Mrs. Zhao grabbed Mrs. Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't have a daughter-in-law. Please admit it for me."
No daughter-in-law?
These words really touched Ms. Zhang's heart. She originally had a son, but if it wasn't for her future, her daughter-in-law would have already entered the family. Besides, why should she have to take the blame for her sister-in-law if she doesn't have a daughter-in-law?
"I won't do it!" Mrs. Zhang shook her off, "Whoever pinches you will recognize it. I admit that I pinched you, but you are not idle either."
Therefore, when Village Chief Lin called the two of them out for questioning, both of them remained silent, which was regarded as acquiescence.
Village Chief Lin was furious, "You bastard, you bastard, it took eight lifetimes for my sister to marry into your Yu family, and she got you three bastards."
Three?
This also scolded Chu Yunli.
Chu Yunli was too lazy to pay attention. At present, the dead person was the most important. If she retorted at this time and said that Lin was partial during his lifetime and she did not serve him, it would be her fault again.
Anyway, the eyes of the masses are sharp, and everyone knows who pinched Lin's injuries.
Village Chief Lin pointed at Mrs. Zhang, "Old man, tell me! How did your mother-in-law treat you so badly that you want to treat her like this?"
In fact, the only person Lin did not mistreat was her grandson. She did not like any of her three daughters-in-law. Of course, compared with the third daughter-in-law who was mistreated, it was indeed much easier for the two of them.
Mrs. Zhang looked at the people in the yard and suddenly said, "I admit that I pinched her, but I did it to wake her up to eat."
Chu Yunli: "..." I never expected that it could be so ridiculous.
Mrs. Zhao hurriedly agreed, "Yes, we asked my mother to get up to eat. She was unconscious and couldn't wake up even if she was called. She couldn't do it even if she didn't eat, so we pinched her." She added, "I still follow the three methods.
My younger siblings learned from it."
Everyone exclaimed, thinking it was the two people serving the old man who did it, but they didn't expect that the third child was involved!
Meeting Zhao's provocative eyes, Chu Yunli raised her eyebrows, "I came to see my mother yesterday, and I did pinch her, but I pinched her middle."
Village Chief Lin scolded, "If you pinch me, you pinch me. No one is innocent anyway."
Chu Yunli refused and said, "Uncle, I have something to say. After I pinched my mother awake yesterday, she talked to me for a while. She was in good spirits. She couldn't be so soon... I just changed clothes. My eldest sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law.
They didn't let me come near, and I didn't know that my mother was injured at all. Since they dared to attack me, I suspect that my mother didn't go so quickly in the first place. It was because of them..."
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhao almost burst into flames. Mrs. Zhao glared at Chu Yunli, "You are talking nonsense!"
Chu Yunli sneered, "Aren't you talking nonsense? I pinched Renzhong, and you said you learned how to pinch your mother from me. Which of your eyes saw me pinching my mother's arm? You want to learn from me, right?
Shouldn't it be to pinch people?"
Zhao was speechless.
"Don't make any noise!" Village Chief Lin scolded, "We are gone, do you still want to argue in front of her and make her angry again?"
Chu Yunli looked at Zhang and Zhao and said coldly, "I have something to say. I suspect that my mother was killed by them, and I want to report it to the official!"
Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhao looked ugly, and Mrs. Zhao immediately said, "You slandered me. You didn't take care of me when my mother was sick in bed, and you didn't let her go when she died. You can't live in peace. What kind of peace of mind do you have?"
Village Chief Lin looked cautious and said after a while, "The person is gone. It is important to lay him to rest."
As Village Chief Lin is from his mother's side, if he wants to make a fuss, the Yu family will have to find out.
He no longer wanted to care about the murderer, he just wanted to bury Mrs. Lin.
Moreover, it can be seen that he, like Mrs. Lin, does not like the third daughter-in-law.
"She worked hard all her life and never had a good day. Now that she is gone, you have to do your best to organize the funeral." Village Chief Lin pondered for a moment and said, "Buy a new shroud, silk shirt, good wood for the coffin, and the mat should not be too big.
Poor, at least four meat dishes, the ritual will take nine days..."
The more he ordered, the more ugly Zhang and Zhao's faces became.
