Chapter 148
The bear cub is just over a month old and is several rounds smaller than an adult native dog. After eating a bowl of pork ribs porridge, the belly will turn round and the short legs will become shorter.
But the little guy was too greedy, even though his stomach was round and he was still humming and asking for food at Mangye's feet. Mangye ignored it, and it used its exposed claws to pick her uppers, and it must get a response before it stops.
The mulberry leaves were entangled by the bear cubs, and they couldn't bear to beat them, but they couldn't understand them. They had to divide the pork ribs porridge in their bowls into half and decided not to give them food.
"You, don't spoil this little thing, otherwise it will be difficult to discipline it in the future." After all, it was a beast cub. Mu thought that the bear cub was wild and difficult to tame. It was not a good thing for his daughter to indulge it like this, so she couldn't help but say something.
"Let's teach it slowly when it gets bigger. Now I teach it a lesson. It still thinks I'm teasing it, and it's getting endless." Sang Ye was also helpless, and always felt that the one who brought it back was not a little bear cub, but a tricky ancestor.
The most important thing is that the day when the bear cub grows into a big bear is when it is released into the mountains. Too strictness will remove its sharpness, which is very unfavorable for future survival in the wild, so she dare not take stick education.
"After saying that, you just don't want to bear it." Mu shook his head and said to the essence, hoping that the little bear cub could remember how good his family was to it. When he grew up, he would not harm the people and livestock in the family, and she would not expect anything else.
The little bear cub squatting in the corner licking the pork ribs porridge didn't know that he was disliked. After eating half a bowl of porridge, he was finally satisfied. He staggered with his bulging belly and staggered at the foot of Mangye.
After breakfast, the Sang family made a simple division of labor. Whoever went to the house to help, what they needed to do, and what they should pay attention to, Old Man Sang and Mu also explained in detail.
The four people who were carried back from the mountain last night were all juniors of the Li clan. Mangshu and Sanglin played together until they were together, and the relationship between the older generation was closer. Now that people are gone, they will definitely give it to you.
Sang Laoshi and Mu are elders, so they just go to visit and comfort the older generation. The mulberry trees and mulberry forests can do their best. Before people are carried up the mountain for burial, they are busy with some matters before the burial.
Yu's arm was broken. He asked Mr. Li Qi to pick him up last night and could not work for at least three months. She would stay at home later without help. Sang Ye and Liu had to go to the kitchens of those families to help. After all, there must be guests coming to the funeral before the funeral, and someone would definitely have to do tea, meals, etc.
Yue Niang is the adopted daughter of the Sang family and an unmarried girl. It is not suitable for that occasion, so she stayed at home to take care of the pigs, cows and chickens in the yard.
Sang Ye went back to the room and changed into a clean old clothes. He called his son to the front and told him: "You and the younger brother will stay at home later. Don't go anywhere. My mother will come back after she finishes her work. Don't look for it in the village, do you know?"
It is said that children are low in flames and can see things that adults cannot see. Although she is suspicious of this statement, she can survive from others even if she dies. Who can guarantee that this statement must be wrong? Moreover, such a sad occasion is not suitable for children. If they say the wrong words without restraint, it will be even more embarrassing.
Huan'er brushed the little bear cub who was biting his mother's trouser legs with her toes, and nodded obediently: "I know, I'm, my grandma has already told us just now."
"Be good" Sang Ye touched his son's head with relief, and was extremely glad that he had come back safely. Otherwise, even if she was reincarnated, she might not have been able to meet another son.
The Sang family went out together. Except for Sang Laoshi and Mushi, Sang Ye and the other four went to a family.
Sang Lin and Gangzi had the best relationship, so they went directly to Gangzi's house. Sangshu and Liangzi had relatively close relationships, so they went to Liangzi's house to help. The remaining Heiwa and Shanwa were cousins and neighbors, and Sangye and Liu went to these two families together.
Before they could walk in, they could hear the sad crying from the two families from afar. The sister-in-law and sister-in-law looked at each other and saw the sympathy in each other's eyes.
"Oh, it's a sin. Heiwa and Shanwa are both only sons. Now that they have no two pillars, they will be hard to bear in the future." Liu sighed and told Sangye about the situation of the two families in detail.&1t;b
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Heiwa is his cousin, one year older than Mangshu. Shanwa's wife only gave birth to a son and a daughter. In fact, life was relatively better, but Heiwa went there, and the family's old, weak, women and children still had a hard time in the future. Heiwa's son had to live a few years of hard life before he grew up.
Shanwa is about the same age as Mulberry Tree. His wife must be able to give birth to some of her daughter-in-law and has already given birth to five children. The oldest one is ten years old this year, but she is not very good at using a girl. She will have to go out in a few years. The remaining three are two years old each from the previous one. As for the youngest one is a son, who is still sipping in the arms of Shanwa's daughter-in-law, the life will be much more difficult in the future.
