The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 18
Chapter 18 Wash Three
At this time, most of the guests are here, and it happens that Mrs. Zhang Wen is also here, and the cleaning begins.

Because it is a farm, it is not that complicated.There were no god statues in the farmhouse, so Zhang Wenpo paid three symbolic obeisances to the East.In addition, copper pots containing soup made from locust leaves and mugwort leaves and all etiquette items were placed in the courtyard.After taking over Gu Chengyu from Father Gu, the prelude to "Washing Three" kicked off.

The Gu family began to take the lead in adding a small spoonful of water to the basin, and then put some coins in it, which is called "adding the basin".Papa Gu threw ten copper coins in it.When it was Boss Gu's turn, Gu Fang added five copper coins on behalf of everyone, which was given by Papa Gu in advance.

The boss and the second child had five copper coins, which were thrown away when the basin was refilled.

Then He stepped forward and threw two copper coins into the water.The corners of Gu's father's eyes twitched, he gave five coins to the second child's family, but she only added two coins, and only paid three coins.

After adding family members, it is the turn of the close clan.None of the collateral descendants of the Gu family came, only Gu Changqing's elder brother came.The mother-in-law of the patriarch Gu Changsong, the elder sister-in-law of Gu Laodi, stepped forward to add eight Wen, the eldest daughter-in-law Zeng of Gu's eldest daughter added five Wen, and the second daughter-in-law also added five Wen.At this point, it is the end of the clan, and it is the turn of the close relatives and neighbors.

"Hey, Changqing! It's generous to give birth to an old man! I never thought that your in-laws still eat bran and swallow vegetables!" A stern-eyed woman stood beside He with her sleeves rolled up.It turned out that the woman was He's mother and Gu's cousin.

Old man Gu looked at the woman who was speaking, "Cousin, you also know that our family is not well-to-do, and this is a boy, so why don't you need money to marry a wife and have children in the future? What's more, the baby is a mess today, yes It’s a big event, you can’t be careless, and you can’t feel sorry for the money, right?”

Your daughter Tianpan took five coins, but only gave two coins. I didn't care about it. Your mother-in-law even came to my house to point fingers, and she was too lenient. Father Gu deeply felt that the second daughter-in-law and her mother were a virtuous person.

"Changqing! My sister-in-law knows that you are willing to spend money for the baby, but I really have no money. No, our Shangen lost money in business a few days ago, and asked him to fill in all the family savings. Today you But don't worry, when I have money in the future, I will definitely give the baby some more uncles." It was the turn of the relatives, and the Wang family hurriedly shrank back.

Originally, as a mother-in-law, you must add something. If you don’t add it, it’s not easy for others to say it in person, but it’s not necessarily what you say behind the scenes, but if you don’t add it, it’s not good to say something sarcastic, right?And the mother-in-law of Mrs. Gu in the front, everyone knows that the family is living a tight life, and they also added three papers!Everyone whispered.

"It's such a rare happy event, someone will come up with some tricks, and let your daughter and son-in-law save some face!" Gu Changsong's mother-in-law, Yang Shi, just can't understand Wang Shi, and she always wants to take advantage of it. Days still want to stir up.

Mrs. Wang was a little annoyed, and wanted to reply again, but when she looked up, she saw her son-in-law was frowning and looking at her.The daughter is still living in another house, although she is not angry with Father Gu's eccentricity, but it is not good to make others bad luck on such a day.

Over there, the Wang family died down, and everyone here began to add more pots. The farmers were not well-off, so they didn't lose much money.Those close to me threw away a few coins, and the neighbors threw away some peanuts, dates, chestnuts and the like.

Zhang Wenpo doesn't care about the lawsuit over there, the ones thrown into the basin are all hers, the more the better, no, she also has something to say about "early sons and sons" and "successful sons" , even if you pour clear water into it, she will also say "long flowing water, smart and agile".

Gu Chengyu listened to someone's interjection over there, and after listening to Zhang Wenpo's auspicious words, he knew that the main event was coming.Gu Chengyu also knew about this process in his previous life, because Gu Chengyu also likes to read novels, and the following is usually tossing around with a baby in his arms.

Sure enough, after "refilling the basin", Zhang Wenpo picked up the mallet and stirred it into the basin, saying: "Stir once, stir twice, and stir three times, the elder brother leads the younger brother to run. Seventy children, eighty children, crooked hair, Naughty, Xilihulu is here!" Only then did Gu Chengyu take a bath.As soon as Gu Chengyu entered the cold water, he shivered and immediately yelled.

Mrs. Zhang Wen watched the little baby "ring the basin".While washing, he recited congratulatory words, "wash your hair first and become a prince; wash your waist after that, one generation is better than the previous generation; wash eggs and become magistrate; wash ditch and become magistrate."

Then, light it with a moxa leaf ball, put it on Gu Chengyu's forehead with a piece of ginger as a support, and burn it symbolically.Comb his hair again, "Three combs, two combs, wear a red crown when he grows up; draw eyebrows on the left, and temples on the right, find a daughter-in-law for the fourth village; brush his teeth, rinse his mouth, and talk to people to avoid embarrassment .”

Then rolled the egg on Gu Chengyu's face, "Roll the egg on the face, the face is like egg skin, the willow red is like white, it is really a lover."

After washing, he tied Gu Chengyu up again, and lightly hit his body three times with a green onion, "One beat is smart, and the other beat is clever."

Then ask people to throw the green onions on the roof, and pick up the weight to make gestures, "The weight is small, but it weighs a thousand catties."Pick up the lock and make three gestures, "Grow up, with tight head, tight feet, and tight hands".

Then put Gu Chengyu on the tea tray, tuck the copper coins prepared by Mr. Gu on Gu Chengyu's body, and say: "Tuck gold on the left and silver on the right. If you can't spend it, reward the servants."Finally, I took a picture of his buttocks with a small mirror, and said: "Use a mirror to look at his buttocks, and the shit in the daytime will be clean in the dark."

In this way, the third wash is over.Everyone rushed forward again, surrounded Gu Chengyu, and praised him for his good looks.Especially his mother changed Gu Chengyu into red clothes today, making him even more cute.

Zhang Wenpo returned Gu Chengyu to Papa Gu, and was busy packing her things with a smile on her face. The Gu family is quite generous, with thirty or forty pennies!

There are still so many fruits, this trip is not wrong, it is more than the money for delivering babies, it is a good job to take care of grandma.While tidying up, I thought of the little baby I was holding just now, it looks really good, I haven't seen any baby that looks so good!

But thinking of Lu Shi's pretty face, I don't think it's strange, his son is more like his mother.

Mrs. Wang, who spoke sourly at the beginning, came forward again, looked at Gu Chengyu in the hands of Mrs. Gu, and saw that the child followed Lu's peach blossom eyes, the black eyes were black and bright, and the straight bridge of the nose, The bright red mouth and the snow-white skin don't look like a newborn baby, let alone a baby that can be born in a farm family.

Feeling depressed for a while, her poor girl left, and let that vixen enter the room instead.Spit in secret, so what if you are born well?Why don't you just let this poor guy stay for a lifetime?

This room Gu Chengyu was also a little tired from the torment, and was taken back to the room by Gu Lao to rest.

(End of this chapter)