Wei Changying made an agreement with Mr. Huang and went to see Shen Zangzhu and told her his plan.
Shen Zangzhu was a little surprised at first - didn't Ji Qubing say that he would be accepted as a disciple? How come she became an adopted daughter? But she always liked children, and Wei Changying also said that this time she would just accept Cao Ya as her adopted daughter. As for Shen Zangfeng, that would be discussed after returning to Beijing. This is Wei Changying's private matter and has little to do with the Shen family. Therefore, he readily agreed and also agreed to organize the ceremony for the adopted daughter.
So we chose an auspicious day and held a banquet in the back hall of Mingpei Hall. We invited the close female relatives of the Shen family to come over to watch the ceremony and provide evidence. Wei Chang Ying Duan sat in the hall, accepted Cao Ya's gift, and drank the tea she offered. , both sides changed their minds, and the identity of the adopted mother and adopted daughter was finally settled.
Wei Chang Ying was determined to make Cao Ya look good, so the meeting gift he prepared was a set of jade heads and masks passed down from the previous dynasty. The jade is good jade, carved by famous artists, and has been carefully nurtured and cared for by more than ten generations of owners. When it was brought out on an ebony lacquer tray covered with brocade, the whole hall was full of green and moist, causing a lot of admiration. , everyone said that Cao Ya had a good life, and she deserved such a foster mother who cared deeply for her adopted daughter. Even her biological daughter would have been hard-pressed to have such a precious thing at her age.
But Cao Ya didn't have this kind of discernment. She only knew from the reactions around her that the things given by her new adoptive mother were very good. As for how good they were, she didn't know. Anyway, when she took it back, her elders kept it for her, so she acted neither humble nor overbearing. She thanked her according to the rules and asked the servant to hold it for her, without looking at it again. This act made everyone who knew her parentage take a high look, thinking that even with her uncle's favor for curing Wei Zhenghong, how capable it was to get Wei Changying to recognize her as his adopted daughter.
After Wei Changying gave the greeting gifts, the banquet started.
Everyone moved to the side hall where the banquet was held, and all kinds of delicacies were served like water. The aroma of the dishes was mouth-watering. At this time, Cao Ya showed her true self of a low-born person. Her eyes lit up at first, and after barely listening to Wei Changying's polite words, she immediately picked up the chopsticks and ate happily. Huang's servant who specially arranged to stay with her couldn't stop pulling up his sleeves and coughing. Seeing more and more surprised and half-smiling looks from all around, the servant gritted his teeth and quietly poured a bowl of soup on the table. On her skirt, he took the opportunity to accuse everyone and forcibly took her down to change clothes.
After taking it outside, Mrs. Huang came forward and gave Cao Ya some on-the-spot instruction. Cao Yafang, who came back after changing into new clothes, restrained herself a little and stopped devouring food. At this time, she became overly polite again and picked up a piece of meat. , every dozens of breaths in his heart, Fang carefully bites a few strands of meat...
From the corner of his eye, Wei Changying saw many people looking at Cao Ya with mocking eyes. He felt unhappy, but at the moment he could only pretend not to know. After all, everyone's etiquette cannot be taught by just admonishing them, and these people didn't say anything or do anything. They just looked at Cao Ya and smiled. Can they be kicked out because of this
Fortunately, Cao Ya is still young, and this is just Xiliang, so it doesn't matter if she makes some jokes. She was thinking about how to start giving advice to Cao Ya after the banquet was over, but she heard Mrs. Huo, the fourth uncle who was sitting at the table, said with a smile: "Miss Cao is very cute. No wonder you like her so much, Chang Ying. It's just that the little girl now has He's eight years old, and it's not a problem to keep using his nickname. Today is a good day, and my old lady has a lot of words. Do you want to take advantage of this time to come up with a famous name for the girls in the future? "
In fact, Mrs. Huo said it euphemistically. Cao Ya's original surname was Cao Ya, and this character Ya was her given name. It is said that it was given by her father or grandfather. Although the Cao family built the Cao Family Fort, they actually did not know much about literacy. Originally, the refugees were extremely poor. They didn’t even have enough to eat and couldn’t survive. They were so embarrassed that they had to leave their homes to earn a living. How could they be literate? Therefore, Cao Ya is known as the daughter of the castle lord, and her name is far from elegant.
