431 Hard Years (42)

is rich and easy to do, and the Liu family has many relatives, and Brother Liu doesn't have to run errands by himself, as long as he arranges things, he has relatives who are willing to help run errands.

Liu Bin only looked at it coldly, he pulled Lin Xiaoxiao to kneel in front of the mourning hall to burn paper, and when a condolent guest came, he kowtowed in return.

Mother Liu sat by the coffin and howled twice from time to time, and it was not as sad as everyone imagined. The people in the village thought of Liu's father's age, and felt that the old lady's reaction was normal, and it was a joy and mourning to live to this age before leaving, and the old lady was not satisfied.

Liu Bin stayed in front of the mourning hall until it was dinner time, when Brother Liu arranged for him to eat, and then he had to take Lin Xiaoxiao to rest together.

The couple was already tired from sitting on the train for a long time, and after entering the door, they did not get a drop of water, which would be hungry, thirsty and tired.

Lin Xiaoxiao picked up the bowl and poured half a bowl of water, and before she could reach her mouth, she found that there was a fine layer of sediment at the bottom of the bowl. She poured out the water and washed it, poured another bowl and put it on the table to observe quietly for a while, and found that there was mud and sand again.

Her lips were already dry, and she was so thirsty that she pulled Liu Bin to secretly hide behind the firewood stack. There is water in the space, she doesn't want to be wronged by drinking unclean water, as long as it is not drunk by outsiders, she is careful when she takes water out of the space, and no one will find the problem.

Most of the people in the village have no knowledge, and even if they see something in her hand, they will only think that it is something from the big city, and they will not suspect that there is something wrong with her.

Liu Bin is not as particular and picky as Lin Xiaoxiao, but if there is a better choice, he is not willing to drink water with mud and sand. It's not that I know if it's a problem with the water quality, or if it's the person who boiled the water, it's all mud and sand in the water, and how people can drink it.

Lin Xiaoxiao took two bottles of water out of the space, and after she drank them in one go, she filled the empty bottles with spiritual spring water, and put the bottles into the schoolbag she carried with her.

There are some important small items in this bag, and there are many people in the house, so she doesn't feel comfortable taking them off, and she has been hanging them on her body after entering the door.

After Liu Bin drank the water, Lin Xiaoxiao also put the bottle into his bag, and the couple was about to leave when they suddenly heard a voice.

"Hey! Do you know how Old Man Liu died? The firewood pile was piled up in the middle of the aisle between Liu's house and the neighbor's house, and the sound came from the neighbor's house.

"How did he die, he didn't die of old age when he was a bad old man?" It was a young voice who asked this.

"I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else." A sharp voice lowered its voice to speak, and by listening to the voice, he knew that he should be not young.

"Say it, I promise not to tell anyone else."

"Let me tell you, I heard that this old man Liu died of starvation." The shrill voice said that she forgot to suppress her voice when she was excited, revealing her original voice. If this were replaced by the Liu family, they would definitely be able to hear who the owner of the voice was, but Liu Bin was not familiar with the people in the village, so he could only try to remember this voice.

"It's impossible, the Liu family is not out of money, but their family can receive remittance slips every month." The young daughter-in-law should have been married not long ago, and she doesn't know much about the affairs of the village.

"Yo, you don't know, the old lady of the Liu family has a strange temperament, she is a door-picker, and I don't know if I want to bring so much money into the coffin."

"Really starved to death?"

"Of course, I don't know if I live next to his house that this old man has been sick for a few days and can't eat. The old lady didn't say that she would find a way to cook some sick food, nor did she let the old man go to the doctor, but only said that she would boil it, clear her stomach, and be hungry for a few days. No, the old man ascended to heaven in a few days. ”

The old lady didn't mean it, and maybe she'll regret it now. By the way, her children and grandchildren didn't object at that time? ”

"Who knows, just ask them, anyway, this old lady is very bad. Forget it, don't talk about her, her promising son is back, I don't know if this old man can mix a piece of meat to eat at the funeral, the last time he ate meat was still ......"

The topic in the neighbor's house gradually drifted away, but Liu Bin listened to it but his hands clenched into fists.

"What should I do?" Lin Xiaoxiao bit Liu Bin's ear and asked.

"I'll go find Big Brother." Since Liu Bin heard it, he couldn't assume that he didn't know. Whether Liu's father is good to him or not, he has to ask, and he can't ask this matter privately, but in front of Liu's mother.

Liu Bin called Brother Liu and the other siblings into Liu's mother's house. The old lady was having dinner when she saw her children entering the house together, thinking that they were trying to negotiate money for the funeral.

"I don't have any money." The old lady rolled her eyes and shouted impatiently.

Liu Bin glanced at the old lady, she actually had a good appetite and finished a big bowl of food, "It's not a matter of money, I want to ask one thing in front of the eldest brother and them." ”

"Don't ask me for anything, you decide for yourself." The old lady didn't want to care about anything.

"I heard my dad starved to death?" Liu Bin ignored Brother Liu's pull and stepped forward and asked.

The old lady's face changed: "What nonsense are you talking about?" What's the good of me starving your father, he is not in good health, can he blame me? So many people in the family didn't starve to death, but they starved to death? Where did you hear that kind of bastard? ”

"Then how did my dad die? Big brother, you say? ”

Brother Liu was forced by Liu Bin's eyes: "I, I don't know, my father is also old, he is ...... age"

Liu Bin saw everything from Brother Liu's dodging eyes, he didn't force Brother Liu, turned his head and asked Liu's mother: "Mother, where is the money in your hand?" Why don't you take your dad to the hospital? ”

Liu Bin couldn't figure out why the old lady saved money, he sent ten yuan a month, and he couldn't use up his food and drink, and he wanted to see any kind of illness and money. A visit to the township health center is at most a few cents, and it is only a few dollars to go to the county hospital to see a serious illness.

He thought that the old lady was cold-blooded and ruthless to him, who knows if he was like this for the old man, whether he had misunderstood before.

The old lady is not a very good person, and when she was forced by Liu Bin, she began to roar, "Your father is over seventy years old, and his life is rare for seventy years, what is he not satisfied with living at this age, what is the use of going to the hospital, spending money in vain." ”

As soon as the old lady said this, the people in the room had different expressions, and no one could say that the old lady had done the right thing, but no one wanted to come out and be on top of the old lady, including the old lady's daughter.

Liu Bin stared at the old lady, his eyes became cold a little: "Big brother, in the future, I will write your name on the remittance slip, and you will go to the post office to withdraw money every month." ”

He couldn't reason with the old lady, and the old man had already gone, so he couldn't send the old lady to prison, so he could only make her feel a little uncomfortable.

"What do you say? No, this is pension money, what are you doing for him? The old lady screamed in disagreement.

"I'll pay for it, my eldest brother will contribute, he will take care of the money, and let him buy what you eat." Liu Bin is not afraid that Brother Liu will abuse the old lady. If he had the courage to resist the old lady, he would not let the old man starve to death.