Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

After the gift was given, Luo Erya saw Yao Qingnian at a glance. With her gradually showing belly, she waved at Yao Qingnian and shouted, "Qingnian!"

"You, you are so impatient. Slow down, aunt." Wu Chunmiao looked at Luo Erya fearfully.

"Auntie, Erya, you are here too." Yao Qingnian also saw them and walked over.

"Qing Nian, shall we go see Aunt Yuan's eldest grandson? My mother asked me to come and share in the good fortune and give birth to a big fat boy, too."

"Okay, let's go! Auntie, Erya and I will go first."

"Go, go, help me keep an eye on Erya and don't let her fall." Aunt Wu said with many instructions.

"Okay, auntie." Yao Qingnian agreed and went into the house with Luo Erya to see the child.

When they entered the house, the women from Gu Tingting's family were all playing with the child. Aunt Yuan had already changed into clean clothes. The full-moon ceremony was about to begin. There was a basin of warm water in the room, which was used for shaving the baby's hair.

The ceremony of shaving the baby's hair is quite grand. First, the grandmother's family presents gifts, and then a blessed person is invited to hold the baby and sit in the middle. The blessed person shaves the baby's hair and a full-month ceremony is held.

In ancient times, "blessed people" were also called "completely living people" and "completely harmonious people". They refer to people who are blessed with parents above them, children below them, a loving spouse, and brothers and sisters living in harmony.

Before the baby's head is shaved, a bunch of onions and an axe are prepared in advance. The people of Quanfu will step on the onions and axe wrapped in red when holding the baby. Onion (Chong) and axe (Fu) have the same pronunciation as "clever" and "rich" (Fu) while they sing: "Stepping on the blessed land of wealth and intelligence, he will surely be smart and lucky when he grows up". Both onion and axe have beautiful meanings, symbolizing the baby's thriving growth.

After the blessing was finished, he began to shave the baby's hair. He first put a few small stones into the water, then sang: "The baby is healthy and strong as a rock", and then put a few copper coins in: "The baby has endless wealth and will be rich and noble for life", and finally tied the baby's hair with a silk cord and hung it on the bedside. The ceremony of shaving the baby's hair was completed.

After shaving the baby's hair, the grandmother carried him outside, walked him around the yard and knocked on the ground with a bamboo pole, hoping that the baby would grow up safely.

Yao Qingnian couldn't help but sigh, this is the real sense of full moon ceremony, the ones he had seen before really omitted a lot of steps, today he learned something new.

Next, the elders will give gifts to the baby, including clothes, shoes, hats, red cloth, etc., or rattles, copper coins strung together with red ropes, etc., all of which are a little token of their thoughts.

It was the turn of the old woman who had just brought three cents. She pretended to be rummaging in her sleeves. It was thought that she was going to take something, but Yao Qingnian had just seen her character, so he thought that she would not be able to take out anything good.

As she expected, he took out a piece of rag after searching for a long time, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, this is what our San'er bought in the city specially for the child as a full-month gift. This cloth is made of the finest silk."

Yao Qingnian looked at her hand. She dared to call this tattered silk cloth from somewhere silk. How shameless she was.

This woman is Uncle Yuan’s elder sister. Her son runs a small business in the city, and they rarely interact with each other except for good deeds.

The old woman's eyes with droopy corners were as sharp as knives, and her high cheekbones made her face look full of meanness.

It would be fine if she just gave a piece of rag, but no one exposed her and she had the nerve to publicize it here. Her shameless face is like a piece of mud that can't be thrown away, and it's disgusting.

Today was a happy day, so Aunt Yuan couldn't get angry and interrupted her. If she continued, she would probably blow a piece of rag to the sky: "Big sister, it's good enough that the thought is there."

Seeing that her mother-in-law looked unhappy, Gu Tingting changed the subject: "Er Ya, how many months have you been pregnant? You are showing signs of pregnancy."

"Sister-in-law, it's too early for me. My mother asked me to come and share in your joy so that I can also give birth to a big fat boy. But I think it's also good to have a daughter. She will be so cute with two little pigtails. If she grows up to be as powerful and capable as Qingnian, she will be no worse than a man." Luo Erya turned the topic to Yao Qingnian again.

"Erya is right. Qingnian is a capable girl. It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl. Then we can wait to drink at Erya's wedding."

In ancient times, men were generally valued over women, so it was rare for Luo Erya to have such an idea.

"Yes, you don't know how critical the situation was that day. We were out of the city and still far away from the village. We were stuck there and couldn't get out. It was all thanks to wife Huai Jin..." Gu Tingting recounted what happened that day, and relatives and friends of the two families thanked Yao Qingnian one after another.

Gu Tingting's mother's eyes were filled with tears. She came over and held Yao Qingnian's hand. "Miss Yao, the situation was critical that day. Thanks to you, my daughter and grandson were saved. We can never repay this kindness. Today, in front of relatives and friends, I, your aunt, would like to thank you in person."

As she said this, she pulled Gu Tingting to kneel down to Yao Qingnian, but Yao Qingnian stopped her: "Aunt, Tingting, you are embarrassing me. We are all from the same village, and it is only natural for us to help each other. Besides, Aunt Yuan has already thanked me, and I even received a basket of red eggs! You can't give me such a big gift again."

"Qingnian, thank you." Gu Tingting said sincerely.

Gu Tingting and her daughter are both grateful and repaying kindness. Yao Qingnian was deeply touched. It was enough to have this kind of thought, and the favor was not in vain.

"Okay, it's a big day, why are you crying so much? Tingting is still in confinement after giving birth. Come on, stop crying, don't hurt your eyes, and take care of your body."

"Yes, yes, yes. Look, the child's eyes are exactly the same as his father's when he was a child."

The child is white and chubby, very cute, with his eyes wide open, staring at the rattle back and forth.

"What's the child's name, auntie?"

"Call him Zhuangzhuang. I hope he grows up healthily." Aunt Yuan's eyes were almost slits from smiling.

"Good name."

Yao Qingnian was teasing the child at the side, and the child laughed slightly.

"Oh, Zhuangzhuang smiled. Qingnian likes children so much. When Huaijin comes back, she will give Yinuo a younger sister to make a perfect family. Wouldn't it be better?" Everyone joked.

"Why are you dragging me into this again? Tsk tsk... let's talk about it later." Yao Qingnian smacked her lips. When she came back, she wanted him to divorce her and have a daughter? Impossible, impossible...

"Haha!" The room was filled with laughter.

About a quarter of an hour later, the sound of firecrackers rang out outside the door. Zhuangzhuang was not scared to tears. Everyone praised the boy for being brave.

"The feast is about to begin! Let's go out."

Everyone came out of the house one after another and found a place to sit in the yard.