Chapter 997: The Chen Family's Funeral
For funerals, usually no one will rush to the funeral, but our girl Jiang Wantang has never been an ordinary person.
Stopping in front of the door of Shen Nanzhi's house to die or live had to go together, Shen Nanzhi was not only a little suspicious, what did Jiang Wantang want to do.
"I promise not to talk and move around at will, but because I haven't been out of the house for a long time, I feel depressed in my heart, but although the four girls go together, I will only wait outside with the coachman when you go in, and I will definitely not run around!" Jiang Wantang said.
In order not to delay time, Shen Nanzhi still agreed, anyway, there was nothing wrong with such a thing, she just had to go in and send condolences and leave.
Bumpy on the carriage all the way, Shen Nanzhi, who rarely went out by car, didn't take long for his stomach to pantothenic acid, lying on Lilac's leg and vomiting yellow water twice, and finally arrived at Chen's mansion.
Before getting out of the car, Lilac was not worried about Jiang Wantang, and specially left Juan Bi to look at her, they were only waiting outside the Chen Mansion, and they couldn't enter the door without a post.
Lilac helped Shen Nanzhi into the house, only to see that the house was full of white flowers, and there were many guests who came to mourn, and the people of the Chen Mansion introduced her into the hall, only to see many women sitting there, looking compassionate, but they also had a chat without a match.
As the saying goes, red and white things are good places to socialize, not to mention that Mrs. Chen is dying and walking very peacefully, although the Chen family is sad in their hearts, they do not sigh too much.
Life and death, who doesn't have this day?
When the women saw the girl walk in the door, the conversation stopped for a moment, and they all looked up at the little girl who had just entered the door. I saw that she was twelve or thirteen years old, wearing an ivory lotus-patterned plain Hangzhou silk narrow-sleeved quilt, a light blue skirt, sideburns with a lot of coral stone beads, gold inlaid bluestone earrings on her ears, cheeks were fleshy, but extremely white and tender, and a pair of big eyes flickered at the people in the hall, but she did not look very flustered.
"Yes...... Sister An? When the young woman sitting at the top saw this, she took the handkerchief in her hand and pressed her tearful eyes. Shen Nanzhi looked at her, only to see a young woman in filial piety clothes, she had the impression that Mrs. Chen had been a guest at the Shen Mansion back then, but Shen Nanzhi had grown up fast in recent years, and she inevitably dared not identify it.
Shen Nanzhi immediately stepped forward and gently blessed his body to Chen: "Mrs. Chen, it's me." ”
"Good boy, good boy!" Chen's face was slightly happy, and he pulled out a smile, beckoning Shen Nanzhi to sit down beside him, "Good boy, sit down quickly, you're here!" ”
"Mother is not in good health, the doctor said that she can't go out, so she has no choice but to call me here," Shen Nanzhi didn't excuse himself too much, and sat down beside Chen generously, "Mother is extremely guilty, and she will ask me to come and apologize to Mrs. Chen in person, and I hope that Mrs. Chen will mourn." ”
Everyone in the hall looked at Shen Nanzhi one after another, and saw that this girl was not very old, but she was very self-contained in her gestures, and when she spoke to Chen, she was neither humble nor arrogant, neither twisted nor too contemptuous, everything was so just right, and it always made people feel very comfortable.
The girl's face was faintly sad, not very obvious, but it was so suitable for such an occasion, and there was no trace of forced pretense.
A few people saw that their eyes were hot, if it wasn't for the fact that this was a white event or a happy event, they would go up and ask the girl's origin, thinking about being a matchmaker.
Shen Nanzhi rarely participates in such gatherings, firstly, because she is young, and her mother will not take her to such gatherings in the early years, and secondly, her mother has been in poor health over the years, and she has little chance to go out.
Several women's eager eyes saw that she was anxious, so they had to listen carefully to Chen's words on the side, and responded to her with all their might.
The result was that Chen felt that Shen Nanzhi was a good boy, and he didn't care about anything for a while, and after telling that he saw Shen Nanzhi's small appearance back then, and talked about his friendship with Shi, the tears that had just been wiped off overflowed again, and Shen Nanzhi was so anxious that he took a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
Chen said that he was happy, and then he remembered Shen Nanzhi's intention, if Shi came, he would have to go to the mourning hall to mourn, but Shen Nanzhi was still a child after all, and he didn't have to bear so many things, so he only asked someone to accept the funeral gift she brought, and served her a few plates of melon and fruit snacks.
Shen Nanzhi was not used to such an occasion, she only felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, just when she was struggling with how to say to leave, she suddenly saw a little girl in filial piety clothes walking in from the side door of the lobby, and her heart suddenly lit up, but there was not much expression on her face.
It was the daughter of the Chen family, Chen Lishu, who came in. She is only one year older than Shen Nanzhi, and the two have played together for several days since they were children. In the past few months, the two have not seen each other.
"Mother......" Chen Wanshu stepped forward to be well-behaved.
Chen knew that the two were on good terms, although Chen Wanshu was a concubine and her father was very displeased with her, but Chen was always a kind person, and he was not bad to her, so he waved his hand when he saw this, "Go, you and Sister An are gone, go out and stay for a while, by the way, if Sister Rou is also there, I will also call her." ”
When Shen Nanzhi heard this, he hurriedly got up and saluted the Chen family in a proper manner, and then withdrew with her.
Sister Rou is Chen's daughter-in-law, Chen Wanshu's younger sister, because of her somewhat strong temperament, she has never been able to play with Shen Nanzhi. Chen likes Shen Nanzhi's temperament very much, and has always wanted Chen Wanrou to get along with her more, and the concubines she brought with her are also more peaceful, but it is a pity that things gather like people and people are divided into groups, and the two have never been together peacefully for more than an hour.
"Namji! I miss you so much! Bypassing the crowded front hall, Chen Wanshu took her to the ear room where there was no one on the side, and the two of them each moved a low pestle to sit opposite each other, holding hands affectionately, "Is Aunt Shen feeling better?" You came just in time, I sewed a new medicine pillow for my aunt a few days ago, and I will ask Fangcao to bring it later, and you can bring it back. ”
"My body is much better," Shen Nanzhi replied with a chuckle, and when he raised his eyes, he met the tear stains on Chen Wanshu's face, as well as the red and swollen eyes that were crying, he couldn't bear to feel a burst of sadness, gently stroked Chen Wanshu's hand, and said, "Wanshu, Mrs. Chen is going to Elysium, don't be too sad." ”
Chen Wanshu nodded a few times, but she couldn't help but burst into tears softly, she sobbed twice in a low voice, "Alas...... My grandmother is gone, and I will never have anyone to protect me again. ”