He is the father of the child, and the more a father expects from his child, the more he will put effort into his child's name.
Even though the child was just a daughter, he might not have paid much attention to this unexpected child, but she still wanted Wei Cheng to name her himself.
She endured her grievance and said, "General, please take one."
"Hmm." He pondered, frowning and thinking. He originally wanted to let Shen Yinxiao name the child. After all, she had always had her own opinion. If she didn't let her choose it after him, he would be afraid that the time would come when the time came. I was secretly unhappy for a long time.
Now that he heard her say this, he paused for a moment.
The names on the silk were all what he thought of in his spare time these days. He also checked some ancient books and poems, and consulted Guo Yan, who read the most. The two discussed it many times, and he read it dozens of times. Backward and backward.
Now that she asked him to come and get it, he felt that the pile of names on the silk were not that good.
It's almost meaningless.
There were several books of Songs and Songs in the car to pass the time. He took out a book of Songs and opened it and started reading.
Yin Xiao also came over to take a look with red eyes.
"When I ascend the Kunlun Mountains, I eat Yuying, and live as long as the heaven and earth, and shine as brightly as the sun and the moon." He flicked the page with his fingers and made a soft sound: "How about calling me Yuying?"
"..."
"Not good." She shook her head immediately, "It seems a bit... too flashy."
It makes sense. He lowered his eyebrows and nodded, turning a few more pages and looking at them carefully.
"She has a beautiful smile and beautiful eyes. How about calling her Yuqian?" he said confidently.
Why do you like Yu Qian and Ying so much?
Although she disliked him, she couldn't bear to attack him and reminded him tactfully: "Yuqian sounds like a storyteller I know with the same name. Isn't that good?"
"There are tadpoles in the garden, and there are orchids in the wine. I miss you, but I dare not say anything." He thought carefully, "How about the orchids?"
Before Yin Xiao could answer, he shook his head again: "No, Hua Hua Cao Cao is too petty and not worthy of my daughter."
He turned to look at her again: "Actually, I think it's good to have jade in the name. Let's think about what else to jade..."
"No need." She interrupted him a little irritably: "I'll take it."
The half-sentence he had yet to say was blocked by her careless expression. His throat rolled and he nodded: "It's all up to you."
He muttered inwardly.
It was originally meant for you to take, but I insisted on taking it and you got impatient, and in the end it wasn't you who took it.
I think so, but I dare not say it out loud.
"Let's call her Peilin." She thought for a while.
The silk seal that Wei Cheng had been thinking about for several months was instantly invalidated.
"Pei means abundant and rich, and Lin means grace and rain." She whispered: "I hope I will be a child with profound blessings."
Months of hard work were in vain, but he wasn't upset, and he didn't hear what she said. He nodded enthusiastically: "Okay, Peilin is good. What a good name, let's call her Peilin."
She was thinking about what was on her mind, and stopped talking after taking the name. Wei Cheng was also looking at the scenery outside the window, with the sound of horse hooves outside the car, and he seemed to be hesitating on how to speak.
"What's wrong, General?"
"It's nothing." He held her hand and said, "I'll tell you when I get back."
When they arrived at Xiyuan, Wei Cheng covered her up with a brocade quilt and took her carefully out of the car.
When she got up, she pulled at the wound. She gripped his shoulder tightly, gasping in pain and frowning tightly.
"No more babies, no more babies in the future." His hands froze, and he quickly made his movements gentler, looking at her expression nervously.
When her expression calmed down, he carefully lifted her up again.
The child was held by Mother Shen and got out of another car. Following Mother Shen were Xu Yu and two slightly younger wet nurses.
Maybe the baby woke up when he got out of the car, and the baby started crying softly.
Yin Xiao turned to look for the child and wanted to take a look. Wei Cheng frowned and turned back: "Be careful, don't catch the wind."
"I know." Mother Shen, Xu Yu and the two wet nurses nodded.
Worried about the bumpy carriage, he carried her all the way back to Sanle, strode into the yard, and carefully placed her on the bed.
It wasn't until she settled down and the quilt and curtains were put down that Wei Cheng got up and went to the study to deal with things.
He said someone was still waiting for him in the study.
She said "Huh" and watched him go out. When the person walked away, Shen's mother also took the child over.
The swaddling clothes were placed next to her pillow. She pushed aside the soft quilt, stretched her head and looked inside. Her face turned pale and she couldn't help but exclaim.
"Why is it so ugly?"
Her eyes were red, and she just felt that her daughter was really pitiful. She was just born prematurely. She was still so black and red, wrinkled, and as small as a skinny monkey. She didn't dare to touch her.
I also feel that it is really easy to cry today, and my eyes feel sore at every turn.
Mother Shen sighed and persuaded in a low voice outside the tent: "Children are like this, but this child is born prematurely, and the skin and flesh have not yet unfolded, so it doesn't look good. My uncle is very talented, and his daughter is like his father. She won’t be too ugly, and she will look more beautiful after the confinement period.”
She paused and then said: "Confinement is the most important thing. You have committed such a big crime. You have to do double confinement. These days, you just sleep in the room and don't think about anything." Don’t leave the house.”
She let out a listless "Hmm" and yawned a little sleepily. Peilin opened her mouth and sucked on her little tongue. She said to Shen's mother in surprise: "Is she hungry?"
"Maybe she's hungry. Can you feed her?"
She unbuttoned her top, carefully picked up Peilin, and held him in her arms.
Mother Shen looked at her with a smile, sighed, and said quietly: "It would be great if he was a son."
She paused and looked up: "What's wrong?"
"No, it's nothing." Mother Shen shook her head, "Which man in the world doesn't want a son? Your father... he doesn't want a son, too. If it weren't for the fact that the family doesn't have enough money to have a concubine..."
"If my uncle has another woman in the future, or has a new wife, or a wife, you don't want to..."
Halfway through her words, she also realized that it was not a good time to say this and stopped abruptly.
Shen Yinxiao lowered his head and looked at his daughter's profile as she drank milk quietly, without saying a word.
The midday sun shines into the house through the screen window, and the bedside also scatters golden sunshine all over the floor.
The wedding dress that had been made was hung on the shelf under the window. Looking over from the bed, I happened to see the extremely gorgeous floor-length trailing dress like a phoenix spreading its wings. The long sleeves stretched, the long skirt trailed to the floor, and the gold thread embroidery on the dress was The phoenix, peony and auspicious cloud patterns are soaked in the sunlight, as if gilded gold is swaying on it.
It was the afternoon when people were most likely to get sleepy. There were two new little girls assigned to serve in the corridor. The whole place was quiet except for the chirping of cicadas and birds.
She dozed against the edge of the bed.
Dimly, I heard the little girl whispering in the corridor.
"Have you gone to see the future eldest lady? She is so beautiful."
"Isn't this the one inside?"
"Didn't you see this one here, the one who came back with the master the day before yesterday? They have all moved in. I asked where they are serving. She is the eldest lady of the Xie family! The master brought her back to marry her and become the eldest lady. Yes! I have heard the master’s orders, and she will be our mistress from now on!”
"Ah." Another little girl exclaimed: "What should I do about the one over there? I just gave birth to a daughter-in-law, and all the wedding clothes were delivered a few days ago. Doesn't it mean that her beard has been cut off now?"
"Shh-"
The sounds outside suddenly disappeared.
Shen Yinxiao opened his eyes and was stunned for a while. His eyes finally fell on the wedding dress with big sleeves flying not far away in the room.
Bright and beautiful, yet inexplicably ironic.
No wonder my mother stammered and stopped talking.
She twitched her lips.
