Chapter 1 Fetal Crossing
In the 23rd year of Taiqi, Sunjia Village, Wild Boar Slope.
"Shanzi, come here and worship, let grandpa bless you." A dull female voice came.
Sun Shan walked over obediently, knelt on the ground, took the three incense sticks handed to him by Su, kowtowed three times, and stuck the incense into the soil. Then Su murmured to herself, which roughly meant: May our ancestors bless us, may our father-in-law bless us, may my son be healthy, grow up quickly, and be safe and happy.
After saying this, he poured tea three times and wine three times onto the ground.
The man next to him shouted, "Shan Zi, go away, Dad is lighting firecrackers."
Then the lonely forest was filled with the sound of firecrackers, which seemed particularly loud.
Su carried the basket containing the tribute, and the man carried Sun Shan on his back, and they went down the mountain together.
"You're back. Did you pay homage to the Wild Boar Hill?" As Sun Shan just stepped into the house, an old woman with half white hair, about 50 years old, came towards him.
When he saw Sun Shan, he smiled happily, took his grandson's hand and walked into the main hall.
Su and the man called out "Mom", said they had paid their respects, and then went to the kitchen.
"Grandma, yes, I will kowtow to Grandpa as well." Sun Shan answered obediently.
The old woman touched her grandson's head lovingly and said kindly, "Just pray, just pray, let Grandpa bless you."
"Mother, how do you cook the pork?" The man walked in from the kitchen and took out the offering for the sacrifice, two pounds of pork belly, which had been blanched in water.
"Let's order Su's braised dish and have it tonight." The old woman looked at the sky. It gets dark early in winter, so it's time to prepare dinner.
The man said "oh", took the pork to the kitchen, handed it to Su, and asked her to make braised pork.
Su nodded and continued to work in the kitchen with her daughters.
The old woman walked into the main room, opened the key to another room, pulled her grandson in, opened the lid of a golden black clay pot, took out a palm-sized crispy cake, handed it to her grandson, and said with a smile: "Lick your lips, you will have food later. We will have braised pork tonight."
Sun Shan happily took the pancake and nodded woodenly: "Grandma, I'm going out to play."
"Go, but don't go far, it's cold." The old woman touched her grandson's clothes kindly. It was okay, the cotton-padded jacket was quite warm.
Sun Shan walked out of the main room with the pastry, said hello to his parents, walked out of the house, and came to the small pond in the village.
Hey!
Sun Shan sighed, looked into the distance sadly, and became lost in thought again.
It has been 5 years since he came to this time and space. He is the "fetus traveler" in the novel.
Considered a half-premature baby.
There is an old saying that a pregnancy lasts for 7 months and a baby will survive, 10 months is full term, but 8 months is doomed to fail.
Sun Shan was born after an 8-month pregnancy. At that time, the whole family thought he would not live for more than three days, and Su cried bitterly.
I don’t know whether it was God who took pity on Su, or whether he was reborn with the memory of his past life and had a strong will to survive, but he actually survived three days, a full month, and is now 5 years old.
Su was so happy that she held him in her hands for fear of dropping him, and held him in her mouth for fear of him melting. She obeyed Sun Shan in everything, treating him like a second-generation rich kid.
The reason why we worship Wild Boar Slope today is that Sun Shan was born there.
According to Su's recollection, five years ago, when she was eight months pregnant, she went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables as usual.
The mountain was particularly quiet that day, although usually there were still villagers active there. It was almost noon and the man was about to go home to make lunch.
Su bundled up the wild vegetables and hurried down the mountain.
When passing by Wild Boar Hill, I don't know why, but I stepped on a stone, tripped, and rolled down the slope.
Su covered her stomach in panic, and her back hit a big rock, which stopped her rolling.
After a cry of pain, Su felt a burst of pain in his back, and then he found that his lower body was bleeding, staining the ground.
Su touched her belly and felt pain. She was about to give birth.
