Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Price of Filial Piety
Cheng *Zhen went back and met Xiao Shen to discuss the relocation of the grave the next day with the Qin family. He told everyone about the incident he had just met Chen Jia. And said that the uncle's family would come back tomorrow.
When the Qin clan heard it, he only casually answered and knew.
After Xiao Shen heard about it, her heart immediately became active, and she discussed with Cheng Erniu for a long time in the evening. The two husbands and wives didn't know how to discuss, so they went to Qin's house in the middle of the night to discuss with Qin's family for half a night, Cheng's house was brightly lit, and in the end everyone went back to sleep in the house satisfied.
Cheng Dazhuang and others settled in Changxian County, checked the accounts in the tofu workshop and shop, and reconciled the bills sent from several main cities. New redeployments have been made. After Chen Jia came back, she explained that she had met Cheng *, and asked everyone to go to Chengjia Village tomorrow morning.
The next day, the rooster crowed, and Cheng Dazhuang took his wife and son back to Chengjia Village in a carriage. Chen Jia and eldest brother Cheng Hu rode in front. Because they were afraid of missing the time, everyone hurried and hurried. I finally arrived at Chengjia Village before dawn.
"Cheng Hu is back. Hurry up, go with your lobby brother to help the spirit. Xiao Shen smiled with a spring breeze on his face. greeted Cheng Hu very warmly.
"Didn't you say that it must be the eldest grandson Fuling, I'm not the eldest grandson?" Cheng Hu was a little surprised by the enthusiasm of the second aunt, which did not match his previous impression of her. Although he also wants to help the spirit, mainly because his father is the eldest. But after all, he is not his grandfather's eldest grandson.
"Why are you so exquisite, besides, isn't your father the boss, and the eldest son and grandson should also help the spirit. Go for it. Yes! What Xiao Shen said seemed to be reasonable, and Cheng Hu followed to the front of the team when he saw this, and helped the spirit with Cheng * Zhen.
Cheng Dazhuang and everyone greeted each other, many villagers knew that Cheng Dazhuang had a tofu workshop in the capital, and they wanted to let their children take Cheng Dazhuang to mix an errand, and Cheng Dazhuang also agreed to a few families on the actual situation of each family.
Of course, in addition to the villagers this time, Cheng Mi, her husband and two-year-old daughter also came. Chen Jia looked at Cheng Mi's life and was not doing well. The tanned face and two rough hands tell the hardships and hardships of life everywhere! However, the ginger blacksmith still looks like he was before. Cheng Mei and Cheng Ying are already twelve-year-old girls. Xu is life is good, her body is gradually growing, and she looks like a beautiful girl!
Everyone picked up the coffin from the bottom of the mountain and carried it up the mountain, while Chen Jia and Cheng Yanjin fell behind.
"Sister, why are there so many copper coins on the stone under the coffin!" Cheng Yanjin asked Chen Jia quietly. This little clever ghost, seeing that the adults were busy lifting the coffin, he actually took the time to dig through the soil under the coffin to find some copper coins.
"I don't know about this, you go and ask your dad if you can take this." Chen Jia doesn't understand the funeral rites of this era. It is also not clear why there are copper coins.
I saw Cheng Biting Jin running to Cheng Dazhuang to ask questions, and after a while, he ran back again.
"Sister, my father said that I can take it, and if I take more, I can still be an official. I'm going to take it all out......" Cheng Yanjin said and ran down again and tried to rummage through it.
"In this case, then you can turn more and be the biggest official." Chen Jia looked at Cheng Biting Jin, who was covered in dirt, and also joked. Anyway, no one robbed it, Cheng Yanjin carefully rummaged in the pit by himself, and found a large handful of copper coins after a while. These copper coins are rusty, and there is soil sticking to them, but after all, they are also money, and Chen Jia didn't dislike it.
The pit for burying the coffin on the mountain has long been dug, and the villagers who helped to help put the coffin on the ground and then covered it with soil by the descendants of the Cheng family. Chen Jia noticed that the names of the men in the family were engraved on the stele, including Cheng Yanjin, and even the name of the baby boy who had just been born by the third uncle. But Chen Jia and Cheng Mei. Cheng Ying's name did not appear.
