Peasant girls seek happiness

Chapter 52
Cheng's mourning hall had already been set up before, so many days had passed, and Cheng Da hadn't been found. Thinking that he was injured and fell off the cliff at that time, and after searching for so long without finding anyone, the chance of surviving was almost zero.

After discussing with her sons, the old lady decided to hold the elder brother's funeral together. She asked Mrs. Yang to find some clothes that the elder brother had when he was alive, and put some books in it.

Yang lived in pain every day, but she didn't cry to death like she did at first.

She still has four children to take care of. If her husband goes away, and she falls down again, what will happen to the children?
Although she was reluctant, she also knew that this was the only way to go.

Chu Qi woke up in the middle of the night and saw Xue Yunniang was the only one beside her. She rubbed her painful head and got up to go out, only to find that her brothers and sisters were all guarding the spirits of her grandfather and father in the mourning hall.

Her eyes were sour, and she kowtowed three times to her grandfather and father after offering incense.

Yang pulled her over and said in a low voice: "Go back and sleep for a while, your grandfather and your father will know your filial piety."

She has suffered a lot these days when she went out, and even those big men have lost a lot of weight, let alone Chu Qi.

Chu Qi shook her head, the funeral was due early in the morning, and she could only stay there for two or three hours.

She stayed with the others for an hour before being called into the room by the old lady, "Come and accompany my old lady."

Chu Qi answered and got up and entered the room, the oil lamp was lit in the room, the old lady was lying on her side on the kang, when she saw her coming in, she patted her side, "Chu Qi, come on the kang and sleep with grandma for a while. "

Chu Qi lay down in a daze, just about to fall asleep, when the old lady sighed, seemed to be talking to herself, and seemed to be telling her:
"That year when you were born, a Taoist priest came to tell your fortune, saying that you were very prosperous, and that you would become rich and powerful in the future. Zhang Laodao also said so. Sure enough, it didn't take long for your father to become a scholar...you think your father is like this Have you gone? Didn’t you ask Taoist Zhang, he also said that your father’s good life is coming... What he said is a fart! Not at all! I knew it would be like this, I would rather your father not be this juren and not take the exam That officer, as long as he is safe..."

Chu Qi listened to the old lady muttering to herself, and couldn't help but filled her eyes with tears again.

She was woken up in a daze, and after washing, she offered incense and kowtowed to thank the relatives and friends who came to see them off.

Before waking up, she even heard the noise outside, but the Cheng family was very indifferent, and those who helped outside would take care of it, no matter what happened at this time, they couldn't delay the time.

Cheng Yunhui threw the basin.

This was decided by the old lady. Despite Cheng Er's strong objection, the old lady still insisted on doing so.

Cheng Chuqi didn't know about all this, she followed them, she knelt when people knelt, she cried when people cried, she also got up when they got up, like a marionette, going on numbly and mechanically.

The local custom is that women are not allowed to go up the mountain. Seeing the figures of the crowd supporting the coffin disappear before her eyes, the old lady helped the hand of her youngest daughter Chunxiao, turned around with her daughter-in-law, daughter and granddaughter, and first turned to the women who were helping in the courtyard. thank.

Then he looked at a group of people standing in the distance, these people were the ones who were noisy before.

One of them stepped forward and bowed curtly to the old lady, "Old lady, may we talk about the compensation now?"

Cheng Chuqi was a little confused when he heard that, and asked the worried-looking sister next to him, "What compensation?"

The first day of the junior high school explained to her in a low voice: "They are the ones who put the land under Daddy's name. As soon as you went to look for Daddy, they came after you."

Cheng Chuqi understood without listening to what she said.

At the beginning, she said that there was something wrong with those documents, but unfortunately, although the family members also felt that it was inappropriate, they all thought too well, and felt that they had already signed it, so they didn't take it too seriously.

Cheng Da still wanted to return the land when the contract expired, but who would have thought that something would happen!

If she didn't know that this matter was not good for Cheng Er, she would even suspect that Cheng Er had a part in it!
The old lady raised her head, "You guys have been waiting for so many days, why don't you wait a little longer, wait for my sons to send off their father and their eldest brother, and discuss it before replying."

The one at the beginning just sneered a few times with a "hehe": "The old lady wants to delay it! I advise the old lady not to, I'm not bragging, and now the Cheng family is not the Cheng family before. We are not the same The Cheng family can be offended."

The man spoke very rudely, and the Cheng family was very angry and sad.

Cheng Chuqi knew that the family would definitely not be able to afford such a sum of money.

When the three of them went to Beijing, they needed a large amount of money for food, housing and transportation. If they had money before, they would definitely give them enough money, but it was a pity that they were all robbed.

However, those robbers appeared strange again, and the dead were even more clean.Since there were no clues and the lost silver was not found, the only way to pay was with the remaining silver at home.

The old lady also had an angry look on her face, "Don't worry, we, the Cheng family, spit on a nail, and we mean what we say! We will never renege on the debt. But a few of them insisted on using the land to invest in it before, and now my son has not yet been buried. It’s hard to avoid being so anxious to ask for it.”

That person is obviously a thick-skinned person, otherwise he wouldn't be pushed out to be the leader.

He laughed and said, "There is nothing we can do. Who would have thought that Cheng Juren would just leave like this!"

The old lady snorted: "Don't worry, our Cheng family can afford it, and we won't renege on the debt. You guys should go back first, and come back later."

The man cupped his fist perfunctorily: "Okay, then we'll come back after the Cheng family's grave is completed!"

Some of those who followed him looked ashamed, and some who didn't care saluted and followed the man away.

The old lady turned around and went back to the house. Chu Qi and Chun Xiao supported her from left to right. When she entered the main room, she waved her hand: "Go and help! Just let them stay with me! Mrs. Go and rest with you, let the second and third daughters-in-law go about the outside affairs."

When everyone went out, the old lady's body became short, Chu Qi and Chun Xiao quickly helped her up: "Grandma~"

"Mother~ Hurry up, help your grandma onto the kang."

Like her, Chunxiao has lost her father, so she is very afraid that something will happen to her mother.

The two worked together to help the old lady onto the kang, and Chu Qi went to pour hot water for her and held it to her mouth, "Grandma, drink some water!"

The old lady didn't eat in the morning, and she was exhausted these days and didn't rest well. After all, she was old, and it was a big surprise that she could survive like this.

After the old lady drank the water, she said in a low voice: "I'm fine, I'll be fine after a while. Your second brother and the others will come back from the mountain and wake me up later."

Chu Qi persuaded: "Grandma, we can't live without you at home, you have to take care of your health. Just sleep well and have something to do when you wake up!"

She was so calm, the old lady patted her hand: "You heard it too, those people just now..."

"Grandma, I heard everything."

The old lady thought of her several reminders about the inappropriate compensation.

"Grandma really regrets that she didn't listen to you at the beginning, otherwise this would not have happened."

Although the document was signed at that time, as Cheng Daju, he only said that it was not recognized by Cheng Er's signature, and the document could not be changed.

But the last thing in this world is regret medicine.

It's useless for the Cheng family to regret it.

　Today is just this small chapter, and the plaster on the neck is much better, and it will be better tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)