The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

The Shen family was happy to get Lin'er, and three days later, it was the time for the baby to be washed three times. Many relatives and friends brought gifts to congratulate him.

Washing the third day, the full moon, catching the week, etc., are all rituals at a certain age of children. Because of the high mortality rate of children in the old days, it is inevitable to add some superstition blessings to such celebrations.

If you go up to the royal family and down to ordinary people, you have to wash your children.

On this day, relatives and friends will gather, the host will bathe the children with herbal decoction, and the guests will put money in the pot. This is called Tim pot. There are also all kinds of tedious etiquette, which all imply goodness, including how to wash children, all have complete procedures.

This custom was mature in the Tang Dynasty. The Dharma was once prevalent in the Tang Dynasty. This bathing incense soup is not in line with the Buddhist rituals. It is the same as the practice of bathing incense soup for the Buddha on the day of bathing the Buddha. In fact, there are some people who simply ask for bath Buddha water in the temple to wash their children if it is the best time.

Shen Kuo's family can be regarded as having a good chat and laughter, and there is no such thing as a friend. As there are more scholars, there is one more procedure, and that is to write poems for washing children together.

To put it bluntly, it means that ordinary people bless babies in vernacular, while they write poems...Of course, they are also full of good wishes, and everyone's mood is the same.

When Fatty Su later washed his son for the third time, he wrote a distinctive poem: "Everyone wants to be wise, and I am mistaken for my whole life by wiseness. I hope that the child will be foolish and lucrative, and come to the public without disaster."

During the three sessions of Guaguaxi, many friends who came to congratulate also wrote poems and blessings.

As an atypical illiterate, Yun Yanhui would naturally not come to write poems, so he just focused on throwing gifts.

Those who come to wash the third place are usually close relatives and friends. This is true. There are enough people here today. Fortunately, Shuangyi and the others have not yet returned to their homes, but are going to sit in their homes at Daxiangguo Temple. Confinement.

Childbirth is very harmful to the body, so Yun Yan hopes that Shuangyi will not be limited to one month this month, and it is best to recover to the best health. He hired several experienced women to help take care of Guagua, so that Shuangyi had enough time to rest.

On the guest side, everyone is asking for information about children in order to better write poems about children.

Shen Kuo was a little embarrassed and said vaguely that he was born in the middle of the night anyway.

When asked why the child named Shen Liang, Shen Kuo hesitated and couldn't speak. Although the name has become an established fact and there is no way to change it, Shen Kuo, who still has a little aesthetic persistence, is still struggling.

Everyone, it is obvious that there is a story in it. Yes, don't ask him anymore, just ask your brother-in-law.

Yun Yan replied to everyone, Shuangyi wanted to eat cold melons before giving birth, and her brother-in-law picked melons starry night. As a result, the pregnant women would give birth after eating them, so they named the baby Shen Liang and the milk name Gugua.

Upon hearing this, the big guys booed.

"It turns out that this is the case, what's the embarrassment to say? Liang Nai forgiveness, it means honesty!"

"Mianmian melon, the first born of the people."

"The child is very sturdy, and the name Guagua is also very good, catchy and good in meaning."

"The surviving husband is sluggish..."

After saying this sentence, everyone looked at this person, and he found a bright spot!

Shen Kuo was dissatisfied with the name. Obviously he didn't make the name. Shen's parents were all in the field. It was clear who made the name at a glance. And even if Shen Kuo was not satisfied, the child still called this name. Isn't this what the husband's sluggishness is?

It turns out that Shen Cunzhong is actually afraid of the inside! I told him to eat flowers and wine and didn't go there. I thought he was too obsessed with his career. Now he can solve the case!

Shen Kuo's face suddenly became gray, "..."

Look at the excitement of these people, I'm afraid Shen Kuo can't explain it clearly.

