The baby is one month old, and this full moon wine must be drunk. The whole Wang family is busy again, preparing food and drinks, sending invitations to relatives and friends, etc. Although many specific things are arranged by the housekeeper, they still have to grow up. Dad is worried, who asked you to be a grandpa? Doesn't "being a grandpa" focus on the word "do"?
The banquet began, and more than a dozen large round tables were full. During the dinner, the most eye-catching person was Changling’s grandfather, Wang Dexing. I saw that Grandpa Wang's white hair was shiny and his face was red. Just as novelists often describe it: "He has a childish face and a strong spirit." Grandpa Wang was holding a wine glass at this time, but he kept talking. :
"Some people hope to give birth to a boy in their first birth. In fact, the first birth should be a girl. Flowering first and then bearing fruit. Is this right? Can you guys tell me, should it bloom first and then bear fruit?"
People agreed one after another, but someone asked Grandpa Wang: "Grandpa Wang, why did you give birth to Mingzhe in your first child?"
"You old grandson, what you say is so unreasonable. Tell me, it was me, Dexing, who gave birth to Mingzhe? Did the rooster also lay eggs? I remember that at the beginning, I repeatedly told my wife that she should bloom first and then bear fruit. What happened? ? She didn’t listen to me. She gave birth to Mingzhe with her first child, and then gave birth to my older sister with her second child, which resulted in fruiting first and then blooming. What can I, Dexing, do?"
Someone advised Grandpa Wang not to forget to drink. Grandpa Wang tilted his neck and drained the wine glass, then sifted the cup to fill it up.
The old man took a bite of the food and continued talking:
"My eldest daughter-in-law is not obedient. I remember repeatedly telling her to bloom first and then bear fruit. What happened? She was born with a 'wow' sound. Look at her lower body. She is a boy again. He is my age. "
Everyone burst into laughter again. But the old man still had something to say: "My daughter-in-law is still obedient. She gave birth to a girl for the first time, and it blooms first and then bears fruit. This is the normal rule. Come on, come on, let's drink!"
After drinking the full moon wine, the baby still needs to "come forward". The so-called "come forward" means that Furong and his wife want to return to their parents' home with their baby. It's not difficult, just bring some gifts and carry the baby on your back to Furong's parents' house to stay for a few days, that's it. Furong counted the days on her fingers at her parents' house. Today was the forty-second day since the baby was born, so she packed her bags, said goodbye to her parents and returned to her home.
It was finally dark, and after forty-two days of restraint, Changling couldn't wait. In fact, Furong didn't want to either. The couple went to bed early. Furong fed the baby milk and let the baby sleep beside her. Then she lay on her back and said, "Come up." After Brother Changling said, "After six or seven, the horse will be ready." With these two lines of poem "Jun Qi", he immediately mounted Furong's body, using his lips and a pair of sensitive hands to suck and grasp various parts of Furong's body hungrily, and now Furong used his entire body to perform this exercise on Brother Chang Ling. All-round openness.
Changling became a father and Furong became a mother. There is a baby between the couple, which adds a lot of fun to life. Although it brings a lot of trouble to the couple and often brings some inconvenience to the couple when doing things in bed, these are insignificant compared to the fun that the baby brings to the couple.
Human emotional life is extremely rich in content, and it seems that it will never be satisfied. Take the relationship between husband and wife as an example. During the relationship stage, that kind of emotional life is comfortable enough, right? But are you satisfied? After getting married, a couple passionately in love sleeping in the same bed, that feeling can be considered happy and wonderful, but are you satisfied? After getting married and starting a family, as a loving couple living freely together, it stands to reason that you should be satisfied, but are you satisfied? I am certain that none of this will provide long-term satisfaction. Satisfaction is only temporary, dissatisfaction will appear soon. Just like the couple Wang Changling and Furong, assuming that Furong's belly has not changed a year and a half after they got married, I'm sure Furong will ask Changling to take her to the temple to draw lots to see what her destiny will be. Do you have children? When will you have children? Is it soon? If after a while, Furong's waist is still very slender, Furong will ask Brother Changling to take her to see the doctor secretly. If the doctor says that Furong is not sick, you will ask the doctor to check her pulse carefully, and the doctor will have to ask Is it normal for you to come to Hong Kong? Finally, I will give you two medicines to try. If that doesn't work, you have no choice but to seek help from Guanyin or the Heavenly King. After all efforts failed, the couple began to consider adopting a son while under tremendous pressure.
