"I was also very surprised at the time." The old lady hurriedly explained, "Why would I be brought to such a small mountain village and asked to be a midwife?"
"Go on."
"Yes, yes, yes." The old lady agreed repeatedly, "The man left me here, and before leaving, he told me that from now on I could only stay in the village and could not leave even half a step. If I dared to take even one step out, That’s death!”
"I was so afraid of that man that the Taoist priest forced me into desperation. As soon as I met him, I was killed by that man... I could only agree first and think about slowly looking for opportunities in the future."
"I stayed in the village for probably more than half a month. When I found an opportunity, I tried to sneak out at night. As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village, the man's voice suddenly appeared behind me. I was frightened at the time. I hurriedly He said he just came here accidentally."
"The man didn't say a word and broke my hands and feet on the spot. In the end, I crawled back and nursed him for many days... After this, I no longer dare to act rashly."
"Before that man left, he warned me that the next time I would die, I would die without a burial place. I quickly swore an oath and agreed. The man told me to stay in the house at all times except for delivering babies, and I dare not violate it. , can only obey.”
I asked her to tell me about the delivery.
"Mail delivery..." the old lady hesitated, "I am delivering babies for the villagers here..."
"You think about it." My voice turned cold.
The old lady trembled and quickly corrected, "This midwifery is the weirdest thing. The person told me that any child born with a heart on the right side must pay close attention to whether he is alive or dead. Someone will pass on the order to me."
"What's the meaning?"
"Just...just..." the old lady's voice was tight, "Whether those children should be born, whether they can survive after birth, is all...all decided by me...No, no, no, it's not my decision. I'm just the one who did it. Just follow orders."
"So there are so many children in the village who die young, and it's all your fault." I sneered.
"No, no... there are also those who died in infancy." The old lady said hurriedly.
"You killed most of them, right?" I said.
The old lady hurriedly denied, "Actually, most of those who died young were faked by my methods and brought back quietly. Someone will come and take them away later."
"Just like this person." I glanced at the large pool of blood on the ground.
The old lady took a glance and couldn't help but tremble, "Yes, these are the people."
"Where are these people from?" I asked.
"I... don't know." The old lady shook her head and said, "These people are all mysterious. They only revealed their identities when they came and said they were here to pick up the children. They didn't say anything else, and I didn't dare to say anything else. Ask more.”
"You don't dare to ask, but you dare to kill." I sneered.
"This is the rule set by that person, saying that in case of emergency, the corpses can be destroyed and traces removed." The old lady said, "Two groups of people died in succession before, and many people from the village came to investigate, so I just able……"
I said, "Are you going to destroy me too?"
"No, no, no, I don't dare, I don't dare..." The old lady shook her head repeatedly.
How can I not dare? If it were someone else, I'm afraid not even the bones would be left.
"What about the child? Is he still alive?" I asked her.
"Dead..." When the old lady said this, she quickly explained, "This child was originally a dead baby. He died in his mother's belly. I really didn't lie, and I don't dare to lie!"
"Where is the child?"
"There...over there!" The old lady pointed to the cabinet next to the chair.
I asked her to take it out.
The old lady glanced at the ghost dolls surrounding her in horror, then cautiously crawled over, opened the cabinet, and took out a large, sealed glass jar.
The jar contained a transparent liquid that was slightly green, and a newborn baby was soaked in it, floating and sinking in it.
"I don't dare to lie to you. It really died in the mother's womb. If it were a live baby, the other party would not be in a hurry to send people to pick it up. They are just afraid that it will be kept for too long and something will go wrong." The old lady said He put the glass jar on the ground and explained again and again.
I looked at the baby in the jar, was silent for a moment, and looked away, "This child's heart was also born on the right side?"
"Yes." The old lady responded hurriedly, "Some of the children born in this village have their hearts on the right side. The number is not particularly large, but it is not small. The man told me that only these babies should be paid attention to. .”
"As long as the child is born with the heart on the right side, will it be taken away?" I asked.
"No, only half will be taken away." The old lady said, "Maybe...maybe I don't want to kill the goose to take the eggs and keep them until they grow up so that I can continue to give birth to such children."
"Don't you want to kill the goose that lays the eggs?" I laughed dumbly.
Do these people really regard Shimen Village as a chicken farm?
"I'm just guessing...it's just a guess..." the old lady said hurriedly.
"So, whether the child born here can stay depends on luck?" I asked coldly.
"Yes, yes." The old lady nodded.
I stared at her, "How long have you been here?"
"It's been...more than ten years, ten...seventeen or eighteen years," the old lady said.
I asked, "About thirty years ago, there was a period when the village did not successfully give birth to a child within five years. What happened?"
The old lady opened her mouth and said, "Well... I wasn't here yet, so I don't know for sure..."
Catching my gaze, he quickly changed his words, "I... I saw a notebook before, which my ex secretly hid under the bed. I was afraid of getting into trouble, so I took one look at it and burned it quickly."
"There are some things recorded on it, including the five years you mentioned. However, my predecessor seemed to be very strange about this matter, and according to her records, the children of those five years were indeed They all died in infancy, it’s not like she did anything about it.”
"So?" I asked coldly.
The old lady was startled and said quickly, "My predecessor felt that this matter was very strange, and she even checked it secretly. According to what she said, a total of 13 women were pregnant in those five years."
"These women are all from this village. Nine of them were born with their hearts on the right side. Among the other nine, five are yellow-flowered girls who suddenly and inexplicably got pregnant. They don't know who the biological father of the child is. .”
I thought for a moment and asked, "If the mother's heart is on the right side, is it more likely that a child will be born with a heart on the right side?"
The old lady shook her head, "As long as one of the couple has a right-sided heart, the chance of giving birth to such a child is higher. But even if both couples have normal left-sided hearts, as long as one of them is of Shimen Village blood. , it is also possible to give birth to a child with the heart on the right side."
In other words, this is actually the blood inheritance of the big family in Shimen Village.
"But my predecessor, unlike me who was a child-raiser, turned out to be a powerful doctor. She suspected that at least half of the children born in those five years had the same father."
