The old lady said something rude, but I was not angry. People have been tortured enough. It is inevitable that they will be in a bad mood and have a hot temper. This is understandable.
Without anyone noticing, I approached the old man, went up and lifted the quilt covering her.
The exposed situation caused everyone present to take a breath of air.
The old man was lying under the quilt, his loose clothes rolled up to reveal that the skin underneath, which should have been dry and full of wrinkles, was actually covered with a layer of scales.
From a visual inspection, you can tell that those scales are very hard and stick tightly into the skin, grabbing the flesh and blood below, one after another, forming a dense fish scale-like skin. Trypophobia can probably be killed at a glance.
The thin gaps in the middle of the scales are like beautiful seams made of floor tiles, but they are made of blood from the old man's body.
Not only did we find it shocking, Shui Qin and Cai Yongwang, who were obviously unaware, were both shocked. Cai Yongwang was even more heartbroken and annoyed and knelt down beside the kang, holding the old man's hand and crying bitterly.
"Mom...why don't you tell us that you are like this? No, you have to go to the hospital. You have to go. Go now..."
As he said that, he was about to rush outside to prepare the car. The old man grabbed his impulsive son and used his other hand to pull the quilt that was lifted slightly with trembling hands to cover the strange illness on his body.
"Cover it, it'll be fine. Yongwang, don't cry, mother doesn't feel hurt... don't go to the hospital and waste money. There are so many things at home now, don't waste your time on me, an old woman. It's okay, it's okay."
event……"
It's all like this, and the old man still says it's no big deal.
Water Qin's eyes were filled with tears again. It seemed that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was okay, and her heartache was not fake.
"Mom, just ask Yongwang to take you to have a look. Let's treat the disease first and don't think about anything else. I'm at home. No wonder you didn't ask me to wipe your body more than a month ago. I should have thought of it long ago.
Yes, you love clean people so much..."
"Cai Yongwang, do you particularly like hunting, and even peel off the skins of animals for daily use? All the bones and flesh go into your stomach?"
Hearing my abrupt question, Cai Yongwang vented his anxious mood, his head was stunned, and he yelled at me with a cold look, "Why are you still here? If I don't ask you to come in, you have to come in, and now you are still here"
Lift up my mother's quilt and ask...ask me what's the use of so many things? Can it cure my mother's illness or save my stupid daughter? If you tell me this, it's illegal for me to kill a few animals, skin them and eat them.
It’s okay! Get out of here!”
It's fair to say that he started messing with me. I'm not easy to talk to. When Cai Yongwang yelled at me while holding his neck, Lun Yuan slapped him on the cheek.
A crisp sound echoed in the room. Cai Yongwang, a stocky farmer, actually asked me to slap him so hard that he fell to the edge of the kang. He covered his face in disbelief and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.
Shuiqin was so frightened that she forgot to cry. She didn't care about her fear of her husband and quickly stood between us, fearing that I would slap him like this again.
Before Cai Yongwang reacted and ran away, I yelled and told the fight that was about to develop to stop immediately, "Do you still want to save your family? Your mother will be taken away from them soon. If you don't want to save, you don't have to answer me."
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Shuiqin is now sober, and she immediately thinks of my abilities, and realizes that her mother-in-law's strange illness is caused by something wrong. Most likely, it is not a real illness, but something caused by it.
She was about to kneel down again. With quick eyesight and quick hands, I grabbed her and sent her to the back. She had already followed my force and sat on the edge of the kang, making it difficult for her to kneel down.
"If you have something to say, don't kneel down all the time. Kneeling to me won't be of much use."
Shuiqin quickly answered my question instead of Cai Yongwang.
"Sir, please help my mother-in-law. My man really likes hunting. He has reached the level of a demon. Almost whenever he has free time, he will go out of the village with a hatchet and a gun. He has also brought back many pheasants and rabbits before.
He asked me to cook it and eat it. My mother-in-law was not in good health some time ago, so he caught a lot of snakes and used snake gall to make wine to strengthen her body. You can see it right here!"
With that said, Shuiqin walked quickly towards the small cabinet on the side. The cabinet had no door and was covered with a piece of cloth. When she opened the curtain, she saw three large transparent jars inside.
There are indeed several Chinese herbal medicines such as ginseng and deer antlers. The most eye-catching thing is the layer of black and blue snake gall at the bottom of the jar, and there are even a few brightly colored small snakes.
These snakes are venomous at first glance. Most of the venomous snakes are not very big and are brightly colored. This is a warning of danger.
Cai Yongwang was still arrogant, and he wiped the bloodshot eyes from the corner of his mouth, and said nonchalantly, "Aren't all people in the city replenishing their bodies like this? Why... We rural people can't get replenishing. Not only do we soak it in wine, but we also use snake meat."
It’s not wasted yet, I made snake soup for my mother!”
I really want to go up and slap him again, this thing is just a weakling. It is not clear whether his body is suitable for such vigorous supplements, but it eats human flesh and blood, picks gall, and even the skin is not spared.
Who would be willing to change it!
Just looking at the skins dried on the walls of their courtyard, one can tell that there must be quite a lot of them.
I looked at the old lady on the kang with a sullen face and couldn't help but moan softly because she was in pain again. My hands held the quilt in pain and I couldn't help but get angry. "No matter how many I killed, no one ate the snake soup."
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Cai Yongwang tilted his head arrogantly and didn't say anything at all. Shui Qin still came out to answer, "About twenty or thirty pieces. It has little meat. When it is cooked, my mother-in-law eats it tightly, but others don't eat much."
The old lady gritted her teeth and endured the pain. She actually raised her upper body slightly and looked at me. "My child, is there any reason to eat this snake soup? My disease..."
I didn't give them any chance to doubt, and glanced at the old lady's legs under the quilt, "The snake skin has grown out, do you think it's okay to say it? The curtains in this room will not be lifted no matter how hot it is.
Madam, you should understand better than anyone else!"
It seems that those snakes have already begun to take revenge. The old lady must have witnessed the strange situation, but she didn't tell her family about it, so she got something to ward off evil spirits.
The curtain on the door is the best proof. There is a saying for that thing, it is Baijia Lian!
There used to be a folk saying that if someone's children were having trouble feeding, they would go to other people's homes and ask for a bite of food. If they ate this food every day, they would slowly get better. This was called Baijiafang.
Another saying is that a family should put together a small piece of cloth to make a quilt, which is called a Baifu Quilt. This means borrowing the blessings of many people to bring good fortune to the child.
And this Baifu was made into a door curtain and hung on the door, which is a hundred curtains to ward off evil spirits. It uses the yang energy of many people to resist the invasion of evil spirits.
After hearing what I said, the old lady lay down on the kang with a bang, and tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, "I...I don't know, I really don't know, it was me who hurt you."
Ah, grandma’s second child...ahhhhhhhhh..."
Everyone immediately understood the meaning. It seemed that the old man loved his little grandson. They thought that the old lady had secretly fed the nutritious and delicious snake soup to the missing second baby, thinking that it might be an accident to the second baby.
Cause of death.
The old man fell into deep self-blame, "If you want to take revenge, just take my life and go away. Erbao is still a child who doesn't understand anything... I'm my darling..."