Chapter 60 The girl with the bag accompanies her sister's family to travel to western Sichuan
During the Dragon Boat Festival, the elder sister took her family to travel to western Sichuan and asked the original owner to go along as well to be their bag carrier. All the food and water were stuffed into the original owner's backpack, and the sister, brother-in-law and their family of three had a happy trip.
The original owner carried a big bag and followed them. Sometimes when her niece couldn't walk anymore, she had to carry her for a while.
In the previous life, because the original owner did not bring enough drinking water, his sister and brother-in-law did not let him drink water. He happened to see a clear river, so his sister asked him to take the empty mineral water bottle and solve the problem of drinking water by himself.
The longer the player played, the more raw water the original owner drank.
On the first night of drinking raw water, the original owner felt uncomfortable and wanted to go back and visit the hospital, but her sister thought she was being hypocritical. "If you don't want to play with us, just say so. You're going back now, which is really a bummer. I'm so unlucky to have a sister like you!"
Under the verbal attack of her sister, the original owner did not leave, but continued to play with them. Because they were camping, the things they brought were only enough for them. The original owner endured the discomfort and sat by the fire all night.
The next day, I had to risk my life to accompany my sister's family.
The three-day holiday passed quickly. The first thing the original owner did after leaving western Sichuan was to go to the hospital. He learned that he was infected with echinococcosis and his liver was covered with dense parasites. Because he did not seek medical treatment in time, the original owner died in the hospital.
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"Auntie, I want to bring my tablet. I want to watch Peppa Pig!"
The niece put the tablet in Zhang Shan’s backpack, and her own small backpack was filled with snacks and candies.
"No, if we put the tablet in there, we won't have enough food."
Zhang Shan smiled and refused.
"No, no, I want to take it, I want to take it!"
My niece has been spoiled by her sister. Whenever she encounters something unpleasant, she rolls on the ground until others meet her demands.
My sister and brother-in-law looked over and were also troubled. "Shanshan, it's okay to bring less food. If we don't have enough, we can pick wild vegetables. This is a good opportunity to experience the joy of picking wild vegetables."
After seeing her mother's agreement, the niece gave Zhang Shan a smug look and threw three or four bottles of water out of Zhang Shan's bag before stuffing her tablet into her bag.
The backpack can hold three bottles of water side by side at the same time, but suddenly a flat plate was stuffed in, so the third bottle couldn't fit in and had to be left empty, and the space for another bottle of water was squeezed out of the upper layer.
The water she brought was not enough to begin with, and now there were three or four bottles less. Zhang Shan's backpack immediately became much lighter.
In the previous life, the original owner maximized the use of space and stuffed the gaps with cookies and jellies.
Zhang Shan would not be so stupid. She is not the one enjoying it, so why would she suffer from it?
When the sister saw the four bottles of mineral water thrown out by her niece, she didn't say anything, nor did she take the initiative to help Zhang Shan take the four bottles of mineral water away.
After checking out, the four of them left the hotel and stored their extra luggage. The sister carried a camera and held her little niece's hand, while the brother-in-law carried a tent bag on his back and walked lightly.
Only Zhang Shan, carrying a backpack that was bigger than herself, followed the family of three with difficulty, and was often complained by her sister for holding them back.
Not long after they started walking, the three of them had finished two bottles of water, and Zhang Shan felt a lot lighter on her back.
As they got further away from the city, Zhang Shan smiled more and more.
She even held her niece in her arms and hurried on, "Sister, it's not easy to set up a tent in this place. It would be bad if we encounter wild animals."
"Let's go a little further. There must be a place with a good view ahead where we can set up the tent."
After walking for more than an hour, we finally found a perfect spot for a picnic with mountains, water, trees and grass.
"It would be nice if there was a barbecue in such a nice place. What's the point of bringing these cookies and snacks? They can't replace meals. I think you are just greedy and want to eat without considering whether your niece and I can handle it. If you bring fresh meat and vegetables, we won't be hungry all night."
The sister complained as she rummaged through Zhang Shan’s backpack.
Zhang Shan rolled her eyes in her heart. If you are not greedy, then don't eat it. What you say is always better than what you do. Why don't you bring the barbecue grill up from the city so that I can enjoy it with you?
"Shanshan, why are there only two bottles of water? Did you bring so few on purpose?"
Seeing that there were only two bottles of water left, my sister frowned. There was no store nearby where she could get some water, and two bottles of water were not enough.
"You can only carry so much in a backpack. I thought you would bring a few more bottles of water."
My sister's face was gloomy. How could she possibly take the things if she didn't bring someone to carry the bag?
"Then there's no share for you in these two bottles of water. Do whatever you want with it!"
My sister took the two bottles of water and hid them in the tent. My niece was thirsty, so she opened a bottle directly, put it on the ground without covering it, and started playing with her mobile phone.
When she saw something happy, she kicked the water bottle over with her little feet.
The water was flowing all over the ground.
"Rongrong!"
When my sister found out, the water had already drained away.
"Shanshan, why didn't you watch your niece? She wasted a bottle of water. Are you still mad at me for not giving you water? That's why you're taking revenge on us. You have such a dark, hard, cold-blooded heart!"
She scolded him harshly. If Zhang Shan didn't have other things to do, she really didn't want to pay any attention to this sister.
