"Tiange, Tiange!"
Mo Tiange heard her mother crying. She opened her eyes in a daze.
"Tiange!" The Mo family's Fourth Lady cried tears of joy. "You're finally awake."
Her eyes slowly focused and she called out blankly, "Mother."
"Mother is here.
Do you feel uncomfortable? Tell Mother quickly. "
She looked confused and touched her belly. "I'm so hungry."
The Fourth Lady was stunned for a moment. Then, she smiled with tears in her eyes. "Child, you rashly ran into the ancestral hall and even fell from the chair. Even the Headmaster was frightened by you. But you, as soon as you woke up, you only knew that you were hungry.
Mother is going to cook for you. Wait a moment. "
She nodded. "En."
The Fourth Lady hurriedly went to the kitchen, but when she stepped out of the door, her vision suddenly blurred. She hastily supported herself against the wall, and it took a long time for her pale face to recover.
Mo Tiange stood up and looked around. Nothing had changed. She couldn't help but hold her chin and say to herself, "Was it a dream?"
As soon as she thought about it, many strange words and gestures suddenly appeared in her mind, frightening her.
Those words were very strange and completely different from what she had learned, but she didn't know why, but she instinctively recognized them.
"Is it true?"
She slowly recalled everything in her dream. She didn't understand many words, but those words were deeply engraved in her mind.
Immortals … Are there really immortals in this world?
Can I also become an immortal and fly in the sky?
But when she remembered that ancestor said her mother couldn't be saved, her expression became gloomy again.
Footsteps came from outside the house. Someone entered the courtyard. "Fourth Lady, are you cooking?" Mo Tiange recognized it was Aunt Awang's voice from next door.
Then she heard her mother's gentle voice. "Yes, Tiange fainted and hasn't eaten for two days. She's starving."
Aunt Awang said with a smile, "Child woke up?
That's good.
We don't have anything valuable in our house. These eggs and fruits are for Tiange to nourish her body. Ah, you look so pale. Come, sit down and rest for a while. I'll do it. "
"How can I do that? Sister-in-law always gives us her own eggs. How can we trouble you?"
"That's nothing. Cooking a few side dishes is a small matter.
Your family has helped us a lot in the past. Back then, when my husband rolled down the mountain, it was thanks to Fourth Son-in-law's help that he didn't become a cripple. You don't have to be so polite. "
Mo Tiange knew the fourth son-in-law was talking about her father.
She had heard bits and pieces that her father was not only knowledgeable, but he also had medical skills. Although he looked like a scholar, his strength was greater than others. Uncle Awang said it was because he knew kung fu.
In the few years that her father had lived in the village, the villagers didn't need to look for outsiders to see a doctor. Her father would even help build a house or dig a well.
She then heard Auntie Awang say, "Tiange, this child … How could a girl enter the ancestral hall? Fortunately, everyone didn't make a fuss because she was young and hit her head.
How is she now? Is her head all right? "
"You said you were hungry when you woke up. It shouldn't be a problem."
"That's good.
But in that case, how are you going to take care of Tiange with your body?
Did your family ask you to go back? "
Her mother didn't say anything. Tiange didn't need to think to know that she didn't.
Her grandmother didn't like her mother and she didn't like her either. Her uncles weren't close to her mother, and her grandfather was also very cold to them. In that family, aside from Tianqiao who was good to her, the others didn't like her.
Auntie Awang was right. Her mother was so sick, so how could she take care of her?
She had to get better and take care of her mother.
She braced herself and jumped out of bed, but her head was dizzy again.
Many things were flying around in her head. She knew it was something left behind by the ancestor who talked to her. It was something called the Art of Sunu. She didn't really understand it, but she seemed to know what to do.
The door was pushed open. The Fourth Lady and Auntie Awang walked in with their respective dishes.
Upon seeing her, Auntie Awang smiled. "Tiange, you can get out of bed now. How are you? Does your head hurt?"
Mo Tiange shook her head. "I'm fine, Auntie Awang."
"That's good. Come and eat. You haven't eaten for two days. You must be starving, right?"
"En." Mo Tiange nodded. She turned around and saw her mother putting the dishes on the table. She said, "Tiange, come and eat."
Seeing her mother's pale face, Mo Tiange was a bit worried. "Mother, what's wrong?
Are you feeling unwell? "
The Fourth Lady shook her head and smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry. I just didn't rest well. I'll be fine after a while."
Mo Tiange didn't suspect anything and took the food her mother handed her.
Her mother said she hadn't eaten for two days. She didn't feel anything just now, but now that she smelled the food, she realized she was really hungry.
