nucmednet Chapter 239: Farewell Day
Chapter 239: Farewell Day
Suddenly the room was dark. Li was so scared that she lay on the ground with her head in her hands, trembling all over: "Zhao Da, Zhao Da, you have to think about it yourself, don't come to me"
After a while, she heard no movement in the room. Li raised her head tremblingly, looked around, and her heart jumped to her throat.
She slowly stood up, turned around and looked towards the door. Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning and Zhao Da was standing in the yard with a pale face. Li was so scared that she screamed and fainted.
The next morning, people who came to help saw Li fainted in front of Zhao Da's coffin, and quickly found a few women to carry Li to the inner room.
Someone went up and pinched Li's nose. After a while, Li woke up slowly. For a moment, he didn't understand why so many people surrounded him.
At this time, a woman sitting next to her grabbed Li's hand and said, "Guihua, don't be too sad. Now that Zhao Da is gone, you don't have to suffer the pain of the world anymore."
Others also echoed: "Everyone is gone, you must live well in the future!"
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At this time, Li finally remembered what happened last night. She saw Zhao Da coming back with a pale face, staring at her.
Li held the woman's hands tightly with both hands, her whole body trembling, and tears flowing down uncontrollably.
To others this looked heartbreaking, but only Li herself knew that she was frightened, and everyone rushed to comfort her.
Everyone asked Li to lie down on the bed and rest. After a while, Li began to have a fever and kept talking nonsense. Old Sun quickly asked someone to call a doctor.
The doctor that Old Sun sent for was a physician from the nearby village. He was usually good at treating headaches and fevers. The doctor's surname was Zhou, and he was not very old, said to be only twenty-five or twenty-six years old.
After taking the pulse, he pondered for a while, and a hint of sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "It's nothing serious, I guess it's because you are too sad, just take good care of yourself."
After hearing what Doctor Zhou said, everyone was even more certain of Li's character, as she was so heartbroken for Zhao Da.
After noon on the third day, everyone lifted Zhao Da's coffin onto a donkey cart and took it to the Zhao family's ancestral tomb. Everyone sighed, as the Zhao family was considered extinct in Shilibao!
Of course, according to the local customs, there is no need to hold a funeral even if Li is in good health.
The woman who had been taking care of Li's husband's surname was Li, and she was called Mrs. Li. Her parents' home was in Lijia Village, next to Shilibao.
Sister-in-law Li saw that although Mrs. Li was almost thirty years old, she looked only about twenty-five or twenty-six years old because she had never given birth.
They didn't have much contact at first. After all, the Zhao family used to be well off in the village, while Sister Li's family lived a very tight life.
Although Zhao Da has been in poor health in recent years, in their eyes, a dying camel is bigger than a horse, and Li's eyes are usually on top of her head.
How could Sister Li talk to her?
Looking at Li now, she is so pitiful. Her husband committed suicide by jumping off a cliff, leaving no children. Her life from now on will be very difficult.
Sister-in-law Li took good care of Mrs. Li. She boiled the medicine prescribed by Doctor Zhou and waited for Mrs. Li to take it.
Then he cleaned the whole house.
Yuansan, the third day after burial, is the day when descendants fill the soil and burn paper. At the same time, the deceased's clothes, bedding, etc. are all burned on this day.
On the third day of Zhao Dayuan's death, Li had already recovered greatly, and Old Sun arranged for several women to accompany Li to the Zhao family's ancestral tomb.
In front of Zhao Da's grave, Li kowtowed thirteen times, put her hands together, and muttered something.
Sister Li and other women burned all of Zhao Da's clothes and belongings: "Zhao Da, you married a good wife, but why are you so depressed? Hey, send all your clothes over there, and live a good life over there."
"Yes, you don't have to worry about your wife, the village will take good care of her!"
Zhao Da just disappeared in Shilibao. No one talked about Zhao Da for more than a month. A few months later, Zhao Da completely disappeared from this world.
Li was secretly happy when Zhao Da suddenly disappeared. Every time she ate, she thought of Zhao Da's diligent cooking every day. Now she has to cook by herself every day, and the stove is dirty. She doesn't know when she can live with servants.
Zhao Da's incident did not affect the planting of pepper seedlings in Shilibao Village, and the day for Xue Qing to set off had arrived.
In the evening, Liu asked Ding to prepare a table full of dishes that Xue Qing liked. The earliest batch of peppers in the house had been dried, and most of the dishes were made with peppers as seasoning.
Xue Qing just felt sorry that Wu Qian didn't come back, so Wu Tong didn't come back either.
Xue Qing took out a jar of wine from the space. In addition to Xiu'er, Liu raised her glass and said, "Qing'er, let's have a drink together."
Just as he said half of the sentence, his throat seemed to be stuffed with cotton. He took a moment to calm down before continuing, "Have a safe journey. We'll wait for you to come home soon!"
Xue Qing stood up and touched Liu: "Mom, you stay at home and rest assured. I will go to make money for our family!"
After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp. While Che was drinking, Liu also took the opportunity to hold back the tears that were about to overflow.
Seeing that the two of them drank a glass of wine in one go, Mrs. Ding quickly added a piece of braised meat to Mrs. Liu's glass and said, "Mother, please drink slowly. It seems like someone is trying to snatch the wine from you."
Ding's teasing made Liu laugh.
Jiang Yi also quickly picked up a piece of meat for Xue Qing, as he drank too much and was prone to getting drunk.
Mrs. Ding also picked up the wine glass, stood up, and her face flushed slightly. This was her first toast. Although she had been married to the Wu family for several years, she had always been hiding behind other people and had never stood in front to do things alone.
"Qing'er, I don't know what to say. Thank you for helping me so much. If it weren't for you, how could Qian'er worship here..."
Xue Qing stood up and interrupted Ding before she finished speaking: "Sister-in-law, do you think I'm an outsider when you say that?"
When Mrs. Ding heard Xue Qing's words, a trace of panic flashed across her face: "No, Qing'er, that's not what I meant. I meant..."
Xue Qing chuckled, picked up the glass and gently touched it with the glass in Ding's hand: "Sister-in-law, I know what you mean. We are a family. I treat Qian Hexiu as my nephew and niece. Although I call you sister-in-law, I treat you as my sister."
Ding's eyes also turned red. He drank the cup in one gulp. Only then did he feel it - it was so spicy!
Liu, Jiang Yi, and Xue Qing laughed. Some picked up vegetables, some picked up meat, but Xiu'er picked up a big piece of meat and put it into Xue Qing's bowl.
Xue Qing was deeply moved. She hugged Xiu'er and gave her a kiss on the forehead: "My little Xiu'er, auntie really loves you so much!"
Wu Xiu just giggled, and then imitated the adults: "Aunt, I love you too, so can you agree to one of Xiu'er's requests?"