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Chapter 29 The Old Maodian Club by the Forest

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    Qingwan's in-laws live in Wengshan [Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace today], which is a suburb in the northwest corner of the capital.

    Wengshan has beautiful scenery, many springs, and many streams converge into a natural lake. People call it "Wengshan Lake" [today's Kunming Lake].  Scholars and bureaucrats often come to this water area to "respect forest springs" and "fish in river bends" in order to pursue seclusion and elegance; literati and inkmen also compare Wengshan Lake with West Lake in Hangzhou, also known as "West Lake" or "West Lake View".

    In the twenty-ninth year of Zhiyuan [1292], Guo Shoujing, a water conservancy scientist, presided over the excavation of the Tonghui River, diverted the water along the Changping Shenshan and the spring water from the Xishan area into the "West Lake Scenery", and dug a waterway to connect with the Tonghui River.  It became a reservoir for water transportation in the capital city of Yuan Dynasty.  The section of the river from West Lake View to Jishuitan passes through a large sorghum field, so people call this section of the river "Gaoliang River".

    The emperor sometimes came to the West Lake for boating. He could take a dragon boat along the Tonghui River and turn to the Gaoliang River to reach the West Lake.

    [1] "Xijiang Moon. Walking in the Yellow Sand Road at Night-Shangque" by Xin Qiji.

    The magpies are startled by the bright moon and the other branches, and the cicadas are called by the breeze in the middle of the night.

    In the fragrance of rice flowers, it is said that there is a good year, and one can hear the sound of frogs.

    The bright moonlight passed between the branches, startling the magpies on the branches; the cool night wind blew the cicadas from the woods not far away; amidst the aroma of rice flowers, the frogs croaked one after another, as if to say  , this year is a good year for a good harvest.

    Xiuran hurried to the Gaoliang River wharf with her son in her arms.

    He wants to hurry to the city to find a wet nurse to nurse his son.  Because the son is about to wake up soon, he will definitely cry because of hunger. By that time, how can Zhao Xiuran, who is a new father, not be in a hurry?

    When the moon was setting, Xiuran rushed to the pier.

    There are several small boats moored on the river bank, and the boatmen are sleeping soundly.  Xiuran wakes up a boatman and asks him to take him into the city.

    The boatman said: "It's the middle of the night, what's the urgent matter for the guest officer to go to the city?"

    Xiuran said: "My son is sick, and he needs to go to the city for treatment as soon as possible."

    "Why doesn't the guest officer find a doctor in the local area?"

    "There is no good doctor in the local area!" Xiuran obviously did not hide the procrastination and negligence of the boatman.

    "Guest officer, it's not that the little one doesn't want to go through this experience, it's just"

    "Just what? Are you afraid that I won't pay you the ship's fare, or do you want to blackmail me?"

    The boatman said with a smile: "I dare not ask you for more money. If it can provide convenience for the treatment of your petty officials, I would rather not charge you."

    "Then what are you talking about?"

    "What I mean is that even if I bring you into the city, I'm afraid the city gate will not open for you at this time. It will be five quarters at Yinshi [that is, from 4:00 to 4:15 in the morning].  Zhong, the gate of the city was just opened. You waited half the night outside the city with your young son, don¡¯t you want to make you and your child suffer? Besides, it¡¯s about to rain, what should you do by then?¡±

    "The boatman doesn't have to worry about me, as long as you send me to the city, I can find my way."

    Since Xiuran was so determined, the boatman had no choice but to help him onto the boat.

    [2] "Xijiang Moon. Walking in the Yellow Sand Road at Night-Xiaque" Xin Qiji. Ci

    Seven or eight stars away, two or three o'clock rain in front of the mountain.

    In the old days, by the forest side of the Maodian Society, I suddenly saw the bridge at the turn of the road.

    In less than an hour, the boatman sent Xiuran to the west gate of the capital.

    After Xiuran paid the boat fare, the boatman gave Xiuran his coir raincoat and said, "Put it on, the rain is coming."

    Xiuran took the coir raincoat, put it on, watched the stars twinkling, flickering, and asked: "Can there be rain?"

