Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 5305 Timid
Father Xiang turned his head to look at the east room behind him, his face was full of fear.

"Brother, this woman just died, and she died so fiercely, it looks like her shadow is everywhere in the house, I'm afraid..."

"Are you afraid?" The cattle dealer was surprised, his eyes widened and his voice became rough.

"What are you afraid of, old man? This is your home, where you have lived for decades. You say you are afraid? Aren't you a joke!" the cattle dealer asked again.

"Brother, you can't say that..." Xiang's father raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead.

"The last time Jin Nan passed away, I was also afraid for a long time. Fortunately, my wife was still there at that time. At least I had someone to talk to."

"The wife and mother are gone now, and you don't think it's a big deal for you to come and go around during the day, but when you close the courtyard and house doors at night, I'm the only one here."

"The east room has a dead wife, and the west room is the house where Jin Nan lived. In the kitchen and in the main room, there are shadows of them living everywhere. I am afraid to go anywhere. If there is any movement at night, I will be really scared." You don’t need to call every day, and the ground is not working!”

"I want to beg my brother, can you let me stay at your house for a few days? At least let this room cool down?"

Xiang's father hunched over and almost knelt down for the cattle dealer.

His pitiful appearance was like those homeless old widows outside. Seeing it made the cattle dealer feel sour, neither angry, nor scolded, nor distressed.

"That's all, then you can stay there for a few days, so that everyone can take care of them."

Seeing the cattle dealer let go, Father Xiang was very excited. He thanked him so much that he almost kowtowed to the cattle dealer.

"Brother, I've packed all my clothes, and I'm leaving now." He went back to the house and threw a bundle on his back, and followed the cattle dealer and Yang Huazhong out of the courtyard gate.

In the room, only Xiaoduo and Xiang Shengnan were left.

"The bundle that your father brought is so big, I doubt he has put all his winter clothes on him." Xiaoduo looked back and whispered to Xiang Shengnan.

Bringing such a big burden roll, it doesn't look like I used to borrow it for a few days, but it looks like a plan to stay for a long time and not leave.

How could Xiang Shengnan fail to hear the dissatisfaction in Xiaoduo's words?
He looked at Xiaoduo apologetically, and coaxed: "My father is different from my uncle. Uncle is a man who stands up to the sky. My father is a little timid. When I was young, my mother was in charge of everything in the house, and everything outside My uncle is holding on."

"At that moment, in the hearts of my brother and I, the uncle was more like a father, and my father was purely an idler."

Hearing that Xiang Shengnan belittled her own father and Laozi like this, Xiaoduo curled her lips, not knowing what to say.

Xiang Shengnan went on to say: "Don't worry, Duo'er, we are separated, and my uncle and I will follow what we agreed at the beginning. After a few days, my father gets used to it, and then I will ask him to move back and live in the old house. There must be no one, or the house will be deserted."

Xiaoduo raised her eyebrows: "Then what if your father doesn't come back? Or are you afraid? What should you do? You can't be kicked out, right?"

Xiang Shengnan also frowned slightly, and thought for a while: "My uncle and I have a firm attitude, and my father doesn't dare to play tricks. My mother just left at this moment, he is not used to it alone, and he is timid, so we will Bear with it, right to accumulate blessings for us?"

When it comes to Jiaojiao, that is Xiaoduo's weakness.

"Okay, you have to be clear about this matter, after finishing the first seven for your mother, I plan to take Jiaojiao back to her mother's house to stay for a while." Xiaoduo said again.

Xiang Shengnan nodded again and again: "Okay, I'll take you there then."

Xiaoduo also showed a smile, "Then let's continue to organize things, we will need them in a few days."

Xiang Shengnan nodded, and the two entered the east room together.

It was obvious that the sun was shining outside, but in the east room, as soon as people came in, they felt a gust of cold wind rushing towards them, making it very cold.

On the bed, the curtains had been removed a long time ago, and the bedding was piled up in a ball at the corner of the bed.

On the ground, broken clay pots and incense ashes were scattered all over the floor. The door panel for the coffin of Mrs. Sheng had been taken away and burned, but the two long benches were used to support the door panel.

The two long benches were still there, they were kicked over and fell to the ground, one of them happened to be the one that Sheng Nanniang stepped on when she hanged herself.

In addition, the floor of the house is a mess, wet and sticky, there are big and small footprints coming in and out in the past few days, paper money is stuck to it, the table is also messy, I don’t know what things are piled up together, and the person who cleans it is simply a mess. Can't do it.

Xiaoduo and Xiang Shengnan looked at each other, both of them cheering each other up.

"Duo'er, I'll clean it up, you sit aside and rest." Xiang Shengnan said.

Xiaoduo was moved, but shook her head resolutely: "I am a daughter-in-law, I should do these things, besides, this is the last thing I will do for our mother."

When sending Mrs. Sheng to the ground to rest in peace, I only collected some clothes, shoes, socks and bedding that she often wears and burned them for her.

In this room, there are still some clothes of Mrs. Sheng, they must be packed together, and they will be taken to the grave on the first seven days before being burned for her.

Therefore, the job of picking up the collection naturally fell on the son and daughter-in-law.

The two stopped talking, and silently put these relics into a hemp string bag. The two of them did this task very meticulously, almost carefully.

It always seems that in this quiet and cold room, there seems to be a pair of invisible eyes looking at the two of them, the back is chilly, Xiaoduo dare not speak, and only hopes to finish these things quickly, and then leave here as soon as possible .

Suddenly, there was a 'bang' from the opposite room where Jin Nan lived.

Xiaoduo was startled, looked at Xiang Shengnan in horror, and asked with her eyes.

Xiang Shengnan himself was taken aback, but the young man was furious, "Duoer, wait here, I'll go to the opposite room to have a look."

"Don't, don't go..."

Xiang Shengnan had already left the door, and approached step by step to the opposite east room.

Xiaoduo was so nervous that she stood there and did not dare to move, she held her breath, her eyes followed Xiang Shengnan's back and approached the door of the West House step by step.

At the gate of the Westinghouse, Xiang Shengnan picked up a stick on the ground and held it in his hand.

Push the door open later, no matter what is in the room, it will just be a beating!

Just as he pushed the door open a crack, a brown thing sprang out from inside.

"Meow..."

The thing screamed, rushed out from between Xiang Shengnan's feet, ran into the yard, jumped up the wall and jumped outside.

It turned out to be a feral cat.

Xiang Shengnan put down his stick, turned around and walked back.

Xiaoduo also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Perhaps that stray cat sneaked in to find something to eat. All the cats and dogs from a village came to hold a banquet these days." Xiang Shengnan and Xiaoduo said.

Xiaoduo nodded, "Well, it should be, then let's not delay, pack up quickly! Leave it to you here, and I'll clean up that cage."

Xiaoduo turned around and went to the corner, and pulled away her mother-in-law's old cage that had lost its mahogany paint.

(End of this chapter)