Chapter 21: Funeral

Zhang Cheng drove from the alley opposite Fu's mansion to the side and entered the back door, so as not to attract attention, after all, Zhang Cheng was also a familiar person in the front yard. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Sending Sanniang to the door, Zhang Cheng said: "The third lady will go in first." ”

Sanniang got out of the car, fished out five taels of silver and handed it to him: "You take this......"

Zhang Cheng hurriedly refused: "No, the small one can't be wanted... Miss Three, take it back. ”

He repeatedly shirked and said that he would not accept anything.

Sanniang refused to give up, and forced it into him: "Take it, your mother's treatment should cost a lot of silver, and it is still a matter if the monthly money in the house can be paid now, you take it for emergency." If you really feel ashamed, find a way to pay me back in the future. ”

Zhang Cheng knew in his heart that Sanniang was telling the truth, the Fu family was in this situation, but he was afraid that it would be difficult for the mud bodhisattva to cross the river and survive on his own, how could he still take care of these subordinates.

"Little thank you, Miss Three, in the future... In the future, the small ones must be returned. ”

If you don't pay it back, Sanniang doesn't care, the aid is fake, and the purchase is real. However, Zhang Cheng is an honest man, if he is straightforward, I am afraid that he will not give in, give him some small favors, and subtly pull him over.

After returning to Liufangyuan, Sanniang sighed when she saw Aunt Qiu sitting in the courtyard, and she didn't know what she was melancholy.

"Auntie, what's wrong? The blue sky and the white day sighed. ”

Aunt Qiu was startled, and when she saw that it was Sanniang, she said angrily: "Where have you been this morning?" I didn't see anyone for a long time. ”

"I sat in the house and panicked, and went to the small bamboo forest in the backyard."

Aunt Qiu didn't doubt him, and chatted with Sanniang: "Have you seen Jingchu recently?" ”

Sanniang said: "I haven't seen her for a while."

"It's rare for Aunt Liu to lead her to visit the master today, but the child keeps covering her mouth and is nauseous, and she always feels that something is wrong......"

"Maybe it's because the smell in the house is too strong, so I don't fit in." Sanniang said casually, but she knew what was going on in her heart.

"Probably......

Yu Siniang in prison died today, she was already sick, these days the master has been violent to her every day according to Master Fu's instructions, and she finally couldn't survive and died in prison.

The master had never done such a thing before, and he ran to the Fu Mansion in a panic to ask for help from Master Fu. It's a pity that Master Fu is now terminally ill, and it is difficult to speak, so he has to go back again. He always had trouble sleeping, and he didn't care about Master Fu's explanation, so he simply released those flower girls, and wrote a letter to report Master Fu's illness, begging for a new official to be appointed.

Mrs. Fu didn't know about this matter yet, there were too many things in the house recently, she had to take care of Master Fu's illness, and she had to be busy with Fu Jingxian looking for her in-laws.

On this day and night, the Fu family was gathered in the main room of the Shulin Courtyard. The reason is that Master Fu can't eat anything today, and he fainted twice halfway. Mrs. Fu knew very well that this was a sign of checkmate.

"Son? Is there anything you would like to say to your mother? The old lady asked softly.

However, Master Fu opened his mouth for a long time, and he couldn't spit out a word.

The house was filled with the smell of rancidity, and those surrounding the edge of the collapse couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses.

"Chengming, come and call my father." The old lady called Fu Chengming and said to him.

The child was very well-behaved, and called to Master Fu on the collapsed: "Father......"

Master Fu opened his mouth again, wanting to say something, but in the end he couldn't make a sound.

Mrs. Fu couldn't help but sobbed softly: "You can go with peace of mind, the Fu family is still here, and now there is Chengming again." Confess any crime you have committed when you go to the underworld, so that you will not be guilty......"

When everyone in the house saw the old lady crying, they all cried quietly.

Master Fu lay on the collapse, staring at the ceiling weakly, and closed it after half an hour and didn't open it again.

"Heng'er, Heng'er?" The old lady tried to shake it twice but did not respond, and cried: "Son...... How can you bear to leave your mother... How can you bear ......?"

The people in the room were crying profusely, probably because of love, and it had nothing to do with the people next to them.

In a few days, Yu Siniang and Master Fu went one after another, and when they arrived at the underworld, there were complaints and grievances, and there were hatreds and hatreds, and the entanglements in this life were dispersed.

This reminded Sanniang of the time when Aunt Qiu died, where there were so many people guarding her, she scrubbed Aunt Qiu and changed her clothes alone. On the day of the burial, except for the four men who carried the coffin, there was no one else.

Sanniang cried and grabbed Aunt Qiu's hand beside her, but fortunately, they are still alive now.

It was the old mother who had been serving him for a long time who scrubbed and changed his clothes, and everyone couldn't help but feel sick when the futon was uncovered, and Fu Jingchu retched.

Master Fu's body was already rotten from the waist down to the calf, and it was really difficult to see.

Aunt Qiu hurriedly covered Sanniang's eyes and whispered, "Don't look at ......"

The coffin had already been prepared, and Mrs. Fu had already sent someone to the hall to decorate the mourning hall. Fortunately, it is winter now, otherwise Master Fu's body can only be buried as soon as possible.

As soon as the sky was exposed, Mrs. Fu sent someone to the temple to invite monks to do it, and some relatives and six relatives came to support the scene.

The children want to wear linen and filial piety to cry and mourn, and Sanniang is also among them.

Aunt Qiu also somehow saw Sanniang wearing linen and filial piety very unhappy: "Mrs. died and didn't give a good burial, she was a person who had nothing to do with it, and she wanted to send him to the end of her ......"

"Auntie, what did you say?"

Aunt Qiu noticed that she was speechless, and hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm just chanting two mantras." ”

Many people had already gathered in the mourning hall, and all the people in the yamen had arrived.

The tables and seats in the courtyard have been changed three times, but there are still many people waiting to be seated.

He took the lead, and took Sanniang and them to cry in the mourning hall, Fu Jingxian cried the most, and the ladies in the house counted her the most favored by Master Fu, and I am afraid that only she was really reluctant to give up Master Fu.

Fu Jingqiu, the concubine who got married, also returned to the door and followed them.

Fu Jingqiu looks very ordinary, she seems to be quiet and doesn't like to talk, I heard that she was married to a merchant family by the He family.

Fu Jingqiu's biological mother died early, and Master Fu married the He family after Fu Jingqiu was born. Before Master Fu became an official, Fu Jingqiu's biological mother was Master Fu's original partner.

I don't know what it's like for her to cry at this time, probably not really sad.

The monks invited from the temple recited the Jizo Sutra and overlived the souls.

The voices of the people in the courtyard were extremely noisy, which gave Sanniang a headache. When the salute was finished, she ran back to Liufangyuan and fell asleep.

Tonight is Sanniang's vigil, which is supposed to be in the order of longest, but the He family prefers to be from second to longest.

He refused to let Fu Jingxian take the lead, and Aunt Liu said that Fu Jingchu was unwell, and as for Mrs. Fu's precious grandson, she naturally didn't dare to think about it. In the end, they couldn't fight, so they could only pinch the soft persimmon of Liufangyuan.

Sanniang doesn't understand, what does it matter who comes first and who comes last? Not all of them have to be kept.