six-fingered peasant girl

Chapter 289
After returning to Cao’s house, Mrs. Chen asked Su Liu about the situation in the prison. Su Liu said it lightly. Mrs. Chen was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Poor parents in the world, she is not very good. It's really good!"

"Sister, will Su Jinquan really be sentenced to exile?" Su Xiao who was sitting on the side asked after hearing this.

Su Liu nodded, and said: "I have already told the county magistrate, everyone knows about Su Changsheng's evil deeds, give Su Jinquan a self-defense, voluntary confession, and then sentence him to exile for three thousand miles."

"Three thousand miles, isn't that the westernmost point?" Chen said in surprise, "Can you survive in that?"

"Exiled since ancient times, in fact, few can really reach the land. Either they died on the road, or they were bribed with money. The emperor is far away from the mountains. Which government officer is willing to escort you to the west all the time? Let's see if Zhou can get you How much money came out." Su Liu sneered.

Mrs. Chen hesitated to speak, but Su Liu seemed to know what she wanted to say, and said, "Mother, don't ask me to give you some money, I'm already very upset that I owe them this favor. It’s impossible for me to spend money.”

Chen was a little embarrassed, and said: "You child, why are you acting like a miser."

Su Liu snorted, and said: "If this is good for us, maybe I can still help a bunch of people, but it's not. If I can help this way, I have all the weak blood."

"That's right, according to eldest sister's temperament, if she didn't take the opportunity to kill them, she should burn the incense." Su Xiao said with a face of agreement.

"Besides, there are two things in this matter. I don't want to cause a big trouble." Su Liu continued.

Cao Kui also patted Chen's hand and said, "Listen to the children."

Mrs. Chen thought for a while, and said, "Forget it, it's up to you. Then, your father's funeral?"

Su Liu's face turned cold, while Su Xiao just watched Su Liu's actions indifferently.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen sighed, and said: "The deceased is the most important. Now he is dead. After all, he is your father by blood. Go back and have a look. If you are full of this filial piety, you will not fall into the world." Isn’t that what people say?”

"Your mother is right. Today's sage governs the world with benevolence and filial piety. Even if he doesn't think about himself, he also thinks about Ning Guang. The dead are the big ones, but it's just to see him off. The past grievances and grievances are all over. .” Cao Kui is on Chen’s side this time.

Su Liu looked at Su Xiao, Su Xiao shrugged and said: "Don't look at me, if you want to go, I will go, if you don't go, then you won't go."

Su Liu had no choice but to say with great reluctance: "Then let's go back tomorrow."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced gratefully at Cao Kui, who nodded with a smile.

The ancients paid attention to the fact that the corpses were complete during funerals, so they came and left neatly. Su Changsheng's body was returned to the Su family after the autopsy, and it was parked in the east courtyard room assigned to him. inside.

When Su Liu and Su Xiao arrived at the old house in a carriage, many spring benches had already been placed outside, and the villagers sat or squatted together to talk, and the topic revolved around Su Changsheng's death.

Being killed by his own son is a tragedy of human relations, and the world does not agree with it, even if Su Changsheng really deserves to die.

Seeing Su Liu and sisters come back, the villagers were a little surprised, and then someone entered the house to inform the funeral director.

It was Su Fusheng who helped with the funeral, as well as Su Qingxiang's family. Hearing that Su Liu and the others were coming, they rushed out to welcome them.

"Girl Liu, you are back. Alright, alright, your father died in peace too." Su Qingxiang's voice choked up when he saw Su Liu sisters dressed in plain clothes, and a gleam of relief flashed in his eyes.

"Did Miss Liu come back? Oh, why did you come back? Your father died so badly!" Mrs. Huang was also helped out by her natal family. When she saw Su Liu, she howled: "That short-lived bastard! , Ask me to send a white-haired person to a black-headed person."

The corners of Su Liu's mouth twitched, Su Xiao said in a low voice, "I'm afraid that people don't know how much she loves that person, tsk tsk, she knows how to do it."

Su Liu glanced at her lightly, and Su Xiao stuck out her tongue.

"Liu'er Xiaoxiao is back too, well, your father is also a lucky one, hurry up, put on the filial piety clothes and kowtow to your father." Huang's sister-in-law, Zheng Shi, handed over two filial piety clothes.

Su Liu glanced lightly, and the corner of her mouth curled up in a sneer, "Cut down?"Su Changsheng is also worthy of him?
"No need." Su Liu indifferently swept over the linen clothes that had been cut with a knife, directly took a piece of linen from Mrs. Zheng's hand, and wrapped it around her waist. .

Seeing the two sisters acting like this, everyone's expressions changed slightly, Zheng Shi forced a smile and said: "Liu girl, you are the daughter of a direct relative, you should be killed in mourning."

There are five grades in the funeral system, the cutting is the most important grade. The mourning clothes are made of burlap. When making them, they cannot be twisted with scissors, but cut with a knife, so it is called "cut". All the broken tassels are left out, which means the most sorrowful.Usually, there are only four situations for those who take this first-class beheading. One, the minister is the king.Two, the Son is the Father.Three, the wife is the husband.Fourth, the father is the eldest son (rather special).The longest period of mourning is three years.But there is moisture in this three-year period, which is actually 27 months.