    The boatman said affirmatively: "The little one has been on the boat for half his life, and there will be no mistakes."

    "Then thank you uncle." After finishing speaking, Xiuran picked up her son and went up to the river bank.

    After a while, it was really dark clouds, lightning and thunder.  In an instant, it began to rain lightly.  The thunder woke the child up, and he cried.

    Xiuran remembered that there was a grove not far away, and there was a small thatched hut beside the grove.  He quickened his pace, almost running, and when the road turned around the source of the stream, the hut suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.  He stepped in within a few steps, and the heavy rain poured down after chasing his ass.

    Heavy rain usually doesn't last long.  After about a stick of incense, the rain stopped.

    He left the thatched hut and went straight to "Heyimen", where he found his friend who was on duty at 135 - Li Jin, the captain of the gatekeeper.  Li Jin put him into the city and lent him a horse to ride to find Langzhong.

    Xiuran rode a horse to "Chang'anbsp; Zhu Aifang said: "Did you pull it, didn't you check it?"

    "I can't! I didn't smell the bad smell." Yan Hong opened the package while speaking, looked at it, and said, "It's really a mess."

    Zhu Aifang smiled and said: "It seems that it is not my child! We have been away for such a long time, and you still don't open it?"

    Yan Hong said embarrassingly: "The two children are breastfeeding upside down, how can I have time"

    Xiuran said honestly: "Don't you have two, why are you messing around?"

    "Isn't that just for you!" Yan Hong expressed her kindness and was complained by others, so she said angrily.

    Zhu Aifang knew that she was talking too much, so she stuck out her tongue at Chao Xiuran, and hurried over to help: "You who have given birth don't understand at all Generally, babies will defecate within 12 hours of birth. This is called'  Meconium', it's not the same color as normal poo, it's greenish You see, it's sticky, but it doesn't have any bad smell"

    When Yanhong put down the child's two calves, Zhu Aifang exclaimed in surprise: "Mr. Zhao, didn't you say that he is a son?"

    "yes!"

    "Come and take a look."

    Xiuran hurried over, but when she saw that she was a daughter, she hurriedly searched for her.

    Yan Hong pouted and said, "That little penis grows on the body, how can I wipe the shit off it."

    "Then, where did you go?" Xiuran asked Yanhong again, "Seeing that you blush and have a thick neck, did you change it?"

    "My son is twice as old as yours, how can I change it? Besides, I am a son, why change yours?"

    Zhu Aifang asked: "Master Zhao, after you found the child, have you unpacked it and looked at it?"

    "I've seen it, but I only saw the appearance, not the bottom."

    "That's it, you haven't seen whether the child is a boy or a girl, how can you say that Yanhong has dropped the bag!"

    "Then where is my son?"

    "She was originally a daughter."

    "But how do you want me to explain to her?!"

    "She gave birth to a daughter, what do you explain? Besides, my daughter is good, my daughter is delicate, and my daughter is my parents' little padded jacket"

    "I don't care about big leather jackets either."

    Yan Hong became anxious, and said: "Young Master Zhao, don't be unreasonable, leave her here with me this one is enough for me"

    Zhu Aifang hurriedly said: "No, Mr. Zhao will only let you stay here for a month. When the child can eat millet soup, he will take it awayisn't it, Mr. Zhao?"

    Xiuran nodded yes.

    Zhu Aifang said again: "Young Master Zhao, please give her a name, so we can have a name."

    "Look and call!"

    "She was born in 'Girl's Day' and also in 'Ai Festival', so let's call her 'Ai Ai'!" Zhu Aifang said with a smile, "Young Master Zhao, how about calling her 'Zhao Ai'ai'?"

    "I don't object to calling her Zhu Ai Ai, whatever you call her love."

    "If you follow my surname, you won't be able to leave the door of this brothel, are you willing?"

    "Then I don't want to!"

    "That's right, you should go back quickly. As long as her mother and daughter are safe, that's the best thing. What else are you asking for?"

    As soon as Xiuran heard that what Zhu Aifang said was right, she hurried back to Mount Weng to see if Qingwan was well.  ? (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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