good season

As soon as Ling Bo finished speaking, a slightly old voice sounded outside the door: "Miss Ling Bo, the mourning clothes are ready."

"Okay!" Ling Bo agreed and walked out, saying to Zhao Shiqing as he walked, "It's Grandma Shuanzi. After we bought the mourning cloth, the aunties and ladies in the village rushed to help us make mourning clothes. They are all kind-hearted people."

Zhao Shiqing called Ling Bo: "Please ask Grandma Shuanzi to come in."

After a while, Grandma Shuanzi followed Lingbo in, both of them holding ready-made mourning clothes in their hands.

Zhao Shiqing bowed to Grandma Shuanzi and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Grandma Qi. Please take a seat."

She had found out before that Shuanzi's family name was Qi. Although the Qi family also fled here, unlike the Shi family, the Qi family was a group of seven or eight relatives who fled together and settled down in Zhuxitang for 30 years. Now there are more than 20 families with the same surname in the village, which is considered a big family in Zhuxitang.

Grandma Shuanzi waved her hands quickly, feeling uneasy: "I won't sit down anymore. I'm dirty and I've made your room dirty."

The room Zhao Shiqing lives in now is the one she used to live in with her grandmother. It has been cleaned up a long time ago. While she was dozing, Ling Bo had replaced all the bed curtains, quilts, door curtains and cushions with new ones. In addition to the original furniture, there were several valuable ornaments added to the room. These were all bought by Zhen Wuduo who sent people to the county town.

Although Qinglu County is prosperous, it cannot be compared with the provincial capital, let alone the capital.

In Zhen Wuduo's opinion, these cheap goods bought casually in the county town were really unfair to his precious granddaughter, but in Shuanzi's grandmother's opinion, Zhao Shiqing's house was too rich and luxurious.

Lingbo brought a stool, and Grandma Shuanzi sat down carefully. Zhao Shiqing asked softly, "Grandma Qi, you know my grandma and my mother, do you still remember what they like? And what's my grandma's last name and where is her family from?"

She smiled bitterly: "To be honest, the bad guys used drugs to damage my brain, and I don't remember many things. Although I remember some things now, I was young and blind at that time, so..."

Yes, until now, all she could remember was what happened after she was taken away by the bad guys, and all she could remember about her happy life before that was what she thought of on the swing the day before. Now thinking about it, that should have happened before the accident.

Shuanzi's grandmother's eyes were red. After the people from the yamen came, everyone in the village knew about it. The old Shi family had never gone anywhere. Except for their youngest daughter, all of them were killed. Even Doctor Yang, who was staying with them, was not spared. For a full ten years, their bodies were buried on the hillside west of the village.

When the news spread, everyone in the village was scared. It is estimated that no one would dare to go to that hillside in the future.

Shuanzi's grandmother took Zhao Shiqing's hand and patted it gently: "Good boy, your grandmother and I are old sisters. I remember everything about her, and I remember everything about your mother, too.

Although your grandmother lost her husband in middle age, she never suffered any hardship in her life. Her parents' home is in Baifeng City, which is only a hundred miles away from us. However, she has severed ties with her parents' home, so although your family settled in Qinglu, you have never visited relatives in Baifeng City.

Your grandmother’s surname is Zhu, and her maiden name is Zhu Wanru.

Her mother's family is a wealthy family in the local area. Although she is the daughter of an aunt, she has been able to read and write since childhood. But later, something happened in her family and her two brothers died one after another. Her father tried to find a son-in-law for her eldest sister, but that son-in-law was not a good guy. When his father-in-law was alive, he pretended to be as obedient as a dog. As soon as his father-in-law died, he changed his face. Your grandmother's eldest sister is also confused. She actually wants your grandmother to be her husband's concubine!
Although your grandmother's biological mother was a concubine, she loved her daughter very much. She arranged a marriage for your grandmother without telling her eldest sister. When your grandmother's eldest sister and brother-in-law found out, they naturally refused. But your grandmother's biological mother had something on them, so they had to agree.

After your grandma married your grandpa, she took her biological mother back to your grandpa's hometown. Unfortunately, after only three years of good times, your grandma's biological mother died of illness. Then a disaster struck, so the young couple took your father and left their hometown.

On the way to escape, they were entrusted by your grandmother to bring your mother with her.

Don't listen to the nonsense of those gossiping old women in the village. Neither your grandparents nor your father treated your mother as a child bride.

Your mother was raised by your grandmother, who treated her like her own daughter. Your grandmother loved your mother even more than your father.

Until you were born, your grandma still called you mother and daughter.

Your grandma liked the color lake green, but unfortunately she grew old and became a widow, so she couldn’t wear bright colors, so she made a lot of lake green clothes for your mother.

