I still feel a little bit unable to speak out. It’s not that I don’t believe it, but I always feel that everything is a bit strange.
Father Wu said to me again: "Xiao Chen, didn't I let you rest in the room? Why did you come out again?"
"I came out to take a look and try to remember something."
"I told you, don't worry, go back to the house quickly, I will let you regain your memory."
I always felt strange, so I asked him again: "Uncle, I would like to ask, where are my parents? Do I also live in this village?"
Wu's father was silent for a while and then said to me: "You are an orphan who married into my Wu family."
I didn't ask any more questions. After returning to the house, Wu's father also came to my room.
After closing the door, he said to me: "Xiao Chen, I know you are confused about everything now. What do you want to know? Just ask me and I will tell you."
I was silent for a moment and then said, "I don't know what I want to know. I just feel like my mind is blank. I don't know anything and I don't remember anything."
"Then let me tell you what happened before you lost your memory."
He paused and continued: "Your name is Chen San. You are an orphan. You are married to our Wu family, but you and my daughter Nan Xing are not married yet... Just recently, you fell
A fall caused you to lose your memory."
"oh."
He added: "I just checked it for you. You have lost your memory before, and you may not remember it. But it is because you have lost your memory before, and your memory system has not fully recovered, so this time you have lost your memory.
In fact, it is the sequelae of your previous experience."
I asked solemnly: "Would that be okay?"
"Of course it will get better. If you cooperate well with me in treating you, you will be fine soon, so don't worry so much."
"Um."
"Next, you should make good preparations. We will arrange your marriage to Nan Xing in just a few days."
I still said a faint "hmm" and didn't ask any more questions.
After dinner, Father Wu prepared a large bucket of potion for me to soak in, saying it would cure my illness and help me restore my memory.
After I sat in the barrel, Father Wu said to me again: "Xiao Chen, if you feel any discomfort, just tell me and don't carry it, okay?"
I nodded and then lay down in the potion with only my head exposed.
Father Wu was standing by, asking me from time to time if I felt anything.
I didn't feel any discomfort, and I didn't feel anything until I finished soaking.
Father Wu brought another bowl of medicinal soup for me to drink, and then I started to feel drowsy.
In a daze, I heard voices coming from outside the door.
"Dad, don't be like this, Brother Chen..."
"Shut up and go in quickly. You are her wife now. If you don't share a room with him, why don't you let him sleep by himself? Come in quickly."
"dad……"
"obedient."
Immediately afterwards, the room door was pushed open.
Wu Nanxing walked in with his head lowered, and then Wu's father closed the door to the room.
"Nan Xing, what's wrong with you?" I sat up from the bed and asked her.
Her eyes were a little red, as if she had cried, and she looked very embarrassed.
"Brother Chen, my dad asked me to come to your place to sleep."
I smiled and said, "You are my unmarried wife. Logically speaking, you should sleep in the same room with me! Why, are you not willing?"
"No, Brother Chen, I actually..." She suddenly stopped talking.
"What actually happened?"
As if she was a little embarrassed to say it, she lowered her head and murmured: "It's nothing, but Brother Chen, we haven't slept together before, and I don't want us to sleep together before we get married."
What she said made me a little embarrassed. I was stunned for a moment and then said: "Then...how did we sleep before?"
"We haven't lived together before, but my dad insists on letting me come and live in the same room with you tonight."
"I heard it just now, but Nan Xing, if you feel embarrassed, I'll go tell your dad."
But Wu Nanxing stopped me again and said, "Brother Chen, don't go looking for my dad. It's useless to look for him. How about I build a floor bunk?"
I smiled and said, "Even if it's me laying the floor, you can sleep on the bed."
"It's okay, I'll just make the floor." As she said that, she took out two quilts from the cabinet.
I still insisted that she sleep on the bed and I would make the floor, but she didn't resist me and I ended up sleeping on the floor.
That night we slept peacefully together without much communication, which made me feel even more strange.
If she was really my unmarried wife, she shouldn't be in this state, at least she wouldn't have nothing to say.
But I didn't ask any more questions. I guessed that maybe she didn't like me, otherwise why didn't we sleep together before?
After I regained my memory, naturally everything became clear.
In the next few days, I still didn't remember anything. Father Wu would soak me in potion every night.
In addition, they are also preparing for Wu Nanxing and I to get married. They are making arrangements everywhere and cleaning up the yard inside and outside.
That night, after taking the medicinal bath, Father Wu took my pulse again, and then a happy smile appeared on his face.
I asked him in confusion: "Uncle, can my memory be restored? How come I still can't remember anything after so many days?"
"Don't be anxious, you know? You were in very bad health before you lost your memory. Now I have good news for you. Your illness is cured, but you have to continue to drink Chinese medicine until you are completely better."
"Sickness? What disease?" I asked with a confused look on my face.
"Stomach cancer, you had stomach cancer before, and I have been helping you treat it."
"Ok?"
"Well, I give you a bath with Chinese medicine every day just to treat your illness."
"I thought you were helping me restore my memory. When will my memory be restored?"
"Don't worry about this, I will help you recover slowly."
After a pause, he said again: "Okay, go to bed early, and I will take you and Nan Xing to the county town to buy things for your wedding tomorrow."
"Um."
After Wu's father left, Wu Nanxing came to the room as usual.
During this time, we all lived in the same house, but I was always laying the floor, and we didn't have much communication.
Gradually, I felt more and more like she didn't want to marry me, and she wasn't even willing to communicate with me. She just seemed to have completed a task every day.
But that night, she took the initiative to say to me: "Brother Chen, are you healed?"
I nodded and said, "That's what your dad said just now."
"Well, how do you feel now?"
"I can't feel anything, I just feel the same as usual. Oh, by the way, did I really have stomach cancer before I lost my memory?"
Wu Nanxing nodded and said, "Yes, we have been helping you with treatment for more than a month. In fact, your memory loss is also related to treatment."
"Why?" I asked puzzled.
"Either you lost your memory when you went up the mountain to collect firewood, or the treatment caused you to lose your memory."
My heart skipped a beat and I quickly asked: "Then why did your dad say that?"
Wu Nanxing smiled very bitterly, but did not give me any explanation. He turned to me and said, "Go to sleep, Brother Chen. Tomorrow... I will tell you everything after I go to the county town tomorrow."