The Ups and Downs of Mrs. Yipin

Chapter 47
After ten days of walking on the road, they arrived at Yingtian Mansion.It just so happened that Fang Xiuyi had just settled down in the inn, and the children's letters came

coming.She told He Huai'an a story along the way, and taught Shan Xing how to read, so that she would not deliberately think about the children, but after reading the letter, she couldn't help crying happily.

The children wrote two letters to He Huai'an and Fang Xiuyi respectively.He Huai'an read the letter and knew that the children were fine, otherwise they might have been shocked by Fang Xiuyi's reaction.

"My lord, look how good Siyuan's handwriting is, and, look, Feiyu's current paintings can become everyone!" Siyuan explained the daily life of the two of them in detail, including three days a day. He wrote down in detail what to eat for the meal.Fei Yu drew the clothes and life scenes of the two of them every day, even though they were almost the same every day.But Fang Xiu still felt strange looking at it.

"En." He Huai'an replied simply.The letters from the children to him were only two pages thin, and the letters to Fang Xiuyi were almost packed in a box.

"My lord, look, Fei Yu seems to have changed to a new bead flower today, I have never seen it before. Also, look, the trees in the yard are all growing leaves." Fang Xiuyi didn't know He Huai'an's letter, she Happy to share the children's life with him, "My lord, when will our letter be delivered?"

"When you finish writing, send it away." He Huai'an could also see that Fang Xiuyi probably had a lot to say to the child.

"Thank you, sir. I'll write it now and send it away tomorrow." Fang Xiuyi left in a hurry, forgetting about He Huai'an.

Fang Xiu didn't even have dinner with He Huai'an all night, and the letters she wrote almost piled up to ten centimeters.She was not satisfied with writing letters, so she asked the mountain apricot to go out to pick two flowers, flatten them, carefully press them in a thick book, and send them out together with the letter.For this reason, Fang Xiuyi specially asked He Huaian for the thickest book.Because He Huai'an didn't see Fang Xiu coming to eat at night, he went to the room to have a look.

I saw Fang Xiu lighting up the lamp, writing vigorously, with a stack of papers piled up in hand, Shan Xing was grinding ink next to her, and Mother Shi was pressing the thick book.

"My lord!" Fang Xiuyi asked He Huai'an, "Have you finished your lord's letter?"

"It's finished!" He Huai'an just wrote a few words, everything is fine, return as soon as possible.

"Oh, mine is almost ready." Fang Xiuyi saw He Huai'an took a few glances at the book, and said a little embarrassedly, "My lord, I'm sorry, I'm using this book for this."

Fang Xiu opened the book, and there were two flowers inside, with a faint floral fragrance wafting out, each petal was laid out evenly, and even the stamens were carefully pressed.

"Spring comes earlier in the south than in the north. I give the flowers here to the children and let them have a look. How about it, my lord, are you okay?"

He Huai'an nodded, he didn't know that books could be used for this.

But what Fang Xiuyi didn't expect was that after He Huaian returned, he asked Ban Xia to bring over ten books and asked her to put a flower in each book.

Because they were in a hurry, He Huai'an arranged to go to the cemetery the second day they arrived in Jiangning County, Yingtian Prefecture.Originally, after Fang Xiuyi informed the place, it would be fine to rest at the inn, but Fang Xiuyi was not willing, she must be there for such an important matter.He Huai'an's mother treated her so well in those years, how could she miss this occasion.

It was drizzling, and a group of people came to the western suburbs of Jiangning County.It is far from the city gate, so the land is also cheap.Fang Xiuyi still begged for a long time before giving her such a piece of land.

Fang Xiu got out of the car, and seeing the grass growing overgrown here and the graves standing in disorder, a sense of sadness came over her face.The mother-in-law's grave is next to the big tree over there, away from the road.She thought, there is a big tree, easy to recognize, farther away from the road, less intrusive.

"It's here, my lord." Fang Xiuyi stood in front of the grave, and pulled out a grass growing on the grave, "This wooden sign was written by Siyuan. On it is the portrait of grandmother drawn by Fei Yu."

At that time, two children spent one night carving this wooden sign and carefully coloring it with a little bit of residual ink.However, due to the wind and rain, the ink has faded and the portrait is a bit blurred.

He Huai'an knelt in front of the tomb, stroking the wooden sign with his hands, and did not move for a long time.Fang Xiuyi knew that although natural disasters and man-made disasters caused the premature death of his mother-in-law, He Huai'an always believed that it was his own negligence that caused this situation, and his heart was always uneasy.I didn't fulfill my filial piety to my knees, and I didn't send it to the end.

