Chapter 53: The Sorrow of the Noble Son (II)
After that, the little aunt still couldn't give birth just by calling. Zhuang Xi, Qin, Zhuang Hu and others didn't dare to leave for a while, and there was a lot of commotion behind them, attracting Zhuang Yu and the eldest grandmother, who accompanied them for a while, because they said that Zhuang Yu was a girl's family, and it was inconvenient to wait here, so they asked the eldest grandmother to send them back to the room.
Zhuang Yu is the daughter of the little aunt, her worries do not need to be said, although the mother and daughter do not live together, and the emotions are shallow, after all, it is a mother-daughter relationship, and blood is thicker than water. The eldest grandmother sent her back to the room and sat for a while, neither of them said anything, just waited quietly.
For fear of affecting the eldest grandmother's rest, Zhuang Yu later said, "Sister-in-law, go back and rest!" Tomorrow, Zhefanggui will open for admission, and you have to go too! ”
The grandmother said, "Why haven't you forgotten, girl, aren't you going too?" If the girl is restless and does not rest, how can she have the heart to go tomorrow? My heart is now with the girl. Girl, when you are rested, I will leave. ”
The concern shown in her words moved Zhuang Yu, and she couldn't bear to refuse when she was moved, so Zhuang Yu went to bed with a melancholy dress, pretending to sleep, but in fact she couldn't sleep. When the eldest grandmother saw her lying down obediently, she left comfortably and stayed at the little aunt's place for a while, accompanying her mother-in-law Qin.
When the eldest grandmother returned there, Qin asked, "The fourth girl fell asleep?" ”
The eldest grandmother replied: "The girl is very worried, and I persuaded her a few times before going to sleep." ”
Qin nodded, and said, "Don't burn your body with you, go back!" ”
When the eldest grandmother heard this, she warmed her heart, bowed deeply, and said, "I will accompany my wife to guard." ”
Qin said: "There are many people here, and there are many hands and feet. You don't have to be there. You go back to see that the uncle is sleeping peacefully, and I don't know where he went to play during the day, and he comes back with the smell of wine. If I were you, I would take a good look at him day and night, don't keep letting him go out and hang out. ”
Grandma saluted again and listened.
Qin Shi said again: "It's late at night, and there are not many words, which affects the production of others." Hurry back, you have to go to Beifu tomorrow! Look at the situation, we can't go tomorrow, but you are from Dongfu, we can't go, you are going to go. In case this night is not born, you accompany you for a night, and tomorrow's things can't be done? ”
In this way, the eldest grandmother left.
The next morning.
The eldest grandmother briefly freshened up, and went to the Qin family to ask for peace first, and when she got there, she heard that the wife and the old man did not return overnight. The eldest grandmother thought to herself, they kept watch at the little aunt's place all night. So, she set out to go that way.
Before I got there, I saw Zhuang Yu walking out sadly, because I saw my grandmother, Zhuang Yu walked quickly, took her hand, and said, "Sister-in-law." ”
The eldest grandmother took her hand and said, "You're from your aunt's side?" ”
Zhuang Yu nodded, wiped his tears, and said, "Look, it's the same as last night." My wife didn't let me stay there, so I asked me to find my sister-in-law and go to Beifu with me. But when I heard the shouting, it was terrifying. You say, will it ......?"
The eldest grandmother raised her hand, covered Zhuang Yu's mouth, and said: "The girl is worried too much, there are many people in our house, and there are many supplements and medicines. ”
After speaking, the two went to Beifu to open a court for Zhe Fanggui.
On the Beifu Trail, I happened to see Zhuang Jue, Zhuang Jue, Jinshu, Zhuang Jue, Zhuang Ying and others, saluting each other and going to the door. At that time, under the door, the two sisters Zhuang Qi and Zhuang Ying were already waiting there.
When everyone arrived, Zhuang Xuan walked quickly, and didn't greet anyone else, but pulled Zhuang Yu and asked, "I heard that your aunt gave birth overnight, has she given birth now?" I heard that there are three in the belly, and they are the three dragon princes. ”
Zhuang Yu shook his head.
Zhuang Jue, Zhuang Yu and others were stunned, how could there be no legend of such a thing in Xifu? If you really give birth to three, you have to go and see a new one.
