Chapter 3 Who am I
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On November 9, 1790, it was raining lightly in the sky, and Joseph was rushing home. With the relationship between his brother and Balas (who will soon become a member of the "Five-man Governor" that replaced the Public Security Commission), he graduated from the seminary and became a small quartermaster. He was originally working, but someone told him that his wife Julie Clerry was about to give birth, so he quickly asked for leave to go home. (For the development of the plot, it was a few years ahead of the real history, and everything changed, so please do not compare it with the real history)
The road conditions in Marseille are very bad, with pits everywhere, and the entire city seems a bit dilapidated, which is also a portrayal of the whole of France. Years of war have made this country declining more and more. Faced with the interference of many other countries in the French Revolution, France is also a little overwhelmed.
A luxurious carriage drove past Joseph, and the splashed water stained his newly bought coat, but the people in the carriage seemed to have not seen it and drove straight away. Joseph looked at the carriage angrily, but did not move any other way.
Because it can be seen that the owner of the carriage is definitely not something he, a small military officer, can afford to be provoked by. If he doesn't do it well, he may even throw away the errands he has finally gotten. So he could only choose to swallow his anger and be considered unlucky. However, he secretly swore in his heart that he would definitely sit in a more luxurious carriage than this, live in a better house than Marseille, and step on these powerful people. Of course, now he just regarded what he thought just now as saying venting his anger. What he could not have imagined was that a few years later, what he said now really came true. His family stood at the top of French power, and he himself became the Prince of France. But what he now thought was to return home soon and see his child who was about to be born soon. The joy of being a father kept hitting him.
After a while, he arrived home. At this time, a middle-aged woman was looking anxiously outside the door of his house. It was his mother-in-law Desieleclery. Seeing Joseph coming back, Desieleclery quickly came forward and said, "Oh, God! Joseph, you are finally back. Don't you know that Julie is going to give birth?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I've tried to get home. Is Julie okay now?" Joseph explained.
"I don't know, Dr. John has been here for a long time, but there is no movement yet."
So the two of them could only wait anxiously outside.
Suddenly, the sky changed color, and large clouds gathered over the city, and the thick clouds seemed to be overwhelmed. In a church, an elderly priest looked at the dark clouds in the sky and murmured: "The devil is coming, and the world will fall into endless killing and destruction." Unfortunately, no one heard his words, otherwise he would think that his head was sick. Almost all the French are in the midst of revolutionary madness, and the power of the church has also dropped to a terrible level. People are busy with their lives, and there are not many people who have held mass on the church on weekends, which has caused the destruction of many churches.
With a loud "boom" in the distance, the whole city seemed to be shaken. For a moment, lightning and thunder roared, and heavy rain began to swell, as if the end of the world had arrived.
At this time, Julie was at the most critical moment. Dr. John and his nurse were taking care of her. "Madam, you can do it. Come on! I believe you can do it." Dr. John encouraged Julie on the side. It was the first time he had encountered such trouble after delivering so many children.
Julie felt extremely painful at this time, but she still focused her strength on her lower body, because this was the effort she had to put in to become a mother. Finally, when she felt that she was about to be unable to hold on, she felt something breaking away from her lower body. Then she knew nothing.
The baby's crying sounded and disappeared throughout Marseille. The dark clouds in the sky disappeared without a trace at this time, and the sun began to spread its brilliance again, as if nothing had happened just now. However, the only change was that the first child of the Bonaparte family was finally born.
When the doctor told Joseph that his wife had given birth to a son for him, he was so happy that after gently kissing his exhausted wife, he took his son from the nurse. But he didn't know how to take care of the child, so he took his mother-in-law away in just two minutes.
It was unknown how long it took for Xiao Jie to regain consciousness, but he was frightened to find a European with blue eyes and a hooked nose grinning at him, while a middle-aged woman who was also European was fiddling with her face with her fingers. He was frightened and screamed desperately, but he found that he could not scream at all, except for the crying of a baby. He wanted to wave his arms to drive away the two people in front of him, but he found that he had no strength at all. He looked at his hand, "Oh my God! Is this me?" He looked at his two white and tender, fat little hands. Why did I become like this? Xiao Jie was confused by this unexpected blow.
Julie, who was lying on the bed at this time, asked, "Dear, our child is fine, why does he keep crying?"
Joseph hurried over, looked at his wife lovingly, and said gently: "Dear, don't worry, our children are fine. Dr. John said he had never seen such a good baby before. It is normal for babies to cry. You don't have to worry about anything now, just have a good rest, and leave the rest to me and my mother."
After hearing his words, Julie closed her eyes with peace of mind.
"Joseph, it's time for you to name the child." Desireclery reminded.
Joseph was just a seminary graduate and had no education. He was so difficult to find questions like naming. After thinking for a while, there was no way, so he had to deal with it with just one name. So the name "Andrecy" which had no meaning at all became the name of Xiao Jie now.
Chapter completed!