chrysanthemum hurriedly put on her shoes and went to the ground, and said to Liu Yunlan: "Sister Yunlan, I'm going to see the calf." Go to bed early. ”

Zhao Qing was faster than her, sat down on the pedal with a short body, grabbed his shoes and put them on his feet, and ran to the door of the room after wearing them in three or two.

Liu Yunlan looked at the backs of the two with envy, she actually wanted to take a look, but she couldn't go down to the ground right now. She knows that not every daughter-in-law can be as blessed as her, and she actually raises her in the house for a month, and some people go to the ground three days after giving birth, and some go down to the ground in ten days. Yang and Chrysanthemum both said that she should take care of her for a month, and then work after her body is well raised. She is only grateful, so she is very obedient to raise.

After Chrysanthemum and Zhao Qing came out, they heard Huaizi smile and said, "Hurry up, I've just given birth." While holding her hand, Chrysanthemum pulled Zhao Qing and ran excitedly to the back cowshed.

Turning the corner of the wall, I saw several torches burning in the cowshed, bright and bright, surrounded by many people, and I heard Zhao San laugh and said: "Worship the Quartet, the calf worship the Quartet."

Chrysanthemum was puzzled and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by worshipping the Quartet?"

Huaizi smiled: "You can see if you come and see, it is the calf who climbs hard." It has just been born, and it is not easy to stand firm. ”

A few people squeezed over, found a gap and looked inside, a calf was wet, the hair was sticking to the body, and there was a gray cloth towel around the waist and abdomen, struggling on the ground, and the limbs were scratched and pulled, and it was easy to stand up and fall again; Pulled its front leg a few times, and propped it up again, but its leg seemed to be weak, staggering a few times and falling again, and so on.

Zheng Changhe was so anxious that he shouted: "Stand firm."

Zhou Xiaozi smiled: "What are you in a hurry? It hasn't finished worshipping for miles, and after worshipping the Quartet, it will naturally stand firm. ”

Chrysanthemum saw that every time the calf fell, the body would inevitably change direction, so round and round, it was really like kneeling in all directions, and couldn't help laughing: "This is called worshiping the Quartet, I thought my father added a calf, it was a great joy, to put on a stick of incense, worship the Bodhisattva of the Quartet."

The crowd burst into laughter.

Zhao Qing held her breath and looked at it without blinking, every time the calf fell, she couldn't help but scream softly, thinking that she saw that the cow fell pitifully, she couldn't bear it, and couldn't help but look up and ask, "Sister Chrysanthemum, why don't you go over and help it?"

Without waiting for Chrysanthemum to answer, Zhao San in the crowd over there found that his daughter was also here, and shouted: "Oh girl, why are you coming with you?" This little girl is not easy to look at. ”

Zhao Qing hurriedly said: "Dad, I just came, and I didn't see it give birth to a calf." She remembered what Chrysanthemum said that giving birth to a calf was like, and the little girl couldn't look at it, so she told her father like this.

Zhang Dazhuan smiled: "Such a big baby, look at what is important to the calf." Qing'er, this calf has to get up on its own, and it can't be supported, otherwise the leg behind it won't be strong enough. ”

Although Chrysanthemum didn't know what kind of habit this was, she thought it was nothing more than those ways, so she educated Zhao Qingdao on the spot: "This is the same as people, everything always depends on yourself, and it is impossible to expect others." Even if people can help you once, they can't always help you. This calf has just been born, and the first thing to learn is to stand firm on its own, if you can't even do this, it will be difficult in the future. ”

Zhao Qing nodded when he heard this, and said: "Mother said that the little girl must learn needlework, tea and rice skills well, and she will not suffer a loss if she marries in the future."

Zhou Xiaozi looked at the chrysanthemum and smiled: "You girl can speak; Zhao San's daughter is also smart, she can understand so much when she is so old, it's not simple. Third brother, you are also blessed. ”

Zheng Changhe said with a smile: "Of course the third brother is blessed, just his little stone will not be simple in the future, and he will definitely become an official." Third brother, in the future, our old brothers will rely on you to take care of you. ”

Zhao San smiled, modestly said, "That kid doesn't know if he can toss out a name for himself, if he can't even earn a show, he won't have to come back to farm?"

While laughing, I saw that after the calf fell more than a dozen times, he finally stood up with his legs crossed, and walked a few steps in a row, although it was not very stable, but he did not fall again, causing a burst of cheers from the crowd.

Zhao Qing shook Chrysanthemum's arm happily, and shouted crisply: "Sister Chrysanthemum, it stood up on its own, and it didn't need anyone to help it."

Chrysanthemum nodded happily and said, "This little calf must have great strength in the future, and he is a good hand at plowing and raking the fields."

Zheng Changhe happily continued: "Then you don't need to say, look at this joy."

Aoki stepped forward with a smile, cleaned up the clothes on the ground, and took away all the stained straw, and replaced it with some clean straw; Zhang Huai hurriedly followed over to help.