Time came unknowingly to November 24th, which was a Saturday. Early in the morning, Bruce Ma, Zhu Sha, Dai Yu, and Ma Xiaofeng, who finally ran back from the crew, went to the large manor of Zhu Lingling's family.
On the 25th of last month, Zhu Lingling successfully gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Today happened to be the full moon. Xiaolong and the others were invited early to have a full moon wine with the two babies on this day.
Originally, according to the local custom in the small town, relatives and friends should be invited to attend the child's "twelfth day" on the twelfth day of the newborn's life, which is also called "little full moon" in some places. However, Zhu Lingling refused for ten days because she was too ugly at the time.
Two hours later, so it was postponed to the full moon.
Anyway, Full Moon Wine is universally used everywhere in China, and it’s hard to find fault with it.
The extension of time also gave the invited people more time to prepare. For example, Ma Xiaolong's father-in-law, Zhu Zhiqiang, who was far away in Lijiapo, came back with his wife and children.
The last time I met my father-in-law was four years ago. At that time, Zhu Zhiqiang and his new wife had just gotten married, and the relationship between the couple was like being in a honeypot. But this time when I came back, the couple each held a child, and most of their feelings were
Focusing on the children, the feelings between each other are no longer so passionate, but a bit more dull.
"Dad, sister." Seeing them, Zhu Sha immediately called someone, but the title was a bit weird, a father and a sister, but they were a couple.
Well, it’s reasonable for people in the Jianghu community to have their own opinions.
Zhu Zhiqiang was very pleased to see his daughter who was much more mature than four years ago: "Hahaha, I haven't seen her for four years in the blink of an eye. She is really a woman, she is much better looking than before."
Zhusha immediately rolled her eyes and said, "I have been good-looking since I was a child."
"That's it, that's it, it doesn't matter whose seed it is." Zhu Zhiqiang said narcissistically.
"..." Zhu Sha was speechless.
Janela covered her mouth and smiled softly, and said: "Xiao Sha, long time no see, how are you doing?"
"How are you doing? Where are you, sister?" Cinnabar asked.
"I'm fine too." The smile on Janela's face is not fake. Although the relationship between husband and wife is not as close as before, and the birth of two children has also caused a lot of troubles in the family, this is the reason for everyone.
It is a process that every family goes through. At least Zhu Zhiqiang makes a lot of money every month, and his life is much easier and happier than ordinary people.
"This is my brother and sister! They are so cute." Looking at the two two-year-old cubs in front of her, Zhu Sha narrowed her eyes and smiled, stretched out her hand to pinch the two little guys' faces, and said: "Call me sister.
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The two little guys hugged Zhu Zhiqiang and Janela's necks one after another, not wanting to talk to strangers.
"..."
When Zhu Sha was teasing Menzi with the two little guys, Ma Xiaolong stepped forward and said, "Dad, Mom."
"Okay." Zhu Zhiqiang patted him hard on the shoulder, with a face filled with relief: "Full score for the top prize, promising."
"You know everything!" Ma Xiaolong smiled.
"Haha, don't think I'm in Lijiapo, but I'm always busy with your business." Zhu Zhiqiang left his son to Zhu Sha to play with, and dragged Ma Xiaolong to the balcony to chat.
It is already winter in the capital and it is still a bit cold, but Ma Xiaolong is not afraid of water and fire, so naturally he is not afraid, while Zhu Zhiqiang is strong and not afraid of this cold...
He took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one, and asked, "Do you want to smoke?"
Ma Xiaolong shook his head, took out a metal cigarette case from his jacket pocket, and said, "Smoke mine."
"..." Taking the cigarette handed over by Ma Xiaolong, Zhu Zhiqiang smiled and said, "I haven't smoked a cigarette without a butt in many years."
"Hand-rolled, no butt." Ma Xiaolong lit the cigarette for Zhu Zhiqiang and asked, "How does it taste?"
Zhu Zhiqiang took a puff of a cigarette, which was completely different from what he had smoked before. Although it had the smell of tobacco, it had almost no bitterness. It was refreshing in the lungs and his spirit was shaken: "It's a good smoke, except that it's not strong enough."
"As long as you like it. This cigarette is not harmful to the body, it is refreshing and refreshing, and it is fragrant on the lips and teeth. I will give you a pack later. I want to smoke one and roll one myself, so as not to be disliked if I kiss my mother in the future." Ma Xiaolong smiled.
road.
Zhu Zhiqiang laughed: "I listen to you."
He couldn't be more satisfied with this son-in-law, and said with emotion: "I can still think of the first time I met you, when you were just a little carrot head. I didn't expect that it would be more than ten years ago in the blink of an eye."
Ma Xiaolong smiled and said: "I still remember you told me that you would marry your daughter to me for a gift of 50,000 yuan! The price hasn't gone up now, right?"
"Hahaha..." Zhu Zhiqiang laughed and said, "If you don't increase the price, I'll be spitting out everything. Besides, my daughter has slept with you a long time ago. If you don't pay me, it will all be yours."
"..." After so many years, my father-in-law still speaks in such a vulgar manner, but I like it so much.
