My eardrums were buzzing and my stepmother was jumping up and down.
She grabbed my arm and kicked my upper leg.
"Shameless thing! It's okay to drink if you have a big butt, but now you have a big belly!"
My stepmother's curses made my ears buzz.
how so?
Did you check it wrong?
I have never been in love, and I have never even touched a boy’s hand. How could I possibly be pregnant?!
Is it because of that incident twenty years ago?
It was an autumn day, and my father went up to the mountain to chop wood.
There was a bush on the path, and suddenly I heard a rustling sound.
I originally thought it was a hare, a yellow-skinned rabbit or something.
But when he tiptoed to push aside the grass and took a look, he almost collapsed to the ground in fright.
What appeared in front of him were two big snakes entangled together.
Two snakes, one gray and one black.
The gray one is female, slightly smaller in stature.
The black one is male and is several times thicker than the female snake.
If unfolded, it would be approximately five or six meters tall.
People of the older generation once said that non-venomous snakes can be tens of feet long.
But the poisonous snake is no thicker than the mouth of a bowl.
No matter how thick it is, I'm afraid it will turn into a dragon.
The head of the black snake is triangular in shape.
The two fangs oozing with cold air seemed to indicate its poisonous nature.
The densely packed scales on the body rise and fall one after another, intertwining and wrapping the female snake's body until it is dripping with blood.
Every time he squirms, a layer of skin and flesh will be scraped off.
The female snake closed her eyes and vomited in pain, her tail trembling violently like an electric shock.
Seeing this, my father panicked.
He backed up and prepared to leave quietly, but suddenly stepped on a dead branch.
There was a crisp sound of 'click', causing both snakes to raise their heads.
In panic, the father raised his ax and chopped at random.
Actually, the female snake was directly chopped to death.
The injured male black snake disappeared into the grass.
Afterwards, the father peeled off the skin of the female snake and carried her home.
The family ate a full snake feast for three days.
But then, something strange happened.
All the poultry raised at home disappeared overnight.
In the chicken coop and duck coop, only scattered feathers were left.
First the chickens and ducks, then the cattle and sheep.
The old man in the village concluded that this was not a wild wolf, because wild wolves will definitely leave blood stains when attacking livestock.
But there were only skid marks on the fence.
It looks like it was caused by dragging.
So the family began to take turns keeping vigil.
But after three days and three nights of guarding, the 'murderer' was not caught.
When it was her mother's turn to keep vigil, she was inexplicably frightened.
Not only was his complexion sallow and his high fever persisting, but he also suffered from epilepsy during the convulsions.
The elders in the village all said that my mother had hit something dirty, but even after the goddess screamed for a long time, she still didn't get better.
Seeing that his mother's condition was getting worse, his father went to the town in the dark to find a doctor.
But when we arrived at the entrance of the village, we met the black snake.
The black snake blocked the road that must be passed, spitting out letters and looking at his father.
The moonlight shines on the fangs, reflecting a strange light.
Suddenly, my father suddenly realized that the disappearance of the family's livestock and the mother's fright were all related to this black snake.
So he knelt down and kowtowed to the black snake, not daring to stop until he bled.
The father begged Black Snake to let him go temporarily.
After curing my mother, I will come back to pay for my life.
I originally thought that the black snake would eat him.
After all, it is a cold-blooded and ruthless beast.
But the strange thing is that the black snake lowered its head and spit out a ball of something.
Then he took a deep look at his father and disappeared into the darkness quietly.
Father was brave enough to take a closer look and saw that it was actually a huge Ganoderma lucidum.
So I took Ganoderma lucidum and went back to make soup. After my mother drank it, her fever miraculously subsided.
When the old Chinese medicine doctor from the town rushed over, he took a pulse and found out that my mother was pregnant.
When my father told him everything that had happened, the old Chinese doctor's originally kind face turned livid.
He told his father that if a snake has a narrow heart, he will be punished by his anger.
If revenge is taken, the nine clans will perish.
According to my father's description, there is no doubt that the black snake is the snake king.
The larger the snake, the less frequently it reproduces.
Moreover, your spouse must be carefully selected.
The father not only disturbed the snake king from mating but also killed the female snake. It was coming down the mountain to seek revenge!
Originally, the Snake King might have wanted to kill his mother, but the reason why he didn't do anything was because he sensed the fetus in his belly.
The Ganoderma lucidum left behind is the betrothal gift.
The snake king chose me to reproduce for him.
In order to prevent tragedy from happening, my father followed the advice of the old Chinese medicine doctor and sprinkled sulfur around the house.
Even when I was very young, I was fed realgar wine every day.
But last month I drank cephalosporins because I had a fever, and I didn’t drink the realgar wine as instructed.
That night, I dreamed of a black snake.
The huge black snake slipped into my bed silently, and its cold scales made my whole body feel hot. I subconsciously hugged it tightly.
In the confused entanglement, I was sweating all over.
The fever went away the next day.
Originally, I just thought it was a nightmare.
After that, I didn't feel any discomfort.
Until, I came to this black clinic.
"Why are we arguing? Are we going to fight or not?"
The doctor, who was wearing slippers, leaned expressionlessly in front of the banner on the wall that read, "Doctors are kindhearted." He kept shaking his legs.
"Hit! You must beat her!" the stepmother said decisively, "It's enough to raise her with just one oil bottle. If she gets a smaller one, will I still be able to survive?"
Saying that, my stepmother gave me a hard push.
"Take me to find that boy's parents after you're done! The nutritional expenses, lost work expenses and mental damage expenses must not be less! Otherwise, I will go to court to sue him!"
"I really didn't..."
"Shut up!"
My feeble explanation ended in my stepmother's roar.
After some haggling, the doctor charged five hundred yuan.
After spitting and counting the money, the doctor got angry at me.
I timidly followed the doctor and entered a small room.
As soon as we entered, a musty smell hit our nostrils.
Under the dim light, rows of cabinets appeared in front of me.
I saw many glass bottles neatly placed on the cabinet.
And in the bottle filled with waxy yellow liquid, there are various snakes soaked in it.
"That's snake wine! It's very nourishing!"
The doctor fiddled with the medicines without raising his head.
Looking at the pile of silver surgical instruments on the plate, I suddenly panicked.
I turned around to leave, but couldn't open the door.
"What? Are you scared?"
Suddenly, the doctor came over.
"You have to think about the consequences when you do this kind of thing! Your mother just said that only half of the anesthesia is given! Waking up in the middle of the operation is the most painful! Only if it hurts you, you will have a long memory!"
Before I finished speaking, my arm felt a twinge of pain.
Looking at the situation, the doctor was quickly pushing the liquid in the syring to the bottom.
I licked my lips, but there was a bitter taste on the tip of my tongue.
Immediately, the doctor placed me on the operating table.
"No……"
Looking at the dilator in the doctor's hand, I squeezed out one word through my teeth, and then I couldn't make any more sound.