Chapter 2 Talking at half a year old
Days passed day by day, and after a month of cultivation, Zhu Wan went to work at "Guangren Hospital".
Xiao Qindi stayed at home and was taken care of by her nurse.
He had an amazing appetite. Although he had hired two nurses at home, he still couldn't feed him.
Two months later, he could move a finger.
Three months later, his right hand was bent for five fingers and he could clench half his fist.
Zhu Wan saw every change in her son, and every small change made her very happy: "Han Cheng, look, the child's hands can move! Don't worry, he will get better."
Qin Hancheng didn't care, because if a three-month-old child is normal, he will definitely grab his hands and kick his feet, and he can cry and laugh, and cry at night! But what about his son? He will only lie quietly, not crying at all, and never laugh! If such a child can get better, it would be a miracle!
Half a year later, one night, night fell.
At supper time, the electric light on the roof sprinkled yellow light.
The magic capital began to have electricity in 1879. After entering the 20th century, electric lights have become popular among the rich.
Qin Hancheng and Zhu Wan were sitting opposite each other, a two-year-old girl was sitting on one side, and Xiao Qin Di was lying in the stroller.
Maid Chen Ma served the dishes, and the family of four started to have a meal.
Let me briefly talk about the situation of the Qin family here.
The Qin family compound is located in the "public concession" and is only one mile away from the Huangpu River.
The so-called "public concession" refers to the collective name of the British concession and the American concession.
From the Qin family to the south, less than two hundred meters is the north gate of the county town, which is later Yuyuan.
From the county town to the west, there is a wide "French Concession" that extends all the way to Xujiahui.
The Qin family courtyard is square and consists of four adjacent Shikumen buildings, with a garden covering an area of two or three acres in the middle.
Shikumen is a building with the characteristics of the Magic City. It combines Jiangnan houses and British villas to form a unique style, divided into three floors, middle and lower, with a living room and stove at the bottom, a bedroom and pavilion at the top, and a loft, a balcony and a cannon on the top.
The ancestor of the Qin family, Qin Di's great-grandfather was from Ningbo and was a juren during the Xianfeng period. Although he had never been a high-ranking official, he saved up a family business. He had two acres of fertile land and had business in Ningbo Port. He has now passed away. He has two sons, the eldest son Qin Zhao'an, who stayed in Ningbo to inherit the family business; his second son Qin Zhaoji, also known as Qin Di's grandfather.
More than 20 years ago, Qin Zhaoji moved from Ningbo to the Magic City, opened a yarn mill here, hiring hundreds of workers, and the business was quite prosperous. He gained the opening of the Magic City and saved some money. Now the scale of the yarn mill is getting bigger and bigger, hiring more than 400 workers.
In addition, there is a Chinese medicine shop at home called "Ci'an Tang", which is relatively small.
Qin Zhaoji has three sons, the eldest son Qin Hanliang, who dropped out of school in his teens and followed him to manage a stylus mill. His second son is Qin Hancheng, Qin Di's father. He was sent to the UK at the age of 20 and studied abroad for three years. After returning, he worked as a co-founder in a bank. The third child is still young and was sent to Japan not long ago.
Qin and Hanliang were older and got married early, and there were already five or six children under him.
Qin Hancheng only has one son and one daughter. His daughter Qin Ling is over two years old. She is healthy, lively and cute. Her son Qin Di is a disabled person and may die at any time. She cannot be regarded as a descendant of the Qin family.
The third son Qin Hanxu did not get married, nor did he have children.
Qin Zhaoji bought four neighboring houses and prepared one for each son. Although they lived very close, they were crowded and difficult to adjust. Therefore, on ordinary days, each family opened fire separately and only gathered together during festivals.
Qin Hancheng ate slowly, his eyes fell on his innocent and lively daughter's face from time to time, but he rarely looked at his son.
To be honest, he was already desperate about this son, and he only hoped that after his wife had a good health, he would have another healthy son. Of course, he did not dare to say such words, and he would not dare to think about taking a concubine. Otherwise, the wife would be angry, that would be awesome!
In this small family, Zhu Wan's status is not low.
She came from a famous family, and her ancestors were from Haining. Her father was named "Zhu Mingcheng". She studied in the United States in 1878 and went to the United States at the same time as Zhan Tianyou. However, one was a self-paid youth and the other was a young child who studied abroad for public funds.
Today, Zhu Mingcheng is the president of the Nanyang Public School.
Nanyang Public School is divided into upper school, intermediate school and lower school, which is equivalent to universities, middle schools and primary schools.
As the president of the Upper Court, Zhu Mingcheng is naturally a famous scholar who is famous, and his reputation is much higher than that of the Qin family.
Zhu Wan is also a real doctor with superb medical skills. I don’t know how many people he saved.
What about Qin and Hancheng? Although he studied in the UK in name, he didn't learn much. For example, he was like Fang Hongjian in "The Siege", and he could only talk about many things, and he was just a half-hearted person in terms of knowledge.
Fortunately, he knew his shortcomings. After returning to China, he could put down his posture and work, work as a manager in the bank, and study while doing it, and did not encounter much difficulty.
The couple had a meal while chatting.
The little daughter was singing beside her, opening her red mouth from time to time, swallowing the spoon she handed over to her mother.
Suddenly, she screamed in surprise: "Mom, Mom! Look, my brother's hand... is lifted up!"
Zhu Wan was shocked, turned her head suddenly, and saw Qin Di's right hand tremblingly lifting, and her index finger pointed at the sweet and sour carp on the table!
In an instant, Zhu Wanxi fell from the sky, and tears almost flowed out: "Oh my God! A Di can raise his right hand!"
She quickly got up, took up her son's arm and checked, and found that there was some muscle on her right arm! Looking at her left arm and calf, there was no obvious change, and she looked as thin as before!
However, Zhu Wan was very happy: "Adi, do you want to eat fish? This is not possible. You are still young and cannot digest fish. Is it okay to give you millet porridge?"
But Xiao Qin Di still raised his hand, his hands trembled, his mouth opened, and he actually spoke: "Fish...eat...fish..."
The words are simple and the pronunciation is clear, and it suddenly comes to ears. Zhu Wan is shocked!
Qin Hancheng was also surprised and his chopsticks fell on the table with a "splash"!
This is an amazing thing! Generally speaking, it takes at least nine months for children to speak! Some children speak late, or even when they are three years old, they will not speak! Even if they speak, they just call their parents and they will not say "eat fish" as soon as they come up!
Zhu Wan trembled with her hands and picked up her son. She felt very excited and tears flowed down her face.
What she feared most was that the child was not only disabled but also accompanied by intellectual disabilities. Otherwise, why would he not cry? Now that the child was speaking, her eyes suddenly became bright: "My kind Father, you have really blessed me. My Adi is not stupid, he is very smart..."
"Okay, okay, mom feeds you fish..."
Of course, even if she was excited, she still had a bit of rationality in her mind. She only used chopsticks to pick up a little bit of fish and put it into Qin Di's mouth.
Qin Di refused to rely on his own, tried to straighten his fingers and continued, "Eat fish...Eat fish..."
Chapter completed!