Chapter 5: Selling granddaughter?
"Grandma, the thorny grass is pounded." Daya stood at the door carefully. She had been helping at home all day and was also quite frightened.
After Qin Fangci cleaned the wood ash on the surface, the wound was completely exposed. The wound was more than an inch long and deep enough to see the bone. Without the coverage of wood ash, small blood lines were oozing out. Wood ash does have the effect of stopping bleeding.
There was still some wood ash in the wound, so Qin Fangci could only rinse it gently with cold boiled water. However, even the slightest rinse made Li Baisong sweat from the pain, and Qin Fangci was also sweating from exhaustion.
"Bring it in." Qin Fangci said as calmly as possible.
Daya walked in carefully with the medicinal mud in her hand. When she saw that her grandmother had washed all the wood ash off her uncle's head, her heart sank.
Did they do something wrong? This is how they always apply the medicine when someone in their family is injured or bleeding.
Will grandma be angry again? Will they have no dinner today? Third sister is still young, and mother is still pregnant... Daya was so nervous that her hands and feet were stiff.
Qin Fangci pretended not to see it and calmly took the medicinal mud. "Take the dirty water out and pour it into the vegetable garden in the backyard."
It turned out to be medicinal mud. Daya glanced at Qin Fangci again. Grandma was carefully applying the prickly grass mud to her uncle's wound.
Daya thought that the family didn't use the medicinal mud made from prickly grass before because her uncle was not injured. Later, she learned that if someone was bleeding, they could mash the prickly grass into mud.
Daya waited for a while, and when she saw that her grandmother had no other instructions or scolding, she silently and carefully carried the wood ash water out.
The person on the bed let out a breath, feeling both pained and nervous. "Mom, were you too harsh just now? She seems frightened."
Li Baisong didn't quite understand. His mother was apparently a very gentle person. After his illness, he'd lost contact with the outside world. Especially after his parents' divorce, his mother was always on the go, and even if she wanted to take him out more often, she was powerless. He spent most of his time lying in bed listening to the radio, his understanding of the world and human nature still in a fictional state, a feeling that it wasn't quite real.
It was a challenge to suddenly interact with people. Just now, he only noticed the difference in their emotions and had no way to analyze it carefully.
"If I treat her too well right now, it won't just scare her. The four of them, mother and son..." Qin Fangci shook her head. "Let's take it slow. Gradual change will be better."
Qin Fangci patted her son's hand earnestly and said, "Don't panic, take your time. Remember, the first bird to stick its head out gets shot."
Seeing her son still confused and disapproving, Qin Fangci explained in more detail, "Family we had such a commotion today over money, and now I'm being so friendly to them, won't they think I'm trying to sell one or two girls for money? After all, with money, most of our family's problems can be solved."
Li Baisong opened his mouth wide, and his head hurt again when he exerted force on his face. He couldn't help but hissed again, "No, mother, you won't do that."
"I know I wouldn't, and you know I wouldn't, but others wouldn't think that way, especially them. Put yourself in their shoes. Here, I am their heaven, and human trafficking isn't illegal."
After saying this, Qin Fangci herself was frightened and upset. She had to work harder. Who knows, one day they, mother and son, might become fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.
"My cold face will make them feel at ease." Adaptation takes time. They need time to adapt to this era, and the Li family also needs time to adapt to the changes in them. "Okay, Mom will go out and make you a bowl of sugared eggs. If you are tired, take a nap. Only when you are healthy can you do what you want to do. If you do more, people will notice it."
The confusion in Li Baisong's eyes gradually faded, replaced by determination and resoluteness. "I understand, mother."
Qin Fangci walked into the kitchen carrying dirty dishes. The mother and her two daughters were hugging each other in the kitchen. When they saw her coming, Mrs. Du immediately protected her two daughters behind her and looked at her in despair, pain and timidity.
The flames flickered, illuminating Mrs. Du's pale face. "Mother, please, please don't, don't sell my daughter."
Qin Fangci sighed in her heart. Just now, she felt as if there was a dark shadow flashing at the door. She didn't expect that they would be so scared after hearing it. Obviously, they only heard her say those few words about selling people. Oh, what is this!
Qin Fangci guessed correctly. Daya happened to hear that sentence when she came back from the backyard after pouring water. Just that one sentence made her panic and at a loss.
"Mother," Mrs. Du saw that her mother-in-law was silent, sobbing and begging, "I can't give birth to a son. I'm useless. I don't want this child in my belly. Please don't sell them. They will be obedient and work hard in the future."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Qin Fangci interrupted Madam Du with a stern look in her eyes. "You said you didn't want a seven-month-old child, so why do you want to cause trouble for me by killing two people?"
"You're just too full to think about anything. Let me tell you, Xiaowu has a great future and great fortune. Officials value reputation the most. I don't want to be that evil mother-in-law who forces her daughter-in-law to death. All of you should behave yourself. Don't try to ruin my reputation or hinder my future. You're just sitting around doing nothing all day long!"
Qin Fangci cursed and left the kitchen. Mrs. Du finally let out the breath she had been holding in her throat. "It's okay, it's okay. Your grandma was just joking. Don't scare yourself."
Mrs. Du wanted to give her daughters a comforting smile, but she still couldn't let go of the worry in her heart. The smile she forced out was bitter and ugly.
The mother, her two daughters and their two daughters hugged each other, looking both pitiful and lamentable.
Daya wiped her face and helped Mrs. Du sit on a stool. "Mom, take a rest. My second sister and I will go make some brown sugar water."
Erya came close to Daya and said, "Sister, can we put a little more water in? If uncle can't finish it, let mom have a sip." Erya licked the corner of her mouth and said.
The last time she drank brown sugar water was when her mother gave birth to her little sister. She tried it once. Although she was still young, she still remembered how sweet it tasted.
Mrs. Du was terrified and scolded, "Er Ya!"
"Daya, don't listen to Erya. Be careful not to make your grandma angry. Mommy doesn't like to drink."
"I know, mom." Daya responded and went to prepare.
When the sweet fragrance spread to the yard, Dadan and Erdan, who had been out having fun all day, came rushing back. Behind them was Li Yulan, who looked unhappy. It seemed that she had been upset somewhere and went straight back to her room.
At the end, there were two little radish-headed girls. The taller and skinny little girl was the third daughter from the eldest wife's family, and the shorter and skinny little girl next to her was the fourth daughter from the third wife's family who was over two years old.
If you look closely, you will find that San Ya is carrying a little baby on her back. The baby is Sandan, the half-year-old son of San Fang.
Sanya's daily task is to help Sanfang take care of Siya and Sandan. Sandan is only half a year old and can't walk. When he is well behaved, Sanya can put him on the ground to play for a while. When he is not well behaved, Sanya can only carry him on her back and coax him into sleep.
San Ya is only six years old this year, but she already has more than two years of experience in taking care of children.
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