Catch the sea: start with a sand shovel and take over the entire beach

Although the old Taoist is casual about everything, he is not casual about accepting disciples.

If Lu An wants to become a formal Taoist disciple, he must take time to go to Longhu Mountain and be ordained in front of the Three Pure Ones. At that time, Lu An’s relatives may come to watch the ceremony and thank the master.

Zhao Qin took out the hundreds-year-old ginseng. The old Taoist checked it and confirmed that it was of sufficient quality. "You won't need so much. I think one third will be enough."

"I give it to you, old man, and you can decide for yourself."

After saying this, he planned to go to the city again. This time, Wang Jiasheng would be waiting for him at home and would go with him.

As we approached the village office, we heard the little brat of the Lin family crying loudly at the door of his house. This child is the second child in the family and his nickname is Xiaoer.

The man in this family is called Lin Qijia. He is a third-generation brother of Lin Yang, but the relationship between the two families is not close.

So after Zhao Qin brought down the Lin family, his family not only did not hold a grudge against them, but on the contrary got along quite well with the Zhao family.

"What earth-shattering thing have you done again?" Zhao Qin asked Wang Jiasheng to stop the car. He leaned out of the window and asked with a smile,

When Lin Qijia heard the sound, he poked his head out of the yard and said, "Aqin is here, come home for a cup of tea."

"No need, brother. I still have to go to the hospital. What happened to Xiaoer?"

Speaking of this, Lin Qijia was furious, "When you came back today, did they stop your car and ask for money?"

"No, they just congratulated me. I didn't bring any candy in the car, so I gave them money to buy some snacks themselves, but they didn't ask for it."

Lin Qijia waved his hand and said, "They didn't buy snacks. The kids pooled their money and went to the seafood restaurant in town for a feast."

Zhao Qin was slightly startled, then burst into laughter, "Brother, it's not a big deal. It's normal for boys to be tough."

"If it was just a banquet, it would be fine. We don't mind spending that little money. But they took advantage of Old Yang's inattention and brought in two bottles of wine. As a result, the Wu and Luo families are still lying in bed.

If Lao Yang hadn't called us to pick him up, we wouldn't have known about it."

"Hahaha, that brat is really good. He deserves a beating."

The waiter kneeling on the ground had a look of deep resentment in his eyes.

There are more than ten children of the same age in the village. It is estimated that they will all have a meal of stir-fried pork on bamboo board today. But Ayuan is not seen. I don’t know what this kid is busy with recently.

After arriving at the hospital, he first checked the child's examination results with the hospital.

After learning that everything was normal, he stayed to look after her as usual.

The next morning, the hospital kept Chen Xue's discharge procedure simple and she could be discharged after settling the fees.

After arriving home, Chen Xue asked to take a shower.

This involves the clash of old and new concepts. Zhao Qin felt that it was time to wash up. To be honest, he could smell the odor on Chen Xue's body when he got close to her.

But Chen's mother thought that it was not appropriate to wash at this time.

Zhao Qin had no choice but to find an excuse to get Chen's mother away, so that Chen Xue could take a bath happily.

The first thing he did was to show the child to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest looked at the little life in his arms, his mouth still moving unconsciously, and a smile from the bottom of his heart appeared on his face.

Reaching out his hand, he gently pressed the child's forehead between his eyebrows, "The mysterious essence of heaven, the mysterious essence of earth, the mysterious essence of gods, the mysterious essence of the strange, help my body, and all my orifices are connected to the spirit..."

Just like a monk chanting sutras, he recited for a while before removing his fingers from his forehead.

He changed the way he held her, looked at the child and then at Zhao Qin, "She looks more like Axue."

"That's what my family members say." Zhao Qin responded with a smile.

"Can I hold him?" Lu An looked at Xiao Ping An and liked him very much. He took the baby in his arms and held him. "This baby is quite strong and sturdy."

"I...I want to see my brother." Miaomiao appeared out of nowhere, pulled Zhao Qin's leg, and jumped up and down. But she was too small and couldn't see him no matter how much she jumped, so she screamed in panic.

