He asked Song Zhenping to abandon his past grievances and go to Gu Pozi's funeral dressed in mourning clothes.
Disaster!
Furthermore, there's the Gu family's maternal family; the people from Gu Family Village are extorting money and causing trouble, so Song Zhenping is even less likely to step forward and suffer this humiliation.
Song Dekui knew that Daping had been wronged, but he was the only one who could handle the funeral arrangements.
And so, Song Zhenping encountered trouble just an hour after returning to Xiaoshi Village.
Unable to persuade Song Zhenping, Song Lizheng took the opportunity to explain everything to Yang Hua and ask her to convince Song Zhenping to attend the funeral.
Although she is a new bride and shouldn't be in charge of such matters, the way she dealt with the other women and mothers-in-law just now showed that she is quite intelligent.
At least the new bride is too shy to disobey what she, as the village head, says.
From the conversations of several women, Yang Hua had already come to understand the predicament of her husband and her husband.
The wicked stepmother died, and Song Zhenping not only had to give money to the stepmother's family to appease them, but he also had to wear mourning clothes and attend the funeral.
If we don't take care of the stepmother, the relocation of the grave will likely encounter further complications.
The situation was complicated, but fortunately, she had experienced her parents' funerals and dealt with difficult relatives before, so she was not flustered at this moment.
After listening to what Song Lizheng meant, Yang Hua said, "Lizheng, I will have Daping take care of the stepmother's burial. There is only one condition: the Gu family must be driven out of the village."
They didn't care before, so they have no right to criticize now.
If Gu Jia doesn't leave, I can't guarantee that Da Ping will still be willing to stay.
My second sister said that if it's not suitable to move the grave now, we can come back later; the grave mound will stay there and won't move.
Song Lizheng frowned.
Song Liyun was quick-witted, and both Song Zhenping and his brother listened to her.
If this new bride says that Song Zhenping is leaving and will come back later, then things will still fall apart in her hands.
No, this needs to be resolved quickly.
Furthermore, the relocation of graves is also unacceptable; who would want to separate a branch of their family that is on the verge of prosperity?
With the willow catkins alternating between soft and hard, Song Lizheng and several clan elders stopped pressuring Song Zhenping.
After further discussion, the group decided on a solution.
In the evening, Song Zhenping cooked a meal using the mutton he had brought with him.
The village head's wife and several wives were asked to cook mutton soup, and several elders were invited to stay and eat together.
Eating mutton and drinking piping hot mutton soup, even the elders who had only eaten fatty meat during the New Year were now holding their bowls tightly.
Song Lizheng ate somewhat absentmindedly, glancing at the curtain every now and then.
Just then, Song Erlang lifted the curtain and came in, and the cold wind instantly made the people inside shiver.
"Second brother, how are those people doing? Can they hold out?" Song Lizheng asked.
Song Erlang brushed the snow off his body: "I'm freezing. They even took down the door of Uncle Song's house and burned it."
An elder from the clan, who was eating meat with gusto, mumbled, "Who cares? Let them go if they want, or carry them back if they can't stand it. We won't stop them."
“Yes, Granny Gu is a member of the Gu family. What does she have to do with me, who has the surname Song?” Another clan elder put down his bowl and wiped his greasy mouth.
At this moment, they seemed to have forgotten that Granny Gu was a daughter-in-law of the Song family. Although her husband had died and her son had passed away, she was still a member of the Song family.
Song Zhenping remained calm, waiting for the Gu family to give up and leave before he would deal with Granny Gu.
As discussed by Song Lizheng and his group that afternoon, if the Gu family wanted to guard the coffin and demand money, Xiaoshi Village would no longer interfere and would let Gu Pozi's family do whatever they wanted.
In any case, Song Zhenping is Gu Pozi's rightful eldest grandson.
Now, whatever the host says, Song Lizheng and the other members of the Song family will do.
As night falls, the aroma of food wafts from every household in Xiaoshi Village.
The unfinished pig's head meat from the New Year's Eve dinner was bubbling in the pot again.
Although a dozen or so men and women were sitting around a fire in Song Lao Er's courtyard, it was still terribly cold.
Gu Ergou, his belt tied and two snotty snot dripping from his nose, emerged from the courtyard wall, cursing, "What the Song family is doing? Just abandoning us like this?"
He was Granny Gu's nephew from her maternal side, and his personality was similar to that of his cousin, Song Lao Er. He often drank heavily with Song Lao Er in town and knew about Song Lao Er's plan to sell his niece.
Unexpectedly, after not seeing him for several days, the last news I received was that Song Lao Biao's niece had not been sold, but instead, he had sent his own daughter to Master Xue's house.
Without money for drinks, there's no way to be friendly. Besides, Song Lao Er even went to Gujia Village to borrow money, so he stopped having any contact with the Song family.
He only came once three months ago after hearing that Song Lao Er had received the silver, but it was all for nothing. He doesn't even care about his paralyzed aunt anymore.
However, now that his aunt has died in the courtyard, Gu Ergou feels that he has another opportunity to extort money.
So he brought his men to demand money from Xiaoshi Village for the corpse, threatening to refuse to allow the burial of Gu Pozi's nephew and ruin Xiaoshi Village's reputation otherwise.
However, starting in the afternoon, for some reason, the people of Xiaoshi Village who had been speaking well of him suddenly disappeared one by one.
Not only did Song Lizheng never return, but even the few elders who had any influence did not show up.
No one has even brought dinner. What's going on?
Gu Ergou gritted his teeth, rubbed his rumbling stomach, and said to the others, "Since the people of Xiaoshi Village don't take us seriously, let's carry the coffin to the Song Family Ancestral Hall, smash the door, and see if they still dare to hide."
"Yes, Uncle Er Gou is right! We'll carry the coffin around the village right now!"
"Come on, come on! Let's try it ourselves!"
Granny Gu was not an easy person to get along with in her own family. This time, after her death, apart from her nephew Gu Ergou, the only people from Gu Family Village who came to cause trouble were some young men who had been deceived by him and knew nothing about her.
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