I knew the uncle had misunderstood, so I quickly explained: "I'm not looking for my mother-in-law to deliver the baby, I have other things to do."
"What's the matter?" The uncle glared and said, "You're not here to buy the purple and gold rooster again, are you?"
Seeing the surprise on my face, the uncle waved his hands and walked away and said: "I won't sell it, I won't sell it. That chicken is for my old lady to save her life, so I can't sell it."
The uncle returned to the kitchen, and I stood there at a loss.
"Master." I turned around and looked towards Lingxi.
"No hurry, take your time." Lingxi walked into the yard, his eyes fell on the group of roosters raised in the tile shed, and then walked to the kitchen to say hello: "Uncle, don't reject us in a hurry. We are guests.
, would you like me to meet your old lady first?"
The uncle said nothing and stir-fried the vegetables in the pot.
Lingxi smiled and said, "If I guess correctly, your old lady's health has been getting worse and worse recently."
"Suffering from Yin Qi, relying solely on the blood of the Purple Gold Rooster to maintain it will treat the symptoms but not the root cause."
"She will definitely not be able to survive three years at most."
The uncle's right hand holding the spatula trembled slightly, he looked up at Lingxi and said, "Little girl, you know a lot."
Lingxi said modestly: "It's just so so, I just went to elementary school and saw things more clearly than ordinary people."
There was a hint of surprise in the uncle's eyes, and he muttered: "Since you understand this, can you tell me if my old lady can be saved?"
"Yes." Lingxi said firmly: "The reason why Liu Lanfang had Yin Qi entering her body was because she herself was unruly when she was young."
"The midwife profession is a yin-yang profession, with many taboos and even more rules."
"Take the fact that her hands were covered with vaginal sores because of the yin energy entering her body. Women are yin, and the yin of a woman during childbirth is added to yin."
"Newborn babies are connected with yin and yang, and their bodies still contain the scorching yin energy of the underworld."
"After delivering the baby, Liu Lanfang must soak mugwort leaves in hot water and wash her hands for fifteen minutes."
"Then put your hands on the fire and bake them for an hour to get rid of the yin on your hands."
"If it's sunny the next day, you can put your hands under the sun to dry for an hour, and you'll be fine."
"But what about her? She wanted to save trouble and didn't follow the rules. She washed her hands with well water after delivering the baby."
"The well water leads to the underworld. Although there is not much Yin Qi in the water, it is enough for her Yin Qi to spread and accumulate more and more thickly."
"For a long time, the yin energy in my hands spread all over my body and had nowhere to vent, so it naturally ended up where it is now."
After Lingxi finished speaking, he pointed to the rooster under the tile shed in the yard and said: "The lifespan of an ordinary rooster is about six years. It takes at least ten years for a rooster to have a purple and gold comb."
"No matter how many roosters you raise, the chance of a purple-gold rooster appearing is very slim. What's more, even if you get a second purple-gold rooster, you still can't cure the vulva on Liu Lanfang's hands."
The uncle put down the spatula, rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "In the past two years, many people have come to my house wanting to buy purple roosters. There are also many experts who have told me the cause of my old lady's illness, but no one can help."
"Girl, I might as well tell you the truth, if you can cure my old woman, I will give you the purple and gold rooster for free."
"No, how about I give you another hundred thousand yuan?"
After the uncle finished speaking, he looked at Lingxi expectantly and said: "You are right, my old lady's health is getting worse day by day. Especially since the end of last year, the vulva on her hands has grown bigger and bigger, like a tumor.
Don't touch it, it will bleed if you touch it."
"The blood is as black as ink and stinks to the sky."
"And every night at twelve o'clock, her whole body becomes cold, as if she's frozen in the snow, and she can't keep warm no matter what."
"Even if I bathe her with hot water every day, it won't help."
When the uncle said this, he wiped his tears and said: "If you know what she is getting today, I would never have let her learn to be a midwife."
"The money is earned, but the life is gone, so what's the use?"
Lingxi retorted: "The master leads you in, and cultivation depends on oneself."
"The only thing to blame for this is Liu Lanfang himself for not following the rules taught by his master. If he breaks the rules, he will be punished accordingly."
The uncle agreed: "This is the truth, but how many people really take the old rules seriously?"
Lingxi said calmly: "Then let me meet Liu Lanfang first?"
"Okay, come in with me." The uncle walked out of the kitchen and led us to the small room next to the main room.
It was a sunny day and the sun was shining brightly outside. The lights in this small room of less than twenty square meters were dark, the curtains were tightly drawn, and the lights were not even turned on.
The uncle skillfully lit the oil lamp and sighed: "The old woman can't see the sun, she can't even stand the fluorescent lamp, otherwise her whole body will tingle, like burning. In the past two years, she will only come out to sit when it is cloudy and rainy. At other times,
, mostly lying in bed to rest."
Under the dim light, under a thick quilt, an old woman with snow-white hair was leaning against the bed.
Disheveled hair and dull skin.
The wrinkles on her face were deep and wrinkled like tree bark.
His eyes were half-closed, as if he was dozing off, and he would moan in pain from time to time.
"Old lady." The uncle shouted softly.
The sleeping old woman shuddered and slowly opened her eyes.
"Is it time to take medicine again?" she asked in a weak voice.
The uncle raised the pillow behind the old woman, made her sit up straight, and whispered: "No, I met an expert today and came to help you."
The old woman gasped weakly and said: "My disease cannot be cured, and it will be in vain."
"Don't think blindly, there is always a chance." The uncle comforted him, then moved away to make way for Lingxi and said: "Girl, take a look?"
Lingxi and I stood at the head of the bed and felt the stench in the room was overwhelming and disgusting.
Lingxi was okay, he was used to the big world and remained calm.
I was holding my breath, my Adam's apple rolled, and my eyes turned black.
It's not that I have a weak appetite, it's just that the smell is too pungent.
How to describe it.
It's like rotten meat put into a latrine, the two mix together, and there's a musty smell.