"Ah?" Qian Shi just found an excuse to come to see Mr. Zhuang. She didn't think Mr. Zhuang would change Man Bao's name, but what are the small characters
Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "A person not only has a surname, a family name, but also a first name and a character. It's just that ordinary people don't pay much attention to it. They only have a first name. If Man Bao is successful in studying, he can choose a character for her in the future and treat her as a character." It's what I expect from her as a husband."
Qian shi heard the previous words very ignorantly, but Qian shi understood the last sentence, and she vaguely felt that this was a very good thing.
So I quickly thanked Mr. Zhuang, then pushed the basket to Mr. Zhuang again, and said with a smile: "These are eggs laid by the chickens at home. Mr. Zhuang steamed an egg every day to eat, it is very good for the body."
Mr. Zhuang is very used to accepting gifts from students, especially this kind of agricultural products, not to mention that Manbao is also an introductory disciple he accepts.
Mr. is like a father, just as it is normal for the old Zhou family to give her a book full of treasures and ink, so it is normal for him to receive these things from the old Zhou family.
Because of this master-student relationship, Man Bao will be able to talk about his marriage in the future. Similarly, Man Bao can also intervene in his funeral.
Qian naturally picked out those candies from the basket, smiled at Mr. Zhuang, and said, "I heard from Man Bao that Mr. Zhuang likes candies. These are some at home. They are not as good as the ones from Mr. Zhuang's, so we should treat them as sweets for Mr. Zhuang." sweet mouth."
Mr. Zhuang saw that it was the candy that Manbao often respected him, and said with a smile: "The old lady is too modest, this candy is sweeter than ordinary candy, and I have eaten it from Manbao."
Qian's hand paused for a moment, then he smiled and said, "If Mr. Zhuang likes it, I'll ask Man Bao to send some more later."
"You can't eat too much sweet food when you're old." Mr. Zhuang said with a smile, "Let her eat it slowly."
Qian Shi accompanied her for a long time before leaving.
She walked home slowly. At this time, most of the sun was hiding behind the mountain, but the sky was still bright, and the sky was full of rays of light.
The cool wind in late autumn was blowing, but Qian didn't feel cold, instead her hands and feet were still warm. She walked home at a slower speed than before, but she knew it was different.
Because she didn't stop for a moment along the way, and she didn't feel out of breath.
This was impossible before today.
Old Zhou was not worried about her, and was wandering around the door of his house. Seeing her coming from a distance, he stopped shaking. He waited for her to come up before asking, "What did Mr. Zhuang say?"
"Mr. Zhuang said that when Man Bao grows up, he will give her a name."
"What word?"
Qian knew what he was asking, and said, "It's just the name."
"That won't work, Man Bao's name is Man, but... our family gave it to her, and why didn't I know that seven years old is a threshold? The boss and the others didn't see you doing anything before?"
At the dinner table before, he was shocked by his old wife's good appetite tonight and didn't think much about it, but the more he thought about it just now, the more he felt something was wrong.
Qian supported the door frame and sat down on the threshold without changing his face, and said: "You forgot, I took Man Bao to the Taoist temple to ask questions before, and this is what the Taoist priest said. When Man Bao was seven years old, there was a hurdle. .By the way, I am thinking that Man Bao is almost seven years old. In order to let her get through it safely, I will take her to the Taoist temple tomorrow to pay homage."
"She won't go to school tomorrow?"
"I just asked for leave with Mr. Zhuang." Qian said after a pause, "I had a dream in the second half of the day, and I got to the Taoist temple to ask about it, so please bring Manbao."
Old Zhou Tou was refreshed and immediately asked, "What dream?"
Qian glanced at him and said, "Sweet dream."
The dream was so good that Qian didn't take the medicine that Zhou Dalang brought back from the old doctor, but kept it for the next time he was sick.
Meeting the questioning eyes of old Zhou, Qian said with a normal expression: "Don't worry, I still want to watch Man Bao grow up and get married. It's not because I don't drink medicine on purpose, but because I feel much better."
Old Zhou Tou thought of her unusual appetite today, and quickly asked in a low voice, "Is it related to your dream?"
Qian nodded slightly.
The next day, Mrs. Qian took a medium-sized basket and spread half of the rice in it. It looked like it weighed three to four catties, and then selected eighteen even eggs and spread it.
There were only eight or nine eggs left in the house.
But Qian didn't blink his eyes, put the basket on the cart, and then pulled Man Bao to sit on the cart.
Zhou Zhoulang was in charge of pushing the cart.
Zhou Dalang watched the third child push his mother and younger sister away, frowned suspiciously, and asked Xiaoqian quietly, "It's strange, my mother used to ask me to push her when she went to the Taoist temple, why did she name the third child specially this time?" ?”
Xiaoqian said indifferently: "Didn't mother ask you to clean up the ditches in the Dawan field? It's convenient to plant rice next year for watering and drainage."
Can the third child do the job well
Zhou Dalang always felt that something was wrong, he felt that his old lady was deliberately dismissing him, of course, he could only say this to Little Qian quietly.
But Xiaoqian gave him a sideways glance and said: "You are so stupid, didn't you see the third daughter-in-law with a big belly? At this time, it is normal for the third son to go to the Taoist temple, okay?"
Only then did Zhou Dalang suddenly realize.
But Qian, who was far away, was full of thoughts and didn't think of this. She just touched Man Bao's little head and whispered, "When you go to the Taoist temple in a while, you must be well-behaved and kowtow to Master Tianzun a few more times so that he can bless you." Have a safe and smooth life.”
Man Bao nodded excitedly.
She goes to the Taoist temple almost every year. In her opinion, the Taoist temple is more fun than the county town.
The Taoist temple is on the mountain behind Dali Village. No one knows when the Taoist temple on the mountain was first established. Anyway, in the hearts of the villagers, it has always been there.
It is dilapidated, and occasionally the nobles from the county town donate a lot, and the Taoist temple can replace an old place with a new one, so that the new one becomes old, and the old one is replaced by a new one, and it is passed down from generation to generation. .
There are currently only six Taoist priests in the Taoist temple. They only have a few thin fields at the foot of the mountain, and they cultivate them by themselves. Occasionally, believers in Dali Village will help when the farming is busy.
They grow their own vegetables behind the Taoist temple and are basically self-sufficient.
Because except for the annual temple fair, the people who come here to worship the gods and make wishes are the nearby villagers.
The villagers are not happy to give sesame oil money, everyone will give a handful of vegetables, a handful of rice, two eggs, half a chicken...
Some are really poor, just take a handful of incense and burn it up, and then go down the mountain, and the poorer ones, go up the mountain with bare hands, lie on the futon and cry with the Lord Tianzun, kowtow and go down the mountain after crying enough.
The latter can often get a handful of green vegetables, a handful of rice, two eggs or a chicken from the Taoist priests...
So the Taoist priests on the mountain are not rich.
Qian was a regular visitor in the Taoist temple, and the Taoist priest on duty in front recognized her as soon as he saw her, and subconsciously showed a smile, and when he saw the basket full of eggs she was carrying, his smile became even bigger.
As soon as Man Bao looked up, he could only see his bright smile like a crease, she was immediately happy, and then she also grinned at him, showing a bright smile.