Chapter 3 Naming(1/2)
Bai Banban and Mrs. Zhen miss their daughter like crazy.
Sons were born one after another, until five sons were born, and there was no trace of the daughter.
One year, a fortune-teller called Pojiao came to the village, and he was very accurate in telling fortunes to everyone.
Bai Bancun couldn't help but do some divination, and Taoist Pojiao mysteriously said that he and Mrs. Zhen would be blessed with a daughter, who would be the most precious of all the essences of heaven and earth.
Others did not ask for money for fortune telling, but only charged ten cents for a white board, saying that if they got a daughter, their family would be rich and prosperous, so he had to spend the money.
Baiban happily paid ten cents.
I don’t dare to think about gathering the essence of heaven and earth, just an ordinary girl with clear water will do.
Two months later, Mrs. Zhen had a dream.
In her dream, she saw a girl staggering towards her in the snow. She picked up the baby and the snow suddenly turned into blooming peonies.
Zhen woke up from her dream and felt vomiting and dizzy. She asked the village doctor to diagnose her pulse. She was already two months pregnant.
The couple were so excited because they knew that three generations of Lao Bai's family had not been able to give birth to a daughter.
It's okay now. The old Bai family's tradition of not having daughters is going to be broken by them.
Who could have imagined that Mrs. Zhen had a fall and had a miscarriage just three months ago.
Bai Banban was so angry that he wanted to go to Taoist Pojiao to ask for the fortune-telling ten cents back, but Taoist Pojiao had disappeared to nowhere.
When Mrs. Zhen was sad, she wanted to take good care of herself and have another baby, but she never got pregnant again.
The couple completely gave up the thought of their daughter, and instead placed their hopes on their two daughters-in-law. Since they were destined not to have a daughter, it would be okay to have a granddaughter.
The two daughters-in-law had very good bellies and became pregnant as soon as they entered the house. The birth of the child went smoothly.
However, the fate of a son is the same as theirs, and every child is determined.
All the men in Lao Bai's family are men, and the whole family is like a monk's temple.
The hearts of the old couple felt like they had been poured cold water in winter, from head to toe.
Unexpectedly, a fat girl actually came to me.
Looking at the beautiful baby in her arms, Zhen suddenly thought of that dream.
The milk doll was exactly the same as the doll walking towards her in the snow in the dream.
"Dad, do you still remember what the Taoist priest from Pojiao said before, saying that if we have a daughter...he also didn't say that the daughter must be our own biological child."
When Mrs. Zhen mentioned the fortune-telling thing that year, Bai Banban was startled and thought of something.
"You can't believe what a crazy charlatan says..."
The white wooden board took a good look at the child in Zhen's arms. How could the skin be so tender and the eyelashes so thick?
Mrs. Zhen was speechless.
She believed that this child was the child in her dream, who came to her in the heavy snow. Unfortunately, the child lost his mother as soon as he was born, and he could not go to burn incense in front of the mother's tablet.
She seemed to have a destiny with this child. She remembered how the child happened to be placed at their door, wrapped in a quilt with a picture of a hundred pomegranates she had embroidered.
She didn't know whose idea it was, or who released the child. She didn't dare to ask in Huaicheng, for fear that someone would do harm to the child.
Now that this child has come to her, she will risk her life to protect her child.
"I forgot one thing, the child hasn't been named yet," said Zhen.
"Daughter-in-law, if you know how to read, you can give your daughter a name." The white board asked Zhen to make up her mind.
"It's better for you to get up. You've been waiting for your daughter for so long, and this name can't be fooled."
"Then we must not be fooled." Under Zhen's insistence, Bai Ban said no more.
Mrs. Zhen rolled her eyes at the white wooden board.
"I have the nerve to say that I wasn't fooled. Of the five sons, the first three are named Dazhuang, Erzhuang, and Sanzhuang. What thought did you put into naming them? It's not just a slap on the forehead."
"There are a lot of sons, you can't call them whatever you want. Why don't I name the fourth son Panmei properly? And the fifth son, Zhaomei, is not a good name. There is no one with the same name in the village."
Seeing her man's guilty conscience, Mrs. Zhen stopped trying to expose his double standards and couldn't help but laugh: "My son can be named whatever I want, but not my daughter. We have to choose a name that can be used."
