Since Jiang Yin said so, Jiang Wu couldn't continue to entangle, so he carried two flat loads of firewood and left without saying a word. Jiang Yin carried Hao Chuan on his back and followed closely.

Stopping and stopping, I finally returned to Jiangjia Village before dark.

Jiang Yin's house has yellow walls and black tiles, a single family, several old houses are left by Jiang Yin's father to their brothers, it is a relatively large courtyard in Jiang's village, due to the looting of the devils before, several houses have been burned down, and there are only two houses left, one Jiang Yin's family and one Jiang Wu, and even a fire has to be set up in the open air.

Originally, the Jiang family was also a wealthy family, the city gate was on fire and the fish pond was affected, no one could escape during the war years, their parents died prematurely, and the brothers could only live on the few acres of thin fields left behind, and they depended on each other at a very young age. The year before last, Jiang Yin was introduced by the old village chief Jiang Shoushou and married Hong Meier, the daughter of a Hong tailor in the same village. Mei'er was an orphan, raised by Tailor Hong since she was a child, and when she was more than ten years old, Tailor Hong passed away, and when it came to Tailor Hong's death, there are still different opinions in the village.

One year on Chinese New Year's Eve, Jiangjia Village held a New Year opera, and every family would sing and dance in the valley in front of the ancestral hall in the village, and dance dragon and lion dances. Tailor Hong is skilled, and the costumes used in the performance are all arranged by him and Mei'er, and every year, he doesn't take a penny, as the village head, Jiang Shoushou stayed to drink together in order to thank Tailor Hong for his help. In the early hours of the morning, Mei'er was sleeping at home, but who knew that it was not Tailor Hong who was waiting for her, but Jiang Ren's nephew Gou San.

Mei'er was woken up by a quick knock on the door, and went to Tailor Hong's house before opening the door, and found that he had not returned, and he had a bad premonition in his heart, in the past, Tailor Hong would go home even later after drinking, and he had the key with him, so it was definitely not him who knocked on the door at this time.

Mei'er opened the door and saw that the dog was panting and sweating.

"Mei ...... Mei'er, your father doesn't ...... No, come with me! "The dog San's mouth is full of wine, and he can't say that it's good.

Mei'er was stunned for a moment, then opened her mouth wide and stopped talking.

"Don't be stunned, come with me!" The dog staggered and walked back.

Mei'er immediately realized that the situation was urgent, and walked to the village chief's house wrapped in the embroidered cotton clothes that Tailor Hong had sewn for her in the New Year.

When he came to the village chief's house, Tailor Hong was lying upright on the wooden board in the hall, Jiang Shoushou was smoking a dry cigarette on the side, his face was solemn, there was still leftover food on the table, and the wine pot was spilled on the ground and wet.

"Daddy......" Mei'er lay on Tailor Hong's body, tears burst out at once, and her lips were about to break.

When Jiang Shoushou saw this situation, the corners of his mouth raised slightly for a moment, but he immediately regained his calmness and turned to droop.

At this time, Gousan walked in from outside, gasped and said, "Uncle, I called Mei'er." ”

Jiang Shoushou replied and did not reply again.

Mei'er got up and asked Jiang Shoushou: "Village chief, why is my father like this, what happened?" ”

Jiang Shoushou said in a solemn tone: "Mei'er, we had a very happy chat last night, we were all drunk, I never thought that when I woke up in the morning, your father was lying on the table, motionless, seeing that he was out of gas, I had to ask San'er to inform you." ”

"That'...... What about the doctor, are you called a doctor? Meier asked.

Jiang Shoushou glanced at Gou San, and then Gou San remembered, and ran out.

After a while, the third dog came with a doctor. Dog San was so tired that he sat on the chair and said, "It's really hard to find the New Year." ”

The doctor checked up and down, and the final conclusion was that he drank too much alcohol and died violently. Unexpectedly, it was just one night, Mei'er and Tailor Hong were separated by yin and yang, Mei'er was weak, and she had no idea now. Jiang Shoushou took Mei'er's hand and said: "People can't be resurrected after death, the only thing to do at present is to bury your father's body well, in this way, after all, this incident happened in my family, if you don't mind, I will handle the matter later, what do you think?" Mei'er had any other ideas, and nodded in agreement. As the saying goes, the birth mother is not as big as the adoptive mother, Hong Tailor has been both a father and a mother for more than ten years, and treats Meier as his own, and the sudden change makes Meier lose her backbone, and she is confused all day long, and she doesn't know how to go in the future. Jiang Rensheng, as the head of a village, naturally treated this matter as his own business, so he recognized Mei'er as his goddaughter. Mei'er knew her life experience, and she was always haunted by the death of Tailor Hong, and understood that she would have to rely on herself in the future, and she didn't want to rely on others anymore, so she inherited Tailor Hong's tailor shop. Soon after Tailor Hong died, some people began to gossip in the village, which probably meant that Tailor Hong died strangely, and some people heard the sound of quarrels at the village chief's house that night, but the truth was clear. It's really a three-person tiger, Mei'er regarded it as gossip at the beginning, and after a long time, she muttered in her heart, and it was a little strange to think about it. Tailor Hong's amount of alcohol is well-known in the village, three or four catties of rice wine should be regarded as gargling, and he is less than fifty years old, he is usually not sick or sick, how can he drink to death in one night. But listening to Jiang Renshou's tone, it doesn't look like a lie, except for the fact that the dog doesn't do personnel, Jiang Shoushou is still highly respected, and he has no grievances and no hatred on weekdays, so how can he talk about killing his father. With these questions, Mei'er secretly investigated, nothing more than asking about the "rumors" in the mouths of the neighbors in the street, and the hard work paid off, and she found the source of the "rumors", which turned out to be from a beggar. This beggar is half crazy and half stupid, he asks for food in various villages and villages on weekdays, and he stays in Jiangjia Village for the longest time. It is said that he was begging for money at the village chief's house that night, and was driven out by the dog, and the beggar was not convinced, so he squatted outside the door and waited until dawn. Mei'er took a bowl of roast meat and searched for a whole day before finding him in the ruined temple outside the village. The beggar was so hungry that he only had the strength to breathe, and after smelling the smell of meat, he gradually poked his head out of the haystack and stared straight at the bowl in Mei'er's hand, looking hungry and hungry. Mei'er blocked the roast meat behind her and asked, "I ask you, are you outside the village chief's house on Chinese New Year's Eve?" The beggar didn't pay any attention to her at all, and followed Mei'er back and forth. Mei'er was anxious, raised her voice instantly, and asked again. The beggar pretended to be angry, put his hands in his cuffs, and sat on the ground glancing. Mei'er squatted down, held the roast meat in front of the beggar, and said, "If you sue me, I will give you food." "What do you want to know?" The beggar picked up a few sticks of dead grass on the ground and chewed them on his own. "What you heard and saw outside the village chief's house on Chinese New Year's Eve, tell me the truth." Mei'er said seriously. The beggar rolled his eyes and said, "The village chief...... The village chief is really not a thing, he doesn't give money or food, but he has a lot of fish and meat, and he will ...... in the future Later, when I become the village chief, I have to ask him to pour a dung bucket for me for the rest of my life. Mei'er was angry and funny, where did this matter, so she asked again: "I didn't ask about this, I asked about the guest invited by the village chief that day." ”

"Oh, you said that tailor, let the village chief crucify him!" The beggar laughed.