Chapter 158 I Already Have a Daughter
"This wiping-out poison can be cured within half a year, but judging by your pulse, you've been poisoned for over ten years. There's no way to save you now."
Yu Renxin thought to himself what a pity, then stood up and wrote a prescription:
"That poison is harmful to your body. I'll prescribe a prescription to nourish your body, but with all due respect, I'm afraid you won't be able to have children in this lifetime."
When Hao Rengang heard Yu Renxin mention the poison that would kill off his family, he recalled the scene twelve years ago when all the male members of his family were forced to take poison, and his eyes became fierce.
But when Yu Renxin said the last half of the sentence, Hao Ren's expression had calmed down and his face was peaceful.
"Master Yu, you are wrong. I already have children."
When Hao Ren said this, the coldness in his eyes disappeared, and bits of warmth and comfort surged in them.
He had accepted the fact that he had been poisoned and had no children many years ago.
But he has Yingniang and Zhizhi by his side.
Zhizhi is not his and Yingniang’s biological child, but to him she is like his own child.
When Xuan'er passed away, Zhizhi was still an infant.
It was raining so heavily outside, and the little wrinkled face in his arms was crying and laughing at him.
It is very light and small, but warm, like a beating heart.
Such a small child grew up little by little in his and Yingniang's arms.
Babbling and taking the first steps.
He witnessed the child's first tooth grow and his first vague call of "Daddy".
Before welcoming Zhizhi into their lives, neither he nor Yingniang had ever raised a child, and both of them were in a state of panic when they first became parents.
Those years were also very difficult. Life in Heifeishan had just begun to improve, and he was thinking about revenge and killing all the time.
For many long nights, he hugged Yingniang, but could not sleep until late at night.
Zhizhi would often cry at that time, either because he was hungry and wanted milk, or because he had wet the bed.
They got up to feed the child goat milk, change diapers, change clothes... and coax the child to sleep.
Zhizhi cried very loudly, but as soon as he and Yingniang hugged her, she stopped crying and looked at them quietly with tearful eyes.
Her eyes are clear and bright.
It is so clean that it seems as if there is no dust or dirt in this world, no grievance or hatred.
After coaxing Zhizhi to sleep, the couple also fell asleep out of exhaustion.
When Zhizhi was learning to walk, he and Yingniang stood on one side of the yard, watching Zhizhi walk unsteadily between them.
When she was halfway through her walk, she would fall down, and her hands and face would be covered in mud, but she didn't cry. She just got lazy and started crawling.
After crawling to his side on all fours, he raised his dirty little face and smiled brightly at him:
"Daddy, hold me."
He picked up Zhizhi, but Zhizhi buried her head in his shoulder and refused to get down.
When Zhizhi was four years old, he had a severe fever that lasted for several days, and his cheeks and forehead were hot and red.
Many children will have a fever when they are young. Some can get over it by taking medicine, but some will become mentally demented or even never wake up from the fever.
He and Yingniang did not dare to relax for a moment and took turns staying by Zhizhi's side at night.
Doctor Yu gave Zhizhi some medicine and said that if the child's fever could go away within three days, there would be no problem, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.
On the third night, Hao Ren used a wet towel to apply to Zhizhi's forehead again and again.
He held Zhizhi's soft and gentle hand.
His daughter's hand was not even half the size of his, but it was burning hot.
That night, he prayed to the gods and Buddhas, and to the ancestors of the Pei family, begging them not to take Zhizhi away like they took Xuan'er away.
On the eve of dawn, he lay exhausted on the edge of the bed and fell into a light sleep.
Half awake and half asleep, he suddenly felt something on his shoulder. He opened his eyes and saw Zhizhi had climbed out of bed at some point, holding a quilt to cover him.
The unusual redness on her face faded, her cheeks puffed up, and her hands struggled to grab the heavy quilt:
"Dad, go to sleep. Cover yourself with the quilt."
He hugged his daughter and cried with joy.
When his parents and elder brother died, he thought he had become a rootless Tu Su in this world, a walking corpse living only for revenge.
But Yingniang brings him tenacity, and Zhizhi brings him brightness.
Because of Zhizhi, he realized the hardships, comfort and happiness of being a father.
During those days when he was struggling in the dark abyss, it was Yingniang and Zhizhi who pulled him out of the abyss and made him still have some attachment and love for this world.
As long as Yingniang and Zhizhi are there, he will always have a home.
"Master Yu, I already have a wonderful daughter."
Hao Ren smiled with relief, his smile as warm as the winter sun outside the window.
That was the child Xuan'er left behind, and also the child given to them by God.
No matter what her last name is or where she is, she is his daughter.
They are a family.
While Hao Ren and Yu Renxin were talking in the detoxification room, Su Zhizhi and Xue Che were also happily chatting with others in the children's room.
Su Zhizhi and Xue Che sat on the couch in the room, surrounded by dried fruit snacks and wooden carved toys.
There were several doctors gathered around and talking together.
Su Zhizhi and Xue Che checked the children's room and found nothing wrong. Then they were treated to delicious food and drinks.
Su Zhizhi held a persimmon cake in her left hand and a cup of hot drink in her right hand.
She was so happy eating her snacks today.
Normally in the village, her mother would not let her eat so many snacks at once.
Su Zhizhi finished three pieces of rice candy and two pieces of persimmon cake. When she was about to reach for the third piece, Xue Che's hand came over.
"Zhizhi, Aunt Ying said you can't eat so many snacks in a day, otherwise you won't be able to eat."
Seeing that Su Zhizhi refused to listen, Xue Che threatened:
"If you can't eat later, I'll go back and tell Aunt Ying."
"Then just close your eyes and pretend you don't know." Su Zhizhi looked at Xue Che as if he was a snitch.
Yu Chunman took out another small dish of hawthorn cake:
"Okay, okay, stop arguing. Eat some hawthorn cake. It will help your stomach digest it and you'll be able to eat later."
Yu Chunman was one of the doctors in the pediatric ward. Sometimes when he went out to see children, he would bring food with him to comfort sick children.
So, Su Zhizhi ate the hawthorn cake with her eyes squinted again.
A piece of food was also stuffed into Xue Che's mouth.
It is sweet and sour and really appetizing.
Su Zhizhi ate happily and spoke pleasantly: "You guys are so amazing. You even know what the different parts of a person's bones look like."
Su Zhizhi saw several human body images hanging in the room. Unlike ordinary portraits, those depicted the skeleton and organ shapes of various parts of the human body.
One of the disciples said, "It's nothing. I've cut it open and looked at it, so I know for sure."
Xue Che paused while eating hawthorn, thinking he had heard wrongly:
"What are you dissecting?"
The doctors replied, "After someone dies in our Divine Doctor Valley, their body is dissected for future generations to study and learn about medicine, and then they are buried."
"Everyone?" Xue Che had always heard that the dead were the most important and should be buried in peace. This was the first time he heard that the dead would be dissected.
Yu Chunman: "This is a rule that has been passed down in our Divine Doctor Valley for generations. Everyone follows it, and we're all used to it. Did it scare you? Let's not talk about this anymore."
Su Zhizhi ate the hawthorn cake calmly:
"It's not scary. Our village also divides people into many groups. But those people didn't volunteer. The ancestors of the Divine Doctor Valley volunteered, so they must be very good people."
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