The old man was the old Chinese doctor. She didn’t know his last name, she just called him Sixth Uncle.
At that time, Uncle Six was severely oppressed. The person who had delivered meals to him before almost never gave him good meals, all of them were rotten.
It was not until Chen Sisi came that she brought him delicious meals every day and occasionally gave him an egg. The old man liked her very much.
Whenever she saw Uncle Six, looking slovenly, with tangled hair and beard, smelling bad, yet speaking all kinds of knowledge and philosophy about traditional Chinese culture, she would think of her father.
Although my father did not live in the cowshed, the dirty water those people threw on him was more painful than making him live in the cowshed.
She was kind to Sixth Uncle and indirectly treated him as her father to make up for the debt and pain in her heart.
But Uncle Six is also a person who repays a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude.
At that time, Uncle Six knew that he would not live long, so he wrote the prescription in advance and secretly gave it to Shen Sisi.
"To carry forward Chinese medicine and benefit the people, it all depends on you... I can't do it anymore, I'm out of the bullpen in this life!"
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"With these formulas, you can have a life without worries about food and clothing, but remember one thing, never cheat or harm others. This is the bottom line, remember this..."
Shen Sisi told him not to talk nonsense at that time. He was in such good health, how could he not live long? She even wanted to continue bringing him food.
As a result, the next day after she took the prescription, when she went to deliver breakfast, she couldn't wake up Sixth Uncle. She bravely opened the door and reached out to touch him, but found that Sixth Uncle's body was cold and hard.
It seems that Uncle Liu left in the middle of the night.
He passed away peacefully, as if he was asleep, with a faint smile on his lips.
Later, the villagers pooled their money to pay for his funeral, bought a thin coffin and buried him on the back mountain.
Gu Chengfeng held Niuniu in his arms and walked quietly beside her, listening to her talking calmly about the years and the separations of life and death. He felt a clear pain in his heart.
How could a delicate girl like Shen Sisi survive in such a harsh and difficult environment?
Thinking of this, he wanted to go back and beat himself up, if only he had mustered up the courage to see her earlier.
Shen Sisi was leading the way in front, and had no idea how ugly Gu Chengfeng's face was. After experiencing so much, when she returned to this land again, Shen Sisi was in a completely different state of mind.
There is a feeling of having gone through a lot and being reborn from the ashes. Everything here is so familiar, yet so distant.
It was still the same scenery, the same folks, but Shen Sisi was different.
She led Gu Chengfeng to the small shabby house where she and Xiao Chunyu had lived together.
The house had not been occupied for over a month, but it was still kept fairly clean, and there were no weeds or fallen leaves in the yard, so someone must have come to clean it.
Shen Sisi opened the door lock and after entering, a damp smell hit her in the face, making Niuniu cough a few times.
This house is built halfway up a mountain, with a dense bamboo forest behind it. Normally, all the moisture from the mountain gathers around it and cannot be discharged, so it is particularly dark and damp here.
Gu Chengfeng immediately took a step back, handed Niu Niu to Shen Sisi's arms, went in alone and opened all the doors and windows. After they had enough air, he took them into the house.
The room was very simple, with drafts on the windows and light leaking from the ceiling. The walls were covered with damp water marks and mildew, and there was even a small mushroom growing at the base of the wall.
Gu Chengfeng's tone suddenly became heavy: "You have lived in a place like this for a few years before?"
Shen Sisi hummed and said, “We have repaired it before, but it’s useless. The moisture here is too strong. The walls and window paper are easily damp and damaged. The straw on the roof is often blown away by the wind. It’s really miserable.”
"Then have you ever thought about moving to another place? What does the village chief do for a living?!"
Chen Sisi said, "I applied, but the other mud houses in the village are not as good as this one. At least this one is a brick house with a roof over our heads. We'll just live here. At that time, no one knew how long it would take to get back to the city. What if we could leave suddenly?"
The more Gu Chengfeng listened, the more depressed he felt. He felt that he couldn't stand staying in this place for even a day.
The quilt was wet and covering myself with it felt like a layer of cold water.
No wonder Niu Niu’s illness didn’t get better in the village. It’s a miracle that people didn’t get sick living in this environment.
Fortunately, Sisi and her mother no longer have to live in such a damp house.
"It looks like this place is not habitable. There is no guesthouse in the village. Let's pack it up quickly. If you need to pack anything, tell me and I'll get started."
Shen Sisi glanced around the room. Actually, she didn't have many things, just some clothes and Xiao Chunyu's belongings.
It was an unsigned love letter, written in a vigorous and powerful handwriting, probably written by a man.
There is also a white silk cheongsam that Xiao Chunyu likes best.
The other was a jade pendant. It was said that the jade pendant was a family heirloom that she had secretly kept with great difficulty. She would give these things to Niuniu when she grew up and became sensible.
In addition, there were the notes she had wrapped in plastic and hidden in the cracks in the wall.
That was the treasure trove left for her by the Sixth Uncle.
There are not only recipes for whitening, but also for removing scars, treating skin diseases, treating children's red buttocks... and many recipes for medicated oils and ointments.
Just as Uncle Six said, she was destined to have no worries about food and clothing in the future with the help of this recipe.
However, she would also abide by the instructions of the Sixth Uncle and would never sell inferior goods as good ones or cheat others by shortchanging them.
After packing all her things, Shen Sisi opened the cupboard, took out a small bottle of wine that she had hidden, and cut a piece of sausage.
"Let's go, let's go see Chunyu and Uncle Liu."
Shen Sisi came to the back mountain with extremely complicated feelings.
Two small mounds of earth stand on an open space surrounded by bamboo.
One did not have a monument, while the other did. There was also a small sculpture next to it, which was a majestic image of Xiao Chunyu, who was holding up a wooden beam with one hand and protecting two people, one big and one small, under his body.
One of them is Shen Sisi!
There are a few big characters engraved on the base: Disaster relief heroine - Xiao Chunyu
Shen Sisi squatted down, poured white wine into the two earthen graves, put sausages in them, and then took out the rice cakes and braised meat she bought in Lin County.
"Chun Yu, Sixth Uncle, I'm here to see you... to say goodbye to you."
Shen Sisi sobbed as she spoke the first sentence, and then she couldn't hold back any more, tears streaming down her face.
Gu Chengfeng hugged her shoulders comfortingly: "It's okay... Talk slowly!"
Shen Sisi took a long time to calm down, and finally calmed down and spoke again: "I found my happiness and have a family again. This time I came here to share the good news with you. I got married! I married a man who treats me very well. Of course, he treats Niuniu very well too."
At this time, Niuniu suddenly pointed at Shen Sisi's shoulder and said, "Mom, look, it's a white butterfly!"
A pure white butterfly, with wings as wide as a palm, flapped its wings around Shen Sisi and jumped towards her...
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