Most of the people in Qili Village are surnamed Zhou, and a small number of villagers have his surname. But after more than a hundred years, your daughter married my family, or my daughter married your family. Basically every family in the village is related.
The surname Zhou is basically an ancestor.
Although Zhou Hu didn't have any brothers, he had cousins. The situation of his father's generation was better than Zhou Jin's. Of course, his close relatives should help in such matters first.
It's a pity that the relationship between the three families is not very good. The older generation had a very unpleasant quarrel when they separated, so the neighbors who have a good relationship with Zhou Hu's family went with them last night, the daughter-in-law of Xiaoqian and the village chief's son Dazhu.
Of course, there is also Wenpo invited from Dali Village.
But Mrs. Wen stayed in Dali Village in the early morning and did not go to the county with them, and Mrs. Qian and the others were tired after a busy night. It was just that Zhou Hu's wife couldn't live without someone, so she stayed in the county.
Zhou Zhoulang and the others came back not only to rest, but also to find a substitute woman for them.
Qian understood it as soon as she heard it, and after thinking about it, she said, "I'll talk to Zhou Hu's aunt, even if the relationship is not good, the broken bone is still connected to the tendon, this matter needs them to come forward, if they express their opinion, they will not go , I have a good relationship with Zhou Hu's wife, so I should help."
This is not a big deal. Generally, if anyone in the village has such an urgent matter, they will help out.
After Zhou Zhoulang finished mentioning it, he whispered: "Yesterday, the two hundred wenhua that my father gave me is gone, and Zhou Hu said that I will pay it back when he comes back."
Qian gave a "hmm" and didn't really care.
Although Zhou Hu's aunt was very reluctant, she still sent a daughter-in-law to help in the county.
Zhou Hu's daughter-in-law gave birth to a child in the old doctor's house, and it took a lot of effort to forcefully correct the fetal position and give birth, but after birth, the child was as weak as a mouse, and his face was a little blue, obviously due to suffocation It was so hard that the old doctor was not sure if there was anything wrong with the child's brain, or even if the child would survive.
At that time, Zhou Hu couldn't take care of the child anymore, because his wife's condition was also very bad, and the child was bleeding profusely after birth, so the old doctor asked them to send him to the county seat.
The child was also sent.
He felt that it would be good if he could live, and if he couldn't, he would try his best.
It's just that such a young child can't take medicine, and his mother obviously can't breastfeed him after taking medicine like that. Whether he can survive depends entirely on destiny.
Man Bao originally thought about going to the county to see Zhou Hu's wife after taking a break. After all, she and Zhou Hu's second son Erlu are still very close.
The two are about the same age, although their seniority is different, they are Man Bao's few friends in the village.
As a friend, the friend's mother and younger brother are sick, she has to go and see, right
But before she could mention it, the mother and son of Zhou Hu's family were wrapped up and brought back on a cart the next day.
Qian Shi immediately packed some eggs to see the patient, while Man Bao followed her behind, because she was small and followed a little far away, Qian Shi didn't notice it.
There are really quite a few people in Zhou's house, but the room of the pregnant woman is relatively quiet, while the yard is more lively. Zhou Hu's mother-in-law is helping to greet people.
Dafu was about the same age as Ertou, and now he was more sensible, holding his brother Erlu's hand and standing aside, silently watching everyone coming in and out.
Man Bao could see that they were in a bad mood, so he whispered, "What's wrong with you?"
Dafu pursed his lips when he saw Manbao, wanting to cry.
He knew Man Bao's, and he knew she was very good. After all, she could read, and Brother Datou and Er Tou often boasted that their sister-in-law was so good. When Man Bao asked him, he felt a little uncomfortable and felt wronged.
Since the evening before yesterday when his mother was going to give birth to a younger brother, the family couldn't take care of the two brothers.
They were sent directly to the caretaker's home, and their parents didn't come back yesterday.
Someone told them that their mother was going to die, and they would have no mother.
So Dafu and Erlu cried for a day and a night, and it was better to see their parents back today.
But he could tell that his mother was not recovering, but was still suffering, and he was almost eight years old, so he could understand nonsense.
Just now someone asked his father to prepare a coffin for his mother, and his grandmother actually agreed.
Dafu wiped his tears and asked Manbao, "Little Mangu, you are a scholar, do you think my mother's illness can be cured?"
Man Bao hesitated and asked, "Isn't it already healed?"
No why send it back
Dafu shook his head in disappointment, "It's not good, it still hurts, and my brother, they said my brother is going to die too."
Man Bao opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a while.
The three children were relatively silent, and Bai Shanbao poked his head at the gate for a while, and seeing the three standing face to face, with red eyes, he couldn't help but sneak in, "Why are you crying, who bullied you?"
The three children didn't speak, and continued to lower their heads and wipe their tears.
Bai Shanbao scratched his head and asked, "Didn't you say that a baby was born? I haven't seen a newborn baby yet. Can I take a look?"
Man Bao didn't see it in her memory. It seemed that when she had memory, the youngest four would pouted her buttocks and wanted to sit up.
She also looked at Dafu.
Dafu wiped away his tears, choked up and said, "Come with me."
The two brothers slipped into the main room with them.
The main room was a bit quiet, there were only five older women in the room, and Qian Shi was one of them.
In fact, there is not much they can do, but to comfort and comfort Zhou Hu's daughter-in-law, so that she can relax and recover from her illness.
Zhou Hu's mother-in-law came in and forced a smile with everyone: "We made sweet wine in the kitchen, let's drink a bowl later, we started cooking, and we ate here at noon, thanks to your help. "
Zhou Hu's daughter-in-law's maiden name is Chen. Her family is in a small village on the other side of Baimaguan Town, far away from Qili Village, so she was the last to receive the news.
Qian knows that Zhou Hu's family is small, and now that the husband and wife have fallen into one, the remaining one must be devastated at this time, how could he stay for dinner
She said: "We just came to take a look. After drinking a bowl of rum, we will leave, and we will stop eating. Don't cook, or it will be wasted."
After Mrs. Qian said that, the other families naturally claimed to be right, saying: "After his wife is ready, let the couple invite us."
It is an auspicious saying, but everyone knows that the possibility is very low.
Mrs. Chen was lying on the bed with her eyes slightly closed, and she didn't even have the strength to speak because it was so painful.
The four children walked against the wall, avoiding the six adults who were talking, and quietly approached the bed.
There was a swaddling baby beside Chen, and the red and wrinkled child in the swaddling baby was her youngest son.
Bai Shanbao was a little disgusted and thought it was too ugly, but Man Bao was full of pity and thought it was cute. She carefully pressed the edge of the swaddle to see it more clearly.