Chapter 105: The Sequel to the Spring Festival
The movement of the Four Horse Throne attracted everyone's attention.
The common people were still cheering and rejoicing, but they also followed the carriage tacitly towards the suburbs for the sacrifice.
Soon, the carriage stopped.
The emperor and his court officials, wearing linen clothes for farming, stood in designated places one after another, holding hoes and winnowing baskets, and began to turn the soil and cultivate the land to show their importance to farming.
Prince Wei secretly took the sleeping Yuan Ruan all the way to the altar. With the cooperation of Qin Tianjian, the two of them posed Yuan Ruan together to prevent outsiders from seeing that she was still asleep.
System: [They really dote on you. At such a critical moment, they let other Taoist priests take your place and even faked your movements. 6! ]
Yuanruan: [Hehe. ]
Soon, the emperor and his entourage finished raking the ground neatly, and then distributed the sacrificial meat to the court officials and the common people in the front row.
The emperor wiped his sweat and was about to ask the prince to carry little Guo Yun down to prevent him from getting wet and getting sick in the rain.
At this moment, Yuanruan's inner voice rang out: [Okay, it's time to show off my real skills. ]
The spectators all raised their heads at the same time.
In a world invisible to the public, a soft white oval with a halo began to expand outward with Yuanruan's body as the axis. It gently penetrated people and raindrops, and continued to grow. Finally, the milky white barrier was like an upside-down bowl on the territory of Xia Kingdom.
In the world visible to everyone, the rain was still falling, but the dark clouds overhead were no longer gloomy. Instead, they seemed to be coated with a film and turned bright white. Gradually, beautiful rainbows appeared in the sky.
Such a rare and beautiful scene naturally caused waves of surprise and cheers from the people.
But soon, some joyful doubts appeared on the faces of the people:
"Why do I feel like I have no strength left in my body right now? I wish I could go home and pull a 100-jin millstone."
"Hey, you feel it too! I used to feel pain here and there, but now I feel much better, and it seems to be getting better and better."
"Ahem...my dear wife, look at me, cough, I feel my throat is better now, it's not itchy anymore, and there's no bleeding from the cough just now. Oh my God!"
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Not only the people living near the altar, but also the people from all over Daxia were keenly aware of the changes that rain could cause to the body.
For example, a mountain village on the border between Xia and Shu.
Shi Ge'er was carrying two baskets of medicinal herbs on his shoulder, walking breathlessly back home. He was thinking about using the money he had earned in Shu to buy the herbs, and he wanted to give them to his grandfather before his illness got worse.
When he entered the territory of Xia Country, Shi Ge'er was surprised to find that it was raining in the sun. After walking for a while, he found that many people rushed out of their doors and shouted, "Come out to get wet in the rain!" "Come out to get wet in the rain!"
Shi Ge'er:?
He felt puzzled, but he was only worried about his grandfather, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
As a result, before I even walked into my own yard, I heard crying and quarreling inside.
Shi Ge'er was so panicked that he dropped his shoulder pole and rushed inside, crying, "Grandpa, didn't you say you loved Little Stone the most? Please let Little Stone see you for the last time, Grandpa... Ouch!"
Before Shi Ge'er could rush into the house, he was hit in the face with a broom by the peasant woman next to him.
The peasant woman said angrily, "Pah, pah, pah, what are you saying? This is how you show respect to your grandfather!"
"Auntie, I, I..." Shi Ge'er was stunned by the beating, tears streaming down his face, "I went there to survive, to earn more money so that my grandfather could live a good life, I didn't think I was unfilial, I regret it, I wanted to come back, but I didn't expect that I wouldn't be able to see the last..."
"Bah, bah, bah! I told you not to say it, but you still say it! You still say it!" The peasant woman rushed over, grabbed Shi Ge'er's ear and walked into the yard, "God bless you, no, I mean the Imperial Master, bless you, this idiot is talking nonsense, don't listen to him."
When Shi Ge'er heard this, he was a little confused and exclaimed "Ah".
At this time, he saw Brother Jin walking out happily.
Shi Ge'er suddenly had a surprise thought: "Grandpa is okay?! Grandpa is fine, right!"
Brother Jin nodded and said, "Yes. Grandpa has made it this time. Come and see him. He is in much better spirits. I am going to go out and ask the doctor to come back and see what the situation is."
Shi Ge'er peeked out and saw that grandpa was still boxing vigorously.
Shi Ge'er asked in confusion: "This is so good, do we still need to see a doctor?"
