Chapter 147

"Brother Xu, I made you laugh." Li Mengniang turned her head and looked at Xu Yi who was standing at the concierge, showing a smile.

Compared with her previous restraint, Li Mengniang already had a different attitude towards her husband, a good friend.

Xu Yi came over openly and gently put the child in his arms beside the couch.

Zhang Tiegou's eyes were glued to Li Mengniang. When he saw his son coming back, he glanced away and then moved his eyes back.

"Meng Niang, I don't trust what Po Wen said, so I asked Brother Xu to come and take your pulse." He was a man of iron and tenderness, and did not feel anything strange about himself.

Xu Yi, who was standing next to him, twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

What a nice sound.

Only Li Mengniang can see Zhang Tiegou like this. To others, even friends, Zhang Tiegou has a tough and bold character.

There is no way to speak with a pinched voice. I thought back to the time when Xu Yi and Zhang Tiegou went to a wine shop to drink.

Zhang Tiegou also complained about a white-faced scholar, saying that he sounded like a girl, which was uncomfortable to listen to.

Now, Zhang Tiegou is the white-faced scholar.

Li Mengniang, who was lying on the bed, was in a daze after hearing this.

She knew that Xu Yi was called by her husband. Yesterday, she suddenly had a seizure and was in severe pain. Zhang Tiegou ran to find the village chief.

After village chief Zhang learned about Li Mengniang's move, he hurriedly went to the next village to find the midwife Wen Po whom he had contacted before, and at the same time asked Zhang Tiegou to go to the county seat to find Xu Yi.

After Zhang Tiegou heard this, he rushed to the county seat and brought Xu Yi over.

When Xu Yi checked her pulse yesterday, he said that the time had not come yet and it might be the next day, and asked her to wait patiently for delivery.

With Xu Yi's words, Zhang Tiegou and Li Mengniang were instantly freed from panic and felt at ease.

It’s their first pregnancy and they don’t understand anything. In the past nine months, Xu Yi would check Ping An's pulse for her every month.

They didn't charge any money...

Li Mengniang felt grateful and asked Zhang Tiegou to send Xu Yi every time he found something good while hunting.

At this moment, Li Mengniang had just given birth, and Po Wen only wiped her body. She had not washed or dressed up, and her body was still sticky and smelly, and she couldn't help but blush.

"Brother Xu, please take care of me." Li Mengniang tried hard to get up.

Xu Yi quickly shouted: "Sister-in-law, just lie down."

"You have just given birth and are weak." He said, looking at Zhang Tiegou next to him who was looking at his wife with a face full of love, and called, "Brother Zhang, you Go outside to find Ah Jin and bring him the brown sugar chicken."

Zhang Tiegou looked at Meng Niang reluctantly, then stood up and strode out of the room.

Xu Yi put down the medicine box he was carrying and took out a small pulse pillow from it.

As soon as he placed it beside the bed, Li Mengniang put her wrist on it with familiarity.

Xu Yi asked her gently: "How are you feeling, sister-in-law?"

Li Mengniang said implicitly: "It hurts a little."

Xu Yi said: "The pain is unavoidable when the bones are opened and closed. Now that I have given birth, I have to get back together. You should pay more attention to it to avoid metrorrhagia."

Li Mengniang's ears became even redder.

When these words are spoken by others, they always have a hint of ambiguity, but when they are spoken by Xu Yi, they are so serious.

Looking at Xu Yi's solemn expression as he carefully checked his pulse, Li Mengniang suppressed the shame in her heart and asked: "Brother Xu, there is something leaking out from my vagina all the time. Po Wen said that all mothers are like this, so don't be afraid."

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, it's lochia." Xu Yi nodded and continued, "The lochia must be gone. If

the lochia doesn't stop, there will be big trouble." After saying that, Xu Yi closed his mouth and took his pulse carefully.

Li Mengniang's pulse was a little weak, which was normal. Just after giving birth, she had some blood again, which was evidence of blood deficiency.

