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Chapter 111 Second Aunt's Funeral
Chen Tiegui and Tieshan hurried to Ying'an Town without saying much in the house. As soon as Zhang Hongyu woke up, Mrs. Wang went to the old Wang's house in the village to buy some fish, and when she came back, she hurriedly ordered Runsheng to pick one. An old hen was killed, and Baozhu was told to cook some good things, and the old hen would make soup.

Baozhu nodded, and discussed with Wang that she would not go back to the county for the next few days, and finally, as a filial piety, she would take good care of her second aunt in the house for a few days, and prepare every meal for her with all her heart.

Mrs. Wang sighed heavily, didn't say anything, and went outside to talk with relatives again.

Baozhu spent the whole morning in the kitchen preparing meticulously. In a blink of an eye, the second aunt who had been with her for so many years was about to leave her. The house fell down, and even Wei Sipei didn't notice when he came. He stood outside the kitchen and saw that the orb was not very big, and then quietly left, leaving four bulging paper bags on the window sill at the door.

At lunch, Zhang Hongyu was served with four carefully prepared dishes, but she had no appetite. She only ate a small plate of crispy fish rolls and half a bowl of chicken soup and couldn't take a bite.

Seeing that Zhang Hongyu was not in good spirits after waking up, Mrs. Wang sent the relatives of the Chen family to go back first, and let them know if there was anything wrong in the house.They walked and scattered, and only Wang Shi and Chen Cuixi were left talking in the main room with frowning faces.

Baozhu went to bring food to the two of them. How could they be in the mood to eat right now? Suddenly something like this happened in the house. Even though she was mentally prepared earlier, her heart was still tight and she ate it hastily. After a few sips, they began to discuss the affairs of Zhang Hongyu's death.

Baozhu didn't want to listen to such a heavy topic, so she went out of the room, and saw Xiujuan sitting on the porch steps, her eyes were red.

She walked over and sat down next to Xiujuan, and asked her softly, "Sister will take you to the kitchen to eat some food, will you?"

Xiujuan shook her head, pursed her small mouth, and burst into tears.

Baozhu sighed and coaxed her: "Xiujuan is not sad, your aunt will be sad when she sees it later."

Xiujuan said sullenly: "My uncles said this morning that I want to bury my aunt in the Chen family's old grave." Although she is still a little ignorant of life and death at this age, she can also see some clues from the expressions of the people in the room. leave her!

Baozhu stretched out an arm to hug her, and said softly: "If your aunt is gone from now on, there will be your aunt, brother and sister." After thinking about it, she still said to her: "You will be here tomorrow." Mom and Dad are coming back too."

Xiujuan's body trembled suddenly, she stood up abruptly, said with trembling lips, "I don't want a mother, I want an aunt!" After finishing speaking, she ran to the south wing.

Baozhu sighed, and followed into the room. Liangdong was sitting silently on the edge of the kang and stared at Zhang Hongyu. Seeing that she was sleeping soundly with her eyes closed, there were new bloodstains on the mattress.

Baozhu couldn't bear to see her second aunt again, so she called softly, "Cousin..."

Liang Dong raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, his eyelids were swollen, and his face was stained. He was usually gentle and gentle, but now his face revealed a deep pain and despair. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and responded to Baozhu, "I've been busy all morning, Baozhu is going to rest for a while, I'll watch over here."

Baozhu shook her head, and moved a small chair to sit beside the Kang to accompany him.

Xiujuan lightly tugged on Liang Dong's clothes, and looked up at him timidly, "My sister said that father and mother are coming tomorrow, I'm afraid..."

Liang Dong was startled, a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes very quickly, he patted Xiujuan's shoulder lightly, "Don't be afraid, there is big brother here, big brother will protect you."

Baozhu saw it, felt sad, but felt helpless, she didn't intend to persuade Liangdong anything, knowing such a big matter, no matter what kind of persuasion, he would always be sad, it's better not to seduce him. His grief.

In the evening, Zhang Hongyu woke up again, and as soon as she woke up, she took Liangdong's hand and asked, "Has your father come back yet? Mother just dreamed that your father came."

Liang Dong tightly clenched his hands, holding back his tears, and answered her: "Hurry up, uncles, go and call Dad, it's time for Jomo to come back."

Seeing her wake up, Baozhu hurriedly went to inform Mrs. Wang, and went into the stove to heat up food again. This time she ate a little more, drank a bowl of chicken soup, ate half a bowl of rice, and a plate of vegetables.

After dinner, Mrs. Wang helped her to lie down, but she still refused to close her eyes, saying that Liang Dong's father had come and had some instructions to tell him.

Mrs. Wang accompanied her and asked Baozhu and Jide to visit people at the entrance of the village.

As night fell, the village was bustling. Every family sat at the door to enjoy the cool air and greet each other. Baozhu silently followed Ji and sat on the hillside at the entrance of the village, sighing from time to time. Shake out some more wind.

"When are we going to wait!" Jide picked a piece of dogtail grass, and threw it to the ground angrily, "Second uncle is such a bastard, he left his second concubine, orphan and widow, and he still hasn't seen anyone else!"

Baozhu couldn't help but glared at him, after reading the sage books these years, the swear words in his mouth were the same as when he was a child, he would come and say it, it hasn't changed at all.

But this time, she also scolded the second uncle in her heart, and sighed, "Wait a little longer, I'd rather wait here than see my second aunt look sick."

Jide didn't say a word, and after a while he said, "I'm also feeling very uncomfortable."

