"Dalang, it's time to take medicine!" An old female voice sounded in the distance, reaching Shichu's ears, followed by the sound of slow and heavy footsteps.
Shichu opened her eyes suddenly and sat up. What she saw was a simple and dilapidated mud room, exuding a damp and moldy smell, and the one she was lying on just now was a tattered straw mat...
The family background in this time travel seemed to be very poor. Shichu couldn't help but rub her forehead, but she touched her hand with sticky herbal mud. Only then did she slowly feel the throbbing pain on her forehead. It was obvious that the original owner was injured. .
Since she was injured, she was not in a hurry to get up at that time. She lay down again and closed her eyes to receive the memory of the original owner.
The original owner was Huo Shichu, who was born in a small landowner's family. His family had dozens of acres of land, and he had no worries about food and clothing. He could even eat meat occasionally, and his life was much better than that of ordinary farmers.
But there are unforeseen circumstances, and people have misfortunes and misfortunes. This year, there was a huge flood in my hometown, which submerged several nearby villages. The original owner's house was no exception. Dozens of acres of crops and his house were all swallowed up by the flood.
When the flood came, the original owner's father wanted to take his valuables and flee, but after a delay, he was washed away by the flood. However, the original owner, his mother and younger brother were lucky enough to escape to the top of the mountain with the villagers and were not drowned.
When the flood receded a little, the village chief fled with the surviving people, and the original owner's family of three also followed. However, they were penniless, gnawing bark and eating weeds along the way, and finally managed to escape to the vicinity of Baisui Village.
Just at this time, the original owner's brother was frightened because of his young age, and he had nothing to eat and was traveling every day, so he fell ill. The original owner's mother was desperate and endured her grief. She exchanged the original owner for several packages of herbs and a small bag of corn.
The original owner was a family surnamed Wei in Baisui Village. Their eldest son was injured on the battlefield and no one in the family was willing to take care of him. It happened that he was not married, so his stepmother used a few packets of herbs and a The small bag of corn was exchanged for its original owner, who said it was a wife for his eldest son.
When the original owner saw her "husband" lying on the bed with a foul smell and his legs were bloody, she was unwilling to stay. She even threatened her with death, hoping to make her mother repent. However, her son was the most important thing in the mother's heart, so she was heartbroken. Heng still abandoned her at the Wei family.
The original owner was very desperate when he saw his mother leaving. He wanted to die, so he hit the wall, but he didn't die. He just fainted from the injury.
The injury I just touched at the beginning was caused by hitting the wall.
It was already the day after she was sold by her mother. Her mother had already taken her son and left with the fleeing neighbors, and the original owner could not catch up even if she wanted to.
Of course, now that it was Shichu, I wouldn't even want to chase after him.
"Da Lang, your mother-in-law is not awake yet? Injuring her head is a big deal. Do you want to see Dr. Qi again?" The old female voice asked hesitantly.
"No, wait a minute." A deep and deep male voice replied, "Aunt Zhou will be troubled in the next two days."
"You don't have to be so polite...Oh, your father is also cruel. You have been hurt like this, and he still insists on driving you out. He really wants you to die!" Aunt Zhou sighed.
The two said a few more words, then Aunt Zhou left, and the room quickly returned to calm.
Huo Shichu knew that the man who had just spoken was the original owner's "husband" Wei Dalang. Wei Dalang was quite pitiful. He had just been seriously injured on the battlefield and finally asked a fellow soldier who was also retired to take care of him. He was sent back, but before the injury could heal, there was a clamor at home to separate the family.
Of course, the family division only separated him. Obviously, it was because he was useless and could no longer serve as a soldier and get his salary to support them. Instead, he was injured and had to be taken care of by others, so he started to burn bridges across the river without even bothering to cover up. Cover it up and throw him out of the house after he has become a waste.
Dalang Wei joined the army when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, and his salary was sent back every year. After he had been a soldier for almost ten years, the Wei family built five spacious blue brick houses and bought several acres of land. , the family married off wives and daughters one after another, and the life was endlessly happy.
But no one appreciates his kindness. When he can no longer provide money for them to suck blood, it will be time to "start a family" or "set up another business."
Wei Dalang's biological mother died early, and his stepmother gave birth to several sons one after another as soon as he came to the house. After a stepmother, there is a stepfather. Old man Wei gradually dislikes seeing his eldest son. When he is fourteen or fifteen years old, it is time to get married. , he didn’t want to pay for his eldest son’s marriage, so he drove Wei Dalang to join the army and forced him to send back his salary.
But he didn't expect that Old Man Wei could do more ruthlessly. He kicked his seriously injured eldest son out of the house. In order to silence him, he took a bag of grain and brought back a random girl, calling it a wedding for him.
This clearly shows that after squeezing out all of Wei Dalang's value, he was left to fend for himself.
The house where Huo Shichu is lying now is an abandoned house in the village that no one lives in. It is impossible to give the big tile house of the Wei family to Wei Dalang, even if it was built with his salary.
It didn't matter what he wanted in this deserted house, so Wei Dalang asked Aunt Zhou next door to help deliver food and boil hot water.
After Huo Shichu understood the general situation, she got up. The clothes she had worn for several days were dirty and smelly. She couldn't bear it anymore and had to get up and wash them.
She walked out of the room and turned into the small and dark main room. It was empty and it was like a real family with bare walls.
She walked towards Dalang Wei's house, and as soon as she entered, she was startled by a pair of sharp and evil eyes.
"Wei Dalang..." Huo Shichu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw clearly that those were Wei Dalang's eyes. He thought to himself that this man was indeed someone who had been on the battlefield. He was very alert and had eyes like wild wolves.
Huo Shichu's eyes adjusted to the dim light, and he could see Wei Qi's appearance clearly. He was pale, and so thin that his cheeks were sunken. He had high eyebrows and deep eyes, but his facial bones were very straight, so even though he was so thin that only Shameless, not too ugly either.
His legs had been cleaned and bandaged, with a strong smell of medicine. The smell of blood was not noticeable, but the severely injured and thin man lying on the bed unable to move always made people feel pity.
Huo Shichu thought about what he should do now. Should he leave this man and run away, or should he stay and take care of him? She is not a person with a mother's heart. Even though Wei Dalang is very pitiful, his difficult situation is not caused by her, Huo Shichu, so she feels that she has no obligation to serve him.
But at any rate, his existence allowed the original owner's mother and brother to get herbs and food and survive. This allowed the original owner to return the favor of having children. When Shichu became the original owner, he also shouldered the original owner's cause and effect, and he and Wei Dalang Their fates are entangled.
Forget it, even if she wants to leave now, she doesn't know where to go. It's better to stay and see. If she has a goal in the future, it's not too late to leave.