He retracted his hand and said meticulously based on the symptoms: "Sister-in-law, this blood stasis and lochia lasts for at least three days and as long as five days, followed by clear dew discharge for as little as one month and as long as three months. It is normal. The amount Like menstruation, with a feeling of abdominal distension and pain. If the lochia persists, the pain is different, and the body is weak and has night sweats, don't delay, call Brother Zhang to come find me immediately."

He said seriously, and Li Mengniang took note of it seriously.

After Xu Yi explained part of the situation, Zhang Tiegou came back in a hurry with a bowl of cooked brown sugar chicken.

Yesterday he came in a hurry. After checking his pulse and finding that it was not urgent, he went back first.

When I came here today, I brought Ah Jin with me.

If Zhang Tiegou is so nervous and wants him to prepare food first, he might not be able to calm down.

And his cooking skills have always been very average. He is good at eating without killing people, so naturally he needs a careful and reliable helper.

Ah Jin is not only attentive, flexible, and good at cooking and housework, but she is also a girl and can stay and take care of Li Mengniang.

"Meng Niang, the brown sugar chicken is here, I'll help you get up and eat it." Zhang Tiegou took care of the adults the whole time, and the children didn't even look at them.

Suddenly, the child started crying.

The wrinkled red face looked even redder and uglier.

Zhang Tiegou was startled and hurriedly put down the bowl in his hand and picked him up.

As a result, the child cried even more fiercely. He immediately looked around in a hurry, whether to hug or not hug him.

Li Mengniang couldn't stand it anymore and said helplessly: "I'll do it."

She took the child and coaxed her in a low voice. The child in her arms moved his little face and moved closer to her arms. The next second he closed his eyes and fell asleep again. .

Zhang Tiegou: "..."

Xu Yi smiled.

This is the natural motherhood. Even if you have no knowledge in this area, you can still learn it by yourself.

After coaxing the child, Li Mengniang put the child on the back of the bed, picked up the brown sugar chicken next to it, and ate it in one bite.

After eating, she had more strength and her face was not so pale.

Xu Yi looked at her, then at Zhang Tiegou, and wisely exited the room, leaving space for the two of them.

...

He came out of the house and went to find Ah Jin. Ah Jin was heating hot water. When he saw Lang Jun coming, he happily called for someone and asked, "Lang Jun, how is Miss Li?"

"No problem." Xu Yi said with a smile.

Ah Jin's eyes rolled and he asked curiously: "What does a child look like when he is born? Madam He said that children are very young when they are born. She asked me not to hold him when I was taking care of Madam Li."

Xu Yi was happy: "Do you want to hold Ah Jin?"

Ah Jin thought carefully for a while and nodded: "Ah Jin wants to hold her!"

"I'll teach you how to hold the baby later." Xu Yi stretched out his hand to pat her out of habit. head.

It can be seen that she is wearing a cute double bun and a pink hairpin. Her raised hand paused in the air and then put it back.

Ah Jinxu is now thirteen and can no longer be treated as before.

Xu Yi sighed quietly in his heart, as if he had watched a child grow up with his own eyes and suddenly couldn't get close to him.

Even A Xu will not have skin-to-skin contact with A Jin casually now, and will maintain a restrained distance.

In the evening, the sky was filled with glowing light. Seeing that Li Mengniang had no other problems, Xu Yi was about to go back first.

He left Ah Jin behind and would pick her up again in a few days.

Zhang Tiegou is very happy. He can cook, but he doesn't know how to take care of others. With Ah Jin here, Ah Jin can solve small problems.

In the house, Li Mengniang fed the child and coaxed the child to sleep.

She didn't know when Xu Yi left.

When Li Mengniang woke up at night and saw Ah Jin standing beside the bed, she was very surprised.

Ah Jin had already cooked soft and glutinous lean meat porridge and was waiting for her to wake up.

"My husband ordered me to stay and take care of Miss Li. If Miss Li needs anything, you can call me."

