Ye Qing had transmigrated into a book — into a 1970s military marriage novel — as a “background wall.” a character who only existed in the conversations between the female and male leads.
How long has it been since she died? Her family wants to sell her again! This is simply too much!
"What did my brother-in-law say? He didn't agree, did he?"
Ye Lan shook her head: "Your brother-in-law is not a person who doesn't know what's going on. He won't agree to such a thing. It's just that the Ding family keeps coming to him and threatens him that if he dares to tell anyone, he will be in trouble."
"Your brother-in-law is also a lone family in the village, with no one to help him. The Ding family has a lot of people, and he can't afford to offend them. You and your brother-in-law are both worldly-wise people, so he asked me to ask you and your brother-in-law to help him come up with some ideas."
Ye Qing remained silent.
Such things are not uncommon in rural areas.
Families with many households bully those with only one household, and families with many sons bully those with only daughters. Even if you report it to the commune, they will just give you a few words of reprimand, and you will only be bullied more severely in return, which will have no effect at all.
That's why my brother-in-law wrote to me, trying to find a more thorough solution.
After thinking about it, Ye Qing felt that the matter might not be as simple as Ye Lan said, so she asked, "Sister, since the Ding family is a wealthy family, how come they can't find someone to dig the grave? Why do they have to ask brother-in-law for help?"
Ye Lan took out a letter and handed it to Ye Qing: "Look, your brother-in-law said that although they have a big family, they all said that this is an immoral thing, and no one is willing to help him, so he found your brother-in-law."
"Although I also think this reason is a bit far-fetched, I can't find any other reason."
Ye Qing took the letter and read it, then she understood the whole story.
What do you mean by digging graves is immoral? They are afraid of retribution. In fact, they just see that my brother-in-law's family is loyal to Ding Lanhua, and they are afraid that if Ding Lanhua's grave is dug up, the Ye family will sue her!
That's why she insisted on dragging her brother-in-law into this. Even the Ding family was willing to pay him a salary, which explained everything.
Ye Qing wanted to laugh: How can you be so cunning? You are treating others as fools!
After thinking for a while, Ye Qing said, "Ye Dazhuang will be released soon, right? Sister, I'll give you an idea, do you think it will work?"
"Well... let's write a letter to the village chief now. Let him go to the Ding family in the name of Ye Dazhuang and talk to them about moving her grave to our Ye family's ancestral graveyard."
"Ye Dazhuang doesn't have a wife either. Ding Lanhua made such a scene at his wedding, it's hard to say whether he can get married in the future. Maybe he will be buried with Ding Lanhua a hundred years later!"
Su Fang was the principal offender in that incident, and Ye Dazhuang was an accomplice. The sentence for an accomplice was light, so he should be released soon.
If the village chief is willing to help in this matter, even if the grave cannot be moved, it will stop the Ding family from wanting to arrange a ghost marriage for her.
As for what will happen to Ye Dazhuang a hundred years later, that is not a problem for Ye Qing to consider. She just wants to solve Ye Lan's current dilemma.
Ye Lan thought about it and immediately agreed: "Okay! Let's do it! It's said that people with education have better brains. Let's do it right away. Help me write the letter now."
"Write two letters, and the village chief will give one to your brother-in-law to deliver. This way we can have some face."
Ye Lan was more experienced in social ways than she was, so Ye Qing did not object. She followed Ye Lan's advice and wrote two letters separately, stuffed them in the same envelope, and waited to go to the town's post office to mail them tomorrow.