The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure-Chapter 92 My Father is Dying

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Chapter 92: Chapter 92 My Father is Dying

Old Granny Zhang’s eyes almost brimmed with water as she looked at her own daughter. No matter how she looked, her daughter was pleasing to her eyes. Let’s not mention that since her daughter decided to lose weight, she had indeed become prettier after slimming down.

The shape of her nose, eyes, and mouth gradually became more defined, and she herself was not bad-looking. Her husband was quite spirited in his youth, and among the four sons she bore, the second was the most handsome, taking after her own mother-in-law. The other sons were also not bad.

Her eldest daughter, because she was nothing but trouble-free during the pregnancy, eating and drinking well, was the best nurtured. She was born with thick hair, and by the full moon, her hair was dark, her eyes large, and her skin white, looking just like a lucky baby doll that instantly warmed one’s heart.

Otherwise, how could she cherish her so much? And why would the whole family agree? Wasn’t it because the eldest daughter was pretty, and everyone in the family liked her?

Now, the slimmed-down girl had somewhat taken after her own appearance when she was young.

Old Granny Zhang was very delighted, believing that no one in the whole of Qilidun was more beautiful than her own daughter.

Wang Yongzhu was unaware of Old Granny Zhang’s thoughts, making idle conversation with her.

They suddenly heard a burst of crying and panic-stricken footsteps from afar, growing closer, seemingly heading toward their house?

Old Granny Zhang heard it too, and mother and daughter exchanged glances before putting down their work and heading outside.

Just as they reached the courtyard, the door was flung open with a loud "bang." Jindou, with a panicked face, rushed in sobbing, "Grandpa——Grandma—— it’s terrible, my dad is in bad shape——"

"What? What happened to your dad?" Old Granny Zhang was about to get angry, but when she heard Eldest Brother was in trouble, her legs went weak, and she grabbed Wang Yongzhu, asking frantically.

Inside the house, Wang Laozhu also hurried out upon hearing the commotion, along with Lady Jiang and the other children, all looking at Jindou.

Jindou’s eyes reddened, and she couldn’t stop her tears from falling, suddenly kneeling down before Wang Laozhu, crying bitterly, "Grandpa, my dad was in the mountains and got hit by a rock on his waist, he’s in really bad shape——"

"What?!" Everyone exclaimed in shock.

Wang Laozhu’s vision darkened, his body swayed, but he managed to stay upright, "What exactly is going on? Where is your dad now, and in what condition?"

The rest of the people also looked anxiously at Jindou.

While wiping away tears, Jindou recounted, "After Jinhoo and I finished eating, we followed my mom up the mountain. Before we even reached the spot where we dig yams, I heard my mom crying. When I rushed over, I found my dad was hit in the waist by a huge rock, bleeding a lot, unable to move, already unconscious. Jinhoo and I tried to move the rock, but couldn’t. Luckily, Uncle Chongjin from the Song Family was there, and together, they managed to remove the rock and carried my dad down the mountain. Uncle Chongjin and my mom are taking my dad to Doctor Liu’s house in the next village right now——"

"Quick, take me there to see——" Wang Laozhu said urgently and worriedly, rushing out after listening, and soon starting to jog.

Jindou hurriedly got up, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and ran after him.

It took a moment for Old Granny Zhang to recover, and her tears suddenly started flowing, "Oh my heavens! Good heavens! My Eldest Brother! Good Lord, why are you so blind! My Eldest Brother~~" she stumbled along, trying to catch up from behind.

Wang Yongzhu, too, was worried about her big brother’s injury. From Jindou’s description, she knew it was serious, especially since the rock hit him in the waist. If it damaged his nerves, she feared...

Wang Yongzhu didn’t dare to continue the thought, steadied herself, and said to a panic-stricken Lady Jiang and the other little ones, "Sister-in-law, with such a big event happening, we can’t attend to the house and the children for now. You stay home with the kids, keep them from running around and getting into trouble. I’ll go see the situation, and who knows, maybe Eldest Brother will have to be taken to the town. Make some dry food and prepare some water, in case we need it on the road."

As she spoke, she took out a set of keys from her bosom and handed them to Lady Jiang. These keys were given secretly by Old Granny Zhang, who doted on her eldest daughter, allowing her to find something to eat in the house whenever she was hungry.

Lady Jiang was initially so alarmed when she heard that Wang Yongfu had vomited blood and become unconscious that she broke out in a cold sweat, her hands and feet clammy, so startled that she didn’t know what to do. Fortunately, as soon as Wang Yongzhu gave the instruction, she found her resolve, and without a second thought, took the keys and quickly nodded in agreement.

She clung tightly to the few children around her, but being frail and weak, she could barely hold on to her own children, let alone Little Bean, who were all too scared to move. Only Jinguan, the injured man’s own son, was initially too shocked to react.

But the moment Jinguan came to his senses, he took off running, and Lady Jiang could not hold him back, nearly tumbling over in the process.

Wang Yongzhu, with no other choice, repeated her instructions before giving chase.

Though she had grown thinner recently, she was nowhere near as agile as Jinguan, who dashed through the hills daily, and before long, he had left her far behind, disappearing out of sight.

The neighboring village was called Yangjiapu, situated about two to three miles from Qili Slope.

This village had dozens more households than Qilidun and was now in a season of relative agricultural idleness. A severe injury like this was a rare occurrence in the neighboring ten miles and hardly ever happened.

Even though Wang Yongzhu did not know exactly where Doctor Liu’s house was, as soon as she entered Yangjiapu, she heard villagers calling out, "Hurry to Doctor Liu’s house, I heard someone from the next village got crushed by a rock at the waist, looks like he’s not going to make it!"

"Really? Hey, sister, wait for me, I want to go see too—"

The women, with nothing better to do, passed the word along and made plans to rush to Doctor Liu’s house together.

Wang Yongzhu knew this was typical in rural areas, where villagers toiled in the fields all year round and rarely came across anything out of the ordinary—it was bound to attract a crowd.

She simply followed behind the women and finally arrived outside Doctor Liu’s courtyard.

The courtyard was packed with onlookers, with even the tree branches brimming with people craning their necks to see inside.

Faint wails could be heard coming from within the courtyard, accompanied by Old Granny Zhang’s scolding.

"You harbinger of death, you wretched thing! It’s all your fault! How could Heaven be so blind, to let it harm my boy? You wretched woman, it’s all because of you! Let me tell you, if anything happens to Eldest Brother, you’ll see if I don’t skin you alive—" Then came another round of wailing.

The surrounding villagers also shook their heads and sighed.

"What a pity! Looks like there’s no saving him now!"

"Indeed, he vomited so much blood when he arrived. He’s exhaling more than he’s inhaling. They say he was hit by a rock, there’s no chance he’ll survive!"

"Such a pity, it sounds like it’s all his wife’s fault, such sinfulness—"

Hearing all this made Wang Yongzhu’s heart pound in fear, and without caring for anything else, she pushed through the onlookers just to see that the door to the doctor’s courtyard was open, allowing a view of the situation inside.

Lying on the ground was a man whose clothes were soaked in large patches of darkened blood, lying there motionlessly with just a faint rise and fall in his chest—who else could it be but Wang Yongfu?

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