farmer's little girl

Chapter 119
No one expected that the old man Lu would be the leader here, and his people suddenly disappeared, even the Dafang couple did not expect it.

Hearing that the voice inside was not right, Da Fang and his wife hurriedly ran towards the house. Chen A Niu saw that the trouble was serious, and immediately ran away in a hurry.

Lu Mingchuan didn't believe that his father would be gone, he was obviously out of breath, and still insisted on asking for a doctor.After the doctor invited him to look, he shook his head at the Dafang man with sympathy on his face. Lu Mingchuan staggered suddenly and fell to the ground.

The mourning cries hovered over Lu's house, and all the villagers passing by shook their heads sympathetically, and occasionally someone would come in to persuade the people in the big house not to be too sad.

After the accident, Uncle Lu and Uncle Lu's family arrived.No matter how many conflicts and reluctances there are, after all, it is his own brother, and this kind of death makes no one feel good.

Both the second and third families also came, even if they separated, even if they didn't recognize their father, but their father was always their own father, if they didn't show up at this time, they would have broken their spines.

Country people's funerals are complicated and complicated, and simple and simple.

First put on the shroud, and then move the person into the main room in the open room of the main room. It cannot be placed on the kang. There needs to be a mortuary board with a stool under it.Before the big burial, they had to stay here, and after that, funerals were reported everywhere. At the same time, it was necessary to build a coffin for relatives and friends to come to mourn.

Old man Lu died suddenly, and neither his shroud nor his materials were prepared.It stands to reason that most old people will start preparing for their funeral early when they are older.Mostly Old Man Lu was taboo about these things, he didn't mention it himself, and the juniors below naturally didn't dare to mention it, so these things had to be bought now.

The shroud must be brand new, and the color and style must be exquisite.Lu Jiaoyue stepped forward to take over the job. She was good at sewing and her hands were fast. If she was quick, she could finish it in half a day.She also came forward to take care of this matter because of the grief in her father's eyes.

Whether it is good or bad, the grievances and grievances of life will disappear.After all, it was her dear father, no matter how unhappy she was before, she thought her father probably wanted to send grandpa away properly.

Sure enough, when Lu Jiaoyue came forward and said that she would make the shroud, Lu Minghai looked over with eyes full of relief.

Then it's time to prepare the longevity materials.Lu Minghai and Lu Mingshan discussed and planned to borrow money from someone with an elderly person in the village.What kind of borrowing, what kind of repayment at that time, the big deal is to choose better wood at that time.

But it’s a bit difficult to mention this matter. You must know that longevity materials are usually prepared in advance. Some old people who are particular about writing will put them in a ventilated place to dry them when the weather is good, and brush a layer of tung oil every year.If the relationship is not close enough, no one will lend their life to others.

Uncle Lu solved this problem. He borrowed the longevity material he had prepared for himself, and he didn't have to return it. He just had to punch him again later.Uncle Lu is older than old man Lu, he has been thinking about his death for a long time, and his shroud and materials have been prepared long ago.If it weren't for the idea of ​​borrowing the shroud, he planned to borrow his own shroud as well.

The main things have been settled, and the next step is to report the funeral and build the coffin.Zhou Jin went to the town to buy white cloth and raw hemp coarse cloth. When the things were bought back, a few women joined hands and sewed a few stitches casually, and the filial piety clothes were considered complete.

During this period, Lu Mingchuan was immersed in grief and couldn't get back to his senses. Lu Guangren was so scared that he hid in the house and didn't dare to come out. The Hu family was busy working around, but unfortunately, when they paid for these things, they didn't mention a word.Seeing this, Uncle Lu and Uncle Lu who stayed behind to host could not help shaking their heads.

According to the rules, it is generally necessary to stay for seven days before being buried.

During this period, relatives and friends from various families came to the door, including the Mei family.After all, the Mei family is the daughter-in-law of the Lu family, and the Mei family, as in-laws, should come forward.

However, there was no one from Hu's and Xiao Hu's natal families, probably because they made up their minds not to leave this relative.No one came from the Du family, but Lu Guangli went to report the funeral, but was scolded by Widow Du.

