Linxia

Chapter 90, Mother

The Fang family arrived not too slowly, but not too quickly either. By this time, many neighbors had already arrived. The Xin family's father and son, who arrived first, heard the cries of "help" and "dead person" and did not care to care and broke into the room directly.

"Pull apart! Youzi, help me pull apart!" said Xin Laoguan, as he and Xin You pulled apart Man Gensheng.

"Oh, Aunt Man is dead!" At this time, Xin You sniffed Aunt Man's breath and shrank back in fear.

Others say he is stupid, but he knows that when a person has no breath, he is dead.

Man Laoguan had been crawling over to see his wife, but when he heard this, he stopped dead in his tracks and sat down on the ground. He was dazed for a moment, then cried and pointed at Man Gensheng's nose and cursed, "You evil beast! You actually killed your mother with your own hands? You evil beast!"

Man Gensheng also felt as if his brain exploded, his face turned pale, and he suddenly knelt on the ground. It seemed that he only now realized what he had done.

When Chuntao heard this, she seemed to be frightened. She buried her head in her knees, hugged her hands, and sobbed with her shoulders shaking.

At this time, Master Ou rushed over and just heard Xin You say "Aunt Man is dead". He also heard what Master Man said. His eyes twitched and veins popped up on his forehead: "Beast! Beast! Worse than pigs and dogs!"

He simply raised his hands and started beating Man Gensheng. If his previous beatings were meant as a lesson and a way to express his disappointment, this time, he really wanted to beat him to death.

Man Gensheng was stunned and did not resist. His face turned red after just two hits.

When everyone heard that Man Gensheng had killed Grandma Man, they were also shocked, and their eyes turned to Man Gensheng with fear and disgust.

The truth is, in this era, filial piety is the most important virtue, and the impact of matricide on them is simply beyond words.

'wrong! ’

Fang Lin looked at Grandma Man's stiff body and remembered a little-known fact: when a person is suffocating, he may first faint and then appear to be dead. After another minute or two, he will become truly brain dead.

"Everyone calm down. Feel Grandma Man's chest to see if there's a heartbeat."

"Let me see!"

Mrs. Ou was the closest to her, so she hurried over to touch her and a look of joy appeared on her face: Grandma Man still had a heartbeat, but it was very shallow and fast.

"Quick, pinch your philtrum and call your name!"

Madam Ou and Fang's mother went over and pinched Grandma Man's Ren Zhong point.

"Grandma Man! Grandma Man!" Human life was at stake. Even neighbors who had a grudge against the Man family did not care and called out loudly to Grandma Man.

After taking dozens of breaths, Grandma Man woke up in a daze.

"My dear wife!" Mr. Man knelt down and crawled over, hugging Grandma Man: "You almost died, thanks to, thanks to Fang Jia Linzi!"

The neighbors relaxed their tense nerves and breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time they also praised Fang Lin.

"Thanks to Linzi's careful observation, otherwise if it had been a little later, and if it had been delayed for a little longer, who knows, Grandma Man might have really died."

"Yes, Linzi saved Grandma Man's life."

"I heard that the Fang family and the Man family are not on good terms. Now Linzi is like this, it's really speechless. The Fang family is great!"

……

Mr. Ou also nodded to Fang Lin to express his appreciation.

"Nothing." Fang Lin said, but he felt helpless in his heart. He just said it instinctively, subconsciously: "It's true that I schemed against the Man family, and Man Gensheng also brought trouble upon himself, but just now, he saved Grandma Man. How can I explain this?"

All we can say is that human beings are a complex of contradictions.

"Never mind, let's just consider this as a chance to build up the reputation for the Fang family. Besides, once a person dies, it's all over. If Grandma Man lives, it might be a greater punishment," Fang Lin thought to himself.

At this time, Grandma Man's pupils gradually regained focus. She calmed down, listened to what everyone said, and then realized what had happened.

"Let me...let me get up!"

She looked at Fang Lin with a complicated expression, stood up tremblingly, but knelt down halfway: "Thank you, Fang Linzi, thank you all the neighbors, I, an old woman, beg you all, don't tell anyone about what happened tonight, and let us handle our family affairs behind closed doors."

Grandma Man, who almost died tonight, was like this again. What else could everyone say? They could only agree verbally and then dispersed with various emotions.

Even Master Ou, after glaring at Man Gensheng, was supported and walked away by Madam Ou.

……

On the way back, Father Fang was still saying, "Man Gensheng, the Man family, I don't think he's a bad guy usually, why would he do such a thing tonight? He almost strangled his mother to death?"

"It seems so. He wants to sell all the family land, but his parents won't let him." Fang Lin told what he heard.

"This, this..." Mr. Fang's vocabulary was too limited and he didn't know how to comment on this matter.

"What about Grandma Man?" Fang's mother suddenly said, "She is fat and very strong. If she really wants to struggle, she will be no easier to control than an old sow..."

She didn't finish her words, but Fang Lin and others could understand what she meant. Grandma Man was heartbroken and wanted to die at the hands of Man Gensheng in order to wake up her son.

"People like Grandma Man are actually... pitiful parents in the world." Tian Xuan said, glancing at Fang's father and mother.