Ji Gu may be because she is just a granddaughter, not a grandson, and he doesn't care about her name.
If Cao Ya stays in Caojiabao all his life, there is nothing wrong with using this name. Now that we have to follow our elders to the imperial capital and live a life of being served by others, there will be many real ladies in the family in the future, so it would be ridiculous to continue to call her a name that is not as unique as the name of a servant girl.
Neither Wei Changying nor Ji Qubing would let her suffer in this.
At that moment, Wei Changying smiled and said: "My fourth uncle is absolutely right. Two days ago, the owner of the castle even wrote a letter and entrusted me with this matter. It's just that I drafted a few names, but I can't decide. Since my uncle is here, give me a slap in the eye?"
Mrs. Huo smiled and said, "I think of all the names you could choose based on your talents, but you still can't decide. It's all because you love this child."
After such pleasantries, Wei Changying asked Zhu Yi to pick out the name he proposed for Cao Ya. After Mrs. Huo and other female relatives looked at it, they argued a little and agreed to the word "Yiren" for the reason It’s Cao Ya who is born delicate, she will definitely be a beauty in the future.
In this way, Cao Ya officially changed her name to Cao Yiren.
However, Mrs. Huo and others did not choose this name for the same reason as told to Wei Changying.
On the way back home after the banquet, Shen Dieer curiously asked her grandmother: "Just now I was standing behind my grandmother and saw that there was a better one on the piece of paper that Aunt Wei had named Miss Cao. Why did my grandmother choose it?" "Yiren'?" She still had something to say: Everyone noticed how Cao Yiren ate after the banquet started. She was too polite in front and too reserved in the back. All in all, she was a country girl who had a hard time getting on stage. . Shen Dieer always felt that it was inappropriate for such a person to be named after a beautiful person, which meant a beautiful person.
"You don't know." Mrs. Huo chuckled and said, "Your Aunt Wei's direct uncle and cousin, Miss Song, who is now married to the Su family, is said to have a maiden name in Shui. I heard that their cousins have a very good relationship. So-called Yiren, on the water side. The word "yiren" must have been chosen by your Aunt Wei when she thought of her cousin. If you don't choose this, which one should you choose? "
Not everyone is as considerate as Mrs. Huo.
Others came out of Mingpeitang, but some of their private words were unpleasant: "The man named Cao was born in a rural area, and he probably doesn't know a single Chinese character. In other words, he was adopted as a righteous man by Mrs. Wei just because he had a good uncle." Daughter. As the legitimate daughter-in-law of the Wei family in Fengzhou and the adopted daughter-in-law of my Shen family, she must learn how to read. If you choose an elegant name for her, she may have to learn how to read. When will she be able to write her own name? The name that Mrs. Wei chose has the least number of strokes in the word "伊人". After the summer comes, Mrs. Wei and her party will take her back to the imperial capital. If she still can't learn to write her name by then, , where to put Mrs. Wei’s face? Let’s just let Mrs. Wei go.”
Others sneered when asked about it: "As you have seen at the banquet today, this little girl has to talk or not, and she has to show off or not, and she doesn't even know how to speak! In addition to the appearance given by her parents, she is not bad. She’s totally useless! If I don’t praise her, she will be a beauty when she grows up. What kind of words can I say without my conscience?”
Everyone dispersed muttering all the way, and Wei Changying asked Shen Zangzhu to take away his niece and son, leaving Cao Yiren alone to talk in his room.
