Delicate Flower - Chapter 18

[Chapter 18 The Funeral]

No matter what Yu Tang’s mood was, time kept moving forward, and soon it was time for the funeral of the old lady of the Pei family.

The ancestral tomb of the Pei family is located on the waist of the East Tianmu Mountain, backed by the mountain and facing the river. Everyone says that there is a treasure land of Feng Shui, so the people of the Pei family will be rich and noble for generations.

The day before Mrs. Pei was buried, Yu Wen simply rested in Pei’s house.

Yu Tang and her mother prepared paper money and incense candles early in the morning. The next day, they got up before dawn to wash up, put on plain clothes, and took Mrs. Chen and Shuang Tao, and Mrs. Ma and her daughter to Xiaomei Lane.

They are going to send Mrs. Pei off for the last ride.

There are people along the way.

Everyone was in groups of three or five, discussing the funeral of Mrs. Pei.

“Even if the weather is hot, it won’t be so shabby! The coffin was buried in the ancestral grave after only seven days. Whose idea was this?”

“I heard that it was the meaning of the third master.” Someone in the know whispered, “Because of this incident, the eldest young master of the long room also had a dispute with the third master. But he is a child, how can he compete with his uncle! That’s how it’s settled!”

“Then the second master of the Pei family didn’t say anything? He is also an uncle!”

“Now that the third master of the Pei family is in charge, what can he say?”

“That’s true.” Someone sighed, “When the eldest man went, the coffin was still around the city, so everyone set up a road festival. Now we can’t send some paper money to the old man, so we can only send the old man up the mountain in such a simple way. ”

Some people are more concerned about their own vital interests, and whispered: “You said that the Pei family is now the head of the third master, is there any evidence?”

“Look at the past few days, has the chief executive come forward?” Some people gossip, “In the past, the chief executive was the eldest master’s accompaniment. Which of the affairs of Pei’s house is not his decision? There is also the second chief, look at him. Did you show up?”

“I know about the Chief Executive, but what does this have to do with the Second Chief? Isn’t the Second Chief always following the lead of the Chief Executive throughout the year?”

“You don’t know this. Do you understand even sitting? The second manager is standing on the side of the chief manager, and the chief manager is down, what else can he ask for?”

“Hey! That fan Liu family lost a lot of money. Their family just married their daughter to the chief butler.”

“It’s not that you’re married, you’re carrying it in!” When it comes to the peach incident, everyone is excited.

“Whether it’s to carry or marry, Fan Liu claims to be in-law with the chief executive outside…”

Yu Tang listened to these short stories, and remembered Pei San’s gloomy face again.

Why make handles for people to pinch?

Isn’t it Ai Rong after death?

It’s not that the Pei family has no money, so just pour the money up and do it.

Or, is this a tactic for his fight with the long house?

Yu Tang guessed randomly that the Pei family had arrived.

Mrs. Ma dragged them into a grocery store at the entrance of the alley, and said, “This is a shop I know well. Let’s rest here. It’s not too late to go out when Mrs. Pei is bereaved!”

It’s just that before her words were finished, there was a commotion outside, and some people shouted “the basin fell.”

The surging crowd rushed towards the gate of Pei’s house.

Yu Tang heard someone say: “Why is the tablet held by the third master of the Pei family? What about the eldest house? Even if the first master is dead, there will still be the second master. It’s not his turn to be sorted!”

“Stop talking!” someone said, “Can’t you see it? The rumor is true. The third master of the Pei family will be the suzerain of the Pei family in the future.”

Wrestling the pot and holding the spirit is a matter of the eldest son and grandson!

Even if the eldest master is gone, the eldest master still has two sons.

Although in the previous life, Master Pei San finally became the suzerain of the Pei family, but there have been some changes in this life and the previous life.

For example, in the previous life, the Pei family only knew how to buy the foundation and store the shop, but never thought of lending money to the neighbors.

As soon as Yu Tang heard this, he became anxious for Mr. Pei San.

Where does this make him the suzerain?

This is roasting him on the stove!

What kind of will did Mrs. Pei leave behind?

Even if Mr. Pei San is to be the suzerain, can’t the brothers sit down and discuss it after the funeral?

Why slap Changfang in the face at the funeral?

It looks like the long house is going to be turned into a side branch.

Who can stand this?

Yu Tang tiptoed and looked in.

Mr. Pei San has been supported and walked out.

He lowered his head.

The early summer sun slanted down on his filial hat, forming a shadow that blocked his face.

“Dutiful son kowtow.” With the concierge singing and drinking, the filial sons and grandsons of the Pei family all knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.

The people who came to pay their respects to Mrs. Pei began to set off firecrackers and put incense sticks.

The concierge shouted “Spirit”.

The coffin was lifted up and took three steps.

The concierge shouted “filial son kowtow” again, the coffin stopped, and the filial son and filial grandson kowtowed again and again.

Mrs. Ma pulled Ma Xiuniang tightly and said to Mrs. Chen, “Let’s go over and burn the paper money. Otherwise, it won’t be fun to be blown up when everyone sets off firecrackers.”

It was the first time that Mrs. Chen brought her daughter to participate in the road festival.

She nodded nervously and followed Mrs. Ma.

