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Tan Duo lay half-closed her eyes on the bed, staring at the blue tiles on the ceiling. 。Some of the tiles are loose and cracked, and the wooden beams and rafters on the roof have darkened with age. It must be very old. 。From the room next door, separated by a sheer curtain, came voices deliberately hushed. 。Though the voice was soft, Tan Duo still heard it clearly. 。"Father, you go and tell Mother again, don't let Qi-duo leave, I... I can't bear it." 。If we keep going like this, I'm worried that seven of them won't get delivered and I'll be the one who loses my life first. 。"The woman spoke in a low, broken voice." 。“Alas!” the man sighed, “I don’t want to either. Qiduo is our youngest son, even though he can’t speak, we always loved him the most.” 。My mother's illness is getting worse these days. The medicine doesn't seem to be working, and… she may not listen to us anyway. 。The man's voice was full of helplessness, he didn't want to disappoint his son, but he was also worried that he wouldn't be able to persuade his mother. 。The woman was probably angry, her voice rising two tones, “I don’t care, you as a father, if you can’t even protect your own son, are you still a man? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?” “Mingshu, don’t get angry first, I… I’m trying to find a way, aren’t I? Let’s think about it carefully, no need to be hasty…” 。The man hurriedly reassured. 。"Can't I be patient? Qiduo is mine after all. You don't feel bad, but I do." 。If anything were to happen to Qiduo, I wouldn't live either. 。The woman was furious, and her sobs grew louder. 。"Mingxiu, speak a little softer, don't wake Qi Duo up," 。Alas, Qiduo is your son, but also mine. If I didn't care, I wouldn't have waited for the mother's side. We need to think of another way. 。The man was urging him softly. 。The woman's sobs subsided, and then there was another silence. 。Tan Duo heard the conversation between the man and the person, her nose ached, her eyes turned red, and tears quietly slipped from the corners of her eyes. 。It's been five days since I arrived in this unfamiliar time and space. 。This is the Chao San Shi dynasty, a fictional dynasty that does not exist in history. 。In my past life, born in a rural area, I had no background in that big city. To survive, I did all sorts of hard and tiring work. 。Having worked diligently and put in several times more effort than others, I finally got promoted to manager. 。I'm so happy, thinking that after the promotion I can earn more money. Then I can buy a house and have my parents come live with me. That way they won't have to work so hard anymore. 。But joy begets sorrow, this thought wasn't even finished when I suddenly felt my feet leave the ground and fell into an open manhole. 。Before he could even scream for help, he fainted. 。When Tan Duo woke up again, she was lying on this wooden bed. Looking up, she saw a grayish-white ceiling. Turning her head, she could see the indigo roof tiles and the black beams of the room. 。Also, there was Tan Qiduo who had transformed into an eleven-year-old farm girl named Tan Qiduo, hiding in the taro cellar and suffocating from lack of oxygen. 。The Tan family had a wealthy and prosperous background, with ancestral land holdings. It was said that they had an extraordinary woman as their ancestor, a grand lady. Numerous suitors came to ask for her hand in marriage. She eventually married into a Han surname marquis family from Yicheng, Jiangnan. 。To allow Miss Gu to marry with grace, the Tan family spared no expense. They prepared a ten-mile red adornment for her, making it a grand occasion. 。The Tan family had originally pointed to this aunt-in-law as someone from a prominent household who could support her family. Who would have thought that the aunt-in-law's father-in-law had committed a crime, and overnight, the marquisate fell apart, leaving the Tan family and the aunt-in-law's family out of touch. 。As for the Tan family, they also went downhill. By the time of Tan Qidu's grandfather, Tan Binggui, all that was left in the family was this ancestral house and fifty mu of thin farmland. 。The grandfather has five sons in total, the fourth, fifth, and youngest are unmarried. The others have already had grandchildren. 。Tan Qiduo's father, Tan Dekin, is forty years old this year and the eldest son. His mother, Xu Mingxiu, is thirty-three years old this year. She was a famous beauty in the surrounding villages back then. 。The man and woman who just spoke were Tan Dekin and Mrs. Xu. 。The Qi family has four siblings, eldest sister Tan Erxia, sixteen years old, and second sister Tan LiujI, twelve years old. 