The bright red couplets that had been put up just a few days ago have been replaced with white ones.
These past few days, people from the surrounding villages have been visiting relatives, and soon the news of Wang Lan's death reached the Zhao family's ears.
Zhao's two uncles worked for the Lu family year-round, only returning home for a few days during the Lunar New Year. Unexpectedly, they passed away after only a few days apart.
They immediately began preparing for the funeral and arrived on the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
In just two days, Zhao Fang looked much more haggard. She only seemed a little more energetic when she saw her two older brothers, but she still had no interest in taking care of household matters.
There were several hundred chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits in the Lu family's backyard, as well as two wild boars that hadn't been killed and eaten. All of these needed to be done by someone, so Wang Dahe went to clean the chicken coop without saying a word.
Wang Ershui joked, "Hey, Uncle Dahe, the Lu family doesn't want you to do any work anymore, so why are you sweeping the chicken coop for them?"
There was sadness in Wang Dahe's eyes. He had worked for the Lu family for more than ten months, and the entire Lu family treated him very well. Wang Lan would even give him steamed buns from time to time.
Thanks to the Lu family, his family was able to live a life with enough to eat. Although he later did something wrong and the Lu family no longer wanted him to work, his family was still grateful.
"The Lu family is busy, and there's not much I can do. I'll just do whatever I can."
Wang Ershui shook his head and said to the others, "Uncle Dahe is just too honest. Back then, when the Lu family said they didn't want him to work, they just told him not to."
Wang Dahe's expression was not good. "The Lu family trusted me back then, but I didn't do a good job. Ershui, this was my fault, so don't talk nonsense."
Everyone else shook their heads and dispersed.
Wang Dahe continued to fetch water from the river to clean the chicken trough halfway up the mountain and replace the water with clean water.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Lan was buried in the Lu family's cemetery.
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