The eldest wife of the Wang family and the young man of the Wang family knelt down next to their mother. The older one wiped her mother with a handkerchief. The younger one was not sensible yet. He only knew that something was wrong with her situation and was so scared that she cried.
But because my sister told me not to disturb my mother, I subconsciously suppressed my crying, and my little body was twitching with pain, which was heart-wrenching to watch.
But what really made Wang feel bad was that the veil that Mrs. Wang wiped off was full of blood.
Wang's heart tightened, and she turned to face Xu Da and urged: "Xu Da, go and ask for the doctor quickly!"
However, before Xu Da could take action, Tong, who was still on the kang, suddenly raised her hand and said, "No..."
She knew that she was about to die, and the doctor couldn't treat the disease. She just wanted to explain a few words to Mrs. Wang, and then she asked Wang Dayou to call the couple over.
Mrs. Wang frowned, suddenly remembering her youngest daughter's research room, and hurriedly asked Xu Da to call the children.
Seeing Mrs. Tong coughing violently due to excitement, Mrs. Wang quickly rushed forward, helped Ms. Tong up from where she was lying, and patted her back gently to calm her down.
"Cough cough cough!"
Mrs. Tong coughed up another mouthful of blood, clutching the quilt with both hands as if she couldn't breathe. Mrs. Wang subconsciously held her breath as she watched.
It wasn't until Tong took a sharp breath that she released the breath she was holding.
"Pour some warm water." Wang ordered.
Wang Dayou heard this and hurriedly turned around to pour some warm water. Wang took the water and gave Tong a couple of mouthfuls of water, but Tong spit it out as soon as she drank it, and her face became even paler than before.
Aunt Wang, who had been patient for a long time, couldn't help but burst into tears:
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Mom has been unable to eat or drink water for several days. Mom, please don't die, wu wu wu..."
Tong held onto Wang's arm tightly, pleading with her eyes, and said weakly: "Sister-in-law... help me take care of my two children... please!"
Mrs. Wang had known for a long time that Mrs. Tong was sick, but she really didn't expect that the little wind and cold that Wang Dayou said would be so serious.
But now is obviously not the time to question Wang Dayou for concealing his illness. With Mrs. Tong like this, Mrs. Wang knows very well that it is already time for the lamp to run out.
Mrs. Wang sighed, and nodded heavily under Tong's pleading eyes.
"Don't worry, I will."
Hearing Wang's words "I can do it," Tong's breath relaxed in vain and she smiled.
She looked at her family members with a smile, her eyes passed over the faces of the two children, and finally fell on Wang Dayou, a simple man who had lived with her for six years, and she slowly closed her eyes reluctantly...
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"Auntie! What happened?" Xu Yue was rushed into the house by her father. When she raised her eyes, she saw Tong's helplessly falling hand, and her heart suddenly sank.
"Auntie——"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Aniang...Aniang!" Aunt Wang cried loudly, grabbing her mother's thin hand with her little hand, and threw herself into that familiar body, but she could no longer feel the warmth.
Wang Dayou fell to his knees weakly, hugging his two children, hunched over the fire bed, and resisted the heavy sadness with silence.
Mr. Tong is dead.
Died in this cold winter.
Just when we had gone through the most difficult period, and when we were about to usher in a new life, she was no longer there.
Mrs. Wang put Mrs. Tong in her arms back on the kang, stood up and walked towards her husband and daughter. The three of them left the room, leaving space for the Wang family, father and son.
Xu Da sighed and reluctantly put Xu Yue down in his arms.
The father and daughter looked at each other, feeling an indescribable guilt in their hearts.
In fact, they noticed Tong's illness a long time ago, but they didn't take it to heart.
One-third of Xu Yue's laboratory has been unlocked, and the commonly used finished medicine cabinets are lined with various commonly used drugs.
There are medicines for colds, stomachaches, headaches, and a bottle of special medicine for treating tuberculosis.
Xu Yue is not a clinical doctor, but she has graduated from medical school after all. She has seen some basic diseases.
She had guessed Tong's situation when she first entered the house.
Those are symptoms of tuberculosis.
But it was too late.
The sky is turning white, it should be the beginning of the year, the happiest time, but no one is happy.
Xu Da thought of Wang Dayou's situation and was afraid that he could not even afford a coffin, so he discussed with Mrs. Wang and planned to use the four pieces of linen he had saved from the kang to buy a thin coffin for Mrs. Tong and put her in good condition.
Burial.
Wang Dayou had already walked out of the house, followed by two young children, which made people feel sad.
Xu Da stepped forward and patted his brother on the shoulder, "My condolences."
Wang Dayou reluctantly nodded. The adults discussed Tong's funeral, and Xu Yue took the Wang family's aunt and Xiao Lang to her home first.
Xu Erniang and Xu Dalang were shocked when they heard that Mrs. Tong had died. Perhaps they had never thought that the woman who had braved natural and man-made disasters could not survive the illness.
Xu Erniang looked at the Wang siblings, hugged the two poor children tenderly, kissed their foreheads, gave them some comfort, and then made them some hot food.
The three brothers and sisters Xu Yue also finished their breakfast, pretended to be adults, closed the door, and came to Wang Dayou's house.
After the three of them, Mr. Xu, finished their breakfast, Ah Shan, Uncle Wu and other disciples from the Huokang Gang came after hearing the news. The small courtyard was filled with people.
But just when everyone was about to go out to buy a coffin, bad news came from the city. The prefect was assassinated last night!
The person who died was not the eunuch, but the eunuch's wife, Mrs. Cui of Qinghe, who blocked the eunuch's sword.
For a moment, the whole city was like a firecracker, crackling and exploding.
A large number of officials roamed the streets and alleys of the city to arrest assassins, causing panic among the people in the city.
In the Prefect's Mansion, for Mrs. Cui's funeral, the whole city hurriedly put on mourning colors. The white cloths in the cloth shop were sold out, and old cloths from previous years were urgently taken out. This was enough.
When Xu Da led the brothers from the Huokang Gang to the cloth village, they only grabbed half a foot of white cloth, which was barely enough to make a white flag.
When they ran to the coffin shop again, the coffins in the shop had been sold out.
There was an assassination in the Taishou Mansion. Not only Mrs. Cui died, but also many guards and servants died. The coffin had already been bought by the servants of the Taishou Mansion.
As this was not enough, the master craftsman in the coffin shop called his son and grandson out and started making them in a hurry.
Xu Da kept his words and used his deception skills to the fullest. He also called out his name as the founder of the Huokang Gang. He was also a fallen craftsman from Tianya. He played the emotional card, and then the old master reluctantly agreed to make them a bite first.
Thin coffin.
In order to prevent the old master from going back on his word, Xu Da left two Huokang Gang brothers in the shop to watch, and told them to bring the coffin back immediately.
By the time Xu Da returned to Beicheng after this busy trip, the place was already surrounded by officials.
Liu Rong frowned when he saw Xu Dabao approaching recklessly, and hurriedly pulled him aside.
Xu Da looked at the official officers all over the street outside the alley and asked in surprise: "Master Liu Cha, what's going on?"