Everyone returned to the old house, but it was only noon. Everyone was preparing lunch in full swing, the villagers who came to help also ate together, and everyone went home to their families to prepare to go to the capital with Cheng Dazhuang to pack up their children.
"Da Zhuang, come here!" Qin's voice rang out. Chen Jia felt Cheng Dazhuang's body shake suddenly, as if there was still a huge shadow in his heart. She wanted to go with her to take a look, but was shut out by the Qin family.
"Mother!" Chen Jia hurried to find Chen, grandma called my father to the back room, you should hurry up and take a look.
"Did you say anything?" Chen asked with a blank expression.
"I don't know, but don't you know that person, Dad? Hurry up and check it out! Chen Jia urged.
"Okay, okay, I'll take a look, you little goblin, and your grandma is not a tiger." Seeing that there were still a few village aunts present, Chen pretended to laugh and went to the back room.
Cheng Dazhuang knew that it was not good as soon as he entered the back room, although the old man was gone, but this posture was no different from the conversation of the old man at that time. The second and third children, including the younger brothers and daughters-in-law, were all in the Qin family's room, and everyone sat on the chairs, and when they saw Cheng Dazhuang entering the room, their expressions were different. Although Cheng Dazhuang was also a little apprehensive, he still grinned and shouted as soon as he entered.
"Boss, you're developed now, and when you're developed, you don't bother to come back to see your mother, right?" Qin's indignant voice made Cheng Dazhuang's heart suddenly cold as rain.
"Mother, why do you think so, the New Year's etiquette is sent on time, and the silver is never a lot. If you are not satisfied, you can also follow us. When I came back this time, I wanted to ask my mother if she wanted to come with us! ”
"Why should I have been with you? I've only been with Cheng *, and I've been with my eldest grandson! If you eat and drink spicy food in the capital now, you don't care about us, you are unfilial. Aren't you afraid of thunder and thunder? "When it comes to the issue of interests, the Qin family will always be unscrupulous. There was an old man who could control it before, but now it's even more incredible.
"Mother, if you don't live with me, forget it, why do you say it so ugly? Alas! How much money do you want this time? Let's get it straight! Cheng Dazhuang sighed, he was completely dead to the Qin family. Chen couldn't help but go in when he heard this outside.
"I'm getting old, what money do I want? I don't want money! I just want my eldest grandson to go to school in the capital. Your family, Cheng Dong and Cheng Yanjin, both go to school in the capital, why don't you bring Cheng Zhen over? He's your big nephew! Qin glared at Cheng Dazhuang, as if Cheng Dazhuang had committed an unforgivable sin.
"Okay, I'll bring it! You let Cheng really clean up. We'll leave tomorrow. Cheng Dazhuang breathed a sigh of relief and didn't want to continue arguing. He turned and prepared to walk out.
"Stop!" Qin roared at the top of his voice, his voice was shrill and hoarse, sounding as terrible as a ghost crying wolf. She even got up from her chair excitedly and took two steps forward. "You want to go again, I haven't finished my sentence yet. Where are you going, you unfilial son! ”
"Is there anything else I have to say?" Cheng Dazhuang asked with a cold face and patience.
Seeing that Cheng Dazhuang's attitude was good, the Qin family said slowly: "I heard that your house in the capital is very ruthless, I will hand over the old mansion to Cheng Shi here to watch, and the land will be planted for him, and your second brother's family and I will go to the capital to accompany Cheng Zhen, Cheng Zhen has never left me when he is so old." I am old, and I also need someone to serve me, and my second daughter-in-law, Cheng Mei and Cheng Ying used to serve me. Your second brother will go to the capital with him, you can find him an errand to do, and just eat with a mouthful of food. She paused, then spoke again.
"You go back and rent two carriages now, we have a lot of people in our family, and you can't sit in that carriage!" After speaking, Qin Shi coughed a few times and took a sip of tea.
Seeing this, Xiao Shen hurriedly stepped forward to add tea to the Qin family, and helped the Qin family to take two steps back. A filial daughter-in-law.