Zheng Xiu talked to Xue Shao for a long time, and after her persuasion, Xue Shao finally smiled. When
Zheng Xiu returned to the room, Xue Zhi was already lying on the kang and almost asleep.
He guessed that based on his son's personality, he would probably say something more if Zheng Xiu asked him. He carefully looked at Zheng Xiu's face, trying to read something from her face.
Zheng Xiu glared at him with amusement, "What are you looking at?"
Xue Zhi chuckled, "Looking at you."
Zheng Xiu couldn't help laughing and said, "Now you can talk. Before, when I asked you about A Shao, you seemed like a mute."
Xue Shao smiled ingratiatingly and asked, "Did A Shao tell you everything?"
Zheng Xiu said, "Yes, I did."
"Then...what do you think?"
"I just want to celebrate A Shao's birthday well."
"Then you don't mind?" Xue Zhi looked surprised.
Zheng Xiu said seriously, "I don't believe in those things. A person's goodness or badness is determined by his character. Three parts are determined by fate, and seven parts depend on the environment. A'shao is so old now, and everyone can see his character. Why should we care about these things just because of what people say?"
Xue Zhi looked at her with more admiration. When he was at home, he felt that the women in the backyard had limited vision, and most of them believed in these supernatural things. He didn't expect that his little girl would have such a side!
Zheng Xiu's cheeks flushed under his burning gaze, "Don't look at me, think about what A'shao wants on a daily basis, and we will prepare it for him on his birthday." Although Xue Shao only made such a simple request, Zheng Xiu still wanted to make his birthday a success.
Xue Zhi tilted his head and thought for a while, "He said before that he wanted to start learning swordsmanship from me, and wanted a weapon that he could use."
Zheng Xiu was afraid that Xue Shao would wield a sword or a gun at such a young age and hurt himself, so she said, "Swords have no eyes, it's too dangerous."
Xue Zhi said, "Then I'll go find a piece of good wood and make him a wooden sword."
Zheng Xiu nodded, opened the money box, and took out five taels of silver for him.
Xue Zhi gave all his money to Zheng Xiu. He really had nothing else on him except a handful of copper coins. However, he still said, "The wood suitable for making swords is not too expensive, and you can just make him a small one. One or two taels of silver will be enough."
Zheng Xiu stuffed the silver into his hand and said, "Take it for now, and keep the rest."
When she was packing Xue Zhi's clothes and saw his wallet, Zheng Xiu realized that this guy really gave all his money to her. A grown man had more than ten big coins in his wallet.
Xue Zhi stopped refusing and put the silver away.
Zheng Xiu went out again to take a simple bath. When she came out after washing and dressing, Xue Zhi had already lain down and fallen asleep.
She wiped her hair and felt sleepy. She blew out the candles, got on the kang and closed her eyes soon after.
Xue Zhi was very good at pretending to sleep now, especially every time Zheng Xiu changed clothes or took a bath, he was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, so he pretended to sleep very skillfully and fake snoring came easily.
Zheng Xiu was really sleepy that day and fell asleep with her hair still wet. Xue
Zhi had amazing eyesight and could see even in the dark. He picked up the dry towel she had casually placed on the kang, took her long hair in his hands, and wiped it dry bit by bit.
Zheng Xiu got up the next day and went to Old Man Zheng and Old Lady Zheng, and first told her grandpa and grandma about celebrating Xue Shao's birthday on Dragon Boat Festival.
As she expected, Old Man Zheng did not say much. When Old Lady Zheng heard about the Dragon Boat Festival, she frowned and said, "How could you be born on such a day? This is a very unlucky day!"
Zheng Xiu advised, "Grandma, this saying is just like that. We just hear it and forget it. You have seen what kind of child A Shao is these days. Do we have to treat him specially just because his birthday is special? Just think about it, if I, A Yu, Sister Xian or A Rong were born on the Dragon Boat Festival, would you dislike it?"
Old Lady Zheng replied, "Of course not. No matter what day you were born, you are all my grandchildren!"
"That's all right. Isn't A'shao your great-grandson now? We just need to look at him as a person."
Old Man Zheng also chimed in, "Don't listen to those Feng Shui customs. Some of them are accurate and some are not. Wasn't Datou, the most capable worker in our village, also born on the Dragon Boat Festival? He was not a good boy either. What elder wouldn't like such an honest boy? Only his parents believed in such things and didn't treat the child well. Didn't you feel sorry for him and complained about him several times before? times?"
Thinking of Murakami, a child who was honest and simple-minded, and worked very hard, but was envied by his parents because of a bad birthday, and had never had a good face since childhood, and was not well fed and clothed, and was a boy of sixteen or seventeen, but as thin as a bamboo pole, Mrs. Zheng stopped worrying about it and said, "Yes, our family doesn't believe that! Let's celebrate A Shao's birthday on the Dragon Boat Festival with great excitement!"
Mrs. Zheng, who believed in this the most in the family, was relieved, and it was no problem for other people in the family.
However, there were only two days to prepare, and the family did not have time to prepare anything. Zheng Xiu went to talk to his father and brother and asked them to clear the Dragon Boat Festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival is an important festival, and the family should get together to eat and drink realgar wine, so no one can't make time for it.
When Zheng Yu heard that they were going to celebrate Xue Shao's birthday, he frowned, his little face full of seriousness: "Sister, what do you think I should give to Shao?"
Zheng Xiu said: "Just give you a gift from your heart."
Zheng Yu rummaged through his pocket money and said, "Then I'll go to the street tomorrow to have a look." Then he said worriedly, "But Shao is always with me, how can I buy him a gift secretly?"
Zheng Xiu helped to give an idea, "Wait for you to get out of school tomorrow, go home together first, then I will leave Shao here and you can go out."
Zheng Yu nodded solemnly, "Then trouble you, sister! I will definitely pick a good gift for Shao."
On the Dragon Boat Festival, Zheng Ren and Xue Zhi took the two children to watch the dragon boat race early in the morning. Originally, she wanted to ask Zheng Xiu to go with her, but Zheng Xiu thought that Aunt Qian had gone home for the festival, and her grandmother was the only one at home, so she was afraid that she would not be able to handle it. Besides, there were too many people watching the dragon boat race outside, so she did not go. The two of them swept the courtyard together, hung mugwort branches, hung calamus, and sprinkled realgar water.
The rice dumplings were made by old lady Zheng herself. Zheng Xiu followed and learned for a long time, and learned the general idea, but the shape was still not very beautiful.
Before noon, they came back together. Zheng Ren and Xue Zhi were sweating, but the two children were very happy.
Zheng Xiu asked them to wash their hands and faces.
After washing, Zheng Yu ran back to the house, took out an iron nine-link ring and stuffed it into Xue Shao's hand, "A Shao, happy birthday!"
Xue Shao accepted it with a smile.
Zheng Yu saw the trick, and asked his brother with a smile: "Is this the birthday present you prepared for Shao? I don't think Shao likes playing with this, do you like it yourself?"
Zheng Yu scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, "I like it, Shao probably likes it too."
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