Chapter 137： funeral

Chapter 137 Funeral

Chu Nanzhi didn't know how to answer Liu Yun's question, but the reason was not difficult to guess.

For benevolent and generous people like Liu Yun and Chu Wenbi, even Liu Shuyang would suffer a lot of grievances when he got married, let alone a treacherous family like the Qi family.

Qi Yujie and Qi Mochen's mother and son were on the booth, let alone a son-in-law, even a normal married man would not be able to live smoothly in that family.

Looking at the cold coffin, Chu Nanzhi said inwardly: "Thirty years ago, the Qi family blocked Youyou's mouth with 30 acres of land, and made you suffer so much humiliation at the Qi family. I will pay for this debt for you." back."

The night wind blows in, and the whirling sound of leaves outside the courtyard resounds in my ears, as if my oath has been answered.

Chu Nanzhi looked sideways, but inadvertently found that Lin Jinxiao was slowly coming down from upstairs with a cane.

He came to the mother and daughter calmly, looking at the haggard Liu Yun and the tired Chu Nanzhi, he suddenly felt a little distressed.

It was really an eventful year. Looking back carefully on what happened today, it can be described as twists and turns.

At noon, I just went home with her to deal with the family affairs, and this kind of horrible thing happened again in the evening. She just came out of prison, and she should have a good rest.

Lin Jinxiao sat down quietly, and said calmly, "Chu Nanzhi, help your mother-in-law upstairs to have a rest. I'll watch the night and wait for my father-in-law and Shu Yang to come back."

Chu Nanzhi looked at Liu Yun, Liu Yun shook her head first: "Your mother is fine, Da Zhi, you and Da Lang can go rest and take care of the little treasures."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at Lin Jinxiao's leg injury again.

This is also what Chu Nanzhi is worried about. Now that he has just recovered, he really can't stand the trouble.

Today he stood up for this family. She was very grateful in her heart. At this moment, she looked at him with tenderness in her eyebrows and eyes, and said softly, "I'm not tired. I'll just stay with my mother. You can go back and rest."

After thinking for a while, she continued: "There will be more trivial matters in the next few days, so I will trouble you to take care of the children with all your heart."

Lin Jinxiao always felt weird when he heard this. Taking care of his own children should be his duty, but she said it so politely, and thinking about Wei Ziqing's affairs during the day, he felt a little depressed.

He sat silently in the mourning hall for a while, and he didn't say anything more. Although the children were comforted by him and fell asleep, but at such a young age, when such a thing happened without an elder by his side, it would inevitably cause fear, so he had no choice but to go up Continue to look after a few little treasures.

Chu Nanzhi and Liu Yun sat quietly in the hall again, and after an unknown amount of time, there was a burst of firecrackers outside the door, the mother and daughter went out to check, and saw Li Zheng Liu Chengming holding a short string in his hand. Firecrackers were lit and thrown into the courtyard.

It's been a long time since I've seen this thing. Hearing the sound of firecrackers, Chu Nanzhi wasn't surprised at all, it's just some customs of this era.

When someone dies in the village, it is a "bad ceremony". The family of the deceased will often set off a string of firecrackers at the first time, firstly to drive away the ghosts on the road and make way for the soul of the dead; secondly, to indicate the time of death of the deceased , Inform nearby relatives, friends and neighbors to come and help.

Liu Chengming and several members of the Chu family helped Chu Wenbi lead the way into the mourning hall. Seeing Chu Nanzhi's mother and daughter, they first said "sorry", and then lamented the impermanence of the world.

It was only in the afternoon that I happily discussed the matter of the fish pond with my niece. In the evening, there was a funeral at home, which was really embarrassing.

As for why Chu Wenyu's funeral was left to their family, Liu Chengming is a shrewd person, knowing that there must be something hidden in it, so he didn't dare to ask.

