The rain poured down all night and showed no sign of stopping when I woke up in the morning.
Wei Ping watched Song Yan brush his teeth. Song Yan thought he would buy them toothbrushes next time he went to the supply and marketing cooperative. After brushing his teeth, Song Yan patted Wei Ping's head. "I'll definitely remember to buy you and Wei An toothbrushes next time I go to the commune."
"Thank you, Second Aunt." Wei Ping looked at Song Yan with his black, gem-like eyes.
Song Yan gave Wei Ping a big kiss on the cheek. "My darling, there's nothing to thank me for. Your aunt just wanted to leave you with a keepsake."
Wei Aiguo didn't know whether he should breathe a sigh of relief. Song Yan had agreed to the divorce. She had been exceptionally good to Wei Ping and Wei An. The sadness in Song Yan's eyes when she looked at Wei Ping earlier showed she truly couldn't bear to part with the children!
Nothing could be done on a rainy day. Wei Aiguo and Song Yan sat silently facing each other in the room. Song Yan simply lay down and pretended to sleep; her consciousness went into her spatial dimension to read a book…
The rain intensified in the afternoon, and it didn't let up by nightfall. Aunt Wei began to worry; the wheat was already in the late grain-filling stage, and she feared such heavy rain would cause it to lodging.
At the crack of dawn, a gong sounded in the village. The team leader summoned all the members to dig ditches in the fields to drain the water. Wei Aiguo went ahead first, while Song Yan prepared all the day's meals and put them in the pot. This way, they wouldn't have to worry about food at home while they went to work. After finishing, Song Yan also went to drain the water, wearing a plastic sheet over her head…
The rainwater wasn't cold, but being wet was definitely uncomfortable. So, those who had plastic sheets covered themselves as much as possible. During large-scale collective labor, the brigade headquarters' canteen would be open. Everyone took turns eating and resting in the canteen. After eating, they would continue working. ...
By nightfall, the rain had finally subsided considerably. The brigade leader told the women to go home first, while the men had to go to the fields to search.
Anyone would feel unwell after soaking in the water all day. When Song Yan rushed back, exhausted, he saw Wei Ping looking listless with tear stains on his face.
"What's wrong?" Song Yan felt sorry for the child seeing this.
"Wei Sanzhuang came to borrow plastic sheeting, and he hit my brother!" Wei An angrily complained!
Aunt Wei explained again from the side. Aunt Wei's youngest son, Wei Sanzhuang, came to borrow plastic sheeting, but Aunt Wei said she didn't have any. Wei Ping, standing nearby, said, "You bad person, I won't lend it to you." Wei Ping held a grudge against Wei Sanzhuang's mother. Unexpectedly, Wei Sanzhuang slapped Wei Ping, and Wei Ping burst into tears. While crying, he said his stomach hurt. A child's stomachache isn't usually a big deal, but unexpectedly, the child was in pain all day.
Song Yan's heart tightened. Crying could suddenly increase abdominal pressure, potentially causing incarcerated inguinal hernias. She quickly dried her hands and performed an abdominal examination on the child. The bulge in Wei Ping's groin couldn't be reduced, and Wei Ping kept crying out in pain. The inguinal hernia had become incarcerated and surgery was now necessary. So much time had passed since morning; she didn't know if necrosis had occurred at the incarcerated site… Song Yan didn't even have time to put on a plastic sheet; she ran off in the rain. First, she went to the cowshed to ask Old Du to help her hitch up the cart so she could rush to Wei's house. Then, Song Yan asked everyone she met where Wei Guo was!
Song Yan was extremely anxious, saying that the child was sick. Now that the rain had subsided, everyone was less concerned about draining the water and curiously followed Song Yan. At the edge of the field in the east of the village, Song Yan saw Wei Aiguo. "Wei Aiguo, quickly find the brigade leader to borrow a horse-drawn cart to take Wei Ping to the commune hospital."
"What's wrong with Wei Ping?" Wei Aiguo asked.
Thinking of Wei Ping's fate in the original story, Song Yan's voice trembled with tears. "Wei Ping is in bad shape, very badly. You must go quickly!"
“Wei Ping was perfectly fine this morning! You’re lying to let your man skip work, aren’t you!” Wei Sanzhuang said loudly.
Wei Ping's sudden incarcerated inguinal hernia is almost certainly related to the sudden increase in abdominal pressure after he cried! Is Wei Ping's death also necessarily related to Wei Sanzhuang in the original story? "Wei Ping suddenly became like this because you beat him this morning." With that, Song Yan grabbed a shovel from a nearby villager and swung it at Wei Sanzhuang. He hurriedly stepped back, missed a step, and fell. Song Yan relentlessly beat him with the shovel, leaving Wei Sanzhuang defenseless. Seeing this, Wei Aiguo had no choice but to reach for the shovel from Song Yan, but Song Yan wouldn't let him. Without the shovel, she kicked and punched Wei Sanzhuang, several times hitting him in the face. Wei Sanzhuang was truly cowardly and completely powerless. Wei Aiguo helplessly hugged Song Yan, afraid she might accidentally kill him.
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