Chapter 112: The Song Clan's Funeral
Listening to Liu Fu take all the bad things that hurt the Liu family on his body, Liu was so frightened that he immediately fell on the kang, looking at Liu Wu like looking at a monster, his body trembled like a sifting chaff, and tears fell in strings, like a cloud of mud paralyzed on the ground.
And the catkins were no better, their eyes were bloody, and their bodies seemed to have been drained.
He Shi was so angry that he said to Liu Fu: "Xu'er, don't admit it, it's time to scare your mother." ”
Liu's temperament is naturally kind-hearted, sometimes off-axis, running to the dark, some things can make her agree, and some things are things that she can't agree with in her life.
For example, let the catkins make money, manage the money, spend money lavishly, and even have no contact with the old house of the Liu family, these, after all kinds of experiences, the Liu family slowly accepted it, and let the catkins toss;
For example, Liu Fu calculates people, harms people, and even causes people to lose their lives, which Liu never dares to think about in his life, let alone agree, and will think that this is something to be retributed.
Letting her forcibly agree is tantamount to letting wolves eat grass and rabbits eat meat, which is absolutely impossible.
He is different from Liu, although she is kind, she has a bad temperament, as long as she lives well, everything can be turned a blind eye.
What Liu Wu does, she will have some doubts, but she is a grateful person, and a realist, as long as she is allowed to live well, let her Yue'er eat and dress well, she will not say, nor ask, Liu Wu will do whatever she wants, she is a good follower and supporter.
Listening to He's reprimand, Liu Wu suddenly woke up, he told Liu all and everything, and his heart was happy, this Liu was afraid that he would not be able to sleep at night in the future, and he would not be able to sleep well, and he would even be unable to keep the secret, so he only blamed himself for telling the truth in a hurry, and hurriedly explained: "Mother, what I said is angry, not all true." ”
Seeing that Liu Fu said soft words, He Shi hurriedly persuaded Liu: "Third sister-in-law, you have to change your stubborn temper!" The catkins are the babies who crawl out of your belly, what kind of people do you know? It is possible to reveal Song's death letter, but it is impossible to say that she calculates people. When she said this, she was angry, and she didn't hesitate to deduct the basin on herself!! There are no good hands in beating people, there is no good taste in scolding, don't get angry during the New Year, and don't take it to heart, for the sake of the Liu family, the gang is not worth ......"
Liu's face softened, although she was angry that Liu Wu poked out Song's death, but said that Liu Cuihong's marriage to Li Wenwu, Zhou's and Li Guangde's pollution, and even Song's death were all related to Liu Wu, and she didn't believe it when she was killed, it must have been Liu Wu's angry words, Liu comforted himself so much.
Seeing that Liu's mood was a little smoother, He told all the bad things that the Liu family had done to Sanfang again, which made Liu's guilt for the child swell again and was silent.
The mother and son finally calmed down, and He Shi hurriedly glanced at Liu Changdi.
Liu Changdi understood, hurriedly took out a small purse from his arms, and poured out three silver cloves and a silver lock plate from it.
Silver Lilac handed it to Liu, Liu Fu and Liu Ya respectively, and said with a sly smile: "Yue'er is still young, and I can't go out." This is what Long Beach bought at the county jewelry store. If it looks good, it is the credit of the aunt who has made the silver; If you don't look good, then your Uncle Causeway's vision is not good, and it has nothing to do with me. ”
He's half-joking words warmed up the atmosphere in the room a lot, and Liu Ya couldn't wait to put the silver clove on her ear, and said with a smile: "Auntie, you are blocking my sister and me, you can only say good, not bad!" ”
He laughed and said, "Ya'er is so smart, you can see this?" ”
He Shi handed the silver lock plate to Liu Mao, and said with a smile like a flower: "Mao Mao, do you know whether to say 'good' or 'bad'?" ”
Liu Mao took the silver cleat, grinning and not answering.
Liu Fu looked at He Shi gratefully, and felt that He Shi was much more enlightened than Liu's, and he was also a person who could do things.
In the work of making prison clothes, Liu Wu earned a total of 25 taels of silver from the Huang family, because they were all Zhang Luo of the He family, and Liu Wu was only sent back to the Huang family when he was done, so when he settled the wages, he was given five taels of silver, which made He surprised and moved.
With the money in his hand, he was naturally grateful to the catkins, and he hollowed out his mind to think about what gifts to buy.
Although it is a bit cheesy to send silver cloves, it is the most affordable, and it is necessary to know that the girl who is to be married, who has a solid family, has prepared gold and silver jewelry for marriage since the day she was born.
Although Liu Wu has silver money in his hand, he has always paid little attention to dressing, so until now, the ears and hair of the three mothers are still smooth, not to mention the dowry for marriage.
The silver cleats given to Mao Mao took a lot of thought.
Because Mao Mao's body was not strong, He Shi made a silver lock plate, engraved Liu Mao's name on the back of the lock plate, and took it to the temple to worship for seven days and seven nights, praying for peace.
The cleats are small, but they are full of affection.
After a few gifts, after a rough calculation, it cost at least more than three taels of silver from the He family.
Liu Wu was a little reluctant to go, what she gave to the three members of Liu Changdi's family was just a set of clothes from the Huang family cloth village for one person, plus some food, a total of more than one or two silver.
