Under the leadership of Wang Song's slaves, Chen Guhong and his party soon arrived at the door of Zheng Chong's house. Zheng Chong's family is the most remote and outermost place in the entire Orange Town.

A small courtyard for a single family, with a small pond in front of the door and a few orange trees, the environment is very elegant. But the house was miserable, the courtyard walls were overgrown with wild grass, and in several places you could see signs of collapse and repair.

Part of the gate was rotten and leaking.

There was a white cloth hanging in front of the door, and the wind blew the white cloth, and it was very desolate. Chen Guhong and Wang Song stepped out of the carriage and glanced at each other, and Chen Guhong stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Halfway through, a soft voice rang out.

"Who?"

The door creaked open, revealing the figure of a little woman. The little woman looks very pretty, her eyes are a little red, and she is wearing a snow-white filial piety dress.

This woman has a charm in it, and the ruffians and hooligans will be disgusted when they see it. The little woman opened her eyes and looked at Chen Guhong and the others with a look of surprise, but she was not like an ordinary woman who showed timidity when she saw a stranger.

This person may be Zheng Chong's widow, Chen Guhong is not a good person but he is not a dirty person, although Wang Song is so beautiful, he will not be so obscene.

Neither of them looked at it much, and Wang Song arched his hand and asked, "But sister-in-law Zheng?"

"The husband is indeed Zheng Chong, who are the two?" the little woman nodded and asked.

"We are friends of Brother Zheng, and we came to visit friends, but we didn't want to hear the bad news, so we rushed here non-stop. Wang Song showed a sad look and made his intentions clear.

The little woman's eyes turned red again, and she sighed, "The husband went suddenly. Then he bent over and led the two into the door, and said, "Let's go in first and see the last side of the husband, tomorrow is the first seven, and the day after tomorrow is the burial." The two of them might as well stay to see their husbands for the last time. ”

"And rightfully so. ”

Wang Song said.

"Trivial inside and out, if there is any sending, just command. Chen Guhong said.

"Thank you. Mrs. Zheng saluted the two of them again, and then several people walked in together. The courtyard looks dilapidated from the outside, and even looks shabby from the inside, and even smells of decay.

It is not surprising that it will collapse at any time, but the two of them didn't care too much and went straight to the front of the hall. The ground in front of the church was muddy and potholed. On the north wall hangs the word "Fu", and nothing else.

There were two straw mats on the ground, one on the ground and a corpse rolled on the other. Kneeling next to the corpse was a pair of children, about four or five years old, a man and a woman, also wearing filial piety clothes, but they looked ignorant, not sad, just blank.

Chen Guhong, Wang Song saw a pair of feet exposed at the end of the straw mat, and felt sad in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to unfold the straw mat. Who is the person in the straw mat who is not Zheng Chong?

I saw that he was still him, but his body was already cold, and his face was as pale as paper. It's still hot now, and there is even a smell of corpses on my body.

The clothes on the body should be the clothes worn at the time, white and patched.

"Alas, painful!" Wang Song and Chen Guhong glanced at each other, and they both felt extremely sad. At this time, Yuanyuan and other maidservants and slaves also walked in. Chen Guhong exhaled and said, "I looked at Zheng Xianggong's figure and went to buy a shroud." ”

"Hmm. Yuan Yuan was not naughty when he saw this, he responded obediently, looked at Zheng Chong's figure, turned around and walked out.

"How can you bother the guests?" said Madame Zheng, frowning.

"I'll wait for Brother Zheng to know each other, and my sister-in-law doesn't have to see outside. Chen Guhong said.

Mrs. Zheng saw that the two were warm, so she didn't say much.

Soon after, the iron pillar came back first and brought the coffin by cart. After another moment, Yuan Yuan bought a shroud and came back. Mrs. Zheng saluted Chen Guhong and the others, wiped her body for Hengchong, and changed her clothes.

Chen Guhong and the others helped carry Zheng Chong into the coffin, and then carefully covered the coffin. Although I didn't do much, it looked a lot more decent.

After the busy work, it was already afternoon. Chen Guhong and other adults will endure it even if they are hungry, but the two dolls on the ground can't bear it.

The girl pointed her finger at Mrs. Zheng and said, "Mother, I'm hungry." The boy was a little more sensible, and he didn't speak, but he showed a look of longing, hunger.

Mrs. Zheng apologized when she heard this, and said to Chen Guhong and the others: "The concubines are confused, let the guests starve, so let's go cook." ”

"The children are hungry and cooking is slow. Sister-in-law doesn't have to work, I'll send someone to buy some pastries to eat. Wang Song hurriedly said, and then called the house slave to buy food.

"This!" Mrs. Zheng showed a smile, but when she saw a pair of children looking at her, she didn't speak. Soon after, the house slaves returned with sumptuous pastries.

Chen Guhong picked up two pieces first and handed them to a pair of children to eat. The child took it and immediately devoured it.

"It's delicious, mother, it's the best I've ever tasted. Is this what pastry is?"

"Delicious. ”

The child's words are unscrupulous, but they are very sad. Chen Guhong and Wang Song glanced at each other, they knew that Zheng Chong's family was in a bad situation, but they didn't expect it to be so bad.

"It made the guests smile. Seeing that her children were really undignified, Mrs. Zheng bowed to Chen Guhong and apologized a little astringently.

"You don't have to see outside. Chen Guhong said.

Immediately, Mrs. Zheng led the two to the table, poured tea, and let Chen Guhong and the others eat. She claimed to have gone upstairs to deliver pastries to her mother-in-law. Not long ago, Chen Guhong and the others knew that Zheng Chong's family was a family of five.

In addition to wives and children, there are also old mothers.

According to Mrs. Zheng's words, this old lady Zheng was frail and sickly in her early years, and although she has improved a little over the years, she has a strange problem, she doesn't like to see the light, and likes to stay in a dark place in the room all day long.

Even if Zheng Chong is gone, it is rare to show up.

"Even if you don't like the sun, but your son is dead, you should be busy inside and out. But why didn't you even step out of the door?" Chen Guhong and the others were puzzled in their hearts, but they only put it in their hearts and didn't chew their tongues much.

After Mrs. Zheng went upstairs, Chen Guhong and the others began to eat pastries. The pastry was not bad, but this tea was unpalatable, the coarsest tea, but the two of them ate patiently without the slightest dissatisfaction.

Halfway through the meal, there was a commotion from upstairs.

"You fox, you don't have to pretend to be a filial daughter-in-law in front of me. My son is gone, are you happy, can you go outside and find a wild man?" the old man's voice was very high-pitched.

"Mother-in-law, don't say that. Although my husband is gone, I will definitely bring up my children and widow him. Mrs. Zheng's voice immediately sounded, and she was a little crying.

He said, "Mother-in-law, there are guests now." After my husband is buried, shall we have a good talk?"

"Get out!" the old voice snapped.

Soon after, the sound of the quarrel died down. Chen Guhong and Wang Song glanced at each other in surprise, "This family is not very harmonious, and there are all kinds of strange things." ”

Neither of them was a fool, so many thoughts came to their hearts. But I heard a sound of footsteps again, thinking that Mrs. Zheng was back, so I tacitly didn't say anything, and continued to eat and drink.