Chapter 8: The Birth of Horrors
The hole was on the hill behind Zhanjiazhai, Yan Mai was very scheming, and he took Ye Yuan to look around and look out of the village, but he took advantage of no one's attention and went back from the path and hid in a bush.
"That hole, there's a back exit."
Lying in the bushes and observing for a while, Yanmai pointed to one place and said.
It turned out that the exit behind the cave was behind a small waterfall, and the two of them quickly walked through the waterfall, Yan Mai looked at Ye Liang and was very envious: "Xiao Yezi, you are moving so fast, your clothes are not wet." ”
Ye Liang had been pretending, but now she wanted to be drenched in water, so she whispered: "There are many waterfalls in my house, I have been playing in such a hole since I was a child, and I am used to it." ”
The two of them quietly walked forward from the hole in the back, and after walking for a while, they heard the woman's wail from inside: "It hurts, it hurts to death, I will never give birth again." ”
The two of them looked at each other, and there was a deep fear in their eyes: it was so pitiful to be a woman.
There is only the shouting of the second dog mother-in-law in the cave, is there no mother-in-law who delivers the baby?
Yanmai hid behind a big rock, and the probe quietly looked in, it turned out that there was a fire lit at the entrance of the cave, the mother was lying on the side and shouting, and the great wizard Yuying was sitting cross-legged, with words in her mouth, not knowing what she was saying.
It seems that she herself has never learned about this matter in detail because she is an unmarried girl, and it turns out that the women of the village have to be sent to this cave when they want to give birth, and the great wizard will pray for blessings and deliver the baby.
Ye Quan also looked in the direction of her sight, and the mother's shouting was very loud, so the great wizard Yuying didn't notice that there were people coming in behind the cave.
The cave is formed in a typical karst terrain, with stalactites everywhere, a dark river flowing at your feet, and water dripping down from the top of the cave, making a noisy sound like rain.
The situation at the entrance of the cave is a bit weird, the mother is dying and alive in pain, but the great wizard is praying for blessing with his eyes closed, what kind of blessing is this situation? Isn't it to comfort the mother's emotions and relieve her pain with herbs?
After a while, the great wizard sat up, she picked up a bunch of herbs from the ground, lit it on the fire, and slowly burned it into a porcelain bowl, then took a gourd, and poured something into it.
She leaned down and helped the mother to raise her head: "Come, it won't hurt to drink this." When the mother heard that it didn't hurt, she hurriedly got up and drank it.
After a while, the woman's voice was quiet, the medicine worked, and soon she fell into a deep sleep.
Ye Limit and Yan Mai stared at the entrance of the cave without blinking, worried about falling behind the Great Wizard's movements.
The Grand Wizard whispered her name beside the mother, who remained motionless. The archwizard reached out and pressed slowly on her stomach, pressing it down as he could.
After a while, I saw her put the mother's legs up, Ye Liang and Yan Mai were the first time to see the delivery, and they clenched their hands nervously, knowing that the sound of dripping water and the sound of the dark river in the cave was very loud, and they would not be discovered by the great wizard, so they were still cautious and did not dare to come out.
It may also be that the blessing worked, and soon, the child was born, and the great wizard cut the umbilical cord neatly, picked up the child, looked at it, and sighed: "Hey, why is it a male doll again?" ”
She casually put the child aside, then put the placenta and umbilical cord from the mother in a cloth bag, washed her hands in the dark river on the side, and then picked up the child with a rag, got up and walked to Ye Liang and them. Ye Limit and Yan Mai hid behind the big stone and did not move, the fire at the entrance of the cave only shone a little in front, and the back was dark, Ye Limit and Yan Mai curled up together, watching the great wizard walk slowly with a crying child, and when they came to a place to stand, the great wizard slashed at the stone wall, and the torch on the cave wall suddenly lit up. Ye Liang and the others were caught off guard, and hurriedly lowered their heads, afraid that they would miss the target in the firelight.
Under the stone wall was a pool, and there seemed to be something in it, and when the two of them walked through it just now, they clearly heard the sound of claws scratching inside, because it was dark at the time, and they were not familiar with the situation in the cave, so neither of them looked there. The child was thrown in, and after a few cries, it was quiet, and a strange sound sounded in the cave,
Yan Mai was extremely scared, she held Ye Quan's hand tightly, trembling all over.
Ye Liang put his arm around her shoulders and signaled her not to be afraid.
After a while, the strange sound stopped, and the scratching continued to sound.
The great wizard stood by the pool and looked at it, nodded, looked very satisfied, walked back slowly, and sat at the mouth of the cave, like an old monk in meditation, without moving.
Ye Quan and Yan Mai hid behind the big rock, and waited all the time, hoping that the mother would wake up soon, and the villagers would send her away quickly, so that the two of them could leave, the atmosphere in this cave was really a bit strange, because they heard the strange sound clearly just now, it was...... The sound of chewing something is like a human eating meat, or eating that kind of delicate chops, small brittle bones, clattering and crispy when biting.
Thinking of the child who was thrown down, Yan Mai almost fainted when she heard the voice, and she began to regret how she could come here, it was really terrible.
After a while, someone shouted at the entrance of the cave, "Great wizard, how is my mother-in-law?" ”
The Great Wizard sighed, "Ergou, God has not blessed you. ”
The cry of the second dog came: "My mother-in-law, my child." ”
The great wizard shouted, "Your mother-in-law is alive, what are you shouting?" ”
"Huh? Alive? ”
The second dog choked.
"Yes, there is no problem with your mother-in-law, it is your child, this child has not been blessed by God, and was born into a puddle of blood and water, and is gone...... Nothing is gone. ”
Hearing what she said was gone, remembering the sound in the pool just now, Ye Quan only felt chills all over his body, and his hairs stood up.
"It's all God's will, next time I will definitely give birth to a cute female doll, okay, carry your mother-in-law back, I'm really tired today in order to talk to God."
The second dog wiped his tears and walked in with the two descendants, first bowing respectfully to the great wizard, and one of the latter put the old hen in his hand beside the great wizard, which was regarded as a thank you gift this time, and then the three of them carefully carried the mother to the improvised stretcher.
"Your mother-in-law has suffered a lot when she gives birth to a child, you have to treat her well, you are still young, as long as you are a good person, you will have another child in the future, you will definitely be able to give birth to a female doll, and you will have both children and daughters."
In this village, every family has a son and a daughter, and the words of the great wizard sound very sincere.
Ergou couldn't say anything when he cried, and after carrying his wife up, he wiped his face fiercely: "Great wizard, why has my mother-in-law been sleeping?" ”
"The child fell into the grass and became a pool of blood, but the days of pregnancy are also very bitter, your mother-in-law has left a piece for your family to suffer too much, and it is understandable that she will unload the burden and sleep a little longer."