Chapter 1: Hearing the bad news of a difficult birth, Fubao has his thoughts
The 16th day of the first lunar month, 1973.
The cold wind in southern Shanxi blew up snow particles, which hurt people's faces.
In front of a small courtyard with a wooden gate in Majiaji Village, Shen Lingning, with a belly of more than eight months and a half-pound oil-paper bag of coarse salt in her arms, was about to use her key to open the door.
Her old Western dress had long been replaced with a black, gray, and blue gown and cotton jacket that were dirt-resistant and wear-resistant. The cuffs were torn, revealing half of the silk lining, which was altered from the last cheongsam she brought from Shanghai.
This was the last bit of dignity she had as a young lady in Shanghai.
She stroked her belly and chuckled. She, the former daughter of a capitalist, had learned to live frugally. How could she have ever eaten such bitter and salty coarse salt grains in the past?
Even the White Rabbit milk candy was only available in a small package in the package Zhou Weiguo sent from Qin Nan, which made her feel that life was still a little sweet.
Laughing at himself.
"Sister Lingning! Wait!"
Aunt Wang from next door came up panting, holding a piece of thin paper with a big red stamp on it in her hand. Her face was pale and she looked at her with sympathy in her eyes.
"Xiao Zhao from the commune's armed forces department just sent it over. He said it was for Comrade Weiguo's family."
Shen Lingning raised her little face, feeling happy.
"Did Weiguo send me a message? I'm giving birth, and I don't know if he'll be able to come back."
only,
Her fingertips touched the cold paper, and the five black lead characters "Death Notice" were imprinted in her eyes.
Buzz——
Zhou Weiguo is dead?
In an instant, the sounds of the world were completely drained away.
All that was left was a sharp buzzing in my ears.
She subconsciously clenched the paper, her knuckles turning white.
Something in my stomach suddenly fell down, causing a pain like a knife in the deep part of my abdomen.
"Sister Lingning? What's wrong with you?"
Aunt Wang's voice seemed to come from far away.
Shen Lingning wanted to speak, but his throat felt like it was filled with ice chips and he couldn't make a sound.
A warm liquid flowed down along the base of the legs.
She looked down and saw a dark stain on her dark blue trouser leg, which left a dark red mark on the snow, which kept spreading.
Severe pain in the lower abdomen!
"Blood! Ouch, I'm seeing blood!"
Aunt Wang screamed.
Just when the excruciating pain was about to tear her apart and despair was drowning her consciousness...
An extremely weak and soft voice sounded in her mind:
"Mom, don't be afraid, blood bracelet, wipe it off."
The voice was childish, with a childish urgency, but it was like a thunderbolt that split the chaos!
bracelet?
Shen Lingning shuddered!
She always wore an inconspicuous silver bracelet on her left wrist. It was of old style and was a "treasure from the bottom of the box" secretly given to her by her mother, who said it was passed down from her grandmother.
"Wipe! Quickly! Harder!"
The voice carried an undeniable urgency.
The instinct for survival made Shen Lingning, at the moment of falling, use the last bit of strength to press his bloody right hand hard on the silver bracelet on his left wrist!
Puff——
Warm blood stained the old silver bracelet.
At the last second when her consciousness completely sank into darkness, she seemed to see the vague lotus pattern on the bracelet suddenly flash with an imperceptible light.
The severe pain was like a tide, throwing her out of the darkness again and again.
When she woke up, she was back on her own kang. The thin mattress was soaked with sweat and blood, and it was cold against her skin.
"Push harder! Sister Lingning, push harder!"
Aunt Wang's tearful voice was calling in her ear as she was frantically preparing hot water and scissors.
Every contraction felt like a blunt knife stirring in her stomach. Shen Lingning bit her lips tightly to hold back the screams in her throat, and the taste of blood filled her mouth.
Just when she felt her strength was about to run out and her consciousness was about to fade away——
Buzz!
