Chapter 10 The Plague
The deaf mother-in-law hugged the pine branches tightly in her arms and smiled like a child:
"Plant it in the yard, and we won't have to worry about dirty things coming to our door in the future!"
When the two elders got home, it was already dark.
The deaf mother-in-law asked Wang's third daughter-in-law to feed the baby some rice porridge while she dug a hole to plant pine branches.
Even when Wang San wanted to help, she stopped him.
"The child is clumsy and will bump into Mr. Song."
Miraculously, after the pine branches were planted, the entire courtyard seemed much warmer.
Chang Baye, who was enjoying the offerings in the side room, murmured to himself:
"The deaf lady actually invited all the old people back. It's amazing, it's amazing!"
After dinner, the deaf mother-in-law took matters into her own hands.
The remains brought back by Mr. Chang Ba were wrapped around the baby in circles.
In the end, except for the baby's eyes, nose, and mouth, the rest of the baby's body was wrapped tightly.
Not even the little penis was left out.
Then mix the rosin with rootless water and carefully brush it all over the baby's body.
Then carefully wrap another layer of slough.
After repeating this process three times, the deaf mother-in-law let out a long sigh of relief:
"Done!"
Wang San stared at the baby with big eyes and looked at the baby carefully for a long time:
"Mom, I'm such a good-looking child, but it's so ugly for you to do this to me!"
"Like a melon!"
The deaf woman didn't want to pay attention to her naive son, so she went to the side room to offer incense to everyone.
The family's dinner is very simple, porridge mixed with pickle sticks.
The gruel is full.
In that era of poverty, having a full meal was an unattainable wish for many people.
After the meal, Uncle Li took out the jade pendant left by the female corpse and looked at it carefully:
The jade pendant is emerald green and looks like a rare item at first glance.
Nowadays, it is impossible to buy a big house in Beijing.
And the workmanship is very particular:
A Ganoderma lucidum tree is carved on the front of the jade pendant. Below the Ganoderma lucidum are four small characters:
The hanging pot helps the world.
The back of the jade pendant is engraved with a large Chinese character "华".
Uncle Li was playing with the jade pendant in one hand and holding the gold needle in the other.
"It seems that the child's life experience is not simple!"
The deaf mother-in-law sighed:
"To put it simply, someone wouldn't harm their family by 'removing a ferocious fetus'!"
"The child is too involved. It's better not to tell outsiders about him."
Uncle Li nodded repeatedly:
"Just tell the public that I picked it up when I went hunting in the mountains."
"This child should be named Hua. He has been in so many troubles even before he was born. Let's call him Hua Jiu Nan!"
Therefore, the name of the protagonist of this book was decided.
Under the careful protection of the two old men, the baby grew up slowly.
During this process, he didn't show anything out of the ordinary.
But after absorbing the sludge, something similar to a tattoo was left on the body:
A horned dragon is coiled on a green pine tree.
The horned dragon is arrogant and the green pines are vigorous.
Only then did the deaf mother-in-law realize that the remains brought back by Mr. Chang Ba were unusual.
Therefore, every time I pay tribute, I secretly give him more.
This coke made Mr. Chang bad, and he praised the deaf woman for her conscience.
And quietly promised that he would never run away next time he was in danger.
At least he promised not to run away before the deaf mother-in-law was killed by dirty things...
In addition, every year on July 15th, Hua Jiunan’s birthday, her deaf mother-in-law would take him to the foot of the snow-capped mountains to wait.
Because late at night, snow corpses will appear.
The female corpse sitting on the shoulders of the snow corpse is the mother who suffered nine hardships when she was born in China.
The female corpse has been frozen tightly with the snow corpse.
After Hua Jiunan kowtows to his mother, Xue Zhi will show a stiff and naive smile.
And left behind a few hundred-year-old ginseng or rare medicinal materials such as snow lotus.
It wasn't until he watched his deaf mother-in-law carry Hua Jiunan away that the snow corpse returned to the depths of the Snowy Mountains.
Hua Jiunan was too young at that time and didn't think there was anything strange about it.
After all, every child has a mother, but his mother lives in the mountains with a big uncle.
Things became weird again when Hua Jiunan was five years old.
This year, a plague suddenly broke out in the entire small mountain village.
It didn't take long for less than half of them to fall ill.
The sick person is alternately cold and hot, with vomiting and diarrhea.
After a few days of hard work, I became so thin that I lost my shape.
Several elderly people even died as a result.
Uncle Li saw this and was anxious in his heart, and kept urging the deaf mother-in-law to find a way.
The deaf mother-in-law was also very anxious, but she was a disciple, not a doctor.
Disciples who go out to fight can cure those weak diseases that attract dirty things, but they can't do anything about real diseases like this.
In desperation, the deaf mother-in-law could only try to change the Feng Shui layout.
Taking the dry well in front of Tian Laosi's gate as the center, a "wind coming from all directions" was created.
I just hope that the bad luck in the village can be blown away.
The plague lasted for half a month, and more and more people fell sick in the whole village.
Even the doctors invited by the villagers from the town were helpless.
Finally one day, the always strong third brother Wang fell ill.
Moreover, he was more seriously ill than others. He soon fell into coma and was so burned that he started talking nonsense.
The deaf mother-in-law was so worried that she cried all day long.
"Sanwa, you can't be as cruel as your two brothers and leave my old woman alone and go away."
Although the plague is serious, days will pass.
Uncle Li still takes Hua Jiunan to the mountains to protect the forest every day.
Of course, I will also bring back some game on the way to replenish Brother Wang's health.
Uncle Li walked in front, and the young Hua Jiunan, wearing a bloated coarse cotton coat, followed behind.
Occasionally, if he falls down, he will roll far away like a ball.
Because the snow is so thick, there will be no injuries at all.
Uncle Li rarely smiled when he saw the little guy's funny look.
It can be regarded as joy in suffering.
This chapter has been completed!