Your grandma and your mother both like roses. When spring comes, your yard and yard are full of roses.

At that time, your little clothes, skirts, and shoes were all embroidered with roses. The patterns were bought by your father from the embroidery shop in the county town.

Your mother is a good cook, and her braised pork is especially delicious. We use the same ingredients, but the one she makes tastes better than others.

In this surrounding area, women in every household have to spin yarn and weave cloth to support their families, but your family doesn't. Your grandma likes to weave cloth, and your father is a cloth collector. Your grandma occasionally weaves a few pieces of cloth and gives them to your father. Your father pays her three times the market price. Every time she gets money from your father, she goes to the town, and every time she comes back, she brings back delicious and fun things for your mother and you.

Your mother didn't like weaving, she liked embroidering. Once, the handkerchiefs she embroidered were noticed by the embroidery studio in the town, and they asked her to embroider more, so they bought all of them.

She was so happy that she came back to tell your father. But your father refused to agree no matter what, saying that embroidery would hurt his eyes. So your mother went back to the embroidery workshop, and the owner of the workshop tried to persuade her several times.

By the way, your mother has a pair of white jade bracelets. They are heirlooms of your Shi family and have been passed down for several generations. Later, they were passed to your mother. Your mother said that she wanted to give them to you as a dowry. She usually didn’t want to wear them, and I only saw them once, and they were kept in a box.

Look carefully for it, maybe she hid it well and it hasn't been stolen by thieves."

The case was reported to the authorities, so Li Laosi had to be interrogated by the government. As a result, he could no longer hide the fact that he stole things from the Shi family. Now everyone in the village knew about it, and many people even suspected that he had killed the Shi family.

The Li family is the largest family in the village, but now, because of Li Laosi's incident, they are all embarrassed. The village is so lively, but there are not many members of the Li family to be seen. Instead, many people from the Fang family in Huangzhu Village, who are at odds with the Li family, have come. They said they came to help, but in fact, they just came to laugh at the Li family.

After seeing off Grandma Shuanzi, Zhao Shiqing changed into mourning clothes. This was the second set of mourning clothes she had worn in a year.

When Ling Bo helped her put on mourning clothes, she couldn't stop crying. Zhao Shiqing tried to persuade her: "It's a sunny day today. Everything will be fine."

She suddenly remembered that she was in a daze before she fell into a coma yesterday, but now she clearly remembered what Xiao Zhen said to her.

Xiao Zhen said: Have a good sleep, tomorrow will be another sunny day.

Zhao Shiqing took a deep breath and thanked Xiao Zhen. If it weren't for him, she might have collapsed on the spot after digging up the remains of her relatives yesterday. Now, although she was still very sad, after a good sleep and thinking about many things, she calmed down.

Zhao Shiqing closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his gaze became even more determined.

She finally stepped over the threshold.

Although the funeral was prepared hastily, it was not sloppy.

Money makes things easier, so Zhen Wuduo sent people to buy four high-quality coffins overnight.

Seeing Zhao Shiqing coming over, Zhen Wuduo waved at her: "Granddaughter, are you feeling better?"

Zhao Shiqing nodded: "Grandpa, I'm fine."

Zhen Wuduo: "You are worthy of being my granddaughter. You can take it or leave it. Good girl, the coffin hasn't been sealed yet. You can go meet them."

The bodies of the Shi family had been buried underground for a full ten years and had long since rotted into bones. A normal person would never let the female members see them, not to mention that Zhao Shiqing was just a little girl.

However, Zhen Wuduo is not a normal person. And Zhao Shiqing is not normal either.

Zhao Shiqing walked to the coffins, knelt down, kowtowed three times to each coffin, and then opened the coffins with the help of Zhen Wuduo.

Father, mother, grandmother, and Dr. Yang who cured her eyes.

I am Shi Qing. I have never seen you before. Now I come to see you. This is the first time and the last time I see you.

After ten years of not seeing each other, my eyes have recovered, I have grown up, and I am very beautiful.

After parting with you, I met good people and also bad people, but there were more good people than bad people. I am very lucky. I have lived a happy and joyful life in the past ten years.

I am in good health, have enough food and clothing, have a foster father, brothers and sisters, a teacher, and friends. I am never alone, nor am I lonely.

Now I have reunited with my grandfather. From now on, there is another person in this world who is related to me by blood. I am very happy.

Dad, Mom, Grandma, don't worry, I will get better and better, you don't have to worry about me, when I get a good opportunity, I will reincarnate.

I will burn more gold and silver ingots for you. Don't be reluctant to spend them. Spend them as much as you can. If you can't spend them all, use them to bribe the King of Hell and ask him to find a good family for you to be reborn.

