Seeing that Song Zhenping was about to kick him out, Gu Ergou jumped up from the ground with a "woof," forgetting the pain of being beaten earlier, and raised his fist to strike, while continuing to hurl insults:
"You damned... Awoooooo!" He was met with a thud.
This time, Ali was determined not to let such a rogue cause trouble again.
As the wooden stick fell, Gu Ergou's raised right hand collapsed, and half of his body slumped down.
Ali struck him on the shoulder blade with a stick, and he was immediately unable to move.
His eyes were wide open, and all he could hear was screaming!
"Second brother, third brother, make your move!" Ali, having landed a successful blow, didn't even lift his eyelids, and quickly gave the order: "Expel them!"
The four men lined up in a fighting stance, and the four horses raised their hooves high, kicking up sand and dust. Instantly, a murderous aura filled the gate of Song Lao Er's courtyard.
The villagers had never seen anything like this before. Several timid villagers in Xiaoshi Village screamed in surprise, and the two elders shrank back.
Song, the village head, felt his eyelids twitch and hurriedly stepped forward, saying, "Daping, Gujia Village is still your maternal family's village. Don't let this lead to a death!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Ergou, who was already sweating profusely from the pain, felt a heat in his crotch and immediately wet his pants: "Gods and Gods, this cripple is going to kill me!"
He didn't even have time to cry out in pain. He grabbed the Gu family members who were panicking and trying to hide behind him and said, "Da Niu, lift me up. Let's go."
Those people then remembered that Gu Ergou was immobile, so they quickly carried him on their backs and ran out of the village.
Gu Ergou left amidst the laughter of the villagers in Xiaoshi Village, only shouting from afar, "You cripple, your grandma is from the Gu family, and your second aunt is also from the Gu family."
You neither searched for your missing uncle and aunt nor offered incense and kowtowed to your deceased grandmother.
You disloyal and unfilial ingrate! I'm going to the authorities to report you! I'll get the people of Gujia Village to smash up your ancestral hall!
His words made the people of Xiaoshi Village start to murmur among themselves.
Song Lizheng glanced at Song Zhenping with concern, and seeing that he looked normal, he said to the others, "Stop crowding around and watching the commotion. Those who need to watch the intersection, watch the intersection. Everyone, come and help bury the person tomorrow!"
Song Zhenping had recovered by this time: "We will be buried at dawn tomorrow. Please come and help."
In less than half an hour, Xiaoshi Village was brightly lit by torches, and the able-bodied men stopped sleeping and went outside the village with their hoes.
In fact, after the people of Xiaoshi Village put Granny Gu into the coffin, they dug a burial pit next to the Song family ancestral graves, near the location of Old Man Song.
Moreover, because Granny Gu was a second wife, she was placed properly next to the first wife, so that she could receive the incense offerings from her descendants.
But Gu Ergou and his group refused to agree as soon as they arrived, saying that Granny Gu had made great contributions and insisted on being buried with Old Man Song.
Now… Song Lizheng pursed his lips and sighed, “I can only blame myself for my own actions!”
Song Zhenping not only refused to attend the funeral, but also gave the villagers some labor fees, asking them to dig a hole anywhere in the messy graves outside the village and bury Granny Gu.
You can't be buried in your ancestral grave after you die!
This is the greatest insult a person can ever receive.
Granny Gu has done all sorts of bad things. The Gu family village was unwilling to take on the responsibility of supporting her before, and now none of them have any sense of shame. The only one who jumped out was Gu Ergou, who was just trying to extort money.
Song Lizheng and several clan elders did not say anything to stop it.
Song Zhenping is now the only descendant of the Song family and the eldest grandson of the eldest son.
No one has the right to interfere with the decisions he makes.
Of course, it also depends on what price that "other person" is willing to pay to interfere. Even Gu Ergou has been driven away, so who else will step in?
As for Gu Ergou wanting to sue the authorities?
