A middle-aged man who looked about forty years old was squatting at the door of his back room, although it was a cold winter and snow, but he was not wearing many warm clothes, but he was wrapped in a thin torn jacket, and he was not born strong, so he looked even thinner, but fortunately, the whole person was full of energy, and his thick and hard beard grew around his mouth, which gave people a feeling of righteousness.

The man held his hands and looked at the room behind him from time to time, his eyes were full of melancholy.

The courtyard is a two-entry house, and the house is not the last adobe house, but a new house that can resist the wind and sand in Youzhou, and ensure that it is warm in winter and cool in summer, although it is not much luxury, and the decoration is not much, but in this Fanyang City, it can definitely be regarded as a rich and solid home, and all of this naturally benefits from the man's own efforts, because of his martial arts, he was able to ask for an errand in the yamen, coupled with his kind personality and good popularity, over the years, he has been regarded as the number one person in Fanyang City.

In the room behind the man, through the doors and windows, the words of encouragement from the midwife and the muffled hum of the woman due to labor pains during childbirth were constantly sounding.

Yes, his child was born today, and he is old and has a son, so naturally he can't help but be careless, but it's a pity that as a martial artist, in this kind of thing, he can only squat at the door and do it in a hurry, and he can't help anything.

Just waited like this, squatting from dusk and sunset to the middle of the moon, except for helping the midwife in the house to change the water a few times, he never left the door at all, his heart was anxious, and it was not easy to talk to people, he couldn't even eat, looking at the frowning and chapped lips, thinking about his mood, it was not much easier than the woman in the house.

Finally, with the end of a relieved hum, the cry of the baby that he had been waiting for for a long time finally sounded in the house, the man squatting at the door widened his eyes and opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound, and after standing up, he couldn't wait to push open the door behind him, and when he looked up, he saw that the midwife and the old woman were holding a baby covered in blood, and took a clean handkerchief by the basin and carefully wiped his body for him.

Seeing the man break in, the old woman turned her head and smiled and said with relief: "Don't worry, it's a boy!"

The woman, who had suffered for several hours before she was finally freed, was now nearly collapsed, lying on the mats stacked behind her, and although her voice was dumb, she could not hide the joy in her heart at all, and repeated the words of the midwife.

"It's a boy!"

When the man with the same haggard look heard this, he was stunned at the door for a moment, and after a while, he finally couldn't help but grin, laughing, and for a while, he was so nervous that he didn't even know where to put his hands, and he didn't dare to get closer, but kept walking back and forth at the door, muttering in his mouth: "It's a boy! Great, it's a boy!"

If it's a daughter, of course, it's good, after all, the emperors of the Daluo Dynasty are notoriously afraid of guilt, and in the end, even the atmosphere of the entire court and the opposition has changed, no longer secretive, ashamed to publicize, but regards this as a romantic and elegant thing, and even with honor, in the early years, there were people from the Yushitai who mentioned this matter in a book, and never wanted to be a pilgrimage not only did not feel ashamed, but laughed and rewarded this person, since then, the status of Daluo women has long been no different from men, and there were even female officials in the court, but after all, the man is a martial artist, if it is a daughter, naturally I can't bear to let her inherit the family school, if it is a boy, it is excellent。

Youzhou is windy and sandy, and it doesn't support people, so it's easy to support a boy, but if it's a daughter, the man is afraid that he has begun to consider submitting an application to the imperial court and moving to Jiangnan with his wife and daughter.

Looking at this side again, the midwife and the old woman finally wiped the blood stains on the child's body, stretched out her hand and pulled the clean quilt that had been prepared on the side to wrap it, hugged the child, and sent it to the man, and said with a smile: "It's a lady with a good look, not like you, big and rough, by the way, the old woman asks a lot, can you think about the name?"

When the man heard this, he looked down and saw that this child was really born with red lips and white teeth, not like other children, as soon as he was born, he was like a hairy monkey, and he looked like his mother, so good, really good.

He raised his hand several times, but he didn't dare to really hug it, because he was afraid that if he was not careful, he would hurt his newborn child, and in the end the man could only stand aside, uneasy, so nervous that he couldn't even speak clearly.

"Names, yes, names, names, yes, yes, ma'am, you said that, what's the name?"

The woman on the bed struggled to support her weak body, and got up from the mat, even a few simple movements, which seemed to be a great burden, but all this was blissful toil, and she was willing.

Reaching out to wipe away the hair on her forehead that was completely soaked with sweat and slightly itchy at the moment, she tried to poke out half of her head, and smiled at the man at the door: "Light dust, it's called light dust!"

