Vol.4 Secret Marriage and Remarriage (6)
"Click!"
There was a loud bang, which disturbed all directions.
The dark clouds gathered and scattered in the sky, changing rapidly, until the wind stuck all the clouds together, and could no longer blow or open, and the rain that had been held back for a long, long time finally fell.
Mrs. He looked at the ground blankly, sitting lonely in the rain, motionless like a statue, her gray hair at the corners of her forehead was separated and gathered by the rain, gathered and scattered, but her eyes have not changed despair and sorrow, her image is extremely good for the interpretation of the word "desolation" in the world.
The surrounding villagers who rushed over for the purpose of watching the excitement did not see the excitement, but watched the most selfless but cruel play, they had a disturbed conscience, and they also accompanied Aunt He in the rain, and no one said a word.
This timely rain may be able to wash away some of the sins in the world, but it can't wash away the bone-scratching pain of a middle-aged mother losing her son.
"Sister He, let's go into the house, let's talk about it later, it's not a way for you to be drenched in the rain like this......" When Luo Miao's mother woke up, Luo Miao had been rescued, and others whispered to her what happened, so of course she knew that in order to save Luo Miao, Aunt He gave up the only magic medicine gold string and gave up the opportunity to save her son Ah Fang, she was such a selfless mother, such a person who was regarded as a miracle doctor, saved Luo Miao, but lost her only son.
Aunt He is highly respected in Youshui Village, and such an admirable thing happened, although she did not ask everyone to go up the mountain to find the golden skewers, but there are still many young adults who spontaneously went up the mountain to find this miracle medicine. It's a pity that as soon as they walked on the front foot, the rainstorm on the back foot came, the mountain road was slippery, and it was even worse when it rained, and those young people who were willing to go to find the miracle medicine didn't know how many could insist on going up the mountain to help Ah Fang find medicine, after all, human nature is like this, if you can't even do it alone, what can you do to help the world. What's more, even if you go up the mountain, such a heavy rainstorm can hide a lot of things, let alone go to find the golden string of the miracle medicine that is already difficult to find.
As soon as Luo Miao's mother spoke, several elderly people in the village also began to persuade her, in this small mountain village, there are only a dozen or twenty families living in it for generations, everyone and everyone is very familiar with it, there are very few unnatural deaths over the years, the vast majority of people are dying, and even very few people are sick and dead, after all, there is still a miracle doctor in the village. Therefore, Ah Fang's death is indeed a sad event for these simple villagers.
Luo Miao's father felt very weak, after all, in order to save his daughter, Aunt He took her son's life. As soon as Luo Miao's mother opened her mouth to persuade Aunt He, he hid in the corner from afar, this kind of politeness between women, men can't interject, they agree with the straightforward method, for example, Aunt He lost her son, his daughter should do something, otherwise, he will feel guilty, feel that the whole village will be muttering behind his back, poking his backbone, so that he can't hold his head up for the rest of his life. The more closed the place, the more terrifying people's words become, after all, most people want to be embarrassed and don't want to be the target of public criticism.
Everyone has their own agendas, and no one has delved into how many loopholes there are in Luo Miao's words, and the original clumsy reason has been prevaricated.
In the evening, the rain stopped, Aunt He still sat in the courtyard in a daze, and those who persuaded her had already seen that there was no hope of persuasion, and sat next to her in a daze with their mouths closed.
Aunt He's eyes closed.
In fact, she already knew that her son Ah Fang was no longer saved, after so long, people have changed from hard to soft, where is there any hope of saving life, even if it is a miracle doctor, it is impossible to restore the rotten bones to a human, not to mention, there is still a gap between Aunt He and the divine doctor.
Everyone looked at Aunt He with sympathetic eyes, but no one dared to say more.
After a long time, Aunt He opened her eyes, her legs were numb and painful, but she still insisted on standing up, and after staggering and standing firmly, her eyes glanced gloomily at the people around her.
