Chapter 381 - 371: First Birthday
January had already brought winter.
The sky was a bit gloomy, with no sign of the sun, and everyone on the street was bundled up in winter attire. Qin Guanglin put on his hat again, stuffed his hands into his sleeves, and hurried along, busy with preparations for his daughter’s first birthday celebration.
Originally, they hadn’t done anything for her full moon celebration, just the couple and Qin’s Mom huddling at home, unable to host anything, so they had been waiting for the first birthday to make it up to little Anya.
Qin’s Mom had originally wanted to set up banquet tables in the old street, so that neighbours and friends could join in the festivities, but after some thought, Qin Guanglin didn’t agree and instead booked a medium-sized hotel.
— His daughter had barely seen anyone since she was born, they missed full moon and hundred days celebrations; it was, in fact, the first time they were celebrating anything. All kinds of relatives would be attending, so it was better to make it somewhat formal.
Moreover, Gu Xiaoqing being recognized as a godparent was also on this day, so they couldn’t make it too simple.
"What are you buying all this for?"
When He Fang came back from work, Qin Guanglin was arranging a table full of odds and ends, with their daughter wobbling in a baby walker. As she picked up her daughter and gave her a kiss, then turned to glance over, she understood what it was for without waiting for Qin Guanglin to explain.
Sure enough, Qin Guanglin gathered all the little trinkets on the table and pinched out a palm-sized abacus, said, "It’s for the ’zhuazhou’ ceremony in a few days, to see what she will be when she grows up."
At this point, he suddenly became curious, "There should have been a ’zhuazhou’ before, right? What did our daughter grab?"
"She grabbed a celery stalk."