Chapter 1: Red and White Matters

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Gongs, drums, suona, blowing, blowing, Xu Her stood in the crowd, holding a piece of white coarse cloth in his hand, the coffin lifted by the four people walked slowly, this is the funeral of the eldest son of Xu Her's uncle's family, when he was 32 years old, he suffered from depression for a long time, and finally hanged himself, the two sons wore white filial piety clothes, and were pulled and walked in front of the coffin, they were only 5 and 3 years old, their faces were ignorant, and the younger brother was holding a lollipop in his hand. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Such a lively funeral scene made Xu Herer a little dazed, it was less than two years after leaving his hometown, and it was his cousin's funeral that he came back to attend. Some in the crowd were crying, some were sobbing, and some were whispering...... It is clear that Xu Her does not belong to any of these three categories of people, she is dull and even indifferent.

After the funeral, the uncle gathered everyone in the family, except for the two grandchildren. The top of Xu Her's position is the cousin-in-law Wu Mei, who is only 27 years old this year, but she looks like she is in her 30s, she has been hanging her head, wiping her tears with her hands from time to time, and sitting opposite the sister-in-law is the uncle's youngest son Xu Heling, who is the same age as Wu Mei, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but the person is relatively thin, when he was a teenager, he lost the ring finger and little finger of his left hand due to electrical injury due to careless use of electricity, and he is still unmarried because of this defect.

There were not many people present at this family meeting, and Xu Hel was the only junior in addition to his sister-in-law and second brother, and the reason for this was probably only because she was the only college student in the family. The purpose of this meeting is to properly arrange the future life of the three orphans and widows, and before that, the older generation has already discussed the way, so this time it is regarded as a result.

Xu Heer's uncle, Xu Yuanhao, decided to let the eldest daughter-in-law marry the younger son, and the couple raised the eldest son's two children together. Such a seemingly ridiculous method was tacitly acquiesced by the two parties, Wu Mei's parents passed away one after another two years ago, and there was still a relative of the eldest brother, but the sister-in-law was mean, especially bad for Wu Mei, and she didn't want her to come back to her parents' house, so when Xu Yuanhao proposed to the Wu family that he wanted to marry Wu Mei to his younger son, the Wu family's sister-in-law was naturally happy. Originally, the most difficult level was here in Xu Heling, but he was completely disappointed in his marriage after several failed blind dates, and his father wanted to kneel down for him with snot and tears, so he reluctantly relieved. And Wu Mei, the other party in it, did not ask her opinion.

The whole meeting has nothing to do with Xu Her, and she doesn't need to express any opinions, just be a wise bystander. Less than a week after the meeting, Wu Mei and Xu Heling went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their certificates, and the banquet and the like were arranged very quickly, which quickly overshadowed the funeral less than a month ago.

Xu Her walks in the yard, and now she lives in her sister's house to raise her baby. The combination of Wu Mei and Xu Heling's uncle and sister-in-law is not the first case in the village, so it did not cause any waves, in everyone's hearts, the living are always more important than the dead, the living have to live, and there is no way to live well without a man in the countryside.

Xu Heran asked her to come into the house for dinner, the first cold air since the beginning of winter, it was extremely cold outside, but her sister preferred to walk around the yard in such weather, no matter what she said, it was useless. Since her sister returned to the village, her sister-in-law couldn't see her, and she was so excited when she saw her, and her sister-in-law was not in good health, so Xu Heran took her sister to her home to take care of her, and she didn't let the two meet easily. It has been more than a month since Xu Herer returned to the village, and there has not been a single phone call from there, it seems that he is really going to break off the relationship, but he is just a poor sister, a child who has not yet been born!

Xu Heran's dining table is very rich in dishes, her pair of children just came home from school, huddled together to wash their hands, originally Xu Heran lived with his parents-in-law, but since Xu Her came, Xu Heran's parents-in-law temporarily moved back to the old house in order to make Xu Herer live more comfortable, for which Xu Herer was very grateful.

Now Xu Her has become the biggest talking point in the village after dinner, I heard that she married a rich man, but I didn't expect to be kicked out of the house after only a year or two, and returned to the village with a stomach. In addition to Xu Heran knowing the truth, Xu Herer didn't even tell the truth to his grandparents.

In fact, Xu Hel took the initiative to file for divorce, she has already handed over the signed divorce agreement to Chen Xukun, she is simply exhausted from this short marriage, her brother is still in prison, how can she enjoy the life of a young grandmother with peace of mind.

Xu Her's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and it is very hard to sleep at night, Xu Heran temporarily handed over the child to her in-laws, and now she sleeps with Xu Her, so she is worried that no one will know about her situation in the middle of the night.

