Chapter 1 Snowy Night Hall
Dongling Kingdom, two hundred and fifty years.
Donglingguo, a country that has experienced its nascent birth and prosperity to gradual decline, is already in the twilight, with external and internal troubles, and the people are living in dire straits.
At this time, in a small mountain village called Taohua Village in Chang'an County, Chang'an Prefecture, Dongling State, the cry shook the sky, startling night birds in the dark cold night without knowing it.
The cold wind is howling, the people of the villagers are shivering, the sky, the snowflakes are falling in large flowers, the outside is endless white, and the mourning hall is also dazzling white, the sky and the earth are bleak and desolate.
The old woman who was crying loudly was Cai Dazhu's old wife, Li, and the person who cried was Cai Hua's youngest daughter, Cai Hua, who was called "Cai Hua'er" or "Hua'er" by the people and family members in the village on weekdays.
Cai Dazhu is fifty-five years old this year, Li is fifty-two years old this year, the two have four sons and one daughter, the eldest son Cai Qirong, the second son Cai Qihua, the third son Cai Qifu, and the youngest son Cai Qigui.
As for the young daughter Cai Hua, it means that she is expected to be as delicate as a flower.
Other people's families are patriarchal, but here in the Li family, it is a patriarchal daughter, Cai Huaer is the daughter she looked forward to ten years after she gave birth to her fourth son at the age of thirty.
People are not as good as heaven, she spoils the little girl of heaven, but this afternoon she fell into the loach river in front of Peach Blossom Village for no reason, the loach river is not very deep, but the good thing is that Cai Hua fell into the deepest part of the river with one foot, and the winter water was cold, even drowned and frozen, so she died and ended her short thirteen-year life.
"Flowers, flowers...... My son...... Why are you so miserable? You just went like this, how will you let your mother live in the future? It's better for my mother to die and follow you, and my heart won't hurt......"
Li held the black coffin in her hand, tears on her face, and her crying was three times, and she was sad and high-pitched in the dark night, covering the low sobs of the three women who were supporting her on the side.
The lid of the coffin was not closed, and under the dim candlelight of the mourning hall, a young girl lay quietly inside.
The already obese girl, after being soaked in water, gives people the illusion of being fatter, but it does not prevent people from seeing her original appearance, the girl's face is round, and the skin is dark, but the facial features are not ugly, the forehead is smooth, the bridge of the nose is high, the eyebrows are long and black, a pair of eyes are tightly closed, the long and dense eyelashes are even more excessive, the closed mouth is miserable, and the wet and undried sparse yellow hair is combed behind the head.
While the four women wept, no one noticed the person in the coffin, and their long eyelashes moved.
Seems...... It was just a momentary illusion.
Bangzi knocked three times, and the lively villagers gradually left, and only the Cai family with different expressions were left in front of the mourning hall.
The cold wind blew, and a dead wind lamp outside the door of the mourning hall swayed with the wind, bright and dark, flickering, and even more desolate and empty.
"Dad, mother, you two go and rest for a while, here we accompany the little sister, she won't be afraid." Cai Hua's eldest brother, Cai Mingrong, stepped forward to persuade the old couple.
Cai Dazhu sat on the stool in front of the spirit dejectedly, with a sad expression, although he did not spoil his daughter as much as the child's mother, but his daughter was a close-fitting little padded jacket, her only little padded jacket, he went like this at a young age, the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, and his heart was also emptied.
Li was half-sitting and half-kneeling on the ground, with paper money in the brazier burning in front of the spirit, and his eyes were red and swollen from crying.
"Yes, father, mother, you two have been busy from the afternoon to now, how can you be tired and tired? You two are the backbone of this family. Cai Qirong's wife, Tian Shi, saw that the two old men were unmoved, and also stepped forward to persuade them.
"If you want to go back, go back, I won't go back, one or two black-hearted, your sister's body is not cold, you just want to go home and rest, the family will send flowers for a ride, what can you do all night? Will you be tired to death? Yes? ……”
Li suddenly slapped his legs and cried, scolding the family in his mouth, from the eldest to the youngest, and then from the eldest daughter-in-law to the third daughter-in-law, and did not let go of any of them.
All:......
They have long been accustomed to the unreasonable appearance of the old lady as soon as she meets her sister, Tian's face is embarrassed, Cai Qirong's face flashed a trace of discomfort, covering the anger in his eyes, silently retreating to the chair and sitting stiffly.
The second Cai Qihua and his wife Wang are cowardly and timid, the husband and wife sit there, they don't dare to put a fart, they listen to the boss being scolded, their heads are lowered, they just hope to reduce their sense of existence, and they don't get caught and scolded by the old lady.
The third daughter-in-law, Hu Shi, stepped forward silently, squatted down and half-knelt on the right side of Li's family, helping to throw the paper money, her head of the house, the third Cai Qifu has been wandering outside for many years, this time she has not returned home, she does not take the initiative to behave, and her mother-in-law should grind her again after a while.
Only the fourth Cai Qigui, in addition to the old husband and wife at home, spoiled his sister in his heart, his eyes were red, he knelt on the left side of the old lady, burned paper money for his sister, and silently thought in his heart: Little sister, you go all the way, take care of yourself over there, and have a good baby in the next life, not to mention being an official sister and miss, glory and wealth, at least the kind that wants to live a long life, can't be like this life, and went early.
