1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 405 The whole family is full of ruthless people
"Wait a minute, I'll see if I missed anything..."

After all the accounts were settled, Chen Xiangbei actually held the abacus and repeated the calculations again.

It looked like he was enjoying it and felt like he wanted more...

Liang Ziqiang is the same. He has lived two lives, but only today did he realize that he actually married a "gold medal accountant" to be by his side. He was really shortsighted in his previous life and did not realize this potential.

During this period, little Cheng Cheng came over to ask his mother to hold him no less than three times, but was ruthlessly rejected by Chen Xiangbei every time.

With the abacus, the baby is not so fragrant anymore...

That night, Liang Ziqiang took out 170 yuan and shared it with his father.

Ten points, that's what he agreed to at the beginning. My father is experienced, although he is currently working as a first mate, it won't be long before he becomes the captain of one of the ships.

After resting for two days, when they went out to sea again, Liang Ziqiang gave all the rewards to Zhu Tianpeng, Lu Song and others.

But this next voyage did not last as long as usual, and we returned after only three days.

It’s not because of the weather change, but because it’s almost July 7th, my son’s first birthday.

Liang Jingcheng was born on June 6 last year, but they don't follow the Gregorian calendar in their hometown, but the lunar calendar. The lunar calendar is May 28, which corresponds to July 7 this year.

On the day of the baby’s first birthday, the “Zhuazhou” ceremony must be performed, and it must be done before eating longevity noodles at noon.

My father-in-law and two uncles were supposed to come over to feed the shrimps in the morning, and my mother-in-law Li Jinju also came with them early in the morning.

At about ten o'clock, Liang's mother took out a boiled egg, not to give it to Cheng Cheng to eat, but to give it to him to "roll disaster".

The eggs have been shelled and are snow-white.

Liang's mother took the egg and rolled it over little Cheng Cheng's head. When it rolled to his face, Cheng Cheng actually opened his mouth wide and tried to bite the egg.

Fortunately, Liang's mother was quick and continued to roll down, chanting:

"One roll away the bad guys, two rolls bring in the good guys; three rolls away the bad luck, good luck comes..."

Up and down, left and right, it swam all over his pink skin.

After the disaster is over, you have to put on new clothes, which according to custom must be bought by your grandmother.

Aqiang's mother-in-law handed the new clothes she had bought specially to Chen Xiangbei. Chen Xiangbei put them on Cheng Cheng and then he could have the "Zhuazhou" ceremony.

There were already several things placed on the low table:

Ruler, ballpoint pen, abacus, elementary school textbooks, junior high school textbooks, high school textbooks...

Well, they are all school supplies, really dazzling and all-encompassing...

There were food and toys as well, just an egg in a shell and a rattle that Liang Jingcheng had long since gotten tired of playing with.

All these things were handled by Cheng Cheng's grandmother. Originally, the toy was going to be the tin frog, but Liang's mother was afraid that the toy was too eye-catching and would firmly attract Liang Jingcheng, so she took it away.

In order to allow Cheng Cheng to choose to love learning "as he pleases", Liang's mother really put in a lot of effort.

Liang's father couldn't stand it anymore and quickly signaled them not to catch them and wait. He pointed at the pile of school supplies and said dissatisfiedly:

"How can you be a grandmother? The one-year-old celebration is a test for the child, and you only give a few things. How can it be a test?"

Then he turned to Liang Zifeng who was standing beside him:
"Ah Feng! I think we need to add a few more things. Go into the house and look around. Do you still have your exercise books, award certificates, and even the envelopes of your college acceptance letters? Bring them all here and let this kid choose whatever he wants!"

Because it was already mid-July, Liang Zifeng had just returned from the capital after school and was standing aside watching. Unexpectedly, he was assigned a task by his father on the spot.

Looking at Liang Zifeng's back as he ran into the house, Liang Ziqiang and his wife almost fell to the ground.

