[Old Nine Gates] The concubine is polite

The Japanese invaders entered Hunan. On November 1938, 11, a city-wide fire destroyed the ancient city of Changsha, which had been around for thousands of years. This was the Wenxi fire that shocked China and the world. In the book "Changsha Described by Foreigners", "Activities of the Changsha Youth Association during the Anti-Japanese War" written by the British Lai Puwu wrote about the tragedy of the Wenxi fire in Changsha: it happened on November 12, when Changsha seemed to have fallen. It was a foregone conclusion that the Chinese sparked it as an integral part of the Scorched Earth War.The fire burned 11% of Changsha city.Its buildings, which are considered magnificent in the whole country, the most spacious auditorium in the city, the best gymnasium in the province, and a two-story dormitory with 12 rooms, all remained after the fire. The ruins were ruined, and the economic loss amounted to 70 US dollars.

"However, all the staff of the YMCA had no time to grieve over the loss of property. As the Chinese resisted tenaciously and it became clear that the Japanese army would be driven out, they returned to the disaster relief work. ... The main problem at that time was how to appease the Japanese army. Victims after the fire. As a result, a temporary shelter that can accommodate more than 5000 people was built, and on the other side of the city, a soup kitchen was set up that can supply rice porridge for 4500 people every day.” Changsha people rose up with enthusiasm for disaster relief It flows in Lai Puwu's pen.

But the above is the past of Changsha City that happened in real history, but now this Changsha City is Changsha in the TV series "Old Nine Gates". Its Anti-Japanese War took place in September 1939, and the six main brigades were in Changsha Started the first battle with the Japanese army.Therefore, on the day of light snow in the winter of 9, Changsha City, which was bustling with people and already starting preparations for the New Year, was still peaceful and peaceful.

Changsha District Armed Forces Mansion——

"Ma'am, ma'am?"

"Huh?" Li Yan came back to his senses in a daze, looked around and asked in a daze: "Where is this?"

"Ma'am, what are you talking about? Of course this is the lobby on the third floor of our mansion." Er Ya looked at her dazed wife with a funny smile.

"Our mansion?" Li Yan blinked, unable to respond, "I, didn't I take a nap just now?" Could it be that I haven't woken up from a dream?

"Take a nap?" Erya was taken aback by the question, and quickly reached out to help her wife sit back on the sofa, "Are you too tired? I'm really busy today. People can help. You, I feel sorry for the young master and miss weaning. When you saw them crying, you didn't sleep well for several nights. Don't say it's me. Woolen cloth."

"Eh???" Li Yan was full of question marks, "I just gave birth to a child, and they were weaned so soon?" Does this child dislike his mother's breast milk or something?

Don't blame Li Yan for not being able to figure out the situation, it's really sudden when you go back, and it's even more sudden when you go back.

Li Yan still remembers the last memory she left in the old nine gates. She fell asleep exhausted after giving birth to her two little ancestors. However, when she woke up again, she unexpectedly discovered that she had traveled back to the world of the 21st century. In the hospital.When mentioning the hospital, Li Yan couldn't help but think of the exciting scene she saw on the hospital TV a month ago. Her husband confessed affectionately to his best friend, and swore to protect her forever, forever!Well done!The nameless anger in Li Yan's heart rose up slowly.Although I clearly knew in my heart that it was Master Zhang in the original book, and what I knew now was the Buddha in the "follower version", but the two of them have the same appearance and personality. How can this sense of being betrayed be broken for no reason?

"Madam is really busy and confused. Both the young master and the young lady have turned one year old today. No, there are a lot of guests downstairs now, and they came here specially to congratulate our little ancestor's first birthday."

"One year old so soon? I have only been back for more than a month, and a year has passed here inexplicably?" Li Yan quickly poured herself a glass of warm water to calm her shock.After returning to the modern age for more than a month, I thought that I would not be able to travel again after such a long time. There is probably no hope of returning here.I never thought that the God of time travel is very willful and mischievous. When you are full of longing and thinking of various ways to time travel, it will not give you news.But when you are finally forced by reality to bow your head and give up, it waved its merciful hand again, without any psychological preparation, and you were just sent back to the world a year later.

Having said that, when I traveled back then, my modern body fell into a lethargic state, so if I travel again this time, my mother in my hometown will not be scared crazy?The girl who was finally picked up from the hospital had been looking around alive and kicking for more than a month, and now she was taking a nap in a good way, and she became a vegetable again...

"Madam, what are you talking about? Why can't Erya understand anything?" However, suddenly, such a fussy wife feels very kind and familiar...

"It's normal not to understand. Your wife's magical words must be understood by few people." Li Yan stretched out her hand and patted the girl she hadn't seen for more than a month. People can't stand it, but suddenly one day you can't hear it, and then you know that sometimes Tang Seng's scriptures can be missed very much.

"By the way, where are the babies? Hurry up and let me have a look." Li Yanjing calmed down and immediately started looking for her own baby. It's been a year since I saw her, and she doesn't know what she looks like now?

"The young master was taken away by the third master. Miss guessed that he went to play with the eighth master."

