The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 47

In a blink of an eye, it was the day when the twins had their third bath.

Xisan is intended to wash away filth, eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties, and pray for good fortune.

The He family attended were He Fuguo, Xiao Chen's couple, and brothers and sisters He Youliang and He Lian who were supposed to be resident in the Great Wasteland.

According to the custom, the He family, who is the host and guest of the three baptisms, will give gifts.He Fuguo handed over the basket, which contained twenty eggs and a catty of brown sugar.He rubbed his hands in embarrassment. He also wanted to prepare a generous gift for his daughter, but unfortunately he didn't have the right in his hands. After he "struggled with reason", Da Zhou reluctantly took out this little thing.

As a result of the dispute, Mrs. Zhou also said harshly: "I think my courtesy is too low, and I think they are not well greeted, so I won't go."

The second room was supposed to be optional, so Mrs. Zhou let her go. As her loyal follower, Mrs. Zhou followed unconditionally, so she used it under the guise of preparing He Youtian and his new wife, Wang Qionghua, for the three-dynasty return ceremony. Neither came.

Fu Shi and He Tao didn't care about gifts at all, they couldn't eat all the eggs at home, and they only drank a little brown sugar when Aunt He Tao came.Fu Shi, in turn, comforted his father-in-law that the gifts are generous, and warmly greeted his father-in-law to sit down and drink tea.

He Fuguo took a sip of tea before explaining apologetically why only four people came to the house. Of course, the reasons were all processed by him.

"The family has just finished a wedding, and many things have not been cleaned up. The tables, chairs and benches have to be returned, and they have to help prepare for the new daughter-in-law's homecoming ceremony. Her second uncle and aunt are busy. Something happened to the eldest daughter-in-law's natal family, and she will go there The Yue family has gone to help, your grandma has to stay at home to take care of Brother Ming."

"What happened to brother-in-law Yue's family?" Fu Shi asked knowingly.

How can I talk about the family affairs of the former son-in-law in front of the current son-in-law?He Fuguo was a little secretive when he said it, fearing that his son-in-law would have a lump in his heart.

Fu Shi also guessed He Fuguo's concerns. If he used to be too lazy to listen to the affairs of his daughter-in-law's ex-husband's family, but now, he must understand clearly before he can rest assured.

"If there's anything we can do to help, please don't be polite to my brother-in-law."

He Fuguo slapped down the table as soon as he heard it: "Help me! Let the Zhang family die!"

His good daughter married, was beaten and scolded, and was tortured to death. If possible, he wished that everyone in the Zhang family would die!

The news of the daughter's successful delivery came together with the news of Zhang Da's death. He thought it was a double happiness, and he drank a whole catty of white wine yesterday despite Da Zhou's persuasion!

"What happened to the Zhang family?" Fu Shi continued to ask.

"The eldest son of the Zhang family is dead."

"Did of illness?" Fu Shi asked calmly.

After talking, He Fuguo also openly told what he knew.

"I fell to my death. I don't know which tendon is wrong and ran into the mountains. I heard that it might have rolled down the hillside. People from their village went hunting in the mountains and found it. Youdong originally accompanied the eldest daughter-in-law back to her mother's house to pick up things. If you encounter this matter, you can't ignore it. The Zhang family is old and disabled, and there is no one in charge. Youdong and his wife can only stay and organize the funeral for Zhang Da..."

Fu Shi made up his mind, took a big sip of tea.

Originally, he planned to drag him into Daqing Mountain and bury him.But there are a lot of wild animals in the mountains, and it will be winter soon, and there will be less food. It is estimated that the burial in the mountains will eventually become the belly of the wild beasts.Zhang Da is really too hateful, Fu Shi is very happy to let him die without a whole body.But if the body hadn't been found, the Zhang family would probably guess what happened to him outside, and they couldn't tell if He Tao would be involved.He carried the body to the mountain near Qili Village overnight, and chose a place that was easy to see for those who entered the mountain to fake the scene of slipping down the hillside.

Even if the burial is over, Fu Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as Xiao Chen entered the door, she took He Tao's hand and cried and laughed and said: "I am relieved to see that you are safe, mother is worried to death, I am afraid that something good or bad will happen to you... Fortunately, fortunately, God blesses you, the hardships have come! I see that the two children are young, so you have to take good care of them, and you must not be careless..."

Seeing that there was no one else in the room, he began to talk to He Tao again: "You should have some snacks. Although you can have two children at once, you don't have a son after all. Having a son is the capital for a woman to gain a foothold in her husband's house." ..."

He Tao was in a good mood at first, but was messed up by Mrs. Chen. Fortunately, Mrs. Wu brought her sister-in-law Tang Wenmei to the door, and then Mrs. Cheng, who was the admission grandmother, also arrived, interrupting Mrs. Chen's long speech .

Regarding Xisan, Fu Shi and He Tao are confused.One is that the ceremony is very complicated and requires a lot of things, and the other is that He Tao himself has no sense of identity with this custom, so the matter is left to the old lady Cheng who delivered the twins.

Mrs. Cheng started cooking in an orderly manner. First, she set up an incense table outside the delivery room, offering thirteen statues of gods, including the Pox Pox Empress, respectfully offering incense and kowtows, and then began the prelude to the three washings.

Because the weather was turning cold, He Tao was afraid that the baby would catch the cold, so Fu Shi specially set up several braziers in the room, so that the room was so hot that the two little ones would not feel cold even if they were stripped naked.

