Chapter 138: No place for the ancestral tomb after an unexpected death!
"Go and see if Zhimaqiu has found someone!" Grandpa Tai shouted loudly.
The crowd was not far away and immediately came forward.
But there was no one in front of Zhimaqiu, so Tai Jicai walked forward and searched carefully, and took out a pair of worn cotton shoes.
Tai Jijin took a closer look and started crying.
"This is my mother's shoe! There's a hole in the big toe, and she scolded my wife for not fixing it! Woohoo, how could my mother lose her shoes? Something must have happened!"
Everyone also felt that something was wrong, so they simply said a few words of comfort and continued to search with Zhimaqiu.
It took them an hour to search. Everyone had come out in a hurry and no one had brought any food. They were thirsty and hungry, and some of them could hardly lift their legs.
Master Tai San was old and could not bear it any longer. When he was about to ask everyone to take a break, everyone had already walked out of the forest.
Sesame Ball spun around and sniffed around, and finally ran towards a small cave on the hillside.
"Oh, I think I found it!"
Someone shouted in surprise. At this point, it didn't matter whether the person was dead or alive, as long as they could find him, it was good enough.
Everyone hurried to follow, and when they reached the entrance of the cave, they stuck their torches in to illuminate the area.
So, the body of Tai Jijin's mother was found!
Her wide-open eyes, unwilling expression, missing thigh, and torn jacket and pants all showed how miserable her death was.
Tai Jijin screamed, rushed in, hugged his mother and started crying.
Everyone was already scared, and the howling sounds echoing in the mountains and forests were even more creepy.
Taking this opportunity, Grandpa Tai held up a torch and carefully inspected the cave inside and out, and he had more guesses in his mind.
Tai Jijin was a fool, crying and shouting, "Mother, wuwu, why did you go into the mountains alone! Just call your son and I will come with you. Wuwu, why did you have to be eaten by wild beasts like this!"
Obviously, he did not think of the possibility that his mother was killed. He just thought that the old lady was greedy to pick up pheasant eggs, accidentally got lost, and was killed by the wild beast!
In fact, he was right to think so.
The villagers who followed up bravely searched and actually found two rotten egg shells in the old lady's pocket!
Old Man Tai didn't want to reveal the truth. When Tai Jijin had almost stopped crying, he asked people to cut branches nearby, made a temporary sled for mopping the ground, and then prepared to return to the village.
"Let's go quickly. We were so many just now, maybe we scared away the man-eating beasts. If we don't leave now, if a group of beasts come over, we will be in danger."
When everyone heard this, they were all nervous and their hands became much more efficient.
On the way down the mountain, everyone took turns pulling the sled, and even had to distract themselves to take care of Tai Jijin, but it was no easier than going up the mountain.
When we finally got back to the village, the sky was already turning pale.
The young and old in the village were worried about their relatives who went up the mountain, and they didn't sleep well. They wished they could keep one eye open at all times.
Finally, everyone came back and they all rushed out of the door, asking questions one after another.
"How is it? Did you find the person?"
"Are you tired? Are you thirsty?"
"Have you encountered any wolves? Sit down and take a rest."
The body of Tai Jijin's mother was covered tightly with weeds cut by everyone, mainly because it scared anyone who saw it.
At this moment, someone pushed aside the weeds, revealing the old lady's face as she died with her eyes open.
The young and old in the village were so scared that they stepped back and almost fell down.
"What's going on? Why did someone die?"
"Yeah, he was fine yesterday!"
"This, this is so tragic!"
Master Tai was so exhausted that he could hardly breathe. After a long while, he finally told Tai Jijin, "Don't be silly. There's no point crying now that the person is dead. Hurry up and prepare for the funeral. They must be buried in peace. Even though your mother died a violent death and can't be buried in the ancestral tomb, find a good place for her to be buried elsewhere."
After hearing this, Tai Jijin cried even harder.
Normally everyone might despise him for being a coward, but now even the meanest person was silent.
After all, no matter how bad she is, she is still my mother.
Anyone who loses their mother will be heartbroken, not to mention not being able to enter the ancestral tomb and be buried with their deceased father...
Sun Meihua also cried beside Tai Jijin, but any smart person could see that she was not sincere.
She was usually bullied and beaten by her mother-in-law, but now that the mountain of pressure on her head was gone, anyone would be happy. She was able to squeeze out a few tears, which was already very good.
Outside the crowd, Chunhong stood behind Yang Lihua, leaned over to take a look, her eyes filled with complexity.
The dead are greatest.
Yang Lihua was afraid that she would say something harsh and be talked about behind her back, so she whispered and chased her away.
"Chunhong, go back and look after Zhuzhu. Be careful that she wakes up and doesn't find anyone and gets scared again."
"Okay, Auntie, I'll go right away." Chunhong immediately turned around and left without a trace of reluctance...
When the sun was high in the sky, the mourning tent was set up in Tai Jijin's house. A few feet of the cheapest white linen were bought and simply tied up to suit the mourning occasion.
As for the coffin, the cheapest one cost seven hundred coins. Tai Jijin couldn't afford it, nor was he willing to buy it.
In the end, they could only wrap the old lady in a new straw mat, which was her shelter.
The villagers couldn't help but sigh when they saw it, but they didn't laugh.
If she hadn't followed Tai Jiye to the city to work twice, and hadn't followed the Tai family to build a courtyard and had full meals for half a month, who knows how many people in the village would have gone to see the King of Hell, and they would have all suffered the same fate as Tai Jijin's mother.
When a crow stands on a pig's back, no one will laugh at the other because it is black.
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