For a while, everyone hugged Zhuang Yu to the door and asked around. After listening to Zhuang Yu and the eldest grandmother talk about what they saw last night and today, everyone had suspicions, discussions, and comfort.
Then, it was Yu Qi who came and saw them at the door, as mentioned above.
Not long after, the eldest girl Zhuang Hu hurried to find Cao's family, here, there is a secret. They waited for the little aunt to give birth, and until now, they can't give birth, and now there is a lot of blood, so they send someone to tell the old lady, and the old lady will tell her to find a doctor. Zhuang Hu wanted to arrange to go, but he thought that if he did it himself, he would have to be responsible for something wrong, so he came to ask Cao's help. It means that the Cao family will be in charge of the arrangement.
The girls waited at the door for the wives and old men to open the door, but they didn't wait after all, but they waited for Zhuang Hu, and Zhuang Hu let them play by themselves. Therefore, they went to the Red Mansion and did not mention it.
At that time, Zhuang Hu went to Cao's house.
Cao Shi listened to Zhuang Hu's report, and seemed very surprised, although she had heard about it, but she didn't want to participate, after all, no one officially came to inform her. Now that Zhuang Hu is here, he also asked her for help, but he couldn't shirk it, so Cao Shi responded, sent someone to find the doctor, and at the same time, rushed back to Dongfu with Zhuang Hu.
I don't know how many times later, an old doctor came, and after a consultation, I saw him talking a bunch of words, and the diagnosis and treatment methods were not revealed at all. Qin and the others had nothing to say, and begged the old doctor to help diagnose and midwifery in a low voice. The old doctor belonged to the literati doctor, his hands and feet moved slowly and orderly, and the mother screamed, but he was able to deal with it calmly, deaf to him, pondering once, chanting once, using a needle, pouring medicine, in short, no effect. If it weren't for the little aunt fainting to death, Zhuang Xi would not have scolded the old doctor.
Zhuang Xi said: "You doctor is real or not, if there is no truth, take a break as soon as possible, if there is a real one, quickly return to the sky to treat and give birth." ”
The old doctor was also wronged, even if he had the help of the gods, he couldn't see the results immediately! He said with a bitter face: "Contemptible people's medical skills are limited, I'm afraid it will be delayed for some time." ”
Zhuang Xi was helpless, threw up his sleeves and sighed, no longer managed the affairs in this courtyard, and turned around and left quickly.
Seeing this, the Qin clan chased out and asked, "Where is the master?" ”
Zhuang Xi said: "Where else can I go, tell the old lady." ”
Zhuang Xi went to Zhongfu to reply to the old lady and roughly explained the actual situation. The old lady was going to worship the Buddha, but suddenly heard that it was so serious, and felt that the doctor was too mediocre, so she instructed Zhuang Xi: "Now I can't manage much, you go to the Bai family quickly, if you can invite the old man Bai, then the daughter-in-law will have a smooth birth!" ”
Zhuang Xi nodded desperately, also surprised, and said, "According to heard, Old Lady Bai has not treated people for many years. Now, when we look for it, it's not easy for people to break that rule! ”
The old lady chirped, "You are confused! We have a friendship with the Bai family, and he will not be deserved after many years of affection. Even if he doesn't come, he will send someone. Hurry up, don't drag. ”
Zhuang Xi got the order, and he didn't change his clothes, so he went out from Zhongfu, called someone to prepare a horse at will, and went to the Bai family to find someone.
After that, the so-called old lady Bai did not come, but the Bai family responded to the love for many years and sent his son Uncle Bai to see him. It is said that the Bai family's medical skills are famous in Kyoto, and twenty years ago, no one dared to stand side by side with them. At that time, due to being implicated in the court case, the old lady Bai washed his hands and resigned, retired from the medical world, and never went out of the mountain to save the world. If it weren't for the fact that the Bai family had a relationship with the Zhuang Mansion, he would probably not have sent someone. The twists and turns of the story here will be detailed in the future.
Uncle Bai followed Zhuang Xi to Zhuang's mansion and rushed to the courtyard of the little aunt. It took about some thought and effort, and during this period, he also asked the boy with him to go back to Bai's house to get medicine.
