Chen Wu gave birth to a daughter. Lu Xuan spread the word to all the dogs in Laoya Village and notified a few familiar people to come to the full moon banquet when the baby was one month old.
There is still about a month until the full moon.
Everyone was a little speechless.
"Giving birth to a girl, is she so precious? There's no one like her in our whole village."
"That's right. Usually, Lu Xuan looks like someone owes him 800 yuan. But now that he has a daughter, it's different. When he was talking to me just now, I even laughed while looking at him."
Lu Tao also felt that this was a bit exaggerated. He had three children and had never seen anything like this. However, thinking about how he felt when he had his first child, he sighed, "The first child was definitely not happy."
The whole village knew that Lu Xuan had a precious daughter, and no one was allowed to say a bad word about her.
The words that Old Lady Lu said at Shen Wu's house spread to the village. Didn't you see that even the team leader was informed about the full moon event, but the Lu family was not informed.
Old Mrs. Lu was sitting at the doorway, having just fed Dabao rice porridge. "Is it necessary to make such a big fuss about a full-month banquet? We don't even have such a big fuss about our twin sons. They've already informed everyone else, but we haven't told you, old couple yet?"
At noon, even Old Man Lu felt that a woman should take care of the child, so he had to hold the child in his arms. He sighed and said, "He's been angry these past few days. He was criticized by the villagers for not inviting me."
Mai Miao's mother was outside basking in the sun with Tiedan in her arms. Hearing this, she said, "Incompetent people only think about whether others will point fingers at them or not. Is Lu Xuan the kind of person who cares about others pointing fingers at him?"
Old Man Lu and Old Lady Lu fell silent.
The people eating outside in the sun recalled and shook their heads: "Old Man Lu, the third brother is really not afraid of others pointing fingers at him. Over the years, hasn't everyone in our village talked about him behind his back? But he still does what he wants."
"You'd better be careful, or someone will poke your spine."
"If it's their first child, they can have a big celebration. You guys wanted to have a big celebration too when you had twins, but it's just that your parents don't have the skills to do so."
Old Lady Lu frowned: "Feng Shuhong, you've been so idle lately. What the hell is it to you if I talk about my family's affairs?"
Feng Shuhong was Mai Miao Niang's formal name. Upon hearing this, she glared at him and said, "My mouth is on my body, and you won't let me speak?"
Mai Miao Niang raised her head and chest, "Is it your business? Is it your business?"
"Look at your Dabao and Xiaobao, they are not as good as my Tiedan's!"
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Chen Wu was at home in confinement after giving birth and didn't go out. Lu Xuan put thick socks on her feet and a needlework hat on her head, which made her sweat from the heat.
She wanted to take off her hat.
Just as he secretly took it off, Lu Xuan discovered him: "You can't take it off. Aunt Zhao said that if the wind blows on it, you will get a headache."
Speak of Aunt Zhao and she will be here.
"Your mother and Maimiao's mother are fighting." Aunt Zhao brought a commotion as soon as she came in.
Chen Wu stared at Aunt Zhao without blinking, her face full of eagerness. She was almost suffocated by staying in the house recently. When Xu Yin gave birth, she took a few days off, and now she has to go back to work. She was bored.
Without waiting for Aunt Zhao to say anything more, Shen Wu asked, "Why did the fight start?"
He was so anxious that he thought she was concerned. Lu Xuan always felt that she just wanted to watch the fun.
Aunt Zhao told what happened outside in a few words.
Chen Wu was also silent, not knowing that it was related to her daughter. The little girl had just eaten and was sleeping soundly now. She didn't know what she was dreaming about, but she was waving her little hands.
Aunt Zhao said, "When Mai Miao Niang was young, she suffered a lot from your mother-in-law's weird temper. Now she let it all out. She picked up the child and started fighting. In the end, she stuffed Tiedan into the onlookers."
"Both your parents-in-law are no match for Mai Miao Niang."
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Shen Wu listened in silence and glanced at Lu Xuan, who was taking a full load of diapers out to wash them.
Aunt Zhao called out to him, "She just gave birth, and she's been expelling a lot of fluids and sweating. I just made a prescription for her. Please boil some water for her to drink. Make sure she drinks at least five cups of this every day."
As he spoke, he explained to Chen Wu, “Chenpi, Huaishan Yam, and fried rice are all good things.”
Chen Wu looked at Aunt Zhao: "Aunt, you are so kind to me and Manman, I don't know how to thank you."
As we were talking, the little guy woke up, opened his eyes and yawned.
The little guy woke up without crying or making a fuss. He looked at the ceiling and suddenly smiled.
Chen Wu said, "I don't know what to be happy about, I just love to be happy."
"It's good to love laughing, but if you love crying, you and Lu Xuan will be worried." Aunt Zhao reached out to tease the child.
The little one grasped her fingers.
"Don't underestimate me, I'm quite strong. I haven't chosen a name yet."
Chen Wu said, "Not yet. Lu Xuan is looking through the dictionary. How about you get one for me?"
Aunt Zhao thought about it.
"How about Lu Yuan? Yuan, also known as an eagle, lives a free and unfettered life."
Chen Wu listened to the name and looked at Aunt Zhao: "Aunt, you can go to the part-time job to name her. That's great. I just hope she can live a free life."
Lu Xuan came over after washing the diaper, and Shen Wu asked him what he meant.
"Okay." It was better than what the two of them thought of. He silently crossed out the plum blossoms and flowers that he was thinking of.
Lu Yuan was born in the Year of the Tiger, on May 21st, the day of Grain Fullness. He was called by all sorts of names on weekdays.
Chen Wu and Lu Xuan called her Manman.
Aunt Zhao called her Xiaoman. The old woman believed that when the moon is full, it will wane, and when the water is full, it will overflow, so Xiaoman means peace.
Xu Yin thought that instead of wishing her to be carefree, it would be better to call her Lu Wuyou.
Lu Ye called her Lu Xiaoniao.
Chen Wu thought the first few names were all fine, but for the last one, she corrected him several times. Lu Xuan also corrected him, and even Xu Yin corrected him. Lu Ye insisted on calling him Lu Xiaoniao.
Chen Wu was so angry that she hugged her daughter and pointed at Lu Ye and said, "From now on, call you Fourth Uncle Lu Huohua."
Lu Ye didn't care, just call her Huo Hua.
Old Man Lu and Old Lady Lu were still waiting for Lu Xuan to invite them. Until June 21st, when they were going to have a full moon banquet, Lu Xuan did not go to the Lu family to notify them.
Instead, Boss Lu and Li Ping came.
I gave the little guy two cents and brought a family of five with him, but they came to give gifts, so I couldn't just chase them away.
Boss Lu said, "We are brothers. You gave me gifts when I gave birth to my baby, so I have to come and see my niece."
He heard that Lu Xuan bought a lot of meat.
"Our parents want to save face, so they think he won't come unless you invite him. He hasn't come yet. And the fifth brother said that if you don't go to his son's full moon banquet, he won't come either."
Lu Xuanba had to come.
Li Ping had never seen anyone so well-maintained during the confinement period. She stared at Chen Wu and said, "Why do I feel like you've become even whiter during the confinement period?"
Then he muttered to himself: "It's not in vain, you never go out every day, the whole village knows that Lu Xuan serves you like he serves the old Buddha every day."
Chen Wu raised her head: "Sister-in-law, are you envious?"
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