When the last cold wave, which symbolizes winter, subsides, spring comes quietly. Green leaves slowly climb up the branches. Looking back, the countryside and fields are green.
Many villagers in Liujia Village are already busy in the fields, making preparations for spring plowing. In the evening, they all picked up their farm tools and headed home.
"Baogen, my Baogen, what's wrong with you?" A shrill howl disrupted the tranquility of the countryside, mixed with noisy noises.
"It seems to be Mrs. Liu's house, let's go and have a look." Several villagers said, turned a corner and rushed towards Liu's house.
When we arrived at Liu's house, there were already many people standing outside the gate, all of whom were villagers from the same village. I saw Mrs. Liu sitting on the ground with dull eyes, holding a seven or eight-year-old little boy in her arms. She was very fat, her clothes were covered with mud, she was foaming at the mouth, her body was shaking, and her eyes were tight. Closed, already unconscious. Next to Baogen, his wife, Wang Xiaohua, was crying so hard that she looked at her son without knowing what to do.
"It's pitiful. I don't know who the Liu family has offended. They just built a large brick house with tiles the year before last. His family's Baogen has this disease. I'm afraid he won't live long. What a pity! What a pity!" The third grandma of the Liu family shook her head and sighed. Looking at the large tile-roofed house of Mrs. Liu's house, there are three main houses in a row, and two wing rooms on the left and right. There is also a kitchen and a pigsty in the backyard, and a high yard is enclosed by walls. It is larger than the village chief's house. The houses are all in good repair, but it is the only one in the village, which has attracted the jealousy of many people in the village.
"I think this may be retribution! It's possible that the ghosts of Liu Dalang and his wife came back to take revenge." Sister-in-law Wang, who lives next door to the Liu family, whispered as she looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were crying heartbrokenly in the courtyard. One sentence. Their families were close enough to each other, so they knew a lot about her family.
"Sister-in-law Wang, what do you mean by that? It's been more than two years since the couple died, so why did they come back as ghosts?" Sister-in-law Li from Dongbian's house asked. Many people are curious and want to hear it. The elders also know a little about the affairs of Mrs. Liu's family. When the court increased its troops the year before last, Liu Dalang went to serve as a soldier and never came back. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Liu family was a handy person. She served the family during the day and embroidered in the dark at night to make money for Mrs. Liu. She was one of the most diligent people in the village.
But such a good daughter-in-law was not treated well by Mrs. Liu. She usually beat or scolded her, and often deprived her of food. Later, when she heard that Liu Dalang died on the battlefield, Mrs. Liu went even further and even sold her eldest daughter-in-law to An old man in town who was almost 60 years old took him as his third concubine, but his wife refused and died after hitting a pillar on the day of carrying him out.
It doesn't matter if she dies, it's a pity for the two children.
"You don't know that since Mrs. Liu's wife died, Mrs. Liu has been bossing these two children around. They have to work before dawn, either beating or scolding them. The most hateful thing is that they don't give them food and clothing. Liu Da Ya is only eight years old and Liu Erdan is six years old. How pitiful!" Sister-in-law Wang said everything she heard. She just couldn't stand the style of Mrs. Liu's family.
''The whole family had two little ones waiting on them. Don't be afraid of retribution; it won't come. "Liu Lao Er finally got such a son after three years of marriage. He is so cruel, eats like a pig, and bullies Liu Daya and his sister.
"What you say makes sense. Dalang and his wife died miserably." The third grandma knew better. When the court sent more troops the year before last, many people in the village paid for it with money. Only Mrs. Liu said she had no money and insisted on letting Liu Dalang go. Became a soldier. As a result, she used Liu Dalang's pension money to build a large tile house.
"Third grandma, I heard that Liu Dalang is not his biological son, right?" Some young man asked. Many people in the village know this rumor, but they don't know if it is true.
"Looking like this, he is definitely not his biological child. How can a biological mother treat her biological son like this?" The villagers said what they said. The villagers of the Liu family are simple, honest and kind. They really don't treat their sons and grandchildren like Mrs. Liu's family.
"It's possible. I hear her calling the elder sister and younger brother little bastards on weekdays." Sister-in-law Wang nodded and instantly felt that she really looked like her.
