Chapter 28 Night Talk
"What were you thinking about the night you had a fever at Zhang's house?"
Gu Mingda asked about the first time Niu Niu had a fever, based on what he knew.
Niu Niu is five years old now. She is no longer a child and can remember many things very clearly.
"I...I..." Niu Niu looked at Zhang Yuniang shyly, but she was too embarrassed to say it to her face.
Zhang Yunniang didn't expect that Niuniu was actually thinking about her that night. She gently held the child in her arms and said, "Niuniu, just say whatever you want to say. Your parents won't laugh at you."
Niuniu felt relieved and whispered to Gu Mingda, "I was thinking, if only my aunt could be my mother, she would never hit or scold me. As I thought about it, I felt my whole body burning hot and my head felt dizzy."
Gu Mingda immediately understood the whole story. Niu Niu first wanted Zhang Yuniang to be her mother, and then she caught a fever.
He then asked, "What were you thinking when you encountered the wild boar in the mountains this afternoon?"
Niuniu opened her big watery eyes. Although she was only five years old, she spoke surprisingly clearly: "The wild boar was so fierce. I was hoping that the wild boar would be killed like the rabbit. And then the wild boar was really killed."
Gu Mingda naturally knew what was going on with the wild rabbit. It was like a gift from Daqingshan to Niu Niu. The wild rabbit jumped out of the grass by itself and hit its head to death on the stone where Niu Niu was sitting.
He is now probably certain that Niu Niu's first fever and this coma were most likely due to the wish she made.
Just as the old couple said, she is indeed a blessed child, blessed by God. As long as she wants, God will do his best to give it to her.
But for things that Niu Niu passively accepted, such as the golden turtle on Zheng’s stall and the wild rabbit killed in the mountains, this situation would not bring any consequences.
But if Niu Niu asks for it on her own initiative, God will give it to her, but it will bring some sequelae, perhaps a fever for an entire night, or coma for a period of time. The severity of the sequelae will be determined based on the difficulty of the wish.
Gu Mingda looked at his daughter seriously and said softly, "Niuniu, you are a special child. Tell daddy if you want anything in the future, and try not to make wishes in your heart as much as possible, okay?"
Although the aftereffects of making a wish do not seem to have any major impact at present, it is an illness after all. No one can say for sure whether the disease is still hidden in Niu Niu's body, or whether making wishes again and again is making Niu Niu weaker.
Niuniu's big eyes were full of confusion. She asked, "Why can't I make a wish? I still hope that my parents can..."
Gu Mingda suddenly covered her mouth gently, preventing her from saying the wish, fearing that God would hear it and the aftereffects would fall upon Niu Niu again.
"Niuniu, what your parents want depends on your own efforts. Although it is good to get things by making wishes, your parents also hope that you can enjoy the process of hard work, get pleasure from the hard work, and learn a lot of useful truths. Niuniu, you don't want to take away your parents' happiness, right?"
At her age, Niu Niu probably doesn’t understand what the aftereffects are, so Gu Mingda can only use this explanation to coax Niu Niu.
This kind of talk was still very effective for Niuniu. The little girl nodded vigorously and said, "Daddy, I won't cause any trouble. I'm a good child."
The little girl has a pair of big, bright eyes. After staying in the old Gu family for a while, some flesh has grown on her cheeks. She looks so soft and chubby, which makes people feel so pitiful.
Gu Mingda touched Niuniu's neat braids and coaxed her softly, "Niuniu is a very capable child. All her wishes can come true. If the bad guys knew about this, they would snatch Niuniu away from her parents. Niuniu must not tell others that you can make a wish."
Niuniu didn't agree right away, but asked Gu Mingda: "Can't you tell grandma about this? What about my brothers?"
Gu Mingda was stunned when he heard this, but after a moment he shook his head and said, "This is a little secret between Niuniu and her parents. You can't tell anyone other than her parents."
Niuniu looked as if she understood, and said, "Niuniu knows. Niuniu listens to her parents."
Gu Mingda and Zhang Yunniang looked at each other again, and Zhang Yunniang said, "It's getting dark, Niuniu should go to bed."
Niuniu felt sleepy after talking so much and couldn't help yawning. Zhang Yuniang began to hum a song to comfort the child: "The moon is round, the wind is gentle..."
When Niu Niu heard her singing, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Zhang Yuniang with her eyes wide open.
Zhang Yuniang looked puzzled and asked, "Is it because my singing is not good?"
Niuniu shook her head and pressed her fair and tender face against Zhang Yunniang's. She said softly, "Niuniu likes to listen. In the past, mother would only sing for Jinbao."
Zhang Yunniang felt a pang in her heart and was about to say something, but when she looked down, she saw that Niuniu had closed her eyes and fallen asleep.
No matter how many times she has seen it, Zhang Yunniang can't help but sigh at her daughter's ability to fall asleep in seconds.
The little girl had no distracting thoughts and fell asleep immediately after she finished talking.
Zhang Yunniang carefully placed the child in the middle of the bed.
The two sons shared a bed with the boys from other rooms, and now there was a girl sleeping in the middle of the couple's beds.
After making sure the child was soundly asleep, Gu Mingda said, "Yunniang, Niuniu is very special. She is so much like Nannan. She might really be Nannan's reincarnation."
People in the folks all believe in gods and ghosts. If there is anyone in this family who does not believe in reincarnation, it is only Gu Mingda.
But after experiencing all this, Gu Mingda's faith collapsed in an instant.
When Zhang Yunniang heard this, her first reaction was not fear, but heartache and relief. She felt sorry for Niu Niu's fate of dying young in her previous life, and was relieved that she became her daughter in this life and was loved by the whole family.
"No matter whether she is a daughter or not, she is my daughter now." Zhang Yunniang said firmly.
Gu Mingda gently held her hand and continued, "Niuniu, like Nannan, has extraordinary abilities. This afternoon, when I learned that she could respond to any request, I actually thought about whether I could ask Niuniu to help us find Xiaoer."
Xiao Er was the couple's second son, who went missing a few years ago. The couple searched everywhere in the neighborhood but couldn't find any trace of him. It was as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth.
Zhang Yuniang didn’t know how many times she had cried secretly. If Gu Mingda hadn’t kept persuading her, she would probably have cried her eyes blind.
Zhang Yunniang hoped more than anyone else to find her second son. Now her husband told her that as long as her youngest daughter made a wish, she could get him back...
She didn't know how much effort she had to use to force herself to say this: "I can't let Niuniu help."
In the dark night, tears silently slid down Zhang Yunniang's cheeks.
Gu Mingda reached out his hand and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes as if he could see it.
"You also said that Niu Niu has to pay a price for praying to God. Xiao Er's disappearance has nothing to do with Niu Niu. We can't involve her in this matter and let her suffer in vain." Zhang Yunniang said in a low voice with sobs.
Gu Mingda had long known that his wife had a noble character. Now that his wife's thoughts were consistent with his, he felt even more fortunate to be her husband.
He had no intention of letting Niuniu get involved in this matter, and said softly, "Yunniang, it is my blessing to marry you in this life. If Xiaoer suffers outside and goes to hell in the future, all the sins can be put on me. It's my fault for not taking good care of him."
(End of this chapter)
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