Li Zheng said with a straight face: "This situation is difficult for us to control, the first thing we have to do is to inform Lord Song of the news." ”

"Secondly, for the sake of Lord Song and our long-term stay in the village, tell the people in the village that in the future, if anyone comes to inquire about Lord Song and the like, treat it as normal, don't praise Lord Song's merits, and don't show respect for him more than today."

"That's all we can do, and the rest is just a matter of waiting."

As soon as Li Zheng's words came out, everyone present agreed.

The source of Fanmai is in Changliu Village, no matter how things develop, Changliu Village can't avoid it, so when they do this, they are helping Song Yi at the same time helping themselves.

In just a few years, Changliu Village is now no less prosperous than a small town, such a big change is because Song Yi and they set foot here by mistake, they want to help Song Yi repay his kindness, and also want to protect this place where their ancestors have lived for generations.

After Gao Saburo listened to Li Zheng's words, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyway, there's a solution.

At the same time that Li Zheng sent the news to Song Yi, the officials in Yuecheng also wrote an excerpt because of this phenomenon and prepared to submit it to Beijing.

At this time when the undercurrent was surging, the Song family had good news.

Lan Lan gave birth to a son, six catties and seven taels, named Song Juhan, and his milk name was Ami.

Today is Ami's washing, the sky is beautiful, the sky is clear, and the clouds are not stained.

Song Yi is the prefect, and Ami's washing is naturally grand.

Even if Song Yi didn't mean to make a big deal, he couldn't hide the news, rather than being caught off guard when others came to send congratulatory gifts, it was better to open the door of the mansion to welcome guests.

Shi Youping sighed to Mei Shaolang: "It's been a long time since it's been so lively. ”

Mei Shaolang looked at the people around him, including officials, businessmen, and people who took the initiative to deliver brown sugar and eggs outside the door, "Yes, it's really lively." ”

The outer courtyard is lively, and the inner courtyard is not bad.

Mei Qingqing has a friendship with Song Huan first, so she naturally treats Lan Lan as a sister.

There was a jealous whisper on the side: "I don't know, I thought she gave birth to a prefect's son!" ”

"No, look at her positive appearance, as if others don't know about her relationship with the prefect."

As soon as the words fell, some of them felt that there was another hint of charm in these words, and they both covered their mouths and snickered after looking at each other.

Hua Fu put the teacup on the table, the sound was just enough to warn the women who chewed the root of their tongues, and several ladies followed the sound and found that it was Hua Fu, a femme fatale, and after silence one by one, they walked to the other side.

Hua Xinfeng's daughter-in-law, who is also Hua Fu's sister-in-law, quipped: "Don't you dislike Mei Qingqing?" How do you maintain her now? ”

Hua Fu said in a light voice: "Their foul language has disturbed me." ”

Sister-in-law Hua no longer spoke, but her eyes were clear.

Where is this noisy her, it is the one who "quarrels" into her heart.

Mei Qingqing sat beside Lan Lan and asked Xiaozhu, "All the things that should be prepared before washing the third day should be ready, right?" ”

Before washing three, the family should prepare the umbilical hairpin, pot cloth, cylinder stove (a kind of dim sum) millet, gold and silver bills, what flowers, flowers, sheng'er, buckets, locks, scales, small mirrors, toothbrushes, scraping tongues, green cloth tips, green tea leaves, new combs, new cages, rouge powder, pig pancreatic soap balls, new towels, copper tea trays, green onions, ginger slices, mugwort leaf balls, baking cages, incense candles, money and grain paper yards, raw and cooked eggs, mallets and so on. It is also necessary to boil the water of acacia and puai, and dye red guiyuan, lychee, raw peanuts, and chestnuts with rouge.

Xiaozhu replied after saluting: "The slaves and maids have all prepared according to what the grandmother said." ”

The baptism ceremony is usually presided over by the grandmother who admits the baby.

Therefore, the mid-birth grandmother will be invited in advance, and then the next process will be carried out according to her arrangement.

Mei Qingqing was relieved, and then said to Lan Lan: "You don't have any elders around you to help, just call me if you need anything." ”

Lan Lan smiled and said, "I think I am." ”

However, although Lan Lan said so, she actually didn't need Mei Qingqing's help.

Calling the inner house, she asked Mrs. Liu, who knew the same knowledge, and Mrs. Li, who was a professor, to help, and naturally there were two ladies to help her in places she couldn't take care of.

After all, Mei Qingqing's status is there, it's not that she dislikes the other party, but that this era is like this, even if she has money, she can't ignore the rules and invite her to be her façade, and when the time comes, not only will she not respect the guests, but it will also be a humiliation to her own house.

Like these invisible things, it is the abyss that blocks both sides, and if people over there want to come over, they have to have the courage to "break their bones".

