Chapter 2: The Birth of Jasmine
After the fragrance of jasmine was born into the court, it spread out in the courtyard of the full court, and a jasmine workshop in the palace was planted in a courtyard of jasmine, all of which were open, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was quite surprised when he heard the eunuch report on the matter.
He hurriedly sent someone to find Dongfang Shuo, who was a regular servant, to discuss. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism, he also listened to the magical and strange things of superstitious Taoism, so he listened to the words of Mr. Dongfang Shuo, who had a high degree of Taoist attainment, in this regard.
After Dongfang Shuo saw the celestial phenomena in the jasmine workshop, he said: "Congratulations to Your Highness, without him, this is an auspicious thing, the strange fragrance wafts from the south of the Yangtze River, and this year will be a bumper harvest of grains, and the wind and rain will be smooth!"
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed, issued a holy decree, and the palace feasted in the harem of Jasmine. And quickly reported to the Jiangnan officials, asking the Jiangnan officials to quickly find out about the matter, and the royal family should give them a seal.
Here, Hao Xibo's family didn't know that the birth of a baby girl in his family had alarmed the saints in the capital. The child was born for three days and three nights, and the fragrance of flowers wafted for three days and three nights. The midwives and the crowd were amazed!
After the baby was born, his skin was as white as jade, full of jasmine fragrance, his eyes were bright and bright, his cry was extremely loud, and he weighed eight pounds!
Hao Xibo walked into the house, holding his middle-aged baby daughter, and couldn't put it down. Although Zhang Yiduo's production time is a little long, it is still very smooth overall, and it is very gratifying to see his beautiful daughter like a fairy.
Since his daughter and Jasmine are destined, Hao Xibo named her daughter Jasmine.
One, Jasmine's mother and son are safe, and Hao Xibo feasts guests. All the guests praised the daughter Jasmine for her beauty, as if she had descended from the earth. In addition, the jasmine tree bloomed during pregnancy, and it was a strange event, and there were different opinions, and it spread in all directions.
The officials of Jiangnan Mansion conducted an investigation, and after figuring out the ins and outs, they reported it to the Shengshang, and said that it was an auspicious thing, with a bumper harvest of grains and smooth rain, and the emperor happily gave the officials of Jiangnan Mansion some cloth, pearl agate, etc., and the Jiangnan Mansion awarded this family a plaque of "auspicious family", and the matter was over.
Because there are many auspicious and peculiar things reported from all over the country every year, this matter is not too big a thing for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
As soon as the government issued a plaque, the matter of the Hao family became a sensation. There is a constant flow of people who come to Hao Xibo's house to visit, visit, and visit, some to see children, some to see jasmine trees, people come and go, and they don't stop for a moment
As a result, the jasmine tree began to wither a large number of flowers, and the child often complained that he was uncomfortable and did not like to eat.
Hao Xibo and Zhang Yiduo were deeply disturbed, so they closed the door on the grounds that one was sick, and quietly put away the plaque, and the jasmine flower also withered and never bloomed again. It is also forbidden for children to come and go with neighbors, and when outsiders from all over the country hear about the incident, they are all thrown out of the house.
The neighbors began to spread the word that the family had been hit by an evil wind, so they avoided it and stopped intermingling.
After a few years, gradually, people forgot about this and this family.
That Hao Xibo and Zhang Yiduo have middle-aged children, of course, they cherish them very much. And they definitely think that it is the help of the gods and Buddhas, and the credit of that strange tree.
There are many people talking about miscellaneous things, and the two are afraid of affecting the growth of their children, and they are even more afraid of getting into trouble, so they close their doors.
The child was playing in the yard and garden, and the husband and wife accompanied and stared, not letting Jasmine go out, and Jasmine grew up at home like a princess.
Little Jasmine is very intelligent, and she can learn anything and what words she can say, which makes the couple even more overjoyed. And Jasmine seems to know that she has a natural relationship with the jasmine tree, and from time to time she runs under the tree to talk to the jasmine tree, and she also knows that it is very happy to catch insects, water, and fertilize the jasmine tree.