Since Su Liu is a direct daughter, she should wear mourning with dignity, but she just tied a piece of sackcloth, which is not even the last grade of burlap. Not shocking?

"My sister and I have already left the Su family. Su Changsheng sold me for 20 taels back then. Speaking of which, we are not actually the Su family anymore." Su Liu said plainly.

Su Changsheng imagined that his sisters would wear hemp and mourning for him, and they would keep mourning for a few more years, and if they were willing to come, it would be considered as a way of saving face.

Everyone looked weird when they heard this, isn't it? The family tree doesn't have Su Liu and the others' names, and they sold them again. Naturally, they don't belong to the Su family. You've heard that this girl who was sold to someone else's family will come back Those who mourn for their father are all other people's people, and it doesn't matter whether they are dead or alive.It's just that they are the ones who bought Su Liu.

Listening to the whispers of the villagers, Huang's face was very ugly, and when he wanted to get angry, Su Qingxiang said first: "As long as you have a heart, go in and offer incense."

Su Liu nodded, and followed Su Qingxiang in without looking at Huang and the others.

"Look at her, what's her attitude? When she grows rich, she won't even recognize her father." Huang raised her eyebrows angrily.

"Elder Sister." He pinched her lightly, and said lightly, "I'm afraid I have to give silk money!"

As soon as Mrs. Huang heard this, she hurried into the house. The people who were close to her couldn't help shaking their heads when they saw it.

"It's a pity for a good girl."

"No, look at her style, she looks like a lady from a big family, oh, that Zhou Zheng looks really cute."

"Mr. Chen is so lucky, this old house is also lost, alas."

Walking into Tingxiao's room, the Eight Immortals table was built high, offering melons and fruits, burning joss sticks, and hay on the ground. Su Changsheng was standing on the wooden board by the wall, wearing a brand-new shroud, with his feet facing the door, His face was covered with a piece of white paper, and his forehead was pressed with a copper coin.

Someone took two sticks of incense for Su and Liu, and they bowed three times neatly to Su Changsheng, and put the incense in front of the coffin.

"Girl Liu, let's see your father for the last time." Zheng said with a smile again: "He must be happy to know that your sisters are here."

"No need, the dead are the most important, there is no need to disturb his peace, let him go quietly." Su Liu refused again.

Zheng's smiling face froze, and the hand extended to Su Changsheng's face also froze in mid-air, a little embarrassed.

Is this actually hating to this extent?

Su Liu didn't even look at her, but just took out an envelope made of white paper from the sleeve of Tsing Yi, handed it to Su Qingxiang, and said calmly: "This is a little wish from our sisters."

"You have a heart." Su Qingxiang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, took it, and before he could hold it tight, he inserted his hand obliquely and snatched the envelope.

Several people looked at it at the same time, only to see Mrs. Huang pinching the envelope tightly and saying: "Liu'er, your father is so pitiful. Look at how poorly the mourning hall is arranged. It makes him feel uneasy when he leaves. You see? Shouldn't we do a few ceremonies so that your father can reach bliss early?"

Su Qingxiang's face turns blue and turns pale, and he subconsciously looks at Su Liu.

Su Liu didn't even bother to get angry at Huang's actions like this. At this point, it is only Huang's who wants to use his son's funeral to make money.

"Uncle, since I'm here, I'll go see Mr. Su." Su Liu ignored Mrs. Huang, looked at Su Qingxiang and said, "If you have time, come with me."

"Okay, your grandpa... hey." Su Qingxiang was very happy when he heard that, and led Su Liu out.

Seeing Su Liu ignoring her directly, Huang's lungs exploded, and she said sharply without thinking: "Liu girl, what are you doing? Even if your father is dead, why don't you pay a few dollars for a ritual ceremony? You This is unfilial, and I am not afraid of the ridicule of the world."

Su Liu stopped, turned around to look at her, and said coldly: "Old lady Huang, I think you are deaf and can't hear clearly. What I said just now is very clear. Out of morality. If you really want to do something for your son, why don’t you take out the little money I gave to the old man and you took it away and cry him for 49 days?”

After hearing this, Mrs. Huang's face changed from green to purple, and she wanted to curse, but luckily the people around her persuaded her so she didn't make a fool of herself in front of the dead man.

Su Liu snorted coldly, and went directly to Mr. Su's room without looking at them.

The funeral was held in the east courtyard, and all the helpers gathered there, but the west courtyard was almost empty and very quiet, only the voices of wives and daughters-in-law talking in the kitchen could be vaguely heard.

Su Qingxiang led Su Liu to the old man's room, and called out, "Third brother, do you see who's here? Miss Liu is back."

Mr. Su, who was lying on the kang, had been looking at the window. Hearing the sound, he turned his head with difficulty, and when he saw the two sisters Su Liu, tears flowed from his cloudy eyes.

(End of this chapter)