Chapter 2 Luoshui Deserted Village
The deserted village sleeping on the banks of the Luoshui River was woken up by a thunderbolt, which is what the deserted village has to experience every day. People opened their hazy eyes one after another and woke up from their dreams with the deserted village. This thunder is not only the wake-up bell of the deserted village, but also the wake-up call of all the people living in the deserted village, no one knows when this thunder originated and why it appeared in this sparsely populated deserted village.
The thunder sounded, the clouds and mist dispersed, and the deserted village appeared shyly. Smoke rises, people are busy making fires and cooking, and only after they have eaten enough do they have the strength to go down to work in the fields and go up to the mountains to hunt. The people living in Luohe deserted village mainly make a living by hunting, and the folk customs are simple, they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat water, never interact with the outside world, and everyone lives a simple life. They have no worries, they eat when they are hungry, sleep when they are sleepy, and never worry about what will happen tomorrow.
After breakfast, the young men in the village went out in groups, some of them went hunting in the mountains, some went to the Luo River to catch fish, and some went to work in the fields. The old people in the village are sitting together eating tea and chatting, some of these old people are more than 100 years old, some are more than 200 years old, but they are all in good spirits, mainly because they have to drink a pot of special secret tea made in the deserted village every day, this tea can not only prolong life, but also strengthen the body. The happiest people in life are the naughty children in the village, who play around and the sound of joy resounds throughout the deserted village.
At the end of the village there is a thatched hut, and the owner of the house is a white-haired old man, who is also the head of the deserted village, and is one hundred and fifty years old this year. He served as the head of the deserted village when he was fifty years old, and in the past hundred years, he has managed the deserted village in an orderly manner, and he is also a pragmatic and capable person, so he is very respected in this deserted village, and the villagers have asked him for help or deal with things big and small, and he has never been ambiguous about the affairs of the villagers.
The village elder was old enough to have a son, and his wife gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, but unfortunately the village chief's wife and son were washed away by the water of the Luo River in a flood, and they have not been heard from since, and the villagers think that they have already died in Huangquan. The village chief didn't believe it at first, and often went alone to the lower reaches of the Luo River to look for it, but each time he returned empty-handed. After a few tosses, the village chief slowly accepted this fact. Now, the old village chief and his daughter depend on each other, but not long ago, an unfortunate thing happened to the village chief's home.
This matter is also strange, not long ago, the village chief's daughter Si Yi came back from Luohe and inexplicably committed a strange disease, the village chief called the village Langzhong, but that Langzhong came to the village chief's house to Si Yi after the pulse was very happy, he said that Si Yi is not suffering from any strange disease, but there is joy! This made the old village chief a little overwhelmed, Si Yi is still a yellow flower girl who has not been out of the cabinet, where does her joy come from? In order to prevent this matter from spreading, the old village chief repeatedly told Lang Zhong not to tell him about it, and Lang Zhong naturally understood the reason for this, and after leaving, he kept his mouth shut and did not reveal half a word.
In order to find out the reason for this incident, the old village chief repeatedly asked his daughter Si Yi, but Si Yi couldn't say why, she also told the old village chief frankly that he had no relationship with any man, but she had found a basin-sized bird egg on the bank of the Luo River before, and she accidentally broke it. Si Yi saw that the bird's egg was still fresh, so he made it and ate it. As a result, the old village chief will be even more distressed! If this matter is spread out, how will his daughter live in a deserted village in the future!
The old village chief sat on the threshold with a cigarette pouch, looking preoccupied, as the days passed, his daughter's belly gradually grew bigger, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and this matter will spread sooner or later. The old village chief took a deep breath, knocked his cigarette pouch on the stone slab outside the threshold, then stood up and returned to the house. He stood in front of his daughter's bed and said, "It's not a way to go on like this, seeing that the child in your belly is about to be born, and it is inconvenient for me to take care of you like this every day, I will tell the witch next door about it and let her take care of you!"
Si Yi was a little excited when he heard this, sat up from the bed with great difficulty, and said, "Father, please don't tell me about this, if you let outsiders know, how will your daughter marry in the future?"
Looking at the woman's helpless eyes, the old village chief's heart was like a knife, and he didn't want to do this. But he didn't know anything about the matter of delivering a baby, not to mention that the object of the delivery was his daughter who had not yet left the cabinet! For the sake of safety, the old village chief still made up his mind to call the witch aunt next door and tell her the general situation of the matter. This witch is also a sensible person, she knows how important honor is to a girl, so she is also tight-lipped about this matter!
Half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and I don't know who inadvertently learned about Si Yi's pregnancy, one spread ten, ten passed hundred, and in one night, the entire deserted village knew about it, and a few guys who have always liked Si Yi almost fought because of this matter, they were all speculating about who the child in Si Yi's belly was, and in the end, they didn't guess why!