After Ji Qubing arrived in Xiliang, he took care of anything Ji Yuan had to do. In addition, Wei Changying had not seen Cao Yiren for more than a year because of his own miscarriage, delivery, confinement, and childcare. It's a bit unrecognizable when we meet each other today - maybe it's because after arriving in Xiliang City, she was not as poor as when she was in Caojiabao. Especially after Ji Qubing arrived, he loved this niece very much and tried various ways to replenish her health. Cao Yiren is much taller than when he first met.
She was six years old at that time, but she looked only four or five years old. Now she looks like a seven or eight-year-old girl.
Moreover, her eyebrows have grown a lot. Just as Mrs. Huo and others praised her, even though this girl has many shortcomings, she is blessed with good looks, beauty and dignity. As long as you learn the rules, you won't be embarrassed if you take them out.
Wei Changying looked her over once, then smiled kindly and invited her to sit down next to him and say some thoughtful words.
Cao Yiren sat down obediently but with obvious restraint. While listening to Wei Changying speak, he couldn't help but look at Huang next to him. His expression was obviously waiting for Huang's reminder before deciding how to deal with it.
"It's quite obedient." Wei Changying nodded secretly. If he was a completely disobedient master, it would take a lot of effort to teach him. Now it seems that although Cao Yiren himself is not very well-behaved, but before the banquet heard Huang Just do what Huang said; at this moment, he chose to respond based on Huang's face, which shows that he is willing to learn. In this way, the reason why this child is disrespectful to his grandfather is probably because he has not been well disciplined.
Thinking of this, Wei Chang Ying waved away the Huang family, and started talking to Cao Yiren - after all, Cao Yiren became her adopted daughter, and she was not like a little girl in Jiyuan who was not noticed by anyone. Her every move in the future was indispensable Everyone is watching. It would be a big trouble if she was heard calling her grandfather "old and immortal" again.
So Wei Changying didn't bother to decide on the identity of mother and daughter, and immediately pointed it out to her. After all, it would take time to change her name, right
Who would have thought that after hearing this, Cao Yiren, who had always seemed reserved, well-behaved and taciturn in front of her, showed disapproval and said, "Grandpa calls me 'losing money' all the time, why can't I call him 'old immortal'?"
"As a child, you should respect your elders. This is what you should do." Wei Chief Ying said seriously, "What's more, Mr. Ji has been wandering all his life and has suffered a lot, so that he is depressed, and his words will inevitably bring out some of it. Do The younger generation should be more tolerant! Moreover, Mr. Ji is determined not to love you, otherwise, how could he let you be so disrespectful for many years without punishing him?"
If Ji Gu, a cruel and merciless person, really started to discipline his granddaughter, Cao Yiren would definitely be punished to the point where he would point east and dare not go west, and say south and dare not look north.
Cao Yiren didn't think so: "My grandfather's life was full of wanderings and it was not caused by me and my mother, but he always scolded us to vent his anger. What's the point? Moreover, my grandfather scolded us just because he wanted a son or grandson. It turns out that my mother and I are both women, so we can’t blame us! Besides, my grandfather loves me, so don’t I be filial to him? I also serve him by serving him tea.”
"The words are disrespectful. Even if you are considerate, outsiders will definitely think you are unfilial." Wei Changying shook his head secretly in his heart, thinking that Cao Yiren always seemed timid in front of him, so he could listen to what he said. Even if you don't want to do it, you still have an idea - but you have some good ideas!
Cao Yiren continued: "What do outsiders think of it? What does it have to do with me? Back then, my mother said that her daughters were losers and of no use at all because of him. She just hated him for not being blessed and having no son. She became more than ten years old with anger. I was picking medicinal materials from a cliff that was 10 feet high, but I was forced to fall down by a nest of goshawks on the cliff. I almost fell to death in front of me! After that, my grandfather did not change his words - I am not as stupid as my mother, so I let him vent his anger! If he calls us 'losing money', I will call him 'old man'! It's only natural!" (To be continued)