Zhuang Xi, the Qin family, the Cao family and other family members did not dare to ask questions and disturb, so they relied on Uncle Bai to take care of them. Fortunately, Uncle Bai has excellent medical skills, and it didn't take long for him to hear the sound of a child crying in the house.
When Zhuang Xi and the others heard this, they were all overjoyed. Zhuang Xi's suspense that had been tense all night fell to the ground, and when he heard the baby's crying, he hurriedly walked out of the house, knelt down and kowtowed to the sky under the eaves of the verandah, and said with tears streaming down his face: "Thank you, ancestor! Thank you for your ancestors' blessings. ”
The midwife in the house, Xi Yingying, ran out and replied: "Congratulations to the lord and wife, congratulations to the lord and wife, they are a valuable young master." ”
Zhuang Xi got up from the ground, and on the one hand ordered the mother-in-law to take it out to see, on the other hand, he ordered someone to weigh the pounds, and on the other hand, he asked people to go to Shouzhongju to report the good news to the old lady.
The mother-in-law took the baby out, and everyone saw that the child was round and pink, although he had not yet opened his eyes, but his hands and feet were very lively, and his little hands were like jade roots out of the water, which attracted people's pity.
Qin couldn't help but reach out and hug it, but after hugging it for a while, the little aunt asked Lingli to come out and say that she wanted to hug it back.
Zhuang Xi nodded and agreed. Qin was reluctant to return the child to her mother-in-law. Zhuang Xi also followed.
After some time, the old lady came.
Yes, when the old lady heard the good news, she hastened her pace and hurried this way, and when she saw the servant of Nawei coming out of the house.
When the Qin family and the others saw the old lady arrive, they all greeted them with a bow, but the old lady didn't care about them, but only pulled the subordinate who took the title and asked, "How many catties and how many taels?" Is it two or three? Dragon and phoenix fetuses or two dragons? ”
I couldn't suppress the excitement and anticipation between the words.
The person who took the title replied: "Old lady, it is a young master. But it's extravagant, full of eight pounds and eight taels. ”
After hearing this, the old lady was excited, trembling slightly and went to the house, and Qin and the others hurriedly followed.
When I got inside, I saw the child, and I expressed my gratitude to the little aunt. Seeing that Uncle Bai was still administering the needle next to him, the old lady went to thank him two or three times, but Uncle Bai was speechless, nodded and smiled, and answered. The people of Zhuangfu kept it many times, Uncle Bai thanked him in return, and insisted on leaving, Zhuang Xi arranged for someone to take a thick gold as a thanks, and he didn't want it.
Seeing Uncle Bai like this, the old lady wiped her tears, saluted him, and said, "Go back and help me ask the old man how he is." ”
Uncle Bai bowed and nodded. After that, leave the village.
Everyone was surprised, for so many years, they had never seen the old lady bow to anyone, except for the master in the palace, who is this Bai family? Can you make an old lady so emotional and formal?
No one dares to ask questions here.
Afterwards, the old lady changed her smile back and said to everyone: "What did I say, the Buddha has seen the effect." I heard that I was going to give birth last night, and it was not easy to think about it, but it dragged on until today, and my heart was hanging overnight. Pray for the night. You see, as long as I am sincere, there is nothing that cannot be fulfilled. ”
Glancing at everyone, seeing that Qin and Zhuang Hu were full of tiredness, the old lady said again: "You two haven't slept all night, have you?" Now it's okay, I can get a good night's sleep. Because he didn't see the county lord and the aunt of Nanfu, he asked, "Didn't the people from Xifu and Nanfu come?" ”
Qin said: "I'm here, I've been with me for a while, because Zhe Fanggui is going to open a school today, doesn't he say that he is red?" A group of children were there, and no adults took care of them, so I asked the two of them to go first. ”
Cao added: "If the wife doesn't go to the master, it will make it, but the old man will not be available." The brocade girl outside the house was with the girls, and it was only when the adults were present that they paid attention. ”
When the old lady heard this, she nodded and said, "Very good, that's the reason." ”
Suddenly thinking of something, the old lady smiled, and then said, "What do I say, isn't it joy?" More expensive than more? I just said that it is extravagant, which reminds me of Zhefanggui in Beifu. Isn't it extravagant? Oh, the name of the girl is good! gave auspicious words early. ”
Between the words, he ordered Zhu'er to instruct, and said: "You go back and put two pairs of gold collars that I hid in the past, and send the ones with red jade without a pendant to Zhefanggui to Miss Qi, and the other pair with a small pendant with a gold lock will be given to the little fourth master." ”
Zhu'er obeyed the order and went.
