We watched Grandma Zeng dry-heave, a trace of tension on every face.
None of us knew what she would spit out next.
So everyone stood far away, avoiding getting splattered by Grandma Zeng's vomit.
"Ugh, ugh..."
Grandma Zeng's throat let out another extremely low, agonized sound.
It felt as though her mouth had stretched so wide it was about to tear her face apart. Thick, pale-yellow fluid continuously dribbled from the corners of her mouth.
About two seconds later, we watched in shock as a fat, white, soft-bodied worm as thick as a child's wrist slowly crawled out of Grandma Zeng's throat.
That white soft-bodied worm looked like an enlarged maggot, constantly wriggling its way out.
Grandma Zeng continued making dry-heaving sounds of "ugh, ugh."
The sight was utterly nauseating.
The children nearby were so frightened that they shut their eyes.
Several of the women looked sick as well.
"My God! What did my mother eat?"
"Such a huge worm!"
"A worm that big was in my mother's stomach all this time... Just thinking about it is terrifying!"
"..."
Grandma Zeng's sons were equally stunned and horrified.
Zhang Yuchen complained at that moment, "Ou Doudou, what kind of worm is that? It looks just like a maggot from a latrine. So disgusting."
"It really is disgusting!"
I chimed in.
Mao Jing and Grandpa said nothing.
Mao Jing looked extremely serious, while Grandpa acted as though nothing had happened. Even faced with such a disgusting gu worm, he remained calm, and was even digging in his ear with his pinky.
"Grandpa, aren't you scared?"
I asked him.
Hearing my question, Grandpa answered indifferently, "What's there to be afraid of? It's just an old mother parasite."
The moment Grandpa finished speaking, the mother parasite crawled out on its own and dropped to