[Red House] But for the sake of the king

On the third day, Daiyu was baptized three times.

Today is the court meeting, Lin Ruhai went out of the house to attend the court at five o'clock.All matters in the family are handled by Tang's own.Fortunately, although the three rites of baptism are important, only a few close relatives came to congratulate them.The Lin family didn't have any relatives, only the big family from Jia's family and a few nephews from Tang's natal family.On the contrary, there is also Chen Yan and Chen Zijun's family, who are friends with Lin Ruhai and are also students of Tang's father.There is also Mei Zimei Wenfu's family, a Hanlin scholar, who is a Jinshi of the same discipline as Lin Ruhai, and has known each other for many years.

According to the requirements of the newborn grandma, the Lin family prepared the navel-picking hairpin, apron cloth, hearth stove (a kind of snack), millet, gold and silver scorpions, and other flowers, flowers, flowers, roses, and buckets on the first day. , locks, scales, small mirrors, toothbrushes, tongue scrapers, green cloth tips, green tea leaves, new combs, new cages, rouge powder, pig pancreas soap balls, new towels, copper tea trays, green onions, ginger slices, Mugwort balls, baking cages, incense candles, money and food paper yards, raw and cooked eggs, sticks and so on.There is also the well-boiled locust tree and puai water, and some guiyuan, lychees, raw peanuts and chestnuts are dyed red with rouge.Because Daiyu is a girl, on the day she was born, she took an embroidery needle threaded with red silk thread and soaked it in a wine cup filled with sesame oil.This is for the ears and eyes of baby girls.

Since the three baptisms were held after lunch, Lin Ruhai was still preparing to go home after going down the court.He didn't even change his court clothes, so he went to the Tang family's courtyard and personally told about his promotion to the doctor of Lantai Temple.

Covering her mouth with a handkerchief, Tang smiled happily, "It's really a double blessing. I got a sister and got a promotion. It can be seen that our little Daiyu is a lucky star."

Lin Ruhai half-spoken. He originally planned to discuss with his mother about returning to his hometown in Gusu in the next two years. It can be seen that his mother was so happy and couldn't bear to say the words of resignation.He was lucky, he was in Ding You, his hometown in Suzhou, when Prince Yizhong's incident got serious two years ago, so he wasn't involved.And in the household department where he was at that time, the left and right servants and several doctors, the serious ones were dismissed from their posts and exiled, and the light ones were never hired.After that, the emperor passed on to the third prince, and he became the emperor himself.After three years, the court, which seems to have gradually calmed down, is even more turbulent than before.There are no two monarchs in the country. Although the emperor and the present are father and son, there is no family relationship in the royal family.

Thinking about the past life, Lin Ruhai no longer has any intention of serving the country, it's just a factional dispute.Now he only wants his mother to be healthy, his daughter to be safe, and the family to live a normal life.Anyway, the Lin family's family background is strong enough, and the salary of an official is dispensable to him, so he might as well go back to his hometown and become a gentry.

It's just that Tang was born in a family of officials, so how could he let his son be a commoner.Ru Hai thought about it and swallowed the words, even if his mother agreed, the emperor would not let him resign at this time.

"What mother said is true. I don't know if Yu'er has been making trouble with you these two days. If the trouble is serious, why don't you send it to her mother."

Tang glared at him, and handed the hand stove to the girl beside her, "What are you saying, are you regretting it now? Yu'er is so good, she only cries twice when she is hungry or peeing. It is very rare to see such a well-behaved child. It can be seen that Yu'er loves her grandmother and knows that I have always felt light. She is actually much more filial than you."

Ruhai agreed with a smile, and then backed out after talking for a while, and went back to change the court clothes.Seeing that it is time to come for lunch, the relatives and friends who came to watch the ceremony today should also come.

Lin Ruhai took care of the male guests outside, while Tang sat in the upper room of the main courtyard and received the female guests.

The people from the Jia family were naturally the two brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng with their wives.Jia Amnesty's original partner passed away early, and now his wife, Mrs. Xing, came from a low family background, but she seems to be honest, and Mrs. Tang treats her only indifferently.Jia Zheng's wife, the Wang family, came from a wealthy family in Jinling. Her ancestors were Taiwei Du, and a brother served in the Ministry of War.Although the Wang family is one of the largest families in Jinling, the Tang family does not take them seriously.What's more, she has met that Mrs. Wang a few times, and she can't tell that he is a person who speaks like a Buddha, but he annoys her more than Mrs. Xing.So when the two proposed to visit their aunt, Tang was happy to do this favor, and quickly asked the girl to take the two of them to Jia Min's house.

