Chapter 0049: Snake Wine to Liven Up the Fun
After Long Xia's father used my parents to threaten me to find the snake coffin, I returned home and asked my mother.
Why did they go back to the village when they knew that I would be sacrificed in a snake coffin when I was born? Had they already decided to sacrifice me in the snake coffin at that time?
At that time my mother said she had no choice!
But that night, after I fell asleep, my mother seemed to have said something to Mo Xiu, and then she and my father left.
Mo Xiu was very sure that my parents were not dead and that the fact that they could be reunited with me proved that they were fine.
But all the wives married in Huilong Village were childless, and Fu Qian gave birth to only boys. So why could my mother and Longxia's mother give birth to a child, and it happened to be us.
Mo Xiu knew that I was looking at the roster. He didn't even stop me when I copied my birth date and eight characters to have my fortune told.
That night when I was copying the address, he took the roster away again!
"Long Ling." Mo Xiu turned his head and looked at me, then reached out and slowly pried open my fingers that were pulling at his sleeve: "Some things are better left unseen. Your parents still have things to do, and they are not abandoning you."
I watched my fingers being pried apart one by one, and then a black robe flashed before my eyes, and Mo Xiu disappeared.
But the black snake jade bracelet on my wrist is still there. I guess he left it there on purpose so that he would come out if I was in danger.
But isn’t Mo Xiu tired from running around like this?
I breathed slightly and looked up outside. The early summer sunlight was just right, and it should have been warm when it shone on people, but I couldn't feel warm at all. I just felt cold to the bone.
Since I was born, I have been shrouded in a mystery.
No, or rather, every step had been planned for me when I was still in my mother's belly.
I sat there and suddenly felt that I really shouldn't have asked Mo Xiu that question.
At least if I don't have any doubts in my mind, if I really leave the town and see my parents again, I can pretend that nothing happened.
But now, a gap has arisen in my heart.
Qin Mipo took out a bunch of things and carried a cloth bag on her back. She walked out while coughing, as if she was about to go out.
The pain in my shoulder dissipated, and I quickly supported her: "Where are you going?"
Grandma Qin Mi patted me on the shoulder and said, "Cook some noodles for yourself at noon. I'll be out for a while."
I glanced into her cloth bag, which contained rice, incense paper, and some other things hidden under the incense paper. I was a little curious for a moment.
These days, fewer people ask about rice, and even fewer go out.
Something suddenly occurred to me, and I looked at Qin Mipo: "Are you going to the Wei family?"
What Mrs. Wei cares most about is whether her son can have an heir.
Just now, she asked for directions and the result was that an egg laid a chicken, which was a good omen, so she happily left in a hurry, not knowing that there was a snake hidden inside the chicken.
"We are all from the same village. It was me who predicted Gu Xiaolan's fate to marry into the Wei family. In the end, I shouldn't have been soft-hearted, which led to this disaster." Qin Mipo finished coughing and breathed heavily.
Patting my shoulder, he smiled bitterly and said, "Don't worry, Snake Coffin won't do anything to me. When I asked the Mi Qin family..."
When Qin Mipo said this, her eyes seemed to flash and she began to cough violently again.
I hurriedly helped her sit down and poured her some water. Apart from pouring her water, I really didn't know what to do with her cough.
"I won't live long anyway, so it's good to save my fellow villagers." Qin Mipo drank water, still panting: "You have clavicle blood snake in your body, don't worry about it."
She handed me the cup and whispered, "Long Ling, I just called someone I know. They are experts in snake handling and may be able to remove the blood snake from your body."
"You take a rest first, I'll go to Wei's house and come back soon." Qin Mipo slowly stood up, holding the cloth bag, and started coughing again.
I watched her half-hunched over, coughing as if she was out of breath, but still walking forward.
He turned his head to look at the roof, then finally stood up, closed the door, and chased after him.
Qin Mipo pushed me: "You are at home."
"Let's go and have a look. We'll know each other better." I took her bag and said with a wry smile, "The blood snake is in my body anyway. It'll just hurt a little, but I won't die."
Qin Mipo was about to say something, but she started coughing again.
I patted her back and said, "Have you finished taking your medicine? Go to the hospital when you have time. Even if it can't cure you, it will at least make you feel more comfortable."
Tuberculosis is very difficult to cure. Qin Mipo's disease is already in the late stage. She coughs all night long and coughs whenever she moves.
She just waved at me, stroking her chest and breathing heavily.
When they arrived at the Wei family , they saw that the people from the Gu and Wei families had changed their previous confrontational attitude and were now happily playing poker together.