Little Jasmine was born with a fragrance that never goes away, and the husband and wife are also used to the smell, and they can't smell the fragrance slowly, but outsiders can smell it at once.
In order to make little Jasmine literate, the couple dressed Jasmine as a little boy to study in a private school, the teacher of the private school is from Shandong, famous far and wide, Jasmine studied in the private school, and soon overwhelmed Qunfang, the first place in reading.
One day, the private school teacher in the village came to Hao's house and said to Hao Xibo: "Your child is very talented, and I really can't teach him anymore." I have a relative in the capital, who is already a master, known as the smartest person in the world, and I can write a letter to introduce Jasmine to study with him. What do you two think?"
Hao Xibo didn't expect that his daughter was really a talented girl, but since the teacher said so, he was moved.
The couple discussed going to the capital - if they both left home, the jasmine tree would be left unattended, and the daughter also needed to hire a teacher, and the coiled entanglement brought with her might be spent one day, although a flower could find something to do to make some money, but it was not as fast as him selling fish.
So the couple decided that Hao Xibo would stay to take care of the family and the jasmine tree, fish to earn some silver taels, and after saving enough, they asked someone to bring them to the capital or go to the capital by themselves, and sent living expenses and tuition fees to their beloved daughter and wife.
Finally, at dinner, Hao Xibo said to Jasmine in a slightly heavy tone: "Jasmine, the teacher said that you are a very smart child, and he wants to send you to the capital to study, what do you think?"
When Jasmine heard this, she cried: "I don't want to leave my father and mother, I don't want to leave Jasmine, I don't want to leave." I won't leave" As soon as his baby daughter cried, he relented, and the matter was put aside.
About half a year later, Mr. Private School visited Hao's house again. The teacher said very sincerely: "The books in my collection have been read by Jasmine, and I can't answer the questions he raised, you husband and wife should not delay the future of this prodigy, and set off for Beijing as soon as possible, I have passed the letter with the teacher, and the teacher has listened to my introduction and is ready to waive the child's tuition, and the child's mother can do chores at the teacher's house, so that you can take care of the child and reduce a lot of expenses." ”
Hearing what Mr. said this time, the husband and wife made up their minds completely. No matter how much Jasmine cried, it didn't help. In order to cultivate her talent, the husband and wife are ready to go bankrupt!
Jasmine had no choice but to agree and went to the capital accompanied by her parents.
At that time, the capital was in Chang'an. Jiangnan is thousands of kilometers away from Chang'an, and it takes about a month to walk.
The family planned to go to the capital, the father stayed for a few days and returned to Jiangnan, and the mother stayed in the capital to accompany the child to study, at this time Jasmine was already seven or eight years old.
Along the way, I trekked hard, climbed mountains and waded through rivers, and I worked tirelessly, and I arrived in the capital in two or three days.
On this day, the family came to a small county town, and there was a market in the county seat. After the family put their luggage at the inn, they went out to visit the market together.
The bazaar is particularly lively, with jugglers, all kinds of snacks, chickens and ducks, handicrafts, and fortune tellers. At this time, the family passed by a fortune teller's stall, the fortune teller wore a square scarf, wearing a robe, very thin, his cheeks were deep, his forehead was very prominent, the slender beard was not black, it was brown, eye-catching, he shouted a little hoarse, his face was dark, and there were many folds on his skin, in short, he didn't look like a good person, this person made a living by fortune telling, and he did a lot of things about abduction and abduction, and the locals gave this splash a nickname called "Wang Banxian" , is also a famous fortune teller in the neighborhood, and everyone has forgotten what his real name is.
The family watched the excitement while eating and playing, and they didn't plan to stop to tell fortunes when they passed by this stall, so they continued to walk forward, but they didn't expect this fortune teller Wang Banxian to suddenly come over and stop the family of three.