And they did write all these things in their poems. Later, as Shen Kuo became more and more famous, these stories spread widely. In the end, as Shen Kuo's name stayed in history, the label Fennei followed him through the ages, and he probably didn't think of it himself.

...

Yun Yan heard the sounds of familiar animals outside, and opened the window to see that it was Lingling's people who helped him send Beibei back.

Zhao Yunchu also came to add gifts today, and when he took a look, he said, "Shuangyi is still in confinement here, so will Beibei come back?"

"I also thought that I should ask Beibei to wait until Shuangyi's confinement before coming back. I didn't make it clear with the Lingling people at that time." Yun Yan thought back, "but they all sent Beibei, and then they It’s also hard to go back. Can you let it live in your house for a month?"

Zhao Yunchu's home is also big enough, so he nodded, "That's OK."

The two were talking, and another car arrived outside. A few children got down on it. As soon as they got out, they went straight to Beibei's cage and shouted next to them: "Babe! Beibei!"

Yun Yan looked back and quickly went out with Zhao Yunchu: Why did these little ancestors come?

Originally, it was Zhao Youwu, Zhao Zongshi, Gao Taotao and the little tiger who came together, but the little tiger was nothing but the other three came without a word.

Looking at it again, Chen Lin was also here, and he smiled and greeted Yun Yan back.

It turned out that it was Zhao Youwu who heard that the brother had a nephew, so he clamored to see that there was no new baby born in the palace for a long time, let alone the various celebrations. Zhao Youwu felt particularly strange when he heard that there was a triathlon here.

When Renzong thought about it, he simply asked his confidant Chen Lin to take the princess and a few others, and came to take a look, and added a basin for him by the way.

Yun Yan went back and quickly thanked the officials, and then took Zhao Youwu and the others to an unmanned room, brought melons, and asked them to see the baby alone.

Guagua was sleeping, and the whole person was small. Zhao Youwu looked at his swollen little hand and secretly kissed it, "Why is he so small and only a little old, can he talk?"

"Not yet, now even my mother can't call it." Yun Yan said with a smile back.

Zhao Zongshi hurriedly said: "My mother-in-law said, when I was one year old, the first mother to shout!"

Chen Lin also looked at the child on behalf of Renzong, exaggerated a few words about being good, and gave a gift.

"He is still sleeping, I will send him back first." Yun Yanhui returned Guagua back to the crib under the reluctant gaze of the children.

The little tigers followed one by one, standing at the door watching Yun Yan let go of the child gently.

The crib was also prepared by Yun Yanhui long ago, with various toys hanging above it. After Guagua's name was finalized, Zheng Ping made a small watermelon out of cotton cloth and tied it to the head of the bed. There is also a watermelon pillow, which is placed on the Shuangyi bed.

After Yun Yan backed out, he heard them discussing, it turned out that the word "guagua" refers to watermelon.

The little tiger tangled up Yun Yanhui's hand and solemnly said: "Have you ever doubted that it is not a real Guagua."

Yun Yan froze for a moment, "how do you say?"

The little tiger compared his stomach, "When Guagua is in Shuangyi's belly, Shuangyi's belly is so big, but Guagua is only a little bit big."

The little tiger compared it for a long time, and finally said painfully, "I think it's not the same size, is it the wrong hug?"

The two little girls, Zhao Youwu and Gao Taotao, took a deep breath, and covered their small mouths, obviously marveling at this terrifying plot, and they didn't know how much plot had been added.

"So, where is the real Guagua?"

"Does it fall into the melon field?"

What? What's in the melon? Yun Yan was almost unable to keep up with this plot. He thought for a while and explained to everyone: "When Guagua was in the belly of Shuangyi sister, she lived in a bedroom. The size of this belly also includes The size of the bedroom!"

"Wow—"

It turns out that the baby is in the room in the mother's belly?

Even the self-proclaimed most mature Zhao Zongshi felt that his cognition was subverted: "Where is the house now?"

