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Chapter 649: The debt is cleared after the person dies, Xu Laonian applauds
Because of the funeral, the village became more lively than usual, but all the villagers stopped in front of the doors or at the walls of the shops, chatting in groups of three or five.

People said all kinds of things, and there was an endless amount of unpleasant things. Some said that Li San lacked virtue and was finally taken away by the King of Hell, while others said that Li San deserved to die, and that it was Sun Cuiping who suffered.

When talking about the Li family, Sun Cuiping is almost indispensable. She is a woman with a miserable life. She has no parents and no family to take care of her. She married into the Li family and worked like a slave. She was a punching bag for many years. Li Shan would beat her whenever he had nothing to do. When she gave birth to Li Tong, she was a girl, and Li San looked down on her...

These are all repetitive words, because the Li family's affairs are very simple. The main reason is that there is an old man named Li San. If it weren't for him, the Li family might have been able to get along well with their relatives in the village.

Li Tong, who was sitting in the front truck, did not show any anger after hearing these words. After growing up year after year, she was able to understand right from wrong. Or perhaps she suddenly understood everything after her father died. So when Li San was seriously ill and dying, her granddaughter had no concern at all and even hoped that Li San would die soon.

Xu Ning did not go to comfort Li Tong. The little girl inherited the personalities of Li Shan and Sun Cuiping. She could be called introverted or extroverted, because everyone has two sides. Besides, Xu Ning and Li Tong had no relationship, so it was not his turn to comfort her.

He rode his donkey backwards into the alley and saw a lot of people gathered in front of Li San's house.

There was a group of people led by Old Tang who specialized in handling funeral affairs, as well as people who didn't want to enter the house, such as Da Laba, Li Fuqiang, and Wang Hu, and of course Du Shoucai.

Xu Ning stopped the car, and Li Tong ran into the yard without saying hello to anyone. Xu Ning turned off the engine, got out of the car and greeted everyone one by one.

Inside the house, Li Feng sat on the edge of the kang, Sun Cuiping arranged the burial clothes at the end of the kang, Gao Yanhong and the Chang brothers stood on the ground. The three of them didn't even look at Li San, who was lying on the kang, skinny as a bag of bones. Why? In fact, Li San's appearance at the moment was very scary. What would a person look like if he was really skinny as a bag of bones? It can be said that he didn't look like a human being, just like a skeleton, or even more terrifying.

So Li Feng asked Chang Lihong to take the child to her eldest brother-in-law's house and take care of him together with Zhang Yan, while picking vegetables and cutting meat.

Li San, who was on his deathbed, was confused and kept muttering: I am so wicked, Lihua, I am so wicked...

Lihua must be the daughter-in-law he chased away. His voice of repentance did not move Li Feng, and he was not touched in his heart. As the saying goes, God will not forgive evil deeds committed by men.

Then, Li Feng took off his shoes and got on the kang. He waved to Sun Cuiping to hand him the shroud. He picked up Li San and changed his clothes together with Sun Cuiping.

Sun Cuiping was really hardworking and never complained. Even though Li San and Li Shan bullied her, beat her and scolded her, she never failed to feed Li San when he was lying on the kang unable to move.

Just as Sun Cuiping raised Li San's arm, Li San suddenly came to his senses. He turned his head and stared at Sun Cuiping, saying, "Cuiping, there's money in the beams of the west room. You can keep it for Tongtong's schooling. Be frugal. Dad is gone. I'm sorry for your mom and you..."

At this time Li Tong came into the room and looked at Li San's appearance and heard what Li San said. In the end, she shed a few tears.

Li San looked at Li Feng again, opened his mouth but said nothing, then let his arms drop and died.

Chang Beifeng stood on the ground and urged, "Hurry up and put on your clothes! Li Feng, don't just stand there. Now is not the time to be standing there. Wife, take Tongtong to the west room. This is the last time she can see you. Don't let your tears fall on her grandfather."

