Chapter 269 It's ok, let's go back
Chapter 269 It's ok, let's go back
In the end, they were all unable to persuade the old patriarch, and after the wooden planks covering the Sun family's gate were removed, the old patriarch took the lead and walked in first.
"Uncle, Lizheng, Shuheng, you are here."
In the yard, all the members of the Sun family were present, including Little Stone. Although they had enough food and clothing these days, no one could pretend that this kind of thing had never happened.
After the whole family was happy about Xiao Shitou's improvement, they breathed a sigh of relief and their fatigue began to show.
In this incident, the one who was most affected was Little Stone. The child who used to be as lively as a monkey now became extremely sensitive. When he saw someone coming, he subconsciously hid behind his mother and refused to come out.
"Shitou, be good. Come out and let the village head have a look. You are fine now."
Shitou Niang wanted to pull him out from behind, but he actually resisted and held her thighs tightly, refusing to come out. Obviously, this experience frightened the child.
"My dear grandson, don't be afraid, it's okay! Just let the village head take a look and everything will be fine."
After repeated coaxing from Aunt Sun and Shitou's mother, they finally pulled little Shitou out from behind Shitou's mother.
But the little person, with a pursed mouth, raised his head for a moment and then lowered it, standing there stubbornly, in silence.
The old clan leader and the head of the village looked at the child carefully, looked at each other and nodded. The rash on the child's face had completely scabbed over and would fall off in a few days, and everything would be fine.
"Shuheng, it's all thanks to you this time! Otherwise, alas..." The head of the village sighed halfway through his words.
What else? He couldn't say for sure. If Hang Shuheng hadn't spoken out, he really didn't know how this matter would have fermented. Thinking about it now, he was a little scared.
Hang Shuheng took this opportunity to educate them on chickenpox, and finally told the Sun family, "This disease is contagious, and the incubation period is about half a month. It's best to let Xiao Shitou stay at home for a few more days."
"You should also try to calm the child down. This incident must have scared him."
"Okay, Shuheng, we'll listen to you. We'll do whatever you say. We've made it through all these days, so a few more days won't make a difference."
The Sun family members are now absolutely obedient to what Hang Shuheng says. Even if Hang Shuheng says that shit smells good, they will choose to believe it unconditionally.
Everyone outside was waiting anxiously, and a quarter of an hour later, they saw three people coming out of the Sun family's yard.
"Let's go back, everyone. It's okay. Little Shitou is fine now."
"Village head, is everything really okay?" Everyone was still not sure.
"It's okay, it's okay. I can't fool you. Go back, go back, everyone!"
After the head of the village repeatedly confirmed it, everyone felt at ease to leave. A few people who were very curious even went into the Sun family yard in groups, all wanting to go in and take a look.
Today, the Sun family welcomes everyone who comes. This is all to prove that their eldest grandson is not suffering from smallpox. They will naturally not turn people away, but they will not be as warm as usual.
Some people went to the Sun family and, after seeing Xiao Shitou's condition, they offered some words of comfort, and then indignantly condemned the lousy doctor in the village.
"People say that mediocre doctors harm people. Such people are not worthy of being doctors."
"That's right. He doesn't know anything and just says that our little Shitou is suffering from smallpox. He is really a troublemaker. I heard that he has packed up his bedding and left, and he hasn't returned to the village in the past few days."
At that time, the lousy doctor was shouting in the village that Sun family's little Shitou had contracted smallpox, causing panic among the people. Some young wives who were afraid of death packed up their bags and went back to their parents' home that same day.
As a result, the news that someone in Shangtang Village had contracted smallpox not only spread within the village, but also to some neighboring villages, who also heard the news and were quietly paying attention.
Xiatang Village is not far from Shangtang Village. The family that was engaged to the Sun family naturally heard the news that someone in Shangtang Village had contracted smallpox.
That family inquired privately and found out that the child suffering from smallpox was the eldest grandson of the Sun family, with whom they were going to marry. They immediately became uneasy and began to plan to cancel the engagement on the spot.
However, someone in the Sun family had contracted smallpox, so they wanted to cancel the engagement immediately but did not dare to go to the bride's house. But if they did not go to the bride's house to cancel the engagement, they would not be able to get back the betrothal gifts they had given before.
In order to break off the engagement and get back the betrothal gift, this family is almost the one who pays the most attention to the Sun family except the villagers of Shangtang Village.
Seven days is neither long nor short. Apart from the Sun family, the one who had the hardest time was the family in Xiatang Village.
After seven days, the eldest grandson of the Sun family was finally safe and sound and almost recovered. It turned out that he did not suffer from smallpox, but a disease with symptoms somewhat similar to smallpox.
But even though they already knew it was not smallpox, the family in Xiatang Village did not dare to take any more risks and still had not given up the idea of breaking off the engagement.
Soon, they found the matchmaker who had arranged the engagement for them and expressed their intention to cancel the engagement. The matchmaker tried to persuade them.
"The marriage between the two families is a kind of fate. Besides, you wanted to cancel the engagement because the eldest grandson of the Rensun family was suffering from smallpox. Now he is fine. He is not suffering from smallpox. There is nothing to be afraid of."
"Even if it's not smallpox, who knows what disease he has? I heard that he has rashes all over his face and body. Who knows if he can pass it on to others? We don't dare to marry into such a family."
Despite the matchmaker's persuasion, the family was determined to cancel the engagement, so the matchmaker had no choice but to agree to go on the trip for them.
Although the Sun family had been released from quarantine, they all listened to Hang Shuheng and, in the next few days, still kept Xiao Shitou from going out to play with his friends.
Except for Uncle Sun and Sun Xilai who were going to work in the fields, Sun Qinglai had already joined Shuisheng and others in their work. The Sun family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and Sun Baomei stayed at home to take care of Xiao Shitou, and they basically did not go out unless it was necessary.
On this day, Aunt Sun stepped out of the house for the first time in many days. She went to the Hang family and returned the money that Song Ning had spent on buying groceries for their family.
Song Ning did not say anything. He calmly accepted the copper coins sent by Aunt Sun and handed them to Xu, who happened to be at home to help with some work, and asked her to record them in the account later.
"These days, it's Sister Chen who's been busy with these things, and I haven't contributed much."
Aunt Sun looked at Xu and thanked her sincerely. She knew that this woman had been helping out these days, but wasn't she a servant of the Hang family? Without Song Ning's instruction, how could she have made this decision?
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