"Old Ba? Why, Erbao and Lao Ba have a good relationship?" Li Yan felt regretful for missing a year of her baby's growth, and she only blamed the thief for wanting to wear it for no reason. I went back, fortunately it was a false alarm, otherwise, I would have nothing to do with her...

"Uh... well, how should I describe it? The relationship between Miss and Master Ba is complicated." Erya showed a strange expression, but immediately realized why her wife asked such a strange question, and said it as if she didn't know Like, "Ma'am, don't you still comment that the two of them are Huanxi lovers? Why do you still ask Erya this question?"

I evaluate?Li Yan blinked, and pointed at herself subconsciously, "Ah, do you feel that Madam's personality has changed since the birth of the child?" You have to ask this question, who knows that you can travel through time? In the year after I went back, who was the evildoer who lived here instead of me?

"No, I still have the same temperament as before." As soon as Erya finished speaking, she suddenly caught a glimpse of her wife's expectant eyes, couldn't help but feel a jump in her heart, lowered her head and thought for a while, and then cautiously added: "If If you insist on a different place, it is probably because Madam ate less than before. You said that you want to keep losing weight, otherwise you will be too fat in the future and fear being rejected by the Buddha, but..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that my wife cares about the breastfeeding of my little ancestors, so every time I eat, I struggle with eating. If I eat too much, I'm afraid I'll get fat, and if I eat too little, I'm afraid I won't be nutritious. As a result, my wife has kept her original weight until now. "

"...This is really my character." It seems that even if I travel back to modern times, Li Yan here still inherits her character and continues to live.

"Boom, boom, boom."

The sound of gongs and drums was suddenly heard in the courtyard downstairs. Er Ya heard the sound, and hurriedly helped Li Yan up and urged: "Young Master and Miss's auspicious time is coming, madam, let's hurry down too?"

"Walk, walk, hurry up." The important day of my child, no matter what, I can't delay the auspicious time.

"Ayan, you have appeared, take your baby girl away, it's terrible, you will bully me every time you come here." When Qi Baye saw Li Yan appeared, he quickly handed Zhang Xiaobao, as if avoiding it. The appearance of being afraid of being too late.

"Oh, my son, let mother take a good look at you." Li Yan happily stretched out her hand to hug her plump, white and tender baby girl. Unexpectedly, the baby was so heavy in her hands that she was almost crushed. Stumbling to the ground, luckily Qi Ba reached out to help in time, otherwise a good birthday party would end in tragedy.

"Your arm strength is still weak. No wonder your baby girl doesn't like to ask you for a hug when you are standing." Qi Ba helped Li Yan to hug her smoothly before letting go, looking at the mother and daughter The stickiness that could never be finished making out, couldn't help but make a sour sentence.

"When you say this, please don't show envy and grievance, or I will think you are jealous of me." Li Yan cast a provocative look at Qi Ba, then turned his head and looked at Her own baby girl who combines the advantages of herself and Buddha, is so cute that Li Yan's heart melts under the background of a new red dress, "My baby is beautiful, even if it is fat, it is also the No. 1 in the world of fat people."

"Where is our baby gaining weight? This weight is clearly just right."

This remark was biased, as soon as I heard it, I knew it was from my own man. Li Yan happily turned around and walked towards Grand Buddha Zhang, "Where is the male treasure? I want to see the male treasure."

"Let's change our hugs. It just so happens that the great ancestor has been clamoring to find you." Zhang Qishan first reached out and hugged his female treasure, and then carefully handed the male treasure to the wife with poor "arm strength". Put it away, madam, do you want to see if there is anything missing?"

"Okay." Li Yan nodded, hugged her first-born baby boy and kissed and kissed again and again, making the boy's brows and eyes that loved to smile even more crescent-shaped, like seven grains of millet. The teeth are exposed in front of everyone.

In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the ceremony of "grabbing Zhou'er" for children is not as complicated as it used to be.So Buddha just invited close friends to come to watch the ceremony.As for the relatives and friends who come to the door, they generally do not require big gifts (such as congratulatory curtains, gold and silver jewelry), but just buy some pastries, food or toys for the children.In addition, it is customary for all elders who meet their children for the first time to hang coins with a white thread and wrap it around the child's neck, which is called "hanging thread" (this ceremony is also applicable in normal times).

Li Yan stretched out his head to look at the eighteen ornaments placed on the red cloth table, and saw books, pens and inks, rulers, abacus (pocket gold jewelry type), silver dollars, seals, small shoes, chopsticks, rouge box, syringe ( There are barrels but no needles), wooden car toys, wool balls, small flutes, rosary beads, small pistols (without bullets), Luban buckets, small wine glasses, spinning tops, everything is complete, and it seems that there is nothing to add. Reassuringly turned around and said softly to the Buddha: "No problem, we can put the baby down to catch the week."

"Housekeeper, the Zhou Catch Ceremony can begin."

"Okay." The butler hastily straightened his clothes, cleared his throat and said in a loud voice, "Please pay respects to the guests, and the Zhou Catch Ceremony has officially begun."