Fang Xiuyi also knelt down, cleaned up the weeds in front of the grave one by one with her bare hands, and said, "Mother, I'm back to see you. The adults are also here. Zhuangzhuang and Niuniu are going to school, but they didn't come today. Let's pick them up." You go to the capital. Mother may not know that Zhuang Zhuang's father has become a high official. Mother is in the spirit of heaven, so I can be relieved."

After Fang Xiuyi said a few words, he stepped aside.She could feel He Huai'an's grief, and she also treated her mother-in-law as her own mother in those years.Her biggest regret now is not being able to take good care of her mother-in-law and not enjoying the blessing of her son.

The light rain was falling, and He Huai'an's voice came faintly. He knelt there alone, groping for the wooden sign, not knowing what he was talking about.By the time Fang Xiu realized it, she had already burst into tears.My mother-in-law does not have her luck, and there is no chance to come back again. I hope there is another world in this world, and may my mother-in-law rest in peace.

After a long time, He Huai'an stood up staggeringly, and with a wave of his hand, his men began to dig the soil, even He Huai'an himself.

At that time, Fang Xiuyi was worried about her safety, so she buried her mother-in-law deeper.When He Huai'an finally jumped in, he couldn't even see anyone.He Huai'an supported the coffin below, and the people above used ropes and rafters to lift the coffin up.

Fang Xiuyi couldn't help walking over at this time, stroking the coffin with both hands.She almost spent all her money on this coffin. Although spending more money would not help the matter, she felt uneasy.

"My lord, can you open it so that I can take another look at Mother." Fang Xiuyi said with a sob.

Such a request is unreasonable and taboo.But He Huaian agreed.

The coffin was slowly opened, and Fang Xiuyi was shocked when she saw her mother-in-law's hair, head, and face.

"grown ups!"

He Huaian also saw it.His mother's appearance didn't rot in the slightest, just like she was alive, but there were many more wrinkles than before, and her complexion was a little darker.Mother's hair was combed very neatly, and there was even a gold hairpin stuck in her head.He knew that this golden hairpin was made by his father for his mother during his lifetime, but he did not expect that the golden hairpin would not be sold even after these years of hardship.

"Mother, longevity is not filial. If there is another life, I would like to be the parents of you and Daddy, and take care of you for the rest of your life." He Huai'an's hand caressed his mother's lifelike face.

"Ah, my lord!" Fang Xiuyi once again saw an astonishing scene.

Under He Huai'an's touch, He Mu's face instantly withered, shriveled, and rotted, and the golden hairpin fell out for no reason.He Huai'an tremblingly picked up the hairpin, the tail of which was still engraved with his mother's name.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu immediately pulled out the hairpin from her head and inserted it into her mother-in-law's hair. She was also the one who inserted the golden hairpin back then.

"Mother, do you want to leave the hairpin to the lord? Don't worry, he will take good care of it. It's like you are still with us. This hairpin is my mother's hairpin, and it was given to me by the lord. I heard it is a good one. My jade, it looks pretty good with my mother's hairpin." Fang Xiuyi said while tears kept streaming down her face.When people die, there is really nothing left.

After Fang Xiuyi finished all this, He Huaian put the golden hairpin into the sleeve and said in a low voice, "Close!" His subordinates slowly closed the coffin again, and the mother-in-law's face gradually disappeared from Fang Xiuyi's eyes.

Fang Xiuyi looked at her mother-in-law's coffin safely parked there, wiped away her tears, and said to He Huai'an, "My lord, there is..." There is also a tomb next to it, which is the tomb of He Changsheng.

He Huai'an's eyes were a little red, he looked at the wooden sign in front of the grave, and wrote "Let's examine the tomb of He Jun's longevity first, the unfilial son Siyuan", the handwriting was immature, and the wood was already rotten. , his name is Changsheng, but he can't keep his parents.

"Dig!" Even if you know that the tomb of your clothes is underneath, you still have to dig it out.

He Huai'an's grave seemed easier to dig than He Mu's, not to mention the grass on the top of the grave was not growing well, as if he knew there were no people inside, but just clothes.

Fang Xiuyi was really a little nervous. Back then, he set up a tomb for the living. Now this person is standing beside him, digging his own tomb. No matter how you look at it, it is unbelievable.

