Chapter 374: This Is What Gentlemen Should Do?
Li Quan, whose acting skills were worried, had an accident the next day.
Early in the morning, he lay on the ground and shouted to eat mutton, his wife pointed at him with a fat spring, her face was pale, the corners of her mouth trembled to something bad, and then she began to exhale pain, which was angry, and the child in her belly was about to be born.
The Li family is not short of money, nor is it short of connections.
At least in such a trivial matter as inviting Wen Po, it did not embarrass the Li family. In fact, Wen Po had already said that she would just wait for the day when Xu Chunli gave birth, and she could send a car to pick her up.
Seeing a large family coming, Li Quan cried with a sad face, and said to Li Kui dejectedly: "Second brother, I seem to have smashed the trick." ”
Can you stop smashing it?
You're clamoring for lamb early in the morning, and that's not a problem. There are really a lot of mutton restaurants in the capital, and you can send slaves to buy it. But the question is, what's the matter with you lying on the ground crying?
I can't help but be angry with Li Kui, Li Quan is becoming more and more unreliable, even less reliable than when he was a fool. This brain is better than being a fool. At least, Li Quan was a yellow-faced plague god at the beginning, a wishful golden hoop stick, beating the copycat bandits all over Jingdong East Road, and he was a fierce god and evil that no one dared to provoke on the rivers and lakes.
But now?
You don't play stupid, you can always play stupid, right?
Why do you want to learn the two cows on the street?
This can't all be blamed on Li Quan, if the fool is really sick, I'm afraid I really don't know how to be a fool in the eyes of others. There are two fools in Lijia Lane, one is the second son of the merchant of the king of Xiangzikou, known as 'Erniu'. This man is real, and he has been a fool for as long as he can remember, but he is very happy.
Li Quan can't remember how he looked like a fool, according to An Daoquan's diagnosis, Li Quan should have blood stasis in the brain. Of course, this is speculation, and no one in this era dares to guarantee all the lesions that occur in the brain, because in the era when there was no craniotomy, metaphysical words such as "wind" and "evil" were generally used to describe brain diseases. But An Daoquan is a man who can become a miracle doctor after all, and he firmly believes that his diagnosis is correct.
And insisted on using his set of methods to treat.
The effect is obvious, which is something that ordinary people can see.
Although Li Quan pretended to be stupid, he had to say that his eyes were much clearer. And the reaction is also much stronger than that of a real fool. Another family with a fool in the alley heard about An Daoquan's medical skills, and sent their baby, Erniu, to An Daoquan for treatment. As a result, Li Quan had one more patient - Erniu.
Erniu, seventeen or eighteen years old.
A round white fat man, with a pair of cross-eyed eyes, alert to all the hostility around him. Erniu doesn't have anything else wrong, it's just greedy, and he can't stand the unfairness of what others have to eat and what he doesn't have. My favorite trick is to lie on the ground and shout, and I won't stop until I reach my goal.
Erniu's family is a wealthy businessman, so naturally there is no shortage of this bit of food and expenses. Not only that, but the fool Erniu, like Li Quan, married a daughter-in-law. The two are still friends and often exchange experiences about their illness.
In fact, it was Li Quan's question, Erniu talking nonsense, and the question and answer between the two was not what was asked. And Erniu's signature move is to lie on the ground, kick his legs and beat his chest, shouting for this and that...... At the same time, he pointed to the food in the hands of the hairy child, no matter how old he was.
Unexpectedly, on this day, he made a big move and scared his children to be born.
Li Quan panicked and looked at Li Kui with blank eyes.
What can Li Kui do?
He also has no experience in being a fool. Can you point out the shortcomings in Li Quan's performance with a torch in his eyes, right?
Especially when Li Quan is still exposed, this is even more so. Uncle Xu on the side couldn't help but laugh and said to Li Quan: "Virtuous son-in-law, where are you making trouble now?" Seeing that something bad is going to happen, how is this good, how is it good? ”
Li Kui persuaded on the side: "Sister-in-law Ji Ren has her own natural appearance, she will be fine, Uncle Xu, don't worry, Wen Po will be here soon." As long as the person arrives, the sister-in-law will be fine. Besides, the sister-in-law is strong and healthy on weekdays, and only the weak will be in danger when giving birth to children. ”
Uncle Xu opened his mouth, Fat Chun's mother died because of dystocia, can he not worry? But now is a critical time, and the father can't help anything except be anxious, let alone say frustrating words, for fear of disturbing the gods and lowering the blame. Listening to Li Kui's words, his heart was still tense and he didn't dare to relax. But his expression softened a little, and he responded with two sentences.
"Hey......" Li Quan was speechless, hesitated for a while, and then said secretly: "I feel that I have been recognized." ”
Xu Bo was stunned, didn't it just happen yesterday that you were recognized?
