"Second child, you go buy some paper money, and we'll take a look at it later." Jiang Wanbai said.

She was going to burn paper for Tian Wenji, not because she owed Tian Wenji anything like Tian Laoer, but because she wanted to see the latest progress of this case, how the government handled it, and what conclusions were drawn.

"Mother......" Tian Laosi shouted with some dissatisfaction, and then saw that Jiang Wanbai had already made a decision, and changed his words again, "Go and go, see what happens to him, and feel more comfortable." ”

Jiang Wanbai frowned, "Don't make trouble." ”

Tian Laosi smiled, "Mother, look at what you said, am I that kind of person!" I'll just take a look, and I won't talk too much. ”

Jiang Wanbai was a little relieved at this time, Tian Laosi is like this, he really doesn't look at it for a while, and he doesn't give a word of advice, I'm afraid that he will cause something.

After a while, Tian Lao Er came back with a bundle of yellow paper engraved with copper coins, but he didn't enter the house, but called Jiang Wanbai outside, "Mother......"

Jiang Wanbai knew that this was the custom in the village, and yellow paper could not enter the house, otherwise there would be disaster, so she hurriedly took Tian Laosan and Tian Laosi out of the house, joined Tian Laoer, and came to Tian Wenji's house.

From afar, she saw a white paper notice hanging at the door of Tian Wenji's house, she didn't need to look at it, she also knew what was written on it, it was to ask Mr. Yin Yang to calculate the funeral time according to the time of Tian Wenji's breath, as well as the first seven days, one hundred days, the first anniversary, the second anniversary, and the third anniversary.

However, no one in this Tian Wenji knew exactly when he died, and he didn't know how this Mr. Yin and Yang calculated it, Jiang Wanbai thought a little curiously.

When I entered the courtyard gate, I saw that a spiritual shed had been erected in the courtyard, and a table was placed in the middle of the spiritual shed, hanging white table clothes, and offerings, incense burners, wax tables and everlasting lamps were placed on the table.

These, of course, are all exquisite. For example, before the funeral, this lantern must be guarded day and night, and it cannot be extinguished, because legend has it that this lamp is the soul of the deceased, and if the lamp is extinguished, the soul of the deceased will also dissipate, and there will be no way to reincarnate at that time.

There is also this spiritual shed, because the corpse and coffin are taboo to be parked in broad daylight, for fear of the so-called "sun crystal moon", but also afraid of offending the gods of the heavens, so as long as a simple memorial ceremony is held, it is necessary to build a spiritual shed.

When building, it should be built according to the pattern of the mourning courtyard. If you only build a shed in the courtyard, it is called "flat shed and sharp", also called "one hall", just like the classical hall, with a ridge on the top.

If there are two courtyards in the mourning house, you can build a greenhouse, cover these two courtyards, the roof of the courtyard of the mourning hall is higher, and the roof of the front yard is slightly lower, so that the two roofs are integrated, the back is high and the front is low, it is called "one hall and one volume", that is, the high roof of the backyard is the "hall", and the low roof of the front yard is the "volume".

And so on, anyway, there are a lot of rules, and it can't be compared to now, after a person dies, he sends it to the crematorium, and finally gets an urn, and even, there are some who don't even want an urn, which is even more convenient.

At this time, Xu's, Tian Chengyu, and Tian Wenji's father and mother were all staying in the mourning shed, crying while burning paper, but unlike the other three crying liver and intestines, Xu's crying was dry thunder and not raining, the voice was very loud, but there was no tears on his face.

It is estimated that Tian Wenji is dead, and the Xu family is also very relieved, she can not admit the matter of retiring the book, and the second elder of the Tian family will help her for the sake of Tian Chengyu, so that she can continue to stay in the Tian family and take charge of the family's big and small things, just waiting for Tian Chengyu to grow up, she can enjoy her old age in peace.

Jiang Wanbai glanced at Xu, then took the yellow paper to the brazier in front of the spiritual table and began to burn the paper. And because she is an elder, she didn't kneel, but Tian Lao and the second of them, although they were the same generation as Tian Wenji, but in order to respect the deceased, they still knelt there in a proper manner.

Xu Shi saw that it was Jiang Wanbai and them, her face was a little unpleasant, obviously, she hadn't forgotten yesterday's hatred!