...

The days passed quickly, and the child was born.

On the day of confinement, the weather was slightly cooler. Li Mengniang wore a scarf and was dressed more tightly than usual.

He was holding a white and tender child in his arms, sitting next to Zhang Tiegou on the bullock cart.

The oxcart moved slowly, and Zhang Tiegou was worried that Li Mengniang's hands would be sore while holding a child weighing more than ten kilograms, so he wanted to take over.

However, this little brat didn't like him. When he got into his arms, he howled and cried loudly.

Looks very aggrieved!

If it weren't for the fact that the child's eyes and mouth didn't look like Li Mengniang's, Zhang Tiegou would have wanted to spank him.

"Be patient, such a young child needs to be coaxed. How can he like you if you look sullen?" Li Mengniang looked at his expression and knew what he wanted to do.

Unable to do so, she took the child back.

Sure enough, when the child was in her hands, she stopped crying. There were still tears in the corners of her eyes, but she grinned at Li Mengniang.

Li Mengniang felt so soft that she lowered her head and kissed her son on the head.

This time, Zhang Tiegou was so angry that the whole car smelled of vinegar.

Zhang Tiegou snorted: "He did it on purpose to stick to you." In this way, he would not have the chance to get close to Mengniang.

Li Mengniang: "..."

She lowered her head and looked into her arms. Her son, who had just turned one month old, was giggling and became even more silent.

The other people in the car were all happy when they heard their conversation.

Acquaintances would congratulate Zhang Tiegou on Lin'er, and those who were unfamiliar with him would also ask for a few words of congratulations.

Zhang Tiegou liked what he heard, so he took out the wedding candies he bought from his arms and gave them to them.

Everyone was not polite. They took the wedding candies and started eating them. Some of them put the jelly beans in their arms and planned to take them home to their children.

Soon, they got off the bus at the city gate.

Everyone entered the city together.

Zhang Tiegou was carrying a pheasant and a hare, and a small bundle on his shoulders. Li Mengniang was holding the child in her arms and heading towards Xu Yi's home.

...

"Brother Xu, are you there?" Zhang Tiegou shouted.

Xu Yi stood outside the pharmacy and waved to them: "Brother Zhang, sister-in-law, why are you here so early."

"Meng Niang is out of confinement, so she asked me to come and thank you." Zhang Tiegou handed the pheasant and hare to A Xu to handle.

Xu Yi smiled and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

They stood outside the pharmacy and exchanged a few words. Fang Liu Niang took the initiative to bring a chair over and said, "This chair is for Mrs. Li. You have just given birth, so don't do it." "Stand for a long time."

"I was negligent. Sister-in-law, sit down quickly." Xu Yi heard this and immediately ordered Fang Liuniang to pick up the child in Li Mengniang's arms.

Fang Liu Niang gently took the baby into her arms, pinched the baby's plump and tender cheeks, and praised: "He is so handsome, he looks like a blessed child."

"Hehe." Zhang Tiegou giggled, " Like Meng Niang."

Li Meng Niang glared at him and said to Fang Liu Niang: "Thank you, Mother Fang. I just want this child to grow up safely. That's enough."

"This child grows up well. He's so smart." Fang Liuniang said in surprise, "Look at him, he's been staring at me, he looks like he knows someone."

The more she looked at him, the more she liked him. She thought to herself that her son is also turning 16 this year. , has not been decided yet.

Children from poor families are all skinny and dark-looking.

But the child Li Mengniang gave birth to was as fair and tender as a child from a wealthy family. If he was lucky enough to be a good scholar, he could change his family.

If he could marry Ah Jin as his daughter-in-law, the children he would give birth to would definitely grow up to be this good.

Fang Liu Niang thought for a moment, and her eyes fell on A Jin who was not far away carrying tea.

This time, her little move happened to fall into Xu Yi's eyes.

Xu Yi was thoughtful. His friend was still there, so he suppressed his confused thoughts.

