"Eldest son, don't blame the two children. They were just being filial and wanted to protect their mother. Their intentions were good, but they didn't know that their mother was a treacherous person."
The old man used his last bit of strength to say this.
"Yes, I understand, Father, sob sob sob!" Xu cried heartbrokenly.
“This room was originally allocated to the third son, so there’s nothing in this courtyard from the eldest and second sons’ families. Third son, go open Mother’s chest. There’s a red cloth bag inside. The money inside is what you three brothers will divide up after you’ve finished arranging my and your father’s funerals.”
"From now on, if anyone dares to covet our brothers' things again, this old woman will make sure you suffer, even if I die! Cough cough cough!"
The old lady also used all her strength to speak.
Xu San sobbed as he climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), opened his mother's trunk, took out a red cloth bag, and inside were 1,313 taels of silver notes.
When Xu San saw the money, he couldn't stop crying. His parents had saved the money for their remaining years of living expenses, and the more he thought about it, the sadder he became.
The old lady turned her head and glanced at it, then said quietly, "One hundred and thirteen taels, keep it for the funeral. Anything not needed can be donated to the ancestral hall as incense money. You three brothers, each get four hundred taels."
Xu San, sobbing, divided the money among his eldest and second eldest brothers, then haphazardly stuffed the portion given to him into his pocket, trying his best to play the role of an obedient son in front of his parents.
The old lady was relieved. She reluctantly touched Nan Nan's little hand, sighed, and slowly closed her eyes.
The old man seemed to sense something and quickly reached out to grab the old woman's hand, but he felt her hand gradually getting cold.
He murmured something and slowly closed his eyes.
"father......"
"mother......"
"grandfather......"
"grandmother......"
Immediately, mournful cries echoed throughout Xujia Village.
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