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When Qin Da died on the eve of Song Ziqi's wedding, the old lady was disgusted with bad luck and spoiled the joy of the four rooms, so she didn't let the funeral or investigate the cause of Qin Da's fall into the water, so she decided the case for accidental death, urging Sun to send the dead man away.
And the Sun family, who was in charge of the family, was inexplicably angry because of the Zhou family that Song Ziqi married was higher than his daughter-in-law, and he had no place to vent, so Qin Da's matter was sent to the door.
Ignoring Xiuxiu's pleading, Sun ordered someone to roll up Qin Da's body and throw it in the mass grave with a straw mat, if it hadn't been for Yao Keqing, and gave her ten taels of silver, Xiuxiu could only watch her brother rot in the mass grave or be gnawed by wild dogs and wolves.
With the ten taels of silver given by Yao Keqing, Xiuxiu bought a coffin, hired a helper, and finally let her brother settle down.
Now that the grave is going to be opened, Xiuxiu is both happy and sad in her heart. I am happy that my brother has an official place to worship since then, but I am sad because I remember that my brother was alive again, and I can't hold back my desire to cry.
At the beginning, Xiuxiu took a lot of trouble to find Qin Da's body from the mass grave, and spent a lot of money to ask many people to help find Qin Da from the pile of dead people, and later bought a coffin, and there was almost nothing left for ten taels of silver, so it was not enough to buy a penny to bury Qin Da, so she could only find a nearby ownerless wasteland to bury Qin Da.
After so many years, no one took care of it, and the weeds and trees on the wasteland were much more lush than before, as if they were almost connected with the woods not far away, and Xiuxiu had to pass through the thorn bushes every time she came to sweep the grave, which was very grinding.
But today, Xiuxiu saw the wasteland at a glance, for no other reason, a piece of charred black land suddenly appeared in the midst of lush greenery, and no one would ignore it.
"Is this a fire?" Chun'er would accompany Xiuxiu every year, and she was also startled by the scorched black in front of her.
Taozi had been on the Zhuangzi for a few years, and was a little more experienced than the people present, so she looked around and said, "Fortunately, we are here, if it is a few days late, I am afraid that Brother Xiuxiu's bones will be dug up and I don't know where to throw them!"
"Why? What are you doing digging my brother's grave?" said Xiuxiu angrily.
"Since this is an ownerless wasteland, and you can bury people here, then he can also farm here!" You see, all the trees in this area have been cut down and burned, and this is someone who is going to cultivate the land here!"
Xiuxiu pursed her lips, but she also knew that what Momoko said was right, and couldn't help but rejoice, "Fortunately, we are here today!"
Momoko smiled, turned sideways and stepped aside, and asked the Taoist chief who came to come forward to ask for fortune to determine the location and time of the tomb.
The Taoist chief circled around the pitch-black earthen bag for a long time, and finally ordered a place, signaled to start from here, and lit a pillar of incense with his own hands and handed it to Xiuxiu.
Xiuxiu was dressed in plain clothes, with tears on her face, and respectfully took it and gave it to Qin Da, Chun'er also followed the incense when she saw this, and Peaches then ordered the grave to be opened and the coffin was lifted, and the four family members who came with them stepped forward with iron pickaxes, rolled up their sleeves and began to shovel the soil.
When Xiuxiu was young, she hired someone from outside to help bury her, the hired workers were lazy, and the coffin was not buried deeply, and it was soon dug up, Xiuxiu was in tears, if she wasn't pulled by Chun'er, she was afraid that she would have to pounce on the coffin and cry bitterly.
The coffin was dug out and carried to the carriage that had been prepared long ago, and was pulled all the way to Zhongyi Garden in Xiuxiu's crying, the newly bought coffin has been sent to Zhongyi Garden, and the tomb has been dug up.
Chun'er didn't pay attention, the moment the coffin opened, Xiuxiu was already crying and shouting "brother" to rush over, but there was only a white bone in the coffin, and there was no face she thought about day and night, Xiuxiu couldn't help crying even more sadly.
Peach stepped forward and handed the handkerchief to Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu was only sad and didn't see it, Chun'er hurriedly took it and wiped the tears on her face for Xiuxiu, but Xiuxiu just stared at the white bones in the coffin as if she hadn't seen it, and cried one after another, "Brother...... Brother"
The sound of crying blood is unbearable to hear.
Following Xiuxiu's gaze, in just a moment, Chun'er's face changed drastically, and her blood was completely white in an instant.
The change in Chun'er's face fell on Momoko's eyes, and Momoko glanced into the coffin, and suddenly saw an object that should not be in the coffin.
"What's that?" Momoko asked, pointing to the object.
Chun'er turned her face away as if she hadn't heard, Xiuxiu looked up in a daze when she heard the sound, looked at Peaches's fingers, felt that it was very familiar to take things, thought about it and suddenly turned her head in surprise, and said to Chun'er, "Sister-in-law, isn't that the earring that my brother gave you?
The ignorant Xiuxiu looked surprised, but Peaches seemed to have understood, and with a gesture of one eye, everyone stared at Chun'er and gradually surrounded her.
Seeing that Chun'er didn't answer, Xiuxiu asked again, "Sister-in-law, shouldn't the earrings be where you are?"
After the initial panic, Chun'er gradually calmed down, and seemed to reply easily, "This style of earrings is very common, how can this be mine!"
This style of earrings is indeed common, so although Chun'er was apprehensive after losing it at the beginning, she imitated another one exactly like one after the wind, so even if she checked, Chun'er was not afraid, because she had a whole pair there!
Xiuxiu tiptoed to take the earrings from Bai Gu's hands, looked at them carefully, but was even more surprised, "This is your sister-in-law! When I was a child, I was naughty and carved three marks on the back of the pendant with a carving knife, for which my mother also beat me, sister-in-law, you see, this is really given to you by my brother!"
Xiuxiu pointed to the three nicks, but Chun'er turned her face slightly sideways and didn't look at it, Peach took the pendant from Xiuxiu's hand, patted Xiuxiu's shoulder gently, turned to Chun'er, and said sarcastically, "Aunt Lao Chun is going back with me!"
Immediately, two mothers-in-law stepped forward and grabbed Chun'er, Xiuxiu was ignorant, and she also understood a little, looked at Chun'er in a daze, and suddenly cried, "This is not true, it's not like this, is it? Sister-in-law, it's not like this, isn't it?
Chun'er didn't resist, let her mother-in-law cut her arm backwards, and chuckled before replying, "Xiuxiu, do you believe in sister-in-law?"
Xiuxiu nodded slightly, but she paused halfway through the nod, looking at Chun'er blankly and panickedly.
Chun'er sighed in her heart, and said quietly, "If you believe it's true, then it's true, if you believe me, then it's fake!"
Xiuxiu was a little at a loss, pinching the hem of the short undergarment and not knowing what to do, looking really pitiful.
Momoko patted her lightly and said apologetically, "I'm afraid I'm going to miss the time for your brother's burial, just to give your brother a clean and fair life, I hope you will forgive me!"
Xiuxiu looked at Peaches in a daze, then at Xiuxiu, and suddenly said, "I'm looking for a young grandmother, I'm looking for a young grandmother!"
Momoko nodded, "Okay, then we'll go back to the house now!"