readytorunbook Chapter 249 Missing? Li Rouer is missing
Chapter 249 Missing? Li Rouer is missing
The next day, Yao Qingnian went back to the village to tell Lu Mingchuan and his wife the good news. When he arrived at the door of Huang's house, he saw a lot of villagers gathered around, and the sound of old lady Huang crying could be heard from inside.
"My dear grandson! Where have you been?"
"What's going on?" The villagers who were watching began to talk one after another.
"I heard that Li Rouer said she was going to take the kids to the city the other day, and she never came back."
"Not coming back?" How could such a grown-up person be lost?
"Yes, Huang Jiabao went looking for it but couldn't find it."
The person never came back, so Huang Jiabao went to look for him all night, but finally came back empty-handed. Old Mrs. Huang was crying for her grandson.
"Is something wrong?"
"She's so old, how could she just be lost? Do you think she ran away with a man? I heard that Li Rouer gave birth more than two months prematurely, but the midwife said that based on her many years of experience in delivering babies, the baby didn't seem to be premature, and she was still full term!"
Several aunts were discussing in low voices.
The Huang family was lucky. Even though there was no medicine for the epidemic, they managed to survive. When a folk remedy came out, they miraculously recovered after taking it. Old Mrs. Huang was thankful that God had opened her eyes and let them escape the disaster.
After the epidemic, Li Rouer's confinement was over. Old Mrs. Huang was relatively good to her. Even when there was no food before, she tried her best to serve her with delicious food and drink, just to let her lively and lovely grandson drink milk. The child was born prematurely, so he had to be taken care of more carefully.
The morning before yesterday, Huang Jiabao went somewhere and was not at home. Li Rouer said that the child was not feeling well and wanted to take the child to the city to check on him. Originally, Old Mrs. Huang wanted to go with them, but she refused. The reason was that the family was not in financial difficulty at the moment, and if one more person went to the city, it would cost three or four cents for a round trip. It would be better to save the money and buy an extra pound of brown rice. She could go alone, check on the child and come back.
When Old Mrs. Huang thought about it, she felt that it made sense. She didn't have much savings left, so she tried to save as much as possible. So she took out a hundred copper coins and let Li Rouer take the child into the city.
Who would have thought that he would not come back until dark. She quickly asked Huang Jiabao to look for him, but when he could not find him, she became disheartened and collapsed to the ground, crying loudly.
After the epidemic, her health was much worse than before, and she looked much older all of a sudden. She was crying so hard that she fainted due to emotional excitement.
Someone quickly invited Doctor Lu to come over. After Doctor Lu gave her an acupuncture, Mrs. Huang slowly woke up, but she suddenly felt that her mouth was out of control. She babbled for a long time and couldn't speak. Her facial muscles were relaxed, one side of her face had lost its expression, the corner of her mouth was crooked, and because she was too excited, saliva flowed down the corner of her mouth. Her hands were also out of control and she couldn't move at all, but her feet still had some feeling and could walk.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Huang Jiabao looked at the saliva flowing from the corner of his mother's mouth with a look of disgust.
"She's having a stroke."
"Stroke? Can it be cured?" Huang Jiabao was already depressed because of Li Rouer's disappearance, and he became even more depressed when he heard that his mother had a stroke.
"It's very difficult. Your mother's condition is quite serious. I'm afraid she will have to stay like this for the rest of her life. I can't do anything about it. You should take her to the city to have a look!"
Doctor Lu shook his head helplessly. Everyone knows that stroke cannot be cured. Alas, the Huang family is really sinful!
In ancient times, treatment mainly relied on traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, acupuncture and other methods. The efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions varies from person to person, and the effect is relatively slow. Although acupuncture may have a certain effect on relieving some symptoms, it is difficult to achieve a radical cure for severe stroke patients.
Hearing that his mother could not be cured, Huang Jiabao grabbed Doctor Lu by the collar and cursed him fiercely: "Old man, my mother was fine just now, how come she had a stroke? Did you do anything to her?"
"Let me go quickly, everyone is watching, don't spit bloody words at me! I came here with good intentions to treat your mother, and it's fine if you don't feel grateful, but you even dared to slander me and ruin my reputation, humph! In front of the villagers, I will never treat anyone in your family again!"
Doctor Lu was an old man, and when Huang Jiabao grabbed him, his face turned red after a while.
"Let go of Doctor Lu!" The villagers rushed forward and pulled Huang Jiabao away.
Doctor Lu still has some prestige in the village. All the men, women, young and old in the village who have headaches and fevers know Doctor Lu. Otherwise, they have to go to the city when they are sick, which not only delays their treatment but also costs a lot of money. Doctor Lu used to go up the mountain to collect herbs on weekdays, and he dug the herbs for the villagers himself. Sometimes when he saw poor families, he would provide free medical treatment and medicine. How could such a person deliberately harm others?
Huang Jiabao is a man who makes random accusations and has a ruthless heart. Everyone felt a little sympathetic towards him at first, but now that little bit of sympathy has completely disappeared because of his actions.
"It's what they deserve! Doctor Lu, why are you saving people like this? Let's go."
The villagers helped Doctor Lu out of the Huang family's courtyard. All of a sudden, the onlookers dispersed, and no one wanted to care about the Huang family's affairs anymore.
Huang Jiabao got a headache when he saw the mess at home. No, he had to go look for Rouer and the children again.
"Mother, give me some money. I want to go find Rou'er and the child. Don't worry, I will definitely bring them back."
"Ah..." Old Mrs. Huang tried hard to speak, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't utter a word.
"The silver is in the house, right? Okay, I'll get it myself."
Huang Jiabao spent half a day to find five hundred coins from a corner.
"That's all. It's enough for anything. Do you have any more, mother?"
"Uh uh..." She wanted to reach out to stop it, but her hands were completely out of control and she couldn't move at all for a long time.
"Oh! Never mind if there's nothing. I'm leaving now. Mom, take care of yourself!"
Huang Jiabao took the silver and left home for the city without caring about Old Lady Huang's life or death. He never came back.
Old Mrs. Huang was left alone at home. She could not speak or move her hands now. Even if there was food at home, she could not cook anything. She had no choice but to go to Huang Jiaming's house after being hungry for two days.
Huang Jiaming looked at his mother like this and didn't want to care whether she lived or died. But if he didn't, Old Mrs. Huang would really starve to death. He was not like Huang Jiabao, who couldn't watch his mother die. In the end, he had no choice but to let her mother go back and bring her some food every day.
Wang Qinyu felt so relieved when she saw her like this. When her mother-in-law didn't treat her as a human being, did she ever think that she would end up like this? Now, it's her turn, haha...