When Yuanyuan grew up, he truly believed that his mother had done a lot for him. When he got married, he even asked Chu Yunli what he thought, which meant that he would marry whomever his mother asked him to marry.
Chu Yunli didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she simply avoided living in the suburbs. Yuanyuan later married her favorite wife, and both husband and wife respected her very much.
Yuanyuan was very smart, and he got excellent marks every year after joining the officialdom. Although he was not short of money, he could understand the sufferings of the world. When Chu Yunli left, he had already become a second-rank official.
Seeing Chen Qianxue's smile gradually fade away, Chu Yunli opened the jade pendant: Chen Qianxue's Resentment: 500
Yuanyuan’s Resentment: 500
Good value: 5000001500
Chu Yunli looked at Yuanyuan's resentment and scolded He Junfeng again in her heart.
He was able to kill such a cute and well-behaved child. What a bastard.
Before Chu Yunli opened her eyes, she heard the noise around her.
Among the noise, there was a sound that was particularly clear. Someone was singing...it seemed like they were doing something.
At the same time, she felt that her knees were numb, and dense pains came from the slightest movement. She frowned, and felt her arms being grabbed by a pair of small hands: "Aunt, are you tired?"
This was said timidly. Chu Yunli turned her head and saw a slap-shaped face. She was pale and beautiful. She was only eight or nine years old, but she could already see how beautiful she would be when she grew up.
Chu Yunli didn't answer, and turned to look inside the house. There were many people inside and outside the house, most of them were busy. There was an incense table inside, and they were indeed performing rituals. There were many women sitting at the door.
Look inside curiously.
When she moved slightly, she heard someone at the door say: "Daughter-in-law Dahai, please bear with me a little longer. In half an hour, you can get up and go back to rest for a while."
There was a cry in these words, and the speaker seemed particularly sad.
Chu Yunli took another look at her and saw that she was a beautiful woman in her forties. Although she was only wearing plain clothes made of ordinary materials, she had fair skin and a well-shaped body. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and her face was haggard, which made her look even more haggard.
A bit weak. She wore a black gauze on her arm... As far as she knew, in many places, after the younger generation died, the elders did not need to wear sackcloth to show their mourning, but only wore a black gauze to express their condolences.
The original man was dressed in mourning clothes and still kneeling at the front. The person inside may be the original husband.
"But I have a stomachache!" When she came here, Chu Yunli had no memory at all. As a widow, there was more than just kneeling behind the Taoist priest. There were many rules.
Hearing this, the beautiful woman's complexion changed slightly, and she quickly stepped forward to help her up: "Quick, go back and rest. Is it painful? Do you want to call a doctor?"
Chu Yunli breathed a sigh of relief. After all, she still knew that the living were more important than the dead. She shook her head, her eyebrows furrowed in pain. Moreover, she caught a glimpse of the little girl behind her from the corner of her eye, and two boys, slightly younger, were kneeling behind her.
point.
When the woman helped her out, two aunts came to help. When she walked out of the main room where the ceremony was held, it was pitch dark outside. From the lighted lanterns, she could see that it was a small courtyard with tables and chairs, and in the corner.
There are a lot of uncut dishes. The ones further away are invisible. Judging from the way the people around are dressed, they should not be in the countryside.
Chu Yunli was taken into the next room and helped to bed. The woman was crying all the way, with tears on her face: "If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me, Dahai needs this child."
... We must keep this root for him no matter what... Wuwuwu... If something happens to this child, we will all be sorry for him..."
Just now, Chu Yunli said that her stomachache was real. When she came in, she found that her belly was slightly bulging. She must be pregnant. The person lying in the coffin in the main room was indeed the original man.
"His aunt, stop crying." An aunt nearby comforted her: "If Dahai knew you were so sad, she wouldn't be at ease. Qiaoxin is still feeling uncomfortable. Let's all go out and let her rest for a while."
Originally named Zhao Qiaoxin, she was born in a remote village on the outskirts of Yucheng. Girls in the village had to learn to do various housework and farm work since childhood. When they grew up, they usually married in nearby villages. If they were lucky, they could marry in the town.
People in the town also have to farm, but life is a little easier. Zhao Qiaoxin has grown up well, and her three brothers in the family usually don't need her to work in the fields. She has never worked outside, and she has developed a fair complexion that is not found in other women in the village.
Skin. When she was fifteen years old, the Zhao couple deliberately took her to the town often. Although some people looked down on this kind of girl who couldn't work, young people liked her, and people who proposed marriage almost crossed the threshold.
Among the people who proposed marriage, there were also families from the town. The couple did not agree to the marriage easily and could not make up their mind among several people who were good in the eyes of the locals.
It was also at this time that Zhao's father met a young man from the city when he went to town.
The young man claimed that he had met a thief and could not provide him with money for food. When he saw Father Zhao looking over at him, he asked him to borrow money. The money for food was not much, only about twenty copper coins. Father Zhao happened to have it with him.
He hesitated a little, but decided to give it a try.
Sure enough, Zhao's father was right in his bet. The young man was not cheating on food and drink, but really lost money. Later, he came to pay back the money and thanked her. Zhao's father took advantage of the situation and asked his daughter to come out to serve tea and proposed marriage again.
The young man was named Jia Dahai, and after seeing Zhao Qiaoxin, he also fell in love with her. The marriage became a matter of course, and Zhao Qiaoxin crossed the village and town to marry in the city.