Runsheng ran all the way to the entrance of the village, not caring about sweating, saw his younger brother and sister on the hillside, and called them from a long distance away, "Baozhu accumulates virtue, come back quickly! The second aunt just died!"

Baozhu's heart trembled, she stood up suddenly, stumbled and ran forward, while Runsheng ran back into the house, panting and said: "I was fine just now, but suddenly I vomited a lot of blood, mother." We went to call Wei Bo, but we couldn't save him!"

He urged them again: "Hurry up and catch up, our house is in a mess now, mother told me to call you back to the house quickly, don't worry about dad and the others!"

After entering the door, she heard wails coming from the front of the house. Baozhu was anxious and ran straight to the south. Cuifen stood at the door and stopped them, "You little ones, don't go in."

Baozhu was flustered at the moment, her arms and legs were trembling, and there was only one thought in her mind, to go to see her second aunt again, if she was dead, she would go into the house, Chen Cuixi also came out from inside, and gave Jide a wink, He yelled at Baozhu, "Baby Zhu is obedient! Your mother is cleaning and changing your aunt's shroud inside, won't you add trouble when you go in?"

Jide immediately came over and pulled Baozhu desperately, and Runsheng each dragged Baozhu by one arm. Runsheng persuaded her loudly, "Auntie is gone, let's stay here and don't make trouble for mother!" Seeing her After no longer struggling, he breathed a sigh of relief and followed Chen Cuixi into the house.

Baozhu leaned against Jide's arms in a daze, motionless, her mind was empty, and after a while, she covered her mouth and began to cry.

Jide stood there awkwardly, not daring to move, and didn't know what to say to persuade Baozhu, so he stretched out his hand and patted her on the back lightly.

Not long after, Chen Erniu led a group of relatives of the Chen family into the courtyard in a hurry. Mrs. Wang came out, her face was pale, and she talked to them with a choked voice, and then she brought a few dolls to the main room. Wear filial piety clothes for everyone, and put hemp on their heads. Because Jide is a nephew, he only wears filial piety clothes, and does not criticize him.

Those of the Chen clan who were farther away had already followed Runsheng to report the funeral, while those who were closer rushed over early. The courtyard was full of people, and the mourning hall had already been erected soon.

Wei Yuan and Wei Sipei also rushed over, entered the main room, sighed, and comforted Mrs. Wang, "My condolences will change..."

Wei Sipei saw Baozhu crying mournfully in the corner at a glance, he pursed his lips, walked up to Baozhu, knelt down, and whispered to her, "Baozhu is not sad, don't let your parents worry."

Baozhu sniffed, looked up at him, and nodded silently.Just as she was about to say something, she stretched out a hand sideways and gently squeezed her hand, "Go, the mourning hall is finished, go burn paper money for the second concubine!"

Baozhu stood up, wiped away her tears, and was led by Jide to the yard.

Mrs. Chen and Liu greeted relatives outside the mourning hall, burned paper and kowtowed before Baozhu got up to look for Mrs. Wang. Seeing that she was greeting her second aunt's family in the main room, she went into the main room to help entertain her.

The coffin was custom-made only yesterday, and it is said that the last one will be finished soonest. Li Zheng just showed his face, went to the coffin house in the village, and asked for the one he had prepared earlier. The coffin was carefully made and sturdy, and the outside was painted with black paint. It was originally reserved for his mother. Although Yu Lizheng showed his face, he was still not happy for a long time, and Wang followed Li Zheng. For those who went together, Dang even gave him two hundred coins from his body, and he was happy now.

At this moment, the coffin had been carried by several strong men, and it was placed in the courtyard. Chen Erniu said that it was summer, and there would be no delay, and the funeral would be done later.

Candles were lit in the mourning hall, and paper was constantly burning in the brazier, illuminating the courtyard brightly. This night, Baozhu followed Wang Shi to stay in the mourning hall. In the middle of the night, Wang Shi asked her to go to bed, but she insisted on keeping watch. Then, Jide and his mother were stubborn and refused to go to bed, and Wang had too many serious things to do, so he didn't take time to take care of them.

At daybreak, relatives from all over the world came one after another, and the invited drummers also began to play suona and mourning music continuously. The filial sons cried loudly, and relatives and friends saluted northward. The atmosphere was more desolate than at night.

According to the local custom, the person is encoffined on the second day after death, with Liangdong covering his head, facing up to the sky, and putting it into the coffin, stuffed with cotton and papyrus around it.Stuff two doughnuts into her sleeves, one with nine rings, and then Liangdong tied it down to nail the coffin to death.

This ceremony alone went on early in the morning, Liangdong was so sad that he fainted several times, he was the only son in the second room, Chen Erniu and Chen Liushi had no choice but to help him to rest again, Slow down and continue the ceremony.

Chen Tiegui and the others came back with Chen Tiefu at noon. As soon as they entered the door and looked at the people in the yard, they set up a mourning hall and blew mourning music. They knew that Zhang Hongyu had passed away, and even Tieshan couldn't help but rushed to the mourning hall and cried loudly. At the scene, crying and crying, regretting that he failed to give his sister-in-law the end, Chen Tiegui was not much better, his eyes were red when he entered the door, and only Tiefu followed the two of them in with a blank expression on his face. Went to the mourning hall to burn paper.

He was so numb, angrily Chen Liushi poked his head and called him inferior to a beast.

Mrs. Wang also cried and kicked him, saying that if he hadn't been lazy a few years ago and all the work in the field fell on a woman's family, Hongyu would have been tired out of that disease?
(End of this chapter)