At the door of Yang's house, the motorcycle taxi driver and Ling Chuan were chatting.

Seeing Yun Mo coming out, Ling Chuan hurried forward and asked, "Wife, how is my cousin?"

Yun Mo briefly explained the incident of Huang Qinghe being poisoned by the magic water. "Lingchuan, you take my cousin to the town health center to see a doctor. I'll go home and ask my aunt to come. We can't just let this matter go."

Ling Chuan was a little worried and gave her several instructions before going to Yang's house, picking up Huang Qinghe, and riding a motorcycle to the town's health center.

After watching the motorcycle drive out of the village, Yun Mo also walked towards the village entrance, preparing to go back to the Huang family to discuss the matter first.

Not long after I walked away, I heard a familiar quarrel coming from a house next door.

Yun Mo immediately turned in and just as she reached the door, she saw Huang Qingning and Yang's mother standing in the yard arguing, surrounded by a few women who were eager to watch the fun.

“Woof woof woof!”

A dog rushed out from somewhere and barked fiercely at Yun Mo, which scared Yun Mo and made her step back instinctively.

Hearing the dog barking, everyone looked over, including Huang Qingning and Yang's mother.

Seeing that Yun Mo was frightened by the dog, Huang Qingning became furious and picked up the broom on the ground and rushed over.

The dog was beaten, and ran away howling with its tail between its legs.

Yun Mo finally put her mind at ease.

"Cousin, don't be afraid. This dog looks fierce, but it's actually very timid. If you bend over and pick up a stone, it will run away."

Yun Mo nodded with lingering fear.

Mother Yang walked up to the two of them, smiling with a fake smile, "Qingning, you should learn from your cousin. Girls should be more quiet and gentle. If you are too aggressive, it will be difficult to find a husband in the future."

Huang Qingning's anger immediately flared up, "Don't worry about whether I can get married or not. I'm going to make this clear today. Don't give my sister those messy drinks anymore. If you want to drink, drink it yourself. You can drink as much as you like. No one can stop you!"

Mother Yang retorted, "It is not your place as a little girl to interfere in the affairs of my Yang family. Huang Qinghe married into my Yang family, so she is a member of my Yang family. Don't even mention asking her to drink the magic water. She has to drink my shit and urine.

If she doesn't want to drink, fine, as long as she gives me a grandson right away, I will worship her as my ancestor!"

Such words also aroused Yun Mo's anger.

"Auntie, what you said is not quite right. Pregnancy cannot be accomplished by a woman alone."

Mother Yang was stunned for a moment, then she pointed at Yun Mo angrily, "Nonsense, my Jiayong is healthy and fit, how could it be his problem?"

"Whose fault is it? We need to go to the hospital for a checkup and let the doctor make the judgment. What you say to me doesn't count. However, I want to have a good talk with Auntie today about this fertility talisman."

Yun Mo took out the yellow paper talisman that she had torn off the door of Huang Qinghe's house and unfolded it. "Is this the talisman that Auntie mentioned for giving birth to a child?"

Seeing what Yun Mo was holding, Yang's mother immediately became anxious, "You bastard, who told you to tear it off? If it cuts off the incense of my Yang family, can you bear the responsibility?"

Yun Mo sneered, "No one can stop the incense of your Yang family. However, if my cousin is poisoned to death by your yellow talisman paper water, your Yang family will be the murderer."

Yun Mo pointed at the red pattern on the yellow talisman paper and said, "The red words on this paper are written with cinnabar. Although cinnabar is a traditional Chinese medicine, it is toxic. A small amount can calm the nerves, but a large amount can cause poisoning.

My cousin is now vomiting and having diarrhea because the toxins have accumulated in her stomach, causing a gastrointestinal overreaction. If she continues to take the medicine or does not take treatment measures, the toxins will seriously damage her heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, and eventually cause circulatory system failure and death!"

"You, stop talking nonsense here. There are so many people who have drunk this magic water, and they are all full of energy. Why is it that Huang Qinghe is the only one who can't drink it? It's just her own body problem!"

Yun Mo looked at the other person, "You took this birth talisman home on the first day of the new year, right? I will start counting from the second day, three pieces a day. Today is the seventh day, so there are eighteen pieces in total. Since you think this thing is not poisonous, fine, you can drink the ash water made from the burnt eighteen pieces of yellow talisman paper in front of everyone, and I will let this matter go."

Yang's mother refused immediately, "You are kidding, this is a fertility charm, how can I drink it?"

Yun Mo curled her lips and smiled softly, "You can't drink it, but your cousin-in-law can, right? Don't you want to have a grandson soon? Maybe if your cousin-in-law drinks these 18 pieces of talisman water, you will have a grandson in a few days."

Yang's mother immediately said, "Grandma Ma said that this fertility spell must be drunk by women!"

"Is that so?" Yun Mo curled her lips and smiled softly, "It's not a big problem. Invite Granny Ma over and ask her to rewrite 18 fertility talismans for men to drink. I'll go and invite Granny Ma right away. Auntie, go find my cousin's husband first."

After Yun Mo finished speaking, she took Huang Qingning away.

Mother Yang didn't believe that Yun Mo would really invite Granny Ma to come, and she shouted at the backs of the two people, "Okay, if you can really invite Granny Ma to come, thank you!"

Several women who were watching the fun started whispering to each other.

"Oh my god, is this yellow talisman paper really poisonous? Every year I ask Granny Ma for talisman water to drink, and I give it to the whole family. Could it be poisoned too?"

"Didn't you just hear that it's okay to drink a little, but drinking too much will cause poisoning."

"What's there to be afraid of? You don't have three meals a day to eat. You won't die."

Anyone with ears could tell that these words were a mockery of Yang's mother.

Although they were also superstitious and liked to ask Grandma Ma for magic water to drink whenever they had the chance, they usually only drank it once or twice a year. It was the first time in this remote area that someone like Yang's mother forced her daughter-in-law to drink magic water every day like it was her meals.

I'm afraid he's going crazy wanting a grandson.

Although Yang's mother appeared to be tough on the surface, she was actually a little worried in her heart. If something really happened to Huang Qinghe because of drinking the talisman water, she would not be able to escape responsibility.

Mother Yang hurried to find her youngest son Yang Jiayong and said, "I wonder if Qinghe is really poisoned. How about you take her to the hospital?"

Yang Jiayong had bad luck today and lost more than ten dollars in the afternoon. After hearing what my mother said, he immediately became angry.

"I told you not to take those things seriously, but you didn't listen and spent so much money on a bunch of tattered talisman paper. Now, you've spent the money and you've made me half dead. I don't know how much it will cost to go to the clinic. It's just adding to the trouble every day."

Mother Yang felt very aggrieved after being scolded by her youngest son.

"I'm doing this for you. She's been married for more than three years, and there's no sign of pregnancy. Others your age are already pregnant with their second or third child. How can I not be anxious?"

(End of this chapter)