Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 213 Moving Full Moon Banquet

This is Chen Xiuyun’s first child, and everyone in the family pays special attention to it.

At the suggestion of Doctor Chen and his wife, Chen Xiuyun's confinement period was extended to 42 days, and she was not discharged until her body was completely recovered.

The cold came early this year. In mid-to-late September, there were several consecutive snowfalls, which melted and then fell again.

Just as October began, a heavy snow fell and the temperature dropped sharply.

The wind is howling outside and the water is freezing, so people have officially started hibernating.

Everything had been prepared for the new house of the Qu family, so Qu Shaoyang chose October 6th to move in.

It’s called moving, but in fact it’s just moving from the east end to the west end, it’s very close.

Most of the things in the house have been moved there long ago.

On the morning of the sixth day, when firecrackers were set off, Qu Shaoyang led people to move pots, pans, and other small items to that end twice, which was considered moving.

No matter what, this can be considered as a housewarming celebration, so we should handle it as we should.

Moreover, Qu Shaoyang had already spread the word that his son's full-month banquet would be held together with the moving banquet.

So on the sixth day of the New Year, everyone who had some friendship with Qu Shaoyang came to congratulate him.

"Hey, my nephew's new house is really luxurious. How many courtyards does it have?"

Those who came to congratulate couldn't help but exclaim in admiration as they looked at the spacious and tidy new house.

"Uncle, I don't understand what 'several entrances' means. Our house cannot be compared with those big houses in the capital, so we can't talk about it that way.

Anyway, it is divided into an inner and outer courtyard. The outer courtyard is for the long-term workers in the family, and the inner courtyard is for our family.

Plus the warehouse, kitchen, stable and so on, it looks quite big." Qu Shaoyang replied casually with a smile.

The Qu family's new house is several times larger than Doctor Chen's, with hundreds of rooms inside and outside.

At present, there are more long-term workers and fewer people in the master's family, so the inner courtyard is a little empty.

No one can always build a house. Before, it was because they didn’t have enough money and had no choice. Now that they are building it again, it must be a long-term plan.

The population of the family will increase. Even though there is not enough space now, in another 20 or 30 years, there may not be enough space to live in.

Everyone couldn't help but praise him again, and there was some envy in their words.

Some even praised Qu Shaoyang to the sky, saying that he was brave and resourceful, able to make money and take care of the family, etc., only picking out the good things to say.

Some people even tried to ask Qu Shaoyang in a roundabout way what ways he had to make money and whether he could help everyone get rich together.

Anyway, as long as a person is rich and has status, there will naturally be no shortage of people fawning on him.

Qu Shaoyang didn't have any thoughts about this. No matter what others said, he just smiled and nodded, chatting with them about all sorts of things.

"My dear uncles, aunts and brothers, my son has been born for nearly two months.

Before the autumn harvest, every household was busy and had no time to get together and have fun.

Well, today is a good day to invite everyone to come over and celebrate together as we have moved into a new house.

Today we have prepared a simple meal of light wine and vegetarian dishes. Fellow villagers, please do not mind the simplicity. Please take your seats."

After everyone chatted for a while, a message came over saying that the banquet was ready. Qu Shaoyang immediately invited everyone to the front hall for the banquet.

In order to hold the banquet today, Qu Shaoyang specially invited a master chef to cook. The family slaughtered a pig in advance and ordered some fish.

In addition, Qu Shaoyang has led people into the mountains to hunt recently, and they have collected a lot of wild boars, deer, roe deer, hares, etc.

Therefore, today's banquet is very sumptuous, with main dishes accounting for the majority.

When everyone saw it, they were amazed and impressed again.

On such occasions, Liu Dongshan and Chen Langzhong would definitely come and sit at the seats of honor.

Old Zhou and the others surrounded Liu Dongshan and the others, praising Qu Shaoyang non-stop, making Liu Dongshan and Chen Lang so happy that they didn't know where to smile. "Nephew Shaoyang, since today is the baby's full moon banquet, at least bring your kid out and let everyone see him."

When the banquet was halfway through, someone shouted.

"Yes, yes, we haven't even seen what your boy looks like yet. Will he follow you or your wife?" others echoed.

Qu Shaoyang then remembered that he was so busy greeting the guests that he forgot to bring today's protagonist over.

"Oh, I was out of my mind and forgot about it.

Please wait a moment, I will go to the backyard to get the child." After saying that, he stood up and walked to the backyard.

A banquet was also set up in the backyard. Lin Ruolan, Li and others were accompanying some female guests who came to congratulate them, and they were enjoying the banquet and playing with the children.

The baby, who is already fifty days old, is no longer the dark and wrinkled baby he was during the confinement period.

Now the baby's facial features have fully developed, with big eyes, a high nose bridge, a chubby face, and arms and legs that are as fat as lotus roots, with sections one after another.

Lin Ruolan made a set of red satin cotton jacket and cotton pants for the child.

The child was fair to begin with, and when he put on red clothes, he looked just like the dolls in New Year pictures, and was very adorable.

Moreover, this kid has a good temper. Even when so many strangers came to the house, he didn't cry or make a fuss, but kept grinning at them.

The female guests who came to congratulate were extremely excited, especially the young wives, who all scrambled to hold the baby, hoping that they could also give birth to such a beautiful and worry-free baby.

"Wife, please wrap the baby up.

Uncle Zhou and the others in front said they wanted to see the child, so I carried him over. "

Qu Shaoyang pushed the door open and walked into the room, saying something to Chen Xiuyun.

When Chen Xiuyun heard this, she immediately brought her son over, went out to change his diaper, and then put a clean quilt on the bed.

Then put a small hat on the child and wrap the child tightly with a red satin blanket.

"Xiuyun, it's cold outside. You can stay in the backyard and have dinner with your aunts and sisters-in-law. Your mother and I will take the child to the front yard."

When Lin Ruolan saw Chen Xiuyun was about to walk out with the child in her arms, she hurriedly stopped her and went forward to take the child.

On the other side, Li also stood up and walked out with Lin Ruolan, protecting the child.

Several people came to the front yard, entered the house and opened the quilt. Li held her grandson and came to Doctor Chen's table.

"Hey, is this the boy from Shao Yang's family? Wow, he's so handsome.

Look at his eyebrows and eyes, they look so much like Shaoyang, they are simply carved from the same mold.

This chubby little fellow is really adorable." When everyone saw the kid, they couldn't help but praise him again.

"Hey, Shaoyang, have you named the child?" someone suddenly remembered and asked hurriedly.

"Oh, I haven't given it a real name yet, so I just gave it a nickname, Gensuoer." Qu Shaoyang explained quickly.

Nowadays, it is very rare for ordinary people to give their children a formal name as soon as they are born.

They just give the child a nickname first, and only when the child is six or seven years old and has been raised well will they give him a real name.

Some even wait until their children are old enough to go to private school and then ask the teacher to help give them a famous name.

As for nicknames, they are generally not particularly elegant, the more ordinary the better.

Names like Goushengzi and Tiedan'er are easy to keep with cheap names.

Like the Liu family's tie pillar, it means tying up the child.

Qu Shaoyang named his son Gensuo, which means locked.

The main reason is that conditions were too bad back then and it was not easy to raise a child, so parents racked their brains to give the child a name in the hope that the child would be easier to raise.

(End of this chapter)