Chapter 242 The First List of the Dead
Gao Zhi nodded with satisfaction. "That's it. Now count your belongings and discuss how to divide them. Everyone should put their fingerprints on it to avoid disputes later."
Mo Laotian nodded with a heavy heart.
When the family was dividing up the property, they quarreled over money and some unique items. The family argued from day till night before they finally settled everything.
After seeing off the village chief and his entourage, Mo Laotian suddenly looked ten years older.
Mo Chunxiang, who had been hiding in the house, showed up only after everyone left. She complained to Mo Laotian, "Dad, how could you agree to split up the family? How are you going to live after everything is divided? How can we earn enough from the land?"
Mo Laotian glanced at her tiredly, "If it's not enough, your eldest brother and second sister-in-law will take care of us. You don't need to worry about it."
Mo Chunxiang was so anxious that she stared blankly, "What about me? Dad, what should I do? How am I going to live after you divide up all the things? Mom said that she has no money left to buy me fabrics!"
"Material, material, these are the only things in your mind! If you didn't do any work, you wouldn't have pushed your sister-in-law and second sister-in-law into a corner, and there would be no division of the family!" Mo Laotian vented all his anger on Mo Chunxiang.
Mo Chunxiang was not convinced. "Didn't I do nothing before I got married? Why didn't they say anything or make a fuss then? Why can't they stand it now? Why? It's obvious that they are bullying the weak. Seeing that I'm in such a bad state now, they can't stand me getting better. What sinister women!"
Guan agreed with him, "And your nephew, he is a traitor and a traitor. You don't have to be nice to him anymore!"
"Mom! My material, I want material! You said you would buy it for me!" Mo Chunxiang did it even if she was crying and acting coquettishly.
Guan couldn't do anything to her at all, "Okay, okay! I'll buy them all for you! I really owe you!"
Mo Chunxiang was happy, but when she looked at her figure, she felt a little regretful. Her figure had almost recovered, and with the material she could make nice clothes and dress herself up beautifully.
Su Tai's figure must have been deformed after giving birth to twins, and she looked like an old lady who couldn't show her face to anyone. If Shen Yi were still alive, she would definitely dress up beautifully and go to Shenjiazhuang, dragging Su Tai into the mud and letting Shen Yi know that she was the best.
Su Tai had no idea that Mo Chunxiang's hysteria was so serious.
Ever since she gave birth to the twins, her life has been so busy that she has no time to think about what's happening next. Often, right after she feeds one baby, the other wakes up, and right after she finishes taking care of the other, the current one gets hungry again.
I was so busy taking care of my child all day that I even forgot what year it was.
Han took care of her for half a month. Seeing that the strawberries in the field were ready to be harvested, she had to go back to help with the farm work.
Xu and her friends were also busy working in the fields, so there was no one to come and help her.
Xu felt very guilty about this.
Su Tai was eager for them to be busy, so she said to the outside world: "Although Madam Tang is weak, she can come and help me cook some food. I will just ask her to come and help."
Everyone thought that although Mrs. Tang was not in good health, cooking was not a hard job, and Su Tai liked to eat stewed soup, which usually only needed to be made once and did not require much effort.
Everyone went to the fields with peace of mind.
Su Tai can also take a breath.
Xiaoxi sent the harvested strawberries to the provincial capital with a team of ox-drawn carts. This was the first time that Xiaoxi took on such a heavy task.
Su Tai and Ke Yunyun couldn't help but worry.
Unexpectedly, the girl was quite hardworking. When she returned ten days later, she not only sold all the strawberries she had brought out, but also sold some of them at a high price.
Xiaoxi was in high spirits because he had made money. He immediately set off again on the ox cart without stopping. The quantity of this trip was less than the first one, but the goods were sold faster.
The accidents that Su Tai was worried about did not happen, which made her very happy.
In her opinion, strawberries are more likely to be unsalable. If this product can be sold successfully, there will be no need to worry about the watermelons later.
The days pass quickly between the fingers of hard work.
In the blink of an eye, the two little guys are already one month old.
At this time, the prefect of Lizhou received the first list of names of those killed in battle, and along with the list were their bodies, belongings and pensions.
Xiaoxi came back from the city and told Su Tai the news.
Su Tai's good mood was wiped out and her heartbeat inexplicably accelerated.
Huang Xinghua and the others came over to return the farm tools and collect their wages after finishing their work. Seeing that Su Tai was frequently distracted, they asked a few questions with concern.
Su Tai thought that this news was not a secret, so she did not hide it. "The capital sent a list of the dead in the battle, and it should be distributed to each county in the next few days."
Huang Xinghua and the others’ faces turned pale instantly.
But they pretended to insist and comforted each other, "It's okay, it's okay, everyone says our village is blessed, they must be blessed too, they won't be the same."
Having said that, this news is really worrying.
After a few people left, the news spread.
For a moment, all eyes that were on the harvest of Shenjiazhuang shifted to the county government office.
As soon as the list was posted at the county government office, it was surrounded by people, but most of them could not read a single word. Looking at the densely packed list, they were either anxious or panicked, and some people even cried for no reason.
The crying seemed to be contagious, and soon half of the people on the list were wiping tears.
Doctor Li was crowded in and began to read out names.
When some people heard their family members’ names, they closed their eyes and fainted.
There was chaos outside the county government office.
Su Zhan and Ruan Xiaoyu came early to wait for news. After Doctor Li finished reading, the couple both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Husband, that's great. There's no name of our father, uncle, or brother-in-law." Ruan Xiaoyu looked relieved.
Her palms were wet because she was too nervous just now.
Su Zhanzhi nodded, "I'll take you back first and then tell your elder sister the news, so she won't worry. Also, I just heard the names of a few villagers. I'm afraid there are many families in the village who are holding funerals recently, so we still have a lot to do."
Fortunately, the strawberries were sold out, but the watermelons were still okay.
Ruan Xiaoyu felt bad when she thought of those people, "I know."
In the next few days, the coffin shop and incense shop would be the busiest business.
The coffins in the shop were in short supply and even carpenters were forced to take on the job of making coffins.
The whole area was filled with deep sadness.
Su Tai looked at the baby in the cradle. She could often hear the sound of suona outside and she was not in a good mood.
Ke Yunyun didn't know how to comfort her, and Xiaoxi was even more at a loss. She could only work harder to help sell watermelons.
After Su Tai calmed herself down, she was shocked to realize that all the melons in the field had been sold out, and only the tail of summer was left.
Xiaoxi moved a box of money in front of her and said excitedly: "Mrs. Shen, this is the money I earned from selling watermelons during this period. Please count it carefully."
Su Tai opened it and found silver bills, silver ingots, broken silver, and strings of copper coins. She felt a little headache, but was mostly happy. "Xiao Xi, you have helped me a lot this time. If it weren't for you, I don't know what to do! Just wait, I will give you your share after I settle the accounts."
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