Fang Liuniang didn't know that her little secret was exposed. She hugged the child for a while, and Ajin came over and whispered that she wanted to hug the child too.

The child in her arms seemed to remember her voice. When she heard Ah Jin's words, she started to stir. Her little head turned outwards and her round eyes opened wide.

"He recognizes you." Fang Liuniang smiled at A Jin.

Ah Jin said proudly: "That's natural. I changed his diapers several times before. If he doesn't remember me, I will be sad."

"Pfft."

"You are the kid." Xu Yi shook his head, but still motioned to Fang Liu Niang to hand over the child to Ah Jin.

Fang Liu Niang heard what Xu Yi had said and couldn't continue holding the child. She handed the child to A Jin with reluctance in her eyes.

Although Ah Jin is small, he holds the child in a decent manner and takes him back and forth, coaxing the child to giggle.

Li Mengniang looked at the child in Ah Jin's arms with soft eyes, and suddenly said to Xu Yi: "Brother Xu, I have a heartfelt request. Neither Tietou nor I are scholars and don't know much. I would like to ask Xu Yi to ask for a favor." Brother, give the child a name."

Xu Yi looked at the young Li Mengniang in front of him in astonishment, and then glanced at Zhang Tiegou in a daze.

I found that Zhang Tiegou looked natural, and he had obviously discussed it with Li Mengniang.

"Brother Xu, I also want my son to recognize you as his godfather." Zhang Tiegou scratched his head in embarrassment, "But I think it is taking advantage of you, so I don't dare to ask for it."

Xu Yi twitched the corner of his mouth, surprised and happy.

Unexpectedly, he had such a high status in the eyes of Zhang Tiegou and his wife.

Seeing that he was wandering outside, Li Mengniang said again: "We have this idea, but it all depends on Brother Xu. If Brother Xu is not happy, I will ask Iron Dog to apologize to you."

"No, no, no, I'm not unhappy . "After Xu Yi shouted, he immediately said, "I like children very much."

It's strange to say that Zhang Tiegou is tall and thick, with a wild face, not a good-looking one.

But the child after confinement has a round oval face and big eyes. It can be seen with the naked eye that when he grows up, he will have a high nose bridge and resembles Li Mengniang in many places.

Zhang Tiegou fell in love at first sight, which shows how good-looking Li Mengniang is.

If a child looks like his mother, he will not look bad.

Xu Yi rubbed his palms with excitement: "You really want me to name the child?"

"Of course I am." Li Mengniang and Zhang Tiegou nodded heavily.

Li Mengniang thought, no matter how bad the name Xu Yi chose, it would still be better than "Erdan", "Dun'er" and "Zhang Mengmeng" that Zhang Tiegou thought of.

Xu Yi Pianpian waved his wide sleeves and said refreshedly: "Okay, let me think about it carefully."

He took this matter extremely seriously and immediately went to the study to think behind closed doors.

Li Mengniang and Zhang Tiegou were stunned for a moment when they saw him leaving like this.

Ah Jin said appropriately: "Mr. Lang will come out when he thinks about it. Madam Zhang Orion and Li, please go to the side room to rest for a while."

They thought for a while and agreed.

*

Xu Yi was in the study, sitting in front of the desk and flipping through the Four Books and Five Classics in his hands. When his neck felt sore, he raised his hands and rubbed them casually. He got up and walked around the room as usual.

When the sky dimmed, Xu Yi suddenly came back to his senses. He looked at it for almost two hours.

He pinched the root of his nose, which was slightly tired and sore, threw the book in his hand back on the table, and lit the oil lamp.

When the light came on, Xu Yi returned to the bookcase and took out "Chu Ci".

Youdao is "The Book of Songs for Women, The Songs of Chu for Men, The Analects of Confucius for Wen, and the Book of Changes for Wu." I couldn't find a suitable one among the Four Books and Five Classics, so I started with "Chu Ci".

This time, Xu Yi saw that it was suitable.

