Mengxiong was worried about Chen Caozhi all the way, and when he arrived at Chenjiawu, he saw heretic solemnly kneeling in the small hall of the Chen family's ancestral hall and talking with Chen Xian, the patriarch of the Chen family, Feng Mengxiong had no time to think about why Ding Yi and Fenglin had the same attitude as the two of them at the ferry, and the death of Chen's mother Li shocked his family of three, it was so sudden!

Feng Lingbo was very sad when he saw Chen Caozhi, who was wearing linen and wearing filial piety, and felt very sad, she was the righteous daughter of Chen's mother Li, but she didn't come to visit when her stepmother was seriously ill, she was very guilty, and discussed with her father and mother how to keep filial piety for her stepmother?

If Feng Lingbo was raised by Chen's mother since childhood, then he would have to perform a three-year funeral like Chen Caozhi, but Feng Lingbo was not raised by Chen's mother, her own parents were both, how to serve filial piety really stumped Feng Mengxiong, the minister of Qiantang County, who was familiar with etiquette.

Feng Mengxiong discussed with his wife Sun, and decided to let Feng Lingbo perform the funeral for Chen's mother Li from now on as a daughter, and remove the service after the funeral, which means that Feng Lingbo will live in Chenjiawu these days, and accompany Chen Caozhi and Ding Youwei to guard the funeral of Chen's mother Li and keep filial piety.

Chen Caozhi is very grateful to Uncle Feng's family, his mother only had two sons, and his brother Qingzhi has died, and now Feng Lingboken is serving his mother's filial piety, so that even if there is a filial son and daughter, his mother's spirit in the sky will also be comforted.

Ding Youwei has changed into a linen filial piety skirt, disbanded the bun, tied with hemp silk, mourned and cried in front of the aunt's spirit, Zong Zhi and Run'er knelt beside their mothers on the left and right, and they were also crying, since yesterday afternoon, the two children have not eaten, according to the weekly ceremony, the grandchildren will decline for their grandparents for a year without eating-

Chen Caozhi took pity on his nephew and niece, and said that he didn't need to observe the ritual of not eating for two days, but Zongzhi and Run'er resolutely refused to eat, saying that when Uncle Ugly would eat, the two of them would eat, and according to the ceremony, Chen Caozhi would not eat for two days-

Zongzhi and Run'er Nian, crying and hunger hurt the body too much after a day of not eating, if you are hungry for another day, I am afraid that I will get sick and my sister-in-law Ding Youwei because of guilt that she failed to serve when her aunt was seriously ill, crying so much that she was too sad to mourn, and now only these two children can transfer the sadness of her sister-in-law.

The white curtain of the ancestral hall of the Han clan is fluttering, the white candle flame is swaying, and the crying is endless, Ding Yi and Feng Mengxiong have returned to the county seat, Ding Chunqiu stayed, and Feng's wife Sun and Feng Lingbo also stayed in Chenjiawu.

After Chen Caozhi and his sister-in-law and young nephew Feng Lingbo cried, he said to his sister-in-law Ding Youwei: "Sister-in-law Zongzhi and Run'er have not eaten for two days and one night, and if my sister-in-law takes him to drink a bowl of wheat porridge, he will be hungry and sick." ”

Ding Youwei wiped his eyes. Looking at the two children, Riyuxue is cute. Now his face is full of tears. And his face is a little blue. Touch their little hands. Cold. It's really distressing. commanded: "Xiaochan, Qingzhi." Take Zongzhi and Run'er to eat porridge. ”

Zongzhi and Run'er refused. said that ugly uncles eat porridge, they eat porridge.

Ding Youwei looked at Chen Caozhi with tears in her eyes. said: "Xiaolang." Persuade them both. The two of them listen to you more. ”

Chen Caozhi held the two children's hands in his palms. Asked: "Zongzhi, Run'er." Does Grandmother like you? ”

The two children said in unison, "Yes." He nodded vigorously. Crystal tears rolled down his cheeks.

