The brilliant and deep sky, the bright rays of the sun.
No one wants to appreciate the beautiful cloudless scenery.
A gust of wind blew and yellow sand flew everywhere. It was as if every breath contained fine particles of sand.
The rice planted in the middle of March of the lunar calendar has now become listless and has no strength at all. Even the green on the grass seedlings seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
A woman in her 30s glanced at the sky with chapped lips, with deep disappointment and even despair in her eyes.
—There are no clouds coming over. I’m afraid it won’t rain today.
It's already April in the lunar calendar, but it hasn't rained since the beginning of the year.
If this continues, maybe even the public well at the entrance of the village will never be able to produce a drop of water.
When that time comes, how will ordinary people like them live
"Mom, it's not good. I don't know what happened to Hehua today. Not only is she nauseous and she feels like vomiting, she can't even eat."
A hoarse voice sounded like a duck's quacking, and the middle-aged woman quickly turned her head to look.
A boy of seventeen or eighteen years old ran out of the room and looked at her anxiously.
"Da Lang, take out the cow, put it on the cart, and help your wife into the cart. I will take you to the town to see the doctor."
When the middle-aged woman in her 30s heard these words, her expression did not change and she gave the order very calmly.
"Erlang, you take your wife with you. Sanlang, you also follow. Let's go to the town to take a look today."
As soon as he finished speaking, several boys and girls walked out of the house built of low-quality stones, blue bricks, and yellow mud.
They wore dull, patched clothes, with no decorations on their bodies.
What's even more distressing is that this family is all thin and frail, and there seems to be no blood on their bodies.
After a while of burning incense, Wu Meili packed up, took some money, closed the door of the courtyard, and left home with her son and daughter-in-law.
After driving the bullock cart for more than half an hour, the family, who was already lacking nutrition and water, was even worse. If it weren’t for the place where we could rest on the bullock cart, we would have passed by long ago.
Fortunately, their destination has been reached. It's just that compared to a year ago, the population in the town is much smaller, and it's not as lively as before.
Arriving at a not-so-good medical clinic, Wu Meili weighed the property in her arms, and finally gritted her teeth and walked in with her son and daughter-in-law.
No matter how important property is, it is not as important as people. And marrying such a daughter-in-law requires a lot of betrothal gifts.
At this time, there is no one in the hospital. There was only a white-haired old doctor sitting behind the counter, fanning himself with a cattail leaf fan and reading the medical book in his hand.
Wu Meili tucked the strands of hair that had been scattered in front of her face behind her ears, walked towards the white-haired old doctor with a weak smile, and said with white lips.
"Please doctor, please take a look at our whole family. The rest of us are fine, but my eldest daughter-in-law is a little unwell."
Although the old doctor is old, his movements are very agile. He put down the medical book in his hand and took a cloth bag and put it on the counter in front of him.
"Come one by one, let me feel your pulse."
Wu Meili smiled and took the lead in putting her wrist on the cloth bag. Let the white-haired old doctor hold out two old fingers.
The old doctor closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then retracted his fingers, opened his eyes and said with a smile.
"The old lady is in good health and very strong. It would be better if she could eat and drink well and supplement her nutrition on weekdays."
Hearing such words, Wu Meili smiled bitterly in her heart. In this day and age, you can still eat and drink well. It's been four months since the new year, and yet not a drop of rain has fallen.
Shaking her head secretly, she pushed her eldest daughter-in-law Hehua in front of the old doctor and said with emotion.
"Please doctor, please help me as my daughter-in-law take a look at what is wrong."
The old man nodded obediently and took the pulse of the girl who was married at the age of seventeen or eighteen.
After a few short breaths, he opened his eyes with a smile on his face and said cheerfully.
"Congratulations, old lady, congratulations, old lady, your wife is pregnant! I believe it won't be long before you have a grandchild."
Hearing such words, Wu Meili was happy at first, and then sad. In fact, she had such a premonition when she heard the description of that son of this family.
However, she looked at her daughter-in-law's thin body and then at the sky, which was still without a single cloud, and felt uncertain.
This child will most likely not survive. Even if he survives, he probably won't grow up.
Sighing and shaking her head, Wu Meili pushed her other sons and daughters-in-law in front of the old doctor and asked him to help check their pulse.