Sang Ye was not familiar with the situation of each household in the village. After listening to his second sister-in-law, he could imagine how difficult the days of these two families, especially Shanwa's family, would be. She thought for a while and said, "It is unlikely that the village chief will let go of this situation. Maybe he has figured out a way."
Liu knew what her sister-in-law meant, so she shook her head and said, "The village chief came up with a solution to the village households. But this kind of thing is easy to say in a short period of time. Who will have a life after a long time?"
Sang Ye knew that the second sister-in-law said it was all true. No one would be willing to help others for the rest of their lives. What's more, most families in the village could barely get enough food and clothing, and then help others with their own family would be in trouble.
She sighed: "It's a little bit to help, just get through the most difficult days first. If the adults of the two families can stand up, life may not be impossible."
"Of course I can stand up. I am afraid that Heiwa and Shanwa's wife will leave the child and go back to their parents' home to remarry, otherwise these two families will really collapse." Liu knew Heiwa's wife and Shanwa's wife very well, and also knew their parents' home. It is really possible to remarry.
Now it is not as good as before. The superiors encourage childbirth and advocate that widows remarry. In the past, the in-laws generally dare not hold on to their widowed daughter-in-law, otherwise they will be beaten to the yamen if they are in trouble.
The sister-in-law and sister-in-law whispered, and when they walked outside the yard of the two families, they closed their mouths. They were women and were not related to these two families, so they could not go to the mourning hall to burn incense to the deceased, and it was not easy to squeeze in to comfort the sad living, so they went straight to the kitchen to help.
Sang Ye helped Heiwa's house, so Liu went to Shanwa's house next door.
It is said that it is the back kitchen, but in fact, a simple straw shed is built next to the kitchen, and a earth stove is built below to make a fire and cook rice and water. Several large tables are placed next to it to cut vegetables and arrange dishes.
The straw shed was built by the villagers last night, and the earthen stove was built overnight. Even the snow in the yard was cleaned up. However, these few days are not a good day for burial. You need to stop the spirit for three days until the 23rd day of the first lunar month to carry up the mountain.
There were several people who came to the kitchen to help, all of whom were friends with Heiwa's family. They were not surprised to see Sangye coming, so they nodded at her and were busy with their own affairs.
The mulberry leaves are so unintentional to her. When the cabbage on the table was covered with mud, she found the basin for washing vegetables and started cleaning.
The water was just taken from the well, but it was not cold. The cabbage was cold and there was still ice and snow on it. After washing the mulberry leaves, the hands were frozen red, not as flexible as before.
There are gossips in places where there are people, not to mention the kitchen where women gather. Several women whisper while washing and cutting, while also paying attention to the door from time to time, worried that the owner would make another sadness when he heard it.
A woman was speechless and opened her mouth and said, "There were four people missing now. All the people who entered the mountain with Heiwa and Shanwa did not do the job well. In the future, the livelihoods of these two families should be borne by the remaining twenty-one people."
In addition to the people present, there were also wives and wives of other people who participated in the hunting. When they heard this, they were unhappy: "What do you mean? Heiwa Shanwa is pitiful, and I feel uncomfortable for the two families. But they were trying to enter the mountains themselves, but they were not the ones who were in charge of me. Is it appropriate for us to take care of the livelihoods of these families?"
The woman in front of him realized that she had said the wrong thing, but couldn't let go of her face and apologized by the woman who refuted her, and said stubbornly: "Isn't your boss back alive? What's wrong with giving some effort to this orphan and widowed mother?"
Another woman almost got angry and slashed with a kitchen knife
On the chopping board, he said viciously: "Do you have the will to say that to me again?"
The woman in front of her shivered in fear and unconsciously took two steps back: "Say, what do you say? Just tell me and I will say, who do you think you are?"
Seeing that the smell of gunpowder became stronger and stronger, someone rushed up to dissuade him: "Oh, don't forget that everyone is here to do something today, but don't fight! If Heiwa and the others are gone, of course they are looking for the greedy thing of Harlei. If he hadn't gone into the mountains to chase wild deer, would others get lost in the mountains? Without getting lost, they wouldn't have gone to the cave to spend the night. If they didn't spend the night in the cave, there would be nothing that happened next."
After saying so much in one breath, the persuasion stopped and took a break, and then someone came out to summarize: "After all, the kite is the biggest sinner. Even if you want to find someone to take care of the livelihoods of these families in the future, it should be his responsibility. You cannot involve innocent people."
As soon as he finished speaking, many people agreed: "Yes, if you have a wrongdoing, you have a debt and a master, the kite is the disaster, and you can't get it wrong."
