The coroner carefully examined Erlang's entire body, but he couldn't seem to find any obvious external injuries. Finally, he came to a conclusion.
"Zhang Erlang fell and drowned. You can see his fingernails are deep in the mud. He must have struggled fiercely at the time. However, it was dark and no one was passing by, so Zhang Erlang missed the best opportunity to be rescued."
Xiaohua immediately stood up to refute.
"How is that possible? My father lives on water. In Guangming Village, apart from Boss Zhu, there's probably no one who can swim better than my father. So there's no way my father drowned."
Village Chief Xu grabbed Xiaohua.
"Girl, Uncle Xu knows you're upset, but the coroner has checked and your father has no external injuries. I think he slipped and fell into the water while casting the trap last night. With his swimming ability, he should have no problem getting up, but the water plants by the river entangled his feet, and that's how your father got into the accident."
“Wuwuwu…”
Xiaohua really didn't want to accept this, but it was a fact that her father had drowned, so she simply squatted on the ground, buried her head in her legs and started crying again.
Many people in the village received the news of Erlang's death. They all rushed over and looked at Erlang's body lying on the ground covered with a quilt. Some people began to talk secretly.
"I told you, if the water ghost in the river can't kill the jinx, she will definitely find someone from our village as a substitute. Luckily we didn't continue talking about it yesterday, otherwise it would have been one of us who died."
"Hey, it's the blessing of our ancestors. I hope this matter is over and our Guangming Village will be peaceful from now on. It's too scary. From now on, none of you are allowed to mention the unlucky star."
"How dare you say that? People have already died."
“…”
Shu Jiaying looked up and saw that the people who were chatting idly on the side were Dong, Li and Luo Cuicui.
What annoying gossips! Will they die if they don’t speak at this time?
If it were under normal circumstances, Shu Jiaying would definitely find a way to deal with these three women, but now Erlang's funeral is more important.
Now the only person in Erlang's family is Xiaohua, but Xiaohua is just a ten-year-old girl. How can she know how to deal with these things?
Pulling Village Chief Xu aside, Shu Jiaying whispered, "Uncle Xu, what do you think should be done with Uncle Erlang's funeral?"
Looking at the helpless Xiaohua, Village Chief Xu thought for a moment, and finally said, "I'll try to get the villagers to raise funds to help Erlang overcome this final difficulty. After all, Erlang died in vain. If he were to be brought home, Xiaohua is still young, and it would be bad for her in the future. Now we can only temporarily set up a mourning hall for Erlang here.
Jiaying, Erlang treated you well when he was alive. Don't do anything now. Just stay with Xiaohua and Erlang to keep vigil for him. Let the aunties in the village help with the outside matters."
Village Chief Xu’s arrangement was quite thoughtful, and Shu Jiaying nodded.
"Uncle Xu, don't worry, I will stay here with Xiaohua."
"That's good."
Village Chief Xu left and gathered a group of villagers to the farmland on the other side, but soon he came over with a gloomy face.
"What's wrong, Uncle Xu?"
"Humph, this really makes me so angry. We're all from the same village, so who hasn't had difficulties? But now when we ask them to help out with some money, everyone says they have family problems. This is outrageous!"
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