"So it's really retribution. Liu Dalang and his wife will die with their eyes open." The villagers talked about the retribution of Mrs. Liu's family and didn't care much about the three people in the courtyard. It can be seen that Mrs. Liu and her family Very unpopular in the village.
"What are you guys saying? You dare to curse my family's treasures. If any of my treasures are short or long, I will never end it with you." Mrs. Liu jumped up and took a deep sip at everyone.
"Don't think I don't know. You came here to see my family's jokes. I tell you, there is no way. Get away from me. Those of you who have no conscience will have to die..." Mrs. Liu was very strong when she was young. When she scolds people, she dares to call them second. No one dares to call them first. She has scolded most people in the village. So these villagers came just to watch the fun, but there was no one to help, let alone a doctor; Mrs. Liu was really mean-spirited.
"You still have the nerve to scold us? Isn't this the ghost of Brother Dalang who has come back? Otherwise, he would have contracted this strange disease. If he still wants to fight with us, why don't you look at your stinky, just a shrew? If your own grandchildren don't get retribution, who will get retribution?" The crowd replied as they didn't know who couldn't see it.
"What grandsons and granddaughters are, they are just bastards. They were just bastards born from the bastard that Wang Laoshi brought. If I hadn't seen them as pitiful father and son and asked Wang Laoshi to marry into my Liu family, they would have starved to death. You ungrateful people, how dare you harm my precious grandson, I won't beat you to death."
Mrs. Liu looked at the two siblings squatting in the corner and felt unlucky. She put all the blame for Liu Baogen's illness on the Liu Daya siblings, picked up a wooden stick as thick as an arm and hit them. She also muttered: "I'll beat you to death, you little bastard." Mrs. Liu swung her stick and it rained down on the two siblings. The two siblings could only grit their teeth and endure, not daring to cry out, because they knew that crying would only result in a heavier beating. Despite this, Liu Daya still tried his best to block his brother with his body.
When the third grandma saw that this method of attack was bound to kill someone, she had no choice but to step forward and hold Mrs. Liu back. Villagers also stepped forward to help.
"Let go, I'll beat them to death. Let's see if Liu Dalang's ghost still dares to come. I'm not afraid of him." Mrs. Liu's eyes turned red, obviously she believed what everyone said.
"What's the point of beating them? It's better to call the doctor." The third grandma looked at the two younger children. The eight-year-old Da Ya looked older than her five-year-old grandson.
Everyone had no choice but to pull and persuade. Mrs. Liu was so angry that she wouldn't buy it, and she wouldn't stop until the fight was enough. For a while, there was a lot of chaos in the yard, and there were endless cries and yells.
"What are you doing?" There was a thunder on the ground, which frightened everyone in the yard. When they looked back, they turned out to be the village chief. Everyone made way for the village chief. The village chief's real name is Liu Jisheng. He is only in his forties or fifties. He is tall and strong due to years of hard work. Many villagers in the village are a little scared when they look at him.
"Liu Cuilan, you, you!" The village chief pointed at Mrs. Liu, feeling a little resentful towards her cousin. Over the years, she had offended so many people by claiming that she was the village chief's cousin.
"You are so powerful. You are so old and you beat your grandchildren like this. You should have some virtue."
Mrs. Liu is honest, she doesn't dare to offend her cousin.
"Have you invited a doctor?" Looking at Liu Baogen's pitiful appearance, the village chief couldn't bear it.
"Here we go, Bao'er's father went to town to invite him." Wang Xiaohua, Bao Gen's mother, hugged Bao Gen, wiped her tears, and sobbed until she cried like rain. I thought she had been married for three years and had not given birth to a son. She finally got such a son, but she actually got such a strange disease. The last time Dr. Liu in the town prescribed medicine, he fell ill again within two months. Wang Xiaohua was worried, wondering if the ghosts of her eldest brother and sister-in-law that everyone said were back to take revenge.
"Why are you in such a hurry to go to town? It's dozens of miles away from here?" The village chief said in a hurry. After all, it was his grandnephew.
Liujia Village is located in a remote location where cattle carts are driven, and it takes an hour to get here and there.
"What should I do, my precious root!" Mrs. Liu howled again when she heard this.
"The girl from the Xiao family at the foot of the mountain has medical skills. My second son had diarrhea a few days ago and he was cured after taking the medicine she gave him." Sister-in-law Wang suddenly thought of Xiao Ming, the girl from the Xiao family.