Seeing her wolfing down the food, the Fourth Lady and Auntie Awang couldn't help but smile at each other.
"Slow down. No one's fighting with you. Be careful or you'll choke."
Now that she had something in her stomach, Mo Tiange slowed down. She raised her head and said, "Mother's cooking is delicious. Auntie Awang's fried green beans are also fragrant."
Her words made the two adults laugh.
Auntie Awang chatted for a while before she finally left. Before she left, she said to the Fourth Lady, "Although Tiange has woken up, we don't know if there's anything wrong with her. We should ask the doctor to come and take a look."
The Fourth Lady nodded. "I just hate that my body isn't good enough. I'll have to trouble Brother Awang to call another doctor."
"What are you talking about? A close neighbor is better than a distant relative. We should help each other.
In the afternoon, I'll ask my husband to go to town. You can rest at home. I'll go back now. "
"Yes. Take care, Sister-in-law."
Right after seeing off Auntie Awang, the Fourth Lady found her little niece had come.
"Tianqiao, why are you here?"
Mo Tianqiao answered timidly, "Fourth Aunt, how's Tiange? I came to see her."
Because the Fourth Lady had always been sick, the family didn't allow her to come over, so Tianqiao was very unfamiliar with this aunt.
"Tiange woke up. You're really considerate.
Come, come in and sit. "
"En."
Seeing Mo Tianqiao coming in after her mother, Tiange jumped up. "Tianqiao!"
"Tiange, eat your food!"
The Fourth Lady looked at her reproachfully then said to Mo Tianqiao with a smile, "Tianqiao, sit for a while. I'll make you a bowl of noodles. Do you want to eat long noodles or dragon whisker noodles?"
Mo Tianqiao shook her head immediately. "Fourth Aunt, there's no need. I already ate."
Her family said she couldn't eat at her fourth aunt's house. Although she didn't take it seriously, she couldn't be too casual when she was a guest.
The Fourth Lady didn't force her. She went to the kitchen to pick up some fruits Auntie Awang gave her, washed them, and brought them over. "Eat some plums. These are freshly picked fresh plums from Auntie Awang next door."
Mo Tianqiao immediately thanked her. "Thank you, Fourth Aunt."
Seeing her being so polite, the Fourth Lady praised her a few more times before entering the inner room to let the two children talk.
"Tiange, how did you fall in the ancestral hall? I heard my father said you even broke the memorial tablets of the ancestors."
Mo Tiange was about to tell her what she saw, but she hesitated. "I … I wasn't careful."
"Grandpa was very angry when he heard about it. He said it was disrespectful to the ancestors. A girl entered the ancestral hall and broke the memorial tablets of the ancestors.
Grandpa wanted to punish you, but other grandpa said you were still young and insensible, so there was no need to punish you. Grandpa didn't get angry anymore. "
Hearing that she made grandpa angry, Mo Tiange lowered her head and ate.
She was very afraid of grandpa because grandpa didn't like her mother or her.
"But it's all right now.
Where did you hit yourself? Does it still hurt? "
"My head still hurts a little, but I'm fine."
Thinking of the memorial tablets she broke, she felt a bit confused. "Tianqiao, why can't girls enter the ancestral hall? The ancestor on the top is obviously a girl, right?"
"Huh?
How did you know? "
"I … I saw the name. It should be a girl's name."
Originally, she would tell Tianqiao anything, but she didn't know why, but she felt it was better not to tell others about such an inconceivable thing.
Especially since that person said her mother couldn't be saved, she didn't want her mother to know.
"I also don't know. I'll go back and ask grandpa."
"Forget it. Don't ask, otherwise grandpa will get angry again."
Mo Tianqiao thought about it and agreed, so she didn't ask anymore. Instead, she asked her, "When will you go to school?"
"I'll go tomorrow. I'm fine now."
"That's good. I have something fun. I'll bring it to the school tomorrow."
"Okay."
In the afternoon, Uncle Awang went to town to invite a doctor. Seeing that Mo Tiange was alive and kicking, he took her pulse and said she didn't need to take any medicine.
The Fourth Lady finally felt relieved.
She went to the kitchen and cooked a plate of vegetables and fried tofu with minced meat. She also asked Aunt Awang to buy some pig trotters from the butcher in the village and made a pot of pig trotters soup.
Seeing this, Mo Tiange was very hungry.
It was rare to see meat at home, let alone so many good dishes.
The Fourth Lady gave Mo Tiange some pig trotters soup and asked her to take it to the next door. The mother and daughter had a good dinner and went to bed to rest.