Chapter 298: The County King Goes Further
On the third day after the little lady was born, Cui Pu did a washing for her daughter in a hurry.
Cui Zhixian is happy to love his daughter at the age of twenty-one, and anyone can understand his excitement. Therefore, on the day of washing, not to mention the squires from Hailing County sent generous gifts, and even other magistrates in Yangzhou Prefecture also came to congratulate in person. Wu Lixin said that he was sick this time, and the squires at the bottom of Tianchang County did not come forward because of his face, but they also prepared an extremely heavy gift together and handed it to Liu San and his wife.
With so many people coming together to cheer for the party, this washing banquet was naturally extraordinarily lively.
But what was more lively than the crowd was the cry of the little lady.
In the past three days, Mu Jiaojiao has learned what it means to have a magic sound piercing the brain. This little lady who popped out of her belly really has an ordinary temper. Other little dolls just eat, sleep, sleep and eat every day, pee, hungry, or feel uncomfortable, and cry twice. But not with her daughter.
When she slept, she was quite honest, but as soon as she woke up, she pouted, and then burst out into a very loud cry, and the nurse couldn't coax it. In the end, Cui Pu had to come forward and hold her softly for a while, and the little girl would slowly put away her voice under Daddy's gentle care, and then yawned, and closed her eyes lightly and fell asleep.
But now, Cui Pu was busy greeting guests in front of her, and he didn't have time to distract herself from taking care of her. As soon as the little lady woke up, she immediately exerted her powerful crying skills again, making everyone cry at a loss.
Helpless, the nurse had to run to the front with the swaddling clothes to ask for help.
"Lang Jun, the little lady is crying again!"
When Cui Pu heard this, he hurriedly reached out to take the child over, and gently coaxed a few words, and sure enough, the earth-shattering cry gradually weakened.
Sitting in front of him were men with heads and faces, who had always regarded such trivial matters as taking care of children as a trivial task for women, and had always scoffed at them. But now, seeing that Cui Pu actually took the swaddling clothes over as a matter of course, and began to coax the child with a familiar way, and the coaxing was not bad! The horror on the faces and eyes of these people was simply indescribable.
Seeing this, Guo Tingshi smiled heartily: "Cui Liu, boy, you are quite capable! You can handle state affairs in court, and you can catch Haikou when you go to the Yellow Sea, and now you can coax children in your own house." You are so versatile, the old man is going to bow down!"
"Thanks for the compliment, aren't these all what I should do as a man?" Cui Pu smiled.
Raising children is not what they should do. Many people secretly slandered.
However, seeing Cui Pujing coaxing the children so happily, they naturally couldn't say this.
At this time, I heard a shout outside: "The king of Hejian County has arrived!"
The old man is here again!
Obviously, he didn't invite him, so he was so cheeky to run this way! Cui Pu began to lose his anger when he heard this name.
It's just that everyone has already come, and he is adding joy to his daughter, and he can't drive people out, so he has to take people out to greet them.
Fortunately, today's King of Hejian is only wearing a navy blue regular clothes, and his outfit is mainly low-key and ordinary. Although he was still dressed like this, he still looked good, and the golden laurel tree at the gate of the courtyard was eclipsed, but at least it was not as standing out from the crowd as the previous two times, as if his whole body was shining with golden light, which made people involuntarily look sideways.
Cui Pu breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly handed her daughter to the nurse, and stepped forward to salute.
Who would have thought that the daughter who had already closed her eyes in his arms had just been handed over to the nurse, and she actually opened her eyes and broke out into a wave of crying comparable to a mountain and a tsunami.
Cui Pu's face changed, and he quickly turned around and picked up the child again.
"The king of the county forgive me, the little girl has a big temper, and every time she wakes up, she must be hugged by the officials, otherwise she will cry nonstop. He seemed to be apologizing to the King of Hejian, but the smug show off in his words could not be ignored.
The king of Hejian smiled lightly. "I see, this king understands. Since this is the case, then Cui Zhixian doesn't have to salute. This king originally came to give three baptism gifts to the little lady today, as long as the little lady is happy, then the king will be happy. ”
"Then the lower official thanked the king of the county on behalf of the little girl. Cui Pu hurriedly smiled, and then lowered his head and smiled at his infant daughter - this little lady is really his lucky star. Look, she's only been born for three days, and she's already helped him resist a wave of attacks from the King of Hejian!
Thinking that Mu Jiaojiao is still in confinement, it is inconvenient to meet outsiders, and this person has no chance to hang out in front of Mu Jiaojiao today, so he is in a better mood, so he is also a little more sincere to the king of Hejian County.
For the first time today, the king of Hejian County did not mention the matter of going to see Mu Jiaojiao again. Soon after he sat down on the upper seat, he took a brocade box from Liang Changshi's hand. When I opened the box, I saw a pair of silver bracelets and a silver collar inside.
Among the gifts I received today, there were many small bracelets and collars, and there were all kinds of patterns of gold and silver. But at first glance, when he saw the set brought by the King of Hejian County, Cui Pu couldn't help but feel that his heart moved, and his eyes were immediately firmly attracted.
Not only him, but also the people around him soon looked over to this side, and the voices of admiration were endless.
I saw that the silver collar was very small and delicate. A lifelike begonia is carved on the thin collar, and the branches and leaves are coiled around the collar, and finally a cluster of gorgeous flowers blooms at the pendant below. The same pattern is carved on both bracelets. The three things are placed together, complement each other, are beautiful, and there is a delicate and simple taste that makes people never forget it after seeing it.
This set of small jewelry must not have been created by him temporarily. This value must be extraordinary!
Cui Pu has been accustomed to seeing all kinds of good things in the old mansion since he was a child, and now he recognizes the value of this thing at a glance.