When I came back and told Cui about this, Cui cried again.But so what if she cried, her daughter entered someone else's house, and she belonged to someone else's house.However, as a biological daughter, Lu Guili was still the daughter that her father favored the most since she was a child. She didn't even come, which made people feel sad.

It was not easy for others to interrupt, but Lu Guifang cursed and said that she would go to the Du's house after this matter was over, so she wanted to take a good look at what kind of heart this dear girl had.

Lu Guifang has not had a good life in the past two years. When the family was separated, she and the man were assigned to the eldest son Zhao Guodong.After that incident, Zhao Guodong didn't gamble anymore (he had no money to gamble), but he had been pampered for many years and couldn't afford to support his family at all.

Helpless, Lu Guifang and his wife had no choice but to take on this important task.Everyone's sons take care of their sons, but now it's the father who takes care of his sons.There is no land at home, so the couple can only open up wasteland.Lu Guifang lived most of her life, and when she was old, she was about to go to the land to open up wasteland.Now her face is wrinkled and her hands are thicker. When Mei Shi met her face to face, she never thought that the eldest aunt, who was always domineering and powerful before, would become like this now.I can only sigh that no amount of wealth can match a prodigal son.

Don't mention it, after finishing the first seven, it's time to be buried.

The location was chosen long ago, not far from the land of the Lu family. Lu Mingchuan said that the old man Lu had mentioned that if he died in the future, he would be buried in a place where he could see his land.

It's a pity that the land has changed hands now, whose land do you want to see?At that time, Erfang's family and Lu Jiaoyue were still a little uncomfortable because of this matter, and always felt that Lu Mingchuan did it on purpose.It's also fortunate that the two families don't farm the land now, otherwise they would inevitably think of this matter when they go to the field on weekdays, and they would have to die in their hearts.

But Lu Mingchuan was full of grief, and even fainted a few times during the wake, but it was not easy for people to point their noses and say that he was deliberately disgusting.

Even Qiao Shi, who has always been tyrannical, pinched his nose and recognized it, but just looked at Lu Mingchuan's eyes and said how disgusted he was.She even secretly discussed with Mrs. Mei that she would never come here again after this incident, but how could it be that Mrs. Cui is still here.But Mrs. Mei didn't say this in front of her, so as not to embarrass her.

After the burial, the funeral is over.Of course, there will be another worship at Qiqi, but at that time, they can be worshiped separately, and there is no need to gather together again.

Everyone took off their filial piety clothes, planning what to do.Since ancient times, there has been a saying of keeping filial piety, but it is not easy for rural people to make a living, so they are not so particular about it. As long as there are no weddings at home, no casual visits to other people's homes, and white hangings on the door of the house, it is fine.

At this moment, the Hu family made another moth.

In front of Uncle Lu and Uncle Lu, she mentioned the matter of providing Cui's pension.

It is probably because the family is gone, and people are shameless. The Hu family, who has always been very shameless in front of the second and third families, is the first time in his life that he is very weak.Crying with snot and tears, he said that the family is in trouble now, and it is reasonable to say that this matter should not be mentioned, but they can eat bran and swallow vegetables as juniors, and there is no need to wrong the elderly.All in all, I want to pay for the second and third bedrooms and provide money and food for the elderly.

Uncle Lu and Uncle Lu's faces were very ugly. It's fine to say that they are outsiders, but they know all the ins and outs of this very well.This eldest daughter-in-law is completely shameless, and she is trying to forget about the matter of asking for land from the second room's family before.

In fact, this matter is not a big deal, with Erfang's current family property, it is just a matter of leaking through the fingers.It's just that combined with all the previous things, and Hu's taking advantage of this opportunity, it makes people feel uncomfortable.

Uncle Lu's face was cold, and he didn't speak to Mrs. Hu, he said to Lu Mingchuan: "Boss, is it your permission for your wife to mention this matter?"

Ever since Old Man Lu died, Lu Mingchuan has been in a trance state. It has gotten better in the past two days, but he is still a little distracted.Hearing this, he showed a dazed look, and Mrs. Hu hurriedly answered: "Uncle, his father didn't know about it. I figured it out by myself. Now the family has no money, no land, no food, and it will soon be broken." Well, it doesn't matter if we are juniors, but my mother..."