Gao Yanhong took Li Tong to the west room, and Chang Xifeng said, "Brother-in-law, do you have yellow paper or something at home?"

"They are all in the cupboard in the west room."

In fact, Li Feng was not in a good mood. He didn't expect that Li San never said a word to him until his death. Instead, he only told Sun Cuiping where the money was hidden at home. It was not because of jealousy, but... he just felt uncomfortable!
When the two were dressing Li San, Old Tang, Dayang and others came into the house and said to Li Feng, "Feng, after you put on your clothes, howl a few times so that your father can walk on the road of sunshine."

Li Feng followed Lao Tang's instructions, and when the people outside heard the noise, they knew that Li San was dead.

Du Shoucai smoked a cigarette and said to Xu Ning who was standing beside him and watching: "Aren't you going home?"

"I'll come back later."

Lao Jiang said, "Erning, you all should go back. Leave the donkey behind. If anything happens, there will be a vehicle for running errands."

"Well, brother, you guys go back and have dinner. Brother Jiang and I will stay here. If no one is accompanying Li Feng in the evening, I will stay here to accompany him. Go back and tell your sister-in-law."

Xu Ning nodded and said, "Tell me Brother Feng, if you need any help, just let me know."

"know."

After saying that, Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu turned around and walked towards the north end, leaving Du Shoucai, Da Laba and others behind.

On the way home, I ran into Yu Kaihe, who was standing at the door of his house. I asked, "Did Li San die?"

"He just died, and Old Tang has already come into the house. Uncle, you're not in good health, so don't move forward."

Yu Kaihe nodded: "I know, I won't go along with them. Last time Li Shan died, I helped out for two days and only had one meal. Li San even said that I ate his family's food. I've been in the village for so many years, but no one has ever said that to me."

"That's not a big deal. This is destroying someone's innocence. He deserves to die!" Li Fuqiang said unhappily.

He and Li San have a deep hatred for each other. Not to mention anything else, just the pension issued by his father's sacrifice, Li San still had the audacity to borrow it.

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Okay, uncle, why are you angry with him? It would be better to go home and eat instead."

"That's right. When a person dies, all debts are forgiven. I'm going into the house now. You guys should go home and eat."

"okay."

After walking two steps forward to the fork in the road, Lao Wei turned around and saw Xu Ning and asked hurriedly, "Is Li San dead?"

"Ah, he just died. Did you come here from home?"

"I just got home and heard your aunt say that Li San's father was not doing well. I thought about going over to help out. If not for others, I would have to help Li Feng."

"That's right, the three of us were thinking the same thing, and we just finished the work."

"Okay then, I'll go take another look, and you three can go back."

Li Fuqiang waved and left, saying with a smile: "Old Wei is really busy these days. He even stepped on the back of his head with his toes."

"He has a good heart, but he just can't see the point."

Wang Hu nodded: "Second brother, don't you have to drink a few more glasses tonight?"

"Hahaha, who do you take me for? Do you think I'm happy?"

Li Fuqiang said firmly: "Brother, I know you are enduring a lot of pain. There are farmlands on both sides and no one else is listening, so just laugh if you want to."

Xu Ning grinned and said, "Didn't you just finish laughing? Okay, didn't you hear what Mr. Yu said, that when a person dies, his debts are forgiven?"

"You are just magnanimous..." Li Fuqiang muttered.

It's not that Xu Ning is magnanimous, but Li San, as the culprit, is already dead. Can Xu Ning still go to the underworld to catch him, grab him by the collar, and hit him on the head?
Perhaps you have to ask why Li San is the culprit. This has to be said in the previous life. After Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan divorced, rumors spread in the village. At first, Xu Ning thought it was spread by the Chang brothers, but after Xu Ning came back, he concluded that it was Li San who spread the rumors, which indirectly caused Meng Ziyan's death...