With great difficulty, Village Chief Lin finished his instructions and said, "It's true that she was partial during her lifetime, and she wronged the third room. You two got an advantage, and now you two will handle her funeral."
Zhang and Zhao both turned pale and were about to argue.
Village Chief Lin raised his hand, "If you don't comply, I will ask the third room to report it to the official!"
The two sisters-in-law suddenly became speechless.
Village Chief Lin looked at Chu Yunli again, "Just buy some paper money for your mother."
It seems that Village Chief Lin has a clear mind. Just now, he thought that Lin died of illness, so he asked the three brothers to discuss the funeral. After listening to Chu Yunli's words, he already knew that there was something wrong with Lin's death. But it was true that he didn't want to pursue it.
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As he said, the person is dead, and it is important to lay her to rest. If we want to find out the cause of her death, she cannot be buried until the real culprit is found. That's fine, if people know that she was killed by her daughter-in-law,
I'm afraid there will be more people talking about it.
He made such an arrangement to allow Mr. Lin to go away in peace.
Lin's marriage was solemnly arranged in this way.
It was really grand. Everything for the funeral was bought from a good one. The ceremony lasted for nine days and the banquet was good. But now many people don't want to interact with the Yu family. There are really not many guests. Although some came because of the village chief's face.
, but not many. The coffin bearers were Lin's nephew and nephew's son-in-law.
When I was only seven years old, the two families separated.
The separation caused quite a stir.
Because the family was in debt after the funeral, and it was borrowed by Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhao at a high interest rate. There was nothing they could do about it, and now even her mother-in-law's family was not willing to lend them money.
Almost one person contributed half of it.
Mrs. Zhao thinks that she is the second son and it is enough to provide so much. But Mrs. Zhang feels that she is not the eldest son now that she is living with her daughter, so why does she need to provide so much?
Therefore, it is okay to separate the family, but Zhao will have to repay some of the debt.
Yu Chengwu also resented his father-in-law, who had supported his son to study for many years, but was disqualified from the county examination because of Yu Guangzong's irregularities. He felt very wronged. Now his two sons can only study, but they can't carry shoulders or lift hands. They don't know what to do in the future.
What should I do? How can I help Dafang pay off his debt?
Besides, he didn't think that his wife would kill his mother, so he didn't hold Zhang to account for the murder, but he actually wanted them to help pay off the debt. Why?
There is also land at home. Mrs. Zhang is now living with her daughter in Dafang. Looking at Mrs. Zhao, the land and house at home should belong to her son. Mrs. Zhang thinks that it is the eldest house, let alone the majority, at least half.
You want it, right?
At this moment, the creditors came to ask them to pay back their debts!
After spending so much money on the funeral, there is almost no funeral ceremony. How can the Yu family make money?
If the creditor is willing to lend money, he naturally thinks that the Yu family can afford it.
Nowadays, the most valuable thing in the Yu family is the few acres of land.
During the funeral, Village Chief Lin was watching, and if they stuttered, the village chief would report it to the government. Therefore, when borrowing money, they just wanted to get the higher interest rate and get the matter over with as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, creditors will come to your door as soon as the incident is over. Those who dare to lend money at interest naturally have some unique debt collection methods.
Within two days, Yu Yaozu's arm was discounted. The second room couple couldn't stand it any more, so they approached Chu Yunli directly and wanted to borrow money from her.
Chu Yunli just said, "I won't do it!"
Mrs. Zhao gritted her teeth and said, "Brother and sister, do you want to adopt a child to the third bedroom?"
Chu Yunli: "..." You are dreaming!
Ms. Zhao quickly said, "After all, my daughter belongs to someone else's family. It's better to have a son to take care of her until the end of her life. If my step-baby is still young, if you are willing..."
"I don't want to!" Chu Yunli interrupted her directly, "Just keep the kind of bastard you gave birth to!"
After a few days, the Yu family couldn't stand it any longer, so they sold all the land, paid off the debts they owed during these days, and treated Yu Jizu's arm, and basically everything was spent.
When the villagers lost their land, they lost their roots. They didn’t know how to do business, so they could only sit and eat. However, within half a year, the Yu family pawned everything they could, and they couldn’t borrow money, so they could only go out and do some part-time work every day.
Eat chaffy vegetables and barely survive.