Late one night, there was a burst of thunder outside the window, and suddenly an explosion woke up Xu Her, who turned over and looked at her sleeping sister. Their sisters have been sleeping in the same bed since they were children, until Xu Heran got married, and now they sleep together, she is quite emotional. She couldn't sleep. After a while, there was a knock on the door, it was the voice of Xu Heran's father-in-law, Xu Herer thought that something had happened to the child, so that her father-in-law braved the rolling thunder in the middle of the night to find his daughter-in-law, so Xu Herer immediately woke up his sister, Xu Heran didn't sleep much, he woke up immediately, stood at the door and said a few words to his father-in-law, and immediately went back to the house to change clothes.

Xu Heran explained to his sister while changing clothes: "My aunt drank pesticides at night, and my father-in-law asked me to accompany me to the hospital. You can sleep well for a while, I will let my father-in-law sleep in the room downstairs, you don't have to worry. ”

Xu Her's heart jumped suddenly, aunt drank pesticides?

Xu Heran saw that there was something wrong with his sister's expression, so he comforted: "Maybe it's okay, don't think about it." You're still pregnant with a baby, what's the matter, I'll talk about it when I get back. ”

Xu Heran left in such a hurry, she just walked out of the window and it was raining heavily. Xu Her curled his legs, looking through the curtains at the lightning that was clearly extinguishing outside the window and the faint sound downstairs, he couldn't sleep all night.

When I woke up in the morning, the rain had stopped, and the road outside the yard was muddy due to the rain, and people came and went in rubber shoes. Breakfast was prepared by Xu Heran's mother-in-law, in fact, Xu Heran knows some cooking skills by herself, but Xu Heran's in-laws never let her into the kitchen, the child in her belly is expensive, even until now, the child's father has not moved.

It wasn't until noon that Xu Heran returned in the mud, her face was pale, and she also brought back bad news - her aunt went!

My aunt is a distant relative of the Xu family, but she lives in the same village, so her relationship is very good. My aunt is a stubborn and strong woman, and she opened a factory with her husband, and she is illiterate in charge of the accounts, and her husband has a good mind and the factory is profitable, so he is a rich man in the village, and his life seems to be very prosperous.

But they wrestled again and again over their children. They have two sons and a daughter, and the eldest son is free to love and take a master who can only spend money, and he doesn't care about the affairs of the family at all, and he sleeps until three o'clock in the morning every day, which makes his aunt very unhappy. Later, the daughter married into a good family, but the son-in-law was not very good-tempered, and the two argued for three days, and sometimes the daughter would return to her parents' house with injuries. But what directly made my aunt angry and drank pesticides was the marriage of her youngest son.

The youngest son Wang Quan is also in free love, the other party is his junior high school classmate, slender and beautiful, but the girl's reputation is very bad, she eloped with a boy before, and she came back after more than a year. So my aunt has always disagreed with them being together, but Wang Quan is also stubborn, the more my aunt opposes, the more he insists, and even stole the family's household registration book and took the girl to register, and yesterday evening I flipped the cards with my family, so angry that my aunt didn't eat dinner, but no one thought that my aunt would be so angry that she drank pesticides.

The funeral was very grand, this was the second funeral that Xu Heer attended, just like the funeral more than three months ago, the aunt's two sons were wrapped in plain coarse cloth in front of the coffin to lead the way, the daughter and the eldest daughter-in-law cried all the way behind the coffin, and the husband was not in the funeral procession, he was busy at home with all kinds of funeral chores, including the delivery of various materials, the money of relatives and the arrival of relatives, etc., he was too busy to grieve and cry.

The gongs and drums were noisy and lively for a day, and at night, a singing team was invited, a big stage was set up, the lights were pulled, and the meat and vegetarian dishes were staged collectively, like a carnival - a carnival of the living!

Xu Heer stood on the balcony of her sister's house, and could hear the excitement in the distance, many funerals from childhood to adulthood were like this, she remembered that at noon the day before her aunt's death, she also greeted her at the door of her sister's house, and the aunt at that time also asked her about the due date of her child's house with concern, the two gossiped for a while, and in a blink of an eye people were already in the ground, and the chat at noon that day was like a dream, she was a little skeptical that it was not her dream.

On the third day after the funeral, my uncle invited some elders of the Xu family to discuss with relatives about the younger son. Xu Hel is among them, and the people in the village respect and revere the knowledgeable, so many times Xu Hel will be invited, but only as a listener and witness.

The patriarch of the Xu family was very angry about this matter, and everyone scolded Wang Quan, but the matter has come to this point, and Wang Quan's marriage cannot be delayed. In the countryside, if a parent or grandparent dies, they must be married within 100 days or three years later, and the royal power can only get married within 100 days. No one proposed to ask the king to divorce, and he himself never had this idea, not even his father and older brothers and sisters, in their consciousness, the king is no longer small, if this is gone, and then find other girls, it will have to wait for three years, in the countryside, the king can not afford to drag even if he is a man.

