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Chapter 12 (2) The old lady died

Jia Mu has celebrated her 80th birthday.This old man is in good health and has no serious illnesses. He occasionally suffers from cold or eating and gastrointestinal disorders, but there are no other problems. She is a very well-educated, shrewd and high-end typical housewife of the Eight Banners, an old lady, and an old Fengjun.She lost her husband, son, and grandson all her life. After marrying into Rongfu, she experienced great dangers (disasters brought to her family by political accidents and changes in the government) that are hard to understand in fifty-four years.There was an unspeakable pain hidden deep in her heart, and she was always worried that a new disaster would suddenly fall from the sky at some point.The book is full of stories about how she likes to laugh and laugh in her old age. This is just to cover up her heart with the surface, that is, to use the scenery to comfort her feelings and chat to relieve her worries.Generally, it is easy to underestimate her, thinking that she is a dupe who only knows how to enjoy herself and listen to what is pleasant to her ears, but she is actually wrong.However, her mood was indeed getting worse and worse in the forced disposition.Things became more and more troublesome, and the family chores that made her angry and unhappy continued to increase.Her health is getting worse.

Once, the old man was greedy and ate unsuitable fruits and vegetables, which caused diarrhea again.This time stronger than usual.Please ask the old Wang Tai doctor, because he can't come for some reason, so he has to find another doctor who is unfamiliar with him.This newcomer is not skilled in medicine, and he is not familiar with the historical characteristics of the physical conditions of the old and young in the mansion, so he took the wrong medicine.The old lady is too old to bear this kind of torture, and the situation is becoming more and more worrying. In the midst of a crisis, suddenly a major accident happened in Yuanchun.According to the routine, if there is any ominous thing, you dare not report it to the old lady.But at this time the family was in chaos.Sister Feng was ill, and Mrs. Wang was not qualified to take charge of the overall situation of the whole family. What's more, after hearing the bad news in Yuanchun, her grief made her even more powerless to manage.Beside Jiamu, Yuanyang is the only one who plays an important role.

Mrs. Xing usually did not show filial piety to the old lady, but now she took the opportunity to show her filial piety and came to check on the news every day. She secretly hoped that Jia Mu would die so that she could share the inheritance.At this time, Yuanyang was working day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep, trying to take care of the old lady's illness, but Mrs. Xing began to provoke her. Yuanyang is a fierce person, knowing what it means, and fighting against it without fear.There are intense and thrilling scenes here. This has made the eighty-year-old Jiamu on the sick bed uneasy, but she is unable to order and command.On this day, suddenly the mother-in-law under Mrs. Xing came again under the banner of her master, demanding something from the mandarin duck. mandarin duck.

The old lady heard this from the next room! She was in shock and pain, and her breathing stopped suddenly... When the mandarin duck dealt with her and left the old lady, when she went back to the bed to see, the old lady's complexion changed drastically, and she was completely out of breath....
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