Chapter 004 Funeral
Shen Danian came to attend the funeral with his wife and children. When the couple entered the door, they cried loudly, but as soon as they were supported by someone, they immediately stopped crying and sat down at the table.
When Zhao Mu was buried, Shen Ning showed off her acting skills and cried again, which was considered to be a completion of yesterday's scene. After returning, she saw Shen Danian sitting at the table, swinging his chopsticks flying.
The original body's mother, Liu Cuiyun, looked timid and cautious, but she did not stop using her chopsticks.
Thinking of the memory of these two people treating the original daughter like a servant since she was a child, and then selling her to others without any explanation, Shen Ning was too lazy to pay attention to them and turned to go to the house to look at Xiao Nanchen.
Xiao Nanchen was sleeping.
She reached out and took his forehead to check his temperature. After confirming that he was no longer running a fever, she left without disturbing him and carefully closed the door before leaving.
When I turned around, I saw a young man in gray and black clothes standing opposite me.
"sister."
He is the original body’s younger brother, Shen Qingbai (bo).
Shen Qingbai does not look like Shen Ning, but he looks very much like his mother Liu Cuiyun. He has a pale complexion, single eyelids that are slightly upturned, and looks a little cold. He has delicate facial features, but his body is particularly thin.
Shen Ning remembered that this younger brother had been in poor health since childhood. He seemed to have gone to participate in a scientific examination last year. After returning, he fell seriously ill and has never recovered.
The original body was not too close to this younger brother, so Shen Ning also looked indifferent: "Qingbai, is there something wrong?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Qingbai reached out and handed over an old purse.
The young man clenched his fist and coughed a few times, his voice a little hoarse: "Sister, when Zhao Mu is gone, you must take good care of yourself... This money is what I saved, you can use it for your own safety."
This time Shen Ning was really surprised.
In the original body's memory, Shen Danian and his wife focused all their attention on their son and regarded their daughter as a servant who only worked for them.
Shen Qingbai has always been in weak health, never spoke much, and was not very close to her sister. However, she did not expect that while Shen Danian and his wife were sitting at the table enjoying their meal, this young man would come to give her money.
After a moment of silence, Shen Ning reached out to take the purse and weighed out some small change.
Shen Qingbai coughed a few more times, paused for a moment, and whispered, "There's still someone in the Zhao family. Although he's mentally retarded, he's still a male. If anything happens in the future, have someone tell me... If nothing happens, don't go home."
After saying that, without waiting for Shen Ning to speak, the boy turned and left.
Taking her eyes off the boy's thin back, Shen Ning put away her purse and walked out, secretly wondering what the boy meant by his words.
Don't go home if you have nothing to do?
Well, she had no plans to go back. She had no fond memories of that so-called home, nor did she have any nostalgia for it.
It was not until she went out that she realized that Shen Danian and his wife had finished their meal and left without even informing their daughter.
The funeral was coming to an end. Shen Ning walked into the kitchen and saw several aunties arranging the dishes borrowed from the neighbors.
Shen Ning left some food for Xiao Nanchen, then packed some more and turned to go out. Just as she was about to take a step, she remembered something and turned back to the aunts and said, "Aunts, please divide the remaining food among yourself and take it home."
The ladies immediately smiled brightly, and some politely declined, "That's not good."
Shen Ning said softly, "Aunts have worked hard all day, I'm very grateful. Besides, the weather is getting hotter, and we can't store all this food, so the leftovers would be a waste."
The aunts looked at each other and smiled and responded: "Thank you, Zhao Mu's family... Thank you, Madam Shen."
As soon as Zhao Mugang passed away, several village women deliberately changed their way of addressing him.
When Shen Ning walked out, several aunts happily divided the remaining food.
Speaking of which, in rural villages, only weddings and funerals can provide some good food. Even though these things are nothing in Shen Ning's opinion, they are already very rare for these villagers.