"Sister He, if there is anything you can help......, just look for the big guy! In the future, we will definitely help you do it properly, you don't have to worry about it, you can rest assured!" The village chief has been crowding in the crowd and following the flow, and when he saw that Aunt He was improving, he quickly raised his head and expressed his concern and condolences as the village chief. In addition to this meaning, the importance of a miracle doctor to the closed village is undoubted, and of course the status is also needless to say, even more than the person with the highest political status in a village. As the head of the village, he said that it was impossible not to talk to the miracle doctor.
"Hmm......" Aunt He glanced at the village chief gratefully, and nodded in response.
"Big guy......" Aunt He spoke.
Everyone stretched their necks and held their breath, wanting to hear what Aunt He said to everyone first after the loss of her child.
Aunt He paused, her heartache was difficult to calm down, her lips moved a few times, she barely controlled her emotions, and continued: "Everyone has seen the matter of my son Ah Fang today. No matter what the reason is, life is fate, I don't blame anyone, I don't complain about anything, I keep my face and don't say anything, I just ask everyone to remember......"
Hearing this, the villagers all looked at Luo Miao's family with their eyes, everyone felt that Mrs. He's sentence "keep the face" was meant to the family, but in fact, only Luo Miao knew what happened, and also knew that it was her own impulse that hurt Ah Fang, she blushed and didn't dare to say anything, let alone mention the pregnancy, besides, after this pesticide poisoning incident, whether the child in her belly can be kept is still a problem, and when the time comes, she will not rely on Mrs. He to help her solve it, how dare she impulsively say the so-called truth.
Aunt He didn't stop for long, she bent down, picked up the life-breaking grass that was thrown on the ground, and raised her hand trembling and raised it high, shouting loudly: "This is a poison that harms people's lives! It is poison! It must not be eaten! It must not be eaten......
Aunt He's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally, she couldn't hold back anymore and cried loudly......
In the middle of the night, Luo Miao's stomach suddenly had a sharp pain, not a stomach pain, but a heart-rending pain in the lower abdomen. Luo Miaoqiang endured the severe pain, and bit the corner of the quilt tightly with her teeth, not daring to make a sound. Luo Miao didn't dare to tell anyone, but he endured it with sweat until a lot of bright red blood flowed out of his lower body, and Luo Miao understood that the child who should not have been born in the first place could not be saved. It's just that she didn't expect that this child would go so fast, and he would get out of her body in a hurry on the night of the accident.
Maybe it's because of the side effects of drinking pesticides, maybe it's caused by the golden strings, maybe it's because Ah Fang doesn't want to be dragged down by this child in the sky, anyway, Luo Miao is also relieved, Ah Fang is dead, and her fate with Ah Fang is over. She is still young and doesn't want to affect her for the rest of her life because of this stain, so she can't ask for it to solve this matter secretly, anyway, Aunt He has already said in front of everyone that she will save face for her, and she believes that Aunt He's character can definitely do what she says.
The custom here is that after the death of a person, the eighth day can be mourned, funeral and burial, thousands of years have been the case, although in the summer, the smell of the corpse is really bad, but the ancestors handed down this custom at the same time, but also handed down some secret recipes for embalming and deodorizing, so this custom has been preserved to this day.
Aunt He guarded Ah Fang's corpse in the hall for three days and three nights, and she had embalmed Ah Fang's corpse with spices and herbs in advance, so Ah Fang's appearance has always been lifelike, just like when he was alive, his complexion was ruddy and shiny.
Mrs. He improved the ancestral recipe, and the method she used was from the inside out, not only did the appearance of the corpse remain unchanged, but the internal organs did not have any corruption.
Early in the morning of the fourth day, Aunt He sat in the hall as usual, in the past few days, she has not eaten, drank, day and night, does not speak and has no expression, she sits and squints for a while when she is tired, and the soul of the whole person seems to be sucked away, muddy, and her mind is very chaotic but seems to be blank.
"Mother!"
Heart-rending shouts rang out from the courtyard.
Aunt He was frightened and raised her head in a daze.
"Little ...... Xiaohui?!" When she saw clearly who the person in the yard was, Aunt He stood up in shock, ran to the yard in a few steps, hugged the arms of the visitor, and asked tremblingly: "Child, are you ...... Why are you here?"
