Chapter 230: Funeral
The housekeeper looked at Yin Le aggrievedly and said, "I didn't say it to ask for silver, it's just that this is the old lady's order, and I don't dare to ignore it,"
Yin Le glanced at Zhang Baojuan and Sun Shaoying, and asked, "How many years has Uncle Du been here?"
Zhang Baojuan was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes and glanced at the housekeeper, "Probably, it's been more than ten years,"
"It's forty-seven years and five months," the butler interjected, "I've been with the old lady since I was a child, and I've been promoted from a little guy who washes my face to a housekeeper, and it's all the grace of the old lady, and I won't lie,"
"Forty-seven years is the most glorious and glorious years of a person's life, but he is all dedicated to the Liu family, okay, I don't want to say that he has worked hard, let me ask you, over the years, has he harmed everyone's interests, but has he ever told a lie," Yin Le sat on the chair and asked with a somewhat serious expression,
Zhang Baojuan was speechless, but Sun Shaoying muttered: "Speaking of which, he was already in the house when I got married, and I really didn't think he had been doing it for so long,"
Yin Le looked at the housekeeper and asked, "Butler, you should be in your sixties this year,"
The butler replied, "Three out of sixty,"
Yin Le snorted and said: "After working hard for the Liu family all your life, you should also rest, after the old man's funeral is completed, you can see who is worthy of the big responsibility in the house, recommend it to the second grandmother, you can teach it from the side, and when he gets started, you can step down,"
The housekeeper was stunned and said aggrievedly: "Fifth grandmother, don't you believe me either?"
Zhang Baojuan said coldly: "Believe you, no one is not greedy, you have been a housekeeper for so long, you don't know how much money you have collected, and it is okay not to let you spit it out,"
The housekeeper knelt down with a puff, tears flowed from his grievances, and he raised his hand excitedly and cursed: "If I, Du Chen, are greedy for the Liu family's money, I will be blessed with no place to bury me."
Yin Le glanced at Zhang Baojuan, stretched out his hand to help the housekeeper, and said kindly: "There is no need to say this, others don't believe you, but I believe you, and you old men and young masters don't mean not to believe you, I asked you to step down, not to let you go, but you have been in charge for most of your life, serving the old man to the end, working hard, and wanting you to enjoy your old age in peace, I know that you have no children and no daughters, even if you retreat, you have nowhere to go, and you will live in the old man's house in the future, and watch this big family for his old man, the old man believes in you the most during his lifetime." , with your help to take care of him, he should also rest assured,"
The housekeeper stood up majestically, in disbelief, and said half-loudly: "That's not possible, I'm just a descendant of the Liu family, how can I live in the old lady's house, just have a room to accommodate, if the Liu family doesn't drive me away, I will never leave for the rest of my life,"
Yin Le helped the housekeeper and said: "Uncle Du, the old man told me about you many times before his death, he was afraid that after he left, you would leave the Liu family, he also knew that you had worked hard for the Liu family all your life, there was nowhere to go, and you didn't have much savings, so you personally arranged your affairs early, there are a total of three houses in the house where the old man lived, and you lived in the east room of the house where he lived before, and the furniture in it was all prepared for you by the old man before his death, and even the beds and bedding were newly made, you don't have to disobey his kindness,"
The housekeeper was moved to tears, he had long known that those beds and bedding were prepared by the old man, but he didn't expect that the old man was preparing them for him.
When everyone saw Yin Le say this, they no longer objected, and Liu Qin said: "Yes, Uncle Du, you have been in our Liu family for so many years, it's time to enjoy Qingfu, you can live here with peace of mind,"
Yin Le ordered people to prepare New Year's money, and sent it out in the honor of the old man, whether it was the subordinate or the master, it was one hundred taels of silver, and the subordinates were grateful for the kindness of the old man, and cried to death after the old man's burial.
After the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the Liu family began to report the funeral, and the funeral sticker was a pink note, which was issued in the honor of the old servant in the family.
"The old man of the family said that Liu Qinglin Boxing died on December 29 in the winter of the third year of Chaozong, and was buried on January 11 in the spring of the fourth year of Chaozong.
After the post was sent, there was an endless stream of people who came to mourn and offer incense.
Although it is the beginning of the year, no one knows the status of the Liu family in the capital, and now it has a relationship with the regent, even if it feels bad again, it will definitely come to worship.
At the gate of Liu's house, a banner pole was erected, three cedar pennies were used outside the gate, white powder was painted on it, the men and women stood on the left and the women stood on the right, and the top of the pole was filled with a paper paste of "boy riding cranes", with the north wind whistling by, the cranes were also in a flying posture,
The funeral account was also served by the Mu people, and he took a sum of silver, which was used exclusively for the various expenses of the funeral.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the regent accompanied the concubine to offer incense.
Chu Ye didn't say anything, on such an occasion, he couldn't be too close to Yin Le, only comforted a few words, and then sent the sad concubine home,
The prefect of Eucalyptus led the Wen family and all the celebrities of Eucalyptus to come to the incense, and when they saw the people of the Wen family, Liu Jidi and others were also very sad, after all, they were from the uncle's family, and the nephews were more like uncles, and the nephews were more sticky uncles, and seeing the old uncles was like seeing their mothers.
Outside the gate of Liu's mansion, there was a woman in tattered clothes wandering, her face was dirty, her hair was messy, and she couldn't see her true appearance.
Xiaobao, who saw her off the guest many times, stepped forward and asked, "This aunt, do you know the old lady of our family, why don't you go in and pour incense?"
The old lady was merciful and saved many people in distress, he guessed that this aunt should have received the favor of the old man, so when he learned of the old man's death, he wanted to come to worship, but he saw that the people who entered the door were rich and noble, so he was embarrassed to go in.
Unexpectedly, when the woman saw Xiaobao approaching and talking to her, she fled like a frightened bird.
Xiaobao looked at the back thoughtfully, very familiar, and suddenly his mind flashed, and he shouted loudly: "It's my aunt and grandmother,"
Someone rushed out to chase inside, but Liu Yanxiang fled without a trace, and she couldn't catch up if she wanted to.
Xiaobao hurriedly went in to give Yin Le a reply, Yin Le said with a calm face: "If she comes back in the future, just drive her away," she promised the old man to let her go, but she still couldn't guarantee what she would do when Liu Yanxiang appeared in front of her,
Therefore, it is better that she does not appear, otherwise, she will break her promise to the old man in a fit of anger,
Xiaobao was indignant, "She killed the old lady and drove her away so cheaply,"
"Listen to the words of the fifth grandmother," Mo Yan said on the side,
Xiaobao had to say: "Got it,"
The day before the funeral, Chu Kun actually brought Wang Zhenxi to worship the incense.
Naturally, it is a private interview with Weifu, otherwise this battle will be big.
It's just that the emperor came to offer incense to the old man, what a great emperor's grace this is, except for Yin Le, everyone in the Liu family is grateful to Dade,
Chu Kun pointed out that he wanted Yin Le to send him out, Yin Le remembered what he had said to her in the Happy Building, he was a little reluctant, but he also knew that now in full view, if she didn't comply with the emperor's ability to come down, she was afraid that she would scare the Liu family's group of little turtles to death.
Yin Le sent Chu Kun all the way out, Chu Kun didn't speak all the way, but when he went out to the door, he said to Yin Le: "Now, the head of the Liu family is no longer there, what do you have to worry about?"