Cui fell ill after old man Lu left.It's not a big problem, it's just that I cry when I wake up, and I cry endlessly every day.At first everyone was still persuading her, but later seeing that she couldn't be persuaded, no one persuaded her anymore.

When old man Lu was buried before, she cried and fainted on the grave, and she is still awake now.

Speaking of Cui Shi, Uncle Lu couldn't be bothered to reprimand him.

This sister-in-law is a good person and hardworking, but she is a bit confused when she is old.Especially now that she just died of a man, she is alone, and the family is like this again, so she cannot be allowed to starve to death.

"Second, third, look at this—"

Lu Mingshan has always been a shrewd person who hides when he has a job and takes advantage of it when he has a job, but this time he rarely takes the initiative.

"Uncle, you don't need to talk about this matter. I will pay no less for my mother's filial piety. As for the second brother's family, I want to be fair. Back then, my father, my mother, and my good brother Sister-in-law, but in front of the whole village, she insisted on taking away the land of Erfang’s family. The land is gone now, but it was spent on the couple in the first place. It doesn’t make sense that things are gone. What’s the matter, turned around and asked the second brother’s house for money and food, right?”

"This--"

Before Uncle Lu could say anything, Mrs. Hu cried and said: "We know that we were the ones who lost the family business, but now there is really nothing we can do. The family has become like this, mother and her old man are getting older, and Dad just Let's go, my mother is sad and sad all day long, I just want to honor my mother and take good care of her body, so as not to..."

This conversation was interrupted by Lu Minghai, who didn't tell Mrs. Hu directly, but said to Uncle Lu and Uncle Lu: "Don't worry, Uncle and Uncle, I will send the money and food when the time comes. I can’t give it, and now the two children in the family are studying, and the burden is heavy, so we will do what other people in the village do.”

Hu's face was unwilling, and just about to say something, Uncle Lu said: "Okay, Uncle knows that you are a filial person. What happened before was wrong with your parents and elder brother. But your mother always gave birth to you , if you don’t read it, you must read it, and you don’t need to give it too much, just follow the rules of the village. Don’t worry, no one will dare to say anything wrong with you. If you mention it, you can only give a thumbs up. Who wants to talk about other things? , I don’t need you to say it, uncle will help you come forward and slap her in the face.”

When he said this, his eyes glanced at Mrs. Hu intentionally or unintentionally.Hu immediately froze, lowered his head, and dared not speak again.

During this period, Lu Mingchuan kept his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

During this period of time, everyone was very tired. After returning home, they ate something casually and went to rest.

After returning, Lu Jiaoyue coaxed Dian to sleep first, then went to boil water in the small room.After that, the couple sat on the kang, knee to knee in a basin to soak their feet.

She sighed suddenly, and Zhou Jin asked, "What's the matter? Still thinking about the previous incident? It's just a matter of money, so why worry?"

Lu Jiaoyue shook her head, "Of course I'm not worried about this. After all, my grandma is my father's biological mother, especially now that grandpa is gone. This is the filial piety that should be given. If I don't give it, the spittle of the villagers can kill me." My father drowned."

"Is that because of Mrs. Hu? This woman is only thinking carefully about this idea. She can't get on the big stage. She calculates and calculates all day long, but in the end she doesn't think about her own fate. The last cruel daughter. Just watch, her hard life is coming."

Hearing this, Lu Jiaoyue was amused, and said angrily: "You are really hurtful, but the description is really apt. The Hu family does not have all the tricks, but it always deceives itself. I am not worried because of this. , what I am worried about is about Zhier."

Zhou Jin first frowned in confusion, and then realized: "You mean the next government exam?"

Lu Jiaoyue nodded, and sighed again: "Zhi'er put all his attention on this, and now he has finally adjusted his state, and suddenly this kind of thing happened again, how disappointed he should be. He was so vigorous that he failed again and again. Exhaustion, I'm really afraid that when the time comes..."

She didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but Zhou Jin already understood what she meant.

It was probably because they were busy and confused, and no one thought about it.A person with filial piety on his body cannot take the exam.Not only for a small child, but even for a scholar.Once there is filial piety in the family, you have to mourn at home.It is also in the big environment of the countryside, no one will pay attention to these things, but if it is related to the court, then it must be guarded.