The Fang family was not the only one who talked about this. Grandma Man begged them not to spread the story, and everyone agreed, but they would always talk about it in private. It is conceivable that from now on, the name Man Gensheng will definitely be stinky, as stinky as dog shit.

Here, the Fang family went back to sleep, and Tian Xuan came over quietly again.

"Sister Xuan?" "Shh!" This time, it was Tian Xuan's turn to stop him from talking and pointed to the next room.

"Well, are you addicted to the drama?" Fang Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

However, he also pricked up his ears as he heard the sound coming from next door.

……

The neighbors left and the family closed the door again.

"Mom!" Man Gensheng's voice sounded guilty, and he shrank back and lowered his head.

The guilt was real. After all, she was the mother who gave birth to him and raised him. How could she not have some feelings for him? She was just too angry before, and now that she had calmed down, she naturally felt guilty.

Thinking more deeply, he was a little scared. He had killed his mother and a person had died. This was a murder case. There were so many people there just now, and Master Ou was there too. If Grandma Man was really dead, he would definitely be taken to the government office. This unforgivable crime of "matricide" would probably result in death by slicing!

"Mom doesn't blame you, I just hope you don't think about gambling anymore."

"Okay! Okay!" Man Gensheng agreed immediately, with his heart still filled with guilt and fear. As for whether he would return to his old ways in the future, no one knew for the time being.

"A prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold. I hope you have really come to your senses!"

Man Laogong also let it go. He went back into the house and took out a small bag of silver. "This is our retirement savings. I'm giving it to you. Tomorrow I'll sell all my property and use it to pay off your gambling debts. I'll also give you the rest of the money. If you really make trouble again, at worst our whole family will starve to death together, which is better than dying in your hands."

"Dad, I won't gamble anymore, I really won't gamble anymore!" Man Gensheng's voice was tearful, at least, he was sincere at this moment.

"I don't know whether I should believe what you said, but I hope you can do it!" Mr. Man was tired and didn't want to say anything more. He supported his grandmother and said, "My dear, let's go! Let's go back to sleep!"

Grandma Man turned around and waved to Man Gensheng: "Go, Gensheng, you should go back and have some sleep too, we can talk about it tomorrow!"

The couple turned around and went back.

"Gensheng, let's go too. Let's go back to sleep!" Chuntao glanced at Man Laoguan and Man Xiamu, then pulled Man Gensheng back to the house.

……

Next door, the Fang family.

"That's all!" Tian Xuan blinked, with a look of wanting more on her face. When she saw Fang Lin's playful gaze, she lowered her eyelids and stuck out her tongue shyly.

"Okay, let's put this big family drama to an end for now. Sister Xuan, let's go to bed!"

Fang Lin sent Tian Xuan away, blew out the lights, and lay on the bed thinking for a while. Suddenly he looked in the direction of the Man family and thought to himself: "Perhaps, tonight is not over yet!"

……

The whole house is full of roots.

"The money for my parents' coffins and the money from selling the land tomorrow are enough to pay off our debts. Once we pay off our debts, we can live a good life." Man Gensheng said to Chun Tao.

He almost strangled his mother tonight, and it seemed to have brought some changes to him, but he didn't know whether this change was temporary or long-lasting.

"Well, Gensheng, go to sleep!" Chuntao spread the quilt for him.

Man Gensheng lay down in it, feeling exhausted, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Chuntao then lay down with her clothes on, turned sideways with her head resting on her arms, and stared blankly, not knowing what she was thinking about.

midnight.

Man Gensheng said in a daze: "Chun Tao, pour me a bowl of water!"

"Hey!" Chuntao opened her eyes and poured water for Mangensheng, but did not lie down again. She stared at Mangensheng, thinking of the words of Sister Guihua and Tian Xuan.

"You are going to have children, so if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your children too!"

"Sister Chuntao, I have something to say to you. If the baby in your belly is a son, it will be fine. But if it is a girl..."

'If the baby in my belly is a girl, can she survive in the Man family? Man Gensheng seems to have repented, and Grandma Man has died and come back to life, which seems to be a little bit different, but do I dare to bet?'

A mother must be strong. Thinking of this, Chuntao became more determined.

At this time, Man Gensheng was snoring, turned over in the quilt, and tried to hug her to the side, but failed. He kept calling "Chun Tao", "Chun Tao" in a low voice.

Chuntao picked up the bag of silver on the bedside quietly, looked at Mangensheng deeply, and said in her heart: "I am not your Chuntao, my name is... Tang Huilan!"

Chuntao... No, Tang Huilan got up and left the house, closed the door gently, walked to the door again and opened the outer door.

Woo!
The wind blew quickly, blowing her braids apart and sending her hair flying.

Tang Huilan thought for a moment, then came back from the door, picked up the scissors, cut her braid with a click, and placed the cut hair on the table.

Then, she turned around and took one last look at the Man family, then covered her stomach and strode into the night, her speed getting faster and faster, as if the farther she was away from the Man family, the days of "being beaten and scolded, with endless work to do and feeling suffocated" were also gone.

At this moment, she felt freedom for the first time in her life, freedom she had never felt before.

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(End of this chapter)