She didn't wait to see Jiang Wanbai, Jiang Wanbai didn't wait to see her, after burning the paper, Jiang Wanbai came out of the spirit shed, and then looked left and right, wanting to find someone to inquire about the situation.

There were many people in the yard, but Jiang Wanbai really saw a familiar person, that person was none other than Tian Wenliang's daughter-in-law Li, that is, the woman who was good friends with the Zhao family, and sued Jiang Wanbai Tian Wenji and Ma Xiaocui at the intersection last time and was broken by the Xu family.

At this time, Li was gossiping with another woman, "Why did you say that she was burned to death?" Li glanced at the spirit shed and said in a low voice.

"Then who knows, there is a lack of morality." The woman whispered back.

Li Shi showed a knowing smile, smiling and smiling, she seemed to realize that this was the edge of the spirit shed, and quickly put the smile back, a face seemed to be smiling or not, and it was even more uncomfortable for people to look at.

After thinking about it for a while, Jiang Wanbai leaned over and asked the Li family, "There is such a big thing in the town, has the government come forward?" ”

Two officials came, asked a few questions, took some silver, and left. By the way, speaking of silver, the Wen Ji family has made a fortune this time.

The house was rented by Wen Ji, and now it has been burned down, and the owner has asked for a lot of money, I heard that there are more than 100 taels! ”

Li said with envy and surprise, envy of course envy the owner of the house for having a large sum of silver in the account, as for surprise, it is a surprise thing, this kind of thing is really not encountered once in a few years.

"So many, isn't the Wen Ji family going to lose?" The woman next to her.

"How come, it's not even a broken muscle, don't you know, how good their family's life is, doesn't that Xu horn blow every day and their family eats meat every day." Li said with some sarcasm.

"Now that the man is gone, what's the use of eating meat every day?"

"Sister-in-law, you can ask Xu Horn if you have a chance in the future." Li Shi seems to have a point, in the past, Xu Shi loved to show these everywhere, in the future, hum.

The two of them deviated from Jiang Wanbai's question as they spoke, and Jiang Wanbai, who was listening directly, was irritable, and interrupted them before the woman could speak, Jiang Wanbai asked, "Then how does the government judge this matter?" Fire? ”

"It's just a fire, otherwise how can it be judged? By the way, they were also fined their money. Li Shi was obviously not interested in this topic at all, and said these two sentences dryly, and after speaking, she began to talk about the topic of silver again, "If you want me to talk about ......"

Jiang Wanbai heard what she wanted to know the most, so she immediately withdrew from the conversation. She now thinks that she must have watched too many TV dramas about the case, and she will feel that the ancient government is like Bao Zheng and Di Renjie, in fact, the government is just going through the motions!

said that it was incompetent, and it may have wronged them a little, but if she doesn't act, she will definitely not be able to run, but if so, she doesn't have to worry about being implicated.

didn't want to smell the smell of burning paper here anymore, Jiang Wanbai was just about to go out when he heard a commotion outside.

Before they could hear what they were arguing about, a group of people burst in with a stretcher-like object.

As soon as the stretcher was put down to the edge of the mourning shed, a few people came out of the group, and began to cry around the stretcher, "My daughter, you died so miserably! "Sister, why did you go like this!" Wait a minute.

Among them, there is also a person with a leper face, who is Ma Xiaocui's father and leper man, he stood on the side of the stretcher, and shouted at the second elder of the Tian family and the Xu family in the spirit shed: "Your Tian family killed my daughter, today, you have to give us an explanation." ”

After drinking, he covered his face again and began to howl, "My poor daughter, you are not yet twenty years old, why did you go like this, didn't you let me send a white-haired person to a black-haired person, but it hurt me to death." ”

Tian Wenji's father and mother are all honest people, otherwise they would not have been pinched by the Xu family, so when they saw such a menacing person on the other side, they were immediately frightened and didn't dare to speak, but it was the Xu family, and there was a bit of a posture that was not afraid of heaven and earth.

Standing up suddenly, Xu said angrily: "Give you an explanation, then who will give us an explanation?" What do you think your daughter is good? She is a broken shoe, if it is placed in our Tianjia Village, it should be soaked in the pig cage, and now it is cheap to burn her! ”

Xu's hatred for Ma Xiaocui is really like a surging river, so he speaks very impulsively.

