4. Chapter 4

Chonglan was worried about how to do the funeral of a five or six-year-old girl, but fortunately, Vice General He's popularity was good, and many generals in the army came with their families to help.

The first day there was also Zhao's sister, He Lanlan's aunt, Aunt Zhao's appearance was a little mediocre, not as beautiful as Zhao's, but she loved He Lanlan very much, when she came, she hugged her and cried, and when she saw her head, she cried again: "Parents who suffer from the skin of the body, which one kills a thousand knives and abuses you like this!" ”

Chonglan: "General Yan." ”

Aunt Zhao choked, touched her head with a look of regret, didn't say a word and provoked the beam, and took the somewhat reluctant uncle to arrange the funeral hall in an orderly manner, and did not forget to come over to comfort her: "Your father and mother just changed places to guard you, you can't see them, you have to take care of it." ”

Chonglan wore linen and filial piety, lowered his head and whispered: "I saved it, thank you aunt." ”

Aunt Zhao touched her head, thought of the group of bad people in the He family, and sighed: "When your father and mother are buried, you can go to live with your aunt's house, and your aunt and your mother and sisters will naturally not lose you." ”

Chonglan didn't want to go anywhere, and now he wanted to go to the south the most, but he couldn't say anything at this time, so he could only say softly: "I want to accompany my father and mother at home." ”

Aunt Zhao's eyes were red again, ignoring Uncle Zhao, who was full of displeasure on the side, and said in a low voice: Good boy. ”

At first, she felt a little strange, the funeral of the He family and his wife helped to handle either the military robes, or the relatives of the Zhao family, except for the He family sent an old man to inform her, they didn't even make any efforts, they were all people of the same clan, it was strange to think about it.

After two days of such a busy schedule, the mourning hall was arranged, and an obituary was sent to the relatives and friends of the He family, waiting for the relatives and friends to come to worship, and the first day was Yan He, Chonglan was taken to the front hall to welcome guests in the past two days, and he hadn't seen him for a long time.

He was still neat and neat in black today, and his soap boots were on the green brick floor, and no one around dared to look up and take a look at the wisps of light fragrance wafting out of the sleeves and sleeves, which actually overshadowed the smoke and fire of the incense burning in the room, like a Yaxian lingering in the world.

Chonglan was very relieved to hear it, and couldn't help but lean towards him, and took a deep breath with very slight movements.

But even this extremely inconspicuous action was still noticed by Yan He, he didn't say anything, just raised his hand and put incense, and waited for Chonglan to bow and salute, then he said without hurry: "Your father died fighting for the country, and the court has its own reward, although your parents are dead, you always have something to rely on." He muttered: "When the funeral is over, I will choose a family for you in the He family and foster you, and it will not be a disappointment to live up to your parents' hopes." ”

Chonglan hadn't figured out what to do next, she was stunned when she heard the words, and saw his hand stretched out, like an elder who wanted to touch his head, but he didn't expect his hand to reach halfway, and seemed to look at her head with some disgust, turned a corner halfway, and pinched her face: "I can only help you get here, and you have to go the rest of the way yourself." After pinching, I felt that it felt very good, so I changed the side and pinched it twice.

After Chonglan became He Lanlan, the person who got along with him the longest was Yan He, and it was inevitable to be stunned to hear him say this, but he also knew that there was no He family relative, and he would adopt the children of the He family in the end, not to mention that he himself had not yet married, and it was not good to have a child by his side.

Chonglan said abruptly: "What the adults taught. ”

When he was melancholy, Leng Buding's face was pinched a few more times, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that he had calmly withdrawn his hand and walked away.

Chonglan continued to greet guests, while silently listening to the He family's words, this gradually sorted out the affairs of the He family, the He family is not a prominent family, most of them are small businessmen and officials in the countryside, and the clansmen are all good and bad, but Vice General He has taken great luck and made a fortune by fighting, and under the persuasion of the Zhao family, he is far away from those idle people, no wonder the relationship with other clansmen is not very good.

But now it is not what it used to be, the He family has a huge property left, and there is only a five or six-year-old little girl, the He family all looked at Chonglan with fat eyes, and she was terrified when she looked at her, what she didn't expect was that someone would come to fight the autumn breeze in the mourning hall.

