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"Ah..." With a weak and pitiful growl, she used all her strength. After the He family gave birth to the last child, she closed her helpless eyes in exhaustion. In a trance, I heard the midwife shouting to the He family who were waiting in the yard: "It's born, it's born, it's a baby." A cheering shout was immediately heard in the empty courtyard of the He family. And she didn't even get to look at her child before she hurriedly left this world that had brought her endless suffering. As the only girl in the family, she used her life to not only realize the value of carrying on the family line and having children for the men in her family. When her man thought of her, her body had begun to cool down, accompanied by the loud cries of the child. The blood-red setting sun on the horizon was instantly covered by dark clouds. There was a muffled thunder, and a bolt of lightning emerged from the black clouds, illuminating the He family's yard. Then, big raindrops hit the ground, and the dust was splashed with a salty smell. Two strings of turbid tears rolled down her man's craggy cheeks.

Jie Kong, a native of the Central Plains, a scientific worker, and a contemporary writer.