"What, Guihua is giving birth?" Yun Daman dropped the sack and ran over, "Du Laosan, did Guihua have a boy or a girl!~"
Du Laosan: "..."
Are you out of your mind from the heavy rain?
She hasn't been born yet, how would I know if it's a boy or a girl!~
"I don't know, you should go back and see. The village chief and the others have already gone..." Du Laosan wrung the water from his sleeves.
Yun Daman was filled with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow.
His sister and Young Master Xiao were washed away by the flood, and his wife was about to give birth at home.
He didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
"Daman, you're quick on your feet, go back and check immediately!~" Old Yun, after resting for a while, stood up and said.
Yun Erman had an injured leg and couldn't run fast...
"Dad, what about these two sacks of mushrooms?" Yun Daman looked troubled.
Are they going to be left behind again?
Then their trip to the mountain was all for nothing.
Madam Gu glanced at Du Laosan and said faintly, "Laosan ran all this way to deliver a message for us, we can't let him run for nothing. These two sacks of mushrooms will be given to Laosan..."
Otherwise, relying on the old man and Erman alone, it would be impossible to carry the mushrooms back!
Du Laosan heard this and repeatedly waved his hands, "No, no, Sister-in-law Gu, I can't accept your things for free. I'll pay for them!~"
But speaking of which, where did this Old Yun's family collect so many mushrooms from?
Even if Tuofeng Mountain had more and thicker mushrooms, they couldn't haul several sacks back...
It's too bizarre!~
Madam Gu was worried about her daughter and didn't say much to Du Laosan, "Anyway, they'll just be thrown away, so take them back for Jinqiang and Xiangyun to eat."
"Daman, don't just stand there, hurry back to the village, it's not good to have no one at home."
Liu Cuirong was someone who didn't care about household affairs; she wouldn't care even if someone died at home, let alone a childbirth...
"Alright, you all be careful, I'm heading back!~" Yun Daman responded and ran down the mountain without looking back.
A light rain was still falling sparsely, and Old Yun led his family down the mountain.
Du Laosan looked around curiously, "Hey? Old Yun, where's your little Sweet Treasure?"
He remembered that when the Yun family went up the mountain this time, almost the entire family went, and little Xitian also went...
Did that little girl go home halfway?
Old Yun carried the sack, walking with difficulty and didn't speak.
However, Granny Jin couldn't help but shed tears, "Sweet Baby and my young master were washed away by the flood. We don't know if they are alive or dead yet!~"
"Ah?" Du Laosan's head buzzed, and he almost rolled down the mountainside, "What did you say? Little Sweet Treasure was washed away by the flood?"
Then why are you all so calm...
Those were two living people!~
Yun Jinshan choked back tears, "Brother Kong and the others have already gone to look for little aunt and Young Master Xiao. I hope they can be found before dark!~"
"Oh dear, that won't do. Look at this terrible weather, it's probably going to rain all night. It will be pitch black in the mountains, and it will be freezing cold in the latter half of the night. How can little Sweet Treasure endure that..."
Du Laosan sighed, more anxious than the Yun family.
Yun Erman said, "When we get back to the village, I'll go to the county town and ask Prefect Chen to send people into the mountains to search. Sister and Young Master Xiao won't have been swept too far!~"
They couldn't place all their hopes on Kong Xingzhuo...
"That's good. Don't you have a big white dog at home? Hurry and bring it out when you get back. It has a good nose, and it will definitely be able to find them!~" Du Laosan reminded him.
"Alright, let's hurry up, it's getting dark!~"
So the group didn't dare to delay at all and hurried down the mountain.
Finally, before sunset, they returned to Dashui Village...
Inside the Yun family's large house, the cry of a baby could be heard.
Old Yun put down the sack and ran to the west wing room, followed closely by Madam Gu, Jinshan, and Jinhe.
They saw Zhao Guihua lying weakly on the kang, holding a swaddled baby.
Aunt Zhang wiped the sweat from her face and smiled, "Your family has another baby boy, congratulations, haha..."
Old Yun and Madam Gu exchanged a look, and both twitched their mouths with unspoken understanding.
They understood now that besides little Xitian, there would be no more daughters in the family.
And little Xitian was born to Madam Gu, which was also an unexpected joy. Now, if they wanted Madam Gu to get pregnant and have children, it would be harder than climbing to heaven...
"Guihua, are you alright?" Madam Gu sat on the edge of the kang and took Zhao Guihua's hand.
This day had brought both surprises and worries.
She didn't know what to say.
"Mom,呜呜..." Zhao Guihua started crying as soon as she spoke, "Sweet Treasure, has Sweet Treasure been found?"
Madam Gu turned her face away, wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, and said, "She will be found, just wait a little longer!~"
The village chief also heard about the matter and immediately gathered all the men in the village, bringing lanterns, sickles, and Xue Ling, and went up the mountain with Yun Daman...
Even if an ordinary villager went missing, the village chief would be anxious, let alone the little Sweet Treasure of the Old Yun family.
She was the little immortal of Dashui Village!
Yun Erman was not idle either. He ignored the pain in his leg and rushed to the county town by horse-drawn carriage overnight.
"Mom, drink some porridge. I heard Ruyue say you haven't eaten anything all day..." Yun Jinhe came in with a bowl of millet porridge.
"Mom is not hungry!~" Zhao Guihua kept shedding tears and said distressedly, "You should go and rest too. You'll catch a cold if you get rained on."
Fortunately, Yun Jinshan and Yun Jinhe were young and strong with good physiques, so they didn't fall ill after returning.
But Old Yun and Madam Gu, as well as Chen Xiaoran and Granny Jin, were not so lucky. They all developed high fevers and kept sneezing...
With little Xitian not at home, no one could give them medicine.
There were no doctors or physicians in Dashui Village, so they were all waiting for Yun Erman to return from the county town to get medicine.
At this hour, it was hard to say whether the medical clinics were even open.
"Jinhe, what did Mom always tell you? You have to protect little aunt at all times. If you had watched her properly, could she have been swept away by the flood?" Zhao Guihua complained.
Yun Jinshan looked at his younger brother in the swaddle and couldn't help but shed tears, "Mom, it's all my fault. I didn't take good care of little aunt, 呜呜..."
"Alright, stop crying. Go and check on Xi'er. Your second aunt beat her quite badly today. I heard her tooth even got loose!~"
"Huh?" Yun Jinhe stopped crying instantly upon hearing this.
Why would his second aunt beat someone for no reason?
Liu Cuirong lay on the kang for the entire afternoon and had a good sleep...
When it was time for dinner, her stomach growled with hunger, so she came out holding Yun Xiaobao.
"Did anyone come back home? Why isn't dinner ready yet? I'm starving, honestly!~"
Liu Cuirong muttered as she walked to the main house.
Then she saw Jin Huaihua busy running around taking care of Old Yun and Madam Gu.
She was boiling ginger water, fetching rags, and was so busy she couldn't stand still...
"Huaihua, what are you doing here? Hurry up and make dinner! Oh, right, what did Big Sister-in-law give birth to? A boy or a girl?"
Liu Cuirong asked, shaking her head.
Upon hearing this, Madam Gu's face instantly darkened.
If she didn't teach this troublemaker a lesson today, the name Gu Xiangqing would be written backward...