He hurriedly wrote down the name, and then flipped through it again. When inspiration came, his thoughts surged quickly.

Several names came to mind in half an hour.

He folded the names separately, opened the study door with joy, and walked briskly to find Zhang Tiegou and his wife.

By the way, he went to see the godson he had just recognized.

"Where are they?" Xu Yi called out to Ah Jin when he came out of the study.

A Jin said: "Lang Jun, they are all resting in the side room. Mrs. Li has fed the young man and has gone to bed. Zhang Orion can't sleep and is boxing outside the side room."

Xu Yi smiled: "He He has endless energy."

After that, he took his name and called him.

Zhang Tiegou practiced Hu Lei Tai Chi for a while. His fists carried the wind, and the force he swung out was amazing.

There were beads of sweat on his forehead. When he saw Xu Yi strolling over, he shouted: "Come on, good brother, let's have a fight."

Just as he said his refusal, Zhang Tiegou rushed towards him.

Xu Yi: "..."

Xu Yi quickly avoided it. He was wearing a wide-sleeved robe today, which was not suitable for fighting. But seeing Zhang Tiegou so interested, he couldn't help but feel the desire to win.

After avoiding the fist wind, Xu Yi waved his sleeves.

Zhang Tiegou felt a burst of wind in front of him, and his vision was blocked by his sleeves. Suddenly, the fist from the opposite side appeared in front of him. His eyes were wide open, he quickly stepped back, stabilized his body and rushed forward to attack.

He is very clear about the gap and advantages between himself and Xu Yi.

In his opinion, Xu Yi is two points weaker than him in strength, but he is good at changing his body shape, while he is stronger but has poor endurance. If he cannot defeat Xu Yi in a short period of time, he may counterattack.

So, he gave up his skills and planned to have a hearty fight with Xu Yi.

Xu Yi curled his lips and smiled, and ran to the back the next moment, avoiding Zhang Tiegou's fist.

Facing his friend, he had no choice but to hit the nerves at Zhang Tiegou's elbows.

Soon, he found an opportunity, bent down diagonally and twisted, then quickly turned around and moved back, put his hand on his elbow, pulled it forward, and then hit it with his elbow.

Zhang Tiegou grabbed Xu Yi's shoulder, and the next second his elbow went numb and he suddenly felt weak.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Yi stopped in front of the side of his neck with a cleft palm.

Zhang Tiegou gasped and said, "I lost."

Xu Yicheng conceded, "You expend a lot of energy in boxing, otherwise I wouldn't have defeated you so quickly."

"This boxing technique is really wonderful." Zhang Tiegou did not lose because of his defeat. He was depressed, but instead became more interested, "I have only been practicing for two years, and now I am not afraid of going up the mountain to find wild boars."

Xu Yi rolled his eyes: "..." Practicing boxing is to let you fight in the wild mountains. Pig's?

"Take it easy." Xu Yi said, "Those who die the fastest are those with strong martial arts skills."

"Ah?" Zhang Tiegou didn't understand and asked why.

Xu Yi took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat, and said slowly: "If you know how to box and kick, you won't be afraid of death, but as a person, you are most afraid of being brave and foolhardy, and you will be easily used as a gunman."

After all, Zhang Tiegou learned half of the "Thousand-Character Classic" with Ah Jin, and he had fallen out of the ranks of illiterates and became semi-literate.

At this moment, he thought for a while and suddenly realized: "Brother Xu, are you scolding me?!"

"I thought you couldn't hear it." Xu Yi looked at him harmlessly.

Zhang Tiegou was so angry that he punched Xu Yi on the shoulder and snorted: "I have been hunting in the mountains for so many years, so please don't underestimate me."

Xu Yi nodded: "Yes, you have good hunting skills, but you can't hunt all your life. ."

At this moment, Zhang Tiegou was speechless.

Now that he has a wife and children, he should think about them. Thinking about these times, he went up the mountain alone for most of the day, and Meng Niang watched him come back at home every day, how anxious he must be.

