Chu Nanzhi didn't know how to answer Liu Yun's question, but the reason was not difficult to guess.
People like Liu Yun, Chu Wenbi and his wife, who were benevolent, righteous and generous, still had to suffer a lot when Liu Shuyang got married, let alone someone from a treacherous family like the Qi family.
On the stall were Qi Yujie, Qi Mochen, mother and son, let alone a surrogate son-in-law. I am afraid that a man in a normal marriage would not be able to live smoothly in that home.
Looking at the cold coffin, Chu Nanzhi secretly said in her heart: "Thirty years ago, the Qi family used thirty acres of land to block the Youyou family, which made you suffer all the humiliation in the Qi family. I will settle this debt for you.
Came back."
The night wind blows in, and the rustling of leaves outside the courtyard fills my ears, as if my vow has been answered.
Chu Nanzhi looked sideways and inadvertently noticed that Lin Jinxiao was slowly walking down the stairs on crutches.
He calmly came to the mother and daughter. Looking at the haggard Liu Yun and the tired-looking Chu Nanzhi, he suddenly felt a little distressed in his heart.
It has been such an eventful year. Looking back carefully at what happened today, it can be said that it has been full of twists and turns.
I had just gone home with her at noon to take care of things at home, and something terrible like this happened again in the evening. She had just come out of prison and should have had a good rest.
Lin Jinxiao sat down quietly and said calmly: "Chu Nanzhi, you help your mother-in-law to go upstairs to rest for a while. I will stay overnight and wait for my father-in-law and Shu Yang to come back."
Chu Nanzhi looked at Liu Yun, and Liu Yun shook her head first: "It's okay for mother, Da Zhi, you and Dalang should go and have a rest, and take care of the little treasures."
As she said that, she couldn't help but glance at Lin Jinxiao's leg injury.
This is also what Chu Nanzhi is worried about. He has just recovered now, and he really can't stand the trouble anymore.
Today he stood up for this family. She was very grateful. She looked at him with tenderness in her eyes and said softly: "I'm not tired either. I can just stay with my mother. You can go back and rest."
After thinking for a while, she continued: "There will be a lot of trivial matters in the next few days, so I will ask you to take good care of the children."
Lin Jinxiao always felt strange when he heard this. He should take care of his children, but she said it so politely. Thinking about Wei Ziqing's incident during the day, he felt a little depressed.
He sat silently in the mourning hall for a moment. He didn't say anything more. Although the children were put to sleep by him, they would inevitably be frightened when encountering such a thing at such a young age without an elder by their side. He had no choice but to go up.
Continue to take care of a few babies.
Chu Nanzhi and Liu Yun sat quietly in the hall for a while. I don't know how long it took. Suddenly there was a burst of firecrackers outside the door. The mother and daughter went out to check and saw Liu Chengming holding a short string in his hand.
Firecrackers were lit and thrown into the courtyard.
It had been a long time since I had seen this thing. Listening to the sound of firecrackers, Chu Nanzhi was not surprised at all. It was just some customs of this era.
When someone dies in the village, it is an "unlucky ritual". The deceased's family will often set off a string of firecrackers as soon as possible. Firstly, it is to drive away the imps on the road and make way for the soul of the deceased; secondly, it is also to indicate the time of death of the deceased.
, notify nearby relatives, friends and neighbors to come and help.
Liu Chengming and several members of the Chu family supported Chu Wenbi and took the lead into the mourning hall. When they saw Chu Nanzhi and her daughter, they first said "Sorrows", and then lamented the impermanence of the world.
In the afternoon, I happily talked with my niece about the fish pond. In the evening, there was a funeral at home, which was really sad.
As for why Chu Wenyu's funeral was arranged at their home, Liu Chengming was a shrewd man and knew that there must be something hidden in it, so he didn't dare to ask any more questions.
"Nan Zhi, you and your sister go and find the pens, inks, paper and inkstones at home so that my 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 to everyone like a master.
This has always been the case in every village, with Li Zheng presiding over all weddings and funerals.
Chu Nanzhi met with the elders of the two families and took Chu Nanxiang to go upstairs to find what Li Zheng wanted.
In the mourning hall, Liu Chengming asked people to take some funeral supplies temporarily bought from the coffin shop and start arranging them. He also said to Liu Yun: "Sister, it's a little late at this time, so I brought these things over.
, if it’s not enough, wait until daybreak before asking people to buy it.”
"My brother has to worry about everything."
Liu Yun bowed her body gratefully, went to the back room and took out ten taels of silver and handed it over to him: "Brother will discuss what we should buy with the elders of the clan. Don't have any scruples. If the money is not enough, go to the younger sister."
Withdraw."
Liu Chengming responded softly and took the two ingots of silver.
According to Chu Wenbi's past, spending ten taels of silver to hold a funeral would seem a bit shabby, but today's Chu family is different from the past, and spending so much money to hold a funeral for a son-in-law who married into another family seems extravagant.
some.
Chu Wenbi noticed that he had concerns, and signaled from the side: "Brother, you can let go of your hands and feet. Although there is no need to make a big deal, we must try our best to let the deceased brother go as decently as possible."
Liu Chengming immediately understood what he meant. It was just to spend less money on unimportant personnel matters and to give the deceased a generous burial. He immediately agreed: "Okay."
But in this way, performing religious rituals became even more important. He couldn't help but ask, "Which Taoist temple are Wenbi going to invite to perform religious rituals?"
"I have asked Shu Yang and his wife to go to Xishan overnight to invite the Taoist priests there to come down."
Liu Chengming nodded reassuringly: "That's fine."
Chu Nanzhi and Chu Nanxiang found pens, ink, paper and inkstones and decorated the side room next door for the clan elders to rest and prepare for the funeral.
Late at night, the simple mourning hall was properly decorated, and Liu Shuyang and Chu Nanzhu finally led several Taoist priests from Xishan back.
The couple followed Chu Nanzhu to the kitchen to drink water to quench their thirst. Chu Nanzhu wiped his sweat and couldn't help complaining: "These stinky Taoist priests are really greedy. They usually spend three to five hundred yuan."
You can go down the mountain with only one tael of silver. Today, you have to blackmail me for a tael of silver before you can move."
After taking a few sips of water, she looked at Liu Shuyang angrily and said angrily: "It's all your fault. What's the point of telling them whether to be in a hurry or not? How can they care about this?"
Liu Shuyang was a little ashamed when she heard this, and remained silent without daring to speak. Chu Nanzhi patted her shoulder and comforted her: "Okay, it's only a matter of a few hundred pennies. I don't care about what to do, as long as it can make my uncle die well."
Ann, nothing else matters."
"Um."
Chu Nanzhu's expression darkened again when he thought of his uncle. He leaned gently on Chu Nanzhi's shoulder and said with some sadness: "Why is uncle so obsessed with thinking 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 was useless to say this since everyone was already dead.
What's more, she has already seen that Qi Yujie is a bit crazy. It is true that she loves Chu Wenyu deeply, but her hatred for him is probably even deeper. How can she let Chu Wenyu leave the Qi family so easily.
"Now is not the time to worry about these things. We will discuss the Qi family's affairs later."
Chu Nanzhi replied thoughtfully, and then told the couple: "Several clan elders are here today, so we can't be neglected. You guys should rest in the kitchen. I'll prepare some midnight snacks for everyone. I'll go outside to help my father."