reborn child bride

Chapter 303: Gathering (1)
This time the journey was very hard, almost day and night.The news was delivered by the fastest horse at the post station, and it took four days to travel on the road.Their carriage was already trying its best to hurry, but it took eight days to arrive.The old man's [-]th is coming.

Shen Ji was worried all the way whether her previous arrangement would fail, the old man left too suddenly.Originally, he thought that when he was seriously ill, Uncle Fifteen would have to notify him no matter what.Even if Wei Ying couldn't leave immediately, she could go back and do something.But I didn't expect the news of the funeral to come as soon as it was announced.I don't know what's going on with Aunt Chen and the old housekeeper. If something happened to the two of them, then the death of the mother-in-law would really be irreversible.

Running all the way, Shen Ji was very tired, and the fourth lady's face was even haggard, but at this time, it is only reasonable to come back as soon as possible.As soon as they got out of the carriage, a servant came over and took the mourning clothes for the three of them to change into. Wei Bo took the set and rushed in with "grandfather" in his mouth.He had just been admitted to Jinshi, and he hadn't had time to come back to announce the good news in person, so why didn't his grandfather wait for him.He once joked that he wanted to earn the 1 taels of money to marry a wife.But what I really want is for my grandfather to give me the same recognition as my elder brother, and also the comfort that my old mother feels that my family has a son.

Shen Ji and the Fourth Madam also rushed in one after the other. Shen Ji was not as sincere as Wei Bo, and as he walked quickly, he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe his eyes, and soon felt that his eyes were hot with tears. It flowed out in a rush, and then quickly stuffed the handkerchief back into the sleeve.This thing has to be taken care of, otherwise if someone took it and said that she even smeared ginger juice on the handkerchief, the charge of unfilial piety would never be removed for the rest of her life.Of course, not being able to cry at this time is also unfilial.

The fourth lady trotted along, and when Shen Ji saw it, he turned around to help her.The Fourth Madam's eyes were red, and tears were about to drip.Shen Ji wondered if he was too ruthless just now, as if his nose was about to come out, whether it was obvious that he was cheating.

The mourning hall is in the main hall of the Songhe Hall. In front of the coffin is Wei Bo, who is lying on the ground in pain, and then the filial sons and grandsons kneeling next to him have no choice but to mourn. They have been crying for twelve days, and no amount of tears will dry up. Therefore, most of them are here. Howling.

Shen sent it over, and without waiting for the servant to bring the futon, he knelt down and wept, "Grandfather, why did you go..." At this time, if you don't cry louder, you will lose your tongue.This traditional funeral etiquette is for the living to see.At the beginning, I reserved 6 taels of silver for the old man, so I can see how important the affairs behind him are.

The fourth aunt also knelt beside her and wept hurtfully.

Because the small climax triggered by the return of the three of them lasted for a quarter of an hour before subsiding.During this period, the sound of the monks chanting sutras and chanting Buddha never stopped.When Shen Ji raised his body to stop crying, he found that the back of the coffin was full of monks, probably as many as a hundred.Then there were ice buckets all over the room, probably dozens of them, making the sound of ice melting and cracking from time to time.

Wei Ying hadn't arrived home yet, Shen Ji looked over, it seemed that he was the only one missing.Although the Seventh Lord is not in the local area as an official, it is much closer than the middle of Shu, where the road is long and obstructed.Others have stayed in their hometown this year.

The second wife, dressed in filial piety, came over, "Fourth brother and sister, eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, you have not come back, the old man's important affairs cannot be delayed, I am in charge of the inner house. Now that you are back, one of you will take over."

Shen Ji said sincerely: "Aunts, I have never experienced such a major event at such a young age, but if you give orders, my niece and daughter-in-law will never shirk." Although she bears the name of the patriarch's wife, but at her age She hadn't experienced it before, so naturally no one would let her be in charge at this time.

The fourth wife said: "I just got home..."

The second lady said: "It's these things, I will help you to do it together. The previous account books are all in my hands, you come here, I will talk to you in detail." At the same time, red eyes, "Who knows the old man It's like this... Fortunately, I have prepared before, and I just wanted to rush."

The second wife is now in power and in charge of affairs, which is a bit unfair, and the family property has already been clearly divided.Working at this time is a burden, so she naturally wants to push it to the fourth lady.The fourth lady didn't have such a good reason as Shen Ji, so she had to go there with her to hand over.

Shen Ji knelt to the head of the grandson's wife, behind him was the Song family who was released from the family temple a few months ago, and the Lin family's place was vacant.Counting that she is almost seven months pregnant, naturally she can't bear the pain of kneeling and crying every day.Under the arrangement of the second wife, she came to show her face every day and shed a few tears before going back.Just now Shen Ji has heard that this Buddhist event will be held for 49 days.On such a hot day, even if the house is full of ice, and there is ice next to the glory, it is better to be buried in the ground as soon as possible.Therefore, grand funerals are all done for others to see.

Unfortunately, this cannot be said.If she dared to say a word, she would be drowned by the people in this mourning hall immediately.After all, the world is like this, the dead are the most important, and it is customary to burial generously. Even if the poor are dying, they still want to sell their children and daughters, pawn their real estate, and strive to hold a lively and lively funeral.What's more, it's not that the Wei family has no money, it's the old man who died, and the money has been set aside long ago.It's just such a ostentation that both the dead and the living suffer.Look at what everyone has been tossed into.

After the handover of the fourth wife is completed, the manpower arrangement has not changed for the time being, so Xiao Gui and Cao follow.She called Shen Ji over and told her about the funeral ceremony one by one.After all, she is also the one who should be in charge of this matter, so she can't be ignorant, Shen Ji also listened receptively.

Finally, the fourth aunt said: "Now the second nephew and daughter-in-law are closing the big and small kitchens in the inner house, do you want to take it over?"

In charge of the big and small kitchens, eating and drinking for the family and guests, that's a fat job.The Song family is definitely not willing to hand it over.Unlike the second lady who has a lot of private property in her hands, the only thing she can use is the dowry.Originally, the eldest son of the second house was adopted to the eldest house, and only the second son was left as the legitimate son. The family property of more than one hundred thousand yuan will belong to the couple in the future.As a result, chickens and eggs were beaten, and nothing fell.

The private property that the second wife has hidden now must be tightly held in her hands, and she has not leaked any of it to her son and daughter-in-law.This can be seen from the shock on the faces of the second child and the third child when the silver under the fish tank was found out. They didn't know it before.Parents should know that they took money from the public, but it is really unclear that there is so much money and it is hidden in the house.Therefore, the second wife's expenses in the past year were nominally the second wife's dowry, but Song's money for makeup and powder would have to be paid for by herself, because the public would not buy anything particularly good.So she definitely doesn't want to hand over this fat job.

Shen Ji didn't want to suffer from that, she was eager to know where Aunt Chen and the old housekeeper were.Aunt Chen is a concubine, so logically she should be crying in the mourning hall, but I just turned my eyes around and didn't see her.There is also the old housekeeper, the old man should be running around in and out for the funeral of the old man, but there is no one to be seen.Manager Wang of the second room is taking care of all affairs, big and small.The fourth master and the second master are in charge of receiving male guests.

(End of this chapter)