“OW!!!” When Mrs. Gu woke up in the
morning, she noticed excruciating pain from her lips, and there seemed to be a
stinging feeling coming from her face as well. She picked up the copper mirror
that she put away carefully and took and look. She was mortified by what she
saw and couldn’t help but let out a loud shriek.
Alas, what should have been a loud shriek
did not produce any sound at all. Mrs. Gu, mortified, held her throat and try
to scream as loudly as she could, but still not a sound could be heard.
What was going on? She had only went to
bed for one night. Not only did she wake up with her face swollen like a pig’s
head, now she couldn’t even talk? Mrs. Gu woke the man from deep sleep and
pointed at her own opened mouth; her beady little eyes filled with anxiety and
fear.
Nevertheless, how could he keep on
sleeping under Mrs. Gu’s persistent rocking. Gu Qiao sat up and shouted
angrily, “Damn you, woman! Why are you waking me up so early! There’s no need
to go into the mountain so early, can’t you just let me get some good rest?”
Looking at Mrs. Gu’s swollen and purple
face through his sleepy eyes, he let out a loud “OH!” and swiftly kicked her
off the bed stove, “Where did this devil come from?”
Mrs. Gu land on her back with all her
limbs thrown up. Her fat buttocks landed loudly on the ground. The pain made
her screamed again, and yet, still no sound coming from her!
Gu Qiao rubbed his eyes a few times and
finally recognized Mrs. Gu. A sense of distaste flashed passed his eyes.
Reluctantly he got off the bed stove and gave it all his might to get his woman
back onto the stove and complained, “Did you go steal someone’s chicken in the
middle of the night? How did you get beaten up so badly?”
Mrs. Gu tried a few more times to talk
and still couldn’t make a sound. Sweat started pouring down from her. She
pointed at her mouth and mouthed to him, “I can’t talk any more! I am a mute!”
It
took Gu Qiao a while before he figured out what she was trying to say. He
frowned and said, “How did that happen? Did you eat random stuff up in the
mountain yesterday? I have heard that there were wild fruits that could turn
one into a mute in the mountains!”
Mrs. Gu shook her head vigorously and
tears rolled down her cheeks.
Gu Qiao saw the two pile of cooties on
his wife’s eyes and the swollen, big face. He couldn’t help but turned away
from her. If it wasn’t that Miao woman, he would never been in this situation
to begin with. Being stuck in this remote village that has nothing to offer;
and his second wife was such a brute.
His difficult life had rid him off all
feelings he had for his late wife; even the two kids she left behind weren’t
all that, especially the brat Gu Ye!
“You wait here, I will go fetch Dr. Wu to
come and check on you!” Gu Qiao put on his clothes and slowly opened the door
and walked outside. He didn’t even bother looking at Gu Ye who was busy
preparing breakfast for everyone.
Dr. Wu, the only doctor in the village,
came over to the Gu’s and after hearing the details he shook his head, baffled,
“This is odd. Nothing seem to be out of the ordinary according to her meridian.
And her throat was not swollen either… why wouldn’t she be able to talk?”
Mrs. Gu stared anxiously at the doctor: who
was the doctor here? Why you are asking me?!
Even though Gu Qiao thought Mrs. Gu
sometimes talked too much, he still didn’t want his wife to become a mute.
Concerned, he asked, “Dr. Wu, do you think there’s a way to treat her illness?”
Wu Danggui had learned his lesson from
past experiences. When it came to illnesses that he had never encountered
before, he no longer pretend that he knew what he was doing. He shook his head
in respond to Gu Qiao’s question and said, “Pardon me for being ignorant. I
have never seen anything like this before. I suggest for you to go seek out the
doctor from Jimin1 Hall in town!”
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What kind of man is that so called father?!🤬
ReplyDeleteHehe, the love in the air is so sweet it makes me want to puke.
ReplyDeleteDoctors from town hahaha, the two old man who's always fight with each other.. thank you
ReplyDeleteGU Ye gives her dad the greatest gift a silent Madam Gu.
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