"Hey, who are you guys? What are you doing in our village?"
The old man who was shouting had a wrinkled face and gray hair, and he was holding a little girl who looked only four or five years old.
This little girl was completely different from the children Mingyue and the others had seen before. The material of her clothes was very old and there were several tears on them. And judging from her exposed arms and calves, her clothes were clearly much shorter and did not fit her well.
Mingyue was planning to leave, but after looking at the little girl, she looked at the old man and said in a gentle and polite tone, "Old man, we are just passing by and will leave soon. But I am very thirsty now, so I would like to ask you for a drink of water. Is that convenient?"
The old man squinted his eyes and looked at Mingyue and his group for a long time, then nodded slowly and said in a hoarse voice: "It's not inconvenient, follow me."
After saying that, he took the girl's hand and walked to the front to lead the way.
The little girl suddenly saw so many unfamiliar people, and her face was full of surprise. She kept turning back from time to time and secretly observing Mingyue and the others. When the old man found her, he gently patted her on the head.
Feng Lingling pulled Mingyue's arm, winked at her and asked her what she meant.
Mingyue gently pointed at the little girl, then at the clothes on her body.
Feng Lingling looked here and there, then a look of sudden realization appeared on her face. That's right, they were originally here to look for children that others didn't want, and this little girl looked quite similar.
After walking for a while, the group arrived at the door of a large brick and tile house at the end of the village.
"Ergou's family, Ergou's family, come and open the door." The old man knocked on the door and shouted loudly.
"Come here, come here." Soon a woman's voice was heard from the room, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, and the door was opened by someone.
When the woman who opened the door saw the little girl led by the old man, her chubby face suddenly darkened, and she even looked a little mean: "Dad, I finally sent this little bastard away, why did you bring her back? Don't you think our family is shameful enough?"
When the little girl saw the woman, she immediately hid behind the old man and shrank her head back. It seemed that she was very afraid of the woman.
The old man's face suddenly became very ugly, and his chest was also rising and falling violently. "After all, Hu Niu is the blood of your sister. How can you, as an aunt, talk like that? And who told you to give Hu Niu to Liu Dazhuang? You know that he likes to beat people when he is drunk. Hu Niu is so small, how can she withstand his beating?"
The woman pointed at Hu Niu and yelled at her, "What sister's child? She is clearly someone's bastard. It was because Daya gave birth to her that she was ridiculed and gossiped about, and she jumped into the river because she couldn't live anymore. Dad, you can't be so confused anymore. We can't keep her. When people see her, they will think of Daya, which will bring shame to our family. And she eats a lot. Such a little girl eats more than two fat boys in one meal. I don't know where she puts all that food. Our Daya is not like that. This little bastard must have taken after her biological father."
“What nonsense are you talking about, you you…” The old man hadn’t finished his words yet, his face turned pale in an instant, he hurriedly covered his chest, and suddenly fell backwards.
It was Mingyue who reacted quickly and rushed forward to support him, preventing him from falling directly to the ground.
The strong servant brought by Mingyue also reacted and supported the old man on behalf of Mingyue.
However, the old man's condition was not good. His eyes were closed and he had obviously fainted. His body was twitching wildly and his mouth was beginning to become crooked. He obviously did not look good.
The woman was also frightened by the old man's appearance and screamed, "Dad, what's wrong with you, Dad? Don't scare me." "Grandpa, wuwuwu, I'm scared, wuwuwu..." The little girl was so scared that she burst into tears, holding on to the old man's clothes, and she didn't dare to let go.
For a moment, the entrance was very lively.
Mingyue frowned and shouted at the woman, "Shut up, do you still want your father to get better? Why don't you go find a doctor?"
The woman then noticed that there were so many outsiders here. She wanted to ask who they were, but seeing that her father was so angry with her, she was panicked and scared, so she could only nod her head randomly: "You are, please help me take care of my father, I will go and find a doctor right away."
"Go quickly." Mingyue said coldly, but she knew in her heart that the old man looked like... he had a stroke.
Mingyue asked the servants to carry the old man into the house. After a long while, the woman finally found an old doctor with gray hair.
The woman pulled the doctor into the house, still saying, "Uncle San, please look at my father. Please look at what happened to him. He suddenly fainted while talking. I was scared to death."
"Don't panic, don't panic, I'll check him out right away." The old doctor sat on the edge of the bed, still breathing heavily.
However, when the doctor saw that the old man's mouth and eyes were crooked, he was unconscious, and his meridians were blocked, his face suddenly became very ugly: "Ergou's, what on earth did you say? How could you make your father so angry? He, he has blocked meridians in his brain, and his tongue is blocked. I'm afraid he will be paralyzed in bed in the future."
The woman, who was from Ergou's family, staggered upon hearing this. She moved her mouth and uttered three words silently: "How could it be?"
How could it suddenly become so serious? Dad was fine even though Daya jumped into the river. In the past, the villagers said even worse things, but Dad was fine too. How could Dad become paralyzed just because she said a few random words
Ergou is back. If he knows about this, what should she do
Ergou's eyes were filled with panic and helplessness. Finally, her gaze fell on Mingyue and others, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
"It's all your fault. My father was fine. It's all because of you outsiders. What did you do to my father?" Ergou's family glared at Mingyue and the others, then turned to look at the old doctor: "Uncle San, you are a man of high moral character. You have to make the decision for my father. We can't let him be harmed by others without knowing the reason."
The old doctor looked at Mingyue and his group solemnly, "Who are you? Why did you come to our village?"
"What are you talking about, woman? It's obvious that your father is like this because of you. What does it have to do with us?" Feng Lingling pointed at Ergou's house and shouted loudly. She was so angry that the curly hair on her head stood up.
Mingyue suddenly laughed. A stroke doesn't mean death. This woman really treats everyone as fools.
(End of this chapter)