Compared with He's, it seems that the etiquette is a little thin.
Liu Wu said embarrassedly: "Auntie, during this period of time, you have been taking care of me, and my body is getting better, and you are so expensive, how can I be embarrassed?" ”
He rolled his eyes in disgust and said, "What's the politeness?" If you hadn't bought a dairy goat, Yue'er would have been so rare to be white and fat? Maomao is your mother's son, the younger brother of you and Ya'er; It's also my son and Long Causeway, Liu Yue's own brother, don't talk about these nonsense in the future. ”
Liu Mao happily hung the peace lock around his neck, and nested affectionately in He's arms and said: "Auntie, my sister said that I will be able to study in the spring, and I will definitely take the Xiucai exam and become an official in the future, and I will honor you and my mother when the time comes." ”
The soft voice made He hold Liu Mao tightly again, and kissed Mao Mao on the cheek, which made Liu Yue anxious, and ran to He with her hands dancing, wanting to "compete for favor" with Liu Mao, which made everyone in the room laugh.
Seeing that He was so intimate with his son and daughter, Liu's heart was not good again.
Pray for your son in the temple and prepare a dowry for your daughter, which should be done by your mother;
The son is flying to the emperor, and the only one who should be honored is his mother, when will it be her turn to be an uncle and aunt?
I twisted my heart like this, but I also knew that when Liu Mao was sick, it was all He who took care of him day and night, and his anger was his own fault.
Although the truth is understood, I am always unhappy in my heart, so I sit with him as if I am an outsider.
Because the New Year is to be celebrated, it is already late to eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the staple food is naturally the dumplings that everyone makes together.
"Alas......" the catkins' teeth "popped", and it hurt so much that he took out something from his mouth, which turned out to be a copper coin.
He immediately responded: "God is a man who is used to sneaking around and slapping horses, and he knows who is the richest ......in our family."
Liu Mao smiled, pointed to the catkins and bit off half of the dumpling skin and said, "Auntie, the edge of the dumpling you sandwiched for the eldest sister is different......
He Shi smiled awkwardly, took another one from the dumpling basin and put it in the willow hair bowl, and said mysteriously: "You eat this and try it......"
Liu Mao opened his mouth wide and took a bite, and the soup of the dumplings seeped into a mouthful, sweet and silky, filling his mouth, and Liu Mao smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth.
He would not favor one over the other, so he sandwiched one for Liu Ya'er and put a thimble in it, praying that she would be more refined in the future.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with the dark tide was finished in this way, and all the ideological differences between Liu Xi and the Liu family, the Liu family and the He family, and so on, were revealed by Tang and Huangzhi, and they were forced down to whitewash the peace.
Because the whole village already knew about the death of the Song family, on the second day of the first lunar month, the Liu family finally mourned, invited the monk to cross the river, set up a spiritual shed, and put a set of Song's clothes, which was regarded as a tribute to the remains.
The Gu family, the prospective in-laws, sent Miss Gu and the chief housekeeper of the Gu family to pay their respects, and sent two carts of paper-bound objects: a gate tower and a house, a carriage with a carriage, two slaves and maids, two small servants, and so on.
A puff of green smoke rose and burned all of them to the Song family.
The scenery that the Song family did not have during his lifetime was all made up after his death.
The Gu family gave the Liu family a big face, making the Song family's funeral unique in Liuhe Village.
However, it is not difficult for the villagers to see that the faces of the Gu family actually don't look good, especially that Miss Gu, who originally had pockmarks on her face, and when she sank, it became even more obscure and ugly.
I learned from the horseman that this marriage was going to be postponed, as short as one year or as long as three years.
The catkins breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the willow tree was not in power for a day, their safety would have an extra layer of protection.
At dusk, Miss Gu and the housekeeper were going back to the county seat in the carriage, Liu Shu looked at the spiritual shed that had not been removed, gritted his teeth, ignored Liu Changhai's objections, and also got into the carriage, and returned to the county seat with Miss Gu, wanting to say something considerate in the carriage, calming Miss Gu's gloomy atmosphere, so as not to change the marriage.
For the next eight days, the willow tree never returned to Liuhe Village, not even the symbolic funeral of the Song family, and disappeared like a ball of air.
When Liu Wu and the people of the entire Liuhe Village guessed that the marriage had changed, on the seventh day, the news came that Liu Shu and Miss Gu were married!! Not only did the marriage not be postponed by one or three years, but even five days earlier!! Ahead of schedule!!
This news caught Liu Wu off guard, and it also boiled the entire Liuhe Village, becoming the most beautiful event in Liuhe Village for decades!
Liu Wu even thought darkly, could it be that Liu Shu cooked raw rice with Miss Gu in the carriage on the way back to the county seat? In the next eight days, Miss Gu was even more happy to "serve", so the wedding was advanced?
It is not surprising that the Li family did such a thing and forcibly married Liu Cuihong;
But Liu Shu is a scholar of Wenchang Academy, and the master who talks about the teachings of the saints all day long can also "break the stereotype" and have the courage to "pursue love" in this way, which makes the willow catkins breathtaking, and the cognition of the willow tree is also one step deeper, which is simply no bottom line at all.
Of course, this is just Liu Wu's own guess, and the truth of the matter is only known to Liu Shu and Gu Yue.