Brother Jin nodded and said in a low voice, "Grandpa saw Grandfather the other day and he was really dying. He kept vomiting blood. Grandpa was worried that he would not be able to see you, an unfilial son."
At this point, Brother Jin was a little emotional: "I didn't expect that there would be a sun shower during this Spring Festival. Grandpa was very happy that it finally rained in the summer, and he kept clamoring to go out in the rain. We thought we would not violate the old man's last wish, but guess what, the more he got in the rain, the more energetic he became. Ha, now Grandpa can box again."
"Really? Is it because of the rain? That's great, that's great. No wonder people outside were shouting about getting wet in the rain!" Shi Ge'er was very surprised. Suddenly he thought of something and turned around and ran, "I'll tell Tie Ge'er the good news. My nephew is seriously ill and can be saved."
Brother Jin didn't like Brother Tie, but he also wanted the child to be well, so he said, "Go quickly."
Shi Ge'er thought about saving the lovely child and ran as fast as he could.
As soon as I got back to where I lived, I saw Tie Ge, with a haggard look on his face, walking out of my grandfather's house holding his child.
Mrs. Tie next to her kept wiping away tears: "Why, why did you vomit blood? Why is it only one year?"
"Brother Tie! My nephew is saved."
Shi Ge'er rushed over and without waiting for Tie Ge to say anything, he told him everything he had seen in Xia Country.
Tiege looked doubtful: "Is it true?"
Mrs. Tie was very excited and beat her husband desperately, saying, "How can it be true? I went to see Grandpa the day before yesterday, and the doctor said he was dying. I even left a bag of rice for him. Now he can actually punch. There's hope, my son can be saved. Hurry, go back to Xia Country and get out of the rain!"
Tie Ge ran to Shu Kingdom, saying in a rapturous voice: "I, I will bring my son over to try it out."
They were talking right next to the village doctor, and many people here had sick people at home.
So when they heard what Shi Ge'er said, even though they didn't quite believe it, they all took the news home. Most of the seriously ill people packed up their belongings and rushed towards the border villages of Xia Shu.
Some of them who were fast on foot followed Tie Ge and Shi Ge'er to the border between the two countries.
The people who followed were skeptical at first, but they saw that all the Daxia people along the way were cheering and rejoicing in the rain.
Some people knelt down facing the sun and rain, and worshiped: "Thank you, Great Xia State Master! Thank you, God of Agriculture!"
Some people on the ridges of the fields shouted wildly, "Thank you for the Spring Festival! Hahaha, look, the seedlings that were previously withered and yellow have now turned green! We are saved this time!"
Some people even cried with joy in the rain, happily handing out candies to passers-by and children:
"Thank you, little master, for sharing the good fortune with me."
"Come on, come on, we have everything!"
"It's time to give out candy. It's time to give out candy. My baby has recovered from his illness, let's celebrate."
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When the message was sent to Tiege'er, he saw that the child on his back was also coughing up blood.
He suddenly empathized with Tie Ge and gave him a big handful of towels, and suggested: "Don't shield the child from the rain! The rain is a blessing. My son was coughing up blood before, and the doctor said there was no hope. Today, he was caught in the rain for an hour, and now he is playing in the mud. Look, the naughty monkey is my son, so you must not stand in the way of a blessing."
Tie Ge was stunned and asked in shock: "Coughing up blood? Coughing up blood too?"
Mrs. Tie was so excited that she burst into tears. Without saying a word, she took off her raincoat and said excitedly, "My son is the same! The doctor also said there is no hope. Good, good, he will definitely get better. He can be saved this time."
There is such an example.
The men and women who came from Shu to seek medical treatment believed it completely. Like the Xia people around them, they excitedly took off their rainproof clothes and stood devoutly in the rain, singing and dancing.
Half an hour later...
One by one, the common people of Xia Kingdom danced with joy:
"Haha, look at my hands. They don't hurt that much anymore. They're not red or swollen anymore."
"Hahahaha, my mother finally opened her eyes, haha... God bless you, little imperial master, please bless me."
"This rain is really useful! It's great."
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The people from Shu looked at them stupidly, then looked at themselves, then looked at each other, and couldn't help but ask a soul-searching question:
"Why, why don't I feel anything? Why doesn't mother wake up?"
"Me neither, ha ha...ah ha...I, why do I feel a little dizzy, am I sick with a fever?"
"It's hateful! Are the Xia people lying? Why hasn't my son woken up yet?"
"But, but I saw with my own eyes that man's son stopped coughing and woke up. Why, why didn't my son get better, but their son did!"
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