Jia Dahai has an elder brother and a sister, both of whom are married. His father passed away long ago and his mother has been a widow for nearly ten years. All in all, the Jia family can only be regarded as the most ordinary family in the city, and their daily income is only enough for food and clothing.
Even so, in the eyes of the villagers, it is already an extremely good marriage.
People in the village eat very little food during leisure time and only eat dry food when farming is busy, with two meals a day. During drought years, they may have to mix in wild vegetables to feed the family. After Zhao Qiaoxin got married, her life was better than in the village, with at least three meals a day.
At least there is a dry meal, a meat dish from time to time, and there won’t be too many patches on the clothes. But more often than not, there won’t be.
Zhao Qiaoxin is already very satisfied with such a life. The only drawback is that her parents' family often sends messages asking her to send things back. Jia Dahai treats her well and will try his best to satisfy the Zhao family's requests that are not too excessive. As for those that are too excessive, he just ignores them.
past.
The couple had a good relationship. Half a year after they got married, Zhao Qiaoxin found out that she was pregnant. Jia Dahai was very happy. Besides being happy, he also thought that there was going to be another person in the family and wanted to give the child a good life, so he took the risk to follow the escort.
A trip with an escort can take as short as half a month or as long as a few months. But the wages are really good, and you can also bring some not-too-heavy things to resell in private. After one trip, you can earn at least two taels of silver.
Jia Dahai tried to run away, but Zhao Qiaoxin was worried about him at home every day, finally hoping that he would return safely. After Jia Dahai got the benefit, he boldly ran further, but this time he was more unlucky and went there.
He failed to return, and his companions only brought back a bunch of his belongings, not even his body. Although some money was paid as compensation, the man was gone!
Everyone in the Jia family was heartbroken, and Zhao Qiaoxin cried so much that she fainted several times. If she hadn't been thinking about the child in her belly, she would have wished she could have gone with him.
Since the escort agency compensated a lot of money, Jia's mother made the decision and gave her son the longest eight-day ritual. The food was also arranged better than other families, just to give her son one last chance to enjoy his life.
After the funeral, life still has to go on. Jia's mother has been a widow for many years, and she does not want to keep the Jia family's family for the rest of her life. She has already known a man in private, and the two have been secretly dating for five or six years, but they have not shown it to the public.
. Seeing that her youngest son was getting married, she could remarry with confidence, but then she learned that her youngest daughter-in-law was pregnant. She thought that she would be a member of another family after marrying, and it was not convenient to come back to live long-term to take care of her daughter-in-law, so she planned to wait for her daughter-in-law to give birth.
After the full moon, get married again.
As luck would have it, my son was gone before I even gave birth.
Logically speaking, this would not delay her from remarrying. However, after Jia's parents-in-law gave birth to three children, the couple had a big quarrel over trivial matters and went back to their parents' home. Now they have remarried. In other words, Jia Dahai's brother lives alone.
The man lives alone, the woman is widowed, and there are only a few children left, both of whom are quite young. If Jia's mother leaves, what will it be like to be left alone with a man and a woman?
The door was pushed open, Chu Yunli suddenly opened his eyes, and saw a slender figure entering the door in the darkness: "Qiao Xin, drink some hot soup quickly to warm your stomach."
It's late autumn now. It's fine during the day, but it's cold at night. Chu Yunli has been wrapped in a quilt for a while, and it's not that cold anymore.
Jia Mu put a bowl of soup in her hand, and the warm touch came, and Chu Yunli instantly smelled the aroma of the broth.
When there is a funeral in the family, people should eat vegetarian food. Even if ordinary people don't have so many rules, they still don't eat meat before the person is buried.
Seeing that Chu Yunli was holding the bowl without moving, Jia Mu advised: "Don't be stunned, the child is important. If you can handle it, he can't either. We are a small family and we don't have so many rules. Even if there is a knowledgeable person under the sea,
, I won’t blame you.”
Chu Yunli hummed, finished the soup, and said softly: "I was just thinking, what will happen to our mother and son after his father is gone?"
In her previous life, Zhao Qiaoxin was immersed in grief and never thought about the future. As for the arrangement of mother and son, Jia Mu had already made plans and mentioned it early the next morning after the funeral.
Jia Mu hesitated for a moment: "Don't think so much..."
"How can you not want to?" Chu Yunli interrupted her: "This is a matter before us. You have remarried and left. My eldest brother and I live under the same roof. There will definitely be all kinds of gossip outside."
As for changing a place to live... Even in the countryside, it costs a lot to build a house. Generally, farmers build the main body of the house first and then slowly decorate it one by one. Some people die without being able to finish the house.
Everything is neatly decorated. In this city, it is a fantasy for an ordinary family to buy a house. As for renting a house, it is already very difficult to work and support a family. Where does the rent come from?
Jia Mu smiled bitterly: "But they have been waiting for me there for many years, and I have moved there for a few days. If I don't go now, outsiders will laugh at me."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were silent, and Chu Yunli said: "Anyway, I won't live alone with my eldest brother. This is his home, and it would be unreasonable for me to ask him to move. So, after the funeral is over, I will go back to my parents' home."
"
Hearing this, Jia Mu was a little anxious: "You are a married girl, and if you don't stay there for a long time after you go back, you will definitely be forced to remarry. How can this be done?"
Chu Yunli tilted his head to look at her.
Although she didn't say a word, Jia Mu still understood what she meant. As a mother-in-law, she couldn't bear to remarry. How could she ask her daughter-in-law, who was not yet eighteen years old, to guard her son?
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