Having given birth to four children, this feeling is all too familiar.
Su called out loudly, but to no avail. Normally, Yezhupo was frequented by villagers going up and down the mountain, but that day it was empty, with no one passing by.
Su endured the pain in fear and tried to climb up the hill, but unfortunately failed.
Thanks to the experience of giving birth to multiple babies, practice makes perfect. I recall the midwife in the village teaching me how to give birth.
After a long period of pain, the child was finally born.
Su was covered in blood and quickly pulled the baby's legs apart.
Thank God, it was a little sparrow!
With a will to survive, Su picked up the baby and slapped the baby's feet hard.
After letting out a scream, Su fainted. She was later found by Sun Boming, who was looking for people. He was hurriedly carried back to see a doctor.
According to Su's later recollection, he thought the end was over when he rolled down, but he didn't know where the strength came from to stop him from rolling further, and he finally rolled to a roadblock.
At the moment when she was about to faint, she breathed a breath of air from somewhere and it gave her life back. Only then did she have the strength to give birth to a child.
Later, in a daze, I seemed to see a man carrying a basket full of medicinal herbs. He blew into the baby's mouth, and the baby cried.
The man disappeared.
When the family members heard this, especially the mother-in-law and the husband, they burst into tears. The husband murmured, "That's my father, that's my father, my father, please bless me, please bless me to have an heir."
It turned out that my father-in-law went up the mountain to collect medicinal herbs. He passed by the Wild Boar Slope and was attacked by a wild boar. He rolled down the slope and died on the slope due to excessive blood loss.
Now, Su was pregnant and had rolled down the Wild Boar Slope, but she was able to give birth safely. Both mother and child were safe, which was truly a miracle.
It must be the blessing of my grandson’s grandfather.
Gradually, every New Year and other festivals, Su would always bring her son to Yezhupo to pay tribute and pray for her father-in-law's blessing.
Today is the Winter Solstice, and the villagers of Sunjia Village all come out to worship their ancestors and gods.
Sun Shan walked out of the house and walked slowly along the village road. It was really boring to stay at home, so he went out of the village to wander around.
The little mouth took a bite of the shortbread.
It's delicious! In his previous life, Sun Shan wouldn't even look at this kind of cake.
As the name suggests, Sunjia Village consists of entire villagers with the surname Sun, who have the same ancestor.
It is said that a hundred years ago, our ancestors came to Sunjia Village by crossing mountains and wading through water in order to escape the war.
Sun Shan looked around. Sunjia Village was surrounded by mountains on all sides, with only one so-called "village road" leading to the outside. Moreover, this village road required crossing two mountains to reach the town, and then passing the town to the county.
No wonder our ancestors fled here and never fled again. This place is remote and poor with poor transportation. There is no benefit in occupying it.
No wonder Sunjia Village lived in peace and security regardless of the chaos or prosperity outside. Only when they went out to pay taxes did they find that the world had changed and the emperor was no longer the emperor.
Sun Shan sat on the edge of the field and sighed.
In his previous life, he was an orphan and was supported by the state. He had a dull personality in the orphanage and even the director didn't like him.
He was often beaten and ate little.
But he knew from a young age that he had to study hard, and his grades were always far ahead. With his perseverance, he caught the last train to 985 and was admitted to an agricultural major that no one studied.
After graduation, with perseverance, he was admitted to a clerk position at the Agricultural Science Institute, which was a position that no one else was applying for but had a regular position.
Engaged in agricultural science research.
For Sun Shan, this was already very satisfying.
Because he is an orphan, although his academic performance is average, he receives subsidies from the government, so his living expenses and tuition are taken care of, and he does not have to go into debt to study.
In the few years after graduation, I lived frugally, and the company provided dormitories and meals.
No love, no marriage. My unit is in a remote mountainous area, so housing prices are not expensive.
I have saved enough for a down payment and am preparing to buy a house.