Chapter 41: The House Leak Happened to Rain Overnight (Asking for Powder)
So, the next day, Zhen Niang took advantage of the time to sell ink and went to Li's Moxuan, visited her seventh grandmother, and then relieved her seventh grandmother about the loose plague by the way.
"Okay, you girl is also worried about her life, your seventh grandmother and I haven't passed any hurdles, don't you worry about this girl, isn't it a pine plague? It's not a big deal, after all, our Li family has the first opportunity, two days ago, your ninth uncle has sent a letter back, and he has already bought a batch of Shanghaode pine, and it is not difficult for our Li family Mofang to tide over the difficulties. The Seventh Old Lady said.
"Hmm. That's good. Zhen Niang nodded heavily, and was also relieved a lot, and said, "Uncle Nine is coming back soon, right?" ”
"Well, that's all it takes for the past two days." The Seventh Grandmother nodded.
That's good. As long as the family is united, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome. Zhen Niang clenched her fist heavily, which amused the Seventh Grandmother.
Then the grandparents and grandchildren chatted about homely things, quite tasteful, and when it came to ink making, it was even more interesting, and this chat actually talked until the evening, and the sky did not know when it began to rain lightly.
The long street of bluestone slabs is wet, and the air is misty with water, which is completely a picture of the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River.
Zhen Niang said goodbye and trotted home against the rain curtain.
At night, Xu is the relationship between the water on the eaves of the outside is ticking, and the virgin mother has been sleeping unsteadily, and finally fell asleep, but it was a continuous dream.
In the dream, she dreamed that many people surrounded her, her eyes were full of accusations, but she stood in the middle with an inexplicable face, feeling wronged in her heart. There was an indescribable suffocation, and I wanted to cry.
And what Zhenniang didn't know was that she really cried: "Woo woo......"
woke up Zhao and Zheng, who were sleeping through the curtain.
"Zhenniang, Zhenniang. What's wrong? Why are you crying, is it a nightmare? Zhao got up. Holding the lamp, he walked to Zhen Niang's bed. On the other hand, Zheng also put on his clothes and followed. looked at Zhenniang with a concerned face.
She is very satisfied with her current life, plus she is destined to have nothing, and she has more love for Zhenniang like a daughter.
"Mother, what's wrong?" Zhenniang woke up Zhao, opened her eyes and saw that Zhao and Zheng were sitting on the edge of her bed, a little confused, shook her head, and couldn't help but ask inexplicably.
"Ask yourself. Why are you crying? Nightmares? Zhao asked with some tears and laughter.
"Am I crying?" Zhenniang was inexplicable, and then touched her face with one hand, but she felt tears on her face. Thinking about the dream again, he said a little embarrassedly: "I don't know if Weishenme is crying, but I feel very wronged in the dream." ”
"You girl, you are weird, which one can still make you feel wronged?" Zhao nodded Zhen Niang's forehead, scolded with a smile, and then beckoned Zheng to go back to bed.
"Mother. Uncle, I'm sorry to wake you up. Zhen Niang poked her head out of the quilt.
"It's a dream, I don't care." Zheng waved his hand. Then help Zhenniang close the curtain and go back to bed.
And Zhenniang can't sleep anymore at this time.
Tossing and turning until the sky is light.
I'm getting up. But I heard the courtyard door of my house being banged heavily.
"Who?" Zhenniang hurriedly tied her clothes and packed up. Only then did I open the door, and I had to ask a question before opening the door.
"Zhenniang. It's me, Zhengyan. "Outside, Li Zhengyan's voice sounded a little hoarse.
"It's Cousin Zhengyan, why is it so early? Are you looking for my big brother? My eldest brother didn't come back last night, but he was in the workshop. Zhen Niang said as she opened the door.
"No, I'm here to find my eldest brother." As soon as Li Zhengyan entered the door, he asked anxiously. Looking for Li Zhengshen.
