Qin Fang raised his eyebrows: "Do we still need to choose a name? What name should we choose?" Erdan? Donkey Egg? Iron Egg? When Qin Fang was in his hometown, the whole village had such names, so when Yang Haiyan asked, he subconsciously thought about it. "You should choose one of them." He felt that he was not good at choosing names, and even the names of his two younger brothers took him a long time to think about.
Yang Haiyan thought for a while and said: "Let's call him Wu Shuai." Wu Shuai Wu Shuai, the more Yang Haiyan thought about it, the better it sounded.
Aunt Lian was curious: "Why is he called Wu Shuai?"
Yang Haiyan said: "Wu means black, its whole body is black, so we chose the word Wu, Shuai means marshal, Wu Shuai is the marshal of horses." Generally speaking, in ancient times, names had origins or other artistic conceptions. Take the original owner's name for example. There were four maids who served Miss Yang with her, and they all came from a poem:
The thin grass is sad with smoke, the flowers are afraid of dew. Leaning on the railing is always a place of ecstasy. The sun is high and the courtyard is quiet and deserted, and sometimes the sea swallows fly away in pairs. The belt is loosened, and the incense is fading. The long days cannot stop the long road. The weeping willows only know how to attract the spring breeze, but they have never been able to tie the travelers to stay.
Fine grass, faint flowers, seagulls, and weeping willows.
Four names.
At that time, the original owner was only five years old, and Miss Yang was about the same age. Naturally, she did not understand the meaning of the poetry and did not even recognize many words. It was the lady who took out a collection of poems and asked Miss Yang to turn to a page. She read as she read, and then Miss Yang circled the names of four people with a pen.
This is the origin of her name, which is more interesting than her own name. Her name was given by her grandmother, but it has no origin or meaning.
Thinking back, she hadn't thought about her grandmother since she came here. On the contrary, when she was at home in the modern world, she would think about her almost every day. She felt inexplicably sore and wanted to cry. Obviously, she was successful in her career at that time, and her grandmother had been dead for ten years.
Qin Fang thought about it and said, "Wu Shuai, this is a good name. Your wife is really smart."
Yang Haiyan came to her senses and bowed to Qin Fang playfully: "Thank you for the compliment, sir."
Everyone admired Wu Shuai's handsome face, and then went back to their own business. Yang Haiyan went back to the room and opened the box given by her wife. She was a little surprised to see what was inside. It was a set of ruby head ornaments. It was not complete because the number of pieces was not complete. There was only a ruby hairpin and a pair of ruby earrings. The ruby here is also called red jade. Red jade is hard to find and there are few of them, so it can't be made into large pieces. It can only be made into small pieces such as hairpins and earrings, and they are very delicate.
Although this ornament is not expensive, it is worth a hundred taels of silver. It is mainly because it cannot be bought, so it is very meaningful. But why did the wife of the prince give this to me
This problem, the wife's nanny also did not understand.
"Miss, why did you give this red jade jewelry to Mrs. Qin?" You should know that at the beginning, the young lady did not order this set of jewelry, but later asked her to secretly change it. "This is a new product that has just arrived in the Treasure Pavilion. You liked it very much when you saw it." It was just bought and originally planned to be worn during the New Year, but because of the matter of the young master, Mrs. Qin did not want to dress too brightly, so she never wore it.
Madam Wu Zi said, "My dear Mrs. Qin has fair skin and is still young. She is very suitable for this bright color."
Mammy smiled and said, "You are absolutely right."
Madam Yang: "Nanny, what do you think of Lady Qin and Madam Yang?"
The nanny said frankly: "Mrs. Qin is smarter, and Mrs. Yang is more pragmatic, but both of them have clear vision and don't seem to be the kind of people with bad intentions."
Mrs. Xu nodded: "I think so too." The gift she gave to Yang Dahua was also not bad.
At this time, Yang Dahua was also looking at the gift sent by his wife.
Like Yang Haiyan's, it is also a hairpin and a pair of earrings, but Yang Dahua's is a pearl hairpin and pearl earrings. For Yang Dahua, simple accessories are more suitable for her, and she can't stand too complicated ones.
So the Crown Prince’s wife put some thought into choosing the gift.
Pearl was neither too big nor too small, and could hold her own among the wives of officials below the fifth rank. For officials above the fifth rank, this was not the case, but she would not be shabby either.
The wife of the emperor could certainly afford a bigger pearl, but any bigger pearl would not be suitable for Yang Dahua's status. Sometimes, jewelry that is not suitable for you will weigh you down.
Yang Dahua looked at Han Zhen: "This is a gift from the prince's wife. This... This is too expensive, right?"
Han Zhen naturally didn't know much about the price of women's things. He comforted Yang Dahua: "We saved the young master. This is a token of the Crown Prince's wife's love. You should keep it. If you don't keep it, it will seem that they still owe us this favor."
When Yang Dahua heard this, she accepted it without hesitation. However, she felt that she would not have the chance to take it with her. "By the way, when I was chatting with Haiyan recently, Haiyan mentioned that in March, Mr. Qin's military service will be over, and they plan to return home. Do you have this idea?"
