Chapter 460: Desolation
Wu didn't hesitate, the first to jump out of the carriage and go forward along the muddy ground, a strong wind blew, her thin body almost fell to the ground, thanks to the second master followed closely behind, barely stood firm.
A few members of the family walked with a few servants and a few servants on the field road with great difficulty, and Lu Shuyi felt that the shoes under her feet had long been filled with mud, and her skirt was also full of mud, as if it was about to fall off.
It was a very short journey, but they were extremely tormented.
After about a quarter of an hour, they gradually began to see the village in front of them, and there were tenants and stewards in robes and hats who hurried to meet them.
When Wu saw the steward, he asked with a cold face, "Why did you ask a doctor to treat your aunt when she was sick like this?" Didn't I already send a message last time asking you to find a doctor to see her earlier? ”
The steward of the grange is surnamed Liu, and at first glance he is a person who is only a promise, and immediately bows his head and defends: "It is indeed a sudden ...... of my aunt's illness."
"You are talking nonsense, it is clear that you don't give her a medical treatment, and you say that she is sick urgently, and the excuses are all excuses." Lu Shufang's eyes were red, she had gone through so much, who was good to her, who was bad to her, she had already seen through the hot and cold world, and she could trust Wu's conduct.
That Steward Liu looked stunned, but secretly wondered in his heart, saying that the Wu family and Aunt An were not harmonious, and Aunt An almost killed her, and now that Aunt An is dead, shouldn't she be happy? Why rush to see you off?
He sighed in his heart that a woman's mind was really unpredictable.
Second Master Lu had a solemn expression and persuaded Wu and Lu Shufang to ask. Just let the steward take them to see Aunt An.
The steward did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned around to lead the way.
Aunt An lives in a courtyard, this kind of courtyard is the kind of courtyard house unique to farmers, not more than a few big houses in the town, but it looks quite spacious.
The group hurried into the courtyard, which was overgrown with weeds one person high, and its eyes were full of barrenness, as if it had been uninhabited for several years.
Seeing this scene, Wu and Second Master Lu frowned at the same time.
Just looking at these is enough to judge what kind of life Aunt An lives on weekdays.
The steward's face was full of uneasiness, but neither Second Master Lu nor the Wu family said anything. Instead, he went straight to the house where Aunt An lived.
The moment the door was pushed. Everyone was shocked, and the originally spacious room was full of all kinds of tattered rags and firewood, and those rags did not know what they were used for. There was also a dirty night pot on the ground, which could no longer be seen. There was a fishy smell inside.
Lu Shuyi felt that her stomach was turning upside down. I almost threw it up, but fortunately, she controlled it in time and didn't lose her temper.
It was a shocking sight. So much so that the second master and the Wu family were dumbfounded, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.
And the steward Liu muttered: "Mrs. Gou, who originally came to serve her aunt, can't see anyone early this morning, maybe she ran away early, and it's not good for me to come in and clean up the room for my aunt alone......"
"Shut up." Second Master Lu couldn't listen to it anymore, so he only said coldly: "Get out, how far will it go in the future." ”
It seemed that I heard the sound of the door, and suddenly there was a very weak "Ah...... Ah......h
Lu Shufang heard that it was Aunt An's voice, and she rushed in with a trembling voice: "Mother, my brother and I have come to see you......"
Lu Wenru also followed with red eyes, and the two sisters and brothers gathered around a broken couch in the middle.
Lu Shuyi glanced at a few rough maids behind her, and whispered: "Good students, clean this place, and don't let go of a corner." Then he commanded: "There is firewood in this house, so let's light a pile in the middle of the room first, so that my aunt can warm up." ”
The maids didn't dare to dislike it, so they left.
Wu's heart was uncomfortable, and he and Lu Er's master followed one after another, Lu Shuyi followed closely behind, and did not forget to explain to Dongmei: "You go to the kitchen to see, if it can be used, order someone to cook a pot of hot porridge and give it to your aunt to go to the cold." ”
Aunt An was lying on the couch originally wanting to wait quietly for death, who knew that in a trance she heard the voice of the person she was thinking about in the twilight, and then heard the voice of her daughter and son, she was taken aback, thinking that she had heard it wrong, and when she struggled to look up, she found that there were already two shadows in front of her bed, crying and calling her mother.
A pair of eyes like dead fish suddenly brightened, and there was a trace of vitality on her pale and withered cheeks, and she was surprised but hoarse and her throat was very weak: "Ah...... Ah............h
This scene, even people who are born hard-hearted will be moved.
Wu had already seen tears like rain, and hurriedly covered his eyes with a handkerchief in his hand.
Second Master Lu raised his hand and patted his shoulder gently, and finally walked to the edge of the couch after hesitation.
But in a year, the originally delicate and bright woman has long been like a withered hair, dry and dirty hair that can't be seen shapeless, deeply sunken eye sockets, dirty clothes, everything is so embarrassing, who would have thought that she was Aunt An, who used to be a warbler and a graceful and beautiful woman?
"Don't cry for now, let the doctor treat her first." Second Master Lu said lightly, and the expression on his face was very twisted. In fact, he was also shocked by this scene, and there was indeed a little pain in his heart, after all, he had shared the same bed, and there should be love if there was no love.
Hearing this voice, Aunt An's tearful eyes finally turned, and when she saw the second master Lu in front of her, she was at a loss like a child, hurriedly raising her hand to tidy up the messy bun like a chicken nest, and the other hand was very embarrassed to pull the dirty clothes on her body.
However, when she realized that even if she pulled again, those clothes could no longer add a trace of brilliance to her, so she withdrew her hand gloomily and looked out the window in a panic......
Lu Shuyi looked at all this with mixed feelings in her heart.
Aunt An's love for the second master is not lost to the Wu family, but it's a pity that she used the wrong mind and went the wrong way......
If you start your own business, you can only bear all the consequences.
The doctor behind him had already rushed over to check Aunt An's pulse, Aunt An was quiet and silent, and the blood vessels on her thin wrist burst out, which was very terrifying.
The doctor put his left hand and changed his right hand, and repeated it twice, before he shook his head helplessly and said: "There is nothing the old man can do, my aunt has already lost all her organs, and she has no power to return to heaven...... while shaking his head, he got up and said goodbye. (To be continued......)