The twenty-seventh day of the first month of the first month of 1786 in the Longzhou calendar

The first capital of the city of Jiejiang

The family has huge resources, power and force, in order to show the difference of class, its own name cumbersome etiquette, including a variety of rituals to congratulate the birth of the child, such as the birth of the son will have "three dynasties", "full moon", "100 days", "first birthday".

The so-called three dynasties refer to the three days after the birth of the baby, and the congratulatory gifts from all parties are accepted.

The full moon feast refers to the baby's shaving of the fetal hair, and at the same time, the main family banquet is a concierge and thanks, which is divided into inside and outside.

If the Three Dynasties and the Full Moon are just the customs of family relations, then when it comes to the "100 Days", it is finally back to the celebration itself.

The host family feasts relatives and friends, wishes for the child's health and longevity, and participates in the most important rites for the newborn.

People always say that if the meat is opened smoothly, then the child will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

Therefore, whether it is for civilians or families, "100 days" and "first birthday" are the most important birth rituals.

For the Tang clan in Longxi, the 100-year-old banquet held in the first mansion of Jiejiang City is the most important event of the Tang clan at this time.

This is not only because this is a 100-day banquet for the eldest son and eldest son of Linghuo Tianjiao, but also because many people want to take this opportunity to go to the first mansion to see if they can meet the Longxi Tianjiao who has been away for a long time.

It is precisely because of this vision that a small 100-year-old banquet not only has the participation of Zongzheng Tang Zu and Tang Hongtao, but also dozens of sect heads in place, plus concierge relatives, it has become a grand banquet with hundreds of people.

Looking at the concierge sitting in the banquet hall, Miaozhu in the back compartment trembled with fright, after all, a little girl from a servant girl was usually scared half to death when she heard the name of the head of the sect, where had she experienced such a scene, although every guest outside laughed kindly, but she was afraid.

The child in her arms seemed to feel her mother's crampedness, and she also cried.

Tang's children are born, most of them will be assisted by the nurses of the sect, but today is the centennial banquet of the two sons, and the two nurses naturally cannot appear, so only Tang Zhen Miaozhu and the two children are waiting for the banquet in the back room.

After a lot of hands and feet to coax the child, Miaozhu already had a layer of fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and said to Tang Zhen, who was holding the child steadily: "Mastermother, if you take the two children out in a while, the maid will not go out." ”

"No, I can't. Tang Zhen looked at Miaozhu's cowardly appearance and said resolutely: "Today is the 100th birthday banquet of Ziqi and Zilin, no one is missing, and straighten your waist." ”

The one in the arms of the two is the two little sons of the old Tang family, the one in Tang Zhen's arms is called Tang Ziqi, and the one in Miaozhu's arms is called Tang Zilin.

And today's 100-day banquet is held for these two newborns, saying that it is 100 days, but in fact, only Tang Zilin, who was born on October 27, is 100 days.

The concubine, even if it is the eldest son, is not qualified to pass the 100-day period, after all, the concubine is not born by a mother, and in addition to the meat ceremony at the 100-day banquet, it is to recognize the uncle.

Tang Zhen is the daughter of Tang Qian's lineage, as long as she finds an outstanding brother Tang, she can recognize her uncle, but what kind of birth is Miaozhu, even if Tang Xing is willing to hold a 100-day banquet for this servant, who should he recognize as his uncle.

Originally, if you don't say this, I won't say it, and it will pass, but when the banquet was held, the young Tang Zhen asked a lot, because she didn't remember what centennial banquet Tang Zilin had held, and when she heard the banquet setter say that the concubine was not qualified to hold a centennial banquet, the young housewife was angry.

As a result, this 100-year-old banquet became a common feast for the two sons, and after the meat ceremony, they would worship the eldest son Tang Peng as their uncle.

"Even if you are afraid in your heart, you have to be brave for Lin'er, if you panic and don't dare to go out, Lin'er can only be a helpless concubine, if you recognize Tang Peng as your uncle with Qi'er, you will have a backer in the future, you don't want your child to be confused and have no way out!"

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Tang Luo, who was far away in Chaochang, naturally didn't know that today was the 100th birthday banquet for his two nephews, because these days he had hurt himself again in order to deal with the Shura Divine Heart that had settled in the Void Lord's stomach.

After all, according to the physical fitness at this time, if you still want to spit out the divine heart from the throat, it is no different from suicide, so you can only do a small disemboweling operation on yourself again to take out the divine heart.

Fortunately, this time they were not in a hurry, and there was a jade box left by Yunquan, so the two of them successfully took out the divine heart.

And when Sister Xiu'er was stitching up Tang Luo's wounds, she chatted about what she saw and heard in the tooth line.

"A few years ago, the Longjiang River was flooded one after another, and hundreds of people in Chengzhou and Lingjiang were displaced. ”

"I thought I was going to be strong, but when the slave hunters went, they found that as long as they were given rations, the refugees would be willing to sell their sons and daughters. ”

"As long as there is a bucket of rice, the refugees will push their children into the arms of the slave catchers and sign the slave contract!"

"Male babies are more valuable than female babies, because male babies can be raised as slaves to work, but female babies can only be sold into kilns, and those who look stupid can only be killed and eaten meat. ”

Speaking of this, Sister Xiu'er's emotions seemed to be a little excited, and the needles and threads used to suture the wound were crooked, and Tang Luo grinned in pain: "Do you have to say this at this time?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. After two accusations, Sister Xiu'er returned to the standard level, and while stitching up the wound, she asked, "What are you asking me to go to the dental store to inquire about these days?"

"I plan to open a charity hall in Chaochang to adopt street children. Tang Luo said lightly: "But just adoption, the volume is still not enough, so I plan to buy all the children of Chaochang's tooth shop." ”

"You're going to do the population business!?"

"Hiss~~~~!"

Seeing the silver needle pierced into the flesh, Tang Luo gasped and explained, "Can you pull out the needle and then speak!"

"Can't!" Sister Xiu'er gritted her teeth, stepped forward and approached, holding the silver needle in one hand and Tang Luo's collar in the other, and said dissatisfiedly: "There is so much business in the world, do you have to do it?"

"If you have something to say, don't bully the patient. Tang Luo tilted his head, the jade hand on his chest did not move at all, and he explained helplessly: "Sect Master Chen wants to start a sect, I promised to send him a batch of Zhong Lingyuxiu's disciples every year, if I don't dry my teeth, where can I get so many people?"

"You said, you bought the child to send it to Sect Master Chen as an apprentice?" Sister Xiu'er let go of Tang Luo's collar and said dissatisfiedly: "Is there such an unreliable old friend as you, this is the disciple you promised Zhong Lingyuxiu?"