Chapter 3: The Aftermath of Death
Looking at Gu Li, who had already passed away, the midwife wiped the tears on her face, put it in warm water to wash off the blood stains on her body when she held the child, and then carefully wrapped him in a cloth with pudding.
"An Ning, the child is carefully held."
Gu Anning nodded when she heard this, "Thank you, auntie." ”
The midwife nodded, "Child, don't be sad, take care of your brother in the future, and your mother will be happy in the sky." ”
"Well, I know, thank you, Auntie."
The midwife looked at the girl holding the baby, sighed, and walked out of the room.
The villagers who were guarding outside the door saw the midwife come out, and many villagers went up to inquire about it.
"Aunt Zhong, how is Gu Li's doing?"
The midwife named Aunt Zhong shook her head with a sigh, "She gave birth to a male baby, but she died in childbirth." ”
After hearing this, everyone fell silent, everyone has been getting along day and night all these years, and now there is no one all of a sudden, and they all feel a little sad.
The family in the old house at the outermost part of the crowd did not have any sadness on their faces, but gloated on their faces.
"It's good that slut is dead, let's go!" Mrs. Lin spat lightly inside, and then turned around and left with her daughter-in-law.
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In the room, Gu Anning put the child away, and then cleaned up for the dead Gu Li, and then changed into her best clothes.
Looking at the sleeping child, Gu Anning showed a shallow smile on her face, "Xiaole, my sister will take good care of you in the future." ”
Outside the house, Gu Chen, who was usually good friends with Gu Li's family, looked at the many villagers beside him and said, "I'll go in and clean up for my sister."
When she entered, she saw that Gu Li's family had been cleaned up properly, and she saw her daughter Gu Anning sitting on the edge of the bed holding the child.
Looking at this scene, she couldn't help but wipe the tears from her face.
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Because there was no money and no adults in the family, Gu Li's funeral, the village chief Gu De also organized the villagers to help take care of it.
Gu Anning has accepted this body, so Gu Li and Xiaole in his arms are his relatives.
She also remembered the villagers who helped take care of her mother's funeral, and one day she would return it, because she didn't like to owe someone a slight.
Seeing that many villagers were helping their mother take care of the funeral, Gu Anning entered the kitchen.
She wanted to see what else was in the kitchen, and when Xiaole woke up, he had to eat something.
When she went to the kitchen, she rummaged for a long time, and in one corner she saw seven or eight sweet potatoes the thickness of an adult man's wrist.
Looking at these sweet potatoes, Gu Anning rolled up her sleeves and wanted to deal with them.
At this time, a woman walked in at the door of the kitchen, this person was Gu Chen, the sister of Gu Li's family.
I saw that she was holding a small cloth bag in her hand, and only she knew what it contained.
"Aunt Rihwa, are you looking for me?"
Gu Chen nodded lovingly, and when he came to her side, he put the cloth bag he was holding in his hand in the palm of her hand.
"An Ning, here is some rice, you can boil it for the child to drink."
The weight of this bag of rice in his hand is estimated to be two catties.
In the memory of the original owner, she knew that the conditions in the house of Aunt Lihua in front of her were not good. There was a blind old woman above her who needed to be taken care of, and below her were three yellow-faced and skinny children. The family can only rely on her husband Gu Erzhu to earn some copper plates as a casual worker outside to support the family, plus seven or eight acres of land in the family.
But it's still very difficult to feed this big family.
Knowing her situation, she was also a little moved by her willingness to give some rice to herself because of the situation at home.
"Okay, Aunt Rika, thank you!"
Gu Anning took the small bag of rice she gave her and thanked her gratefully.
After Aunt Lihua left, Gu Anning washed the rice and boiled it.
Now the newborn child can't eat anything, and she can only give her some rice soup to drink.
put the fire on, Gu Anning also went back to the room to see if the child was awake.
When he came to the bedside, he saw that he was still asleep, and Gu Anning also sat next to him.
Looking at Xiao Le's quiet sleeping face, Gu Anning also pondered in her heart. If the child keeps drinking rice porridge, it won't work, and when Gu Li's aftermath is done, she will go to the mountains to see what lactating animals she can hunt.
After counting the time, she stood up in deep thought and strode out the door.
Since the child has not woken up yet, she is going to see how the porridge in the kitchen is doing.
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After spending a while, Gu Anning boiled the porridge in the pot, and then took out a bowl and put it on the stove to dry.
The current rice soup is still too hot for children to drink, and it can only be warmed.
Putting the porridge aside to cool, Gu Anning also went to the hall. Now that the weather is hot, the corpse can't be parked for too long, so the village chief who is directing has sped up.
Looking at the girl who came in, the village chief also came to her side, with comfort in his tone, and said: "Child, don't be sad, if you have any difficulties in the future, come to your uncle, and if your uncle can help, he will definitely help."
Gu Anning looked at him and nodded, and thanked him from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you, village chief."
"An Ning, you go and see your mother a few more times, and soon your mother will be buried." The village chief sighed.
"Hmm." Gu Anning answered, then walked forward and knelt next to Gu Li. Looking at Gu Li's face, which was already bloodless, because he inherited the memory of the original owner, Gu Anning felt uncomfortable in his heart.
"Mother, you can go with confidence, my daughter will take good care of Xiaole, as long as my daughter has a bite to eat, she will definitely not starve Xiaole of him. So, you go to your dad with peace of mind and reunite with him. ”
After Gu Anning finished speaking, her forehead slammed heavily on the ground. After kowtowing three heads, Gu Anning's forehead at this time was red with a large patch.
With this kowtowing, a faint bead of blood appeared on the wound at the corner of his forehead.
The village chief, who was watching her kowtow so hard, said with some pity: "You kid, the wound on your forehead hasn't healed yet, and you are kowtowing with so much strength now." This..."
Gu Anning shook her head when she heard this, "I'm fine, Village Chief Uncle Xie cares." ”
After being in the hall for a while, Gu Anning went back to the kitchen and went to her room with the warm rice soup.
When he came to the child's bedside, Xiao Le, who was lying on the bed wrapped in a cloth, had already woken up.
When he woke up, his eyes were red, and he looked like he had cried.