Zhao Qin had no choice but to take the child and lowered her body to let her see, "You can't pinch it, understand?"

"Yes, uncle, I will take him to kindergarten tomorrow and tell the fat boy that I have a younger brother too."

Zhao Qin was speechless. "That won't work. We have to wait another two years."

"Two years is how long? How about tomorrow... the day after tomorrow?"

After a meaningless argument with the little girl about the concept of time, more and more people came from outside. This was not for Zhao Qin's sake,

It’s the local custom here that when a newborn baby arrives home, everyone will come to check on the baby as long as they have nothing to do.

"When Aqin was born, I held him in a basket and weighed him with a large beam scale. He was 6 jin, but not as strong as Xiaoping'an."

"Life was so hard back then, but the conditions were not as good as they are now."

"Ah Qin, you have a big family. If it were me, you should have more children."

"It's very strictly controlled."

"Hey, it's just a fine, it's not like Qin can't afford it."

"Ah Qin, this full moon should be celebrated in a big way, right?"

They were all a group of old ladies, and they were all elders. Zhao Qin's face was frozen from smiling. Fortunately, Comrade Daguo came soon and took care of them, and he felt much more relaxed.

On the second floor, after taking a bath, Chen Xue felt much better.

He took the child and placed him beside him, gently scratching his face with his hand. "My mother just came up and caught me and scolded me."

"Just bear with it. We just need to avoid getting into trouble."

"Ping An was just born, and my mother discussed with me about having a second child. She treated me like a baby-making machine."

Well, luckily it was my own mother who said that, not my mother-in-law, otherwise I don’t know what Chen Xue would think.

"It's up to you. If you want to have another child, then we can have another one. If you don't want to, forget it."

"You have no objection?"

"What opinion can I have? You are the head of the family and I will listen to you."

Chen Xue yelled, then pounced. Zhao Qin was startled and quickly opened his arms to hug her. But the next moment, Chen Xue bit his outstretched arm and said, "Tell me, why are you so nice to me?"

"Let me think about it." Zhao Qin tilted his head, then suppressed his laughter and said, "Alas, it's all because I forgot to drink Meng Po soup in my previous life. I used to be a scholar..."

Chen Xue rolled her eyes and said, "I'm not a vixen."

Zhao Qin was still talking when Xia Rong knocked on the door and walked in. "Dad is looking for you downstairs. I'll just stay with Axue."

After going downstairs, it turned out that several grandfathers of the Zhao family had come. The fourth grandfather took out the family tree he brought with him and said, "I'm telling you, in front of you, we are going to add Xiao Ping'an to the family tree. His full name is Zhao Chen. It won't change, right?"

“Fourth Grandpa, don’t we have to wait until the child is a hundred years old before adding the extra money?” The so-called one hundred years old is an auspicious expression, referring to when the child is over a hundred days old.

It varies from place to place. In some places, you have to wait until the child has passed the coming-of-age ceremony, while in other places, it is one year old.

After all, it is due to the high mortality rate among children in the past.

Fourth Grandfather waved his hand, "Xiao Ping'an is healthy and strong, he will surely live a long life without any illness or disaster. It doesn't matter if it's added early or late. It's better to add it early so that the ancestors will know and let them bless the child."

"Okay, I'll follow your instructions and call him Zhao Chen, but the child is still too young..."

"Add the family tree first, and then go to the temple to see the ancestors after a hundred days."

There are two copies of the family tree. The current branch of the Zhao family in the village has Fourth Grandfather as the nominal patriarch, but in reality it is Zhao Anguo who serves as the patriarch.

So one copy of the family tree is at my fourth grandfather's house, and the other is kept in the ancestral hall.

The house was noisy all day, but no one stayed for dinner. The Taoist priest and Hua Lu hardly went downstairs all day. It was not that they were aloof.

The main reason was that I was not familiar with the place and it was awkward standing there.