Chen Caozhi said: "Then you two don't listen to your mother and ugly uncle." Refusing to eat porridge. Grandmother in the heavenly spirit will be unhappy. ”

Run'er said: "But mother, ugly uncle, Run'er and Brother are mourning for their grandmother, not disobedient." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "The two of you have already observed the ritual of not eating the sun, and now it is the second day, you should eat porridge, otherwise you will be hungry and sick, and your grandmother's spirit in the sky will be sad." ”

The two children nodded silently, but Run'er said: "That ugly uncle should also eat porridge, if the ugly uncle is hungry and sick, grandmother will also be sad." ”

This Run'er is not easy to convince, Chen Caozhi said: "Then Uncle Ugly asks you, are you very hungry?" ”

Zongzhi and Run'er glanced at each other and nodded honestly.

Chen Caozhi said: "That's right, you are young and hungry, Uncle Ugly is an adult and in good health, so it doesn't matter." Then he said to Ding Youwei: "Sister-in-law, you take them there." ”

Ding Youwei nodded, got up and picked up the two children, and looked down at Chen Caozhi, who was still kneeling: "Xiaolang also have to take care of yourself, you are the saddest, and you have to bother to comfort these two children, alas, not eating for two days, it really worries my sister-in-law." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I can bear it, my mother gave birth to me, so I will do my best and not eat for two days." ”

Zong Zhi took his mother's hand and walked to the door, turned around and said, "Uncle Ugly, will grandmother look at us in the spirit of the sky?" He had been thinking about this question for a long time.

Ding Youwei sneered: "Zongzhi! "I'm worried that my child won't be able to talk nonsense.

"Zongzhi, let Uncle Ugly tell you." Chen Caozhi stood up and took Zong Zhi's hand and walked outside the ancestral hall.

On the ninth day of October, the faint first quarter moon hangs on the canopy early, the clouds are faint, and the cold stars are twinkling.

Chen Caozhi took Zong Zhi and Run'er's little hands, looked up at the distant stars, and said, "Zongzhi, Run'er, Uncle Ugly told you, this."

After returning to heaven, because of the concern and love in the heart, his soul will turn into a star, and your grandmother is one of these stars, and Uncle Ugly doesn't know which one it is, but he only knows that this star will watch over us and will protect us for a lifetime. ”

Zong Zhi and Run'er raised their heads and searched carefully, Zong Zhi suddenly pointed to a bright star in the eastern sky and said, "Uncle Ugly, is that one grandmother's star?" ”

It is the brightest star in the constellation Orion, and it is a Nakshaku or Betelgeuse of the twenty-eight nakshatras.

Chen Caozhi: "Maybe." ”

The grief of the two children was greatly relieved, and they took their mother's hand back to the west building, and turned back step by step, looking at the bright stars in the sky, like grandmother's kind eyes—

Finding beauty in pain and never giving up hope for a better life is the reason that Chen Caozhi planted for the young hearts of his two children.

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Ding Yi, the patriarch of the Ding family, went to Chenjiahang, which caused a lot of shock in Qiantang County, and it was rumored that Ding Yi had allowed Ding Youwei to return to Chenjiawu to keep filial piety for Chen's mother, and he would live in Chenjiawu for a long time in the future, which made Qian Tang Shishu talk a lot, four years ago, it was Ding Yi who brought people to forcibly bring Ding Youwei back to his mother's house, saying that he wanted to cut off the relationship with the Hanmen Chen family and not get along.

Qian Tang Chen's Lianmei, Zheng, Lu, Liu, and Sun Liu's application for re-entry to the scholar status has been spread in Qian Tang, but because Chen Caozhi was worried about his mother's illness and failed to go to Jiankang to participate in the eighteen-state high school assessment, Qian Tang Chen's family is tantamount to giving up this excellent opportunity, that is, there is no hope of becoming a scholar, and this kind of opportunity cannot be there again in the future, after Mei, Zheng, Lu, Liu, and Sun return to the scholarly family, the Qiantang Chen family will be alone, and if you want to seek to become a scholar in the future, you will not be able to form the current momentum, and the opposition will be stronger. The interests of the scholars are like a piece of the pie, and the less people share, the better-

However, Ding She, who has always been shrewd and spicy, was condescending to Qian Tang Chen's family, and actually sent Ding Youwei back to Chenjiawu? Could it be that Qian Tang Chen still has hope to become a scholar?