Zhou Jin only found out about this when he took Lu Guangzhi to the county government office to make a personal confession, and Lu Jiaoyue knew about it a long time ago.This matter has been on her mind for the past few days, and it is heavy, but it is not easy for her to say it when she is in charge, so as not to make everyone more worried.

After thinking about it, Zhou Jin persuaded: "Don't worry too much, Zhi'er is not a child anymore, he should be able to figure it out."

It was all like this, Lu Jiaoyue could only comfort herself in this way, the two of them took a rest after drying their feet.

That being said, how could you not be worried.

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Jiaoyue went to the second bedroom after finishing her family affairs.

After shaking around in front of Lu Guangzhi a few times, he hesitated to speak a few times, but it was Lu Guangzhi who took the initiative to puncture it.

"Sister, don't worry, I'm fine. I didn't have much confidence in myself. I was lucky to pass the first exam. The interview questions will definitely become more and more difficult in the future. I have only studied for a short time. I can have the experience of these few years. Give me time to prepare, and I think I will be more confident next time I end up."

"But..." But I haven't even passed the exam for Tongsheng, and I will take the exam next time, but I have to start from the beginning.After thinking about it again, if my younger brother is really confident that he can pass the scholar examination, the Tongsheng Examination should not be a problem.

"What's wrong? What are your siblings talking about?" Mei asked anxiously at the side.

Lu Minghai also cast doubtful eyes.

Lu Jiaoyue just said that she has filial piety in her body, and she must be filial before she can take the exam.After listening, everyone else in the second room fell silent. They wanted to complain, but they felt disrespectful to the dead, so they didn't complain. They really felt uncomfortable.

Especially for Lu Minghai, the joy of his son's passing the exam is still vivid in his memory. These days, he has been hoping that his son can live again in the future.As for being a scholar in the exam, he didn't dare to think about it.If you fail this time, you will take the exam next time. With the name of a child student, you can be regarded as a son who has achieved something in his studies.With such a sudden incident, he couldn't get used to it for a while.

However, he has lived for decades, so this matter is not a big deal. He quickly adjusted it and comforted Lu Guangzhi instead.

"Father, mother, brother, I'm really fine. What I just told my eldest sister is the truth. I haven't studied for a long time. Rather than being discouraged by failing to pass the exam, it's better to accumulate more at home in the past two years. There will be a surprise for everyone.”

After the mental journey of these days, Lu Guangzhi has matured a lot now, leaving behind the immaturity and impatience of his youth, and becoming calm and even calm.

Seeing her younger brother like this, Lu Jiaoyue sighed inwardly.She was a little woman with little knowledge, but she had also seen the spectacular scene of Jinshi who were nominated for the gold list in the capital parading across the street.Whether old or young, handsome or ugly, those Jinshi have a calm and unhurried attitude, which is the self-confidence that is sure to win, and it is also the temperament of self-satisfaction in reading thousands of books.

After coming back to life, Lu Jiaoyue has never seen anyone with such a temperament.Suddenly she had a feeling that what the second brother said was not just empty words, and he would definitely give her a huge surprise when the time came.Maybe this surprise doesn't stop at the scholar, but can go one level higher, and even reach the top position.

She suddenly felt trembling excitement, this kind of excitement was not brought to her by Du Lian when he passed the Jinshi examination.She had no way to express this feeling, so she could only pat Lu Guangzhi's slightly thin shoulders, and vowed: "Yes, you must do it, my sister believes in you. Not only can you be a scholar, you can even be a scholar. , you must be capable in the future."

Even Lu Guangzhi didn't expect the eldest sister to say such words, he was a little shocked and a little confused.

Qin Xiucai is just a scholar, he stops at a scholar, so even he doesn't know how to go further.He had passed the provincial examination many times, but he failed every time, until he returned to his hometown in despair and opened a private school to make a living.He probably felt that Juren was out of reach for him, and the same was true for his students, so he never mentioned these things to Lu Guangzhi about Juren, Jinshi, and after being selected as a scholar.

And Lu Guangzhi had never thought about this. In his mind, if he was able to pass the examination of scholar, it was already smoke from the ancestral grave.At that time, I can also run a private school like my husband to make a living.But the elder sister's words opened a new door for him.

