Chapter 107 Uninvited Guests

During the brief silence, Yuan Yaogui squeezed in.

He patted Brother Tang on the shoulder and said in a neither loud nor soft voice: "Shi Fan, I saw a pair of little siblings in the charity hall a few days ago. They were well-behaved and sensible, but they had lost their relatives. It would be better to ask them to recognize this Liu as their mother, so that there will be no one to break pots and offer sacrifices to them after their death..."

Tang Qingshan calmed down and was the first to understand what he meant. He said, "Well, she died so tragically, we should hold a funeral ceremony for her."

The clan leader and the chief looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Tang Qingshan's words obviously meant he was going to pay for it. If he paid, things would be much easier.

Mrs. Lin also breathed a sigh of relief.

She was not a stingy person, so it didn't matter if she spent some money. As long as it wasn't spent on someone she hated, she didn't mind giving her a grand funeral.

This is how people are nowadays. The more grand the funeral is, the more filial the person appears!

It doesn't matter, it's just a matter of money, so just do it! Once it's done, it will shut people up, so that no one will use this to make trouble in the future! In fact, Brother Yuan just said it casually to help them out, and then he took them with him to the pawnshop to buy a pair of little brothers and sisters.

My sister is only five years old and my brother is only eight years old, but children from poor families have to grow up early and are very sensible.

It is not uncommon for people to recognize their relatives because they are afraid that no one will offer sacrifices to them after their death. Recognizing Liu Po ​​as their mother is not a very good sounding thing, but it is not that bad either. The key point is that this way they will no longer be slaves and will become commoners, which is actually a good thing for them.

Because Mrs. Liu was not buried as a wife of the Tang family, both children took her surname. Their original surname was Fang, so Tang Qingshan gave them names, retaining their original names. The elder brother was named Liu Fangyang, and the younger sister was originally named Yadan, but she also took her brother's name, Liu Fangtao.

Mrs. Lin was a kind person and she directly bought them a small courtyard where they could temporarily place the body and they could live there afterwards. The little brother and sister were very grateful.

Then we need to find a monk to perform rituals.

The Yuan brothers were familiar with the place and accompanied them on their trips back and forth. Soon they even invited monks. They would start the rituals early the next morning and this would continue for three days.

At home.

Brother Tang only had time to say a few words before he took the person away and never returned.

After waiting until the afternoon, the clan leader came back and the second brother went to ask, only then did he find out what was going on.

At this moment, parents had not returned yet, so the second elder brother took his younger brother and sister-in-law to eat and waited until the evening. They heard the sound of a carriage outside, and the second elder brother hurried out, only to see Yuan Yaochu and Yan Shenjue jumping off the carriage.

The second elder brother asked, "What are you two doing?"

Yuan Yaochu was very familiar with the place. He led the horse in directly and closed the fence door casually, saying, "Don't wait any longer. Uncle Qingshan and the others can't come back. We are here to keep you company!"

The second brother was stunned: "Huh?"

Yuan Yaochu unloaded the carriage very quickly and led the horses to the back, just like he was going back home.

Yan Shenjue took a few steps forward and explained a few words.

There are a lot of things to do for the funeral, and the funeral ceremonies have to start early tomorrow morning, so Tang Qingshan and Brother Tang San are still in the temple.

Because little Liu had to stay, Madam Lin and Brother Tang also lived in the small courtyard temporarily to keep vigil for Mrs. Liu. Brother Tang wanted to find someone to inform them, and Brother Yuan said, why not ask them to come over and keep them company at night, otherwise he would be worried about leaving a group of children at home.

The second brother thanked him repeatedly.

Yan Shenjue glanced inside.

The little kid stood in front of the door, quiet for a rare moment, with his little face tilted up, his big black eyes, listening very attentively.

The second elder brother said, "Shen Jue comes in first, I'll go see the second elder brother Yuan."

"No need," Yan Shenjue held him back, "Second brother is very quick, just let him clean it up himself."

The second elder brother didn't hesitate to pour him some water. When he came out, Yuan Yaochu came in with a bundle. He put it on the table and said, "I'm tied to your donkey. I saw a lot of vegetable leaves nearby, so I took some over. It's enough for us to eat."