The man didn't really forget, it seemed like such an important thing, how could he easily forget it, it was just caused by a moment of nervousness, and when he was reminded, he immediately nodded and said: "Yes, yes, it's called Qingchen, with your surname, it's called Li Qingchen, Li Qingchen." ”

He chattered happily, looked at the ruddy newborn baby in the old woman's arms, smiled kindly, and murmured: "Qingchen, Li Qingchen, this name is so good, you say yes." ”

I have been on an errand in the yamen for many years, and I am dealing with wicked people all day long, so I naturally have to protect my family, if it is with my own surname, I am afraid that I will be accidentally targeted by the enemy in the future, so I follow my mother's surname, this matter The man himself did not feel that there was anything wrong, whether it was his own surname or not, as long as he shed his own blood, he knew that he was his own son, which was enough.

The old woman was holding the child on the side, smiling from ear to ear.

"It's good, it's good, in our Youzhou, this name can be regarded as the top of the sky, right, it just so happens, I heard that the child of the Luo family next door was also born today, this fate is not easy, I think, if the two children are boys, they can get married early, if it is a man and a woman, you can also set a family earlier, so double happiness, we are all lively together. ”

When the man heard this, he nodded more than once, and immediately turned around and wanted to leave: "Okay, okay, I'll go to Lao Luo." ”

The Locke family is a restaurant in the city, and has always been kind and charitable, excellent to speak, is a good person who is praised inside and outside the neighborhood, he is a fast catcher in the city, naturally knows that the Luo family has a pure character, worthy of friendship, and the two sides live next to each other, and there are a lot of contacts on weekdays, if you can really kiss and kiss, of course it is a great thing.

The man was about to leave, but was grabbed by the old woman with one hand, stretched out his hand and pointed to the bed behind the man, and said with a smile: "You, it's better to accompany your wife more, after all, we women are the hardest in this matter of giving birth, since you are also interested in this matter, the old woman can naturally do it for you." ”

The man stopped at the door, stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said very embarrassedly: "This, how embarrassing is this, I've been bothering you for so long, and I haven't even drunk hot tea." ”

It's already night at the moment, if you have to bother the old woman to go one more trip and disturb the door, it will be really embarrassing, after all, she can't take a penny for the old man, and the man is also an honest person, so he is naturally a little embarrassed.

The old woman wanted to entrust the child in his hand to his father, but when the man saw this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly reached out to catch it, not only afraid that he would accidentally let go of the little life that had just fallen to the ground, but also afraid that he would wait too hard and let him be injured, so he had to quickly hold the child, take three steps and make two steps, walked to the bedside, and put the child down, which was finally relieved.

Seeing this, the old woman standing at the door smiled so much that her eyes narrowed, her head full of silver threads shining in the moonlight, and her expression was even more kind.

"It's a matter of accumulating yin virtue, what to talk about and not bothering, anyway, the old woman has to go home, it's just a matter of the way, it's nothing, but you husband and wife, it's good to accompany the child today, Lao Xin, let the old woman say one more word, but don't snub your wife because of the child, this child was born not honest, let your wife suffer a lot, you have to miss your wife's good." ”

The man was like a student who was being disciplined by a teacher, and nodded busily and agreed: "What you said is very true, when my wife is confined, I have to trouble you to come and see it often." ”

The old woman waved her hand, signaling that it was okay, and while closing the door for the two, she said with a smile: "Okay, okay, it's not too early, the old woman has to go first, save yourself from staying in the way, you don't have to send it, anyway, there are not a few steps, the old woman has good legs and feet, don't look down on people." ”

After the old woman left, the man slowly sat on the edge of the bed and sighed softly: "What a good person!"

The woman hugged the flesh and bone that had just fallen from her body, and she couldn't help but reach out to tease, but when she saw the child clenching her fists, she couldn't help but raise her eyes and smiled: "It's a martial arts style, in the future, I just want to learn boxing from you." ”

The man, who also wanted to pass on all his martial arts to his future child, turned his head and looked at the little baby who was frowning and seemed to have encountered something troublesome, and infinite love suddenly rose in his eyes, and his earlier plan was forgotten.

"What kind of boxing to learn, all the sin, in the future, he can do whatever he wants, even if it is to be a musician, as long as he is happy, it is not bad. ”

When the woman heard this, she immediately glanced at her own man, the musician is a cheap person, how can this be done, but she didn't say much, but looked down at the sleeping baby in her arms, and her smile was full of a mother's most selfless love.

"Li Qingchen, Li Qingchen, you have to grow up quickly, when you grow up, you will be like your father, go and catch the bad guys, do you say okay?"