13. Red birthmark

Everyone in the village was immersed in the festivities, but one person was a little agitated. Of course, he was not dissatisfied with the birth of this child, but with the child's parents. This man is the teacher in this village, and he is said to be the most learned person in this village, and most of the people under middle age in this village are his students. And now the father of this child is also his student, and he originally came with a kind of excitement, but the children were born, and he waited outside for a long time, but no one came out.

"Mr. Li, why haven't you gone in yet, all of us congratulatory people have come, it stands to reason that you should go first than those of us who came to congratulate, otherwise after we go in, this child won't even take a name, how can we congratulate?" At this time, almost every household in the village will send a representative to express congratulations, and the other members of the family, of course, are preparing for tonight's celebration ceremony.

It turned out that in this small village, when the child was about to be born, the family could only welcome one person into the door, and then after the child had chosen a name, the head of the household would come out to greet the person who greeted him. Therefore, because this Mr. Li's errand was first boarded, he had to wait until the child took the number and name before entering.

"I don't know very well, it stands to reason that Chu Li is not a foolish person, he was also a smart person when he was in the academy. This kind of urgency shouldn't go wrong. Moreover, even if he was so happy that Guizi got carried away with joy, his mother was a very sensible person, and this kind of thing would never happen. Old Master Li replied. In fact, what really made Master Li anxious was not the dissatisfaction in his heart, but the name of the child, which was a sacred moment for the locals who respected life, and it could not be delayed. Suddenly thinking of a possibility, my mood suddenly relaxed a lot, "Unless someone arrives before me." But then he became annoyed again, "What if he doesn't give this child a good name?"

In a room in the courtyard, a group of aunts and several older men were surrounding a newborn baby. "Congratulations, big brother, happy daughter, you see my niece, she was born so beautiful, it's amazing. We're going to have a few drinks tonight. Chu Li's younger brother Chu Ming looked at his lovely niece and kept patting his eldest brother on the shoulder and said.

"Okay, I'm sure I'll have to drink a few more cups, hehe, brother, you don't look at who this child is, my daughter is very beautiful. The slightly swarthy man named Chu Li said with a smile.

"By the way, what should this child be named? we should carry the child to the hall and let Mr. choose a name. A woman's voice rang out. After a while, the whole room was quiet, only to hear the strange scream of Chu Li, glanced at the child in his wife's hand, and immediately ran to the hall. At the same time, his words came: "Mother, you will take your granddaughter out later, I will arrange it first." Hearing this, even people who don't know what's going on know that things are going wrong.

"How can I have such a foolish son," an old woman scolded loudly, as if she remembered something, and then stared at Chu Ming angrily and said, "I warn you, don't follow your big brother's example, if you are as foolish as your eldest brother, see if I don't beat you." ”

Chu Ming was teasing the child, and when he heard his mother's words, his head shrank unconsciously, and he thought, "Why does this involve me again!" and then looked at the little niece's facial expression, but saw a smile, as if mocking him, "You are called lying down and getting shot." This scared him so much that he inadvertently shouted: "This little niece will laugh at my ......." What facial expressions can a newborn child have, Chu Ming didn't shout it, but this shout directly made his mother angry. I only heard his mother say to him slowly: "It seems that my words are useless, right, just after I finished speaking, you made me confused, is it really itchy, do you want your mother to help you rub it?" Listening to his mother's slow and logical way of speaking, Chu Ming was frightened, because he knew that if his mother shouted loudly, it meant that there was generally nothing wrong, and if he spoke to people in this slow and methodical way, he knew that it was really going to be unlucky. At this time, his eyes were purring, and then he said directly: "I'll go to the door to greet the people of Daohe first, mother, you quickly take the child to the hall, Mr. is still waiting to name the child!" After speaking, he ran away.