But Mengniang didn't say anything, but he also knew that Mengniang was worried about him, fearing that something would happen to him on the mountain.

If something happens to him, Meng Niang will become a widow and her son will have no father.

"You're right, I have to find other ways to make money to support my family." Zhang Tiegou gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

But soon, his firm appearance was broken.

Li Mengniang woke up and came out with her child in her arms. When she saw them standing outside, she called them.

Zhang Tiegou heard the sound and ran over with a smile.

Xu Yi clicked his tongue and followed him.

"Brother Xu, have you thought of a name?" Li Mengniang asked him happily.

Xu Yi looked at the sleeping child in her arms, smiled and nodded: "I have thought of a few names, let's see what you decide."

Zhang Tiegou was surprised: "You have thought of so many in just a long time?"

Li Mengniang patted him. After a while: "Brother Xu has been studying for many years, so he is naturally better than you."

Seeing this, Xu Yi didn't say anything. He took out the paper in his sleeve pocket and opened it for them to see.

There are three names on it, namely: Zhang Haomiao, Zhang Yubo, and Zhang Ankang.

Zhang Tiegou read out these three names, scratched his head and said: "As expected of someone who has studied, they are all different from mine."

Li Mengniang thought of those names, and her eyes twitched: "Do you think everyone is the same?" What a messy name you chose."

"Don't be angry, Meng Niang. Brother Xu has already given her such a nice name." Zhang Tiegou quickly coaxed her and asked for her opinion, "Which name do you think is better? , whichever name our son will be named."

Li Mengniang pointed to Zhang Ankang, she liked that name.

Zhang Tiegou decided on the name without saying anything.

Little Zhang Ankang didn't know that he had a name and a godfather, and he slept soundly.

The next day.

Uncle Liu knew that Xu Yi wanted to adopt Zhang Tiegou's son as his godson, so he explained the process of becoming a godfather.

As the godfather, Xu Yi was going to the gold and silver shop to order silver chopsticks and silver bowls for his godson.

An auspicious day of the zodiac must also be selected. On the day of the deed recognition, the godson must serve tea to his godfather and perform three bows and nine kowtows.

Xu Yi was silent for a long time as he thought of his godson drinking milk in his swaddling clothes.

Uncle Liu also knew that such a young person was not suitable for the deed recognition ceremony, so he smiled and said that Xu Yi and the others could do whatever they wanted.

"The Zhang family mentioned it, but they didn't make it clear. Doctor, do you want me to ask you again?"

Xu Yi nodded, feeling that he really needed to ask clearly.

Accepting a godson in ancient times is different from recognizing a godson among modern friends. Once you recognize a son, you will be responsible.

As a result, Zhang Tiegou was confused when he saw Xu Yi coming to ask.

Wanting his son to recognize Xu Yi as his godfather was just a matter of fun. As for what the details were, he didn't know anything about it.

Xu Yi knew that he would be unreliable in this regard, but he didn't expect that he would be so unreliable.

...

Fortunately, he is unreliable, but Li Mengniang is reliable.

She took out Xiao An'an's birth date and went to calculate the lucky date for the famous half-fairy in Shiliba Village.

Ban Xian'er counted with his hands and said with a smile that this child was destined to be a noble person.

Li Mengniang and Zhang Tiegou looked at each other, wasn't it? It was good luck for the child to have Xu Yi as his godfather.

Here, Li Mengniang and Zhang Tiegou are living a good life.

At the same time, Xu Yi in the county carefully selected a gold and silver shop and ordered a pair of silver bowls and chopsticks for Xiao Anan.

When he left, he saw an exquisitely crafted children's safety lock. This safety lock was made entirely of silver, with flowing clouds and auspicious patterns engraved on it. In the middle was the word "福" with a green bead in its mouth.

The quality of the beads is average, but they are genuine jade.

Xu Yi liked it and bought it.

Later, this safety lock was always worn on little An'an's body. Even though he later got married and started a business and became rich, he never took it off.