Han Zhen had never told Yang Dahua about his family situation. He didn't tell her at first because he felt it was unnecessary. But now that their relationship was getting better and better and they had a child, he naturally had to tell her: "No, just treat me as if I died outside. My family is different from the Qin family..."
Yang Dahua couldn't help but feel sorry for him after hearing this: "Husband, you still have me and our child, and we will be a family from now on.
Han Zhen hugged her: "Yeah." He also has a family now, so he won't think about that cold home anymore.
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After dinner
Qin Fang was reading in the study, and Yang Haiyan was embroidering in the study. The doll today reminded her of something. Embroidery was cheap in ancient times, but it was much more expensive when put on the platform. Although the family was not worried about money, no one would complain about having too much money, so she planned to sell embroidery on the platform.
Qin Fang: "Yan Yan, I'm going to the military camp tomorrow and won't be here for the next few days." He has been on rest for five days and is finally free.
Yang Haiyan was stunned: "Is it my turn to be on duty at night again?" After a long time, she had forgotten her duty hours.
Qin Fang: "No. It's about the barbarians. The emperor is preparing to attack the barbarians." He did not elaborate, after all, it was a military matter.
Yang Haiyan did not ask any more questions, but just said with concern: "Then you have to protect yourself, be careful in everything, don't rush forward recklessly, you have to remember me, remember your father and mother, and remember that we don't have any children yet."
Qin Fang was moved by what she said: "Well, we still have to have a baby."
Speaking of children, the ancients valued boys over girls very much, so Yang Haiyan decided to test his opinion: "Husband, do you prefer a son or a daughter?"
Qin Fang thought of the fact that women in the countryside prefer sons to daughters, and was worried that she would be afraid of this, so he immediately said, "I like daughters." In fact, he really liked daughters.
Yang Haiyan knew that Qin Fang would not lie, but she was a little surprised that there were men in ancient times who liked girls.
Qin Fang was relieved when he saw that she was fine. "What about you? Do you prefer a son or a daughter?"
Yang Haiyan: "I like them all." As long as they are her own children. However, she does not have the idea of several generations living together in a big house like in ancient times. If she has a daughter, it's fine. When she gets married, they naturally can't live together. If it's a son's, she will prepare a house before he gets married, and live separately after he gets married. As for how her son's life will be, he will take care of it himself after he gets married. When she is in poor health in the future, she will make a will. If the child dies, the property will be divided equally.
But she was just thinking about it temporarily, who knows if she would change her mind in the future.
The next day
Qin Fang took Kun Shi to the military camp after breakfast. On the way, he met Han Zhen and the three of them went together. It must be said that Qin Fang and Han Zhen's horses were quite eye-catching.
When Han Zhen saw Qin Fang, he said, "I finally have a horse. You don't have to carry me anymore."
Speaking of which, before Kun Shi came, it was Qin Fang who drove Han Zhen. After Kun Shi came, this task was given to Kun Shi.
Qin Fang glanced at him and asked, "Does your horse have a name?"
Han Zhen exclaimed: "Is this still naming? Isn't it too particular? Did you name it? Captain Qin Qianfu, this is not your usual style."
Qin Fang touched Wu Shuai and said, "My wife gave me this name, Wu Shuai."
When Wu Shuai heard Qin Fang calling him, he responded excitedly a few times.
Qin Fang's eyes widened immediately after seeing this: "Does it know that I'm calling it?"
Kunshi said: "Master used food to hang it and called it Wu Shuai. It took a long time to train it and then it would respond."
Han Zhen: "This is too smart."
Qin Fang: "Do you know what Coach Wu means?"
Han Zhen: "It's just like Tiedan and Donkey Egg. Is it interesting?" Han Zhen is even more illiterate than Qin Fang.
Qin Fang's tone was a little proud: "Of course, Wu means black, Shuai means Grand Marshal, Wu Shuai is the Grand Marshal of Mali."
Han Zhen heard it and said, "I know what to name my horse."
Qin Fang couldn't deny it: "Tiedan?"
Han Zhen said with a snort: "It's Wu Jiang. These two horses are of the same breed. I won't fight with you for the position of marshal. I will fight for the position of general. How about Wu Jiang?"
Qin Fang: “Not so good.” This guy is so shameless. Wu Shuai is the name given by his wife Maer. How could Han Zhen use the same name
Han Zhen didn't mind. He said to General Wu: "From now on, you are General Wu. General Wu, go ahead, drive..."
"Go..." Qin Fang also sped up.
As soon as Qin Fang arrived at the military camp and rested for a while, General Ao sent someone to call him over. Qin Fang went to the tent of Xunzi, where besides Xunzi and General Ao, there was also a captain under General Ao. After a while, three more captains came, and Xunzi spoke: "The purpose of calling you here this time is because of the recent incident with the barbarians. The barbarians tried to threaten our military camp with despicable means last time, and wanted to take the opportunity to occupy Yongzhou. This time I decided to fight back. There are a total of 50,000 people in our Yongjun military camp. General Ao will lead 5,000 of your men to ambush the barbarians, and the remaining 45,000 soldiers will interfere from the front..."