After a while, the aunt in the east came out with an IOU, saying that Vice General He owed their family silver, and then the uncle in the west took out a seal letter, saying that when the land was divided many years ago, he gave Vice General He's family a few more pieces.

Chonglan's already injured head was even more painful, and she bowed to the people of the He family who surrounded her and asked for money, and her voice was crisp but loud: "A few uncles and aunts, now my father and mother have gone, I have never heard of what you said, and now the money in the family is entrusted to General Yan by my father and mother for safekeeping, if you want to pay for it, then go with me to General Yan to distinguish the authenticity, if there is indeed such a thing, I will definitely pay you a lot of money, how about it?" ”

The He family who came to beg for money was stagnant, Yan He's resounding name who didn't know, only they knew how much water the IOU title deed in their hands was, I was afraid that the He family's silver would have a life to earn and not to spend!

Chonglan wanted this effect, and she was about to open her mouth to make persistent efforts, when she heard someone outside report that Uncle He had arrived!

Her hand under the sackcloth tightened, the uncle of the He family is the eldest brother of Deputy General He, and now the patriarch of the He family, she was thinking about it, and she saw a couple in their thirties entering the mourning hall side by side, among them, the man in the royal blue squirrel skin jacket saw the circle of people around Chonglan, and took the first step to reprimand: "Didn't you come to worship the third child, what are you doing around Lan Lan!?" ”

One of the people begging for money stood up and said with a smile: "Uncle, we and the third couple still had some accounts that were not sorted out before we were alive, and now we just happened to mention these things to her while Lan Lan was there." ”

Uncle He said unhappily: "What can she understand as a child, if you have something, you should find me, the patriarch, to adjudicate, what's the matter with finding a little doll and asking for money?" After he finished speaking, he beckoned to Chonglan kindly, put aside the gift money, and raised a few oiled paper bags in his hand: "Lan Lan has eaten in the morning?" Uncle brought you some pastries. ”

The patriarch has spoken, and those who come to fight the autumn wind can only retreat if they are reluctant, but they will inevitably curse a few words in their hearts.

Chonglan was about to see the ceremony, but she didn't expect to be quietly protected by Aunt Zhao in front of her, she seemed to dislike Uncle He's very much, and her face was indifferent: "Her uncle has a heart, Lan Lan has already had breakfast in the morning." ”

Uncle He didn't care, and glanced at his wife, who immediately walked up, one by one, and ignored Aunt Zhao's cold eyes, and took Chonglan in his arms, touched her cheek, and mouthful: "My hard-working son, although you were not born to me, but I look at you as my own child, I originally thought that your parents are capable people, and you will definitely be a blessed person in the future, but I didn't expect the two of them to go early, fortunately, you finally came back, although I am sad with your uncle, But I was glad in my heart. ”

She said it freely, Chonglan didn't believe it very much, when she had an accident, only Aunt Zhao came to visit, but she was rejected a few times, and the others were like deaf and dumb, why didn't these two people come over early to feel distressed, why did they wait for Yan He to release his words to choose someone to adopt her?

She helped the filial piety hat that was a little crooked by Uncle He, and lowered her eyes and said: "It's a pity that I didn't look at the eldest aunt for a few days when I first woke up, otherwise maybe I could have gotten better faster, and I wouldn't have delayed my father's funeral for so long." ”

He Boniang didn't see any embarrassment on her face, and sighed: "It's also unfortunate, the eldest brother in the family had a fever and fainted several times in those days, so I couldn't get out of my body and come over to see you." ”

Aunt Zhao and Zhao's temperaments are somewhat similar, both of them have straightforward and pungent tempers, and they grabbed the handle and sneered: "Her eldest aunt, you just said that Lan Lan is like your own child, why can't you even spare half an hour of visiting effort for your own child?" ”

Uncle He's face was a little stiff, but Uncle He helped him come back: "A few days ago, not only was the eldest brother in the family sick, but we also helped take care of the third child's afterlife, and I heard that Lan Lan was in good health, so we didn't have time to visit, but we were negligent." He saw that Aunt Zhao wanted to refute again, stroked her beard, and said to Chonglan in a harmonious voice: "We came here today, not only to worship the third child, but also for Lan Lan's business." ”