Then he looked worriedly in the direction of the delivery room, his daughter was in the room, and Mrs. Wen was very unsympathetic and shouted to Xu Chunli: "Big lady, work hard!" ”
"Li Quan, you bastard, how long will you pretend to be a fool?" Suddenly, there was a roar from the delivery room, and it was estimated that he couldn't help but be dissatisfied with Li Quan, and he had no scruples at this time, so he simply scolded.
Don't forget, Xu Chunli is very assertive and can read. Of course, she is a cook, and it is impossible for her to be cultivated as an official eunuch woman, at most, she followed Xu Bo to learn ordinary readings such as "The Book of Filial Piety", and her literacy is also relative, and she can only use some simple words. But this talent is already a remarkable existence among ordinary women. Although he has a bold personality, he must have nothing to do with knowledge. But after all, she is Li Quan's pillow person, and it has been almost a month or two, can she not see that something is wrong with her husband?
In particular, Li Quan has been very panicked recently, and he is afraid that his performance will not be in place, and it will be easy to show his feet.
Li Quan looked at Li Kui, his expression was quite helpless, and he meant something like saying: "Brother, you have also seen it, this girl is very bad, knowing that it is very hard for her to pretend to be a fool, but she deliberately doesn't say it." ”
But is this Fat Chun's problem?
Although Xu Chunli has the name of Fat Chun, she is not fat, but strong. The kind of unrestrained woman who can kill pigs with a knife. She can't be the kind of gentleness and virtuousness that is as careful as a hair, as if she is a woman from an official eunuch's family. She is a cook, a woman with a loud voice and a fast heart. But she is a woman after all, especially a pregnant woman is sensitive and suspicious. Especially when it comes to the first child, because of fear and insecurity, a woman's natural perception will become extremely powerful.
With Li Quan's trick, can he hide Fat Chun for a few months?
Fat Chun is angry, see what kind of stupidity Li Quan can be in order to deceive her?
But this time, Fat Chun was really scared. Some people are fools, but they have to pretend to be smart, and in the end, others see through him, but he himself believes.
Some people are not stupid, but they have to pretend to be stupid, and in the end, not only he believes, but also the people around him.
Fat Chun is most afraid that Li Quan is the latter, he deceived and lied, and finally fell into the pit and became a fool for a lifetime.
Li Quan is just about to take this step, in short, his state is very mysterious. If he goes further, he is a real fool, and if he withdraws, it is estimated that some people will still call him a fool.
Anyway, the children in the alley always shouted at him behind his back.
There are two fools in the alley, that is, two cows.
"Okay, let's not say a word, this birth is a woman who goes to the palace of Hades. You're also brainless, why don't you get better little by little, and then make your daughter-in-law happy and have a baby? "When a woman in the family gives birth, an experienced old woman suddenly becomes a talker, and she has a feeling of monopoly.
Zhang's is like this, he is busy with high spirits and commands to settle down, and instructs his servants to boil water and prepare. also had to prepare all kinds of spare items, Li Kui was horrified to find that the plant ash was also among them, and he felt like he was going to make soap.
Obviously, it's too late to make soap.
Besides, soap isn't used for midwifery, right?
Seeing that everyone was obedient and obedient, the old lady Zhang nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, it's almost done, I'll take a look." ”
When he spoke, he called Li Quan, who was going to help. While beating, he scolded: "In the past, you pretended to be a fool, but now you are really a fool?" Women giving birth to children is also where you should go as a big man? Okay, this is just the beginning, just wait, having a baby is not a matter of time and a half. ”
After speaking, Zhang proudly stepped into the delivery room.
Soon, Zhang's came out with a strange face. The words in her mouth were chattering, and she seemed to have a ghostly expression, and when she got closer, she heard that her tone seemed to have an unbelievable taste: "This birth is like laying an egg, Wen Po has just come, and her head is about to come out, this is too refreshing, right?" ”
Zhang, who has had a difficult childbirth experience, is a little envious of Fat Chun's smoothness, and at the same time has an incredible feeling. Zhang's was because he had a difficult birth when he gave birth to Li Dalang, and almost died in one corpse, and although he was born and raised in the end, he was very unkind to Li Dalang. Many women don't like their sons, and a big reason is dystocia. I think this child is the reincarnation of a ghost who came to collect debts, and almost killed them.
As for Li Kui? Zhang likes his youngest son, does he need a reason to be a younger son who hasn't caused her trouble?