"By the way, when do you plan to marry Xiaosha?" Zhu Zhiqiang asked.
"It will take another two and a half years." Ma Xiaolong said, "If nothing else happens, it will be the summer after my junior year!"
By that time, I should have obtained my master's and doctorate certificates, and I would be over 22 years old, so it would be a good time to get married.
Zhu Zhiqiang nodded and asked, "Where do you plan to hold the banquet?"
"It's in a small town." Ma Xiaolong said: "Most of our relatives and friends are there, but for convenience, we should set up a table at my dad's place, eat and drink before going back to the villa."
"Yeah." Zhu Zhiqiang had no objection and said, "I will prepare a decent dowry for Xiao Sha..."
"No need." Ma Xiaolong waved his hand: "We will both prepare what needs to be prepared, so don't worry about it."
"That's not okay." Zhu Zhiqiang shook his head: "How can you marry a girl without giving her a dowry? This is the confidence for my girl to marry. Of course, I know you don't care about this, but this is my intention as a father, so don't worry about it.
Already."
"Okay." Ma Xiaolong smiled and said, "But don't buy furniture or anything like that. Just buy some jewelry for my wife."
"We'll talk about it then." Zhu Zhiqiang liked chatting with Ma Xiaolong, it felt comfortable.
"What are you talking about?" Zhusha came over.
"We're talking about getting married!" Ma Xiaolong turned to look at her and said with a smile, "My father-in-law said he would prepare a generous dowry for you so that you can get married in style."
Zhusha's face suddenly turned red, her eyes watery, and she said, "Then you can't give me less of the betrothal gift."
"Hahaha, no less, no less." Zhu Zhiqiang said with a smile: "We agreed on 50,000 yuan back then, and I, Zhu Zhiqiang, spit out foam and nails every time, so 50,000 yuan is enough."
This year is 2001, and the wedding gift in a small town is still at the level of 11,000 yuan, which means wholeheartedness. Of course, the woman will also give a dowry of equal value, which is called marriage...
Unlike in the previous life, the news media and the Internet were full of sky-high betrothal gifts, but never mentioned the dowry. Especially in rural areas, it is really a matter of selling a girl to marry her. Not only are you desperate to get the betrothal gift, but there is basically no need to think about the dowry.
, it would be nice to give you two quilts.
As a result, after more than ten years, many young boys dare not get married, for fear that getting married will cause starvation for the whole family.
Not only that, but what's even worse is that once a woman has a bad life and asks you for divorce, you won't get a penny back as a bride price, and she has to share a car and a house with you.
Is this the end? There are worse things than this. The worst thing is that a woman gave birth to two children for you, but neither of them is yours...
Therefore, those born in the 1990s and 2000s who refuse to get married or have children are all the fault of...
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After Zhu Sha left happily, she took Dai Yu and Ma Xiaofeng to Zhu Lingling's bedroom. At this time, Zhu Lingling was putting on makeup. The two children were held in the arms of two nannies. Both children had big eyes and round faces, and they were so cute.
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"Sister-in-law, congratulations!" Zhusha came up to the nanny and looked at the two little babies who were looking at the world with their eyes open. They were white and fat, with pink makeup and jade, they were really cute!
Lingling Chu put on eyeliner and smiled: "Want to give me a hug?"
"I'll hold you again in the future. It's too small and I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it well." Zhu Sha waved her hand.
"Then you have to practice more, otherwise what will you do if you give birth to a baby in the future?" Zhu Lingling smiled at Dai Yu and Ma Xiaofeng and said, "Xiaoyu, Xiaofeng, thank you for coming to drink the baby's full moon wine."
"Sister-in-law, you are too polite. Isn't that what you should do!" Ma Xiaofeng has suffered from social awkwardness syndrome since she was a child. In the past few years after arriving in the capital, she has learned to talk with the people in the capital, and her social skills have become even better. In a short time, she
Zhu Lingling laughed heartily.
Dai Yu looked at the two children with fondness in his eyes.
Human cubs are beautiful, cute, and don’t cry or make any noise. No one can resist their charm.
Looking at them, Dai Yu could not help but imagine the children she would have with Ma Xiaolong in the future, and she became fascinated by thinking about it.
For her child's full moon party, Zhu Lingling invited everyone she could from her hometown village. She chartered more than 20 buses early in the morning and went to the village to pick up people. Just after eleven o'clock, everyone was picked up.
When the whole village saw this huge and luxurious manor, everyone in the village would normally yell and scream, but now they were like quails and didn't dare to say anything. They all thought in their hearts: The daughter of Lao Zhu's family is really prosperous.
They all know that Zhu Lingling is rich, but they have no idea at all. Now that they see this manor, they finally have a direct understanding in their hearts. It is not an exaggeration to say that the ancient landlords are powerful.
But I kept thinking: I have been fighting against landlords for so many years, but why do I get richer and richer the more I fight against them?
Not only can they not understand it, there are still many people who cannot understand it even in 2022.
Ma Xiaolong understood, but if he didn't say it, even if he dared to discuss government affairs, he would still be swept into the garbage dump of 404, and he would be in the garbage dump with thousands of protagonists who once shined, pointing out the country, but no one would see it.
