Mrs. Ma went home and put the talisman given by Aunt Lu on the door, on the window, and beside the bed.
To feel at ease, she planned to visit Butcher Zheng again and get some black dog blood.
As soon as I opened the courtyard door, I saw Mengying and Hongying outside.
"Where are you going, mother-in-law?" Hongying asked.
Mrs. Ma secretly cursed in her heart: My mother comes at night and my daughter comes during the day. It really doesn’t make people calm down.
He replied angrily: "The old lady is very busy, please help yourself, girl."
Having said that, it’s time to close the courtyard door.
Hongying put her elbows against the door and said with a smile: "We girls will just say a few words and then leave. Is it convenient for my mother-in-law?"
"It's inconvenient, it's inconvenient, you should leave quickly." Mrs. Ma wanted to close the door.
"If mother-in-law is not afraid of being haunted at night, just close the door." Mengying said coldly from the side.
Madam Ma's eyes widened and she suddenly realized, "So... you did it?"
While Mrs. Ma was stunned, Hongying opened the door.
"Should we talk outside the door, or should we talk inside?" Mengying asked, staring at Mrs. Ma.
Mrs. Ma's head drooped, and she knew she couldn't hide. She opened the door and turned around to walk into the house.
As he walked, he said: "It is said that the eldest daughter of the Yao family is very capable, and today I have seen it!"
After entering the house, Mengying saw that Mrs. Ma had posted cinnabar red talisman papers all over the house, and she knew that she had been frightened last night.
Mrs. Ma didn't let Mengying sit down, so she sat down on the chair and said feebly: "Whatever you want to know, just ask."
Hongying wiped a chair with a handkerchief, and Mengying sat down and said, "Tell me everything you know."
Mrs. Ma sighed and said, "I remember that day was the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month. I felt bad that day, so I was leaning over the kang." After finishing speaking, Mrs. Ma pointed to the fire kang next to me.
"The son of Widow Lin's family came to me and told me that someone was giving birth at the Empress Temple. I didn't want to go, but he pulled the strings of my skirt and forced me to go. So I put a bowl of calming soup on the stove and brought some toilet paper with me.
, tied up the mattress, and let him go."
"Is the son of Widow Lin you mentioned named Lin Xiao, and he lives in the Chenghuang Temple now?"
Madam Ma nodded and said, "That's him."
Then, she continued: "The north wind was very strong that day. When I went to the Empress Temple, I saw a good-looking woman lying under the altar table. She was wearing a blue embroidered jacket and an ocher cotton skirt. Her hair was messy.
, already soaked with sweat, as if fished out of water.
Looking at her attire, I thought she was a maid, but later I discovered that her underwear was actually made of brocade, and her fingers were slender. At first glance, she looked like someone who had never done any work."
Mengying nodded and motioned for her to continue.
"I went up to her and asked her a question. I found that she was weak in answering, so I gave her a bowl of calming soup and advised her: 'Madam, your situation is not very good. If it goes on for a long time, I am afraid that something will happen to the child in your belly.
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"Your mother cried and begged me, saying: 'Please keep my child.' I saw that your mother had no strength, so I rubbed her belly and taught her how to exert force. Fortunately, you are thin, and your mother bit her lip to use it.
With the last strength, I finally gave birth to you."
After saying this, Mrs. Ma also wiped the corners of her eyes and said: "I have delivered babies to many people, including girls from poor families and daughters-in-law from rich families, but I have never seen anyone as strong as your mother. When she gave birth to you, she didn't scream.
There was a cry of pain, and all my energy was used to give birth to you."
"I cut the umbilical cord and put you in your mother's arms. She touched you and said angrily, 'My husband's surname is Meng, my nickname is Ying, and this child will be called Meng Ying from now on.'"
Meng Ying murmured to herself, "It turns out that my name was given by my mother."
Mrs. Ma nodded, "I told your mother: 'When the child is born, send someone to pick him up wherever he lives. He can't stay in this ruined temple forever.' Your mother shook her head and whispered: 'I have no family anymore.
