Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

"Grandpa, didn't you say before that there were no dried sweet potatoes?" Tiezhu stared with a pair of puzzled eyes and asked in confusion.

"Haha, Grandpa was afraid that you, a greedy little cat, would steal some, so he ate them all secretly. I was lying to you."

"Grandpa, how could you do this!" Tiezhu pouted his lips, looked unhappy, and muttered loudly.

"Grandpa, why can't I do this? I specially left some dried sweet potatoes for your future daughter-in-law to eat. Is that not okay?" Fu Youtian deliberately frowned and said angrily.

Upon hearing this, Tiezhu quickly replied, "No objection, no objection." As he spoke, he showed a naive smile on his face.

"Hmph," Fu Youtian hummed with a smile as he looked at Tiezhu's silly look.

Listening to the conversation between the old and the young, Yu Congcong felt helpless and sighed in her heart. She rolled her eyes speechlessly and muttered to herself: "He doesn't treat her as an outsider at all."

"Tiezhu, please go ahead of Congcong." Fu Youtian pulled Tiezhu and said.

"Grandpa, what's going on? I want to walk in a line with Congcong." Tiezhu looked confused, and Yu Congcong also looked at Fu Youtian in confusion.

"You go in front and block Congcong. I will teach Congcong how to speak." Fu Youtian whispered.

"Grandpa, Congcong can talk. There's no need to teach her. Congcong can talk very well. She just barked at me!" Tiezhu said aggrievedly.

"Oh, that's good. Congcong, talk to Tiezhu more. Don't be silent like you are now. Your grandma is very worried about you."

"Grandpa, Congcong doesn't want to be my wife." Yu Congcong wanted to go crazy. What kind of magical words were these?

"It's okay. Play with Cong Cong more and be nice to her in the future. She will be your wife." The clan leader smiled and comforted his grandson.

I admire you, Lao Liu. These grandfather and grandson discussed my marriage right in front of me. They really have no say! After listening to their speechless speech, I walked to Fu Youtian and Tiezhu's home.

Fu Youtian and Tiezhu's house is a mix of stone and adobe, with the main room in the middle and a room on each side. The kitchen is on the right, with a stone wall about 1.5 meters high below and a wooden frame above, and a thatched roof. Most of the kitchens, firewood rooms, and livestock rooms in the village are constructed in this way. Behind the house, there is another row of houses similar to the kitchen, which must be firewood rooms and livestock rooms. I heard that the patriarch's family has a cow and a mule. The cow is a female cow, and it has recently given birth to a calf.

Fu Youtian brought them some dried sweet potatoes and sent them to play in the yard. Tiezhu wanted to take Yu Congcong to see Cowboys, but Yu Congcong didn't want to go. Yu Congcong wanted to go to the village to learn more about the current situation. In the past week, she was not allowed to go out by her grandmother, but today she had someone to accompany her, so she was less timid and wanted to learn more about the situation.

So, Yu Congcong took Tiezhu to tour the village. At this moment, Tiezhu's talkative nature, like a flood that broke through the dam, was revealed without reservation, and Yu Congcong didn't even need to ask. Tiezhu was just like pouring beans, and he told everything he knew in one go: "Behind Tiezhu's family is Fu Gang's family. He is Tiezhu's cousin. Fu Gang was raised by his uncle, the clan leader. His wife was also bought. But Gangzi was very good to her, and she was willing to live with Gangzi. The two of them gave birth to five children. But with so many children, food naturally became scarce. However, Aunt Gangzi was kind-hearted and always saved food to support Honghua who was bought with her. Alas, it's hard for those children. They are all on guard against this mother."

Just as they were talking about her! Suddenly, they saw her running towards them from a distance, shouting anxiously: "Gangzi, Gangzi, boss, boss, hurry up, save Honghua!" Her voice was full of fear and panic, as if the sky was about to fall. Her steps were staggering, as if she might fall at any time. Her eyes were full of helplessness and despair, which made people feel distressed.

A tall middle-aged man suddenly jumped out of the next room. He was even taller than my adoptive father. He looked a little old, and his facial features were quite similar to those of the clan leader. It turned out that he was the one guarding outside the ancestral hall. He asked anxiously, "What's wrong? Speak slowly!"

Aunt Gangzi was seen gasping for breath and crying intermittently, "Honghua... Honghua... her husband broke her head and she is lying motionless in the pigsty! I... I really don't know what to do!" Her voice was filled with tears and it was obvious that she was extremely anxious and helpless.

