After all, Xia Hua has many talented and extraordinary people, some of whom are truly capable. The elderly are often knowledgeable and experienced; although their lives may seem short, they have seen and experienced a lot. Some of them have even witnessed things that science cannot explain.
For example, some children have a fever, and even after being taken to the clinic or hospital for IV drips, it doesn't help. Doctors have declared them critically ill many times. In the end, the family has no choice but to bring them back home and secretly find someone to help them call back their soul. The child actually gets better!
Moreover, that expert couldn't possibly know anything about the child's family, yet he could calculate and recount seven or eight parts of the story with a few strokes of his finger, making the listener's hair stand on end and filled with awe.
Everyone chimed in with a few words of agreement, then eagerly asked, "How was it? Did it work? What was all that fuss about this morning?"
“It definitely won’t work,” the old lady waved her hand and said with a smile, “It’s all superstition, so it definitely won’t work. After sleeping, their legs are still cold and numb, like they don’t even belong to them.”
"It took them an afternoon and a night to get better, and they were very disappointed. None of the women in the Di family are easy to deal with. None of them want to be taken advantage of, afraid of being made a fool of and having to support those two's wives and children. They've already started throwing things around and making veiled insults."
"I reckon they'll be splitting up soon."
They couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Most families in the village do not separate, because they still make a living by farming. With more people, they can bear more risks, and the whole family works together to manage their lives.
"I think it's not just about splitting up the family; maybe both of their wives will pack their bags and remarry..."
"Tsk tsk, how powerful the Di family was back then! Who dared to bully them? Whenever someone was wronged or bullied, these two were the first to run away and always put in the most effort. But look what happened! Now their legs are useless, so who cares about them?"
"They're all fools. That old man was right. They think they're very clever now, but heaven is watching. Everything they do today has been seen by the younger generation. What kind of good life will they have when they're old and frail?"
Upon hearing this, Ke Meiyu and Ying Yan exchanged a glance and quietly left.
“There are too many things like this in the world, how many can we possibly handle?” Ke Meiyu sighed slightly. “It’s too difficult to wake someone who is pretending to be asleep. Don’t those people in the Di family have a sense of right and wrong? They do, but they’re unwilling to act on it. They’ve been around for so many years, how can we possibly change their minds?”
Ying Yan laughed and said, "Then let them break all their legs and experience a few months of inconvenience and the coldness of human relationships. If they still can't turn over a new leaf by then, then there's nothing we can do."
"As long as they don't harm other people's interests, let them make a fuss on their own."
Ke Meiyu nodded in agreement. “Many times, people say that sons forget their mothers after they get married, and that their lack of filial piety is all because they didn’t marry the right wife and were controlled by her.”
"Actually, I think it's the man's fault. What did the wife do wrong? Did her parents-in-law give birth to her? Serving her parents-in-law is just fulfilling her filial duty to her husband. Not serving them is not wrong in law, but it's morally wrong."
"Why can men just shrug it off and become irresponsible husbands when they come home? When it comes to filial impiety, people only blame the wife. When it comes to men, they say they are controlled by their wives. It's ridiculous."
"Even the most cowardly men in Xiahua are somewhat chauvinistic. If you cross their bottom line, would they really let their wives make the decisions? It's just that they lack the filial piety to do so."
"Let all the able-bodied men of the Di family experience what it's like to live like Old Master Di!"
"It won't take too many days, just a month. A month is enough to see the hearts of the people around you clearly."
The Di family weren't exactly noble people. If a laborer's legs were useless for a day or two, that would be one thing, but if there was no improvement after a week or two, they would probably conclude that the person's legs would never be able to stand up again.
What kind of treatment will those who have no further use receive at that time?
The two waited at the same spot as yesterday, and when the Di family returned from the fields, the same thing happened again. But this time, instead of the two of them kneeling on the ground, it was all the strong men of the Di family who knelt down!
Not to mention the Di family, even the surrounding villagers felt a chill that ran through their bones, even in the middle of summer.
They generally believed that the Di family had provoked a very powerful alien force and was going to suffer retribution!
The older generation took the opportunity to educate the younger generation: "See? Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. Unfilial people are destined to go astray and will be punished sooner or later!"
What could the younger generation say? They all nodded in agreement, unwilling to take the risk even if there was a one percent chance that the lightning bolt would punish them for being unfilial.
The women of the Di family who were traveling with them were so frightened that they cried and wailed. The villagers, fearing that they would get into trouble, carried their tools and chased after the fire like dogs, putting it out and grabbing tree branches to run home.
After the Di family women finished crying about the injustice of their fate and their own misfortune, they looked up and saw that only their own family members remained...
While they were criticizing the villagers, they asked their husbands how they were feeling.
The men of the Di family were pale. They felt no discomfort whatsoever, except for the fact that they couldn't feel anything in their legs. Thinking of their two family members and everyone's reactions that morning, despair filled their eyes.
"Honey, if I can never stand up again, you won't despise me, will you?"
"Mother, my legs are useless now. Will you still treat me the same way as before?"
The women of the Di family forced smiles; they were already afraid and uncomfortable, and now the men had brought it up.
Their minds couldn't help but extend along this line of thought.
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