Li raised his red and swollen eyes, looked at the third daughter-in-law on the right, and then looked at the little son on the left who was crying and red-eyed, and finally felt a little more comfortable in his heart, so he stopped scolding, for fear of making noise to the young woman sleeping in the coffin.
I gave birth to four sons and one daughter, and this little son and little daughter are sincerely filial to themselves and the house, and the other three are either white-eyed wolves, or Canni can't support the wall, you say, can you blame her for being partial to her little girl?!
But her little girl...... Thinking that the poor little girl is gone, woo, woo...... Li covered his mouth and began to cry again, crying heartbreakingly, and his liver and intestines were broken.
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"It's cold, it's cold...... It's cold all over, so cold that people just want to shiver, shiver, and it's so cold that it's unforgettable. ”
This is Cai Zijun's first feeling after waking up, and the second feeling is that it is so noisy, the crying is so noisy, the noise makes her dizzy and her head hurts.
Then, and then, the monstrous memories overwhelmed her, and the shock made her faint again.
Cai Zijun, who was lying in the coffin, suddenly opened his eyes, and a pair of cold eyes swept around sharply, white Susu, white tied paper...... It's all white, it's a mourning hall!
She's dead!
yes, she's dead!
There are still people who remember her and give her a ride, and it is not in vain that she has lived a lifetime, her cold heart has warmed up a little, and in a blink of an eye, she suddenly thought of something, no, this is not a previous life!
Trying to raise his head and look at himself, the little fat hand, the upper body is wearing a longevity jacket with blue and white flowers, the lower body is wearing cyan cotton pants, and the little fat foot is wearing a pair of embroidered shoes with white flowers on a red background, a typical village girl dress, and she is still a fat round village girl, as for the ...... around her It is an ordinary wooden coffin.
Cai Zijun squinted, trying to fuse the memory of the original owner, God was still kind to her after all, and even let her come back to life again, borrowing the corpse to resurrect the soul.
To live is to earn!
wanted to move her stiff body in the coffin, but the cramped coffin, the fat and round body, she couldn't move, there was really no way, silently listened to the original owner and her mother scolded the family over and over again, and then she tried to sit up slowly.
"Ah, ghost! Yes...... The little sister cheated the corpse! Wang, who was sitting closest to the coffin and had the least courage, suddenly screamed, and then his body went limp, and the whole person collapsed to the ground in fright.
"Dead slut, what's the ghost called? Your sister can't live in peace even if she dies, and you still have to curse her?! What heart do you have in peace? Yes? Li gave his second daughter-in-law Wang a slap.
Li's heart was painful and angry, this slap did not leave the slightest emotion, in an instant, the left side of Wang's face was swollen like a steamed bun, and he couldn't shout anymore, only looked in the direction of the coffin with frightened eyes.
Everyone was taken aback by Wang's scream, and the fourth child reacted the fastest, jumping up from the ground, and the tall man looked at the coffin that was blocked by the door panel, and his eyes were also staring at the boss.
"Mother...... Mother...... Little sister, little sister, she is alive again! She's really alive again! Cai Qigui was anxious and frightened, happy and sad, but in his heart he thought that Cai Hua was resurrected, not a corpse.
"Really...... It's true? Live...... Lived? Listening to his son's words, Li's reaction was like a gust of wind, he stood up and ran backwards with his little feet.
"Flowers...... Oh my flowers! You're scared to death, you know? Cai Langzhong's dead cub, he said that you are dead, you can't live...... My flowers, mother's dear baby...... Tomorrow, my mother will go to dig up the ancestral grave of Cai Langzhong's family, so that she can relieve her anger, that quack doctor who is not shallow in harm! ”
Cai Zijun, who was half-sitting in the coffin, was suddenly held in the woman's arms, and her strength was a little strong, which strangled her...... Well, it's a little tight, she's almost out of breath, but, it seems, the breath on her body doesn't disgust her.
When she woke up, what she heard the most was the woman's high-pitched scolding, scolding the east and west, scolding the people at home, scolding the people outside, and the rude scolding all highlighted the woman's infinite maternal love for the original owner.
"Ahem...... Cough...... Mother, you're going to strangle me. Cai Zijun coughed helplessly twice, and this voice was also extremely natural.
"Ah...... It's not a mother's, it's a mother's not, my mother is happy, and I forgot about the severity. With tears in her eyes, the woman was happy and panicked, and apologized helplessly.
Then he looked sideways at the three brothers, and continued to scold, "You three are dead? The little sister came back to life, I don't know how to take her out of this obscure coffin? ”
"Oh, oh, I'll come, I'll come. Mother, you let me, you don't let me, how can I hug my little sister?! The fourth Cai Qigui stretched out his hand and pulled the Li family, the Li family got out of the way, and the tall man took Cai Zijun out of the coffin with both hands like a child.
Cai Zijun: "......"
10,000 grass and mud horses ran overhead!
"It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive...... Boss, you brothers quickly dismantled these unfortunate mourning halls, burned what should be burned, smashed what should be smashed, and threw away what should be thrown, there is nothing to be reluctant to, the most important thing is that your little sister comes back to life. Cai Dazhu also wiped his tears and commanded excitedly.
When his daughter is older, he can't hold it, so he will do the work he commands.
"Yes, yes, you brothers are here to listen to your father, the old family, the second family, the third family, you all go home with me! Hua'er's little hands are cold and biting, and she has to hurry home to warm up.
Boil hot water, cook water, cook and don't stand there like a stake. Li took Cai Zijun's hand with one hand, and half-hugged and half-pulled her back to the house across the wall of the mourning hall.