Chapter 75 Miao Wang's Father
The rising sun slowly cast its warm light, and then Yangliu Town was completely enveloped by the sunlight, and the scorching heat followed.
It seemed that everyone had not yet recovered from the sweltering heat of the previous night, and today's heat wave was upon us again.
A burst of crying came from the street, heart-wrenching, making people anxious and confused.
Ding Xiaodie and Zhang Xiu were both woken up, but before they could go out to check, they heard Wang Dafeng yelling from downstairs: "Old Third's, Xiaodie, come and take a look! Oh my, this is terrible!"
what happens?
The mother and daughter were so scared that they got up quickly. When they ran downstairs, they found out that Miao Wang's father had suddenly passed away.
According to other family members, he was fine yesterday, except that he said he was a little thirsty before going to bed. But we only found out this morning that he had passed away.
At this time, someone had already gone to call back Miao Wang who was digging the lotus pond.
The situation of Miao Wang's family is almost the same. He has many brothers and sisters, and elderly parents. Miao Wang himself is the eldest son in the family, but he is not very ambitious. Usually, the pillar of the family is still Miao's father.
Now, Old Man Miao passed away overnight, and his wife cried her heart out, not knowing how to live in the future.
Miao Wang did come back from the lotus pond, but he could only stand stupidly beside his father's body, not knowing what to do.
The other brothers and sisters burst into tears.
Seeing this miserable sight, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but hug her daughter's shoulders tightly.
Ding Xiaodie was also sad.
The poorer you are, the more children you have, and the more children you have, the poorer you become. This is the sadness of this era.
In the past, when such things happened on the road to escape famine, no one even had the energy to cry. Just when life finally got a little stable, someone else died like this.
The women and children in the village could not control their emotions for a moment.
Even Wang Dafeng, with tears and snot streaming down her face, offered advice in a hoarse voice: "Miao Wang, what are you still standing there for? Death is like the extinguishing of a light. As the old saying goes, 'You can't see the moon without sunlight.' Your mother and your brothers and sisters were so panicked that they carried your father outside. He can't be exposed to the scorching sun, understand? Why don't you quickly carry your father back inside and find some cloth or something to cover him up."
"Yes, yes, that's right. Miao Wang, hurry up."
"Oh, how foolish! How could you, Miao family, let the children carry him out of the house?"
Miao Wangniang was stunned and her mind was in turmoil. In a panic, she just wanted to carry her man to see a doctor, but she never thought that he was already beyond help.
At this time, various sounds came one after another!
Miao Wang's eyes widened, and he walked over and lifted his father's hands and placed them on his shoulders, trying to carry him on his back. However, his old father's body was already stiff, so he had to turn around and hold his father's upper body and drag him into the house.
This delay made the mother so distressed that she screamed and fainted.
Several women and children in the village rushed over, pinching her Ren Zhong and rubbing her hands and feet. After a while, Miao Wangniang finally woke up slowly.
Miao Wang in the room put his father in a corner, then went upstairs to find a thin bed sheet to cover him.
Seeing the villagers still trying to comfort his mother, he ran out angrily and dragged his mother into the house, yelling at his brothers and sisters to come in as well. Then he yelled at everyone, "Don't pretend to be kind. If you really mean well, why don't you give my family some water so my father won't die of thirst?"
After he finished speaking, he slammed the door shut, as if saying, "None of you have any right to meddle in my family affairs."
"Hey, Miao Wang, you have no conscience. Who has more water? Who has water?"
"That's right, we feel sorry for your father and mother, not for you."
"Go, go, go, go home, why bother with him!"
Seeing Miao Wang's attitude, everyone's sadness instantly turned into anger. After cursing Miao Wang for a while, they all dispersed.
In the end, only Zhang Xiu and her daughter, Wang Dafeng, and the village chief's wife Yang were left.
Miao Dayou's wife, Bai, was also present, and they were relatives of Miao Wang's family. She originally wanted to go forward and knock on the door, but probably thinking of Miao Wang's stubborn temper, she slowly put down her raised hand.
Instead, she turned around and advised them, "Sister, Auntie, you should go back first. It's too hot. Don't let Xiaodie suffer like this."
Zhang Xiu nodded: "This is the only way for now. We'll make a decision after the village chief and others come back."
Yang agreed.
So everyone went home, but Ding Xiaodie couldn't be happy at all. She felt like a stone was pressing on her heart, heavy and uncomfortable.
…
On Dayun Mountain.
Faced with the villagers who were not very enthusiastic after going up the mountain, Lai Fu shouted at them. Everyone was secretly looking for mushrooms, and the buckets in their hands became a burden.
Ding Gui is different, he has a goal.
But after reaching the top of the mountain, he climbed up happily but did not see the big tree. Thinking that it was still dark, he wondered if he had got the direction wrong.
Thinking of this, he really wanted to hit himself a few times.
"What? Don't worry if you can't find the mushrooms. Just look for them slowly." Miao Dayou, who had been following him, comforted him kindly.
This is not a question of bacteria or not.
Ding Gui's brows were unable to relax, but Miao Dayou's words reminded him. He quickly put the bucket in his hand on the ground, and then climbed up a tree. That's right, you can't be impatient. The more anxious you are, the harder it will be to find it. This matter has to be done slowly.
After climbing up the tree and observing for a while, he finally saw the tall and thick dead tree. Ding Gui quickly jumped down and said, "Big friend, let's go over there."
Miao Dayou knew that his brain was not as smart as his. It was the same when he was in the village before. He would always go east if he said east, and west if he said west. This time, he didn't ask any more questions and just picked up the bucket and left.
Whenever Ding Gui saw mushrooms along the way, he asked Miao Dayou to pick them up.
And when Miao Dayou was picking mushrooms, he pretended to fall, and then easily... found the puddle of water.
The water was still so clear and held a lot of water. I couldn't see clearly at night, but now I realized how many people this water could help. Ding Gui waved his arms happily, "My dear, I found the water source!"
"What?"
This sentence was undoubtedly like a thunderclap above his head. Miao Dayou was absolutely sure that he must have heard it wrong. How could there be any source of water? God wanted to suck it all up.
But when he stumbled to Ding Gui's side and saw him pointing his finger at the naturally formed pool of water in the ravine, Miao Dayou was stunned.
The next second, he quickly raised his hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously: "I am not dreaming, am I?"
"No, it's water, real water."
"Oh my God!"
After Miao Dayou realized that this was not a dream, his voice choked and the thin man collapsed to the ground, sobbing loudly.
Seeing this scene, Ding Gui's eyes became sore.
He turned around, grabbed a leaf, jumped down, and scooped up a pool of water with it: "Don't cry, Dayou. Come, try drinking."
(End of this chapter)
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