CHAPTER XXXVIII

Yasuda would come over every day to see Yan Xiaoqi and Zhao Dazhuang, and he tried to 'change' a silver ingot to ease the life of the Zhao family, but Yan Xiaoqi didn't dare to ask for that kind of silver at all. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The imperial court was very strict with the management of silver coins, and the provenance and number were branded under each ingot of silver, and if she took it out and used it rashly, she would not be able to return to the village, and she would be arrested and imprisoned.

Even if it is cut into broken silver, the color is too eye-catching.

Zhao Dazhuang's body has not been good, and Zhao has completely stopped thinking about seeing his daughter-in-law for his three sons, and he either cleans up the yard every day, or takes care of Zhao Dazhuang to dress and take medicine.

But even so, Zhao Dazhuang still closed his eyes permanently on a snowy morning, the wound on his head was repeatedly inflamed and feverish, and he bled at every turn.

In the early morning of Zhao Dazhuang's death, Yan Xiaoqi knelt on the edge of the kang, looking at the sunken cheeks that had been tormented by the disease, and the pain in his heart was indescribable.

What echoed in his ears was Zhao's heart-rending cry, with Zhao Dazhuang, no matter how hard the days were, there were pillars in the family, and this family was still a complete home.

Now, the pillars are gone, only a few orphans and widows are left, how can life continue to live? Is the family just scattered?

For the first time, her heart was full of confusion, and she was also full of awe of this unknown time and space, when birth, old age, sickness and death appeared in front of her so cruelly and suddenly, she could only passively accept it like this, and she was also at the mercy of it.

Put on filial piety clothes, put on filial piety hat, she knelt in front of the mourning hall with paper money in her hand, someone came in, she mechanically handed out a stack of paper, the other party burned incense and paper, she bowed and kowtowed in return.

For three whole days, she stayed in front of Zhao Dazhuang's funeral shed like this, not crying or making trouble, sensible and polite. The little person stubbornly grabbed the short sleeves and held on, letting the cold wind blow on her thin body in the cold winter.

Eight-year-old Yasuda is no longer as ignorant as he was when he was a child, he comes over every day, and when he sees Yan Xiaoqi kneeling in the cold wind like that, his heart will unconsciously gush out.

Yan Xiaoqi's hands and feet had already developed red and swollen chilblains, as if she didn't know the pain, she still followed the ancient rites and did things seriously every day, busy with her brother Zhang Luo.

No matter how Yasuda stopped it, it didn't work, even if he asked her to sit down and rest for a while, he couldn't resist her, so he could only discuss with An Shi to bring over the somewhat small cotton clothes that had been replaced at home and draped them on Yan Xiaoqi's body.

Thinking over and over again, I thought that I could 'conjure' up with something to eat to fill Yan Xiaoqi's stomach.

After five days of rest, early in the morning of the fifth day, the old people of the village came to help them arrange the burial one by one. The Zhao family saved for a few years, and all the three taels of silver used to expand the courtyard were used to deal with Zhao Dazhuang's posthumous affairs.

The Zhao family, including Yan Xiaoqi's grandmother and grandfather, all rushed over, including Sun Bei, who had been trying to find an opportunity.

No need to kneel anymore, Yan Xiaoqi is in the kitchen with food, after the burial, the villagers will come over to eat the table, although there is a good daughter-in-law and mother-in-law who are good friends with the Zhao family to come to help, but the Zhao family has been stupid and stupid since the day Zhao Dazhuang died, and their family always has to have someone to work together.

The little money left in the family is in Zhao Feng's hands, he has been thinking about the aftermath these days, and he has lost a lot of weight in his busy life, and his originally strong body is a little weak.

Sun Bei came over early in the morning, because people couldn't help, so he wandered around the yard, and as soon as he came, he saw Yan Xiaoqi, who was busy with a group of daughters-in-law, she was thinner than the last time he came, as if she was floated up as soon as the wind blew, her face was sunken more obviously, and her eyes were not as big as words.

He stood in the corner of the courtyard and observed Yan Xiaoqi carefully, and saw that she looked blank, spoke and acted very mechanically, obviously after suffering a heavy blow, she did not seem to be relieved at all.

This must be a unique opportunity, right? Take advantage of such a chaotic moment, rush to her head when no one is around... The more Sun Bei thought about it, the more excited he became.

Yan Xiaoqi is really sad these days, she came to this world from the moment she opened her eyes, and Zhao Dazhuang and his wife gave her the purest parental love, and that kind of honest and heartfelt feelings made her attached and let her enjoy.

The whimsy of her childhood has made her regret countless times, and just when she finally decided to regain her strength and make a contribution to this family, the life that had never been good became even worse.

The reason for all this is because of the two years when I was a child, right? She closed her dry eyes, completely unable to forgive herself.

The movements of her hands are non-stop, kneading the corn dough hard, the dough has been very good, a little white flour is put in it, and the cake is steamed a little later, she wants to secretly leave some for Zhao, Zhao has not eaten well during this time, and her body will not be able to bear it if it continues like this.

Yan Xiaoqi was thinking in her heart, but she completely ignored herself, forgetting that she was only an eight-year-old child, a malnourished and stunted child.

Dizziness and palpitations hit in waves, and Yan Xiaoqi shook his head desperately, trying to make himself sober. But for a long time, she only relied on porridge to survive, her body had already been overdrawn to the limit, her hand kneading the dough became more and more weak, her body was weak, and she fell to the ground with a thud.

The daughter-in-law next to her saw that she fainted, so she hurried into the house to call someone, but Zhao was like being stunned these days, and she had been stunned, and Mrs. Liu went in and shouted several times, but she had no reaction, helpless, Mrs. Liu could only reflexively go out again, ready to find someone to carry Yan Xiaoqi into the house.

This man is the sky, the sky is falling, and life is not easy. But, when a mother is a mother, she always has to think about how many children she is, how should those half-old children be good? Mrs. Liu had some whispers in her heart, but after all, it was not her family's business, and it was not good not to say anything.

Yan Xiaoqi fainted, this is great news for Sun Bei, he has been thinking about how to do it just now so that he will not be discovered by others, and he will not be called out by Yan Xiaoqi.

He rubbed his hands and leaned over with a worried expression: "Auntie, why did my cousin faint?" Help me get her on my back, I have to carry her into the house slowly. ”

In a hurry to make lunch, the big guy didn't pay much attention to Sun Bei, and only helped Yan Xiaoqi to him, Sun Bei carried her on his back, and walked quickly around the adobe house while people were not paying attention, and walked towards the back of the courtyard.

Fortunately, Yan Xiaoqi is only thin with a handful of bones! The back was a little difficult, and Sun Bei turned to the backyard and threw Yan Xiaoqi to the ground panting, with a wooden stick that had already been found with the thickness of the child's arm.

I didn't expect the task to be completed so easily, Sun Bei smiled cruelly, picked up the wooden stick and smashed it towards Yan Xiaoqi's head.