The second brother smiled helplessly and said, "This is all my job, but I ask you, a guest, to do it."

"Why are you being so polite?" Yuan Yaochu waved his hand. "What kind of guest am I? An uninvited guest?"

He laughed loudly twice, and bent down to tease Xinbao: "Little darling? Why don't you speak?"

The second brother patted his sister's head and said, "I took her to find the clan leader just now. I didn't expect that Xinbao also heard what the clan leader said. She came back like this. I was afraid she was frightened."

"Oh," Yuan Yaochu coaxed her, "Xinbao, don't be afraid. Brother Yuan Er will hug you, okay?"

Xinbao shook his head: "Xinbao is not afraid."

But she didn't ask him to hug her, and still snuggled in her second brother's lap.

The second brother hugged her and rubbed her, kissed her forehead, and stood up again, tidied the bed, and said in a somewhat embarrassed tone: "I'm sorry, our family was separated in a hurry, and we only bought one set of bedding and there is no way to replace it."

"Nothing, nothing." Yuan Yaochu said with a smile, "I can sleep in any grass nest or tree fork. Xiao Jue, don't look at him as a pretty lamp, he is actually very tough. We are not picky people, we can just find a bed to sleep on."

He went over and pulled him to sit down: "Believe me, if we were particular people, we would have brought it with us a long time ago. You really don't need to care about these little things."

Although the second brother felt embarrassed, he had no choice but to sit down.

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He said directly: "Then Shen Jue, you sleep on this couch, I will sleep on that couch with Xinbao, Silang will still sleep on your couch... Yuan Er Ge, you sleep on my eldest brother's couch in the east wing, and help me take care of my two younger brothers."

Yuan Yaochu raised his hand: "No problem."

It was getting late, so everyone quickly boiled water to wash.

Yan and Shen Jue had already washed up when they arrived, and were sitting in the room.

There was a sparsely woven semicircular cage on the windowsill. Inside was the big grasshopper and a few vegetable leaves. It looked quite lively.

Yan Shenjue walked over to look, and pursed his lips.

The one Xinbao gave him was a little bigger than this one.

The second brother tied its two hind legs with a rope and took it with him on his sleeve when he left. The grasshopper also spit a lot of black water on his sleeve. He went home and tied it to the window. When he woke up in the morning, only two grasshopper legs were left by the window. He searched around the garden for a long time but couldn't find it.

I should have made a cage earlier.

Just then, the second brother finished washing Xinbao's feet and came in carrying her. Seeing him looking at the grasshopper, he smiled and said, "Not bad, raising katydids is noisy, this is also nice to look at and play with."

Yan Shenjue asked: "Did you make this cage?"

"No, Silang made it up. Ask him to make one for you?" He called out to the outside: "Silang?"

Fourth Brother Tang responded and came in. Second Brother put his sister down beside the couch and said, "Let's make a cage for Shen Jue tomorrow."

Fourth Brother Tang smiled and said, "Okay."

Yuan Yaochu stretched his head to take a look and said, "What do you want a cage for? Didn't yours run away? I tell you, you don't know how funny Xiao Jue is. When we were going back in the carriage, I asked him to give it to me because it was as funny as a pony, but he refused and took it away by himself. He even walked around the garden without eating breakfast. When I asked him what happened, he asked me if a grasshopper could survive without its legs. I asked him why he was messing with a grasshopper... Then I went to his room and saw that only two thighs were left. The grasshopper had run away!"

He laughed out loud.

Yan Shenjue, who was caught off guard and had his secret revealed, said: "..."

The second brother laughed and said, "It's okay. I'll give this to you to play with when you leave. I'm going to wash my face first."

He went out, and his fourth brother also went out. Yan Shenjue came back silently and glanced at the little kid sitting beside the couch.

The little girl was leaning against the window, with her two little chubby hands clasped together, her lips pouting, her cheeks puffed up, and her eyes blank, just like a sad rag doll.

Yan Shenjue looked at her for a long time, but she didn't move.

Yan Shenjue called her softly: "Xinbao? Xinbao?"

(End of this chapter)