Lan Lan is not Song Huan, and she has known Mei Qingqing at the wrong time, so it is difficult not to mix various considerations.

At noon, everyone sits down, and the noodles are rich in dishes, but unlike in the past, today's staple food must be noodles, commonly known as "washing three noodles".

When seated, it is customary to let the midwife's grandmother sit in the main seat and treat her as a guest.

After lunch, it's time for the washing ceremony.

The midwife's grandmother first set up an incense case on the front of the outer hall of the delivery room to worship thirteen gods such as Bixia Yuanjun, Qiongxiao Niangniang, and Yunxiao Niangniang.

The incense burner contains millet, which is used as incense ash for incense.

A pair of "small double bags" (small red wax for mutton fat special for sacrifices) are inserted on the wax skewers, and all godly money and food such as yellow coins, ingots, and thousands of zhang are pressed below.

On the bed in the mother's bedroom, there are statues of "Kang Gong and Kang Mother", all of which are offered with three to five bowls of osmanthus pot stoves or oil cakes.

As usual, the old woman will bow to the incense, and the grandmother will also bow three times.

Then, Xiaozhu placed a copper basin containing a soup made of acacia sticks and mugwort leaves, as well as all the ceremonial utensils, on the bed.

At this time, the midwife's grandmother hugged Ami, and the prelude to "washing three" began.

Next, according to the respect of the elders and children to take the lead in adding a small spoon of water to the basin, and then put some coins, called "adding a basin".

If you add gold and silver bills and coins, you will put them in a basin, and if you add banknotes and silver tickets, you will put them in a tea tray.

In addition, you can also add some longan, lychee, red dates, peanuts, chestnuts and other happy fruits.

After adding the pot, the midwife's grandmother picked up the mallet and stirred it into the basin, saying: "One stir, two stirs, three stirs, my brother leads my younger brother to run." Seventy, eighty, crooked, naughty, sighing and snoring! ”

After the words fell, Grandma began to bathe Ami.

Ami suddenly cried loudly when he was cold, not only did he not commit taboos, but thought it was auspicious, and called it "ringing basin".

While washing, while chanting the greetings, what "wash your hair first, be a prince; After washing the waist, one generation is taller than the other; Wash the eggs, as the county; Wash the ditch and do Zhizhou".

Then, lit it with mugwort leaf balls, used ginger slices as a support, put it on Ami's head, symbolically burned, and then combed Ami's hair and dressed it up, saying: "Three combs, two bundles, grow up and wear a red top; Draw eyebrows on the left, sideburns on the right, and find a daughter-in-law in the four villages; Brush your teeth, rinse your mouth, and talk to people so as not to be embarrassed. ”

Rolling an egg on Ami's face, he said: "The egg is rolling on the face, the face is like egg skin, the willow is red like white, and it is really a lover." ”

After washing, he tied up Ami, gently hit his body three times with a green onion, and said: "One dozen smart ("Cong" and "green onion" are homophonic), and two dozen are smart. ”

Later, the midwife's grandmother called Xiaozhu to throw the green onion on the roof, wishing Ami to be extremely smart in the future. Then, she picked up the scales and gestured, saying, "Although the scales are small and weigh a thousand catties", it means that I wish Ami will have a pivotal position in the family and society when she grows up.

Then he picked up the lock and gestured three times, and said, "When you grow up, your head is tight, your feet are tight, and your hands are tight."

It means wishing Ami to grow up to be steady and prudent.

Then put Amito in the tea tray, with the gold and silver bills or jewelry prepared in advance, to Ami's body, and say: "The left is gold, the right is silver, you can't spend it, and you will be rewarded", which means that when Ami grows up, he will be blessed with great wealth and a great life.

Finally, use a small mirror to shine on the baby's buttocks and say: "Use the treasure mirror to shine on the belly, and poop and black during the day."

The most interesting thing is to sift a few paper pomegranate flowers into the oven and say: "Gardenia, jasmine, peach, apricot, tuberose, flower scarring pea sparse lala's ......"

It means that I wish Ami no or less smallpox and a healthy growth without disasters and diseases.

At this point, the old woman invited the mother's yard, godly money and food together with the incense root, and sent them to the courtyard for incineration. The midwife's grandmother used copper chopsticks to hold the god code of "Kang Gong and Kang Mother" and burned it, and said: "Kang Gong and Kang Mother's original surname is Song, and the adults and children will hand it over to you; Send more men and less women. Then, put a bag of ash in red paper and press it under the mat, saying that he (she) would always stay at the head of the bed and bless the adults and children with peace and security. Subsequently, the talent went to Song Yi to ask An to "say goodbye" and ask for a few rewards.

(End of chapter)