The candles lit up the courtyard as bright as day.

Under the shadow of the lights, countless figures were in a hurry, running in and out, boiling medicine, serving soup, boiling water, and delivering news...... The overall atmosphere was depressing and cold, and Mu Xiangju, the most prosperous and lively place in the entire Liufu in the past, has completely changed now.

The dumb aunt sat on the pillow, a shallot-like hand clasped the other woman's wrist exposed on the silk soft quilt to check the pulse, buckle the guancun, hold her breath, and silently feel the movement of the pulse, for a long time......

The room is as quiet as water.

Bao'er had already gone to sleep.

Where did the people dare to cough half-loudly.

Liu Dingmao broke the silence first, "Look, is this Yujiao's illness saved?"

His voice trembled.

The dumb aunt slowly raised her head, and the little maid next to her first saw that under the candlelight, the dumb aunt had tears in her eyes, and she shook her head, "Prepare for the future, it's hopeless." ”

Liu Dingmao froze in place, motionless for a long time.

The servants and maids of the land let out low sobs.

In fact, Aunt Jiu is too hopeless, everyone has seen this for a long time, during this time, the lord really spent money for his aunt's illness, and the famous doctor of Manlingzhou Mansion almost invited him, and he was invited to send him away, but almost the same result: this woman's illness is not saved.

Liu Dingmao bet his last hope on the dumb aunt, and he didn't expect that even she said that she was hopeless, that is, she was really hopeless.

But he was still unwilling, and looked at the dumb aunt with blazing eyes: "Don't you have a lot of home remedies? Don't you have the ability that others don't have? When Yujiao gave birth, Xie Yulin was not cured, and you saved both mother and son as soon as you came forward;

The dumb aunt couldn't help but feel sad for a while, originally she had always looked down on this pampered old man in her heart, lying down in the dark all day long to eat and drink, and then she married a little wife, to put it bluntly, she was a parasite that exploited the working people in feudal society - hehe, I really don't know why there was such a prejudice! Now seeing him suffering like this for his little wife, she couldn't help but be a little moved, and she could see that he really loved this ninth aunt.

"I did my best. The dumb aunt heard her voice squeezing out of her throat with difficulty.

The room burst into loud crying.

Li Wanjiao, who had been in a coma, woke up, opened her eyes slowly, her eyes were filled with a layer of mist, and she looked at her dumb aunt with some confusion.

The dumb aunt couldn't help but feel sad again in her heart--when did she become so sad! From medical school to the hospital for many years, where did the hard-hearted heart that she had cultivated in the face of countless lives and deaths go!

"Bao'er—" Aunt Nine let out a faint cry in her throat.

She grabbed Aunt Jiu's hand, buried her head in her ear, and smiled softly: "Don't worry, your child, we will treat it well." ”

The dying Aunt Jiu didn't seem to understand this sentence, and slowly stared at her eyes, with reluctance to the world and concern for young children, and her eyes greedily looked at the small young face in front of her, as if she was praying and waiting for an answer.

Liu Dingmao came over, "Jiao'er, you can rest assured, Bao'er, I will raise you well, are you afraid that I will forget you if I marry a newcomer again, don't worry, I will never take a concubine or marry a newcomer again, I am so old, you are the last! From now on, I will rest assured that I will support the elderly, raise our Bao'er, take good care of our Liu family, and everyone will live in peace." ”

Aunt Jiu seemed to be comforted a little, but she was still unwilling, and her eyes were deeply fixed in front of her and refused to close her eyes.

"Do you want to see Bao'er?" the maid suddenly cried.

Bao'er was brought in, and the child, who was still asleep, was woken up, rubbing his eyes very reluctantly, and seemed to want to cry.

"Let's take a look at my mother, this is the last look-" The second aunt took the child and hugged him close to the dying person on the pillow.

Aunt Jiu's eyes flashed brightly in an instant, as if she wanted to reach out and touch the child's little face, but where did the thin hand still have strength.

The dumb aunt grabbed her hand and pressed her to the child's little face.

A layer of mist rose in Li Wanjiao's withered eyes.

"Please—" she said with difficulty, looking at the dumb aunt.

"What else is on your mind?" Liu Dingmao was distressed.

"Yes, sister, what do you want to explain? Who do you want to meet? We're all here—" The second aunt also arrived in distress.

The dumb aunt was stared at by the dying gaze, felt a chill down her spine, and said in her heart that it was as if I owed her a bag of silver and didn't pay it back, could it be that she was dying and looking for me to collect debts?

The ninth aunt in front of her was too long to open her eyes and refused to close them, and the appearance of hanging a sigh of relief was really heartbreaking.

Even though Bao'er is young, she is really sensible, as if she sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, and opened her mouth and cried.

"Take it away. Liu Dingmao was upset and waved his hand.

The child was taken away, and the dumb aunt noticed that Li Wanjiao's eyes did not move with the child, but kept staring at her infatuatedly.

It's over, is this to ask for my life and pull me to be a ghost together?!

At the same time, she knew that this idea was absurd, so she tried her best to calm herself, and asked a question in her mind: What is a young woman's greatest concern when she is dying? Naturally, it is the child! But she has already told her to rest assured that everyone will be good to the child.

Why are you still worried?

Don't......

Her heart suddenly lit up, and she understood.