Seeing the situation, the Qin family said: "If you want to send it, it should be sent by our Dongfu." How to make the old lady break the bank. ”
The old lady smiled and said, "Yes, gold and silver jewelry are extravagant things, and they are not as real as children." I send my heart, you have to send it, that is the heart of your Dongfu. You can't control me, and I don't care about you! ”
Qin nodded, turned his head to call his maid Yuanyi, and also ordered: "You find out my Eight Treasure Pearls and send them to Beifu to fold Fanggui to Miss Qi." ”
After hearing this, Yuan Yi nodded happily, and because he didn't listen in detail enough, he asked: "Does the fourth master also give eight treasure pearls?" ”
Qin Shi smiled: "You are confused, the old lady rewarded the fourth master, how can we send it under the old lady?" Fight with the old lady for something, and send it later. ”
Yuan Yi is gone.
When the old lady and the others heard these words, they all laughed from ear to ear.
Later, the Red Mansion folded Fanggui and revealed the red, and the East Mansion sent a gift, pointing to Yu Qi, and everyone was surprised, which is this tortuous reason.
Seeing the two boxes of gifts, Yu Qi didn't dare to accept them, and looked at the county lord with trepidation, and the county lord smiled: "A big gift for Miss Qi, then Miss Qi will take it!" ”
Yu Qi took it and thanked him twice.
Everyone was surprised and full of joy, ignoring the old rules on weekdays, gathered in front of Yu Qi and asked her to open the box to see what was going on. Yu Qi's red face was shy, and he couldn't push the affection, so he opened it, and saw that the big box was filled with a pair of golden round collars, the collar was inlaid with four red gems, and the thin edge of the collar had auspicious cloud patterns, and the patterns were embellished with red jade and jade the size of rice grains, which was very chic. Then he opened the small box, which contained a string of pearls, eight bright and large pearls fell on the bottom, and the string was strung with small pearls the size of mung beans, which were full of hanging, reflecting the light of the sky, shining brightly.
The crowd was amazed and envious.
Seeing that the two gifts were so valuable, the county lord smiled and said, "Hurry up and put them away!" lest you get carried away from your reading. Looking back, you have to kowtow to the old lady and his wife, and it makes sense to thank him in person. ”
The aunt quipped: "Mrs. is worried about this, and the girl knows the etiquette!" ”
Then, I listened to the girl who gave the gift to talk about the events before and after the birth of Dongfu.
Over, Zhuang Jue said: "It's really a double happiness, a great day." We should make a poem to congratulate! After thinking about it for a while, he felt that something was wrong, and said, "No, no, no!" A poem should be prepared. If you don't quit well, you should be endowed! ”
Zhuang Qi heard this and said with a smile: "Ouch, I said, are you overjoyed?" Have you forgotten what your master wants you to do? ”
Zhuang Yu replied casually: "Sacrifice and sacrifice." ”
Zhuang Xuan covered his mouth and smiled, "Then do you want to be happy or sad?" ”
Zhuang Jue suddenly choked.
The county lord coughed and said, "Okay! Red is also revealed. Then you can play with your articles! Let's go to Dongfu to have a look, and I won't accompany you. ”
As he spoke, the county lord motioned for his aunt and the others to leave.
Zhuang Yu wanted to chase after him, and pleaded: "Madam, can I go back with me?" ”
The county lord was about to reply, but Zhuang Qi came to grab Zhuang Yu and said, "Fourth sister, what are you going back to do?" Now that you have a new brother, you don't want us sisters, sisters and brothers? You're too unkind! You must know that your world, because of the birth of the master, has been divided by half! Want to go back? Come on, come on, play with us. ”
Zhuang Yu grabbed Zhuang Yu and didn't let her go with the county lord.