First, "adding the pot", Xiao Chen, Wu, and Tang Wenmei all added a spoonful of water to it in turn, and Mrs. Cheng recited "Long flowing water, smart and smart", and then everyone present put it in again. Some auspicious objects, Mrs. Chen put red dates and chestnuts, Mrs. Cheng followed up and said "Zaoer Lizi". Then ding ding dong dong threw a dozen copper coins in, and the old lady Cheng said "wealth, honor and auspiciousness".

After adding the pot, Mrs. Cheng took a mallet and stirred it into the pot, singing while stirring: "Stir once, stir twice, and stir three times. The elder brother leads the younger brother to run. Seventy, eighty, crooked, naughty Son, Xilihulu is here!"

At this time, I started to bathe the two little ones.Dongzhi came first, and Dongzhi began to cry when it touched the cold water. This crying is the so-called sounding basin, which is a good omen.However, because the twins were born prematurely, they were weaker than ordinary children, so the sound basin was not loud enough.He Tao didn't care about these things, she just kept showing the old lady with her eyes to speed up and get the children out of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible.

The old lady Cheng calmly chanted the auspicious words of "wash your hair first and become a prince; wash your waist later, and each generation will be taller than the previous generation". Qingshui wiped Dongzhi's body, ordered mugwort leaf balls, placed them on Dongzhi's forehead with ginger slices as a base, and roasted them symbolically, then rolled eggs on Dongzhi's face, and finally put the Dongzhi was dried and tied up, and she was hit three times with a green onion, and then asked He Lian to throw the onion onto the roof.Next, weights and locks were used to gesture towards Dongzhi's body. After nearly ten procedures, the auspicious words in each section were different. Even after reading it twice in a row, He Tao didn't remember a single word. , because her thoughts are all on "when will it end, the baby is cold".

After the two girls completed the first important ceremonies in their lives, there was one more thing waiting for them, and they were about to shed their first blood—ear piercing!

He Tao, who was blinded by the ceremony, didn't know there was such a procedure until the old lady Cheng took out the embroidery wearing red thread and gestured at Dongzhi's earlobe.

"Tetanus", "rust", "infection", "hearing loss" and other negative words filled her head. She held the child and refused to let go, repeatedly confirming: "Is it really okay? Can such a small child get pierced? What if I get hurt? The child is so small! Is it really all right? Do I have to prick it?"

"All girls have to have their ears pierced during the bath time! If you don't believe me, ask your mother." He Tao didn't let go, and the old lady Cheng couldn't snatch the child, so she could only promise again and again, and finally asked Xiao Chen: " Did Miss Tao also have her ears pierced when she was in the third bath!"

"That's right, Tao'er, you sounded like a grandma." Little Chen nodded embarrassingly - He Tao had never done any crimes, and Big Zhou was not willing to spend this money for his granddaughter who was a loser.He Tao's ears were pierced by herself with embroidery needles after her confinement.

Only then did He Tao let go, and watched as the old lady Cheng pierced the ears of Dongzhi and Dongye with an embroidery needle threaded with red thread. As soon as she cried, Xiao Chen also started to cry.

The room was filled with gloom and gloom, it was the first time that Mrs. Cheng became ashamed in front of He Tao, why did she look like an old witch trying to eat a child!
Fu Shi had been staying outside to have tea and chat with He Fuguo, when he suddenly heard crying from inside the house, he stood up and rushed into the house: "Daughter-in-law, what's wrong with you?"

"I..." He Tao pouted and looked at Fu Shi pitifully, feeling wronged and stupid, and finally cried even harder.

Fu Shi was dumbfounded, what's going on? !
"Brother Shi's family, don't cry, confinement can't cry!" Mrs. Wu hurriedly persuaded He Tao, then turned to Mrs. Chen and said, "Mother-in-law. Why are you crying too, please persuade your daughter!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chen felt that Mrs. Wu was blaming her. She looked at Mrs. Wu pitifully and cried even harder.

Wu Shi was so angry that he gasped and clenched his fists, as if he wanted to slap Xiao Chen.

He Tao could see the movements of the three of them clearly, she put away her tears, and lowered her head to touch the two children who were crying vigorously with her forehead, thinking that she must have been influenced by the little Chen, otherwise what would happen today? Will be so hypocritical?
At this point, only the finishing work is left for the third wash. Please take down the Goddess statues, money and food, and fragrant roots that were previously offered, and then send them to the yard for incineration. While burning, recite an auspicious prayer In other words, the three washing ceremony is over.

He Tao solemnly thanked Mrs. Cheng, and apologized: "Grandma Cheng, thanks to you today, I don't know anything about Fu Shi, if it weren't for you, it would not be so smooth. Don't be angry with me, I just won't I understand, that's why I just now..."

Her posture was in place, and the old lady Cheng, who was originally in a moment of anger, naturally took her hand and said, "I'm not angry with you. You care about the child so much, which shows that you are a good mother." .”

He Tao bowed her head in embarrassment, hey, being a good mother is easier said than done!
However, she is somewhat comforted by the comparison of Xiao Chen, she can't be worse than Xiao Chen, right?
After all the guests had left, Fu Shi had time to ask He Tao, "Why were you crying just now?"

He Tao pointed to the red coils on Dongzhi Dongye's ears, and explained with some embarrassment: "I feel pain even when I see them, and I can't hold back when they cry."

Fu Shi silently hugged He Tao into his arms, the daughter-in-law is so cute!
(End of this chapter)