The septuagenarian sat on the ground for a while, then slowly stood up and staggered along, looking dazed.

Steamed bread is two taels of silver, flour is five taels of silver, and white rice is ten taels of silver, and you want to buy it and cook it at home? Yes, clean water is a tael of silver a scoop. The clean futon is a hundred taels and a bed...

Ordinary people may not mind that their bedding has been soaked in floodwaters for several days, and there is a strong smell when sleeping on it. However, there are still some large families, and the money in the family is hidden in an independent treasury, and the flood cannot be washed away or damaged, and it is not a problem to take out thousands of children and eight hundred.

Everyone has come back from walking before the ghost gate, who would feel too sorry for those few people who don't bring a few dollars that they don't bring with them in life and don't bring with them in death. But what about those who have no money, how can they live?

Since I can't live anymore... That's not as good as... It's better to die...

The uncle unconsciously walked to a small river, looked at the smelly and turbid river, and remembered his wife who had ascended to Bliss decades ago. Maybe it was really all lost, and no one listened to him, and he began to tell about his life in the stinky water.

...

When he was young, he was frivolous.

When his parents died, he vowed that he must gain fame to comfort his parents' souls in the sky, otherwise he would never agree to a marriage contract in this life. It was also bad luck, the first time I missed the imperial examination due to illness, the second time I missed it again because of saving people on the road, the third time I didn't get in, and the fourth time...

It wasn't until he was twenty-nine years old that he was selected for Xiucai, and in the same year he married his wife, who had been waiting for him for many years, and soon his wife became pregnant.

At that time, he was contented to put his ear close to her stomach, and she gently stroked his head with anger and amusement. Suddenly, as if someone had touched his ear, he was startled, and his eyes widened and looked at his wife's belly.

His wife hid her mouth and laughed, and when she saw that he was at a loss, she took his hand and put it on her stomach. He didn't dare to breathe until he felt a powerful bulge under his palm...

His child lifted his foot in his belly and said hello to him outside his belly! Life was wonderful, and he burst into tears.

Life is rare for seventy years. Even when he reached this age, he still felt a little fluttering in his heart when he recalled the throbbing in his heart when he felt his son kick his wife's stomach. That year, he felt that his life was happy and fulfilling, his officialdom was on the rise, his beloved wife at home was gentle and gentle, and he only hoped that the child would be born as soon as possible.

On the day his wife gave birth, Mrs. Wen kicked him out of the room, and he was happy and worried in his heart, pacing back and forth outside the door anxiously. I am happy that the child is finally born, and I am worried that it has been a long time, but I still only hear my wife crying out in pain, and I don't hear the baby crying.

In order to avoid being overly worried and thinking cranky, he found the Nian Geng book at home and prepared pen and ink. Just wait until the moment the child is born, and he can immediately record the child's birth date in a happy New Year's book made of red paper.

He had heard from the older generation in the village that as soon as a child in the family was born, his birth date was recorded in a new year book made of red paper, so that the child's roots could stabilize more quickly.

Little by little, he became more and more apprehensive, and his eyelids kept jumping uneasily. Outside the delivery room, he knelt down towards the blue sky and white clouds, and silently prayed to God in his heart to be safe for both mother and child.

"Then if it's a difficult birth, do you want to keep it big or small?" A woman's voice asked curiously.

...

Baoda... Or keep it small?

The uncle's eyes were covered with a layer of fog. Back then, when he was about to rush into the delivery room, Wen Po opened the door and asked him with a white face, Master, do you want to keep Mrs. or Young Master?

Master. Wen Po said that it was a young master. Wen Po asked tactfully, leave the lady, or leave the young master? Do you want a lady, or a young master?

Do you want your lady to die, or do you want your young master to die...

He was struck like lightning, and he was so dizzy that he didn't know where to go. His feet were weak, and he took a few steps back. He never imagined that such a cruel topic would appear in his life, and he could only choose one of the two most beloved people.

Master? Wen Po asked again, and he could know from the anxious look on her face that things had really reached a critical juncture, and she had to make a choice as soon as possible, otherwise she would only have two lives!

The child can find a way to regenerate in the future, but there is only one wife! Suddenly, he decided to listen to the truest thoughts in his heart.

Madam! Save my lady!

"And then?" The woman's voice rang out again.

The uncle didn't hear it, because he was distracted, so he didn't notice that anyone was listening carefully, and he asked questions in a timely manner.

All this is fate, right, how can a man be compared to heaven? He ruthlessly abandoned his son to protect his wife, but God gave him a completely different answer - his wife had a difficult birth and was unable to return to heaven, and his son survived.

Looking at his infant son, his tears dripped down his son's face.

At this point, she walked straight up to him and knelt down and told him the truth. It turned out that his voice of "Madame! Save my lady! The cry was so loud that it reached the ears of his wife in the delivery room.

If you have a husband like this, you have no regrets in this life. Wen Po returned to the delivery room and was about to try to save her life, but she used her last strength to grab Wen Po's hand and prevent her from doing it.

She said with tears in her eyes, save my son, save my son, and tell my husband that although I can't accompany him, I have no regrets in my life! Tell him to take good care of the child...

Wen Po understands a mother's heart, and she loses more blood after this agitation, and she is getting weaker and weaker. On the contrary, after she said that she would save her son, the child's situation also changed...

She was ruthless, so she had to choose to save the child first.

...

Fate makes people, the matter has come to this point, what else can be done? endured his grief and took care of his wife's death, and since then, he has devoted all his energy to his son.

It is also strange to say that he lost his wife at the same time as his son was born, and on the day of his son's full moon, he was dismissed for a little negligence. Not long after he started doing business, he was set up by the villain and paid for it.

In the end, they can only farm the land and earn a meager income with their hands to make ends meet. Who knows, who knows, in the end, it will end up in such a bleak situation.

If all this could be done all over again, he really hoped that God would let his wife live, at least she was by his side now...

Remembering that his son had snatched all his money and kicked him a few times, he was so sad that he cried like a child while wiping his tears.

"Then what was the reason for your wife's difficult birth?" This time it was another woman's voice, but it could be heard as innocent.

"Woo, the umbilical cord is around the neck." The uncle still cried non-stop, immersed in his own sadness.

"Well, it's no wonder." The woman sighed slightly, "The child with the umbilical cord around the neck has a hard life, first the mother and then the father." ”

"Huh?" First the mother, then the father? The uncle stopped crying and turned his face away in surprise.

I saw a man standing next to him, this man was also holding a little boy in his hand, and there were also a man and a woman standing next to him. Behind the two children were two women, one of whom had her face covered.