By the way, you don’t have to think about revenge all the time. Leave the revenge to me, and you just be a happy ghost. Don’t worry about the affairs of the world. I’m here, and so is your grandpa. I’ll tell you a secret, don’t be fooled by my grandpa looking amiable, that’s all fake. I see through him but I won’t say it, he is a ruthless man.

Grandma, I'll burn some lake green clothes for you. You were too embarrassed to wear them when you were alive, but after you die, there will be no taboos and you can wear whatever you want.

Mother, how about I burn a few clothes embroidered with roses for you? My grandmother wears lake green clothes herself, so she doesn't need you to wear them. I will burn one of each color for you, so that you can become the most beautiful ghost in the underworld. How about that? If you don't say anything, it means you agree.

As for Dad, I'm sorry, Grandma Shuanzi is not familiar with you, and she doesn't know your preferences. How about this, you can come to me in your dream. But let's make a deal, since I'm your biological son, you can come to me in your dream in the way you looked before you died. Remember, if you come to see me with a skull on your head, I won't agree. I will find a dozen weasels to fart on your grave. If you don't believe me, just try it.

Dr. Yang, thank you for curing my eyes. If you have any unfulfilled wishes, please tell your grandson in his dream and ask him to come to me.

Zhao Shiqing kept nagging until Zhen Wuduo was about to fall asleep, and then she stopped.

Zhen Wuduo: "My dear granddaughter, I've lived a long life, but this is the first time I've seen someone who can chat with a dead person."

Zhao Shiqing: "What? Are you jealous?"

Zhen Wuduo: "Not envious!"

The Shi family's funeral was held with great ceremony. Zhen Wuduo also followed the custom of Qinglu and set up a banquet in the village. People from not only Zhuxitang but also several nearby villages came to the banquet.

The body will be kept for seven days starting from the day of the coffin preparation, and will be buried on the seventh day.

Zhen Wuduo even set a precedent in Qinglu County. He made the decision and let Zhao Shiqing carry the banner.

This incident caused a sensation in the entire Qinglu. Soon after, even the people in Luzhou City heard about it. The woman's beating of the flag shocked everyone.

People can hear discussions about this incident everywhere in restaurants and teahouses in Luzhou. There are even scholars who believe that they will never pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, and write long articles about it, lamenting that moral principles have been turned upside down and the world is going downhill, expressing their deep sorrow and indignation.

Zhen Wuduo, who made the decision, and Zhao Shiqing, the executor, did not take the matter to heart at all.

What's wrong with offering a banner to your own parents?
Are you jealous?
How about giving you a chance to practice and have fun?

Zhao Shiqing's grandfather was buried on a small hill outside the village, so his grandmother was buried with his grandfather, and his father and mother were with them.

Doctor Yang’s grave was not far from them, but he was not from this village, so he could not be buried here.

However, he had not noticed that Shi's family and Doctor Yang had been dead for ten years. Chen Lizheng felt guilty and resentful. He was ashamed of his dereliction of duty and hated the murderer. Therefore, when Zhen Wuduo proposed to allocate a piece of land for Doctor Yang's burial, Chen Lizheng agreed without hesitation.

Doctor Yang's grave is a lonely grave some distance away from the Shi family cemetery.

After returning from the cemetery, Zhao Shiqing went back to her room and lay down straight. Unexpectedly, as soon as she lay down, she heard a scream of meow. It turned out that she was lying on the little demon.

"Xiaoyao, why did you come back just now? Xiaoguai came back a long time ago."

[Something bad happened. The cat almost couldn't come back.]

"What happened?"

[You asked the cat to find a dog, and the cat found the oldest dog here, and they had a fight, and the cat defeated it! ]

Looking at the smug little demon, Zhao Shiqing asked, "And then?"

Little Demon: [Its owner came, caught the cat, and locked it in a cage. ]

Zhao Shiqing's heart sank. She hugged Xiao Yao and looked left and right. The boy's beard was all broken, but fortunately there were no injuries on his body.

"How did you escape?"

The little demon said fiercely: [The broken cage couldn't hold the cat. The cat got out by itself.]

Zhao Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What did you find out?"

Little Demon: [Lao Hei said he saved a little girl who could talk to him. It’s you, it’s you.]

Zhao Shiqing smiled and said, "I have already remembered this part, but I still want to thank you, and also thank that Lao Hei. How is Lao Hei doing?"

Little Demon: [It is about to die of old age, and its wife just gave birth to a litter of puppies. ]

Zhao Shiqing, this old black dog is quite strong. He is almost dying of old age, but he can still give birth to a litter of puppies. It seems that he is still strong and healthy. Moreover, he was a wild dog before, but now he has an owner. Apparently he was adopted later.

Good deeds will be rewarded, and this also applies to dogs. (End of this chapter)