That’s it.
How arrogant were the aunt pushers back then? In the end, the vast white land was so clean, cleaner than Dream of Red Mansions…
Ma Xiaolong didn't dare to be presumptuous.
The relatives are here and the food is ready to be served.
For the sake of her own children, Zhu Lingling made a huge investment and directly invited the master of the state banquet, and also let the villagers eat a state banquet that they had never had in their life.
Xiaolong Ma and the others were sitting at the same table as Lingling Chu's family. Grandpa and grandma were holding their one-month-old grandson and granddaughter in their arms, grinning from ear to ear.
It is not a coincidence to say that it is a coincidence. Brother and sister Zhu Zhiqiang and Zhu Lingling have given birth to a pair of twins in the past two years. The villagers of Shuangshi Village have been discussing for a long time. They think that the Zhu family is lucky. Except for the 'accident' of Zhu Sha, the other two
The babies are all twins, or twins. In this era where you can only have one child, there is simply nothing better than this.
Once and for all, who wouldn’t envy you?
When Lingling Zhu appeared in front of the villagers with her two children in her arms, all the villagers who attended the banquet sent auspicious words of lifelong skill, but no one asked who the father of the child was? What if Zhu Lingling was unhappy? This
For rich people, even if they stay in the village and don't go out, there are still ways to kill them.
In less than two hours, everyone was full and full. The twenty-odd buses took the villagers directly back to the village. Mr. Zhu and the old lady stayed behind, hoping to reunite with their children and grandchildren for a while.
It is rare that their son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter are all here, plus their grandson and granddaughter. The old couple feels that their life is particularly happy. Even if they just kick off their legs now, they have no regrets.
Ma Xiaolong and the others didn't leave either. They were considered a family and they had to at least have dinner before leaving.
"By the way, have the two children been named?" Ma Xiaolong just remembered this matter. Anyway, he helped Zhu Lingling give birth to the two children. He felt that if Zhu Lingling did not name them, he would have the responsibility and obligation to give birth to the two children.
Name the child.
"Not yet." Zhu Lingling glanced at him, narrowed her eyes and smiled: "You are the top scorer, why don't you think of one?"
Mr. Zhu, the old lady, and Mr. and Mrs. Zhu Zhiqiang seemed to know that these two children were the result of Ma Xiaolong, and had no objection. Besides, although these two children were named Zhu, they would definitely inherit Zhu Lingling's family property in the future, and it was not easy for them to interfere.
"Let me think~" Now that Zhu Lingling has spoken, he has really thought about it, and he has already thought about it.
"Does the child have a lifetime?" Ma Xiaolong asked.
The so-called "you have a generation" is to ask the child if there is a "generation" inherited from the family tree. Of course, this question is a bit obscure. From the names of Zhu Lingling, Zhu Zhiqiang and Zhu Sha, it can be seen that the Zhu family has no generation at all.
Sure enough, Zhu Lingling immediately shook her head: "I don't have any children in my family, so you choose it as you see fit! But it's best to have three characters, so that this Tao and that Fang won't end up with millions of people with the same name across the country."
"Three words? OK." Ma Xiaolong nodded, and the names he had thought about during the past period appeared in his mind. After removing all the names except three words, there were still more than twenty.
Finally, he picked out two from the twenty dozen and said, "How about the boy's name is Zhu Shimao, and the girl's name is Juliet?"
"..."
Everyone had a dark look on their faces, and Zhu Lingling even pressed her fingers and made a loud noise...
"Ahem, I'm just kidding. It's just a joke." Ma Xiaolong was timid.
Zhu Lingling snorted coldly: "If I give you another chance, you'd better seize it, otherwise..."
"I understand, I understand." Ma Xiaolong nodded repeatedly, then took out the two names he actually chose and said, "The girl's name is Zhu Shangyu, and the boy's name is Zhu Yimo, how about that?"
"Oh?" Everyone thought these two names were interesting, but they didn't know what the meaning was.
Zhu Lingling said: "What is the specific meaning?"
Ma Xiaolong smiled slightly and said: "Shang Yu, the Shang of the Shang Dynasty, the feather of the wings, comes from: "Shang Yu changes with time, and the zither does not sound at night." He named this because he hopes that the child will have a heart for innovation and change.
, Only in this way can we face the future better and become a better version of ourselves."
"Not bad, not bad." Everyone nodded and praised.
Zhu Lingling also smiled: "This is interesting, what about Yi Mo?"
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"Yi" comes from treating each other with courtesy, hoping that the child will have good moral character. "Mo" comes from the secret memory, which is used to describe concentration and concentration. Boys are all monkeys, I hope this child can have enough in the future
Only by being patient can you calmly deal with any changes in the situation." After speaking, Ma Xiaolong asked: "How is it? Is this name okay?"
"Not bad." Zhu Lingling affirmed and said with a smile: "As expected of the number one scholar, his cultural level is high."
"A prize, a prize, a prize." Ma Xiaolong was very modest: "As long as you like it."
"I like it very much." Zhu Lingling held the two children in her arms, with gentle eyes, and said: "Yimo, Shang Yu, do you like the name your father chose?"