"That's right." Baiban agreed wholeheartedly.
His white-board adopted daughter, no, daughter, froze in the snow all night and was safe and sound. She is a child with great fortune and good fortune. She looks so lovable. She has a beautiful meaning and is catchy. As soon as she hears it,
Just Fukuzawa's deep name.
"How about calling it plum blossom?" Bai Banban thought of the day after his daughter came to his side, and a plum blossom burst outside the rented house.
Mrs. Zhen frowned. She felt that the name beggar was too vulgar and did not suit her daughter's elegant temperament.
"The second daughter-in-law's sister's name is Meihua. Think about it again."
The white board scratched his head and thought for a long time before an idea suddenly occurred to him.
"How about calling it Fushou? It means happiness and longevity."
Baibanban thinks this name is good, grand and meaningful.
"This... the meaning is good." Mrs. Zhen shook her head gently, "But the little girl's name is too heavy, and I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it. Her mother is gone, and we will be her parents from now on.
, I don’t ask for anything else, I just want her to be perfect and safe by our side in the future.”
This is Zhen's hope.
She experienced family breakdown when she was young, and knew that nothing was more important than a happy family together.
Just like now, even though we are so poor, our family can stay together peacefully.
"Then let's call her Fuyuan. Bai Fuyuan. I hope our daughter will be blessed with blessings and live a perfect life." The white wooden board finalized the name of our daughter.
Bai Fuyuan!
"This is a good name! My name is Bai Fuyuan, and my nickname is Yuanyuan." Zhen's eyes lit up.
The couple laughed and laughed, both satisfied with the name.
"Fuyuan, Yuanyuan, you will be my mother's baby from now on."
Mrs. Zhen gently touched Xiao Fuyuan's face, fearing to wake her daughter, and said softly.
"Yuanyuan, I will be your dad from now on. When you grow up quickly, dad will be your horse to ride on."
Bai Banban also wanted to touch his daughter's face, but he just thought about it because he was worried that his rough hands would hurt his daughter.
very noisy!
Who is calling her?
The freshly baked Bai Fuyuan twisted his little head and slowly opened his eyes.
"Yuanyuan is awake! Yuanyuan has opened her eyes! Mother, look, our round eyes are so beautiful, she is looking at me..."
Bai Ban was very excited. This was the second time that his daughter had opened her eyes. The first time was in the Huaicheng Medical Clinic, and she opened her eyes to the doctor. This time it was different, she opened her eyes to him. How could he not be excited?
The big, round black eyes made the old father's heart tremble.
Mrs. Zhen couldn't help laughing when she saw her man's surprise.
Yuanyuan looked at the white wooden board, and her eyes turned to Zhen. At this time, Zhen's heart also trembled like the white wooden board.
She now wished she could hug the pink ball in front of her and feel the pain in her heart.
Xiao Fuyuan tried his best to open his eyes wide. His clear eyes were filled with confusion.
She saw two unfamiliar adults in front of her.
Where is this? Why is it not the children's room that this baby is familiar with?
Xiao Fuyuan felt aggrieved, her nose turned sour, her mouth curled up, and her eyes were filled with water.
"Mom is here, don't cry!"
Mrs. Zhen quickly held little Fuyuan in her arms, rocked her gently, and patted the quilt rhythmically.
Zhen's warm embrace and soft words made Xiao Fuyuan feel warm in her heart, and she couldn't help but arch her arms into Zhen's arms.
mother?
Frame after frame of pictures flashed through my mind...
"Don't cry, Yuan Bao. Baby Yuan will get well soon and grow up quickly. I will take you to ride the merry-go-round, swing on the swings, and fly a kite -" In the memory, someone held her in his arms, pressed against her face, and fell down.
Whispering while crying.
The sound is getting farther and farther away, becoming more and more blurry...
As nice as my mother's voice, as warm as my mother's arms.
Mom means mom, I guess.
"Are Yuanyuan hungry? Dad will feed you goat's milk." Bai Ban took out the goat's milk and warmed it, then took a spoonful and handed it to Fuyuan's mouth.
father?
Does dad mean daddy?
To be continued...