As soon as the butler finished speaking, Li Yan and Fo Ye put down the two little babies at the same time.After seeing the baby sitting on the red cloth and looking at the ornaments in front of him, he was stunned for a while, then lowered his head and thought for a while, then turned his head and looked straight at his parents, his big watery eyes were full of ignorance .

Oops, it seems that "Li Yan" has never played the game of catching weeks with the children beforehand.

"Baby, look over there." Li Yan bent down and coaxed the child softly, "See if there is nothing over there, take whatever you like, take whatever you like."

I don't know if my mother's persuasion played a role, but the soft and cute fat girl took the lead in making moves!

"Huhuhuhuhu." The fat girl panted three times with each step, and struggled to crawl towards the goal designated by her mother.

"Baby, don't just use your hands, move your feet anyway." The mother's arm strength is not good, but the daughter's arm strength is extraordinary, crawling on the ground, relying on both hands to move forward abruptly!

"Yeah." As if responding to her mother's call, the fat girl suddenly yelled, and her two short hands wished to wave like hot wheels, her chubby body quickly lay across the tablecloth, leaving behind her brother Tripped on the tabletop by the tablecloth.

"Hey." The fat girl finally got the thing closest to her, grabbed it with both hands without even thinking about it, and cheerfully raised it to offer Buddha to her mother: "Mom!"

"Hey." Li Yan didn't even have time to look at the things in her daughter's hands, and she was so happy when she called her mother.

"Pfft, one shot and one rouge, your daughter is tough, she really looks like her father." Qi Ba burst out laughing when he saw the two things in the girl's hand.When he first saw the frown on the girl's eyebrows when she was born, he felt that this girl would definitely look like a father in the future.Sure enough, now even Zhuo Zhou is domineering and handsome, grabs the gun and runs away, not leaving his brother the slightest chance.

"Woo..." The elder brother who followed him originally wanted the gun in his younger sister's hand, but he was no match for younger sister Dali. Seeing that the thing he wanted was gone, the elder brother looked up at his mother pitifully flattened. mouth, the little meaty hand pointed in the direction of his sister, complaining loudly with a choked voice.

"Manly man, if you lose it, you can change it." Zhang Dafo master frowned and accused him, he prefers a domineering sweetheart girl to a son who is a bit delicate.

"Hmph." Nanbao was aroused by his father's sudden change of face, so he had a small temper, turned around and climbed a few steps towards the ornaments, looked left and right, and then picked out two eye-catching things and handed them to his mother, "Yeah !"

"You help me carry it." Li Yan handed over the female treasure in her arms to Qi Ba, then bent down to pick up her male treasure and said, "Come on, let mother see what you have taken?"

Er... seal and silver dollar...

"Ahaha, Grandfather Zhang is expected to be a corrupt official in the future."

"Qi Tiezui! Shut up for me."

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Contributed by Fatty's second episode

Little knowledge about grasping the week:

According to the records of "Zhou Zhou" in the literature, the folk custom of "Zhou Zhou" can be traced back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties.It is clearly recorded in "Yan's Family Instructions" by Yan Zhi of the Northern Qi Dynasty: "It is a custom in the south of the Yangtze River that when a child is born in the first period (that is, when he is one year old), he makes new clothes and decorates his bathroom. Men use bows, arrows, paper, Pens, women use knives, rulers, needles, thread, and add food and drink and treasures to play with, put them in front of their children, and watch what they take from their minds, in order to test corruption, honesty, stupidity and wisdom, and call it "wiping children." No. When discussing the history of the custom of catching Zhou in few works, they all say that this custom was popular in the Jiangnan area at least during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and gradually became popular throughout the country during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Grab the week list for reference:

1. Dictionaries or dictionaries: represent writers or scientists, knowledgeable talents.

2. Books and pens: They have the meaning of formulating, representing calligraphers, literati, and clerical work.

3. Ruler: It means scale, representing lawyers, judges and revolutionaries.

4. Calculator and abacus: represent merchants or businessmen.

5. Renminbi (money): It means wealth, a rich man or rich person who is good at saving.

6. Credit card: banker or financial industry

7. Seal: represents official position or authority.

8. Paintings, watercolor boxes, colored pens: representing painters and artists.

9. Wool balls and fabrics: represent fashion designers.

10. Table tennis rackets, badminton rackets, and football: represent sports-related occupations.

11. Dizi, violin, electronic organ, CD: on behalf of musicians.

12. Chopsticks and shovels: represent chefs and restaurant operators.

13. Small shoes: represent travelers and explorers.

14. Moisturizer, lipstick: on behalf of the love of beauty, care about their own appearance.

15. Mobile phone, floppy disk, and mouse: represent those engaged in the IT industry, high-tech, and communication industries.

16. Globe: on behalf of geographers.

17. Cotton swabs and gauze: represent doctors and nurses.

18. Screwdriver: Engineer, Industrial

19. Toy cars: car owners and drivers

20. Building blocks: construction industry, designers, etc.

21. Rosary beads: represent dedicated practice.