"Still in Shuangyi's stomach, this house will slowly disappear." Yun Yan said back, really took them to see Shuangyi, and asked Shuangyi to show them the stomach that hadn't completely disappeared.

"So there really is a house!" Zhao Youwu's eyes were bright, "No wonder Guagua is so small!"

The little tiger was relieved, "It looks like Guagua is a real Guagua."

Shuang Yi looked at Yun Yanhui with a puzzled look, and Yun Yanhui smiled without saying a word.

After watching Guagua's "Old Residence", Zhao Zongshi, who had studied for several years, even asked to write a poem by himself.

"The galaxy urges Lin'er, the cold melon is a good season. The phoenix chicks are washed in the orchid basin, and tomorrow they will be dressed in purple."

As soon as Zhao Zongshi finished reading the poem, there was thunderous applause. At Zhao Zongshi's age, this level is very good.

Yun Yan clapped back and clapped very hard...

If there is no accident, this is the future emperor. The future emperor said that you are a phoenix, and you can be a high official in the future, can you not be a high official?

From this perspective, Zhao Zongshi's poems simply overwhelm the audience. After all, other people’s blessings are pure blessings, Zhao Zongshi, if he wants to come true, he will be able to come true in the future!

Zhao Youwu and others have not been here for long. After all, Zhao Youwu is the princess. After visiting and sending blessings, Chen Lin took them back to the palace.

But not long after, another little Lolita, whom Yun Yanhui also particularly liked, also came.

That was the Yuwenzhu and his wife, who also came with Yuwen Rounu and her brother.

Shen Zhou and Yuwenju's father agreed that Shuangyi would marry Yuwen Rounu's younger brother after giving birth to a girl, and then marrying Yuwen Rounu after giving birth to a boy. Now that Guagua was born, of course it was automatically a marriage contract with Yuwen Rounu.

After Shuangyi went to visit Yuwen's house, she felt that Yuwen Rounu was very affectionate, thinking about it if Yuwen Rounu was her daughter-in-law, there would be nothing wrong with it.

Yuwen Rounu also held her crib and looked at Guagua. At her age, she doesn't know what her future husband-in-law is, but her brother is a few months older than Guagua, so she uses the little watermelon on the bedside very skillfully. Funny.

Yuwen Rounu was not there when Shuangyi was giving birth. This was the first time she saw her fiancé. While teasing Guagua, Yuwen Rounu looked up and said softly, "Brother Guagua is so cute."

When the elders saw this scene, they all laughed tacitly.

...

After Shuang Yi gave birth, Yun Yan was as happy as if she had become a dad. When she returned to work, she was still smiling.

Within a few days, the academic officials of Kaifeng Fuxue had good news to announce.

It has been confirmed that next spring, officials will take a scholar.

At this time, the frequency of imperial examinations has not yet been fixed. Perhaps the officials are happy. We will start the imperial examinations this year and next year. If something happens, we may not do it for two or three years.

Of course, before that, that is, starting from the second half of this year, students will take part in test-solving and provincial examinations to obtain qualifications.

In fact, the suspension may not even stop both the interpretation and provincial tests. It may just be that the officials did not seek scholars. Therefore, the students of the test solution and the provincial test have been preparing. Now that they know that there will be an imperial test next year, they are naturally more nervous, and they have to weigh whether or not to participate.

For the first class of students of Touxi Avenue Vocational and Technical College, a considerable number of them are already at the level of the next try. Some "experienced" have even taken the first two exams before.

This is the first time that Kaifeng Fuxue has verified their teaching prowess a few years after its opening.

All the gentlemen are stunned. At this time, the imperial examination admission rate is extremely low, which is even more difficult than the modern college entrance examination.

In particular, Kaifeng Academy is located in the capital, where there are a variety of government and private schools, and a large part of the students they enroll are not after high-ranking officials. This relatively fair imperial examination is the only way out for many poor students with dreams.