The hatred between the Chang brothers and Xu Ning was nothing more than a conspiracy in the previous life to cheat him out of 200,000 yuan. This was not a mortal hatred, but it was unforgivable. Xu Ning would have to deal with them when he had the time!
When he got home, the old women led by Liu Lizhen surrounded him. They didn't know that Li San had died, because the new residential land of the Xu and Wang families in the north end was some distance away from the center of the village.

After Xu Ning and the other two finished talking about the matter, Wu Qiuxia pouted and said, "After Li San died, there was no one to go. From now on, we will rely on Li Feng."

"The people who went to Li San's house today all did it to show respect to Li Feng, otherwise who would go?"

Liu Lizhen said, "Once Li San is buried, the villagers will stop gossiping about him. Li Feng didn't say what he was missing."

"Tell my brother. Let him tell me directly if you need anything."

"Okay, you three should wash your heads and change your clothes. Your dad and his friends will be back soon and it'll be time for dinner."

Then, Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua were busy fetching water and helping the three of them wash their hair, because they had gone to Li San's house. Although they didn't go into the house and see Li San, it still counted as being there, so they had to change their clothes...

When Xu Laonian and Wang Erli came back, they heard that Li San had passed away. They clapped their hands and cheered without any concealment. Xu Laonian clapped his hands and said, "Oh my god, I have to drink a few more glasses tonight!"

"Look at that damn thing!" Liu Lizhen scolded angrily.

Li Fuqiang replied, "Uncle, let my brother drink with you. He will be happy too."

"Hahaha, my son is on the same page with me." Wang Erli said with a smile, "Brother, you must tell my dad and uncle when you go to visit the grave later."

"Of course! Damn it, my father hates Li San the most..."

Xu Ning was a little confused and asked, "Dad, why does my grandfather hate Li San the most?"

"Oh, that's all old news. Why do you keep bringing it up?"

Xu Laonian raised his head and said stubbornly, "When did I mention this? Over the years, have you ever told my children about this? I'm afraid that the anger of the older generation will be taken over by the children."

"What's going on?" Xu Ning became even more curious.

I have never heard that his grandfather and Li San have any grudges before. After all, his grandfather has been dead for a long time.

"At that time, the production team was building a forest farm. One time, your grandfather was delayed in writing a report due to some matters, and the forest farm criticized him by name. Later, Li San secretly told the forest farm leader that your grandfather had taken cotton from the warehouse. Because of this, your grandfather did not get promoted to deputy director. Later, when I took over, your grandfather told me not to strive for a higher position, because it was meaningless and it was good enough to be an accountant to support the family."

Xu Ning and others suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Xu Laonian gave up the promotion position to Guo Xingmin, and no wonder Guo Xingmin said that if Xu Laonian wanted to make progress, he had no chance at all. It turned out that this was the root of the problem!

Sun Lianfang cursed: "How can Li San be so mean? He can even make up something out of nothing. What a bastard."

"Hahaha, he did this kind of thing more than once or twice. Later, my father was vindicated. Otherwise, how could I take over?"

Xu Ning nodded and said, "It's indeed quite immoral, but now that the person is dead, let's not be angry. Let's have a couple more drinks later."

"My son still understands me. Go get some Moutai for dad! Let's drink Moutai tonight!"

Meng Ziyan smiled and replied, "Okay, how many bottles do you want, Dad?"

"Take four bottles and drink them first."

It can be seen that Xu Laonian is in a very good mood. He used to call the butler Xu Ning a little jerk, but now he calls his son over even when he doesn't need him to do anything. Xu Ning is made to feel numb all over and it's really a bit nauseating.

Liu Lizhen didn't say much about the father and son's behavior. Anyway, Li Feng was not there and the room was full of her family members. Why was she afraid that the father and son's reactions would get out?
Han Fengjiao said, "Sister-in-law, Dalong has brought back the grain mill. When can we grind the grain?"

"We have to pick a good day. I'll go to see Mrs. Zhang tomorrow afternoon. Guifang, do you need to grind your corn as well?"

Zhang Guifang nodded: "Yes, my family has two warehouses of corn, I was thinking of grinding some corn grits and cornmeal."

