Most of the people in Qili Village have the surname Zhou, and a small number of villagers have the surname He. But for more than a hundred years, if your daughter marries my family, or my daughter marries your family, basically every family in the village is related to her.

People with the surname Zhou are basically from the same ancestor.

Although Zhou Hu has no biological brothers, he does have cousins. The situation of his father's generation is a little better than that of Zhou Jin. Of course, close relatives must first help with this kind of thing.

Unfortunately, the relationship between the three families is not very good, and the older generation was very unhappy when the family was separated, so last night the neighbor's sister-in-law who had a good relationship with Zhou Hu's family, Xiao Qian's wife, and the daughter-in-law of Dazhu, the son of the village chief, followed.

Of course, there is also Wenpo invited from Dali Village.

However, Wen Po stayed in Dali Village in the early morning and did not go to the county town with them. Xiao Qian and the others were tired after working all night. It was just that Zhou Hu's wife could not live without people for the time being, so she stayed in the county town.

Zhou Zuorang and the others came back not only to rest, but also to find a replacement woman for them.

Qian understood it as soon as he heard it, thought for a while and said, "I'll go tell Zhou Hu and his aunt. Even if the relationship is not good, the bones are broken but the tendons are still attached. They have to come forward. If they express their stance, they won't go."

, those who have a good relationship with Zhou Hu’s wife should be able to help.”

This is not a big deal. Generally, if any family in the village has such an emergency, they will help.

After Zhou Zhoulang finished mentioning it, he whispered: "The two hundred coins given by my father yesterday have been spent. Zhou Hu said he would pay them back when he comes back."

Qian said "hmm" and didn't really care.

Although Zhou Hu's aunt was very reluctant, she still asked her daughter-in-law to go to the county town to help.

Zhou Hu's wife gave birth to a child at an old doctor's house. It took a lot of effort to correct the fetal position and give birth to the child. However, after birth, the child was as weak as a mouse, and his face was a little blue, obviously because of suffocation.

It was so cruel that the old doctor wasn't sure if there was anything wrong with the child's brain, or even whether the child could survive.

At that time, Zhou Hu could no longer take care of the child because his wife's condition was also very bad. The child was bleeding heavily after birth, so the old doctor asked them to send him to the county town.

The children were also sent away.

He felt that it would be good if he could live, and if he couldn't, he would try his best.

It's just that such a young child cannot take medicine, and the mother is obviously unable to breastfeed him after taking medicine. Whether he can survive depends on fate.

Man Bao originally thought about taking a break and going to the county town to see Zhou Hu's wife. After all, she was still very close to Zhou Hu's second son Erlu.

The two are similar in age, although they have different generations, but they are Manbao's rare friends in the village.

As a friend, her friend’s mother and brother are sick, so she has to go and see them, right?

But before she could mention it, Zhou Hu's mother and son were wrapped up and carried back on a cart the next day.

Qian immediately packed some eggs to see the patient, while Man Bao followed her. Because she was small and followed a little far away, Qian didn't even notice.

There are quite a lot of people in Zhou's house, but the mother's room is quieter, while the yard is more lively. Zhou Hu's mother-in-law is helping to greet people.

Dafu was about the same age as Erdu, and now he was more sensible. He was holding his younger brother Erlu's hand and standing aside, silently watching everyone come and go.

Man Bao could see that they were in a bad mood, so he asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with you?"

When Dafu saw Man Bao, he pursed his lips and wanted to cry.

He knew about Man Bao, and he also knew that she was very good. After all, she could read, and Big Tou and Er Tou often boasted about how good their sister-in-law was. When Man Bao asked, he felt a little uncomfortable and felt aggrieved.

Ever since the evening before yesterday when his mother was about to give birth to a younger brother, the family couldn't take care of the two brothers.

They were sent directly to the home to take care of them, and their parents didn't come back yesterday.

Someone told them that if their mother died, they would be without a mother.

So Dafu and Erlu cried all day and night, and it felt better to see their parents come back today.

But he could see that his mother was not getting better, but was still suffering. Moreover, he was almost eight years old and could understand good words.

Someone just let me

His father had prepared a coffin for his mother, and his grandmother actually agreed.

Dafu wiped away his tears and asked Manbao, "Little Mangu, you are a scholar, do you think my mother's illness can be cured?"

Man Bao asked hesitantly, "Isn't it already healed?"

If it's not good, why send it back?

Dafu shook his head in despair, "It's not good, it's still very painful, and there's also my brother. They said my brother is going to die too."

Man Bao opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a moment.

The three children were relatively speechless. After a while, Bai Shanbao poked his head at the door. When he saw the three of them standing face to face, his eyes were red. He couldn't help but sneak in, "Why are you crying? Who bullied you?"

The three children said nothing and continued to lower their heads and wipe away tears.

Bai Shanbao scratched his head and asked, "Didn't you say that a baby was born? I haven't seen the newborn baby yet. Can I take a look?"

Man Bao has never seen it in her memory. It seems that when she has memory, the youngest Sidu will stick out her butt and try to sit up.

She also looked at Dafu.

Dafu wiped away his tears and choked with sobs: "Come with me."

The brothers sneaked into the main room with two people.

The main room was a little quiet. There were only five older women in the room, and Qian was one of them.

In fact, there was very little they could do, other than to comfort Zhou Hu's wife, let her relax and take good care of her health.

Zhou Hu's mother-in-law walked in and said with a forced smile to everyone: "We have made sweet wine in the kitchen. Let's go have a bowl later. We started cooking and we all ate here at noon. My eldest daughter is grateful for your help."

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Zhou Hu's daughter-in-law's maiden name is Chen. Her family is in a small village on the other side of Baimaguan Town, far away from Qili Village, so she was the last to receive the news.

Mrs. Qian knew that Zhou Hu had a small family, and now that one of the couple was dead, the remaining one must be in a state of distress. How could he stay for dinner?

She said: "We are just here to take a look. We will drink a bowl of sweet wine and then leave without eating. Please don't cook, otherwise it will be wasted."

Qian said so, and the other families naturally claimed that they were right, saying, "When his wife is well, we will be invited by the couple to invite us."

It's an auspicious saying, but everyone knows that the possibility is very low.

Mrs. Chen was lying on the bed with her eyes slightly closed. She didn't even have the strength to speak because it was so painful.

The four children walked close to the wall, avoiding the six adults who were talking, and quietly came to the bed.

Next to Mrs. Chen was a swaddling clothes. The red and wrinkled child in the swaddling clothes was the little son she had just given birth to.

Bai Shanbao was a little disgusted and thought it was too ugly, but Manbao was full of pity and thought it was cute. She carefully pressed the edge of the swaddling clothes to see it more clearly.
Chapter completed!