The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 126 Death

Liu Youliang began to become even more suspicious. Could it be that Chen really had the favor of the county magistrate's wife? Otherwise, why would the bailiff be so respectful to her?

"Dad, the county magistrate's wife wants to see me for something. I have to go back to the county town. I'll come to pay my respects to you another day."

Chen Cui glanced at Old Zhou, who was still lying on the ground with a pale face and eyes closed, and said lightly.

Liu Youliang responded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, the matter of the county magistrate's wife is urgent, you should go quickly."

After Chen Cui got in the car, he kicked Old Zhou on the ground and said, "Get up! Don't lie on the ground and pretend to be dead!"

Seeing that Old Zhou was still motionless and showed no signs of getting up, he ordered his daughter-in-law Zhou and granddaughter-in-law Tan, "Take her back. This disgraceful and ruinous thing will be dealt with when we get back!"

After saying that, he walked ahead and went home first, huffing.

Zhou and Tan, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, looked at each other. When they arrived, the mother-in-law had already fallen to the ground. They had no idea what had happened before, so they could only try to help her back first.

At this time, several "enthusiastic" women told them what had just happened. The facts they pieced together made the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law curse in their hearts.

Is this old lady out of her mind? When Chen married a nobleman, she didn't think about currying favor with him so that her family could also benefit from it. Instead, she was impatient to throw dirty water on her. Didn't she learn enough from the last lesson? Why doesn't she learn from it?

While Zhou was complaining about her aunt and mother-in-law in her heart, she tried hard to wake her up.

The old lady usually eats well and doesn't move much, but she weighs more than 100 pounds. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can't move her. They let her walk by herself, and it's enough for them to support her from the side.

But no matter how he called out, the old lady showed no response, her eyes were closed, and her face was frighteningly pale.

Zhou was a little panicked, and quickly asked Tan to go home and call for help: "Go back and ask Changxing to drive the ox cart over, and by the way, tell your grandfather that there is something wrong with the old lady."

She originally wanted her son to carry the old lady back, but she was afraid that something bad might happen to her mother-in-law and she would blame her son. So she used a ox cart instead. Even though it was a little troublesome, she didn't want her son to be blamed.

She didn't dare to tell the old man that the old lady was not good, but used the word "something was wrong".

Tan hurriedly agreed, turned around and walked quickly back home.

The people watching the excitement nearby also felt something was wrong: "Maybe your father-in-law kicked you too hard and injured your internal organs!"

Zhou quickly denied: "How is this possible? It must be that my mother is too angry. She was just angry and fainted. She will be fine after she is taken home and lies down."

She couldn't let the blame for hurting her mother-in-law fall on her father-in-law, otherwise her family's reputation would be ruined.

This statement was immediately recognized by some people: "That's right, Aunt Youliang is usually very angry, and she has become even more angry in the past two years. She always gets angry at the slightest provocation."

Some people disagreed: "This doesn't look like a case of bad luck. Let's take him to town and ask a doctor to check him out."

Zhou said nothing. No matter what to do, she had to wait until she got home to see her father-in-law. With her father-in-law around, it was not her turn to make the decision.

When Changxing carried old Zhou onto the ox cart, she still had no reaction. If her chest had not been still moving, Zhou would have thought she was dead.

When they got home, Zhou immediately reported her mother-in-law's condition to Liu Youliang, and said with a worried look on her face, "Dad, why don't we ask Changxing to drive Mom to town to see a doctor? It's not a good thing that she hasn't woken up yet."

Although my mother-in-law sometimes gets angry and even scolds me, she is my aunt after all. When I first got married, my aunt was my greatest support and reliance in this family.

Even though she now depends on her husband and son for her life, the two are still connected by blood and have been together for decades, so their affection is not fake.

Liu Youliang's anger finally subsided a little at this time. He looked at his old wife who was silent on the ox cart, and he couldn't just ignore her.

He went into the house, took out a piece of silver, and handed it to Changxing: "You and your mother take your grandmother to the town clinic. I'll wait at home."

He was old and didn't want to go out in such hot weather. He asked his daughter-in-law to go with him because she was a woman and it would be convenient for her to serve the old woman.

Changxing responded and hurriedly took Zhou and the unconscious old Zhou to the town.

Zhou was worried all the way and prayed that nothing would happen to her mother-in-law.

What a terrible thing happens. When old Zhou got on the bus, his chest was still rising and falling, but after they were on the road, the rise and fall became smaller and weaker.

Zhou put her trembling hand under her mother-in-law's nose and could only feel a faint breath.

She retracted her hand, feeling extremely frightened and regretting not asking her father-in-law to come along.

Regardless of the bumpy road, she repeatedly urged her son to drive faster.

But they were riding in a ox cart, so how fast could it go? Even though Changping whipped the ox cart loudly, he couldn't make the ox go any faster.

When Zhou put her hand under her mother-in-law's nose again, she suddenly felt no breath. She immediately panicked and touched her mother-in-law's chest again, only to find that the only movement was gone.

Zhou was so frightened that she screamed: "Changxing, Changxing, your milk is dead——"

Changxing, who was driving the carriage, immediately grabbed the reins, stopped the carriage, and ran behind it.

After both mother and son confirmed that the old lady was really dead, they were at a loss for a moment.

"Let's go back and take the old lady back quickly. While her body is still soft, we should quickly wash her and change her into old clothes so that she can rest in peace."

Zhou said in a hoarse voice.

Although Changxing was also panicking, he was a man after all, and was more rational and calm than her: "No, mother, we have to send grandma to the clinic and let the doctor determine whether she is alive or dead. Otherwise, it will be difficult to explain to grandpa if we go back halfway."

Changxing thought, it's not just in front of his grandfather, he's afraid that when his father and elder brother come back they will blame him and his mother. There's no doubt that they are just that kind of people.

Moreover, this place is indeed not far from the town. Instead of turning back, it is better to go to the clinic. By then, I will have explained it to everyone, and it will sound good when I tell others about it.

In this way, they can tell others that the old lady died in the clinic. People who don't know the inside story will definitely think that she had an acute illness and died because she couldn't be cured.

So, when the mother and son took Old Zhou to the clinic and heard the doctor inside shaking his head and declaring her dead, they took her back home.

That night, Liu Youliang's family hung up white mourning clothes and set up the mourning hall. Liu Wende and Liu Changsheng, father and son, who were in the county town, finally came back and knelt in front of the coffin, acting like filial sons and grandsons.

Of course, after her mother-in-law died, Chen Cui, as the daughter-in-law, had to come back and wear mourning clothes. As grandchildren, Changping and his four siblings could not escape the fate of kneeling in front of the coffin.

It was a hot day, and the whole family knelt in front of the old lady's spirit, crying at the top of their lungs.