。Tan Xinfeng, the younger brother, is nine years old. He is the sixth son among the male descendants of the Tan family. He has been frail and sickly since childhood, resulting in a thin physique. 。Why did Qiduo hide in the potato cellar? To tell you the truth, it was all because of her second uncle, Tan Deyin. 。Since last winter, I suddenly felt unwell. My stomach was bloated and painful, gradually swelling up. I consulted several doctors, but nothing worked. 。Times were good, times were bad, such endless torment, after experiencing the pain, I no longer trusted doctors. I let my uncle who claimed to understand the Book of Changes calculate a divination for me. 。Second Uncle said after divination that Qi Duo's eight characters were incompatible with his, and even clashed with his younger brother Tan Xinfeng. 。To keep the younger brother and Wu Yong safe, one must send Qi Duo far away from her family, over a hundred miles. Only then will her fate not affect her family. 。I strongly agree with this suggestion. Anyway, there are many grandchildren at home, so I don't mind this one. As long as my own is doing well. 。Qidian heard the news and was very afraid of being sent away, so she hid in the potato cellar to escape. 。To her dismay, she lost her life! Thinking about her past and present lives, Tan Duo felt deeply wronged. She quietly wiped away her tears, but her mouth was still tightly shut. 。In my past life, I worked hard but never had the chance to repay my parents for their upbringing and nurture before I left that colorful world. 。Parents sending their child to the afterlife must be deeply heartbroken. 。I hate that deadly well, I hate the small cover of the well, and I'm also annoyed with my carelessness. If I had been more careful when walking, perhaps this tragedy wouldn't have happened. 。Alas! With a long sigh, I let out that mouthful of foul air from deep within my heart. 。I have hated, I have been angry, everything is predetermined. When I first came here, I even thought about hitting the wall and going back, but unfortunately I couldn't. 。Things have come to this, there's no other way but to face the present. 。At least Heaven hasn't been too harsh on himself, giving him another chance at life. All he hopes is that his younger siblings can take good care of their parents and help them get over the shadow of grief as soon as possible. 。Lifting his left hand, he looked at the plum blossom birthmark on his palm with seven petals. He smiled bitterly. 。Isn't this birthmark just an ordinary one, but rather the key to opening up space and superpowers? 。To Tan Duo's surprise, she not only transmigrated here, but also brought her spatial pouch with her. Heaven truly favored her! She should cherish this opportunity.Even in her past life, she had a birthmark like this. At the time, she just thought it was pretty and didn't find anything unusual about it. 。Until six months ago, I tripped over a stone while walking. When my palm hit the ground... 。The location it landed in was right on that plum blossom. At the time, I didn't pay any attention to it. 。After her wounds healed, Tan Duo opened the space. She couldn't enter the space herself, but she could see a clear spring within it. 。The spring water is clear, sweet and inexhaustible. Its use far exceeds imagination. 。And that's not all, the left hand also possesses other strange abilities... A frantic knocking at the door interrupted Tan Duo's train of thought. She focused her attention on the outside quiet... 。"Big brother, big sister-in-law, open the door!" 。The wooden door was pounded relentlessly, with shouts of urgency from a man. 。Mr. and Mrs. Tan Dejin's hearts skipped a beat, they looked at each other, and Tan Dejin went to open the door. 。"Fifth brother, what's wrong?" Tan Dejin asked his fifth younger brother, Tan Deyou. 。"Her illness flared up again, she's writhing in pain on the ground. Big brother, you should go take a look." 。"Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stepped forward and pulled Tedros Tekle on..." 。Tan Dejin frowned, "Let's go" 。Xu's heart clenched again. Looking at Tan Dejin's retreating figure, she frowned and went back into the room to check on Tan Qiduo. 。Tan Qiduo hurriedly closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. Xu Shi, with her warm face, sighed softly, wiped the corner of her eye, tucked the quilt tightly, and then pushed the door out. 。Xu was worried that when the time came, others would bring up the matter of sending Qi Dào away again, and Tan Dejin wouldn't be able to handle it alone. 。 |
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