Fortunately, these people are in good health, but they are a little thin due to lack of nutrition. If you have a chance in the future, just make up for it.
After hearing the old doctor's judgment, Wu Meili breathed a sigh of relief. She glanced at the frail eldest daughter-in-law beside her and asked slightly worriedly.
"Doctor, how is my wife here's pregnancy? Does she need to take some miscarriage medicine so that the baby can be born safely?"
The old doctor touched his white beard and shook his head firmly.
"Old madam, although your daughter-in-law is a little thinner, she is pregnant very well. You can rest assured that your future grandchildren will be able to live in peace."
Hearing such words, Wu Meili, who originally had no hope, suddenly felt a glimmer of hope in her heart. Maybe this miserable child can survive in this miserable world!
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A middle-aged man who calls himself a divine fortune teller is sitting on the street, looking at the people coming and going with dead eyes. He hasn't been open for a day, how can he survive this day
I was very sharp-eyed and noticed that several members of a family were walking out of the medical center, and some of them were beaming with joy. One of the brides in particular put her hand on her abdomen unconsciously, as if she was protecting something.
When the fortune teller saw this, he suddenly felt something in his heart. He quickly adjusted his image, looked at the family that was about to pass by his stall, and spoke quickly.
"Congratulations to the old lady, congratulations to the old lady."
Suddenly hearing a familiar congratulatory message, Wu Meili, along with her son and daughters-in-law, stopped immediately.
"Taoist Priest, may I ask, where does my joy come from?"
The fortune teller touched his long black beard to show off his appearance and replied meaningfully.
"The inheritance of blood, the hope of incense, and the natural happiness."
Wu Meili glanced at the operator, and a trace of trust immediately appeared on her originally calm face. She greeted her son and daughter-in-law, then sat down opposite the divine fortune teller without hesitation, and asked with a smile on her lips.
"I also admire the Taoist priest for his superb methods. Please help me, Taoist priest, to calculate what the fate of the child in my eldest daughter-in-law's arms will be in the future."
The fortune teller thought: There will be no business today, so just make as much as you can! Anyway, this family doesn’t have much money, so they can’t pull off many tricks.
So, after struggling for a long time, he finally gave a comment.
- Kun contains all things, virtues and virtues are boundless, and blessings reach the sky. They are precious beyond words.
As soon as the fortune teller finished speaking, a scholar passing by not far away sneered, covered his face and left.
With such a good fate, could that child still become the emperor? Nowadays, fortune tellers are not professional, and they are not afraid of the wind blowing their tongues.
After all, Wu Meili didn't know what the first two words meant. However, just the two words "great blessings and unparalleled blessings" indicate that this child's future life will be particularly good.
"Taoist Priest, what do you mean?"
The fortune teller stroked his long beard, nodded affirmatively and answered.
"Yes, this child has a very good life. The old lady's family will definitely be distinguished because of this child in the future."
When Wu Meili heard such words, she couldn't even tell how happy she was to laugh. Regardless of whether the Taoist priest was telling the truth or lies, she was in a very happy mood now.
So, she took out the unused money from the medical clinic and planned to give a small portion of it to the Taoist priest as compensation.
At this moment, an old man looked up at the sky and shouted in surprise.
"Look, there are clouds in the sky. It won't be long before it rains here."
When the fortune teller heard this, he also looked up at the sky. Then, he looked down at Wu Meili in front of him and kept saying good things.
"Old lady, you see I said this child has a good life! Look, this child is not even born yet! It is going to bring an unprecedented heavy rain to our place that has been in drought for four months."
Hearing such words, Wu Meili trusted the Taoist priest in front of him even more. She happily took out most of Brother Kong Fang's bags from her purse, and placed six of them on the fortune teller's table.
"Thank you for your words, Taoist priest. I hope this child will be as good as you expected and will be a good person in the future. As an old woman, I may also be able to enjoy the blessings this child brings."
Looking at the six copper coins calmly, the fortune teller felt a little disappointed. But he also knows the hardships faced by ordinary people, and there is probably nothing they can squeeze out of them.
So, he nodded enigmatically and said.
"Definitely, definitely, this child is a blessed one at first glance."
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