"Stinky boy......" the old woman muttered. In fact, she wouldn't really beat his son today, on such a happy day, how could she possibly use the crutch in her hand. "Good daughter-in-law, wrap up my good granddaughter, you put on more clothes, and we will go to the hall. This time, Mr. Li probably can't wait. "She didn't know who the nobleman her eldest son was, and she thought it was the master of the village, Mr. Li.

Chu Li quickly ran to the hall, and when he saw that the old man was still there, he hurriedly apologized: "I'm really sorry, the kid was rude, and I really didn't want to let you wait here." At this time, Chu Li showed his usual steadiness and send. "Old gentleman, just now Neiko gave birth to a daughter, and the kid got carried away because of this, I hope the old gentleman will forgive me. ”

The old man didn't seem to feel like waiting, he just smiled at Chu Li, and then said, "Human nature, there is no need to be polite. Chu Li only took a closer look at the old man at this time, but he still didn't find that the old man was floating, when the old man was standing, he was just a little off the ground, and he might be able to find the problem when he was walking, but when he was standing, it was really difficult to find. Just looking at the old man's bearing, Chu Li secretly said in his heart: "This old man should be a learned person, no matter how poor he is, he has a certain amount of knowledge, although it may not be as good as Old Master Li, but when choosing a name for my daughter, it shouldn't be too bad." "As far as this village is concerned, Master Li can be said to be the most knowledgeable person here, because no matter what the people in the village ask him, Master can always answer, as if he knows everything. Over time, the people of the whole village naturally thought that Master was the most learned person in the world.

Chu Li's mental activity didn't seem to escape the old man's eyes, and he saw the old man suddenly smile, but Chu Li didn't notice it.

Outside the hall, several women walked into the hall with their children in their arms. The old woman on crutches saw the old man in the hall, and was suddenly stunned, she found that the person who named the child was not the old master Li who had been invited in advance. At this time, with a dissatisfaction in her eyes, she looked at her son Chu Li. Chu Li didn't dare to meet his mother's eyes directly at this time, he just shook his head helplessly, and then lowered his head and said nothing. But at this point, the old woman did not dwell on the matter, but stepped forward and said to the old man, "Hello sir, as a noble person for my granddaughter, I hope you will give my little granddaughter a nice name." After all, the old woman was a little uneasy, and she bit a good word very hard. Then he asked the woman beside him to carry the child to the old man. And the old man also floated a few steps forward, but because of the small amplitude, no one noticed anything wrong. But the old woman felt that something was wrong, and she couldn't figure out what it was.

The old man looked at the baby girl seriously, and after taking a look at the baby's appearance, his eyes kept staring at the red birthmark on the top of the baby's head. Because on the top of the head, after the baby girl has long hair in the future, no one will be able to see this red birthmark, so the family does not care about it, after all, it will not affect the child's appearance.

The old man sighed and said silently, "I see, I see!"

The old man's sigh frightened the family, especially the woman who held the child in her arms, and she was the child's mother. I heard her anxiously ask, "What's wrong with the sir?" Is there anything wrong with my child?" the old man was asked, and said, "Why did Madame say this?"

"Well, I heard Mr. Wen sigh at this child, thinking that you think there is something wrong with this child, so I asked this, it seems that I have thought too much. The child's mother already knew how much she was thinking when she heard the old man ask such a rhetorical question.

"This child is full of spirituality, and he will be a very intelligent child in the future, and this child is born with a compassionate nature, I want to name her 'Hui Ci', okay?" The old man looked at the child and silently said in his heart, "Wisdom and mercy!"

"Okay, that's a good name, wisdom and mercy!" Old Master Li suddenly appeared outside the hall door and walked in with the congratulators from the village. However, when he saw the old man's face clearly, he was suddenly stunned and wanted to kneel. However, when he was about to kneel, he was stopped by an invisible force. I only heard the old man say loudly: "Li Moxian, you are here!"

"The disciple has seen sir!" Li Moxian knew that since the old man had stopped him from kneeling, he was reminding him not to reveal his identity, and at the same time, he remembered the rules of the past, so he addressed him as sir.