Deep love is also heartless

Chapter 231 Curse

After falling ill, Master never got up again. He always regretted having wronged my senior brother. Before he died, he warned us that the heir to the Wu family could only be my senior brother or his descendants and children. This is what we owed him.

Before his death, the master told us to leave the valley, saying that the valley must have been cursed, which is why it was empty.

We have only been in this valley for ten years, and now our population has grown to 200. Everything here is the result of our hard work. How could we bear to leave?

We did not listen to our master and stayed, but we did not expect that within a year, we would suffer a devastating disaster.

It rained for a whole month that year, and many houses were flooded, leaving people homeless. However, our valley remained intact without any water accumulation, and we were glad that we did not leave.

But suddenly one day an earthquake happened. After the earthquake, a large amount of water suddenly surged up from the valley. The water level was so high that it rose little by little. In less than half a day, it had submerged the roof.

Those who ran fast climbed up the mountain, while those who climbed slowly were swallowed by the water. It took us a lot of effort to finally escape.

Thinking that in the blink of an eye only half of the ten people in the Wu family were left, and there were two seriously ill children, and nearly half of the more than 200 valley residents were lost, perhaps there really was a curse, so we brothers left here together and distributed some silver and money to the escaped valley residents so that they would not starve to death.

My junior fellow apprentice and I went to the provincial capital together. I opened a clinic while my junior fellow apprentice started a business. Not long after, my two children passed away one after another. Fortunately, my eldest son grew up safely, got married and had a pair of twins.

But when my granddaughter was two years old, my son first showed symptoms of splitting skin disease, and soon, my two granddaughters also showed the same symptoms. I was heartbroken but helpless.

My son passed away when he was less than three months old, and my granddaughter passed away when she was seven years old. I tried everything to keep them here, but I couldn't.

When I was completely desperate, I received a letter containing a prescription for split skin disease. I knew it must have been from my senior because I recognized his handwriting.

My junior fellow student searched for the source of the letter for a long time but couldn't find my senior brother. However, my eldest granddaughter survived.

Every year during the Qingming Festival and on the birthdays of Master and Madam Yang, my junior brother and I would go to that valley, firstly to commemorate Master and Madam Yang, and secondly to hope that my senior brother would find us when he returned.

But it has been fifty years, and Senior Brother has never come back. Junior Brother has traveled all over the country but couldn't find him. Senior Brother won't give us a chance to atone for our sins!"

Orange went back to the house and poured a glass of water for Grandpa Wu. Grandpa Wu drank it slowly with tears in his eyes. Orange knew that Grandpa Wu was very excited, so she could only accompany him silently and wait for him to calm down.

Elder Wu said, "Girl, do you think I have done too many evil things and now I am being punished? My eldest granddaughter is 24 years old this year and now can only lie in bed, not knowing where she will be tomorrow. The prescription that can keep Qingsi alive was left to me by my senior brother. If I were a little more kind, I think my senior brother would have cured Qingsi long ago."

Juzi felt very sad, and smiled awkwardly, saying, "Grandpa Mo gave me that prescription before he left. He said that if you encounter someone with this disease, don't take it out easily, because this prescription is purely a cure-all, and it's either life or death.

To avoid trouble, it is best to wait until the patient is dying and his family has given up on him before trying to save him, because at this point we are just trying our best to save him. If he gets better, everyone will be happy, and if he gets worse, no one will blame me. "