Chen Chunhua had just returned from the county on a tricycle. The heat of autumn was still lingering, and she was so hot that her sweat shirt was soaked.
As soon as she reached the door of her house, she heard someone calling her name behind her. She turned around and saw that it was Jin Fengxian.
Why is it her again?
Chen Chunhua got out of the car with a stern face and a frown between her brows. "Aunt Jin, what brings you here to see me?"
Jin Fengxian was old, and she was exhausted from walking these few steps.
"Chunhua! Come on, come on... Come back with me..."
"What for?"
"Your parents are both gone, and your eldest brother is here to call you back to attend the funeral!"
***
Lin Guoqing took a leave of absence in the afternoon and went back with Chen Chunhua.
Jin Fengxian said that the person was missing yesterday and she also sent a message to the provincial capital. However, they said that Shen Qiusheng had followed Zhong Hui to Jiang Province that year, and Zhong Hui was assigned to work there after graduating from university. She only came back during the Chinese New Year every year, and there was no one there at other times.
Even if they called, they wouldn't be able to get back for a while. Zhong Hui's parents, however, still sent a white envelope as funeral money for their son-in-law. Chen Xiasheng accepted the funeral money and calmed down. They then asked Jin Fengxian to help them find Chen Chunhua in Sihe Village.
Chen Chunhua asked how the person died, and Jin Fengxian hesitated and couldn't explain clearly. In the end, she just said that he died of old age.
Chen Chunhua was amused. Her wicked parents were several years younger than Liang Shengdi, and they had already died of old age? Perhaps someone was pushing them to grow old? And today, they came to call her, wondering if they were asking her to attend the funeral or to pay for it.
Before getting on the tractor, Lin Guoqing asked Chen Chunhua if she wanted to take some money. Chen Chunhua pushed him back. She had some money on her, and that was all. Why would she need to take money back there? No matter how much money you bring, it's unlikely to be enough.
Shen Qiusheng had been a live-in son-in-law for almost six years. He hadn't been home in those six years, and Shen Xiasheng couldn't find him. The only relatives he could contact were Shen Xiasheng and Shen Chunhua.
Of course, Chen Chunhua didn't want to contact him at all.
In the past few years, some little hooligans would often come to Sihe Village looking for someone, saying that Chen Chunhua's brother owed gambling debts outside and asked her to help pay them off.
Chen Chunhua was too lazy to even confront the person and just asked someone to call the police.
It's not her who owes the money. If you tell her that you will break Shen Xiasheng's fingers, toes, ears and nose if she doesn't pay you back, she will just raise her hand and say please.
There was even one time when a man in a van came with a stick in his hand and said that Chen Xiasheng said that this was his only sister, and if his brother had any problems, shouldn’t his sister help him?
But the end result was that as soon as he got off the car, before he could even ask where Chen Chunhua's home was, the villagers surrounded him with hoes and rakes and tied him up to a telephone pole. He was beaten black and blue before the police arrived.
It’s a pity that the crackdown had not yet begun at that time, otherwise those people would be old enough to go to kindergarten now.
During that time, Lin Guoqing didn't dare let her ride a tricycle to the county to deliver eggs, so he went there instead. Chen Chunhua was responsible for looking after the children in the village and taking them to and from school.
It was not until the public security comrades came to the village to tell them that the loan shark gang that lent money to Chen Xiasheng and the gang that organized the gambling and slaughtered pigs had been arrested that they resumed their daily lives.
Chen Chunhua never met Chen Xiasheng from beginning to end, nor did she ask the public security comrades about his situation. It is difficult to change one's nature, and this kind of person will not have a good ending no matter how many times he comes back.
Whether you live or die, it is the result of your own actions, so you must bear the consequences.
Lin Guoqing sat on the tractor, looked at his wife's face, then turned back to see Jin Fengxian chatting with the driver in front. The rumbling sound of the tractor was so loud that even he and Shen Chunhua sitting together had to put their mouths close to their ears to hear each other clearly, not to mention the person in front.
So he asked boldly,
"Hey, tell me, did your elder brother really want us to go to the funeral?"
Chen Chunhua: "That's right? Although Jin Fengxian is a busybody, she wouldn't lie to anyone for no reason. She just has some connections with my mom, otherwise she wouldn't have come all this way at her age."
Riding a tractor for an hour is not any easier than riding a tricycle for three hours. Your butt will be numb from the vibration.
Lin Guoqing thought so too, but if he went to a funeral, did he really not need to bring funeral attire?
Chen Chunhua rolled her eyes and said, "Do you really think we're going to sit there and eat tofu rice? We'll definitely be busy in a while, and we're half the masters of the family, so why would we need to bring any money?"
In fact, sometimes Chen Chunhua hardly remembers that she has lived a lifetime, and she has to try hard to recall some things.
In the previous life, the funeral should have taken several years. Besides, Shen Laicai and Qian Laier didn't die together. Now, not only did they die earlier, but they also left together... Shen Chunhua probably did it because Shen Qiusheng became a live-in son-in-law.
Although Shen Qiusheng is useless, he is at least a normal person. He farms alone to feed himself and his parents, and he doesn't resort to violence for no reason.
As for Chen Xiasheng… by now, his wife and children must have already run away. A scumbag gambler, he didn't work, didn't support his parents, and yet he still had to constantly seek his masculinity from his wife and children.
Even if Qi Xiuyun herself is a soft persimmon, she will stand up for her children.
Anyway, the Shen family couldn't afford to feed herself and her children. Now there were job openings outside, and she could earn money washing dishes or sweeping the streets. It was better than staying here, living in fear of debt collectors and being punched by Shen Xiasheng from time to time, right?
Chen Chunhua remembered it was probably last year or the year before last? Qi Xiuyun ran off with her three children. She couldn't remember the exact time. In her previous life, she heard Shen Qiusheng tell her about it later, when she went to attend a funeral. He said that one day when he returned from the fields, he found that his eldest brother and his family were gone.
He didn't care, so he made a meal for himself and his parents, washed up and went to bed. As a result, the next morning, Shen Xiasheng came back from gambling outside and found that his wife and children were gone. He started yelling everywhere and asked Shen Qiusheng if he, a bachelor, had abducted his wife away?
Shen Xiasheng asked him for money, saying that he had to pay for sleeping with his wife. This made Shen Qiu angry, so he just shook his fist to wake him up.
His wife and children really ran away. There was no one to cook for him and no one to vent his anger. Occasionally, when he was in a bad mood, he would go home and smash chopsticks and bowls, and then be beaten by his brothers. Shen Xiasheng felt that his life was really fucked up.
But that was in the past life, at least he still had a family at that time.
Now...
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