"Cousin Zhengshen should be over there in the workshop, with my eldest brother, a few days ago, a freight store in Suzhou ordered a large number of coal stoves, during this time my eldest brother and cousin are working overtime." Zhenniang explained.
"Then I'll look for it in the workshop." Li Zhengyan didn't say a word, turned around and ran.
"Cousin Zhengyan, what happened? In such a hurry? Zhenniang couldn't help but ask, her expression was too anxious.
"Tell your eighth grandfather, my grandfather had an accident, and the boat he was on capsized on the side of Shendu." Li Zhengyan roared from afar, and then ran away and disappeared.
And when Zhenniang heard Li Zhengyan's words, she only felt that her head was coaxed.
"Zhenniang, who has an accident?" At this moment, the old shopkeeper Li came out of the house and asked, the old man slept lightly, last night was another night's dream, woke up early, heard the sound, and walked out.
"Grandpa, it was Uncle Jiu who had an accident, and the boat he was on capsized on the other side of Shendu." Zhen Niang said with a pale face.
"Lao Jiu!" As soon as the old shopkeeper Li heard this, his eyes immediately widened, he yelled, and then coughed violently.
"Grandpa, don't worry, don't worry." Zhen Niang was startled when she saw him like that, and hurriedly patted her grandfather's vest.
"Old man, don't worry, don't worry, your body can't be in a hurry, maybe it's a false alarm, it's okay, let's go to Lao Jiu's house to have a look, don't worry." On the side, Wu hurriedly comforted.
At this time, the Zhao family, the Zheng family, and the Du family all rushed out.
"Zhenniang, what's the matter?" Zhao asked eagerly.
Zhen Niang said what she had just said again.
"Zhenniang, my mother will go to your ninth uncle's house with you to have a look, Lamei, you and Dalang's daughter-in-law will take care of your father and mother together." Zhao said decisively.
"No, no need, I'm going to go in person, Lao Jiu may really have an accident, I haven't dreamed of him for a long time, I dreamed of him all night last night, it's all when I was a child, Lao Jiu, it's for me to dream." As the old shopkeeper Li spoke, he choked up.
The Zhao family borrowed a donkey cart from the Huaide daughter-in-law on the other side, and then pulled the old shopkeeper Li and the Wu family and went straight to the ninth room of the Li family.
After a while, when I arrived at the ninth room of the Li family, I saw a white lantern hanging at the door of the ninth room of the Li family.
As soon as Zhen Niang saw the white lantern, she couldn't help but close her eyes tightly, needless to say, the ninth uncle would definitely leave.
"Old Wei, what's wrong with your ninth master?" As soon as he got out of the car, the old shopkeeper Li picked up the head of the porter Lao Wei and asked in a choked voice.
"Eighth master, eighth master. The ninth master is gone, gone. Old Wei kept nodding. Tears are in the air.
"How can it be so good that the people are gone?" Old Li shopkeeper's hunched back. The same weeping road.
"God has no eyes, the boat has arrived at Shendu, so it capsizes, and Li Si, who went out with him, is also gone, Wang Liu saved his life, and only transported the bodies of the two back." The old Wei said in a trembling voice, and then said to the old shopkeeper Li: "Eighth master, you mourn, go in quickly." Persuade Mrs. Nine to take care of your health. The old Wei squatted on the ground, crying.
"Alas, alas, I'll persuade, I'll persuade." Old Shopkeeper Li was busy.
Then Zhen Niang and her party entered the house, and heard the crying in the front hall from a distance.
At this moment, Li Zhengyan took Li Zhengshen home. Zhenniang's eldest brother Li Zhengliang also came with him.
As soon as Li Zheng entered the door, he threw himself in front of the coffin in the hall: "Grandpa." Grandpa, I've changed, I don't cultivate the Tao, I don't alchemy. I've now laid a little foundation with my cousin, and my grandson is going to pick up a good thing for you on your sixty-fifth birthday. Why did you just leave...... The grandson is not filial. ”
From the voice of her cousin, Zhenniang felt the regret of wanting to raise her son but not being there.
