Chapter 595: Wash Three (Part 2)

The first one to appear was naturally Elderly Mr. Di. He was so excited that he wanted to come forward, but a pair of big hands held him back.

“Slow down! My Zhao family’s descendants should naturally be added to the pot by me first!”

Elder Leisure spoke calmly, but the faces of those nearby changed drastically!

What do you mean by descendants of the Zhao family? This child is clearly surnamed Di, right? Could it be…

The crowd quickly imagined countless possibilities!

Liu Sisi could no longer lie still inside! If he kept talking, who knows what else would come out of his mouth, and how could she keep living her life later?

She struggled to get up from the head of the bed, not even worrying if it was disrespectful, and rushed straight to the room door and opened it, shouting loudly!

“Stop!”

Elder Leisure was just about to add water to the basin with a jade ornament in his hand when he subconsciously paused his action and looked up to see Liu Sisi. His gaze softened in an instant!

“Oh? Sisi, why did you come out? You have just given birth and your body is weak. You should quickly go back to your room and lie down.”

“You know I’m weak and shouldn’t be exposed to the wind?”

Liu Sisi was genuinely angry! This damn madman!

“You can come and see your grandson, sure! But now it’s the child’s hundredth-day feast. If you make a fuss here, don’t blame me for not considering our familial bond!”

Daughter? Liu Sisi is surnamed Liu, so what’s going on?

At the moment, all the relatives in the room were from their own family, so everyone naturally knew about Liu Sisi’s background. She was just a little wife bought for ten taels of silver!

“You… fine, fine, I won’t cause any chaos. Everything under the heavens belongs to the empire, and every person on the border is a subject! Naturally, it’s right for me to be the first to add water to the basin. How could I cause chaos?”

Elder Leisure unexpectedly conceded.

He was once the Crown Prince of a country. Being willing to add water to the basin was a blessing that many people couldn’t even beg for, and she actually wanted him to be in the back?

It’s simply unreasonable!

Liu Sisi was left speechless by his one sentence and didn’t know what to say anymore.

A madman is a madman!

His thinking was still stuck in the days when he had power and influence, and he hadn’t learned anything during his countless years in the countryside!

Liu Sisi was too lazy to argue with him: “I don’t want to argue with you about this. You are so powerful that you can take away anyone’s life at any time! Didn’t you almost kill me several times? Now I let you stand here, just out of consideration for our blood relationship. If you still recognize me as your daughter, then abide by the rules. Otherwise… Humph!”

After finishing speaking, Liu Sisi didn’t look at him again, turned around, and closed the door with a slam.

“You! You dare to talk to me like this!…”

Elder Leisure was furious! But there was no sound coming from the closed room.

He was left feeling frustrated and helpless and could only swallow his anger, turned around, and glared at Elderly Mr. Di.

“You go first!”

Elderly Mr. Di didn’t know what to say, but encouraged by Di Yelei’s gaze, he still straightened his chest and stepped forward, adding three scoops of clear water to the small basin and putting in three silver pieces.

Granny Xu next to them quickly picked up some pleasing words: “Long flowing water, the child will be smart and clever like a scholar.”

By the time Elderly Mr. Di finished adding his things to the basin, Elder Leisure didn’t bother to step back anymore. He took a big step forward, scooped three heaping spoonfuls with the spoon, and then placed the jade ornament into the mugwort water. Turning around with a smug look on his face, he glanced at everyone nearby before striding over to a random chair and sitting down.

He still had to wait for his beloved grandson to come out!

Next came Ms. Zhao’s turn to add to the basin. She casually scooped three spoons of clear water and originally intended to simply add red dates and peanuts to the plate, but being stared at by that pair of eyes, she reluctantly removed her earrings and placed them on a nearby tray.

The following people also added their prepared gifts.

When it was Ms. Xin’s turn, she generously gave three gifts, each a sachet embroidered by her own hands. Di Xuan and Di Ying each added a handful of peanuts and longan on top.

Once the Di family’s relatives had all gone by, it was time for Liu Quan, Ms. Yao, and Liu Zhi’er.

Liu Zhi’er was deeply troubled as she had heard Liu Sisi and Elder Leisure’s conversation earlier. Her parents’ faces were wrong, but at the moment she couldn’t do anything about it, so she held her questions in her heart until the washing ceremony was over.

After the basin-adding ceremony was finished, Granny Xu took the first baby girl from the nanny. She stirred the basin with a stick, saying, “May you flow long like the water and be clever and smart.” Then, she began to wash the baby.

The child cried from the cold, and everyone was delighted!

“It’s the Loud Basin, a good sign!”

Granny Xu had already received Di Yelei’s instructions and moved quickly. As she washed the child, she muttered, “Wash the head first and you’ll become a lord or marquis; wash the feet last, and you’ll become a governor. Each generation will surpass the last!”

Afterward, she took a mugwort ball, lit it, and then gingerly placed it on the child’s forehead symbolically. Once she had dressed the baby’s hair and tidied it up, the washing was considered finished. Then, she tied a band around the child and lightly tapped it three times with a leek, saying, “Once for intelligence, twice for cleverness and three times for staying out of trouble.”

The ceremony was so elaborate that it took nearly half an hour to finish washing the three children.

Afterwards, there was still the rite of shooting the “heavens and earth in all directions.” Finally, once it was all completed, the washing ceremony was considered over.

Luckily, Elder Leisure had been quietly sitting by the whole time without making any extra moves, allowing everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.

As they were about to carry the children back inside, he finally made a move!

“Wait! Let me hold the children.”

The nanny was startled but didn’t dare to disobey. She carefully handed the children over to him.

Elder Leisure got up, traced the children’s faces, examined them closely, and then nodded with satisfaction.

Afterward, he took out three gold-inlay jade locks from his arms and placed one in each child’s swaddle.

“For the sake of these three children, I will let the matter go. However, if I ever find out that you dare do anything wrong against Sisi, hmph!”

“I certainly would never dare,” Di Yelei bowed.

“Hmm! Have you named the children yet?” Elder Leisure was apparently very satisfied with Di Yelei’s attitude.

“Well… according to custom, children should only be named on their hundredth day, so…” Di Yelei hesitated.

“Well, that’s fine.”

After Elder Leisure finished speaking, he didn’t wait for Di Yelei to say more. He turned around, took a big step, and walked out the yard gate.

The few people who had come with him followed immediately.

Di Yelei didn’t dare to linger and hurriedly caught up to them to see them off.

As soon as he left, everyone immediately began to talk and discuss!