Guo Jianshi and the others were not far behind, and hurriedly asked: "I'm afraid this set of silver jewelry is not a vulgar thing!"
King Hejian said with a smile: "This is something that this king wore when he was a child, and later put it away for this king's mother, and it was originally intended to be left for this king's future children to wear again." It's a pity that this king doesn't plan to marry a wife in this life, nor does he plan to have stepchildren, and this set of silver jewelry has been covered with ashes for many years in this king's place. Today coincides with Cui Zhixian's beloved daughter Xisan, and this king thought of the existence of this set of things, so he simply gave it to the little lady as a gift!"
This congratulatory gift is too valuable, and the little girl is blessed, so I am afraid that I can't afford it. Cui Pu hurriedly refused.
He knew that this old man couldn't hook up with his wife today, and he would definitely not let his daughter go......! After protecting the lady, he has to protect his daughter well, he really has to be careful of this old man everywhere in the future!
However, the king of Hejian just smiled indifferently: "It's just a set of silver jewelry, it's good if it can come in handy." In fact, this thing is given to the little lady now, and this king also has a purpose. ”
Really......
The corners of Cui Pu's mouth twitched. "If the king of the county has any requirements, just mention them to the lower officials. What you can do will do it for you. But this set of silver jewelry is really useless, you better take it back!"
The king of Hejian County only listened to his previous sentence and said directly: "This king's request is very simple, you must be able to do it, that is-let this king hug your little lady!"
He said, this old man is very difficult to deal with, and he will definitely not give up so easily today!
But...... The corners of Cui Pu's mouth immediately turned up with a smug smile: "You don't know anything about the county king, the little girl's temper is really big." In this entire house, except for the lower officials, whoever hugged her cried when she was awake, and even the experienced nurse was useless. ”
Speaking of which, this king has lived for so many years, and he has never hugged a little lady!" And when it came to the end, there was actually a shy flush on his face!
He didn't know that it was the first time he was holding the little lady's hand! Cui Pu wanted to say this.
But in this face-looking society, when other people saw the performance of the county king of Hejian, they finally couldn't help it, so someone whispered to persuade Cui Pu: "The county king likes the little lady, this is also the blessing of the little lady, Cui Xianzun, you let him hug it! Maybe this hug will make the little lady get some blessings of the county king!"
Forget it, does his daughter still need to be blessed by this person?
It's just that these people are persuading, and it's not good for him to tear his face with the king of Hejian in person. In desperation, he had to reluctantly nod: "Since the king of the county wants to hug, then you can try to hug it!" But the little girl is not sensible, if the crying scares you, please bear with me." ”
"Don't worry, this king will be careful. The king of Hejian nodded hurriedly, and his eyes were full of anticipation.
Cui Pu was very unhappy and slowly handed her daughter over. The king of Hejian also carefully took the swaddling clothes.
At the moment when she left her father's arms, the little lady was awakened again, and her little mouth pouted, and it seemed that she was about to grin and cry again!
Cui Pu's heart was pinched, and he suddenly wanted to snatch his daughter back!
At this time, he saw that the king of Hejian County took the first step to collect his arms, and hugged the swaddling clothes tightly in his arms.
Cui Pu's heart was empty, and he immediately closed his eyes.
However, the expected baby's cry did not sound.
What's going on?
He hurriedly opened his eyes, and saw the king of Hejian holding the swaddling clothes, smiling very happily at the little baby inside: "This little lady is so good, her eyes are like you, but her nose and mouth are like her aunt, and she will definitely be a beauty who will captivate the country and the city when she grows up in the future." ”
As if hearing his words, the little doll made a few babbling sounds from its small mouth, and a small arm also came out of the swaddling clothes and waved it a few times in the air.
The king of Hejian hurriedly stretched out his hand, and saw the little doll pinching a finger and stuffing it into his mouth.
The King of Hejian suddenly smiled even more happily. "This kid is so funny. It's so smart and lively when you're so old, and you'll be surprised when you grow up in the future!"
How could this be? His child, isn't it just his, how can he be so happy in this old man's arms now? This is not right!
Cui Pu shouted in his heart.
And the king of Hejian played with the little doll for a while, so he simply asked Liang Changshi to take out the set of small silver ornaments and put it on the little lady with his own hands.
Cui Pu still looked at it stupidly, his eyes full of disbelief.
Xiao Si'er quietly approached him at this time and said: "Lang Jun, the little lady seems to like the county king more than you! You see, she didn't cry when she arrived in the county king's arms just now, and she usually has to be coaxed in your arms for a while." Now, both of them are also having a great time, no worse than they usually have with you. ”
"Shut up for me!" Cui Pu said through gritted teeth.
This kid, who has been with him for so many years, why is he still so out of tune, picking the sharpest thorn and poking it into his heart! It seems that he has to think about it and delay the good things of this kid and red beans for another year or two.
In the evening, when Mu Jiaojiao learned about it, she couldn't help laughing.
Cui Pu's face was gloomy: "Haven't you already taught Chang Taiyi almost? In the future, let him go and treat the king of Hejian County, and your mother and daughter should not have any contact with him again!"
"What, are you afraid that our mother and daughter will be snatched away by him?" asked Mu Jiaojiao with a smile.
"Yes!" Cui Pu nodded coldly, "This person seems to be silent, but his methods are very powerful." Now I admit that I can't fight him, but can't I be provoked to hide? And your mother and daughter, you also hide with me!"
"This is not like your style!" Mu Jiaojiao laughed again.
"There's no way, it's self-aware to be a good man. I've fought him a few times and lost it repeatedly, that's a fact. Cui Pu sighed, and then hugged her tightly in his arms again, "Anyway, you are mine, and my daughter is also mine." I will not allow anyone to snatch you away from me!"