When the Xing family married, Jia Min was already married.Furthermore, because of the close relationship with the sister-in-law in front of her, she is somewhat disliked by her.As for the second sister-in-law, Wang Shi, she has only been together for a year or two, and Wang Shi is a stupid person who can't hold back a word for a long time, so she is not very familiar with her.It's just that now that she has been wronged and can't see her mother for a while, and finally sees her natal family, she will naturally vomit bitterness.

Jia Min's head was tied and his forehead was mopped, there was no hairpin, and there were two lines of tears on his face, crying bitterly, "Second sister-in-law also has children, so she naturally understands my heart. There is no mother who hasn't started yet." Well, I took the child away. After all these years, it was so easy to look forward to such a child. At any point in the past ten months, I was careful and worked hard to give birth. Now it is good, this, this is doing it for others Wedding dress."

Mrs. Wang was silent. Although she still has a pearl, it's just that Baoyu is an old man and born with jade in her mouth. She is very precious.But let the old lady take her away, what can I say, but help Jia Min wipe away tears.

Xing has been married for several years and has not yet conceived a child, so listening to Jia Min's words is naturally a bit heartbreaking.But when she came here, the old lady also told Haosheng to let Haosheng see how the aunt's health is, and no matter what happened, she had to persuade her to take care of her health, at least it would be safe to have another brother.Besides, Mrs. Wang didn't say a word, and she wanted to take this opportunity to show off her sister-in-law's prestige, so she took Jia Min's hand very enthusiastically and said, "It stands to reason that I should not say this, but I am responsible for my sister-in-law's responsibility anyway." False name, and before coming here, the old lady also ordered us to persuade my aunt to relax. Confinement is the most important thing for a woman. Why don’t my aunt take it easy, maybe it’s my aunt who loves you. This just now The newborn baby is the most difficult thing to take care of. It will cry from time to time, either when it is hungry or if it is dragged. You are now the most important time, so it is better to let your mother-in-law take it. Besides, I was afraid of you I can't take care of it during confinement, so I put it next to the old lady. After you are confinement, the child will come back naturally. According to me, you will take good care of it this month. After all, you are the child's mother , is a serious housewife, raising children by herself is a legitimate thing. There are a lot of taboos in this confinement period, my aunt quickly stopped her tears and sat down carefully to the root cause of the disease."

Jia Min made sense when he heard it, thinking that he was in a daze before.Unexpectedly, this sister-in-law could say such a thing, Jia Min thought in her heart that she must be watching people through the crack of the door.He took the veil soaked in hot water and wiped his face carefully, and didn't mention it again.

Not long after, people from the Tang family, the Chen family and the Mei family also came.Everyone had a simple lunch in the dining room on the east side of the main house, and the admission grandmother took the seat as usual.On Xisan, no matter the rich or the poor, the host family entertains guests with noodles as the staple food, commonly known as "washing three noodles".I am afraid that it also means to bless the child with a long life.

After lunch, the bathing officially began.Since it had to be held outside the delivery room, only some female guests were present.First, an incense table is set up to enshrine thirteen gods, including Bixia Yuanjun, Qiongxiao Empress, Yunxiao Empress, Shengsheng Empress, Sending Son Empress, Bean Sore Empress, and Vision Empress.After the mother-in-law was born and an elderly woman worshiped, she carried Daiyu out.According to seniority and inferiority, our family took the lead to add a small spoonful of water to the copper basin containing the soup made of locust leaves and mugwort leaves, and then put some gold and silver scorpion seeds and happy fruits such as peanuts, longan, chestnuts, red dates, etc., which is called " Add basin".

Although there were not many people present, there were a lot of gold and silver curries in the basin, and there were also some red gold bracelets.Not only the Tang family added it, but also the Xing family, Wang family, and Chen Zijun's wife Liu and Mei Wenfu's wife He family.

