Shan Ye's Notes (1)

The Du family has four daughters and a son. Because the ancestors said that they were descendants of the poet Du Fu, Du Laohan took five children, Du Xing, Du Chui, Du Ping, Du Ye and Du Kuo, and leaned down from the starry sky and ran up with the moon.

The youngest son, Du Kuo, stayed in the field after graduating from college. After marriage, he had a five-year-old daughter. Du Laohan named his granddaughter Du Xiaoxiao. If a grandson wants to be named Du, it is said that this is an ancestor's poem: leaves fall like the waves of a waterfall, and I watch the long river always roll forward.

Du Laohan is a foreigner in the village and has no brothers. When he arrived in Dukuo, he had no brothers. Now that he has a granddaughter, Du Laohan has been thinking about having a grandson.

In the village, no son always feels inferior. People laugh when they have sons and no grandchildren. Du Laohan didn't want to make others laugh, so he wanted to find a chance to talk to his son.

Du Kuo always prevaricates on the grounds that national policies and undertakings are busy. In his and his wife Jiang Yan's view, boys and girls are the same, and it is already very tired to take a baby.

Old man Du remembered the Niangniang Temple in the mountains, which he hadn't been to for a long time. The last time he went was when Du Kuo just got married. Some people say that the Niangniang Temple on the mountain is ineffective in finding children, and Du Laohan will scoff. It's your insincerity.

At first, Du Laohan was also very resistant to praying for God and worshipping Buddha. He said that the new society has come, and the remnants of these feudal societies should have been removed long ago. Then I gave birth to four daughters one after another. When the fourth daughter Du Ye was born, her hair turned white overnight.

From that day on, on the first day, the fifteenth day or other festivals, he and his wife will go to Niangniang Temple with offerings and leave some incense money.

Du Kuo was born when Du Ye was four years old. When Du Laohan saw that it was his son, he happily went to Niangniang Temple to make a vow, hired someone to rebuild the temple and repainted the empress.

Du Kuo finally agreed to go home to have children at the weekend, forced by his death and the understanding and reason of Fourth Sister.

Holding his granddaughter down from the car, Du Laohan felt a little guilty. I don't know if he thinks he is son preference or making a mountain out of a molehill. But then he remembered the oath he had made in Niangniang Temple the day before yesterday. This is necessary, no doubt. Thought of here, he also clenched his fist.

Later, when he saw Jiang Yan get off the bus, Du Laohan felt that Du Kuo was too sincere to listen to Jiang Yan, just like when he was a child. He doesn't have a mind of his own. He will do whatever he is told.

After a rest, Du Ye stayed at home and watched the noise. Du Laohan and his wife took Du Kuo and Jiang Yan into the mountain. Du Kuo used to play in the mountains when he was a child, and he was no stranger to the flowers and plants all over the mountain. Growing up in the city, Jiang Yan was curious about everything in the mountains and kept asking her mother-in-law questions.

It's almost time to go to Niangniang Temple. Du Kuo's mother told them what to pay attention to when entering the temple, how to kowtow and burn incense, don't touch, don't talk casually. ...

When they entered the temple, Du Laohan and his wife offered offerings, offered incense, and kowtowed respectfully and made a wish. Jiang Yan looked at everything in the temple in surprise. If it weren't for Dukuala, she would have touched it in the morning. They knelt down like their parents, kowtowing and mumbling.

When knocking on the last head, Jiang Yan suddenly caught a glimpse of the queen's feet. A row of colorful clay dolls were placed within her reach, all lifelike and very cute. Jiang Yan, who is studying art, saw these dolls and caught one without thinking.

The sudden change caught Du Laohan off guard. He wanted to shout but didn't dare to be rude in front of the empress. Du Laohan turned to see the doll in Jiang Yan's hand, and his head was spinning. But for his wife's support, he would have fallen to the ground.

Du Kuo also saw the doll in his wife's hand, with a pink face, playful pigtails and big eyes, which were somewhat similar to Sasha Vujacic. Du Kuo nodded, and Jiang Yan quickly put the doll back.

The temple was quiet, and no one spoke. Du Laohan looked at Du Kuo, Du Kuo looked at Jiang Yan, Jiang Yan looked at her mother-in-law, and four people quietly came out of the temple. When leaving the temple gate, Du Laohan looked back at the empress, only to see that the solemn and dignified empress's mouth rose slightly. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. The queen is still the same. "I am dizzy." Du Laohan muttered.

Jiang Yan saw her parents-in-law look wrong and didn't know what was going on. Du Kuo shook his head when she asked him. When he got home, Du Kuo quietly told Du Ye that he realized that the dolls at the queen's feet were male and female and could not be taken casually. If you take the boy away, the queen will give him a boy. If you take a baby girl, the queen will take her baby girl, and Jiang Yan will take a baby girl.

Du Laohan is very wronged, but he can't get angry with his son and daughter-in-law. He must eat early and then go to bed. In the gloom, Du Laohan had a dream. In the dream, Mix was running in front and a little girl was chasing after him. The little girl's braids jump up, which is very cute. ...

In the morning, old man Du woke up and remembered the smile on his mouth when he left the temple gate, and two girls chasing hip-hop in his dream. He patted his thigh and thought, send the girl. Boys and girls are all the same, and girls are also passed on to future generations. I still keep my promise. Whether my daughter-in-law gives birth to a baby boy or a baby girl, I will pay for renovating the Niangniang Temple and coloring the empress.