The spring rain fell all night. In the early morning, the rain stopped and Gu Shiba Niang opened her eyes.
What you can see is a gray tent roof. The servants had never used a tent made of this kind of material even when the Shen family was in the most dire straits.
Wrong, it’s not them….
Gu Shiba Niang couldn't help clenching her hands flat by her side.
Shen Mansion…..
He has nothing to do with her anymore. If there is any relationship, it would be a relationship between enemies and we will live together forever...
"Eighteenth Mother...Eighteenth Mother..." Someone pushed her arm, their voice was soft and caring.
This caring voice made her nose sore and tears suddenly burst out of her eyes.
The woman in front of the bed was startled by her, "Eighteenth Mother, what's wrong with Eighteenth Mother? But your head hurts again?"
The woman reached out her hand, picked her up, rubbed her forehead, and lifted her hair curtain to see where there was still a bruise.
Gu Shiba Niang snuggled into the woman's arms, enjoying the greedy enjoyment from her mother's unique taste.
"Eighteenth Mother?" the woman called her with a bit of worry.
Since waking up from a coma after falling from the mountain that day, the child has become more taciturn and dazed from time to time.
"I'm fine..." Gu Shiba Niang rubbed her head in her mother's arms and said with a thick nasal voice.
Feeling the dampness on the skirt of her clothes, a smile appeared on the woman's face, but also a hint of helplessness.
"Why are you crying again? Huh?" She cursed while holding her daughter's long hair.
"Mother..." Gu Shiba Niang hugged her tightly again, feeling her mother's real presence, and murmured, "I miss you so much..."
The woman laughed, helped her up, stretched out her hand and gently scratched her nose, "You eat and sleep with your mother. Is it possible that you think so because you can't see your mother when you close your eyes when you sleep? Then just don't sleep anymore." "
There was a smile on the woman's face, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes suddenly appeared.
At this time, my mother was only twenty-eight years old, but she looked like she was thirty-eight. The hard life had prematurely engraved the traces of time on her originally beautiful appearance. When she became rich, her mother enjoyed Not here...
Gu Shiba's tears welled up again. She nodded and said in a hoarse voice: "If I can look at my mother forever, Shiba Niang is willing not to sleep."
The woman laughed out loud and nodded her nose, "Don't say stupid things!"
Gu Shiba Niang looked at her and said nothing.
"Okay, Eighteenth Mother, you are hungry, I will bring you some food..." The woman stood up with a smile.
"Mom." Gu Shiba Niang called her and moved to the bed, "I'll get up and eat."
A trace of worry appeared on the woman's face, and she hesitated: "Are you okay?"
"Okay." Gu Shiba Niang nodded and looked at the woman.
It was time for her to get better, there was no time.
It is now March 28, the fifth year of Jianyuan, which means she has returned ten years ago, when she was thirteen years old.
Han Chuang's father, who had studied hard until he was a county magistrate at the age of thirty, had just died of illness on the way to his appointment.
At the beginning of summer, her mother took her and her fifteen-year-old brother back to their ancestral home in Jiankang to join their relatives.
In early winter, my mother was insulted by a libertine in the clan and committed suicide. My brother sought revenge but was falsely accused and imprisoned.
On the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, my brother was released from prison and contracted a severe epidemic and died in his arms.
In this year, she would lose these two relatives, and from then on she would be left helpless and at the mercy of others.
Destiny started this year, so now, she wants it to change from this year.
Seeing the daughter's eyes instantly lit up with flames, the woman couldn't help but be startled, this child...
"It's okay, your bones are soft after lying down for a long time. Get up and move around." She immediately smiled and said, squatting down as she spoke.
Gu Shiba Niang lowered her head and looked at the white hair mixed in the hair of the woman who was putting on her shoes, and couldn't help but feel a sore nose again.
"... Just walk in the yard, and then lie down for a while after eating..." The woman put her in a Gebu short coat and whispered, "You didn't sleep well last night... you had a nightmare. "
Yes, it was a nightmare. Gu Shiba Niang bit her lower lip and nodded. Fortunately, she finally woke up.
"Eighteenth Mother..." The woman bent over her shoulder and smiled softly at the dim bronze mirror, "Don't be afraid, mother is here."
Yes, my mother is still here, and she will be there forever.
Gu Shiba Niang pursed her lips and smiled slightly at the small, childish face of the brass mirror. The girl in the mirror had two small dimples on her slightly pale cheeks.
"Okay..." Mother leaned over from behind and smiled in the mirror, "Our eighteenth mother looks so pretty when she smiles..."
The wooden door was knocked open with a bang. The sound not only surprised the two people in the house, but also the person who broke in.
The young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who looked a bit tiger-headed, hurriedly held the wooden door to stop it from creaking.
"Brother Hai!" His mother looked at him with a bit of anger.
Gu Hai stuck out his tongue and saw the little girl sitting in front of the mirror looking at him blankly.
"...I scared my sister..." He smiled with a bit of self-blame. Before he finished speaking, he saw the little girl's tears flowing down her pale cheeks, and she immediately raised her hand to beat her shoulder. He went, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, sister, don't be angry..."
Gu Shiba Niang ran over from the mirror, held his arm and cried loudly.
This was her brother, the brother who was two years older than her, the brother who had protected her since childhood, but she watched helplessly as he died in her arms...
After crying, Gu Shiba Niang, who was sitting under the eaves eating cakes, became much quieter. She ate in small bites. The cakes that pierced her mouth and throat seemed to be a delicacy in the world.
After taking a big sip of gruel and swallowing the chewed pancake, her throat hurt. This pain made Gu Shiba Niang very happy. It hurt, which meant that this was not a dream. She was really living, and she was not living alone. .
Mr. Cao and Gu Hai, who were standing in the yard wringing out their clothes, never took their eyes off Gu Shiba Niang.
"Mom..." Gu Hai whispered, "My sister is crying more and more... Her eyes are swollen..."
Mrs. Cao nodded, her face full of worries, she not only loved to cry, but since she woke up that day, she was in a daze during the day, had nightmares at night, and cried and screamed every night...
"Brother Hai, don't go collecting firewood yet. Stay at home with your sister. I'll go to Mapo's house in Dongxiang." Ms. Cao said after making a decision.
Mapozi is a famous witch here. Gu Hai frowned. He was a scholar, and he was always a little disgusted with the witches that these women sought after. He said hesitantly: "Why don't we ask the doctor to take a look..."
"I'll go find the doctor after noon." Mrs. Cao replied.
"Mom, I've finished eating." Gu Shiba Niang said from under the eaves, standing up and clearing the dishes.
Ms. Cao had already stepped over, "Leave it alone, I'll do it."
When Mrs. Cao was pregnant with Gu Shiba Niang, her father was rushing to take the exam. In order to raise travel expenses, the family sold a lot of things, and the food supply naturally dropped. As a result, Gu Ba Niang was not only premature but also weak, and almost died. Gu's father and Mrs. Cao sought medical treatment numerous times, and even followed the advice of the goddess and took a beggar as their godmother.
The name Shiba Niang came from the mouth of the godmother. At that time, the beggar godmother was dividing half a black cake into eighteen pieces to comfort the five internal organs temple, so she casually named her Shiba Dang.
Because she felt guilty about Ba Niang's weak body, her parents doted on her very much. Although the family was poor, they still provided enough food and clothing for her to eat.
It is precisely for this reason that as a child of a poor person, Eighteen Niangs not only do not have the ability to take charge of the family early, but are weak-tempered and ignorant of worldly affairs.
"Mom, I'll come." Gu Shiba held Mrs. Cao's hand and said firmly.