"Chu...Qing, that's what I call you. Don't call me uncle or uncle. We are all comfortable calling me by the same name as Xiaobao." Shui Maomao ignored the mother-in-law's argument and said directly: "Before, I told

Xiaobao said that he wanted to entrust those children like me to Xiaobao."

Xiaobao answered: "I agreed, mother. If Shui Mao Mao wants to entrust those children to me, that's fine. You won't disagree, right?"

Chu Qing blinked, not knowing how to answer the question.

You have already made the decision, so why ask?

"Okay, I wonder if Grandpa Shui is relieved?" Chu Qing said.

Shui Maomao was quite surprised. Listening to Xiaobao's words, his mother didn't know yet, but this Chu Qing actually agreed without asking.

Are you saying that the two of you are kind-hearted, or that you are short-sighted? They are too big-hearted!

Shui Maomao coughed twice and continued: "Ahem, originally, I wanted to entrust those children to Xiaobao, or secretly, I wanted you to take them for treatment, but I just heard

I understand, I just need to take good care of this 'confinement disease', and I feel relieved;

It's just that I'm old and I probably won't be able to take care of them for a few years. There are also those normal children who are younger. As you can see, I really don't have the conditions to take care of them well, little old man. They are all a bunch of rough men.

You guys."

Chu Qing: "You are only forty-eight, why are you so discouraged?"

Shui Maomao: "Only forty-eight? Most of his body has been buried in the ground."

Chu Qing: "We can take care of these children, but are you encountering difficulties?"

Shui Maomao felt warm in her heart.

No wonder Xiaobao said the same thing at the beginning, first agreeing to take care of him, and then asking if he had any difficulties. It turned out that the roots of his mother's kindness were in the same way.

Shui Maomao: "There's no difficulty, it's just that my health is failing. As you can see, my moral character is as bad as tofu. I'm afraid that one day I will go to see the Dragon King, and there will be no one to take care of these little ones."

Chu Qing spoke bluntly: "If you are sick, treat the disease, and if you are short of money to make money, we will take care of the children. You can go and treat the disease. If you have money, I will have it here."

Shui Maomao almost choked to death. The two of them talked in the same way to win over people.

Xiaobao imitated Shui Maomao's previous behavior and glared at Chu Qing, "Don't think that just because I'm wearing shabby clothes, I'm a poor guy! I'm rich!"

Shui Maomao: "..."

Chu Qing patted Xiaobao. He hadn't seen him for several months. He seemed a bit naughty.

Chu Qing: "Where did you get all these children? Are they all adopted?"

Shui Maomao said helplessly: "I said they were all fished out of the river, do you believe it?"

Chu Qing: "Ah?"

Xiaobao also: "Ah?"

Shui Maomao pointed to her nose: "Those who are like me were either drowned when they were born, or they were thrown away when they were a few years old and were found thrown into the river.

Those normal children were all thrown into the river. Over the years, whether we were fishing for corpses or sailing, we could always fish out the children. The lucky ones survived, but the rest drowned."

"Why?" Chu Qing and Xiaobao said in unison.

Shui Maomao: "Except for the eight like me, the rest were all born on the same day, the fifth day of May!"

Chu Qing understands.

Don’t give birth to a child.

Daxuan people believe that May is the "poison month" and "evil month" because "when May comes, the five poisons come out; when the five poisons wake up, there is no peace."

Because during this month, the "five poisons" - centipedes, poisonous snakes, scorpions, geckos and toads - appear and endanger people's lives.

The "evil month" means that the environmental conditions in May are harsh, hot and humid, which is beneficial to the five poisons but extremely harmful to people.

In the "Historical Records. Biography of Mengchangjun" written by Ma Qian of the Taishi Company, it was said: "Those who are born in the fifth month will grow up with the same household, which will be detrimental to their parents."

In the ancient book "Customs and Customs" of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was said: "When a child is born on May 5th, the male will harm the father, and the female will harm the mother."

The "Lunheng" written by Wang Chong, a thinker of the Eastern Han Dynasty, also said: "The son is born in (this month), his energy is ardent and passionate, he hates his parents, and his parents are unbearable and will suffer from them."

In May, people regard the fifth day of the lunar month as the most unlucky day.

In the month of May, people select nine days, which are called "Nine Poison Days". The full name is "Nine Poison Days when heaven and earth are in harmony". These nine days are on the fifth, sixth and seventh respectively.

The fifth day of May is the first of the nine poisonous days, so this day bears the brunt and is considered the worst day in May.

The essence is that the environment in May is harsh, bacteria, viruses, mosquitoes and poisons breed, which is not conducive to the growth of babies. At the same time, people are busy with farming during this month. If a child is born in this month, farming will be delayed.

Naturally, the common people may not know the allusions to these sayings, but they remember the result that May is a bad month.

Just like in the world of Chu and Qing Dynasties, it was popular that "if you don't shave your head in the first month, your uncle will die if you shave your head". The people didn't know why there was such a saying, but they remembered the conclusion.

Therefore, these conclusions gave them reasons to "not give birth to children".

Failure to give birth to a child means that the child will be drowned or thrown away immediately. The "child" does not distinguish between genders, and boys will still be killed.

Shui Maomao said that the children were all fished out of the river, that is, there are many rivers in the south and they are easy to drown. When he threw them in, he said to himself, "If you die, you will be born into a good family in the next life. If you don't die, you can go wherever the water washes you."

Where can I live?" to cover up his cruel heart of not raising children.

In Chu Qing's view, there are two real reasons for "not raising a child". One is that he is poor and cannot have enough to eat himself, so how can he raise his children?

But regarding this point, Chu Qing was very disgusted. If you don’t nourish yourself, don’t give birth. Since you don’t have enough to eat, how can you have the energy to do things under the covers and kill people? If you say you drown, you will drown. If you don’t say that a life will be like this.

No, just saying that a woman who gives birth to a child will not suffer the pain of childbirth in vain?

Second, it cannot stand up to secular public opinion.

If you have a child born on the most poisonous day of the "Five Poisonous Months", the whole family will be considered unknown, and they will be looked down upon and bullied by their neighbors.

Chu Qing was even more disgusted with this point. The child was his own. If he didn't support the child, he would blame the child for bringing down the family?

As the saying goes, if you can't afford to give birth, don't give birth.

With this thought, Chu Qing looked towards the kitchen, feeling very sorry for those children.

The children inside were already laughing. They took turns playing with Gan Lai's mace and trying to smash the pork.

Gan Lai had already started to spread the meat stuffing on the dough. He didn't need to smash the pork anymore, but he still let them do the trouble.

The older children were trying to restrain the younger ones. First, they were too harsh and were afraid they would hurt themselves. Second, it was too shameful to waste other people's things like this.

"It's okay, just smash it. Just hold it and don't hit yourself. Smash the pork leg too. There are many people today, and the tenderloin alone is not enough to eat. The crispy pork made by our master is delicious. You guys smash it evenly.

Seriously, let’s eat crispy pork tonight!”

Gan Lai was making meatloaf with his hands and feet while talking to the children, and he was called "Master" like everyone else.

This arranged Chu Qing's "job". Chu Qing smiled, and the bad mood just now was swept away.


Chapter completed!