Chapter 49 Mother and daughter die together
Jiang Mingyue closed her stall early today.
At around one o'clock, she packed up her stall, bought two quilts and a pillow, and asked Gu Dongqing to ride the tricycle back to the village.
I had just arrived at the entrance of the village, but before I even entered, I heard about a big event.
The wife of the second son of the second branch of the Jiang family jumped into the river with her two daughters.
As usual, there were many people chatting under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, and the topic they were talking about was this matter.
"Oh, Lin Sanhua is really desperate. She held her two daughters in her arms and no matter how much we called them, they wouldn't come back. She just walked into the river so resolutely."
The person who said this happened to be one of the people who witnessed Lin Sanhua jumping into the river with her child.
As soon as she finished speaking, another person immediately added, "That's right. The river was so deep. She walked in without any hesitation."
"Alas, those two poor children, they didn't even know anything and just lost their lives like that."
"Yes, it's because of their mother. Not only did she fail to protect the children, she also took their lives..."
Lin Sanhua married Jiang Erlang into the Jiang family at the age of eighteen. In seven years, she gave birth to three or four children, but she only raised two daughters.
The older one is six years old and the younger one is four years old.
The two children were not welcomed at home because they were girls. I thought their mother would protect them, but I never thought it would end up like this...
Jiang Mingyue listened to other people's conversation, her face turned pale.
She placed her hands on her slightly bulging belly, lowered her eyes and said nothing.
“How did this come to this?”
The old lady sitting opposite trembled and spoke.
Although the old lady didn't like Zhao Meihua, she also looked down on the behavior of the second son Jiang Congwen, and she was not very familiar with her grandson's wife Lin Sanhua.
But the two children are innocent!
How could someone be so desperate as to jump into the river with his child?
The old lady's face also became very ugly. She sat on the stool and held the edge of the tricycle tightly with both hands. "How could this happen..."
She couldn't figure it out, she really couldn't figure it out.
"Milk"
Jiang Mingyue raised her head and reached out to hold the old lady's hand. "It has already happened. Don't think too much about it."
"I'll go find out what's going on when I get home."
"No, no, Mingyue, you are pregnant, you can't go to such an occasion. I'll let your grandfather go over and take a look."
The old lady was kind and could not turn a blind eye to the deaths of her two great-granddaughters.
She can't bring people back to life, but it's necessary for her to understand why they seek death.
Jiang Mingyue didn't want her grandfather to go either.
My grandfather is old, and although he looks healthy, it would not be appropriate if he were disturbed by this funeral.
"I'll go."
Gu Dongqing, who was riding his bike in front, said, "It's just right for me to go."
He is the son-in-law of the Jiang family, an upright young man, strong and healthy, and afraid of nothing.
While gathering information, he could also let everyone in the village see that although the second branch of the Jiang family was not a human being and had long severed ties with the first branch, the first branch of the Jiang family still went to help when the second branch had a funeral because they were from the same village.
From now on, no matter what others say, they can't find fault with the eldest wife.
Jiang Mingyue also thought this was appropriate.
"Then go and take a look, and don't pay attention to what others say." It was the first time for Gu Dongqing to go out and participate in such an event. To be honest, Jiang Mingyue was worried that he would be bullied.
Gu Dongqing understood what she meant.
He curled his lips and was in a very good mood.
"Don't worry, Xiaoyue. No one can bully your man."
After returning home, Gu Dongqing unloaded all the things that needed to be unloaded from the tricycle, carried the quilt to the guest room, washed his face and went out.
The old lady originally planned to go to the guest room to help make the bed, but Jiang Mingyue asked her to go and rest first.
"Milk, it will be the same when Gu Dongqing comes back." She pulled the old lady into the main room, let her sit on a stool, and got up to make a cup of milk powder for the old lady.
Gu Dongqing brought the milk powder back from the county town, saying it was for her body.
She was not reluctant to drink it and would make a bowl every morning and evening.
Not to mention that after drinking it for a while, she felt that her body seemed to have become a lot stronger.
Grandpa and grandma are usually reluctant to eat or drink, so when Jiang Mingyue makes some for them, they always find various excuses to refuse.
Seeing that her grandmother was uneasy, Jiang Mingyue wanted to let her drink something sweet to calm her down.
The old lady looked up at her worried granddaughter. She sighed and came back to her senses. "I'm fine, don't worry, Erya."
"Grandma, the dead cannot be resurrected. My two little nieces are pitiful, but this is their fate..."
"Well, I know. Don't worry too much, you should pay more attention to your own body."
"good."
The grandfather and grandson chatted for a while, and then the old man came back from outside.
His complexion was obviously not very good, but after seeing Jiang Mingyue, he still forced a smile.
"Is Arya not scared?"
When he came back, he happened to see the villagers carrying two children out. Although he did not go forward to see, he knew from other people's description that the two children were not in a good condition.
Just as the old lady thought, although her son Jiang Congwen did not live up to her expectations, the blood of the Jiang family still flows in her great-granddaughter.
To put it another way, even if they were just from the same village, they would feel very sad to know that they left the world in this way.
The same goes for Jiang Mingyue.
She raised her head and looked outside, wondering how Gu Dongqing was doing.
The second branch of the Jiang family occupied the original Jiang family's old house, which was in a good location, right on the street. There were neighbors in front of and behind the house, on the left and right.
When such a thing happened to the Jiang family, the neighbors sighed and were disgusted.
No one wants to see a young person die near their home; it is actually a kind of bad luck for them.
In rural areas, there is a strange phenomenon: when an elderly person dies of natural causes, the village becomes very lively.
Everyone was smiling, thinking it was a happy funeral.
But the death of a young person is another matter.
Especially when a young person like Lin Sanhua passes away and commits suicide due to depression, it gives people a very sad feeling.
Everywhere was bleak, even the sky was gloomy, with dark clouds pressing down overhead, as if they could collapse at any time.
Don't mention how unlucky it is.
Gu Dongqing came to the street outside the Jiang family, looked around and saw a familiar face.
He touched the cigarette in his pocket and walked forward.
"Accountant Zuo, can you come over and help?"
Whenever there are weddings or funerals in the village, anyone who does not have a deep hatred for the person will come to help.
Although Gu Dongqing was a local, he also knew the rules.
He passed the cigarettes to Accountant Zuo and the two older men beside him.
Accountant Zuo couldn't help but smile when he saw Gu Dongqing, "Boss Gu, you are really good. You quietly plucked a flower from our village."
"I heard you've become a father? Congratulations!"