Song Lizheng tugged at his beard, thinking that he might have to go to town to find his eldest son at dawn to see if he could tell Qili County immediately.
Song Lizheng thought that, since ancient times, officials have protected each other.
Since Song Liyun has connections in the Qili County government, they can also help inform them.
Many hands make light work, and even the wisest minds can make light work. Granny Gu's thin coffin was buried in the wasteland, covered with a few handfuls of yellow earth, and her traces disappeared from the world.
Gu Ergou, who was clamoring to sue the authorities and bring people to smash the Song family ancestral hall, did not show up until dark.
Everyone who helped received a red envelope that day.
Song Lizheng then found someone in the village to repair the gate of Song Lao Er's house and clean the inside and outside of the house.
Even the kang (heated brick bed) where Granny Gu had lived in the main room was overturned, and the bricks were thrown into the cemetery.
Now all that's needed is to fumigate the yard inside and out with mugwort again, and Song Zhenping can move in.
Song Lizheng and Song Zhenping had discussed the current situation of the Song family in detail.
If Song Lao Er and his family of three don't come back, their house and land will have to be left uncultivated.
Although Song Zhenping was already a military household, he should not have been able to obtain the property of a civilian household.
But Song Lizheng said that since Song Lao Er and Song Xiao Bao had disappeared without a trace, their household registrations had not been cancelled, and the land and property still belonged to the Song family.
He asked Song Zhenping to keep it for him temporarily, and then return it to Song Lao Er and his son when they returned.
Of course, this was a solution he and Song Dekui came up with.
Not only did they prevent Song Zhenping from moving the grave, they also tried to find a way to keep him there.
Suijin Town isn't that far from Qingping Town; after traveling back and forth a few times, it's not that far.
Song Zhenping agreed!
He knew that Song Lao Er was unlikely to return now, and Xiao Gu Shi and Song Xiao Bao had mysteriously disappeared.
When Song Zhenping heard this, his first thought was: his second aunt and her son probably won't be coming back.
This yard is now unclaimed!
Song Zhenping grew up in Xiaoshi Village and has a deep affection for those dozen or so acres of land.
In Suijin Town, although Xiao An was terrified of Granny Gu and the others, she still mentioned the old fields and corners several times, wanting to come and see them herself.
Now that the village head wants to take over the family property and land himself, he is naturally willing.
A day passed, and Gu Ergou remained silent; not even Xiao Gu's family members came.
But on the morning of the fifth day, Song Shuirong returned, dressed in mourning clothes and weeping.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, Song Shuirong rushed into the main room, where even the kang (a heated brick bed) had been knocked down. She sat on a chair in the corner of the room and burst into tears, crying, "Grandma, Grandma! Why didn't you wait for your granddaughter to see you one last time? Shuirong misses you so much!"
Your granddaughter was going to provide you with good food and drink, how could you just die like this!
Several female neighbors who were cleaning in the yard heard the crying and looked disgusted.
Aunt Zhang walked to the door and said, "Hey! Shui Rong, we sent you many messages before your grandmother died, asking you to come back and take care of her for a few days, but you didn't even show your face. Now all you do is cry. If you had this kind of filial piety, why didn't you do it earlier!"
Song Shuirong looked up. She had been crying and her makeup was smeared, revealing a slightly swollen face: "Aunt Zhang, I am the mistress of the Xue family, so naturally I have to take care of all the affairs at home."
It's Chinese New Year, and the whole family is too busy to come over.
Now that things are finally over, but my grandma... my grandma, I'll never see her again!
Aunt Zhang scoffed and turned to the other women in the courtyard, saying, "Listen to this, she talks a good game but acts like she's the head of the household! A woman who warms the bed for an old man's coffin has the nerve to call herself the mistress of the house!"
Several women in the courtyard burst into laughter.
Song Shuirong's face flushed red instantly, but she dared not act as unruly and unreasonable as she had in previous years.
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