I thought my dad was complaining that school supplies took up too much of a proportion, but it turns out that one is more ruthless than the other...

No, Afeng was born with a love for learning, but I’ve never seen you support people’s studies so enthusiastically!

The couple felt sorry for their child who was standing beside the low table with a confused look on his face.

Soon, Liang Zifeng came over with several award certificates, homework books, and envelopes of university admission letters. Several relatives were watching nearby, and their eyes immediately became jealous, pointing at these things:

"Ah Feng, these certificates and notebooks of yours are really good things. Lend me two of them later. When I have grandchildren, I will use them for their "Zhuazhou" ceremony! These are the things that the top scholar in the imperial examination used. You can't find them anywhere else. Let me have some of them!"

"Is there any more in the room? Lend me one too..."

The Zhou-Zhua ceremony hasn't even started yet, how come this has become a ceremony for the top scorer in the college entrance examination to share his energy and consecrate his achievements...

Amid the bustling noise of reservations, Liang Jingcheng's "Zhuazhou" procedure was officially launched.

The little hands stretched out among so many things, but they just didn't exert enough strength to grab them.

The child's grandfather also seemed to be very worried. He had just finished feeding a round of shrimps and was standing by to watch after returning from the shrimp pond.

Seeing that his grandson didn't take any action, he became anxious and "calmly" pushed a certificate towards a place closer to Cheng Cheng.

He was just about to shove the certificate into Xiao Chengcheng's face...

Liang Jingcheng was about to take it, but before he knew it, the little hand passed by him.

Keep gliding, sliding towards the egg, then sliding towards the rattle, the more you slide, the more depraved you become...

Suddenly, he left the low table and took small steps. On a bamboo chair further away, someone had placed a tape box.

Printed on the box is a beautiful female singer with beautiful eyes and eyebrows.

He held the box in both hands and smiled at the beautiful female singer...

The smile is very innocent, and the smile is very manly...

Well, he is just a one-year-old baby, and he doesn’t know anything about the true nature of a man.

But the elders didn't think so. In an instant, Liang Ziqiang heard his father, mother, father-in-law and mother-in-law collectively gasp.

For a moment, there was complete silence.

It is said that touching food means being greedy, and touching toys means being addicted to toys.

There is no need to explain what touching an embroidered handkerchief or something related to women means.

From now on, the king will not hold court in the morning. He does not want the kingdom but the beauty. This is worse than touching an egg or squeezing a rattle!
"That doesn't count! I don't know who just left the tape box there. It doesn't count at all!" After a long silence, Liang's mother thought of a solution, which was to play dirty and deny it...

Liang Ziqiang's wife was also a little embarrassed, and quickly followed up with the words: "Do it again, do it again!"

So, the next three times it “didn’t count”.

By the fifth time, poor little Jingcheng probably got the hint. If he didn't touch something related to study today, the ceremony wouldn't be completed!

So he finally fished out the still brand new abacus.

I tried to pick out the beads last time but failed. I will try again this time...

Seeing this scene, grandma and grandma finally felt relieved.

After so many twists and turns, it was almost time for lunch.

The most popular custom here is to hold a birthday banquet. Several decades ago, the first birthday banquet was called a "walking banquet", which means that no matter whether you know the person or not, everyone can come to eat, and after the meal, new dishes will be served, and more people will come to continue eating, and the flow of people will continue.

Half a century ago, poor families would even borrow money to hold a birthday party, which was very exaggerated. However, due to the change of customs, this practice has been stopped for a long time.

For example, this time Liang Ziqiang only invited relatives and all the people he knew and had connections with in the village to come over for a drink.

After the birthday party, Liang Ziqiang stayed at home for two days before it was time to go out to sea again.

Deep-sea fishing is one thing, and while cruising on the sea surface, he also does not forget to look for the target islands.

The ocean was vast, and those few islands of inestimable value were hidden among two or three hundred wild islands. With limited memory and information, he didn't know if he could really find them...

(End of this chapter)