I don't know what day it is today, the villagers don't go up to the mountains to hunt, they don't go down to work in the fields, they all gather at the door of the old village chief's house, most of them still come to care about Si Yi, but there are also a very few who come to join in the fun or watch jokes! The old village chief walked out of the house with a cigarette pouch, and then a young man who likes Si Yi asked: "Old village chief, what's wrong with your Si Yi? When did she get married, why is there no news at all?"
The old village chief sighed and said, "Thank you for all the care of my poor daughter, I don't know what kind of sin she has created, Si Yi she is inexplicably pregnant with a child!"
Then the boy asked, "Who is the father of this child?"
The old village chief shook his head, hesitated for a while before replying: "I don't know who the father of the child in Si Yi's belly is, and I don't know if this person is among you, now Si Yi needs a quiet rest environment, and I hope everyone will go back separately, and when this matter has a result, I will definitely tell everyone!"
However, at this time, the witch next door suddenly shouted in the house: "It's almost born..."
As soon as the old village chief heard this, he immediately turned around and entered the house, and closed the door of the house with his hand, and the village names stood in front of the door, staring at the old village chief's house with two eyes, although they couldn't see anything but the door of the house, and couldn't hear anything, but everyone's heart was full of curiosity and expectation, after all, there was a new life about to be born in this deserted village.
While Aunt Wu was busy at Si Yi's bedside, she said to the old village chief, "Hurry up and prepare a little hot water..."
The old village chief prepared everything that should be prepared according to Aunt Wu's request, and then stood behind Aunt Wu, and when Aunt Wu saw this, she said, "Why are you still standing here?
The old village chief was so anxious that he forgot that he was delivering his daughter, and it was inconvenient for him to stand here alone. After listening to Aunt Wu's words, he suddenly came to his senses and hurried towards the door. The villagers outside the door picked up the old village chief and walked out, and they all looked inside the house, and the old village chief saw this and said, "I haven't seen a child, what's there to see!"
The old village chief's words fell, and several young people said in unison: "It's true that I haven't seen a woman give birth..." At this moment, the old village chief was anxious, walking back and forth anxiously outside the door, but now he couldn't do anything but wait.
Time passed little by little, and there was still no cry of the baby in the house, and the old village chief couldn't wait any longer, so he knocked on the door vigorously, and shouted loudly into the house: "What's going on inside?
After a while, Aunt Wu replied in the house: "Si Yi is fine, but the child refuses to come out for a long time, don't worry, I'm here, it's okay!"
Aunt Wu's words fell, and the old village chief breathed a sigh of relief a little and said, "I'm sorry for you!"
Time passed minute by minute in the anxious waiting of the old village chief, and a day had passed in a blink of an eye, but the child in Si Yi's belly still had no intention of coming out, this time even the experienced Aunt Wu was a little anxious, she had delivered many people, but she had never encountered such a situation, and in desperation, she had to stay by Si Yi's bedside every inch.
The villagers came and went, and came back and forth, and after many twists and turns, they still did not wait for the birth of new life. Some villagers simply didn't come, and they did whatever they had to do, only the young guys who had always liked Si Yi persevered and stayed outside the door with the old village chief.
From time to time, Si Yi's painful moans came from the house, and the old village chief's heart was not a taste, and he sometimes even silently prayed that Cangtian would not let Si Yi be so miserable anymore, but how could that Cangtian be a reasonable corner!
At this time, the old village chief has forgotten about hunger, he has lost his wife and son, and he can't lose this daughter who depends on him anymore, otherwise he will really become a lonely old man, and he really can't bear the pain of the white-haired person sending the black-haired person!
hateful that the sky is ruthless, making Si Yi in the house struggle countless times on the edge of life and death. Three days and three nights have passed, the life in Si Yi's belly has still not been born, she is lying quietly on the bed with her eyes slightly closed, the torment of these three days and three nights has consumed all her strength, therefore, she no longer has the strength to struggle. There was no blood on her pale and weak face, she moved her lips, and a weak voice appeared, and said to Aunt Wu: "Aunt Wu, please do one thing, I don't want to be in such pain anymore, can you send me on the road?"
The corners of Aunt Wu's eyes were a little moist, she touched Si Yi's forehead, and said, "Silly child, don't talk nonsense, work harder, and the child will come out!
Si Yi Weiwei coughed twice and said, "Aunt Wu, please..."
However, at this time, I saw Si Yi's upright stomach Weiwei move, and when Aunt Wu saw this, she shouted: "There is a door!
The old village chief and the young men stood outside the door and listened to the movement inside, and when they heard Aunt Wu say the word "there is a door", the old village chief immediately asked, "What's going on inside?"
The old village chief's words fell, and he could only hear the frightened voice of the witch from inside the house, and then there was no movement. The old village chief was in a hurry, so he didn't care so much, and pushed the door open, but when everyone entered the house, they were stunned, because they didn't see the newborn on Si Yi's bed, all they saw was a bloody bird's egg.