"You, I'm going to sue the yamen and let the yamen give me justice." The leper man carried out the yamen again to frighten people.

When it comes to the yamen, the Xu family is really a little weak-hearted, she is not weak-hearted about Ma Xiaocui's death, what she is weak about is Tian Wenji's resignation of her, if this is to make trouble with the official mansion, this matter will definitely be troubled, although she can still stay here at that time, it will not be so justifiable!

As soon as the leper man saw that Xu's heart was weak, he immediately patted the stretcher and said, "Let's go, let's go to the official and arrest all the murderers who killed my daughter." But he said yes, but he didn't mean to move at all.

Xu Shi couldn't stand it a little, "What nonsense are you talking about, who killed your daughter's life, it was your daughter who was careless and caught fire, so she was burned to death." ”

"My daughter has been well-behaved and sensible since she was a child, how could she be so careless, it must be Tian Wenji's kid, he hurt my daughter." After speaking, the leper man wiped his face and said angrily, "We are such a daughter, but we were killed by your family, let's say, what are you going to do?" ”

After speaking, he saw that Xu was not convinced, and added, "If you don't plan to give us an explanation, we will go to sue the official." ”

Xu Shi was pinched in the weakness, and he became out of idea again, and said in a strong way: "What do you want?" I warn you, this is Tianjia Village, not your Wuliu Village. ”

"Three hundred taels of silver, you give us three hundred taels of silver, and we will turn around and leave." The leper male lion opened his mouth widely, and finally said the purpose of the trip.

"Three hundred taels, why don't you grab it?" Xu Shi was immediately angry, three hundred taels, where did she get so much money.

Their family has a little money, but it's only five or six hundred taels to die, and most of the money is not in her hands, that is, the one hundred and fifty taels that were paid to the owner today, and the coffin book of the second elder of the Tian family, now this leper man's mouth is three or four hundred taels, isn't this her life!

"Three hundred taels is already cheap for you, my daughter can earn thirty taels of silver a year, and ten years is three hundred taels." The leper man looked like he was cheap and said, but he didn't lie, Ma Xiaocui earned more than thirty taels this year.

"Broken shoes, earn money by loosening your belt, do you think anyone is willing to give her money!" Xu scolded twice, and suddenly remembered that Tian Wenji wanted to divorce her for such a woman, and now that she was dead, she didn't let her stop, and she felt anger rising from her heart.

As soon as she bent down, she picked up the brazier on the ground and threw it at the leper man, "Don't you ask for money, it's all money here, it's all for you." ”

Fortunately, the brazier is porcelain, and the edge of the pot is not so hot, otherwise, Xu really can't hold it. But the brazier had been burning paper money for a long time, and even now, with a red ember, was thrown like this, and those sparks burst out and shot towards the leper man's group, and the frightened people cheered and retreated.

They hid, but the stretcher covered with white cloth was still there, and the brazier was suddenly buckled on the stretcher, and after a while, the flames ignited the white cloth, and immediately revealed a little bit of Ma Xiaocui who had been burned by the fire.

With a whoosh, Jiang Wanbai quickly closed her eyes and turned her head, she only hated why she looked at her so much now, now it's okay, she will definitely have a nightmare tonight.

Jiang Wanbai was annoyed there, but the leper man was angry, "Okay, you shrew, I'll let you see how good I am." Shouting, they wanted to hit Xu.

The people standing in the courtyard were all from Tianjia Village, and when they saw them doing it, where would they stand, so the two groups of people immediately fought together, and for a while, they forgot about the fire.

There was a disgusting smell in the air immediately, Jiang Wanbai covered her nose and regretted dying, she was so damn ...... But now there is a mess at the door, and it is difficult for her to leave.

"Second child, you go and fetch water and put out the fire, third child, you go and bring me the copper basin over there, and fourth, you bring me the stone over there." No longer erupted in silence, but perished in silence, Jiang Wanbai chose the former.

In the chaos just now, Tian Lao Er and the others hurriedly protected Jiang Wanbai, so Jiang Wanbai had someone to send at this time.

