Chapter 162 What a sin
Shen Laicai was gone early yesterday morning. After Shen Xiasheng finished arguing with the debt collectors, he sent someone to the Zhong family to inform them. The round trip took place in the middle of the night.
After Chen Xiasheng got the money, he first gave some to the people who ran errands to the provincial capital, and then went out directly. He did not come back until this morning. When he came back, Qian Laier was already lying peacefully next to Chen Laicai. She had made the straw mat herself.
Chen Xiasheng had just received two hundred yuan, but he lost it all in half an evening. He had wanted to continue gambling by owing money, but who knew him? He had already sold everything that could be sold at home, and he would never be able to pay back the debt.
He was beaten up and his legs were broken when he returned home. When he came back, there was a dead body at home. He felt unlucky and didn't even think about why Qian Lai'er committed suicide. He just wanted to get some money from the Zhong family.
However, no one from the village was going to the provincial capital today, so he could only ask Jin Fengxian to call Chen Chunhua first.
His purpose was, firstly, to have Chen Chunhua take care of his parents' funeral, and secondly... perhaps he could squeeze some money out of his younger sister. Chen Xiasheng even felt annoyed for a moment, wondering why he didn't know where his eldest and fourth sisters were. If he knew, wouldn't he have even more money?
But judging from the current situation, it is impossible for Chen Chunhua to give him money, and she even wants to ask him for money?
"I really have no money! I haven't even had a bite to eat yet! If you don't believe me, go and check it yourself! I'll even take off all my clothes for you to check!"
Chen Xiasheng hugged his arm, which had been hit again, and cried wildly. No money means no money. Money is more important than life.
"The Shen family raised you so much, and you're not even willing to contribute to your parents' funeral! Do you have any conscience?"
"You're all respectable people! You're all well-known and respected out there, living the good life. You leave your parents to live a hard life with me!"
"They all look like good people, but they're actually ruthless! They're not as filial as me who accompanies them every day!"
As he was talking, he seemed to be really moved by what he said, and he started to sing with tears and snot.
"Dad! Mom! You left too early! Why don't you open your eyes and look at me, your son? They really have no conscience~~~"
Lin Guoqing was really convinced by his false statement. He stretched out his leg and kicked him again, stopping the sawing tune abruptly.
"Isn't the money the Zhong family gave just for Qiu Sheng's funeral expenses? Don't you have any idea why your eldest sister and fourth sister didn't come back? If I were to ask you, Chunhua is considered married into our family. We gave her a lot of betrothal gifts back then!"
"What did you say when you took the money? A daughter married off is like water spilled, so the money bought off the debt of her upbringing. Why do you always come to our village to find someone when you have something urgent to do?"
"What about the buyout money? Give it to us! We won't take it back, we'll just consider it as a filial gift to the old man for his funeral. Give it to us!"
As he spoke, Lin Guoqing kicked him again. The words "Stay away from pornography, gambling and drugs" were clearly written on the wall at the corner. How could there still be people so stupid as to gamble all day long?
If gambling could make a lot of money, would the country still ban it? It would have flourished long ago!
Shen Laicai and Qian Laier are parents who have been unlucky for Shen Chunhua's three daughters, but they are definitely the most favored for Shen Xiasheng and Shen Qiusheng.
They used the money from selling their sisters to marry wives and set up household expenses. Even if they had no other skills, as long as they worked hard to farm and raise children, wouldn't they be able to live a life of having enough food and clothing?
In addition, Shen Qiusheng gave up all the land and fields of the Shen family, and what Shen Xiasheng had was almost the same as someone else's only child. What else could he be dissatisfied with? This kind of life can still be lived like this.
Lin Guoqing didn't know how to talk to this person except to curse him.
"The Zhong family's money only arrived at midnight yesterday, and you lost it all this morning. What a god's hand! Your hands don't even stink in the toilet!"
Chen Xiasheng had been crouching there, listening to him scold him, letting it go in one ear and out the other. He was used to it anyway. But as a gambler, he couldn't stand the last word. He jumped up from the ground, ready to confront Lin Guoqing.
"What are you talking about? Why do my hands stink? I won a hundred yesterday! Who knows if my mom drank some pesticide back then, and it affected my luck. I've been losing all the time since then...ah!"
He was kicked again by Chen Chunhua, and the kick hit the same leg that was broken in the morning, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
Chen Chunhua no longer wanted to look at him, and said to Lin Guoqing lightly,
"You watch here while I go find help from the village. If he talks too much, feel free to beat him up. As long as he doesn't die, no one will care."
Lin Guoqing nodded to show that he understood.
But he wasn't the type to vent his anger by beating people up. Chen Xiasheng was huddled against the wall, silent, so he ignored him. He stood at the doorway, where the frame had fallen off, looked inside, and sighed.
Chunhua... must still be sad.
***
Chen Chunhua didn't beat around the bush and went straight to find the former production team leader Shen, who is now the village party secretary.
They hadn't seen each other for many years, and Secretary Shen didn't recognize her when he first saw her. It was only when Shen Chunhua introduced herself that he realized what was going on.
"Oh, it's Chunhua! Come back... to take care of your father's funeral."
Yesterday, the group of debt collectors made so much noise that their village committee had to go over to mediate and settle the mess. He was still chatting with his wife last night, saying that Shen Laicai's funeral would probably have to be handled by his third daughter who is married.
He couldn't contact any of the others. If she didn't come back, Shen Xiasheng would probably just roll up the straw mat and bury her in a pit.
Burials are no longer allowed. Even if you want to be buried, you have to get a permit, buy a coffin, and then be buried in a designated cemetery. If Chen Xiasheng really did this, and the higher-ups investigated, the village would still be held responsible.
Secretary Shen was really annoying. He had even specifically instructed people today to stop Shen Xiasheng if they saw him digging a hole.
Fortunately, Chen Chunhua came.
Chen Chunhua politely exchanged pleasantries with Secretary Shen for a while, and then asked if the village could send a few people to help her take her parents to the crematorium. She would give the money, but she would have to ask the village to close the household registration.
Secretary Shen didn't have time to listen to the rest of the words before he heard the words "mom and dad".
"Your mother?"
Chen Chunhua nodded, her face expressionless, "She said she drank pesticide in the middle of the night. Chen Xiasheng came back in the morning, and when he saw her, she was already dead."
Secretary Shen sighed deeply.
This is such a sin!
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