On the tenth day of October, Du Zigong ordered the chief to go to Chenjiawu on behalf of the Du family to pay tribute to Chen's mother Li, the first family of the Qian and Tang Dynasty also sent someone to hang, this time, other Qian Tang clans also heard the wind and moved, Zhu's, Gu's, Fan's, Dai's all sent people to Chenjiawu to hang, the county's cold door naturally needless to say, have come to pay tribute, for a time, Chenjiawu oxcart Yingmen, because of a funeral to see the rise and fall of a family.

Of course, the Chu family will not go to lay Chen's mother Li, although Chu Wenqian is the head of a county, but now the eight scholars of the Qian and Tang dynasties have gone to Chenjiawu in the seventh surname, Chu Wenqian has a strong sense of being excluded from the circle, this sense of marginality makes Chu Wenqian both angry and helpless, and he can't order that Qian Tang Shishu be allowed to hang Chen Caozhi's mother, since he temporarily replaced the Qiantang County Order for more than half a month, other scholars have been constrained everywhere, and the government order is difficult to implement, and this county order is very breathless-

"Chen Caozhi! Chen Caozhi! Chu Wenqian walked around in the back hall of the county office, thinking hatefully, if he doesn't defeat the Qian Tang Chen family, then he Chu is afraid that he will be reduced to the status of the Han family in Qian Tang, since the collapse of the Lu family, some of the Han Shu clans who were originally oppressed by the Lu clan have re-emerged, this group of Han Shu clan because the Chu family supported the Lu clan in the past, so now they are all respectful and slanderous to the Chu family, if the Chu clan does not reorganize the majesty, not only will the Qian Tang clan be despised in the future, but even the Han clan will not take the Chu family in their eyes, and the Chu clan will revive the family reputation, first of all, it is necessary to suppress the Qian Tang Chen clan, Suppressing Chen Caozhi -

Chu Wenqian thought viciously: "Fortunately, Chen Caozhi died of his mother, otherwise he would have entered Jiankang, the Chen clan would be on an equal footing with the Chu clan in Qiantang, and it would be difficult to suppress it again, and now, there is an opportunity, my uncle is planning in Wu County, this time I will definitely make the Qian Tang Chen family suffer a big loss, and let the Quan's and Ding's people see, if you offend my Chu family, there will be no good end." ”

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The ninth day of October is the small burial of Chen's mother Li's line, and the nineteenth line of October is a big funeral, and the period of divination and burial is B ~ Yue Geng noon, that is, the first day of the first lunar month, during this period, Chen Caozhi and Feng Lingbo, Ding Youwei and Zong Zhi and Run'er cry every morning and evening; Laifu and Jingnu urged the craftsmen to dig a pit tomb for Chen's mother Li**, which is in the Chen cemetery under the Jade Emperor Mountain, on the left of Chen Cao's father Chen Su's cemetery, in the south of Jiuyao Mountain, eight miles away from Chenjiawu.

On the first day of the lunar month, the north wind is howling, the barren grass is vast, the poplar Xiao Xiao, Chen Caozhi wears linen and wears filial piety, sends his mother out of the suburbs, the hearse is carried, and the long funeral procession has hundreds of people.

Chen Caozhi's tears were hazy, and with the support of Gu Kaizhi, Xu Miao, Liu Shangwei, and Ding Chunqiu, he walked on the mountain road to Jade Emperor Mountain, and his younger brother Chen Mo suddenly caught up from behind, and said to Chen Caozhi: "Sixteenth brother, the 6th clan of Wujun sent people to pay tribute to the funeral. ”

Chen Caozhi nodded: "Please ask the fourth uncle to receive and thank you on my behalf-"

As he was talking, he saw a thin woman, with a weak dress and filial piety, whimpering, and when Chen Caozhi looked at it, it was a short hoe of 6 Weirui's personal maid.

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