The two families have always been encouraged to reconcile rather than separate. Now that things have gotten better, naturally both families are happy.
The Wei family treated them with fine wine and cigarettes, but in fact, few people in the Gu family came sincerely for Gu Xiaolan's happiness, so naturally they just went along with it.
When we went there, Mrs. Wei and a few other aunts were packing chickens and ducks in front of the house. They were very happy to see us.
Mrs. Wei was in a rare good mood and waved to us: "Come on, the meal is not ready yet, come in and sit down! Sit down!"
Those aunties who were plucking chicken feathers all looked up at me and whispered.
Whether it is my family or the things happening in Huilong Village, they are enough to make me suffer criticism.
Now this little bit of discussion doesn't matter to me at all.
I helped Qin Mipo look inside, but I didn't see Gu Xiaolan and Wei Changshun at the card table.
After walking for a while, Qin Mipo started panting again.
I don’t know how Qin Mipo wants to deal with Gu Xiaolan, but let’s find her first.
All he could do was to say, "Gu Xiaolan, we have something for her, good for having children and grandchildren, guaranteed to be a boy."
Mrs. Wei immediately became happy and plucked the duck feathers off her hands: "It's upstairs, come on, I'll take you there."
There were still villagers standing near the house , talking about Gu Xiaolan's resurrection.
Anyway, Gu Xiaolan was not dead originally, but the Wei family was afraid of causing trouble and were reluctant to keep the coffin for three days, so they just buried her in a random ceremony for one night.
The burial was shallow, and Gu Xiaolan woke up by herself, crawled out, ran away, and even prepared the coffin and the grave.
The story is so concise that there is not a single flaw to be found.
Mrs. Wei took Mrs. Qin Mi and me upstairs, her face full of joy: "Xiao Lan has been working outside for more than a year, and she has changed a lot."
This makes Gu Xiaolan more satisfied with the present.
The downstairs was filled with the shouts of people playing cards, and on the second floor I could still hear the sound of cards being played, but there was no one in the living room.
Mrs. Wei smiled at us and reached out to push Wei Changshun's door.
The door was not locked and she opened it with one turn.
As the door opened, the man's heavy breathing was heard.
I immediately felt bad. When the door opened, I saw Gu Xiaolan with disheveled hair, red cheeks, sweat, and watery eyes...
Wei Changshun's hands were tied to the head of the bed, his face was red, and he was panting heavily...
It turns out that the rope at the head of the bed is used for this purpose. I’m afraid it has been used for a different purpose now!
"Oh my." Mrs. Wei was also anxious. She waved her hands inside and said with a smile: "You guys continue, continue..."
But just as she closed the door, Gu Xiaolan stood up, turned her head and looked at me amid Wei Changshun's growl.
She reached out, picked up a cup from the bedside, and handed it to Wei Changshun's mouth.
I couldn't help but turn my head to look where the cup came from, and saw two bottles of snake wine on the bedside table.
The one that was originally half a bottle is now completely empty.
In the middle of the medicine residue at the bottom of the glass bottle, there was a snake as thick as the mouth of a cup, its belly pressed against the glass bottle, and its thin tail seemed to twitch.
There was an amber line on the water surface of another glass bottle, obviously some water had been drunk from it.
Gu Xiaolan poured all the snake wine into Wei Changshun's mouth, then turned and smiled at me.
That smile was charming and seemed very proud.
I stared at the bottle of snake wine and saw that the snake soaked in the wine had obviously come back to life, with its head held high and attached to the glass bottle.
The snake tilted its head to the same degree as Gu Xiaolan, looking at me, with its bright red tongue sticking out...
Seeing that Mrs. Wei was about to close the door, I hurriedly pushed it open: "The snake in the snake wine has come back to life!"
"Ouch!" Mrs. Wei pulled my hand away. "The snakes used in snake wine must be alive. The weather is hot now, it's normal for snakes to be alive. They can't escape!"
Then he looked at me and said, "The snake wine your father sells is made of live snakes. It's not a lie! You're a girl, and you're not shy. You should avoid such things. I don't know what your parents taught you..."
At this point, she even said to Qin Mipo embarrassedly: "Haven't seen each other for more than a year? This... is a bit anxious, but it's normal!"
Qin Mipo's face was gloomy. She originally came here to expose Gu Xiaolan's identity.
In this situation, it doesn't seem right to go in.
Ambiguous voices were heard in the house. Mrs. Wei was afraid of disturbing her from holding her grandson, so she pulled us away.
All I could think about were those two bottles of snake wine...