"Okay, okay, Rongrong didn't mean it. She's just a child. What's the point of scolding her?"
My brother-in-law was trying to smooth things over.
My niece was carried into the tent by my brother-in-law and coaxed to sleep.
The next morning, Zhang Shan found that the remaining water had been drunk up. Everyone washed with the water from the stream. Her brother-in-law filled three bottles of water upstream and put them in his backpack.
"Is this water clean? Is there any bacteria or virus in it?"
"This is left over from above. The herdsmen all drink it, so it must be fine."
Only then did the sister feel relieved and filled the remaining plastic bottles with water, leaving none for Zhang Shan.
Zhang Shan quenched her thirst with wild fruits she found on the roadside. They were sour and sweet and quite delicious.
"Aunt, what do you want to eat?"
The niece stretched out her hand to grab it, but her sister held her back, "I don't know where you picked this wild fruit from, and I don't know if it's poisonous. If you dare to give it to Rongrong, I will throw you away in western Sichuan!"
"Sister, I won't give it to Rongrong." She gave Rongrong a helpless look. Rongrong was taught a lesson and no longer thought about eating the fruit.
At night, my sister and brother-in-law both had diarrhea, and the youngest, Rongrong, had vomiting and diarrhea, and his face was pale.
"Zhang Shan, are you trying to save money by feeding us expired food?"
"Absolutely not. If you don't believe me, look, the dates are all fresh." Zhang Shan also brought the packaging bags that they had thrown away after eating along the way. Her sister checked them one by one and found that none of them were expired.
Finally, the three of them took painkillers and diarrhea medicine and rested, planning to return the next day. After all, their niece's condition looked very scary.
The next morning, the three of them were packing up and the elder sister picked up her niece, only to find that her face was pale and she had cold sweat on her head.
"Hubby, come and take a look, what happened to Rongrong?"
When the brother-in-law saw this, he picked up his niece and wanted to go to the hospital, but the hospital was dozens of kilometers away. My sister was so anxious that she burst into tears.
The sister and brother-in-law left Zhang Shan and the luggage behind and walked back with their niece on their backs, not noticing that Zhang Shan did not catch up with them.
It was not until the evening when the sister and brother-in-law camped in the woods that they realized that the tent and food were still in Zhang Shan's hands and she did not answer the phone. Then they realized that Zhang Shan's phone had run out of power last night and the two deliberately made things difficult for Zhang Shan by not charging it.
Now they are the only ones who suffer.
We came out in a hurry, so my sister and brother-in-law didn't take any food or water, not even painkillers. When we were hungry at night, we could only drink water from the stream.
Zhang Shan followed slowly, carrying bags of all kinds, and she didn't mind the heavy luggage.
When my sister and brother-in-law returned to the city, my niece had already died. The doctor took a CT scan of her brain and found that it was filled with worms.
"Did you drink the water from the mountain stream?"
"Yes, doctor, is the water poisonous?"
"The child can't be saved. You should also go for a full body check-up."
When they heard that the child could not be saved, my sister and brother-in-law collapsed to the ground with a look of disbelief on their faces.
But when they heard the doctor asking them to go for a check-up as well, they jumped up and ran towards the examination room.
Naturally, the examination results were not ideal. The liver was filled with densely packed worms, and there was a tendency for them to spread to the brain.
After Zhang Shan returned to the hotel, she charged her phone and called her sister. "Sister, how is Rongrong?"
"Rongrong is fine, you can go home first."
The sister also thought that Zhang Shan drank the stream water and wanted her to die with her daughter, so she concealed Rongrong's illness and persuaded Zhang Shan to go back to school.
Zhang Shan went back to report for leave and went back to school with peace of mind.
"Shanshan, have you felt uncomfortable anywhere recently?"
"I feel chest tightness and headache, sometimes I can't breathe, and I feel sick and vomit... I'm thinking of going to the hospital."
"It's just a common cold. There's no need to see a doctor. Just go to the pharmacy and buy two painkillers. There's no need to waste that money. You're still a student. You don't know how hard it is to make money."
After persuading Zhang Shan, her sister gave a weird smile.
Rongrong is dead, her husband is dead, and she is dying too. If Zhang Shan had not brought enough mineral water, they would not have drunk that dirty water. All this is Zhang Shan's fault!
Zhang Shan must be buried with them!
Two weeks later, Zhang Shan received the news of her sister's death. She went to the hospital and saw the woman being pushed out of the intensive care unit. She couldn't stop crying.
Not sad, but excited.
In her previous life, the original owner was infected with hydatid disease. When she asked them for help, they were afraid of being infected by her, so they avoided her and blocked all her WeChat and phone calls.
The original owner was a student, how could he have the money to treat his illness?
He eventually died in the hospital and no one came to claim his body.
In comparison, Zhang Shan felt that she was much kinder. She was not afraid of being infected and sent their bodies to the crematorium. As for the ashes, she could scatter them wherever she wanted.
After her sister died, Zhang Shan inherited the house and car from the original owner's parents. They were her sister's pre-marital property, and her sister's in-laws had no way to seize them.
For this, Zhang Shan was very grateful for her sister's selfless dedication. She exchanged her sister and niece's ashes with her brother-in-law's ashes, so that they could be worshipped by her sister's in-laws for generations.