Chapter 1113 Stepfather 24
As soon as the five-day holiday was over, Yuanchun went to work in the fields.
That day happened to be the day when Ergouzi was buried. She was holding the hoe she had just received from the warehouse and met the funeral procession that was sending Ergouzi up the mountain.
Yuanchun moved to the side to avoid the funeral procession.
Watching Er Gouzi being carried to the cemetery in the back mountain on a roll of mat, she curled her lips slightly and revealed a sneer.
But soon, she lowered her head again and acted timid.
Ergouzi is not a lonely man like Erlaizi. Ergouzi's father is still alive, and he has two brothers. Because Ergouzi is such a bastard, he did a lot of bad things when he was young, which led to a bad reputation for his family.
Therefore, after his two elder brothers got married, they instigated the division of the family business.
His father lived with his older brother.
Er Gouzi lives alone.
After Ergouzi died, his eldest brother paid for his funeral, but his eldest brother was reluctant to spend a large sum of money to buy him a coffin, so he wrapped him in the tattered mat from Ergouzi's house.
His eldest brother only provided food for a few days.
The vegetables were also from the yard and were free of charge.
The food was Ergouzi's own, dozens of kilograms of food, with some cabbage added. The people who came to help with the funeral ate cabbage and rice grits porridge for three days.
So, his eldest brother didn't lose much money, and he got two adobe houses and all his belongings from Ergouzi's family for free.
"Yuanchun, you're here to work. There's not much work to do in the fields these days. Why don't you take a few more days off to rest at home?"
As soon as Yuanchun reached the end of the field, Cao Hui came over and stared at her with concern.
Yuanchun lowered her head and whispered, "Brother Huizi, I'm fine. My father is gone. Although I am sad, I also know that the living have to live. If I don't go to work and earn work points, I will starve next year. I... I borrowed a lot of money from the brigade. I have to work hard to earn work points to pay off the money I owe to the brigade."
"Then you should do less. You look pale. You should take care of yourself."
"I know, thank you, Brother Huizi."
"It's okay. I'll help you when I'm done."
"No, no, I'll take as many work points as I can. Please don't come to help me. I'm afraid someone will gossip about me."
Yuanchun waved her hands to reject his kindness.
"Huizi, what were you and Yuanchun talking about? You talked for so long."
At this time, Qin Yuming came here on patrol and looked at him with a smile, "Huizi, you are not interested in Yuanchun, are you?"
"No, no, Yuming, please don't say anything nonsense and ruin Yuanchun's reputation. I just care about her. I have to go to work now."
Qin Yuming chuckled and said, "This is a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt. Do you know what I mean?"
"What's the meaning?"
Stupid Cao Hui really doesn’t know.
Qin Yu understood him at a glance, "You are just saying one thing and thinking another."
"What do you mean?" Cao Hui scratched the back of his head, still not understanding. "Yuming, don't take advantage of the fact that you have studied a few years more than me and say something I can't understand."
"Forget it if you don't understand."
Qin Yuming said angrily.
Yuanchun has already gone to the fields carrying a hoe.
These days, she did not stay at home doing nothing. After everyone in the village went to work, she went to the mountains to catch game, pick mushrooms, and dig medicinal herbs.
She also sorted out the corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes in the family's private plot and fertilized them. She also applied the manure from the family's toilet into the private plot.
All of his stepfather's belongings were also burned.
She only had two better pieces of clothing, which she turned into door curtains.
At noon, when work was almost over, Yuanchun was thirsty, so she went to the field to get some water from her clay pot. She happened to see Cao Hui walking up the mountain with a hoe on his shoulder.
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