Chapter 124 Bad Luck
At night, at the village chief's house.
The village chief and his wife tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. The more the village chief thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
No matter how hard I tried in the past, no one came to propose marriage to my daughter, and yet there were still others who proposed marriage.
But now there are people who take the initiative to come.
Those who come here on their own initiative have no idea what is going on.
So the couple discussed it.
"Old woman, if the man who proposed marriage comes again tomorrow, you must calm down and don't agree easily. Although we have many sons, we only have this one daughter. We can't let his lifelong happiness be ruined by the two of us."
The next morning, the village chief got up early and went out. He also went to the next village to find out the situation. Fortunately, the people in the next village were there. If you don’t know all of them, it would be hard to understand them.
In order to reveal his identity as the village chief, he disguised himself and sneaked out of their house through the back door.
After he disguised himself like this, even the villagers didn't recognize him. They thought he was a relative from some family who came to visit.
When he arrived at the next village, he asked an old lady from the next village about the family his daughter was going to live with.
As a result, I heard an incredible thing from the old lady.
"Brother, you don't know that the youngest son who left home has a 5-year-old son. A few years ago, his son fell in love with a girl from a distant relative. The girl stayed at his house for more than a year, and the two of them were often together. Not long after, the girl became pregnant."
The village chief was furious when he heard this, but he still suppressed his anger and asked.
"Then what happened later? Why are there only the father and son left? Where is the girl?"
"Speaking of that girl, she had a miserable life. When the child was just one month old, she got sick and died. But as far as I know, when the girl was not seriously ill, her family refused to take care of her because they despised her for giving birth to a girl and not giving them a grandson, so they just let her die."
The village chief felt sympathy for the child's biological mother.
But the village chief couldn't understand why they were like this.
However, the only piece of news the village chief learned was that this old lady seemed to be well-informed about their family and knew everything about it.
It seemed that this lady also told the village chief some news.
"After their son had a daughter a few years ago, few people came to propose marriage. Some time ago, they heard that the daughter of the village chief of the neighboring Gujia Village was honest and hardworking, but not good-looking, so they came up with the idea of marrying this girl to their daughter. This family heard the news from somewhere that such a girl could give birth to a son if she was married into the family."
The village chief finally understood this time.
After saying goodbye to the aunt, he hurried back to Gujia Village.
This family is really insidious. In order to take advantage of their own daughter, they kept the secret from their parents. After their daughter got married and the matter was settled, they couldn't regret it. It was really good of them.
Meanwhile, in Gujia Village, people came again to propose marriage.
"Sister-in-law, what do you think? Where's my brother? Why isn't he at home?"
"There is some work to do in the fields. The child's father is busy. Sister, don't worry. Marriage is always decided by parents and matchmakers. Our daughter is the most obedient. Whatever we say goes, they will definitely listen to us."
This is like a reassurance to those who are looking for marriage.
But it happened that when the village chief came back, the person proposing marriage had just left, so the two of them didn't meet each other, otherwise they would have been in trouble. With the village chief's temper, he would definitely fight with the person proposing marriage.
After coming back, the village chief had a sullen face.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the infected wife did not dare to ask her old man what was going on. She knew it must be something bad, otherwise her old man would not have such a sullen face.
That afternoon, the village chief took advantage of his daughter's absence from someone else's house to help with needlework.
He called his wife into the room and closed the door.
He told the village chief's wife everything he had heard from the old lady in the next village.
"Why is the old man's family like this? I thought there was a man who really liked our girl and wanted to marry her, but I didn't expect that he was a marriage fraud. He actually wanted our girl to marry him at such a young age and become the stepmother of their child."
"Who said it wasn't true? Do you think being a stepmother is that easy?"
"Old man, we can't let our daughter suffer such an injustice. What should we do now?"
"Are you stupid? Are you going to let our daughter marry and become their daughter's stepmother? Of course I can't agree to that. But for the sake of our daughter, we have to lie. Otherwise, such a shrewd and calculating family will never let go of such a good opportunity and make a fool of our whole family."
"You are right, old man, but we can't say that our daughter is sick. Only if she is sick can we cancel the marriage."
"Yes, we spread the word that our daughter is sick. Didn't our daughter recover once before? She was cured by the little doctor, but the little doctor also told me last time that it is impossible to cure her completely. There is still a possibility of recurrence. After all, the disease comes quickly but goes away slowly."
The village chief's wife understood immediately.
Their daughter had suffered from epilepsy before.
So I have to ask the little doctor for help with this matter, otherwise it won’t work.
"I'm going to look for the little miracle doctor tomorrow morning. He's staying at Gu Laoer's house these days. Gu Laoer's nephew seems to be sick these days, and he's taking care of him. I have to ask him to write something for me so I can go to town to get some medicine to boil for our daughter. I hope everything goes smoothly."
The village chief's wife immediately understood that the village chief was trying to turn the fake into reality, but turning the fake into reality was very risky. If something went wrong, they would lose their only little daughter.
So when her husband said this, the village head's wife still had some concerns.
"It's very risky to do this. We only have this little girl. We have worked so hard to raise her to this age. She is in her 20s and will soon be able to marry off to a good family. Don't ruin this good girl."
"What do you know, old woman? If I don't do this, the man who wants to propose marriage will probably come again in two days. If he comes again and sees that our daughter is fine, if we still don't agree, we can't tell him that we already know the truth. If we don't agree, the interests involved are not something you, a woman, can understand."
The village chief's wife listened to the village chief and let him do it.
The village chief went to find the young doctor, told him the situation and asked him for help. However, the young doctor shook his head helplessly and explained a lot of Chinese medicine theories to him.