Tiezhu and Yu Congcong looked at each other, and they were also worried. They decided to follow Aunt Gangzi to check on Honghua's condition. Along the way, Aunt Gangzi kept talking about Honghua's broken head, which made people feel that the matter was quite serious.

Soon, they arrived at Honghua's residence. Honghua was as pale as paper, lying next to the straw pile in the pigsty. Tiezhu and Yu Congcong were worried and rushed forward to check on her. After a careful examination, they found that Honghua's breath was extremely weak and her head injury was extremely serious. She needed immediate treatment.

Gangzi looked at the situation and said to Tiezhu: "Tiezhu, go find your grandfather." Then he turned and ran away. Tiezhu turned around and told me: "Congcong, you stay here, I'll go find grandpa."

Gangzi's wife, Aunt He Miao, was still sobbing quietly, as if she was afraid of waking up Honghua. This scene touched me deeply, and I couldn't stop my tears from falling.

After only a short while, Uncle Gangzi came over carrying an old man who looked even older than the clan leader. Judging from his attire, he must be a doctor. Gangzi carried the old man on his back and stopped in front of Honghua, bent down, and put the doctor down. The doctor stood up, still breathing slightly, and kept yelling: "Why are you walking so fast! I almost broke my old bones!" As he spoke, he gently patted his waist. Then he began to check Honghua's wound with an anxious look. He first glanced at Yu Congcong, and then hurriedly took Honghua's pulse. Seeing the doctor's appearance, Yu Congcong couldn't help but feel a warm feeling in his heart. This is a warm-hearted doctor, which is really rare. I really hope Honghua can still be saved!

Yu Congcong and the others stared at the doctor anxiously, closely following his pulse-feeding movements, as if only in this way could they see Honghua's condition through his every move. Their hands unconsciously clenched, their palms slightly sweating, and their heartbeats became more and more rapid, as if they could hear the "thump thump" of their own hearts. Everyone held their breath, fearing that the slightest sound would disturb the doctor. The whole scene was frozen, and only the doctor's calm and focused expression became the only focus of their eyes.

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried running in the distance. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, as if hitting Yu Congcong's heart hard. Yu Congcong's heart tightened, and she turned around and saw Tiezhu's face full of panic, with big beads of sweat on his forehead. His eyes showed traces of anxiety and worry. His arms were swinging rapidly, and his pace also quickened, as if he was racing against time.

Behind Tiezhu, the team leader, with a slightly staggering step, tried his best to follow Tiezhu's footsteps. His face was a little tired, but his eyes were full of concern. Yu Congcong looked at their hurried figures, and couldn't help but feel touched. At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had found a backbone.

"How is it? How is it?" Fu You asked breathlessly, his voice full of anxiety and concern, and a hint of imperceptible urgency. What exactly is going on? His face, which was as wrinkled as the bark of an old tree, was full of questions. His cloudy eyes, like two sharp awls, were fixed on them, as if trying to dig out the answers from their expressions.

However, Yu Congcong and the others remained silent as if they were under a spell, and a suffocating atmosphere instantly filled the air. Fu Youtian's breathing became more and more rapid, and he involuntarily moved forward a small step, and his hands began to tremble slightly, as if his restless heart was being transmitted to everyone's eyes through his hands.

The old doctor's deep voice came: "It's no use, she can't be saved. She has lost the will to live. She is bleeding too much. The wound can't be stopped. Her head needs stitches, but we don't have the tools here."

"If we get her out, can we still save her?" the patriarch asked anxiously.

The old doctor replied, "It's too late. We are far away from the county town, and the situation outside is unclear. Where can we get her medical treatment if we take her out? Where can we find a hospital? By the time we find a hospital, I'm afraid she will have bled out. Besides, Fourth Uncle and the others will never allow you to take her out."

He Miao listened to the conversation between the old doctor and the clan leader, and then burst into tears. We listened to the crying of Aunt He Miao and looked at Aunt He Miao's weeping, and fell into silence. The atmosphere of sadness spread like a tide.

Yu Congcong looked at Honghua's body intently. Her body was covered with scars, and no part of her body was intact. The blood on her forehead was still flowing continuously. Yu Congcong couldn't help but shiver in her heart. They had been here for so long, and the room was closed, and no one came out to visit.

Fu Youtian, with a furious face, raised his rough hand and slammed the closed door with all his strength. He shouted, "Huang Mazi, come out here. It's useless for you to hide. Come out and explain clearly. People are dead, and you are still hiding." Then Zhuantou went to tell him, "Tiezhu, go find your uncles, and Gangzi go find your fourth uncle." He then said softly to Yu Congcong, "Congcong, go find your father." Yu Congcong and the others turned around to find people.