The silver bracelet on my left wrist, which was stained with blood, suddenly felt strangely warm!
Then, a scene that only she could "see" emerged in her mind: it was a foggy space as big as a bedroom.
There is a small spring in the center. The water is crystal clear and emits a soft white light.
Next to the spring, there are several green crystals the size of fingernails, which are transparent and seem to have flowing light inside.
"Spring water, drink, crystal, eat."
That childish voice sounded again, a little clearer than before, with a kind of reassuring comfort.
Shen Lingning didn't have time to think about all this unbelievable stuff!
The instinct for survival and concern for the baby in her belly overwhelmed everything. In the interval between the severe pain of another contraction, she concentrated all her thoughts and tried her best to "reach" for the spring water in her mind!
A stream of clear and sweet spring water appeared out of nowhere in her dry mouth!
It was like a long drought finally ending in rain. The spring water turned into a cool breath as soon as it entered the mouth, instantly sliding into the throat and quickly spreading to the limbs and the whole body!
The lower body that was originally in tearing pain was wrapped in a cool feeling, and the severe pain was miraculously relieved a lot!
The exhausted strength was like new springs seeping out of a dry well. Although weak, it continuously supported her.
"Jing...eat...strong..."
The voice urged again.
Shen Lingning did not hesitate, and focused his mind on the emerald green crystal again.
A small crystal melted in her mouth, and the warm current was stronger than spring water and rushed straight to her brain.
The drowsiness and weakness were instantly dispelled, and a clear and tenacious mental force emerged!
"Wow--!!!"
The loud cry finally broke through the repression!
Aunt Wang cut the umbilical cord and wrapped the blood-stained baby in a piece of white cloth that had been washed until it looked gray.
The voice was filled with the exhaustion of someone who had just survived a disaster and a bit of pity: "She is such a sweet girl! Sister Lingning, the girl is so sweet! God bless you, mother and daughter are safe!"
She became a widow at such a young age and gave birth to a girl. Wow!
She looked at Shen Lingning again, her eyes full of surprise. How could he suddenly survive when he was clearly dying just now?
Your complexion seems to be better?
Shen Lingning collapsed on the kang, his chest heaving violently, sweat sticking his hair to his pale cheeks.
The physical fatigue and pain still existed, but the feeling of weakness and impending death that penetrated deep into the bone marrow had disappeared, replaced by a sense of clarity after surviving a disaster and a strange sense of inner strength.
She turned her head with difficulty and looked at the wrinkled little life crying with its eyes closed.
Girl? Nannan…………
It's her! She was the one who spoke just now!
Saved my...
Is that my daughter?!
Shen Lingning looked at his daughter with eyes filled with unprecedented shock, gratitude, and a strange certainty of blood connection.
Aunt Wang squeezed out a word with difficulty: "Aunt, thank you so much for today."
"Sister Lingning, it's all my fault... Hey, take a rest, I'll go boil some hot water..."
Aunt Wang put the child beside her and groped her way off the kang.
Just then—
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The wooden door was slammed so hard that the dust on the roof fell down.
A sharp, piercing female voice penetrated the door: "Chen Lingning! Open the door! You're a jinx! You killed my brother, and you're still hiding in the house pretending to be dead? Where's the pension? Hand it over to me!"
It’s Zhou Weiguo’s sister-in-law, Wang Chunhua!
Shen Lingning's heart was instantly startled.
She had just experienced life and death and her body was still recovering, but the energy of the spiritual spring and smoky crystal kept her unusually lucid.
She did not panic as she had expected, but subconsciously hugged the baby tightly, her fingers quietly stroking the silver bracelet on her wrist.
The spring water in the space seemed to still be flowing slowly in her body, nourishing her and giving her the strength to face the coming storm.
The eldest daughter of a capitalist is not just weak and can be bullied!
The baby beside her frowned in thought, his eyes flashing...
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