Chapter 165 Unprepared
It was dawn the next day, and there was movement in every room.

But only Mrs. Liu's room was quiet, without a single sound.

At first, everyone thought that Mrs. Liu was going to sleep for a while, but Mrs. Liu still didn't show up until breakfast, which was a bit unusual.

After the big guys finished their breakfast, the men went down to the field with their hoes on their shoulders. The women and children had to clean up the kitchen, feed the pigs, feed the chickens, do laundry, cook, etc., before they could go to the field when they were free.

Seeing that Mrs. Liu hadn't come out to eat at this hour, Mrs. Zhou couldn't help frowning, and casually dismissed Mrs. Sun with a sneering face, and went to have a look inside Mrs. Liu's room.

Mrs. Sun readily agreed - how could Mrs. Sun miss this opportunity to face Mrs. Liu with cynicism?
Even if Zhou didn't call her, she would rush forward.

But when he walked to the door of Mrs. Liu's room, Mrs. Sun realized that something was wrong.

Why is the door half open?

When Mrs. Sun entered the house, she saw a long bloodstain on the ground, stretching all the way to the top of the kang.

Mrs. Liu was lying on the kang, her face was pale, her eyes were closed tightly, she was not even covered with a quilt, but the thick mattress under her body was soaked in blood, red with purple and black.

Mrs. Sun screamed in fright, which shocked everyone in the old Xia family.

When the other people heard this voice, they put down what they were doing, and rushed over in a hurry. Before they got to Mrs. Liu's room, they saw Mrs. Sun scrambling out: "Oh, sister-in-law, sister-in-law! Something happened to her! My sister-in-law seems to be dead!"

Mrs. Zhou couldn't help scolding Mrs. Sun: "Why are you so stupid? It's not too bad for you in the early morning! Are you talking like this casually?"

When Mrs. Sun saw Mrs. Zhou, she was immediately closer than meeting Mrs. Xia Yougui. She rushed towards Mrs. Zhou crying and howling, and hugged Mrs. Zhou's leg tightly: "Oh, mother, mother, you scared me to death! I was so scared!" I almost didn't come up in one breath! I'm afraid my sister-in-law will die terribly! Not only did I die, but my body was cold!"

Mrs. Sun's words made Zhou's face turn pale with fright, and everyone was also frightened. They couldn't think about it for a while, and they rushed out all kinds of words:

"Is this true?" "Get up quickly! It's cold on the ground!" "Did sister-in-law have some kind of emergency?" "Don't get in the way, let's go and see if you still have a pulse, maybe you can be rescued !"

In the chaos, Mrs. Sun suddenly caught a glimpse of the blood on the ground, and jumped up with a "ah!" "Mother, mother, look, look!"

Mrs. Zhou and everyone looked at the place Mrs. Sun pointed at, and saw a pool of blood that had changed color.

Looking in all directions, the bloodstains came from the hut, forming an intermittent line, the closer to the door, the more bloodstains.

How is this going?

Everyone couldn't help but start to mutter in their hearts.

After looking at each other for a while, Mrs. Zhou asked the children to stay, straightened her back, and took the lead by herself, and wanted to take the wives in to see what was going on in Mrs. Liu's house.

There are many people, and courage is strong.What's more, Zhou Shi has to be on the head.

The big guys emboldened each other, you pushed me, I pulled you, and they rushed into Liu's door together.

But Mrs. Sun was unwilling to go in again.

She even touched Liu's pulse with her hands before, on her neck and wrists, but she felt a cold hand, which scared her half to death.

Seeing that everyone was about to go in at this moment, Mrs. Sun even let go of Mrs. Zhou's thighs, and hid behind everyone alone.He neither dared to enter Liu's house, nor dared to go far.

Looking at it this way, it's kind of pitiful.

Mrs. Zhou couldn't care about Mrs. Sun's side. She looked at the blood on the ground and Mrs. Liu on the kang, and couldn't help but feel a little headache.

Although this eldest daughter-in-law always likes to say that it hurts here and there, she is actually quite strong. I have secretly observed her, and she doesn't look like such a fragile person!
Mrs. Zhou thought about it, and in the end, she asked Mrs. Wu, who was still calm, to invite the doctor, and Mrs. Cheng went to the field to call back Mr. Xia and his children and grandchildren.

It's such a big deal, you can't keep your family from knowing.

When Mrs. Wu came back with her doctor, Mr. Xia and the others had already arrived home, and they were all frowning.

Mrs. Liu's departure was sudden and strange, and everyone was unavoidably depressed.

Although it is not a year or a festival, it is still a normal day.But Mrs. Liu is not very old!
The big guys couldn't help but have a vague sense of foreboding. They always felt that this matter at home, one crop after another, was almost uninterrupted. Could it be a bad luck?

Since the new year has passed, how many things have happened to this?

The Zhou family has already sent the second eldest, Xia Yougui, to go to Xia Youcai's house in the town and send a message to Xia Youcai.When Xia Yougui was going out, he happened to meet Mrs. Wu bringing in the doctor.

After two brief greetings, Xia Yougui left in a hurry.

This time the matter was a bit serious, and Sun was the first to find out about Liu's situation... Xia Yougui was very worried along the way, how should he tell his eldest brother so that he would not be hated by him?

After Langzhong came, he saw Mrs. Liu's condition, and after only one glance, he shook his head:
"Sorrow and change! Judging from the situation, it should have gone last night."

This Langzhong is also a quick talker, when he turned to leave, he couldn't help but complain to Mrs. Wu who invited him:
"I'm not very smart in the past two times. Thanks to the big guy who doesn't dislike me, I can deal with it. I'll make do with it. I'll cure a headache or something. This guy's body is completely cold, and he came to me. You think too highly of me!"

Wu smiled bitterly and sent the doctor out.

Next, we have to wait for news from Da Fang.

After all, what happened to Mrs. Liu happened in the old house, no matter what kind of accident or sudden illness happened to her, the big house has reasons to blame the old house.

But there is no such thing as a perfect parent.The old couple did not do anything to Mrs. Liu.

No matter how Xia Youcai blamed him, he couldn't blame the old couple.

Then, wouldn't they be the only brothers who bear Da Fang's resentment and anger?

Among other things, Xia Dalang's scientific examination will be delayed once Liu's departure.

And the matter of Jin Hua's remarriage had to be put aside for now.

According to the rules of the Great Chu Dynasty, when parents died, children had to observe filial piety for three years.During these three years, they were not allowed to marry, to enter the imperial examinations, to go to banquets, to drink alcohol and to eat meat.

Of course, this kind of rule is mainly aimed at princes, nobles, officials, and scholars who aspire to become officials in the imperial examination.

For the farmers, the rules of keeping filial piety are actually far less harsh.

But who made Xia Dalang a scholar?
Mrs. Liu's sudden departure really caught Da Fang by surprise.

(End of this chapter)

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