The four men looked at each other, picked up sickles and hoes, and started working.
After a while, Wang Dayou was heard shouting excitedly: "Yes, yes!"
Xu Yue, mother and daughter looked at each other and Jun Mei, and made a tacit understanding to put down all the items they brought.
Xu Erniang shook off the white cloth and spread it out.
Wang Pingping and Jun Mei picked up the white paper money and burned it on the grave under Xu Da's instructions.
Xu Yue opened the box used to contain the bones, revealing the dark lacquered body, and carefully placed the box on the white cloth spread out.
After Junmei burned the paper money, she came over to open the box and put a layer of white cloth inside.
Xu Dalang had already pulled out the entire coffin with hemp ropes.
At this time, it was popular to bury people vertically, with their heads up and their feet down, and the pits dug very deep.
The thin coffin had rotted away due to years of corrosion. Xu Dalang could only lift half of it out, otherwise the whole coffin would be broken.
Xu Da took some pieces of white paper money, made a simple dojo, and then opened the rotting coffin.
A small ball of white bones was mixed in the wet and wrinkled linen clothes, lying quietly at the bottom of the coffin.
Wang Dayou couldn't help but blushing when he looked at this pitiful ball of bones.
"My dear mother, Brother Xu and I are here to pick you up. We will be reunited in the future, and you don't have to lie here alone. Are you happy?"
Wang Dayou sniffed and said: "The children have grown up. Our aunt now has a name, Junmei, and Erlang also has a name, Wang Jian. They are all named by the youngest daughter of the Xu family, but
It sounds good."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you that now I am the leader of the Xu Family Army. Do you know what the Xu Family Army is, right?"
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"You definitely don't know. You left early, and Xu Jiajun wasn't around yet. Listen to me tell you in detail..."
Wang Dayou sat down in front of the tomb, Junmei brought paper money, and the siblings burned paper money for their late mother, quietly listening to their father's ramblings.
Xu Da took his eldest son in his arms and came to his wife and daughter. The five members of the family huddled together to resist the howling cold wind, feeling strangely warm in their hearts.
Xu Yue's family waited patiently for Wang Dayou's family to finish talking, and then stepped forward to help collect the Tong family's bones.
"Baby, mother, let's go home." Wang Dayou hugged the black box containing his wife's bones, called softly, and walked down the mountain first.
Siblings Junmei and Ajian followed.
Xu Yue's family walked at the back.
In the middle of the afternoon, the two families returned to the city. Wang Dayou carefully placed the box of his wife's bones on the table in the main room, turned around, and expressed his gratitude to Xu Yue's family.
"Don't talk about this. Our family has come from the famine years to the present. Family is more important than family. My sister-in-law is left alone in the river. We are also thinking about her."
On behalf of the whole family, Xu Da said with a smile: "Now we have settled a worry for our family."
Two middle-aged men who had gone through hardships together looked at each other, and their words turned into a big hug.
After the fanning was over, both of them laughed.
"Tomorrow Junmei and I will take our children and mother back to Youzhou. Ajian will stay alone. Brother and sister-in-law, you guys can help take care of her." Wang Dayou entrusted him with worry.
Xu Da and Wang Pingping nodded and said they would take good care of Wang Jian.
On the other hand, the young man did not accept his father's favor and said, "I am already a man upright and can take care of myself!"
Wang Dayou slapped him and said, "You kid was born to collect debts from me! When you are with your uncle and aunt, you have to be more sensible, you know?"
"I know!" Ajian responded solemnly, quite helplessly.
Only then did Wang Dayou let him go.
In the evening, the two families had a dinner together at Xu's house and chatted until late at night.
On the early morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Jun Mei and her father left Hejian with their mother's body and returned to Youzhou.
Also accompanying were Mrs. Gan, her mother and son, who were going back to Youzhou Health Headquarters, and Daniel.
The three brothers were separated, leaving only Wang Jian.
The Xu Yue family is still a little unaccustomed to the fact that these boys are no longer making noise in the courtyard.
Without their little uncles to play with, brother and sister Xu Dongbei felt a little depressed.
The snow has melted and the temperature is getting warmer day by day.
The issue of Liangzhou's surrender that I discussed with Ma Chao and his wife before was put on the agenda.
After a brief meeting, Ma Chao handed over the seal of the governor of Liangzhou. At this point, Liangzhou was also included in the Xu Jiajun's territory, and the entire north was captured by the Xu Jiajun.
When the news reached the south, Cao De, who was seriously ill and bedridden, could no longer take a bite of food.
This time, he didn't show any excitement, only lamentations that became more and more sad day by day.
Cao De knew that the situation was not good, so he immediately summoned his sons.
Just looking at it made his heart die.
If future generations are unable to use it, the Cao family may fall into decline!
After his death, it is only a matter of time before the Xu Jiajun takes over the three states of Xu, Yu, and Qing.
At this time, Yuan Song came to Yangzhou with Yuan Xi, a great scholar in the clan, and persuaded Sun Quan to give up Qingzhou County. Cao Deshunpo got off the donkey and quickly signed an armistice agreement.
He wanted to buy a few more years for future generations. Maybe there would be hope for his grandchildren.
Half a month after the contract was signed, Cao De died of illness.
Cao De had arranged the manpower before his death. Xuzhou did not fall into chaos because of the death of the lord. Cao De's eldest son, Cao An, succeeded the lord and became the new head of the Cao family.
However, the new head did not follow his father's last words and develop quietly, keeping a low profile and biding his time.
After his filial piety, when he was granted a title in the court, the first words he said to Emperor Heng were:
"Why did your Majesty rebel?"
Emperor Heng was confused: Am I going against myself?
On that day, the whole court was in chaos. Because of the efforts of the veterans to stop him, Emperor Heng managed to escape death.
But after that, Emperor Heng would wake up from nightmares every day, and his whole body would lose weight rapidly, as if he would follow his loyal Cao De away at any time.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, beside the river in Hejian County.
Xu Yue was sitting in the pergola on the shore as a referee for the students who were rowing dragon boats hard in the river.
Sima Yi and Yuan Song sat on the left and right, jokingly telling her the gossip about Emperor Heng and the new head of the Cao family.
Sima Yi sneered: "Cao An probably wants to make himself king. If he really does this, Jing and Yizhou will no longer sit back and watch."
Yuan Song also clicked his tongue twice, "Don't take a piss to see what kind of person he is. He is not even half as good as our leader, yet he dares to make himself king. It is really ridiculous!"
The sun was shining brightly above her head, and people were a little irritated by the sun. Xu Yue took a sip of cold water to suppress the noise, and raised her hand to signal the two of them to stop talking.
"Master, why are you so arrogant?" Xu Yue fanned the wind with her hands and complained softly.
The two people on the left and right listened attentively, looked at each other, and quickly turned away from each other in disgust.
The drumbeat on the faucet is getting more and more urgent, and the competition has entered a sprint.
The people on the shore excitedly shouted for the fleets they supported, shouting "come on."
Affected by the atmosphere, Xu Yue also stood up and shouted: "Come on! Come on!"
The game came to an end soon.
Sun Shangxiang wore a red scarf on her head, sweating profusely, and cheered with her teammates: "Win, win!"