"Don't worry, I just want to see what my tomb looks like." He Huai'an saw Fang Xiuyi holding a handkerchief with both hands, seeming to be very hard, and comforted Fang Xiuyi.

Fang Xiu thought, if it wasn't for this special occasion, she might not be able to hold back the laughter, but now it sounds uncomfortable, so she forced a smile back to He Huai'an.

The coffin came out soon, Fang Xiu saw He Huai'an frowning and seemed very serious, she said with a guilty conscience: "My lord, I'm sorry, I didn't have much money at that time, so, so I bought you the best coffin." Cheap coffins. You, you don't mind."

At that time, after buying the coffin for her mother-in-law, there was indeed not much left. The two children had to eat and wear, and there was still rent, but she couldn't bear to throw the clothes directly into the cemetery, so she asked the boss to buy the coffin at the lowest price. cheap.

He Huai'an didn't seem to care about this, he asked with a slightly heavy tone: "Are you my mother who was buried at the same time, my clothes?"

"Yeah, it's the spring of the second year of Taisho. What's wrong?"

"The coffin was not tightly closed."

Fang Xiu said, "Impossible, I checked it carefully at the time."

But after she went up to look at it, she realized that the coffin really didn't seem to be tightly closed, and there was a gap.When she still wanted to take a closer look, He Huai'an stepped back a few steps with his arms around her.

"My lord!" He Huai'an seemed to be doing such an intimate gesture for the first time.

He Huai'an released Fang Xiuyi and said softly, "It seems something is wrong."

Not quite right?What's wrong?Fang Xiuyi was also dumbfounded, isn't she just a tomb of clothes, what else could be wrong?
"Open!" He Huai'an asked Fang Xiuyi to open the coffin without explaining.

Fang Xiuyi was far away from the coffin, so she couldn't see the specific situation clearly, but she clearly heard the low exclamation of He Huai'an's men, and her face was full of shock.

"Shan Xing, look after Madam." He Huai'an refused to let Fang Xiuyi pass, he had already seen something strange from the soil quality of the tomb just now.

Fang Xiuyi watched He Huai'an walk to the coffin, watched He Huai'an touch the coffin with his hands, and saw the seriousness on He Huai'an's face, there must be something wrong, otherwise He Huai'an would not have such a reaction.Are the clothes missing?She asked Shan Xing to get out of the way, and walked quickly to the coffin.

"Didn't I ask you to stay where you are and not come over?" He Huai'an stopped Fang Xiuyi.

"My lord, is there a problem?" Fang Xiu's heart beat wildly, "My lord, I want to see it!"

"Be obedient, there's no big problem, I'll take care of it." He Huai'an was about to hug Fang Xiuyi in public.

Now Fang Xiuyi became more and more sure that the matter was extraordinary, she desperately held He Huai'an's hand, and said earnestly: "My lord, I chose this cemetery, I chose this coffin, and I chose the coffin lid." It was covered, and the first pinch of soil here was thrown in by me. Couldn't I just take a look at what happened?"

He Huai'an didn't speak, and let Fang Xiuyi hold his hand.It was the first time he had heard these words, and it would be a lie if he didn't feel shocked. However, it was precisely because she did it that he didn't want her to see it.

"My lord!" Fang Xiuyi insisted.

"I'll help you there." Finally, He Huaian gave in.

Fang Xiuyi didn't know what he was going to face. Could it be that the clothes had become fine, and there was something terrible about it?She involuntarily strengthened her grip on He Huai'an's hand, but she didn't realize it.

The coffin was still the same coffin, and she remembered that there was a scratch here, so she used this reason to force the boss to give in.She looked into the coffin, but instead of seeing the clothes, she saw a terrifying scene.

In the coffin where there were only clothes, there was a dead body. It hadn't completely decomposed, but the flesh had already fallen off.

In an instant, Fang Xiu's blood froze all over his body, his face was pale, his lips were blue, and his whole body was icy cold.

"Who is this? Who is this? Why are you here?"

"Don't watch it. I'll help you to rest." He Huai'an supported Fang Xiuyi's arm, trying to help her onto the carriage.

"No, no, I didn't bury this, I buried clothes, clothes. Really!" Fang Xiuyi's eyes were loose, and he spoke incoherently.

"I know, I know you buried my clothes." He Huai'an coaxed Fang Xiuyi softly, "Mom Shi, hot water!"

But before Shi Ma could bring the hot water, Fang Xiuyi had already passed out in He Huai'an's arms.

(End of this chapter)