As a parent, you love your own flesh and blood, so you will be desperate to plan everything for your children. Aunt Jiu knows too well that as soon as she closes her eyes, everything will become a thing of the past, Mu Fengju will no longer be favored, who will be the person who really loves Bao'er in this big courtyard in the future? Unless it is another person who is comparable to her mother. Who in this courtyard is suitable for such a role, unless it is a person who holds the power of the family in his hands and has no children of his own. Who else can there be such a person except the second aunt!

Liu Dingmao saw that his beloved concubine was obviously going to die, but he just didn't take his last breath, this scene really made people panic, so he was very distressed. At this time, the dumb aunt suddenly stood in front of him, bent deeply, and bowed.

What does this do?

A room full of people was a little confused.

"The little woman has something to ask the master to decide. The dumb aunt said slowly.

Aunt Bai had been watching from the sidelines, but at this time she snorted from her nose, "When did you not forget to pretend to be a ghost, and get her out of prison, doesn't she mean that she is a miracle doctor, can she cure Aunt Jiu, why is it not cured now?! If you want me to say that it is better to save such a useless little daughter-in-law by spending money to save such a useless little daughter-in-law, it is better to save my father-in-law, after all, he is the only useful man in our Bai family——"

The dumb aunt pretended not to hear. only looked at Liu Dingmao: "Please call the shots, let the second aunt adopt Bao'er, and from then on, Bao'er will recognize the second aunt as her mother, and she will be the son of the second aunt in the future." ”

The room was silent.

The second aunt hurriedly waved her hand: "This is not appropriate, the ninth sister is still alive here, and besides, Bao'er is the heart of the master and the ninth sister, how can I be someone's mother!

Aunt Bai sneered: "I really don't know why your family wants to marry such an ignorant daughter-in-law? I my sister to death before, and now I am doing such a thing in front of the dying person, after all, Bao'er's mother is still alive, she will take away other people's children, I don't know what is the intention of this? Is it to make people die and be difficult to look at?"

These words simply poured a big barrel of oil on the raging fire.

Liu Dingmao's face changed.

The second aunt saw that the situation was not right, and quickly turned around to persuade, "She is a child after all, and there are also cases of inconsiderateness, don't be angry, master." ”

"Aunt Nine is so smiling!" a sharp voice suddenly shouted, with surprise in his mouth.

It was Aunt Jiu's personal maid shouting.

Everyone looked at Aunt Jiu in unison.

Li Wanjiao, who had been staring at everyone with round eyes, really looked at everyone with gentle eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Even though she was so tormented by illness that she had lost her human form, this smile was still beautiful.

"Jiao'er, are you ...... Do you really agree with Bao'er ......?" Liu Dingmao rushed over and shook his concubine's hand.

Li Wanjiao smiled at Liu Dingmao, and even nodded.

The man who was dying dragged his last breath and nodded, what a thrilling and heartbreaking scene.

A few maids wept again in mourning.

"Okay-" Liu Dingmao stood up and looked at everyone, "Everyone has seen it, this is Wan Jiao's last wish, her last words, she hopes that Bao'er will be raised by the second aunt, and from now on she will be the second aunt's own son, and this matter is decided." ”

After speaking, he looked back at Aunt Jiu and whispered softly: "Jiao'er, did you hear it, you don't have to worry about it anymore now——"

didn't say a word, but seeing two cold tears slipping from the corners of her eyes, Li Wanjiao's beautiful eyes closed forever.

As soon as a person dies, there are naturally old wives and sons who specialize in dealing with funeral matters to come up and do the final care, wrapping, and restraint.

The dumb aunt and the others hurriedly stepped back.

When they walked into the courtyard, everyone's grief seemed to have faded, and they heard that the masters and servants of each room were all around the second aunt and congratulated her on having a son.

The dumb aunt walked out of the gate of Mufengju alone, the moonlight outside the courtyard was just right, the clear light covered the ground, the flowers and trees beside the blue brick road were sparse, the late-blooming chrysanthemums were faintly fragrant and floating, and the night birds seemed to be dreaming in their sleep, occasionally cooing.

The breeze blew from the front, her face was cold, and the dumb aunt raised her hand to touch it, it was tears, and she slipped her face at some point.

She cried, for the first time after coming to this world to cry for a concubine who died early, although this concubine is actually not very good to herself, but it is always a sad thing to see a fresh life disappear in front of her.

Postpartum disorder, and there is no symptomatic anti-inflammatory drug, plus she herself has to be forced to treat it well, so Aunt Jiu's death seems to be providential.

"I know you've done your best, why do you blame yourself?"

At this time, a voice behind him suddenly asked.

The dumb aunt didn't look back, strolling and walking, "It's not self-blame, it's just regret." Saying that, he pulled a chrysanthemum from among the flowers and trees around him, tearing the lace one petal at a time, "It's like this flower, it's withered if it's said to be withered, it's a pity to think about it-"

"If you want, I am willing to be your flower messenger, protect you for the rest of my life, and don't let you suffer too much wind and rain!" The man behind him hurried to catch up and whispered.

The dumb aunt turned around, threw the broken flowers in her hand on his head, and scolded: "I'm really not ashamed, how old are you, you want to be my husband? ”

Liu Wan rolled his eyes, "Isn't it just to grow up, simple, young master, I will start working hard tonight, if I don't stretch myself, I won't see your face!"