Half a month later, the royal power held a grand wedding. Relatives, workers and business partners of the Wang family all participated, and it was lively and lively, Xu Hel coldly watched everyone coax the couple to play various games, and the uncle was still busy socializing outside, getting married in the countryside, and the man's parents were very busy and had no time to enjoy their son's wedding banquet and joy. The playful crowd seemed to have forgotten the funeral not long ago, only the aunt's daughter secretly wiped her tears in the corner, she thought that maybe she would quarrel with her husband in the future, she would have no room to go back to, this home was occupied by sister-in-law and younger siblings, and there was no place for her to stand.

Soon after entering the summer, Xu Heran gave birth to a daughter in the county hospital, 6 catties and 2 taels are very healthy, because she has no rural medical insurance, she spent more than 3,000 yuan, Xu Heran was busy in the hospital, after her mother left the village, Xu Heran became her other mother! Xu Herer stayed in the hospital for more than a week, and was picked up by Xu Heran's father-in-law.

On the night of his return, Xu Her's grandfather and grandmother secretly came to visit the little granddaughter and great-granddaughter, and the grandmother looked at the little guy very energetic, smiled and patted her granddaughter's hand, and praised her for being great. And Xu Her's grandfather glanced at his granddaughter and great-granddaughter, then squatted outside the door to smoke dry cigarettes, feeling depressed, his daughter-in-law was gone, and the eldest grandson was still squatting in prison, and now the younger granddaughter is divorced and has a daughter, what is this called!

Xu Herr named his daughter Xu Mengyao, and Meng is her mother's surname. But Xu Herer has never had milk, and all Xiao Meng Yao can only eat milk powder, for this, Xu Heran personally went to the provincial capital, bought imported milk powder, and bought a large box as soon as he bought it. Xiao Meng Yao is very well-behaved, she eats and sleeps, sleeps and eats, and occasionally entertains herself and spits bubbles, Xu Heran's pair of children run upstairs to see their little sister every day after school, which feels amazing.

On the day of Xu Heer's confinement, Xu Heran made a large table of dishes, and Xiao Meng Yao couldn't make a full moon wine, so she closed the door and celebrated on a small scale by herself. When Xu Herer returned to the village, she only brought a small suitcase and didn't bring much money back, so all her expenses during this period were paid by her sister. But Xu Heran's father-in-law and mother-in-law didn't know, and they always thought that it was all Xu Her's money.

That night, an uninvited guest came. It was Li Yan, the lawyer and consultant of Chen Xukun's grandmother's family, who was very formal in a black suit, and Xu Heran drove the children upstairs and gave them time to talk alone.

Li Yan looked at Xu Heer for a while, and then took out two things from his briefcase, one was a divorce certificate, and the other was a check for 10 million. Xu Herr took it in silence and did not have any objections.

Li Yan said in embarrassment: "Little milk...... No, Miss Xu, the young master said that you took something with you when you left, and you want me to take it back! ”

Xu Hel smiled slightly and said, "Wait a minute!" So he went upstairs.

Li Yan sat on the wooden chair and looked at the furnishings at home, and could see that Xu Her's sister's family was doing well, and he had to go back to the young master to return to his life.

Xu Hel handed over a ring box to Li Yan, this was their wedding ring at that time, Xu Hel was in a hurry at that time, and forgot to pick it up, but he didn't expect Chen Xukun to even remember this little thing.

Li Yan put the ring box in his briefcase and told her the good news that Xu Her's brother Xu Heqi would be released in two days, and the family would be able to pick him up from prison at that time. Xu Her was very happy to hear the news, and repeatedly thanked him, at least she exchanged her marriage for her brother's freedom for the rest of his life.

Li Yan had just walked into the courtyard, and suddenly heard what seemed to be a baby's cry upstairs, Xu Heer's face changed slightly, but he just sent him out of the door.

After Xu Hel went upstairs, she saw that her sister was holding Xiao Meng Yao and humming a little song softly to coax her, and she lowered her head to pick up the child. Xu Heran looked at her, couldn't help sighing, and took his children downstairs to take a bath.

After the children were put to sleep, Xu Hel told his sister the news of his brother and asked her to inform her sister-in-law tomorrow morning and pick her up in two days.

Xu Heran asked, "What are you going to do in the future?" ”

Xu Herr said softly: "The Chen family has given a sum of alimony, and the economy is quite comfortable for the time being, and when Meng Yao is older, I will go to find a job." ”

Xu Heran was not satisfied with her answer: "Is there really no room for maneuver on the Chen family's side?" After all, you gave birth to a child for your brother-in-law! ”

Xu Heer shook his head: "This child is mine, and it has nothing to do with their Chen family." Since I agreed to the old lady's terms, I can't go back. ”

Xu Heran hugged his sister and said, "You have suffered!" If it weren't for my brother, you wouldn't have to divorce your brother-in-law. ”

Xu Herr smiled helplessly: "Our marriage is very reluctant, and it's not too late to separate." ”

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