Lu Guangzhi didn't say anything at the time, but he began to pay attention to this later. Although Qin Xiucai felt that the students were a little ambitious, but the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and he admired his ambition, so he also told him something about it. matter.

Seeing that the students were thirsty for knowledge, he also became interested, and gradually no longer placed Lu Guangzhi's height only on a scholar who passed the exam, but on a higher level.Three years later, Lu Guangzhi passed the examination as a scholar as he wished. He felt that he had nothing to teach him, so he recommended him to a classmate who had a good relationship with him and is now a student, and worshiped under his door.

A few years later, when Lu Guangzhi paraded through the streets on horseback, what he was most grateful for was not his gentlemen, but the elder sister Lu Jiaoyue who helped him open a new door when he was still ignorant.And Lu Jiaoyue didn't expect her second brother to reach such a height when she hit the nail on the head.

Of course, this is another story.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Dian Dian is already eight months old.

During this period, Mei Zhuangyi came back from the south, rested at home for a month, and planned to go out again.Zhou Jin had to go this time, so he had to bid farewell to his daughter-in-law and set foot on the boat to the south.

Diandian has already recognized the person, and didn't see the big man's father, but he cried for two days.But at this time, children are quite forgetful, and they forgot about their father in a blink of an eye, and started her carefree life again.Lu Jiaoyue, whose heart was full of parting sentimentality, couldn't help but gloat in her heart, let you go, and when you come back, her daughter probably doesn't know you anymore.

If Zhou Jin, who left his hometown by boat, knew about this, he would probably be so angry that he would scold the two little heartless people a few times, but he didn't know who he was going through the wind and rain for.

During this period, many things happened in the first room, but the second room family didn't have the time to pay attention to them. They were too busy earning money during the day, and it was all from Mrs. Qiao.

When the incident happened suddenly, Old Man Lu's funeral was held consecutively, so Qiu Cuihe, mother and son had no time to deal with it.After finishing the funeral, Lu Guangren started to toss about it the next day.

In his heart, he hated the Qian family for blackmailing the family, and hated Qiu Cuihe for killing himself, so that the family lost money and land, and his grandfather died because of it. in front of the door.

Naturally, it is impossible for the Qian family to take these two people in. To say that Dandan is the son of Boss Qian is just a rumor from the villagers, and no one knows the truth of the matter.In addition, there is a disagreement, the brothers are all so old, and they even have sons, and it is not a joke to have a younger brother who is still a baby.

But this time Lu Guangren will not let them go, you will be the first grader, and I will be the fifteenth grader.Anyway, it was already a broken jar, and he lost all face, and he didn't care about face, he just threw Qiu Cuihe, mother and son, at the gate of Qian's house, turned his head and left.

The Qian family didn't open the door, so Qiu Cuihe could only carry her son back to the Lu's house, but the Lu's house wouldn't let her in, so she had no choice but to tell the truth.She said that Eggy wasn't Boss Qian's seed at all, she was the one who lied to him because the life of the Lu family was too hard and she wanted to get some food, drink and money from Boss Qian.

But things are like this, Boss Qian said this by himself at the beginning, and because of this, Lu Guangren accidentally killed Boss Qian, now not only Lu Guangren doesn't believe her, but the rest of the Lu family don't believe her words.

If she had known that things would turn out like this, she probably wouldn't have been able to make up such a cover when she killed Qiu Cuihe.It's a pity that there is no medicine for regret in life, and she can only suffer on her own.

The Lu family did not recognize the mother and the child, so Qiu Cuihe was forced to go to Qian's house with the child in her arms.This time she was desperate, thinking of insisting on staying with Qian's family.In fact, after thinking about it, the Qian family is richer than the Lu family, and the family was not poor earlier, but this took away all the land of the Lu family, and life will only be better than before.

After Qiu Cuihe thought about it, she also changed her mind, and insisted on crying and making a scene in front of the gate of Qian's house.Scolding that Boss Qian is not a human being, and has taken over the body of his sister-in-law. Now that he has let go, he will leave the mother and child alone.The commotion caused everyone in the village to watch the jokes, and the Qian family was forced to stay at home for many days without daring to go out.

(End of this chapter)