, I’m afraid I don’t have much time left, so I will leave this child to you, my mother. No matter whether my family is poor or rich, as long as I can take her in and raise her up, I will be able to smile.'"
"My mother said she has no family anymore?" Mengying asked with her eyes widened.
"That's what she said. I thought she was angry with her husband's family, but she just shed tears and didn't mention a word. Judging from her accent, she must be from the capital. I told her that I really couldn't take care of the child, so I advised her to do it.
You have to get through it, otherwise this childless mother will have a difficult life in the future."
Madam Ma looked at Mengying again and said, "It's not that I'm cruel and won't help. Girl, you don't know. In those days, if you were a boy, someone would always pick him up and raise him. After all, he would be able to take care of the family when he was old. But a girl is just a child."
It’s really hard to give away the mouth that eats.”
Mengying nodded, indicating that she understood.
"Your mother took a long time and took out a jade pendant from her arms and handed it to me. I listened to her lips for a long time before I realized that this was a thought for you."
After Ma Po finished speaking, she walked into the inner room. After a while, she took out a box from inside.
After rummaging for a long time, he took out a fan pendant from it, handed it to Mengying, and said, "This is it."
Mengying took it and looked at it carefully. It was made of jade and had the word "Meng" engraved on it.
"This is my father's thing?"
Madam Ma shook her head, "Your mother didn't say it, and I don't know either. She touched your face in the end and then died. You were a baby at that time. I thought about it again and again, and I couldn't throw it into the temple for you, so I buried it.
After my birth, I took you back home. It happened that Mrs. Yao was going into labor that day, and I was called to Yao’s house as soon as I put you down."
Mengying guessed the rest.
"When we arrived at the Yao Mansion, the Yao family originally invited a midwife, but the midwife was very flustered when she saw me going. She was also angry with the Yao family, so she invited me instead, and left angrily.
I touched Mrs. Yao's belly. The baby didn't move, so I knew something was wrong, so I told Mrs. Hu, "I'm afraid she's stillborn." She was also very frightened. She just covered her mouth and cried, saying that if she was dead,
My child, I’m afraid Mrs. Yao has no chance of survival.
In desperation, I told Mrs. Hu about you. Mrs. Hu sent the maid in the delivery room and whispered something to Mrs. Yao. Mrs. Yao was reluctant at first, but then she agreed somehow.
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I put you in a basket and took you to Yao's house on the pretext of going home to get inducing labor medicine. God bless you, you didn't breastfeed for two hours, but you slept soundly and didn't cry at all."
"What about the child in Mrs. Yao's belly?"
"Mrs. Yao took the oxytocin and gave birth to the dead baby in less than half an hour. What a pity. It was a boy. He was covered in bruises. He stayed in the belly for too long and suffocated to death. When Mrs. Yao saw this, she lost her temper. I pinched her for a long time before she woke up.
Mrs. Hu then wrapped the stillborn fetus in its afterbirth, put it in a linen bag, carried you over, pinched your arm hard, and you burst into tears.
The Yao family heard the crying and knew it was a baby. I congratulated Mr. Yao and said, "I'm so happy to have a daughter." The Yao family, who were originally happy, suddenly became sad, especially Mr. Yao, who even walked away."<
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Mengying nodded and stood up, saying: "The Yao family has always valued boys over girls. Why does Mrs. Yao keep me?"
Madam Ma shook her head and said: "That's unknown. There are many Taoism in this rich family. Mrs. Yao gave me ten taels of silver and asked me to keep it a secret. So I spent two taels of silver to give it to you.
My mother bought a thin-skinned coffin and buried her in Liuyuan."
Mengying held the jade pendant and asked in a low voice, "Where is my mother buried? I need to ask my mother-in-law to lead the way and identify it with me."
Granny Ma sighed and said, "Girl, why are you doing all this? The Yao family is considered a respectable country squire in Qi County. If you recognize your mother, then everything about the Yao family will have nothing to do with you.
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You are a little girl who will get married in two years. What’s wrong with having your natal family to rely on? Why do you have to take advantage of this?"
Mrs. Ma thinks this girl is simply stupid and doesn't understand such simple principles.