Chapter 37 Little Cold Beauty

At the same time that Li Maixiang gave birth to a girl, in the courtyard of the Hu family, an old man who was nearly ninety years old and had a childish face, grabbed a cat at his feet and looked at his eyes, pinched his fingers, looked at the mountains full of Yingshan red, sighed and said:

"It's a good girl, it's a pity! The azalea blooms, and the cuckoo weeps blood, which is a sign of injustice to her! I'm afraid that the marriage will be unhappy!"

Sister-in-law Hu Hai's worries are obviously superfluous, the whole family is immersed in joy, no one mentions what she said, and she is the most stupid and will not mention this topic herself!

Hu Hai and Li Maixiang didn't care about whether they were men or women, they were still young, as long as they could give birth, they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to give birth to a boy!

Looking at the little girl who was only born for a short time, she didn't cry, her dark eyes actually looked around, which surprised the whole family, especially Hu Hai, who was a first-time father, in his arms, and his love was beyond words.

Hu Hai reluctantly put down the baby in his hand, carried a basket of gifts, picked up a firecracker with a bamboo pole, and went to his father-in-law's house to report the good news.

The custom here is that when a wife gives birth to a child, the son-in-law is generally asked to go to the father-in-law's house to announce the good news, light firecrackers outside the house, and then offer gifts. At the same time, he had to pick up his mother-in-law to come to the house to serve his wife in confinement.

Fortunately, most of the marriages here pay attention to knowing the roots, and few daughters marry far away, all of them are married in the nearby Shiliba Village, which is very close to the father-in-law's house, and it is convenient to come and go.

Here the wife has given birth to children, especially boys, and there are several different options for celebrating the "day", in fact, this is based on the distance of the Yue family.

If the son-in-law is close to the father-in-law's house, he generally does the "three dynasties", that is, on the third day of the child's birth, the parents-in-law, as well as relatives and friends are brought to the banquet to celebrate.

It takes several days for the father-in-law's family to arrive, so they do the "Ten Dynasty", which is to celebrate the birth of the child on the tenth day after the birth of the child.

There are also "full moons", which are quite far away from the father-in-law's house, and the child is born a month after the wine is celebrated, and some even put it together with the child's "catch week".

Rich people can do anything, anyway, they just spend money to set up a banquet. Generally, you just need to choose one.

There is no birthday celebration for children here, and the celebration after birth is more important.

Although it is barren and clogged here, but the folk customs are pure and supplemental, and the gifts may not require how to be outstanding, but pay special attention to the number of etiquette, do not talk about the number of etiquette, it will be poked in the backbone!

At the banquet, the custom here is that all banquets pay attention to the arrangement of seats, and the seats of the honorable are the upper seats.

Most of the houses here face south and face north, and it is customary to face south and east as the upper seat, so the upper seat here is also called "East Corner".

When a child is born, whether it is a boy or a girl, whether it is "Three Dynasties" or "Ten Dynasties", when the banquet is placed, it is the mother's family as the honored guest, so the banquet in the east corner must be for the mother's family to sit.

As for who will sit in this east corner of the mother's family, it will be recommended by the people from the mother's family themselves, some by age, and some by status.

Even if there are people in the mother's family who have opinions on the arrangement of the "East Point", they will not raise objections, let alone affect the banquet, and the banquet will be dispersed happily.

But if the son-in-law's family does not know the etiquette, and the mother-in-law's family sits in the "east corner", it will rise to the height that the mother-in-law's family looks down on the mother's family and the mother's family loses face. Most of the banquets break up. The collective withdrawal of the mother's family also happens occasionally.

Hu Hai hurriedly came to his father-in-law's house ten miles away, and as soon as he entered the floor, he lit firecrackers with a fire sickle, and the crackling sound attracted the whole village to come out of the house to watch.

The parents-in-law ran out to greet them with smiles on their faces, and Hu Hai entered the house and sat down.

