Chapter 21: Mama is gone
The days in the mountains, because Huiya had experienced a lot in her previous life, adapted very quickly.
After her birthday, Huiya saw that Mama's body was much better, and a big stone in her heart was put down. While picking vegetables for dinner in the yard, Huiya was thinking in her heart, now that Mama's body and bones are much better, she won't be as seriously ill as she was in her previous life, right?
Huiya thinks that her life with her grandmother has been going well so far, and maybe she will receive a reply from the capital soon, and even see the convoy that picks her up. Huiya happily rolled up her sleeves, and her little face slowly smiled.
Just when Hui Ya carried a basket of vegetables to the front yard, ready to hand it over to Mama to cook tonight's meal, she suddenly heard a loud sound, as if the copper basin fell to the ground, Hui Ya hurriedly walked a few steps forward, but suddenly saw Mama Zheng fell alone in front of the door of the house, and a copper basin on the ground had a large wet water mark.
"Mama!" Huiya saw this scene, she was so frightened that her heart and gall were broken, Mama was old, a small headache and brain fever could cost her half her life, wouldn't it be more dangerous if she fell!
"Mama, what's wrong with you!" Huiya's exclamation spread to the inside and outside of the house, and Mrs. Dong, who was busy working outside the courtyard wall, and Dong Taoshu, who was lying in the house to recuperate, rushed over when they heard the words, and they were dumbfounded when they saw Mama lying on the ground and didn't know what was going on.
"What's going on, why did you fall to the ground?" Mrs. Dong was busy helping Huiya to help her mother into the house, frowning and sighing.
"I don't know...... Huiya's mind was chaotic, and tears fell down her eyes. Her hand held Mama Zheng tightly, looking at Mama whose face was obviously a lot gray, for fear that she would disappear as soon as she let go.
"Miss Huiya, you...... Don't worry, Mama Zheng is ...... fell hard and fainted......" Dong Taoshu thanked Huiya for saving his life, and comforted him a little, but his heart was also too anxious.
"Yes, if you faint for a while, you will be fine later, and you will be fine later." When Mrs. Dong heard this, she also seemed to have found the backbone of the heart, and repeated it vigorously.
"Mama, Mama, wake up...... Huiya at this time completely lost the calmness and calmness that she had lived for twenty years, and the six gods held Mama's hand and refused to let go, sobbing and calling, sighing as if it was a little beast that had lost its mother.
"Miss Huiya, you let Mama rest for a while, and I'll go to the village to invite Brother Zhu to come." Mrs. Dong wiped the tears that had never appeared on her face at all, and walked to the door, but she was thinking in her heart, if Mama Zheng couldn't afford to be sick or just gone, would she still be able to take out the silver from her hand in the future?
Mrs. Dong thought of the silver, and thought that her own trees and flowers had not yet been engaged, so she put away all her poor thoughts, and she didn't care about going to Brother Zhu, so she was busy looking for her own Dong Da to discuss things.
Mrs. Dong thought very simply, her own family lacked silver and Mama Zheng and Miss Huiya had silver in their hands, when Mama Zheng was in good health, her own family did not dare to bully people because of her majesty, but once Mama Zheng was stupid or even gone, then Miss Huiya, who was only eleven years old, would not let herself knead it round and flatten?
Thinking of this, Mrs. Dong's eyes were shining, Mama Zheng had a lot of silver in her hand, not to mention anything else, just say that the purse with silver that she had never left had to have at least ten taels of silver in it. There is also the pair of red gold bracelets in Miss Huiya's hand, and the plain silver hairpin on Mama Zheng's head, which add up to more than twenty taels of silver.
If you have so much silver, are you afraid that you won't be able to get a decent dowry for the tree and a decent dowry for the flower? Once this thought arose in the mind of Mrs. Dong, she could no longer suppress it, her eyes flashed with greed, and she rushed up the mountain in three steps and two steps to find Dong Da.
In the West House, Hui Ya took Mama Zheng's hand and cried in the dark, Dong Taoshu looked at Hui Ya's extremely pitiful appearance, so she thought about giving her some water to wash her face, and turned to leave.
At this moment, Huiya suddenly felt that Mama Zheng's hand was wrong.
She looked up with tears in her eyes, and saw that Mama Zheng's face showed a faint pink, which made her face look very ruddy, "Mama, you woke up, you scared me to death!" ”
"Little Miss, Mama has something to tell you." Mama Zheng took a deep breath and said slowly and clearly to Huiya, "We divided the gold and silver in our hands into three parts, the two parts that Mama held in her hand, one was never left in this purse, and the other was hidden by Mama under the fifth big tree in front of the gate of this courtyard......"
Mama Zheng seemed to be very tired, and after saying a few words, she stopped and took two breaths, "If Mama leaves, you will give this purse to Mrs. Dong and let her keep you food and clothing for two years, and in these two years, someone from the capital should be able to pick you up." ”
"Mama, Mama, don't say that, you'll get better, you'll definitely get better!" Huiya heard Mama Zheng's words as if she was giving a will, she shook her head desperately, tears flowed down, and her pink little face was covered with tears, looking very pitiful.
"Silly child, Mama's body Mama knows ...... herself" Mama Zheng touched Huiya's head lovingly, and smiled gently, "Clothes, gold and silver are all things outside the body, as long as the little lady lives well and can return to the capital safely, Mama is willing to die." ”
Mama Zheng spoke, slowly closed her eyes, as if she was too tired to do anything, her mouth was chattering, live well, go back to the capital, her voice became lower and lower, but after a few breaths, there was no movement.
"Mama......" Huiya held Mama Zheng's hand tightly, and looked at her in a daze, I don't know how long it took, Huiya felt that Mama's hand became a little cold and hard, and stretched out her hand to probe Mama's snort, but found that it was already cold.
Huiya's heart also became cold, Mama still went in the end, Rao was that she was not sick, but she simply fell and went like that. This scene is so similar to the previous life, although it is not a serious illness, but the time of Mama's departure is not much different.
Is there really no way to change fate?