"Nan Zhi, you and your sister go find the pens, ink, papers and inkstones at home, so that uncle can order the elders of the two families to decorate the mourning hall and write elegiac couplets."

Liu Chengming was not polite, and started assigning tasks for everyone like a master.

This has always been the case in every village, all weddings and funerals are presided over by Li Zheng.

Chu Nanzhi and the elders of the two families met and saluted, and then took Chu Nanxiang upstairs to find what Lizheng wanted.

In the mourning hall, Liu Chengming asked people to take some funeral supplies temporarily bought from the coffin shop to start decorating, and then said to Liu Yun: "My sister, it's getting late at this time, so I brought these things here , If it’s not enough, wait until dawn before asking people to buy it.”

"Everything is for my brother to worry about."

Liu Yun bowed gratefully, went to the back room and took ten taels of silver and handed it to him: "What should I buy, brother and the elders of the clan will discuss it, don't have to worry about it, if the money is not enough, then go to the younger sister Withdraw."

Liu Chengming responded lightly, and took the two ingots of silver.

If Chu Wenbi's previous scenery was followed, it would seem a bit shabby to spend ten taels of silver for a funeral, but the Chu family is no longer the same as it used to be, and it seems extravagant to spend so much money on a funeral for a son-in-law who has married into another family some.

Chu Wenbi noticed that he had some concerns in his heart, and signaled to the side: "Brother, you can let go of your hands and feet. Although there is no need to make a fuss, you should try your best to let the dead brother go as decently as possible."

Liu Chengming immediately understood what he meant, it was nothing more than spending less money on insignificant personnel matters, and wanting to bury the deceased generously, so he immediately agreed: "Yes."

It's just that it is very important to do things in this way, and he couldn't help asking: "Which Taoist temple is going to invite Wen Bi to do things?"

"I have asked Shu Yang and his wife to go to Xishan overnight to ask the Taoist priests there to come down the mountain."

Liu Chengming nodded reassuringly: "That's fine."

Chu Nanzhi and Chu Nanxiang found pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and arranged the side room next door for the clan elders to rest and prepare for the funeral.

It was late at night, and the simple mourning hall was properly arranged. Finally, Liu Shuyang and Chu Nanzhu led the Taoist priests from the west mountain back.

The husband and wife followed Chu Nanzhi to the kitchen to drink water to quench their thirst. While wiping his sweat, Chu Nanzhu couldn't help complaining: "These stinky Taoist priests are really greedy. They spend three to five hundred wen on weekdays. Money can go down the mountain, but today I have to extort a tael of silver from my old lady to be willing to move."

After taking a few sips of water, she looked at Liu Shuyang with some resentment, and said angrily, "It's all your fault, what's the use of telling them whether it's urgent or not, they don't care about it."

Liu Shuyang was also a little ashamed when he heard it, and he was silent and didn't dare to talk to her. Chu Nanzhi patted her on the shoulder and comforted her: "Okay, it's only a matter of a few hundred coins. Ann, nothing else matters."

"Um."

Thinking of his uncle, Chu Nanzhu's expression became gloomy again, and he leaned lightly on Chu Nanzhi's shoulder, a little sadly said: "Why is uncle so hard to think about it? If he is really tired of the Qi family, he should discuss it with his father and mother. We can definitely think of a way to get him out of the Qi family."

These words reminded Chu Nanzhi, but it's useless to say these things after everyone is dead.

What's more, she has already seen that Qi Yujie is a bit mad. She loves Chu Wenyu deeply, but her hatred for him may be even deeper. How could she easily let Chu Wenyu leave from Qi's house.

"Now is not the time to worry about these things. We will talk about the Qi family's affairs later."

Chu Nanzhi replied after thinking about it, and then told the couple: "A few clan elders are here today, so don't neglect them. You can rest in the kitchen and prepare some supper for everyone. I'll go outside to help father , Mother greets the clan elders and Taoist priests."

"it is good."

(end of this chapter)