"Then don't worry, we'll take our time. The machine is at home anyway, so we can grind it whenever we want to eat it."

Zhang Guifang grinned and said, "Don't worry..."

Xu Ning leaned against the door frame and said, "Sister-in-law, my brother may not be able to come back tonight, so you can just stay here."

"No, there is a dog at home. I have to go back and feed the dog."

"Too……"

Afterwards, the Xu family set the table and started the feast. Xu Ning and Xu Laonian clinked their glasses and grinned. Everything was said without words. The father and son raised their heads and took a sip of wine.

The people around the table chatted freely, the topics ranged from Li San to Li Shan, then to Sun Cuiping, Li Tong, and Li Feng...

Anyway, they kept chatting about Li San's family. Wu Qiuxia said without restraint: "In my opinion, Cuiping and Yang Jun are a good match. If not, let Erning help to bring them together."

They had discussed this in private, but this was the first time they brought it up on the table.

Xu Laonian waved his hand and said, "Forget it. It's not good for Li Sancai to be thinking about his wife right after he died."

Liu Lizhen said: "What's wrong with that? Cuiping is only thirty years old! Can she remain a widow forever?"

"Aiya, you old woman are so short-sighted. I said it's not possible now, but it won't be possible in the future? Why don't we wait until Li San is a hundred days old before we can talk about it?"

"You are just making excuses. What can we do if our family members complain? Are you going to tell Li Feng now?"

Xu Ning said: "Why are you arguing? Let them deal with it on their own."

Xu Laonian complained: "Your mother was always worrying about other people's affairs and didn't even bother to sew my pants. My trouser legs were torn, but she pretended not to notice."

"How much work do I have to do in a day? Do you think I'm just sitting at home doing nothing?" Liu Lizhen said unwillingly.

At the table, Xu Ning, Meng Ziyan, Wang Hu and others were chewing their food silently, but they couldn't help laughing, because every time they quarreled, it turned into a couple's bickering.

In this atmosphere, Xu Ning drank half an extra glass of wine, and even Meng Ziyan, Guan Hua and Sun Lianfang ate half an extra bowl of rice.

After putting down his chopsticks and wine glass, Xu Laonian sat on the sofa smoking a cigarette and made small talk with Liu Lizhen: "Zhen, what do you think, if Yang Jun and Cuiping can really succeed..."

"Stop talking!"

After Liu Lizhen finished speaking, there was a burst of crazy laughter in the house. The laughter was so deafening that it seemed to blow the roof off.

Xu Laonian frowned as everyone burst into laughter, and asked, "What are you laughing at? We are talking about something serious."

Now everyone laughed even louder.

Wang Erli sat next to him and said with a smile: "Brother, why do you always do this?"

"What's going on? That's why you guys are laughing."

"Hahaha……"

That night, everyone left. After Meng Ziyan helped Xu Ning wash his feet, she got into bed with him.

She hugged Xu Ning and said, "Dad, why do you look like nothing happened?"

"He is like this. He has to find some trouble when he gets home, just to get scolded."

"Hahaha, that's really funny... By the way, this morning my sister-in-law suddenly muttered that she wanted to eat some hawthorns. If you have time, go to the street and buy some."

Xu Ning turned his head and pecked her lips, saying, "You really care about this."

"Isn't she my sister-in-law? We are all family, why wouldn't I care about her?"

"Okay, if I have nothing to do tomorrow, I'll go buy some on the street. Sister-in-law likes to eat sour food, right?"

"Yeah, she muttered to herself that she wanted to eat something sour."

"Didn't I tell you?"

"No, I overheard it secretly. You can buy some of everything. There are hawthorn rolls in the supply and marketing cooperative. Just buy whatever you like."

"You're coming with me?"

"Oh, can I go with you?"

Xu Ning hugged her and said with a smile: "You just want to go, but you're hiding it from me."

Meng Ziyan turned over and slid down, saying, "I see you are the one hiding it..."

(End of this chapter)