The midwife grandma laughed so hard that her teeth could barely see her face, and everything in this basin belonged to her in the end.After adding the basin, he picked up the mallet and stirred it into the basin, muttering words in his mouth.Then he took Daiyu who was still in her swaddling clothes, unwrapped her and began to take a bath.It was a day in February, and it was still a bit cold in the capital, so Daiyu started to cry when she left her warm baby.

The grandma didn't stop at the birth, it was just the right time to cry, which is called the sound basin.While washing, she chanted her congratulations.Then, light it with mugwort leaf balls, and place it on the baby's forehead with ginger slices as a support, and burn it symbolically.Comb the baby's hair and dress up again, say something like "Three combs, two combs, wear a red top when you grow up; draw eyebrows on the left, and temples on the right, find a son-in-law for the fourth village; brush your teeth, rinse your mouth, and talk to people So as not to be ugly." Then roll the egg on the baby's face, saying, "Roll the egg on the face, the face is like egg skin, the willow red is like white, you are really a lover." After washing, tie the baby up, and use a green onion Lightly hit the body three times, saying: "One dozen is smart, and two dozen are clever." Then ask someone to throw the green onion on the roof, wishing the child will be extremely smart in the future.He picked up the weight and gestured a few times, saying: "Although the weight is small, it weighs a thousand catties." Picked up the lock and gestured three times, saying: "When you grow up, your head is tight, your feet are tight, and your hands are tight."Then put the baby in the tea tray, tuck the baby with the gold and silver zippers or jewelry prepared in advance by the family, and say: "Tuck the gold on the left, and the silver on the right. If you can't spend it, reward the servant." Take a photo on the baby's buttocks, and say: "Use a mirror to take a picture of the buttocks, and the shit will be clean during the day and the bottom will be clean."The most interesting thing is that he sifted a few paper pomegranate flowers into the oven and said: "Gardenia, jasmine, peach, apricot, rose, tuberose, pimples are sparse..."

At this point, the old woman invited the mother's yard, god-worshiping money and food, and incense roots together, and sent them to the courtyard for incineration.The admission grandma used copper chopsticks to hold the magic code of "Kang Gong and Kang Mother" and said: "Kang Gong and Kang Mother's surname is Li, adults and children will be handed over to you; send more boys and less girls." The ashes were wrapped in red paper and pressed under the kang mat, saying that he would stay on the kang forever and bless adults and children in safety.Afterwards, I greeted my family with a "congratulations" in order to ask for a few rewards.

Tang happily took over Daiyu who was again in her arms, waved her hand and ordered a big reward.The admitted grandma really made a lot of money this time, besides the things in the basin, there was also a big reward, she smiled and said a few auspicious words, and then went down.

Because the child is still young and can't stand the wind, so everyone took a look at it, and Tang asked the nanny to carry Daiyu back.The Tang family has also heard about what happened in Jia Min's room, and she didn't want to worry too much about the Lin family's double happiness today.The old lady of the Jia family can not distinguish between young and old, and even hug her grandchildren to her side to support her, how can she not be able to.She already looked down on the Jia family who started out with military exploits, but now they are not promising much.If Master Lin hadn't insisted on it back then, Tang would not have chosen Jia Min as his daughter-in-law.Moving to the small yard by the garden now means out of sight and out of mind.Jia Min has had nothing to do for many years, it's kind of her mother-in-law not to introduce her son to Aunt Sai all day long.

After Xing and Wang returned home, they told about Jia Min's situation, which made Jia's mother feel sorry for her.But shed a few tears, saying that her daughter was wronged and so on.The married daughter splashed the water, and the husband's family did not abuse her daughter, and the mother's family wanted to stand out, but they did not learn from others.It's just that Jia's mother is a little dissatisfied with the Lin family in her heart. The guilt caused by her daughter's lack of family a few years ago has long since disappeared.

The author has something to say: Oh yes, the three rites of baptism turned out to be so complicated, but fortunately it is not Chapter V, otherwise it should be placed in this position.

In fact, Jia Min is really not black, because Lin Ruhai is the protagonist, so basically he considers it from the perspective of Lin Ruhai and the Lin family, and he will be a little dissatisfied with Jia Min.Between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, there is almost no one who is pleasing to the eye.And here Jia Min is really wronged, the child was taken away, it's too cruel.But in order to cherish life and stay away from Baoyu, I can only do this ╮(╯▽╰)╭