Perhaps they were forced too hard. On the market day in March, everyone was talking about the robbers in Liu Village. They said that many chickens raised in people's homes were missing. Some people suspected that it was the two brothers Yu Yaozu.
Zhang, Zhao and Yu Chengwu not only worked part-time to support themselves, but also had to support their three "children". These two brothers grew up being pampered and never had to work, and they also ate the best food at home.
Chu Yunli was not surprised at all when he started to take things from other people's homes now that he couldn't bear the hardship.
But she didn't expect that the two brothers were brave enough to steal Yu Chengfu's pigs, and they succeeded. They drove two pigs to the butcher's house in the town in the middle of the night to exchange for money.
Early the next morning, after learning the news, Chu Yunli went directly to the mayor's home to complain.
Stealing can be a big or small matter, so the mayor thought about it and decided to let them reconcile privately. So, he took Chu Yunli to the Yu family.
It was quite unusual to go from the town to the village, and Chu Yunli had no intention of covering it up for the two brothers. Many people in Liu Village rushed to Yu's house and said that their houses had also been stolen.
Altogether, there are about ten families.
This matter is more serious. If the two brothers commit another crime after this reconciliation, it will be detrimental to the local culture of Baishu Town.
If people mention Cypress Town in the future, their first reaction will be that there are thieves... This is not good. The mayor pondered for a moment and said, "Do you want to reconcile? Or do you want to sue the officials?"
Mrs. Zhao knelt directly in front of Chu Yunli, "Brother and sister, I was the one who was sorry for you before. I beg you...please..."
There's no point begging her.
None of the families in the village who were robbed were wealthy. The Yu family was so poor now that their losses could not be repaid. Even if they were repaid, if the two brothers stole again in the future, would they pursue the case or not?
Let's pursue it. Things like chickens and eggs, which are not very valuable, cannot be violated at all. The mayor probably doesn't have time to judge them every day for such things. Don't pursue it. Whose chickens are not raised with hard work?
Well, I still want to give my child a toothbrush as a gift. How can I be willing to put it in someone else’s belly?
Everyone unanimously decided to report to the official.
When the two brothers were taken away, Mrs. Zhao cried heartbrokenly, while Yu Chengwu squatted aside with his head in his hands, feeling decadent.
The two brothers were just stealing, and the crime was not serious. They were sentenced to five years in prison.
Zhao and Yu Chengwu gritted their teeth and followed directly to the county seat. After that, the Yu family fell into silence.
Chu Yunli has never seen Erfang and his family again in his life.
Two years later, Yu Yanyan married into the Chen family. She was beaten at first, but then Chen Laosan's leg was broken for some reason. After that, she couldn't beat her anymore, but she couldn't get her money back. Although life was difficult, she was still able to do it.
She could pass. However, she never returned to Yu's house again, and when Zhang came to visit, she would not let her mother in.
Zhang died in depression before he was forty, and there was no one around him before he died.
When Yu Liang was seventeen years old, Yang Yang happily went to the door to welcome him. In the same year, Dai Di made an appointment with the eldest son of the pastry shop opposite. They got married two years later and lived well. Laidi was the youngest and stayed with her all the time.
In the end, Chu Yunli even hired a wife and planned to keep the sauce shop open.
Yu Chengfu lived to be over sixty, which is considered a long life at the moment. Before he left, he was already extremely weak. All three daughters came close with their men and children. Each of them was brightly dressed, with fair skin, and was well-nourished.
He was still lying in the same wing as before. Most of the paint on the red paint box had been peeled off. The room was so old that it was hard to believe that this was the residence of the owner of the butcher shop in town. He looked around at the people in the room, his eyes
Finally, it landed on Chu Yunli in front of the bed. She gradually fell into a trance, her eyes were far-reaching, as if she was looking at others through her, and she moved her lips, "Thank you."
Chu Yunli told the truth, "This is what I should do."
After the funeral, Yu Liang helped Chu Yunli go home and said with a smile, "Before dad left, I seemed to be saying thank you to you!"
She held the hand of her mother who was getting weaker and weaker recently, her eyes were sore and her heart was full of reluctance, "Mom, actually I also want to say that it is all because of you that my sisters and I are where we are today. We all thank you.