Originally, Zhang thought that Fat Chun was easy to raise, with a big buttocks, a large skeleton, and a good body that could spread its branches and leaves. But she still underestimated Fat Chun, she used to think that Fat Chun could give birth, and that was because Fat Chun had a wide skeleton. For the men of the Great Song Dynasty, the wide skeleton did not meet their aesthetic standards. Because of the small skeleton, it has a clear feeling like a pearl and jade, and it will not give people a visually bloated obesity. Especially the feel...... There is a way that a good woman is fat, and that's what he said. But a good woman is definitely not a fat woman, these are two different things.
The literati, in particular, have an almost maddening fascination with petite beauties.
But a woman with a big skeleton is not even without any benefit.
First of all, he is tall and can be a man. Farming is a good hand, with great strength, and men can be the pillars when they are not on weekdays.
Secondly, women with large skeletons are easy to give birth to. It shows that women with large skeletons are less likely to experience dystocia. In an era when there is no point in keeping the big and the small, the significance of smooth production is enough to affect the continuation of a family.
Li Quan didn't look like he had broken away from the fool's team, but he didn't realize the meaning of the sentence that his head was about to come out. I had to look at the well-informed Li Kui and asked, "Second brother, the head is about to come out, what does this mean?" ”
Li Kui glared and said, "You ask me, who do I ask?" ”
He is not omnipotent, he knows everything. He has not learned the knowledge of giving birth to children.
On the contrary, Xu Bo heard Zhang's muttering, but he was a lot more relieved. He had experienced a torment that bordered on despair. I also know that the head is about to come out, how good news it is for a pregnant woman. If it was so easy for his daughter-in-law back then, he wouldn't be alone dragging his daughter to live. He is now old, and he only has a daughter to live with. There is a son-in-law, but the son-in-law is too unreliable. Besides, his daughter is his only reliance in this world. If his daughter hadn't passed this hurdle, for him, the meaning of life would have been just a matter of living. Fortunately, God seems to treat him well.
Now that the woman has successfully given birth and raised, for Xu Bo, he is equivalent to having a third generation to take care of. All of a sudden, the meaning of life became extraordinary.
"Prepare hot water, the child is coming out."
Wen Po is worthy of being a well-known good Wen Po in the capital, and her momentum is enough to increase the confidence of the main family.
It didn't take long for the baby's cry to appear in the delivery room.
Li Quan stood in the courtyard in a daze, and suddenly tears flowed from his eyes, and he didn't know why he was excited or why he cried. But I can't suppress the mixed tastes in my heart.
Perhaps, for him, the world has become much warmer because of the offspring.
"Master, let's take a look at Duojun's child, it's a handle."
"It's good to bring a handle, it's good to wear a handle!" Xu Bo also secretly wiped his eyes excitedly, feeling the joy of the continuation of the bloodline.
On the contrary, Li Quan glanced at it, and didn't know what to think, but was a little worried: "Looking small, ugly, like a little mouse......"
Before he could finish speaking, he was hit on the head by Zhang with a broom and scolded angrily: "Bastard boy, you can't speak, don't speak." Dick, tip. ”
Steady woman waited, just for this sentence. He smiled and said with a smile: "Old lady Xie." ”
Li Kui doesn't take money on weekdays, but he doesn't have no money in his pocket. I took out a silver ingot, threw it to Wen Po and said, "Watch it at home for two days, wait until it's okay, and then leave." ”
"Little women saved."
Here is finally smiling, the third uncle at the door walked in with a person in a green official robe, and said to Li Kui with a smile: "Kui Wazi, your official has been decided." ”
Wen Po hurriedly congratulated and said, "Congratulations to the master, double happiness is coming." ”
"Tanhualang, I received the edict of Shi Fu and conferred the official edict, and I went to the official department to get the official seal, official robe, and official documents within three days." The people who came also seemed to see that the Li family seemed to be in a hurry, and they had no intention of bothering them. directly gave the edict of Shi Fu to Li Kui.
Li Kui took a look, and suddenly felt a little cloudy and foggy, and pulled the man to say, "This is not an official, right?" ”
"It's an official!" The other party's tone was categorical.
Li Kui asked hesitantly, "How many products?" ”
"From seven." The other party was a little impatient.
This is no longer an insult to Tanhualang's identity, it is already good from the seventh grade, and many Jinshi are nine-grade officials. Su Shi was only a petty official of Taixuezheng and Jiupin at the beginning. Li Kui, as Su Shi's disciple grandson, can't dislike Congqipin's small official position.
But this official position ...... Don't look at Li Kui's appearance in the Great Song Dynasty, but some of the official positions in the Great Song Dynasty are still confusing. The problem is that new official positions will be created all the time: "My lord, where is this official working, and what is he in charge of?" ”
The other party was entangled for a while, and explained: "After the official family leaves the harem, you follow; The official family enters the harem, and you go home. ”
Li Kui said angrily: "This is what a man should do? ”