"From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine theory, it is believed to be related to pathological factors such as wind, phlegm, fire, and blood stasis, as well as dysfunction of the liver, spleen, and kidney.
If phlegm confuses the mind, it may lead to poor circulation of Qi and blood, and loss of function of the spirit, which may cause epilepsy.
In traditional Chinese medicine treatment, drugs such as those that can resolve phlegm and open the orifices, extinguish wind and stop spasms, and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis will be used according to the different symptoms and the results of syndrome differentiation. For example, drugs such as scorpions and centipedes that have the effect of extinguishing wind and stopping spasms will be used.
There is also acupuncture treatment, which selects acupoints such as Baihui, Fengchi, Hegu, Taichong, etc., and uses acupuncture to regulate qi and blood and dredge meridians. ”
The village chief didn't understand him at all and said, "Little doctor, I know that you doctors are here to cure illnesses and save lives. Saving a life will get you promoted to level 7 assistant. Can you bear to watch such a good girl like my daughter jump into the fire pit?"
The young doctor really couldn't bear it.
But then again, he is only there to cure diseases and save lives, he cannot harm anyone. If he is not careful, he may kill an innocent life. As a doctor, he cannot do such a heartless thing.
"Little doctor, I know you are very capable, so I beg you to help me. I don't want my daughter to marry into their family, but their matchmaker keeps coming again and again, and he is determined to marry my daughter home. I can't just find someone to marry my daughter off first to deal with them."
"Village Chief, you are not targeting me again, are you? Don't think that I will soften my heart and agree to be with your daughter. I have already told you that I have a fiancée."
The village chief also explained again and again that he did not require the young doctor to be with his daughter, he was just trying to help, otherwise their daughter would really have to marry that swindler.
The young miracle doctor advised the village chief like this.
"Village head, I think you should tell your daughter the truth and let her make her own decision. If your daughter listens to you and doesn't marry that family, wouldn't that be a happy thing for everyone? Why do you have to let your daughter pretend to be sick and lie? Besides, if this matter gets out, someone in your family will definitely gossip about it, which is not glorious."
The village chief thought about it carefully and realized that this was the truth, so he stopped pestering the young doctor for help and went home.
At this time, the village chief's daughter came back.
The village chief’s daughter is called Anniu.
The village chief gave his daughter this name to commemorate his eldest daughter.
"Aniu is back, come in quickly, Dad and Mom have something to tell you."
Anniu obediently walked in, made things for others, and put down the things given to her.
"My daughter, you can't marry the family I told you about a few days ago. They have a daughter who is four or five years old. They tricked you into going there to be the child's stepmother. So we don't agree with this score, and you don't have to marry."
"Aren't you afraid your daughter won't be able to get married? I'm already in my 20s. If I delay any longer, I'll really have to stay at home all my life. Aren't you afraid of being criticized by the villagers? Besides, what's wrong with marrying and becoming someone's stepmother? That way, I won't have to have children."
The village head's wife looked helpless. This girl was good in every way except that she was a little silly sometimes.
How come they don’t understand what their parents are saying?
The other party's parents think that it would be particularly easy to marry such a daughter-in-law, so they try their best to have their daughter marry their son.
The village chief directly stated the interests involved.
"You think they married you home just to be the stepmother of that kid. They married you to give them a big fat grandson. Until they have more than half of their grandsons, they think you are an honest girl and will definitely be obedient in the future. You will do whatever they want you to do."
"The daughter of Uncle Gu in our village didn't marry that hunter, and he also has a child. She's doing a good job as a stepmother. I think I'm more diligent than her, so I'm sure I'm doing a good job."
The village head's wife looked helpless.
"You are stupid. Your situations are completely different. The second daughter of the Gu family was forced by the criminals. If she didn't marry that hunter, no one would want her. Besides, the hunter is the only one with the child, and there are no parents-in-law. The second daughter of the Gu family only needs to take care of the father and son after she marries. You are different. If you marry, you will have to serve their whole family. Even if you are a diligent girl, you will get tired sometimes."
"We would rather support you for a while longer than have you suffer by marrying into a family like that. They will probably come again tomorrow. I will then explain to them clearly with your mother and ask them not to come again. I will never let my daughter marry into that family."
In fact, the village chief also hated that family for not telling the truth at the beginning. If they had told the truth, there would not have been so much trouble.
But now there is a problem. This girl is stubborn. Once she makes up her mind, many times she as her parents cannot change her.
"If you want to get married, you will no longer be the daughter of this family, so you should think about it yourself. We are all your parents, and we are doing this for your own good, not to make you jump into the fire pit and cry. It is obvious that their son is not a good match."
Anniu, the girl from the village chief's family, fell into deep thought. Maybe her parents were right. People who don't belong to you will never belong to you no matter how hard you try, just like what they had heard people in the village say before.
People in the village said that my parents wanted to marry me to that young miracle doctor, but the young miracle doctor looked down on me.
Just then the little miracle doctor came.
The young doctor lives in the mountains, and it is not easy for him to come to the village. Well, after finishing his work with the nephew of Gu Laoer, he will go back to the mountain. After a few days, he came down again. Because of what the village chief told him, he decided to help. After all, what the village chief said makes sense. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.
He decided to announce to the public that he had fallen in love with the village chief's daughter and wanted to marry her. After all, the fiancée he was talking about did not exist.
"Little Miracle Doctor, why are you here? Do you need my help?"
"No, village chief, I can help you solve your daughter's problem. You can announce to the public that your daughter has been spotted by a young man from the same village and will not marry out of the village. I can help you put on a show so that your daughter doesn't have to marry that family and become a stepmother."
Although it was okay for the young doctor to say so, the village chief was worried that once this matter got out, the villagers would take it seriously.
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