"You stinky boy. You stinky boy, do you know to come back? Kim was lying beside Li Zheng. Crying and beating him hard.
Jin is Zhenniang's ninth uncle.
On the other hand, Li Zhengliang's mother, Huang, also wiped her tears. Zhengyan also had red eyes on the side.
Only Li Jingdong was sitting in a wheelchair, his face still cold.
However, Zhen Niang happened to see his right hand holding the wheel, and the green tendons on it exploded, and the entire knuckles were all white because of the hard grip on the wheel.
At this moment, Zhenniang understood that Uncle Jingdongtang's grief was heavier than anyone else, and it was also suppressed, making it even more uncomfortable to watch, and Zhenniang's heart was also sour at this time.
I just feel that life is really impermanent.
On the one hand, the Zhao family and the Wu family hurriedly persuaded everyone, but at this time, it was okay not to persuade them, but if they were persuaded they would cry even more fiercely.
Zhen Niang looked at her grandfather's sad and uncontrollable appearance, worried about his body, afraid that his grandfather would not be able to resist, after all, grandpa is so old, and his health has not been good, this is too sad, in case......
Zhen Niang didn't dare to continue to think about it, so she had to persuade Wu together, and after a while, the old shopkeeper Li relieved himself.
But at this time, Zhen Niang suddenly remembered the seventh grandmother, and she suddenly thought of a possibility, the seventh grandmother's illness recorded on the family tree may not be because of pine plague, but because of the ninth uncle.
Thinking of this, Zhen Niang hurriedly asked the Huang family on the side: "Aunt Jingdong, can the seventh grandmother be notified?" ”
"Look at me, I'm all busy, this is not yet, I will send someone to inform." Huang patted his forehead.
The coffin arrived at night, and it was just dawn at this time, if it wasn't for the rush to find the eldest son's body, even the eighth room didn't notify it so quickly.
"Auntie, the seventh grandmother is old, you still have to pay attention to this notice, don't be too sudden, I'm afraid she won't be able to stand the stimulation for a while. In case ...... "the next superfluous words, Zhen Niang doesn't need to say it, I think Aunt Jingdong will understand."
"Isn't it? They are all in their seventies, I will let Zhengyan inform you Uncle Jingquan, your seventh grandmother, hide a little first. Huang nodded. As he spoke, he called Zhengyan to inform the Sun family of the sect.
He also told Zhenniang to take good care of the old shopkeeper Li, so she went to work by herself.
Zhen Niang breathed a sigh of relief, she actually knew that this kind of thing would definitely not be hidden from the seventh grandmother in the end, and she only hoped that there would be a buffer in the middle, so that it would not be too sudden and the blow would be too big.
Then Zhao and Li Dalang stayed to help, Zhen Niang and Wu helped the old shopkeeper Li go home, after all, the old shopkeeper is older, and his body is really bad, and he is afraid that something will happen to him.
And after Zhenniang returned home, thinking about the seventh grandmother's side, she was still a little uneasy, so she went to the ink shop again.
"Second aunt, is the seventh grandmother okay?" Zhenniang asked.
"It's okay, I didn't dare to let your seventh grandmother know about your ninth uncle's affairs, but your seventh grandmother seems to have a little hunch, and she is asking you if your ninth uncle has arrived early this morning?" Big Rhubarb sighed. (Because the second aunt of the sect and the daughter-in-law of Li Jingdong in the ninth room are both from the Huang family, in the future, the one on the side of the sect will be called the big yellow family, and the one on the side of the ninth room will be called the little yellow family.) )
"Second aunt, this matter can't be hidden from the seventh grandmother, the seventh grandmother will eventually know, I think, it's better to invite a doctor to come to the house, in case something happens, it's better to save Ye in time." Zhen Niang's careful proposal.
It's a precaution she can think of. This is called being prepared, and being prepared is always not a loss.
"Well, it's okay, I'll let someone invite you." Rhubarb Road. (To be continued......)
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