The three ......of them were a little worried, afraid that if they left, others would hurt Jiang Wanbai.

"It's okay, go quickly." Jiang Wanbai shouted, she really couldn't stand the smell anymore.

The three of them went to get their own things, and as for Jiang Wanbai, they leaned towards the wall, avoiding those who were red-eyed.

Fortunately, Jiang Wanbai's body is quite tough, she dodged left and flashed, and finally waited for Tian Laosan.

After taking the copper basin, she put the mouth of the copper basin down on the ground, and at this time, Tian Laosan happened to come back, she immediately took the stone in his hand and smashed it against the copper basin.

The ......copper basin was smashed with a stone, making a loud noise, and even bringing an echo.

Everyone was startled by this sound, and involuntarily stopped, at this time, Tian Lao Er splashed a bucket of water on the fire, the fire made a stabbing sound, and it was extinguished in an instant, and everyone finally calmed down a little like the fire, and they didn't dare to look at the thing in the middle.

Now that I know it's disgusting, why did I go earlier. Jiang Wanbai glanced around at everyone and said to the leper man: "You don't have to play tricks here, this is Tianjia Village, if you can please you, then you won't be surnamed Tian a long time ago." ”

The leper man recognized Jiang Wanbai at a glance and was about to scold, but Jiang Wanbai was one step ahead of him and continued: "You don't want to sue the official, I advise you to go quickly."

The house that was burned was rented, and now the owner is looking for someone to ask for compensation, saying that it will cost 200 taels, and you go to sue the official, just right, just to discuss the compensation with the owner.

By the way, the official also came in the morning, saying that the fire is a serious crime, and he should be fined silver, and the Tian family can't take out the silver, thinking that your daughter can make so much money, she will definitely be able to take out the silver.

Also, a lot of things were burned to the houses on both sides of the house, and I was worried that I couldn't find anyone! Jiang Wanbai said coldly, if she had to choose a gang between the Xu family and the leper man, she would undoubtedly choose the Xu family.

The leper man's heart trembled, where did he have so much silver, "These are not my daughter's business at all, are they ......" he argued, but the tone was much weaker.

"You go talk to the government and see if they believe you." Jiang Wanbai blocked the leper man with one sentence. With such an inactive government, Jiang Wanbai really didn't believe that they would find out anything, they would just hit a big board on each side and then drive them out.

Obviously, the leper man also knows this, so his face is very ugly.

"If you want to leave, get out now, if you don't leave, stay and make money together." Jiang Wanbai's words became the last straw that crushed the camel, and the leper man just wanted to get some money, but he didn't come to give out the money.

"Hmph, you wait for me, I don't believe that there is no place for reason in this world." The leper man snorted and chirped after saying a sentence that all losers would say, and then motioned for the group to lift Ma Xiaocui and leave.

At this time, that group of people made a difficulty, when they came, there was a stretcher to carry, and now, the stretcher is destroyed, how to get it?

The leper man was also a little dumbfounded, at this moment, the crowd was divided, and the third uncle walked in from outside, threw a roll of broken mats in his hand to the ground, and the third uncle said loudly: "You are not welcome in Tianjia Village, please leave." ”

"Get out, get out...... the villagers of Tianjia Village roared together.

The general trend has gone, and the leper man glared at the third uncle, and then rolled up Ma Xiaocui on the ground with a mat and walked away with the people.

As soon as they left, the courtyard immediately became active, and they all talked around Jiang Wanbai.

"Auntie, you just scared me."

"Auntie, you're really good at this."

"Auntie, listen to it again, refresh!"

"Auntie, just rush to today's matter, next time you need help, you must find me."

Jiang Wanbai was a little surprised by the enthusiasm of the villagers, and at the same time, she seemed to understand one thing, that is, sometimes, helping others is helping herself.

"The affairs of our two families are settled." After Xu Shi said this, he didn't wait for Jiang Wanbai to respond, he turned around and entered the spirit shed again.

Two clear? Jiang Wanbai was noncommittal, she never felt that she owed her anything, but, forget it.

The next thing is the third uncle and ancestor, but there is nothing to do, Jiang Wanbai said goodbye to the third uncle and ancestor, and then took Tian Lao Er and the others to go back.