When the parents-in-law learned that their daughter had given birth to a girl, their faces changed. The mother-in-law is okay, but her face is not very natural, and after pouring tea for Hu Hai, she packed up her things and prepared to go to her daughter's house to serve the confinement child.

Hu Hai's father-in-law, Li Xiucai, was full of unhappiness at that time, and went directly back to the study by himself.

Hu Hai's father-in-law, Li Xiucai, is a step-son, and one of his cousins has no son of his own. And his father had four sons, he was the second son, sixteen or seventeen years old seemed to be uneducated, the most unproductive, was passed on to this cousin as a burden.

This incident hit him hard and developed his weird temper. After the succession, under the guidance of his adoptive father, he studied hard, and he was actually admitted to Xiucai and became a leader in the family.

His biological parents were also proud of him, and even moved the idea of recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestors, and then replacing his third son with that cousin, but he was opposed by him and his adoptive father.

Li Xiucai himself can be said to be very beautiful, his wife is also a well-informed lady, her family is big, and it stands to reason that her small life should be good.

But Li Xiucai is face-saving, and he is often depressed because his son is not angry.

He is over half a hundred years old, and his wife has not given birth for many years. gave birth to three daughters and a son, each daughter is more beautiful than the other, and she is well-read, and the worst sons-in-law are all children.

The only son is an embroidered pillow who looks dignified, intelligent, and eloquent. The boys' examination has been tested for more than ten years, and he has not yet entered school after the age of 30, which has become a problem for him.

I heard that my daughter gave birth to a girl, and I didn't even have any interest in eating and drinking in the "East Corner", I was afraid of being ridiculed by my in-laws and losing face, so I was ready to let my unlucky son run away.

The mother-in-law took a maid to her son-in-law's house to serve her daughter's confinement, and brought a large bag of red dates and longan, only a hundred eggs, and a large basket of children's clothes. This "Three Dynasty Ceremony" is not light, and although Hu Xiucai picked it up, although it was hard, he also smiled.

The "Three Dynasties" were very lively, and they were not affected by the absence of his father-in-law.

Hu Hai's eldest brother, named Li Mengxi, his father-in-law took a lot of thought to choose the name, which not only expressed his "great joy", but also had the meaning of being the boss, so naturally he wanted to have another son.

But it backfired, and with the croaking of his youngest daughter Li Maixiang, his wife never gave birth again, and the idea of a second son naturally fell through.

What is even more contrary to his will is that when his son grows up, he will be angry with him, which is fundamentally contrary to his expected "great joy".

Li Mengxi looks exquisite, speaks politely, and doesn't look like a straw bag second ancestor, and the wine banquet is full of joy.

As soon as the "Three Dynasties" passed, Hu Xiucai shook his head, because when the child was born, the mountain was full of red flowers, and the house was full of flowers, so he named the child Zhengying.

It is not so troublesome for a country girl to choose a name, neither need a family tree to rank her or give a name from her elders, but her parents just call it casually, and when she encounters patriarchal or uneducated parents, the girl has a nickname, and she has no name at all.

If you can marry a good son-in-law, the genealogy of your mother's family will also be recorded, and the status of your husband's family is that the mother is more expensive than the son.

As the saying goes, "There are seedlings that do not grow without worry, and trees are naturally straight." ”

In a blink of an eye, Xiao Zhengying is more than two years old, and she looks very cute.

The rare little Zhengying is very smart and already knows a lot of words. Some of the poems that Hu Xiucai taught her casually were all taught as soon as they were taught, and there were dozens of poems that could be memorized.

The only fly in the ointment is that Hu Zhengying doesn't seem to be able to laugh. What a funny thing, she has a serious face when she sees it, she has never seen her smile, and there is a calmness that is very different from her age.

Although she doesn't laugh, her serious appearance is even more cute, and she often makes relatives and friends laugh, and is nicknamed a little "cold beauty".