I sold grilled fish in the 70s!

Chapter 223 Blessing or Curse?

You didn't know this, did you? It's because many years ago, an old man who had been worshipping the Weasel Spirit for generations learned from somewhere that this little village was a place filled with mystical energy. There's also a very mythical story circulating in this village.

This was about a very kind and charitable woman who experienced a very strange event before she became pregnant. One day, she had just helped an elderly woman in her eighties cross a river when, for some reason, the previously cloudless sky suddenly became covered with dark clouds.

A long bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky, hitting the kind-hearted woman squarely. It was broad daylight, and many people were washing clothes on both sides of the river.

When they saw a dazzling beam of light descend from the sky, they were all very curious and threw the clothes they were holding onto the riverbank. They habitually wiped their hands on the aprons tied around their waists.

They then ran quickly toward the direction of the kind-hearted woman, and were stunned by what they saw when they reached her.

The woman struck by lightning not only stood unharmed before the crowd, but her previously unremarkable belly was now slightly protruding, as if she were two or three months pregnant!

Among the crowd was an elderly man who had studied medicine since childhood. He was very curious to see the woman, who had been struck by lightning, standing unharmed in front of everyone.

My lady, I have something very inappropriate to tell you. If I don't do it, I'm afraid my heart will not be at peace for a long time.

Greetings, sir! I was hoping you could take my pulse, as you just witnessed a bolt of lightning strike from the sky. It struck me squarely. Right now, I only feel a warm current flowing through my abdomen; nothing else.

The old man gently stroked his long beard. "I was just about to tell you this. I simply didn't know whether I should bring it up!"

Because we all know the principle that men and women should not touch each other! But I have an inexplicable obsession with illness.

If I don't know the cause of a disease, I will keep researching it until I understand it completely before I will stop.

Upon hearing the old man's words, the woman pulled up her sleeve, revealing her wrist. The old man then took a black handkerchief from his pocket and placed it over the woman's wrist.

Then he placed two of his fingers on the woman's wrist and gently closed his eyes.

Oh dear! We clearly saw a bolt of lightning strike this woman. Yet she's standing right in front of us completely unharmed. Don't you think that's incredibly strange?

Are you saying this woman isn't a normal woman? You don't think she's some kind of jinx, do you?

Hmm! If that woman were a normal person, she would probably have been struck dead by that heavenly lightning long ago, right? I remember that the older generation would react strongly if they saw a woman with a calamity appear beside them.

My first reaction was to lock her in an enormous cage and then throw her and the cage into a deep pool of water. This way, I could prevent the witch from wreaking havoc on the villagers.

Yes, yes, yes! Stories about how a calamity-bringing woman descended to earth and ruthlessly harmed us, the weak and vulnerable. My grandmother told me so many stories like this!

I see there's a very deep river right next to us, isn't there? Why don't we just throw this troublesome woman into that bottomless river?

I was wondering why my luck had been so bad lately! I was losing money on everything I did. When I finally made a little money, I went out to play cards with others, thinking that I've always had a very good hand.

So he used all the money he had recently earned to gamble, but to his surprise, he not only didn't win much money, but he also lost a lot of money, and got completely drunk because of it.

When you're down on your luck, you just have a run of bad luck! When I was completely drunk, I walked out of the bar and bumped headfirst into a telephone pole.

However, next to the utility pole was a filthy, smelly ditch. When I was knocked around by the pole, I accidentally stepped into the ditch. Because I was very drunk at the time, I thought I was already home, sitting in the bathtub taking a bath.

Thinking of this, Li Leilei was really angry, so he rushed in front of the woman without thinking twice. Just as he was about to lift the woman up and throw her into the river, he was stopped by an old man who was taking the woman's pulse.

What are you trying to do, old man? Let me give you a piece of advice: mind your own business! Go somewhere cool and stay put!

The old man did not leave because of what Li Leilei said, but continued to protect the kind-hearted woman behind him.

This woman is two or three months pregnant! She is a lucky star, not a jinx! Don't you remember how many good things she has done for us villagers over the years?

Hey old man! You're not some kind of deity descended to earth! How would you know that this woman wasn't a harbinger of disaster but a harbinger of good fortune?

Lei Lei said impatiently to the old man, seeing that the old man was no longer protecting the woman behind him as before, so he took the opportunity to pounce on the kind-hearted woman.

Just when everyone present thought that the kind-hearted woman would not escape Li Leilei's clutches today, a scream was heard.

The once arrogant Li Leilei was suddenly kicked several meters away by a big man.

Oh my god! Oh my god! Heavens above! Earth below! I beg you, open your eyes! There is a heinous tyrant here who dares to commit violence in broad daylight!

As Li Leilei spoke, he knelt on the floor and repeatedly patted the floor with his hands. Not only that, he also occasionally clasped his hands together and bowed towards the sky.

Leilei, you're a natural gambler! We all know you're always drinking! The reason you went and made things difficult for this kind-hearted girl is because you still owe her a large sum of money.

I bet you were trying to smear her by claiming she was some kind of jinx who would wreak havoc on our village. So you put her in a large bamboo cage, then found a very deep pond and threw the cage with her inside into it.

Haha! Brother, how much wine did you drink today? Was it good? When can I have a taste?