Chapter 284: Changing the Name and Surname Together
The two big ones were okay, but the two little ones shook their heads vigorously and said anxiously, "I don't like it!"
I don't like it at all.
People who have come into contact with them since childhood all look surprised when they hear their names.
Daddy also looked disgusted when he called their names, as if they had done something very bad or committed a big mistake.
Pinggu was more anxious than the two younger girls. She turned to Shen Qing and asked, "Master, can you give them new names?"
Children's names are either given by the head of the family or by the men in the family. Women are not qualified to name their children.
Shen Qing raised an eyebrow and replied, "You don't like it either? Then just start a new one."
She thought of something and added, "Since I'm no longer a servant of the Cao family, why not change my last name as well?"
Pinggu's face lit up with joy, and she said as a matter of course: "Okay, then I'll follow you, Master..."
Shen Qing interrupted hurriedly: "No, they are not servants, just take your surname."
The four little girls were stunned. The new master didn't let them take the master's surname, but let them take their mother's surname?
Pinggu was stunned there, she never thought that Shen Qing would ask her to take her last name!
"Auntie Ping, what's your last name?" Shen Qing broke the silence and asked.
"Surname, Lin."
"It's a nice surname." Shen Qing praised, and then said casually: "Xiao Jin Xiao Yin is also a good name, with gold and silver. If you like it, you don't have to change it;
Xiaotong and Xiaotie can change their names sooner rather than later. From today on, it's like moving to a new place and meeting completely different people. Using new names will help people accept them faster, and you'll adapt quickly too."
Pinggu's eyes lit up.
Yes, Cao Da doesn’t like these girls at all, and he doesn’t care about their life or death these days. If it weren’t for Shen Qingxin’s kindness, they would probably have lost their lives!
If you can't even save your life, what's the point of worrying about those empty things? What about your daughter and her maiden name?
A name will be used for a lifetime. How happy it would be to have a name that you like!
She looked at her two little girls and asked, "What names do you like?"
Xiao Tie and Xiao Tong opened and closed their mouths, shook their heads, turned to look at Shen Qing, and asked trustingly: "Auntie, can you help us think of something?"
Shen Qing: .....She doesn’t know how to name anything.
Her two granddaughters still don't have proper names, and she's afraid that her uneducated nature will cause a joke by giving them pretentious names.
She could only admit, "I'm just a peasant woman. How could I have a nice and meaningful name?"
Ping Gu disagreed: "Master, please take the trouble to think of one."
Shen Qing is a very wise person, and he must be better than they think.
Seeing Shen Qing was about to shake her head and refuse, she quickly added: "If the two little ones don't like it, let them think about it themselves!"
Having said that, Shen Qing suddenly felt relieved. A word popped up in her mind, and she asked tentatively: "Gold, silver and jewelry?
Like a pearl and a treasure, it not only means that it is your baby, but also echoes the names of your two sisters.
But if it's called "Pearl", people will easily give it a bad nickname. You can call it "gold, silver, treasure, or pearl."
Adults don’t think giving nicknames is a big deal, but children still care about it, especially the two younger ones who are only eight or nine years old. It’s better to avoid it if possible.
But they might not like it. As far as she knows, children's aesthetic taste is completely different from adults'...
"Mom, I like Pearl. Can I just be called Pearl?" Xiao Tong tilted her head and looked at her mother expectantly.
She had seen pearls on Mrs. Cao’s hairpin before. The beads were as big as a little fingernail, round, white and smooth, so beautiful!
It is said that a small piece costs a lot of silver!
My aunt is so kind to give her such an expensive name.
Xiao Tie tugged at her mother's clothes and asked happily, "I like it too, Mom. Am I no longer a piece of iron, but a treasure now?"
Ping Gu held back the moisture welling up in her eyes and nodded with a thick nasal voice: "Okay, yes, from now on, you two are not copper and iron, but treasures."
Xiao Jin and Xiao Yin smiled even wider, and reminded their two younger sisters: "Hurry up and thank Auntie!
Auntie is amazing, the name she chose is not only nice to hear, but also has a good meaning!"
Shen Qing: ...Stop praising her! She'll become proud if you continue praising her!
I can't help but name my two granddaughters after them~
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After lunch, they decided on new names and the five of them went into the bathhouse with their spare clothes.
After seeing clearly inside, the five people were no less shocked than Liu Cuihua!
There's even a place to put clean clothes. This is so thoughtful.
"Come and try the water temperature. Is it suitable? You haven't washed for a long time. Soak it and wash it thoroughly today." Liu Cuihua greeted cheerfully.
"Thank you for your hard work." Pinggu felt that the kindness she had received during this period was more than in the previous thirty years combined!
In the past, she knew that the Lei family were all kind people, but because they were under the control of Old Madam Cao, she could not spend much time with them. Unexpectedly, not only were the men, women, and children in the Lei family very kind, but the people in the village were also all warm-hearted, honest and righteous.
Without them, I might have died several times...
Liu Cuihua waved her hand nonchalantly and shouted, "Hey, just boil a few pots of water, what's there to be polite about? Look, Shen Qing even prepared some soap! It's a precious thing.
Come on, there's hot water in the wooden barrel over there. Add some cold water and I'll wash the children's hair. You take a bath first. It'll be faster if we wash them separately."
When she heard there was a piece of soap, Pinggu went forward and took it in her hands to take a closer look.
I saw a round piece the size of a palm, as white as fat, and I could smell a faint scent of milk.
Why is this different from what Madam used before? Madam’s wasn’t this white.
But it smells so good!
With the help of Liu Cuihua, the five people took a comfortable and fragrant bath. After drying their hair mostly by the stove, they wrapped their heads tightly with the cotton cloth sent by Shen Qing, and went into the main house to let the heat continue to dry the remaining water.
Ping Gu took the initiative to ask: "Master, what are our responsibilities?"
The four little girls from Gold, Silver and Jewelry also looked at Shen Qing in unison.
Shen Qing looked at Pinggu, whose right hand was still bandaged and who needed Cuihua's help even to take a bath;
Then she looked at the four little ones, whose clothes, even after being altered, were still empty. One was injured, and the other four were malnourished. She sighed, "You should take care of yourselves first. Wait ten days or half a month and see how you are. Once you are better, we can arrange work for you."
Although she believes that everyone has to work and the harder they work, the luckier they are, she is not a black-hearted person!
The older Xiao Jin and Xiao Yin were anxious and said hurriedly, "Auntie, we are fine. We have eaten enough and have enough strength. Don't worry about arranging the work."
It's unacceptable for their family of five to eat for free.
Pinggu knew that her right hand was injured and she could not embroider, and she could not do any rough work during her recuperation period - otherwise her hands would become rough and she would not be able to touch silk fabrics.
But, "Master, I can teach you embroidery."
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