"It's impossible to be wrong, but the Jiazi family is so poor that they wouldn't have thought of going to Shanbo. I heard that his arm was bitten by a bear, and no matter how much money he threw, it wouldn't be cured. Jiazi's mother cried all night!" Perhaps the speaker was too kind, and her tone unconsciously showed sympathy for Jiazi and her son.
Someone couldn't listen and immediately retorted: "Crying, what's the use of crying? Every time someone enters the mountain, no one's family has been instructed. It's just that he's a special kite into the mountain by himself. He has to have so many lives. Now he knows how to cry, why did he go to the mountain long ago?"
"That's right, if the bear's arm is destroyed, it's his own bad luck. He killed the other person. It would be good if he didn't let him pay his life. Can't he even put things on others?"
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Several women were talking enthusiastically. Someone found that Sang Ye didn't say a word, so he buried his head there washing vegetables, and then pulled her in: "My sister Ye, your two brothers have also entered the mountain, so you have nothing to say?"
Someone had already said what Sang Ye wanted to say, but she really had nothing to say. However, she couldn't say such words directly, so she expressed her own guess: "If you really pursue it, Harrier is really a big mistake, and the village should ask him to give him an explanation."
This was the point. Several women nodded in agreement. One woman said with confidence: "The village chief will definitely pursue Yaozi's fault. Just wait for Heiwa and the others to be buried before they can settle the score!"
This woman had a good relationship with the village chief’s daughter-in-law. She dared to say so surely, but she got the news from the village chief’s daughter-in-law.
"Hmph, Heiwa and the others' death has nothing to do with Harrier. It is appropriate for the village chief to settle the score with Harrier." Others did not doubt the woman's words, but they were happy to see that Harrier would be punished.
Just as everyone was talking, a sharp cry suddenly came from the front yard: "I want him to fill my son's life with something that is killed!"
This sudden cry interrupted several women's words. A woman listened for a while, turned her head and said to others: "It's the mountain girl next door. Who is she trying to make her life?"
Someone walked out excitedly to watch the fun. He rolled his eyes back when he heard this: "It must be looking for a kite, so what do you need to ask?"
When the rest of the people couldn't stay there, they ran to the front yard one by one: "Let's go and have a look, it's obvious that this is going to start a mess in advance."
Sang Ye was still thinking about how the village chief would punish Harrier. When she came to her senses, she was the only one left in the kitchen. At this time, the crying sounds in the front yard became louder and louder. She thought about putting down the kitchen knife and following the women in front to the front yard.
But no one expected that Shanwa's mother would move so quickly. While crying, she directed more than a dozen young people to lift Heiwa and Shanwa's coffins. She did not carry them to the mountain for burial, but to Yaozi's house.
Shanwai’s mother personally held the coffin and told the young people: “You carry Shanwai and Heiwa, don’t push them.”
"Aunt, don't worry, you won't disturb Shanwa's cousin and Heiwa's cousin." The young man whispered a few words from the person behind him, and promised to Shanwa's mother with red eyes.
These dozen young people are all the nephews of Shanwai Niang’s mother’s family.
There were relatives and some were different generations. Shanwai's mother decided to make a big fuss, but she couldn't believe the villagers and called all her nephews.
No matter how she made trouble this time, her nephew would always listen to her. She had no other thoughts. She just wanted to carry her son's body to Yaozi's house and force Yaozi to give her an explanation.
Heiwa and Shanwa are cousins, and the relationship between the two families is as close as a family. Shanwa's mother wants to find the culprit to ask for an explanation, so she will naturally not leave her sister-in-law's family.
Heiwa's father and Heiwa's mother had no opinion. When the only son went there, they had no other thoughts except to cry sadly. At this moment, the younger brother and sister were going to Yaozi's house to ask for an explanation. Even if their son was uneasy, they did not explicitly object.
They thought that their son was gone, at least they had to keep grandchildren, and they had to raise their grandchildren so that they could be worthy of their dead sons. However, their old and young might be able to live for a few years, and they always had to arrange their grandchildren's retreat. If they were kicking their legs one day, they would have the face to see their son.
In this way, Shanwai Niang directed more than a dozen nephews from the two families to carry their own son and nephew's coffins and rushed directly to Yaozi's house. The guests who came to attend the funeral also went to strengthen their power, and the remaining villagers also ran over, wanting to know how this matter would end.
Sang Ye did not keep pushing forward like others. She slowly followed the crowd, wondering whether the Heiwa and Shanwa families could achieve satisfactory results. Then, amid a noise, she saw two coffins and a group of mourning people appearing at another fork, but Gangzi and Liangzi families also came.
Gangzi's coffin was walking in front, and the head of carrying the coffin was the frosty Sang Linliangzi's coffin behind. Mang Shu was one of the six coffin carryrs. Now, one in front and one behind, even the mourning people were mixed together. It was obvious that after discussing, they went to find Yaozi to ask for an explanation, just like Heiwa Shanwa's family.
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