Xiaohui and Ah Fang have already made an engagement to change their mouths, calling each other's father and mother fathers, and sending Ah Fang to his twenty-sixth birthday, Xiaohui can pass the door in a beautiful manner, but I didn't expect that the destiny of heaven is the destiny of heaven, and the love catastrophe before the age of twenty-six of Ah Fang was fulfilled in the last days.
Xiaohui didn't know how long she had been crying, her eyes were red and swollen, like a rabbit, the corners of her eyes were still crying, and she said while crying: "Mother, if someone from our village didn't come over and heard about it, how long would you plan to hide it!"
In the past few days, Aunt He's eyes have long been dry from crying, only the pain remains, she originally thought that she would never be able to cry again, but she didn't expect that when she saw Xiaohui for the first time, she couldn't help it.
Aunt He hugged Xiaohui and cried whining, crying while chanting: "Xiaohui, my Xiaohui, what a good child...... Our family is really unlucky...... Why didn't you leave before you got married......"
Aunt He cried, Xiaohui couldn't help it, and the two of them hugged their heads and cried.
After a while, the emotions of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finally calmed down, and they helped each other to walk to Ah Fang's body.
Xiaohui glanced at Ah Fang's body, and was about to cry again, Aunt He quickly patted her back gently, and said strongly: "Xiaohui, people can't be resurrected after death, don't be sad, I'm not sad......"
Although Xiaohui has no feelings for Ah Fang, she still has a sense of responsibility for the words of her parents, thinking that her husband died before she passed the door, how could she not be sad, but she also knew that Aunt He was right, Ah Fang was dead, what was the use of being sad.
Xiaohui sighed, Aunt He pulled her to sit down, held her cold hand tightly, and the two women comforted each other like this, but they also understood that no one could comfort anyone.
"Mother," when the mood calmed down, Xiaohui opened her mouth to break the silence and said: "My mother's body has not recovered yet, and there are still some etiquettes that are not ready, so it may be noon when I get here, I came here by myself early in the morning, my mother asked me to give you a message, so that you don't feel sad, she will be your sister in the future, I am your daughter-in-law, and your daughter-in-law." ”
Aunt He was very moved, even though she had saved Xiaohui and her mother's life before, but regardless of her daughter's happiness, she still regarded a girl who had not passed the door but lost her fiancé as a member of her mother-in-law's family, and this kindness was great.
"Silly boy, what kind of stupid thing are you talking about, you are still young, you haven't passed the door yet, and you will have to find your in-laws in the future......"
Before Aunt He's words were finished, Xiaohui interjected: "Mother, what are you talking about." Before, my mother's life was saved by you, but now that Ah Fang is gone, I am your daughter-in-law, how can I pat my ass and leave......"
Xiaohui frowned, and her extremely serious appearance made Aunt He very pleased, she nodded, but she didn't know what to say.
"Mother, why did you not find someone to inform me of such a big incident?" Xiaohui still couldn't figure it out, she was already Ah Fang's destined daughter-in-law, and nothing could change the relationship between the two of them, she Xiao Hui was born from their family, and death was a ghost from their family, why didn't Aunt He send someone to tell her about Ah Fang's death?
"Xiaohui, you are a good boy, I really don't want you to suffer with you. Anyway, you haven't married yet, wait until I'm done taking care of Ah Fang's funeral, and then send someone to get out of the marriage. It's just that our family Ah Fang doesn't have this blessing, I don't want people to talk nonsense behind my back and hurt you!" Aunt He sighed, Xiaohui's daughter-in-law is so kind and virtuous, Ah Fang is really too unblessed.
"Mother, don't you understand?" I ......" Xiaohui has never been good at saying beautiful things, she said very bluntly: "I ...... I've already come to your house, and you can't get rid of me anymore!"
Aunt He was shocked, where could she find such a stupid girl, so stupid that she could disregard her dignity and say such a thing as relying on others.
"Just let me ...... Let me take care of you for the rest of your life!"
With that, Xiaohui knelt on the ground with a "poof".
"You, get out of here!" a rough voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard......