Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 962 - Grown Impatient with Living
Chapter 962: Chapter 962: Grown Impatient with Living!
Chapter 962 -962: Grown Impatient with Living!
When First Son He left years ago, everyone was unable to find his whereabouts. Later, Cui’er was even captured by Shopkeeper Gu while searching for him, which caused her and her husband Di Ah-bao to struggle for many years. Di Ah-bao exhausted all his heart and effort in the search for her.
It was only when Liu Sisi happened to find her and brought her to the capital city that the two of them were finally reunited.
Regrettably, after so much had transpired, Cui’er had seen through the secular world and had directly entered into monastic life to cultivate herself, while Di Ah-bao, still infatuated with her, also followed into monastic life, following in her footsteps…
All these events, when traced back to their origin, whether it was the death of my father or Cui’er’s disappearance afterward, were connected to Old He’s sudden disappearance.
Old He sighed, “The events of those years can hardly be explained in just a few words. By the way, why are you alone? I haven’t seen Sisi.”
In the midst of talking, he glanced behind Di Yelei several times.
“Sisi… Well, that’s a long story. Right, this is Xuan’er, Old He, you should have some impression of him. These are the triplets Niuniu and Chou Chou born to Sisi, and here are Di Cheng’s eldest son Di Qiu and the second daughter Di Min. Come and meet your ancestral Old He,” Di Yelei hastily called the children behind him.
The children hurriedly lined up and came forward to greet Old He.
Old He sat with a smile, waiting for the children to finish greeting him, and then with a smile beckoned them to rise, “Everybody get up quickly. I really did not expect to see that in a few years, the children have all grown so much. Come, Old He has some meeting gifts for you, take them and share amongst yourselves.”
While speaking, he took out several jade pendants from his arms and handed them to everyone.
The children quickly thanked him, and then each took a pendant and stepped back. YingEr got a pendant with a blood-red blood jade, and she examined it several times in her hands before putting it in her arms. It was evident that she liked it very much.
Old He’s gaze particularly fell on Di Ying, “YingEr has also grown into a big girl. How has it been, have you had an occurrence of your illness in these years?”
Di Ying dared not act so casually and respectfully greeted Old He before lightly biting her lips, “Thanks to Old Ancestor He’s utmost efforts to cure me back then, YingEr’s illness was able to improve. All these years, my father and mother have been constantly searching for Old Ancestor He, just that we could never find your whereabouts.”
“Well said! Come closer and let Old He have a look, to see if your illness is completely cured.”
Old He stroked his beard, laughing in an extraordinarily kind manner.
This made Di Yelei and everyone else overjoyed! YingEr’s health had always been a concern for everyone, even though in recent years she had not had any outbreaks of illness, but her frail body never ceased to cause concern for others.
Di Ying was also inexplicably excited, her cheeks flushed with a circle of red, and obediently sat down beside Old He, extending her arm.
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Old He took a towel to cover her wrist and then began to take her pulse. After a moment, he withdrew his hand.
“It’s clear that you’ve been well taken care of over the years, and have paid attention to what needed attention. Now, you are not much different from a normal person. As long as you maintain proper care, there shouldn’t be any major issues,” Old He said, seemingly holding back from saying everything on his mind.
He sighed to himself! Ultimately, something was lacking in YingEr’s ability to have children.
Everyone immediately burst into joy!
Di Yelei quickly gave a fist greeting to the ground, “Old He’s life-saving grace for YingEr is something our entire family will remember in our hearts forever, and never dare to forget. Please accept a bow from Ye Lei!”
“No need to bow, get up quickly. You are now esteemed as the Old Master Marquis, and bowing to me, a lonely old man, doesn’t make any sense. Please, stand up.”
Old He hurriedly helped Di Yelei to his feet, then sighed and said, “Seeing as we are fortuitously reunited, why not summon Sisi as well, and prepare a table of the same snacks we used to enjoy back then. This old man’s cravings are quite eager for her culinary skills!”
As Old He spoke, he kept smacking his lips repeatedly, clearly savoring the memory of Liu Sisi’s cooking skills.
Now that things had come to this point, Di Yelei could no longer conceal the truth and had to inform Old He of the real situation: “Old He is unaware, it’s not that Ye Lei is unwilling to call Sisi out, but rather that at this moment, Sisi is simply not here. Even we are searching for her.”
The smile instantly faded from Old He’s face as he sat up straight: “What has happened?”
Di Yelei did not hide anything and proceeded to explain everything that had initially happened.
“You mean to say, after Sisi left, you discovered that you seemed to have contracted smallpox as well? Red rashes appeared on your faces?” Worry was deeply etched in the bottom of Old He’s eyes.
“Indeed! At first, we all thought it was smallpox, but after a few days, these red rashes faded on their own, which was really strange.”
“And they didn’t leave any marks?”
“Not a single scar.”
Those who survived smallpox were invariably left with numerous scars resembling pockmarks on their faces. However, once they recovered, their cheeks were smooth, which clearly indicated that it was not smallpox.
“Since all of you have recovered, and Sisi fell ill before you did, logically, she should have recovered before you did. But up to now, Sisi has not appeared, and there can only be three possibilities for this.”
Old He stroked his white beard: “First, the disease Sisi has contracted is clearly much more serious than what you have, and the illness is still spreading, which is why she has not shown up. Second, the disease Sisi has might not be the same one you contracted. The third possibility…”
The third possibility Old He did not mention, but everyone understood his implication.
Di Yelei directly shook his head: “Impossible! The symptoms Sisi and we experienced were exactly the same; it’s just that our symptoms were noticeably milder than hers. Perhaps, as you have guessed, her illness has not healed at all.” As he spoke, a swift flash of pain crossed his face.
After pondering for a moment, Old He then shook his head again: “This old man has not seen Sisi and cannot make an accurate judgment. However, from what I can gather from your statements, I do have another thought.” Old He looked deeply at Di Yelei.
Oh? What are you thinking, Old He?”
Old He stared intently into Di Yelei’s eyes: “This old man tends to think that Sisi’s symptoms do not seem to be due to smallpox, but rather appear as if she has been struck by a weird poison!”
Di Yelei could no longer remain seated, and abruptly stood up from the chair, raising his voice in query: “What? A weird poison! Are you sure you are not mistaken in your assessment, Old He?”
“How could this old man be certain without seeing the person affected? How could I dare to confirm whether she has been poisoned or not?”
Old He simply waved his hand: “However, this old man does know that some exotic alchemists like to mix strange flowers and herbs to create weird poisons. These poisons often have complex formulas, with components that interact and counteract each other. Without knowing the specific ingredients added and possessing the antidote, rashly neutralizing one of the toxins could disrupt the equilibrium of the weird poison itself, ultimately triggering other toxins in the body of the poisoned individual and leading to their demise.”
Di Yelei inhaled sharply upon hearing this!
“So, if indeed afflicted by such weird poison, the best course of action would be to find the poisoner and obtain the antidote, otherwise…”