But Wang Changling and Furong were a lucky couple. Two or three months before the wedding night, the seeds of love had been sown in Furong's belly. As a result, the "ten-month pregnancy" after coming to her husband's house was shortened to "seven-month pregnancy." .
Although having children is tiring, people are willing to suffer. Because more importantly, it brings endless fun and psychological satisfaction to people. Now, entertaining the baby has become an important part of life for Changling and his wife. Although the baby can't speak yet, he can understand every move of his parents. The babbling sounds are talking and singing.
As the years go by, the baby grows up day by day, and now it has begun to babbling. Of course, the first thing I learned was to be called "Mom". I don't know which day, the baby suddenly opened his mouth wide and shouted a loud "What!" Furong was happy and immediately told Brother Changling the good news: "Brother Changling, come and see, the baby will scream. 'Mom'." Changling hurried over, but the baby kept shouting "Mom, mom, mom, mom, mom..." The couple laughed.
Changling became a little jealous. The baby can be called "Mom", why not "Dad"? So Changling taught the baby to call "Dad", but unfortunately, the baby still couldn't say "Dad". So Changling said: "Baby, you are biased. You only call you mommy and not daddy. You must learn to call you daddy quickly, otherwise, daddy will not hold the baby." Who knows, the baby started crying, so Changling She immediately picked up the baby and coaxed: "Dad, hold the baby. Why doesn't dad hold the baby? The baby is beating daddy!" Changling took the baby's little hand and patted the father's face, making Furong laugh and bend over.
The name "Baby" has been changed to "Jing'er" because Jing'er is already able to communicate normally with adults. The couple started asking Jing'er to guess riddles, read poems, recognize words, and look at pictures. The couple is determined to raise their daughter to be a talented woman, at least as knowledgeable and sensible as her mother.
Jing'er, who is over one year old, is already able to run around, and Furong becomes more relaxed. But don't be too happy too early. Furong has not been pregnant for two months. Furong knows that she has it again in her belly. The couple hopes their second child will be a boy.
The second child was born, and it turned out to be a boy. This "men on the left and women on the right" is really effective. There seems to be a certain pattern for women to give birth to children. A considerable number of women always give birth to a boy and a girl alternately. This situation is called "cross-flowered fetus" among the common people. It seems that hibiscus also belongs to the category of "flowered fetuses". Sure enough, the third child was born a girl.
So Changling asked the children to guess numbers: "How many children are there in the family? One has an older brother, one has a younger brother, two have an older sister, and two have a younger sister. How many children are there in total?"
The children said in unison: "Six!"
Dad laughed, the more he laughed, the harder he laughed. Mom also laughed. The children were surprised: "What? Is there something wrong?"
Mom pointed to the three children: "Look, look at your three sisters, are you..."
"I understand, a sister has a brother, a sister has a brother, two brothers and a sister have a sister, and two siblings have a sister."
"That's right! Three siblings became six siblings."
Wang Changling also began to help his father with some farm work and participate in some field management matters. When you have nothing to do, take your fishing net and go to Bahe River to learn about fishing and experience the fishing and hunting life that poets like to sing about. Sometimes, Furong and I take a few children to stroll around Baqiao.
The couple took their children to Xiangji Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, which is also part of the life of Wang Changling and his wife. Xiangji Temple is located more than 30 miles south of Xi'an City, on the west bank of Shenheyuan, just north of Ziwu Valley in Zhongnan Mountain. It is bordered by the Hao River to the south and the beautiful Fanchuan River to the north. The confluence of the Hao River and the Fan River lingers in its west. . The whole temple is secluded but not remote, quiet but not silent. This temple is the ancestral temple of the Pure Land Sect in China. In the second year of Emperor Gaozong's Yonglong reign, Master Shandao, one of the founders of Pure Land Sect, passed away. In order to commemorate Shandao's merits, his disciple Huaiyun built Xiangji Temple and a pagoda to support Master Shandao, making Xiangji Temple the official founder of Pure Land Sect of Chinese Buddhism. The first dojo after.
