Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 946 - Because I dont allow it

Chapter 946: Chapter 946: Because I don’t allow it!

Chapter 946 -946: Because I don’t allow it!

He was truly willing to do it.

To be with Sisi, even if it meant death, he would savor it like a sweet treat!

Once, because of a misunderstanding, he pushed her away forcefully, but this time, he wouldn’t let go so easily no matter what!

Liu Sisi checked how she felt and squinted her eyes slightly, shaking her head: “I don’t feel hungry, no need.”

Without the slightest appetite to eat anything, she also dared not close her eyes to sleep, fearing that once she closed them, they would never open again.

Before she could refuse, a cloth bag was tossed in: “I bought some fruit in the previous village, would you like some? I know you have no appetite, but you still need to eat something to have strength, right?”

Fruit, huh? Liu Sisi made an effort to raise her hand carefully using the hand wrapped around her own, then she picked up the cloth bag and took out the fruit inside.

“Actually sour and astringent green apples, not bad. But in the future, when you give me food, just throw the food in, try not to contact me as much as possible, to prevent…”

“Isn’t it a bit late for you to say this now? If I was really going to catch it, I wouldn’t have waited until today.”

Zuo Xingyu turned his head to look back, his gaze at Liu Sisi full of meaning.

Indeed, if she were going to catch smallpox, she would probably have caught it long ago.

Liu Sisi was at a loss for words, quietly covering her face with the veil hat, leaving only her eyes exposed.

The sky was blue, the air was fresh, the sound of horse hooves clipping, the man driving the carriage ahead also eye-pleasing, and everything seemed so harmonious, yet it caused waves of sadness to arise in the depths of her heart.

She wondered how everyone back in the capital city was doing now? Had anyone contracted smallpox?

“Big Brother Zuo, do you think… I’ll really be gone like this? If I’m lucky enough to survive, but my face is left covered with pockmarks, looking like smallpox, wouldn’t that frighten people?”

“No!”

The decisive voice came from the front, as Zuo Xingyu turned to look back at her, “Because I won’t allow it.”

He wouldn’t allow her leave this world alone, because he would be with her!

“What?” Liu Sisi didn’t understand his meaning.

But Zuo Xingyu didn’t elaborate.

Not long after traveling, they found a spring of mountain water where they stopped the carriage, and he went straight for the spring.

When he returned, he had several small fish in his hand, wrapped in a large leaf, and presented them to her as if they were treasures.

“There are actually crucian carp in that spring, each about as wide as three fingers put together. I just casually caught a few, and I don’t know if you like them or not. If you do, I’ll go catch more.”

Liu Sisi, who was deeply asleep, woke with a start at the words of Zuo Xingyu and turned her head for a look: “People with skin diseases shouldn’t eat fish, you have to wait until the illness is over to eat fish. I just don’t know if I’ll make it that long.” Liu Sisi said with some self-mockery.

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“There’s actually such a saying?”

Zuo Xingyu obviously hadn’t heard of this before, and seemed to want to discard the small fish but seemed to have thought of something and kept them instead.

It was unclear whether it was lunch or dinner, but it was a meal of steamed cornbread. Even without an appetite, Liu Sisi forced herself to drink more than half a bowl with a bit of wild vegetable soup.

“This wild vegetable soup is delicious, it really tastes like home.”

Thinking back to how out of place she felt since arriving in the capital city, Liu Sisi couldn’t help but reminisce about the days she spent in Macheng County.

Although the days back then were very tough, my heart felt exceptionally happy and fulfilled. Even eating coarse cereals with wild vegetable soup tasted sweet and delicious.

She gradually fell silent, her face bearing endless desolation.

Zuo Xingyu silently finished the last bit of wild vegetable soup in the pot. Then he cleaned everything up and packed it onto the carriage before jumping back on and starting to drive again.

It was not until they had traveled a great distance that he spoke, “That soup was really good, tasted just like the one my mom used to make. I’ll cook it again tomorrow.”

It had been several years since Mother Zuo’s death, yet Zuo Xingyu rarely mentioned her.

“You seldom talk about your mom, is it because she died unexpectedly?”

A sudden discomfort in her nose, as if liquid were flowing out, made Liu Sisi instinctively reach to wipe it, only to find her hand covered in fresh blood.

She quickly blocked one nostril, and as blood began to drip from the other, Liu Sisi scrambled around in a panic until she found a handkerchief to plug her nose with.

What’s going on? Does contracting smallpox also cause nosebleeds?

Perhaps it’s just that her body is a bit special. That must be it, Liu Sisi thought.

“Yeah! If it hadn’t been for that military upheaval back then, maybe my mother would still be alive? It’s all because I, as her son, held her back.”

Zuo Xingyu rarely spoke more than necessary, urging the horse forward with a flick of his whip.

It seemed the bleeding in her nose had stopped, thankfully!

Liu Sisi secretly tucked away the blood-stained handkerchief, wrapping herself up tightly once more.

“During those years of military chaos, so many people died. Even if you could have saved your mom once, you couldn’t have always kept her by your side. That she ended up like that isn’t really surprising. We need to look forward in life; we can’t always dwell on the past, can we?”

“Yes, I understand that in principle, but letting go is extremely difficult.”

Zuo Xingyu’s younger brother spoke, and then there was silence again.

Liu Sisi fell back into a drowsy sleep, suddenly realizing in her dream that she too was someone who couldn’t let go of family ties.

–

Three days passed, and the three imperial physicians were released from the Di Residence by Di Yelei.

Although the three men had not suffered in the mansion, the circumstances they faced there were indeed harsh. When they returned to report to the palace, they naturally exaggerated Di Yelei’s misdeeds.

This incited thundering fury from His Majesty, who immediately decreed that Di Yelei receive 20 hits of the boards and ordered the Imperial Guards to completely surround the Di Residence under the pretext of preventing the spread of the smallpox pandemic.

In secret, however, there was a frantic urgency. Ruyu had actually left the capital city—such an act was akin to courting destruction! Even if he held the antidote in his hand, it would be useless if he couldn’t get it to Ruyu. A secret edict was issued urgently to find Liu Sisi.

With His Majesty in thundering fury, the entire capital city was soon agitated.

Everyone finally understood the true meaning behind the closed doors of the Di Residence.

In just a few days, Di Yelei claimed to be too ill with the malignant disease to carry out his duties and handed over the military tokens, allowing the army of several hundred thousand men, whom His Majesty saw as a great threat, to come directly under His Majesty’s command.

In just a few days’ time, the days inside the Di Residence grew unbearably long for everyone, living under the constant watch of the Imperial Guards. Fortunately, although it was hard, everyone remained healthy and showed no signs of infection—indeed, this was to be expected, as Liu Sisi was originally poisoned, not infected with smallpox.

But before they could rejoice, on the eleventh day, red rashes started appearing on everyone’s faces and bodies!