After they divided the food, they did not forget to clean the kitchen and yard for Shen Ning before leaving one after another.
Shen Ning went to the hunter Zhao Tong's house next door.
If I remember correctly, Zhao Tong's wife had just given birth two days ago. In the morning, she asked someone to bring a message to apologize that she could not come to help with the funeral.
Zhao Tong went into the mountains to hunt, and sometimes he might not come back for two days. He was not at home these two days.
It was not easy for the woman who had just given birth and the baby who was crying for food, so there was always some extra food, so Shen Ning sent some over.
Zhao Tong's wife is called Lian'er, and Chen Ning doesn't know her last name. When she walked to the door, she knocked on it and said, "Sister-in-law Lian'er, I'm Chen Ning. I'm here to bring you some food."
A response immediately came from inside: “Sister Shen, just push the door, it’s not convenient for me to open the door.”
Shen Ning pushed the door open and saw a kang next to the window. A pale-faced woman was sitting on the kang wearing a cloth hat she had sewn herself, holding a baby wrapped in flowered cloth in her arms.
Next to the mother and daughter was a small table on the kang, and on the table was a large bowl filled with half a black flour pancake...
"Sister Chen, I've heard about your family's situation. Poor Zhao Mu is still so young. The dead cannot be resurrected. Sister, you have to think more positively. I'm really sorry that I couldn't help you."
Lian'er looked apologetic.
In fact, in the original body's memory, she and this neighbor did not often interact with each other, but at this moment, the other person's face was full of sympathy and concern from the bottom of his heart.
Shen Ning said softly, "Sister-in-law is still in confinement, how could I not know what's going on? I knew that Brother Zhao was not here, so I brought some food to my sister-in-law."
Lian'er had already seen the sea bowl in Shen Ning's hand, and was surprised and grateful when she heard it.
Zhao Tong hadn't come back yet, and there wasn't much food left of the one he had prepared for her. She was just getting hungry after giving birth, and she was worried that she wouldn't have enough milk to feed her baby. Unexpectedly, Shen Ning sent her some food.
Lian'er was emotionally unstable after having just given birth, and she actually burst into tears: "I really don't know how to thank you."
Shen Ning quickly comforted: "Sister-in-law, please stop being polite..."
A moment later, Shen Ning walked out of the hunter's house and headed back. Just as she reached the gate, she saw a round figure walking quickly towards her from the opposite side.
"Ningning, Auntie is here to help you clean up."
As they walked in, Dong Chunhua said earnestly: "Don't I have to tell you, it's still your family that you can rely on. No one else cares whether your house is a mess after the funeral..."
As they were talking, Dong Chunhua entered the yard and went straight to the kitchen.
Seeing the tidy kitchen, Dong Chunhua was stunned for a moment, then became anxious: "Hey, where are the remaining dishes? I just saw a pot left."
Shen Ning said, "The aunts who helped divided it up and took it home."
Dong Chunhua suddenly became anxious: "How could you do this? I'm your aunt, we're family. When you help with work, you rely on your family, but when it comes to sharing the benefits, you're thinking of others? Do you know how to behave?"
Shen Ning looked puzzled: "Then where were you, Auntie, when they were dividing the leftovers just now?"
Dong Chunhua choked suddenly, and her accusations came to an abrupt end.
She had just eaten a meal by herself, then took a large bowl to take home a large bowl. She was resting at home and thought that the work was almost done so she came back to share some of the benefits. Unexpectedly, there was not a single grain of food left for her.
"Not knowing the difference between near and far, turning your elbows outward..."
Dong Chunhua walked out while cursing: "Your husband is gone, and you are a widow supporting a fool in the future, and you still rely on our family for support. You are so unkind, you will suffer in the future, you ungrateful wolf!"
Shen Ning clicked her tongue and slammed the gate shut.
Dong Chunhua screamed from outside: "You almost pinched me, you heartless bitch!"
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