Master Shandao is a native of Linzi, Shandong. Based on Buddhist Pure Land sect classics such as the Infinite Life Sutra, the Infinite Life Sutra, the Amitabha Sutra and the Treatise on Rebirth, he advocates that any sentient being who wishes to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss can just recite "Nan". Without the name of "Amitabha Buddha", with the power of the Buddha's vows, he will definitely be reborn.
Xiangji Temple is large in scale, and there is a legend of "riding through the mountain gate on horseback". According to the "Stele of Master Longchan": "The sacred trees and grasses are unique and beautiful in the cold years. The flowers are bright in the dark at night, and they are blooming when they have passed the severe frost. How can the wind blow straight?" The air is high and refreshing, and it is the place where the voice-hearers enter the path. Therefore, it is also near the water, where the Bodhisattva meets his true self.
In front of the temple stands the thirteen-story Buddhist pagoda Shandao Pagoda, which is surrounded by 200 steps and looks majestic. At that time, Emperor Zetian and Emperor Gaozong both came here to worship Buddha and gave them to Xiangji Temple as "a famous treasure of the country" and "a secret treasure of Shehe Palace". Because Shandao had many believers in Chang'an, and the religious relics given by the emperor were enshrined here, there was an endless stream of people coming to pay their respects and worship the Buddha, and the incense was very prosperous.
Shandao Tower is built with green bricks, with a wall thickness of six feet and a square plane. It is an imitation wood structure. There are twelve saddle-shaped half-naked ancient Buddhas around the pagoda. They are exquisitely carved and are truly treasures. There are doors on all four sides of the base of the pagoda, and a brick-engraved "Nirvana Event" banner is embedded on the lintel of the south door. The "Diamond Sutra" in regular script is engraved on all sides of the tower, with elegant handwriting and powerful writing. striking.
Wang Changling and his wife often brought several children to Xiangji Temple. They looked at the tall and majestic pagoda with the children, went to the Main Hall to see the Bodhisattva, let the children bow to the Bodhisattva, and burned some incense paper in the incense burner. We made a wish to the Bodhisattva to bless the children to be safe and sound.
Wang Changling also wrote some poems, all of which were based on his fishing and hunting life. Please see the poem below:
""Two Poems on Ba Chi": What do you want to do with the waist sickle? Cutting autumn leeks in the east garden. The world is no longer discussed, the tragic song and the woodcutter."
"Second: Open the door and look at the Changchuan River, and see the fishermen at dusk. May I ask the white-headed man, how many years have you been fishing?"
"Autumn Xing": At dusk in the northwest hall, the cool breeze washes the repaired wood. The book is written in the south window, and the gate is always solemn. The moss and grass extend the ancient meaning, and the sight and hearing become lonely. Sometimes I am in the camp, mowing millet in the cold valley. .”
""Wandering Alone": I am lying in the forest at leisure, traveling alone in the scenery of Changyan. I was fishing from the foot of Baling to the south stream. Holding a pair of carps in my hands, I watched the wild geese flying thousands of miles away. I realized that they are suitable for flying, and I know that they are in trouble. Let them go. Cold spring, because I can avoid being careless. I will always cherish the youthful guest, looking back among the white clouds. I am transcendent and have no legacy, so it is not related to my name and officialdom."
""Worship at the Pagoda of the Two Holy Monks of Pingping for Ten Thousand Chapters": There is really no imperial transformation, but there has been a vehicle transformation in the past. Who can know right from wrong in those twin towers? Foolishness can also frighten the common people, and the Holy One is the emperor's master. When The emergence of the world is not determined by heaven and earth. Tens of thousands of times, the Lord will return to this place, and there will be no violation of equality. Today, my heart of courtesy will remain the same for hundreds of millions of kalpas. Be solemn under the pines and cypresses, and the heavens will come in due time."
""The Leisurely Residence in Bashang": Hongdu has a returning visitor, lying down in Ziyang Village. Xuan Mian is in vain, the clear river shines on our door. The sky is clear at sunset, and the cold birds go to the deserted garden. When I fall, I am proud, and I am so pregnant. Don't say anything. . There is a solitary crane in front of the court, which is always turning over when it wants to peck at it. Hold the plain book for me, and pay homage to his appearance. The two kings are both immortal, so I comfort their souls."
Over the years, Wang Changling has lived such a hermit life.