The sound of firecrackers rang out, and the air was filled with choking smoke.

Just as Yu Tang and her mother stood still, they saw a tall and thin man rushing towards the funeral procession of Pei’s family, “Plop” and knelt in front of the old grandfather’s coffin, crying and shouting, “Grandfather! You have to open your eyes and take a closer look, you have chosen a white-eyed wolf! He is trying to run the young masters of the long room to the point of death…”

The crowd exploded.

“It’s the boss!”

“It’s actually the chief executive!”

“This is how the same thing?”

“Could it be that Mr. Pei San has another secret when he is the suzerain?”

Master Pei raised his head and glanced at the chief executive.

Indifferent, bored, lifeless.

Yu Tang was taken aback.

Someone stepped forward and pulled the chief executive away.

He struggled and muttered something.

Unfortunately, the firecrackers were so loud that Yu Tang didn’t hear them.

Someone shouted “Old man, you’re good to go”, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the kindness of Grandpa Pei to them, and they all cried.

The funeral procession resumed its previous order and soon began to move again.

The firecrackers seemed to be louder.

Yu Tang felt that this voice did not seem to be unintentional.

She searched the mourners for the weeping people, but found nothing.

Yu Tang tiptoed to find her father’s figure again.

The crowd was crowded, and it was full of heads at a glance.

Dad doesn’t know where he is busy?

Yu Tang sighed.

After breaking up with the mother and daughter of Mrs. Ma, and returning home, it was past noon.

Yu Tang was sweating all over, and the inner clothes were stuck to him.

She took a good bath, changed into a thin hanger cloth, had lunch, and slept until the sun went down.

Yu Wen also came back and chatted with Chen about the Pei family while eating meals in the hall: “The chief executive is also a loyal person, for the sake of the chief, the lives of the whole family have been put on the table. Hey, it’s a pity. ”

Yu Tang’s heart skipped a beat, she walked in quickly, and said, “Dad, what are you talking about?”

Mrs. Chen was sitting next to her husband and helping her to blow a fan when she heard the words: “Young children, just listen to what the adults say. Don’t worry about the things you shouldn’t care about. How are you embroidering the handkerchief you embroidered? No Did you say that Xiu Niang will be a guest at home for two days? You promised them ice and melon, have you prepared them?”

Yu Tang smiled and squeezed Yu Wen’s shoulders, and said, “Mom, didn’t I come here to beg Dad? I only have 2 taels of silver for myself, and I don’t have any pocket money for ice and melons! ”

“Let you be extravagant at ordinary times.” Mrs. Chen scolded, but she still ordered Mrs. Chen, “Go to my room and grab a few taels of silver for A-Tang.”

“Mom is the best!” Yu Tang rushed up to squeeze Chen’s shoulder.

Chen Shi was amused, pulled her daughter’s hand off her shoulder, and said, “No more skin. Give your father a squeeze. Your father has been helping Pei’s house these past few days, it’s been hard work.”

“Okay!” Yu Tang went to squeeze Yu Wen’s shoulder again, and said, “Dad, how am I treating you?”

Yu Wen looked at the wife and daughter in front of him, his eyes curved into a smile, and said, “Okay, okay, okay! Our A-Tang is the best!”

“That’s good!” Yu Tang reached out to Yu Wen, “Then you can also help me with some money! So that I don’t lose face in front of my friends.”

“Yu Tang!” Chen Shi was angry.

Yu Wen hurriedly reassured his wife: “Don’t be angry, don’t be angry. Both Yang Yuyi and Wang Yuyi have said, you can’t be angry.” Then he taught Yu Tang, “If you dare to do this again, be careful and I will ground you again and punish you. You write a thousand characters.”

Yu Tang originally wanted Caiyi to entertain her relatives, but it turned out to be self-defeating, and she regretted it very much, so she hurriedly coaxed her mother.

Yu Wen called out Chen’s boudoir name: “Xiuyan, look, A-Tang’s face turned pale with fright. Don’t be angry! Besides, we only have A-Tang as a child, and the family business will be hers in the future. We will give it to her now. She is no different from giving her in the future. Do you think so?”

Chen sighed helplessly, and UUkanshu www.sonicmtl.com instructed Mrs. Chen, “Give her a small ingot of snowflake silver.” After speaking, she rolled her husband’s eyes and said, “You are satisfied now!”

“Satisfied, satisfied!” Yu Wen said with a smile and winked at Yu Tang, “Look at your mother, how good you are. I took a fancy to a box of lake pens a few days ago and asked for two taels of silver, but your mother did not If you are willing to buy it for me, it will cost you ten taels of silver.”

“Thank you, Mom!” Yu Tang smiled and thanked her mother.

Chen shi shook his head helplessly.

Yu Tang asked his father about the Pei family: “Father, were you talking about the chief executive of the Pei family? How is he?”

Yu Wen was afraid that Mrs. Chen would hold on to the few taels of silver, so he changed the subject along with his daughter and said, “It’s talking about him. After he went back, he hanged himself!” At this point, his expression darkened, and he continued. Said, “When I came back, I heard that because of this incident, the third master detained the long house family in Tinglan Shuixie, and no one was allowed to see them. Didn’t the sister-in-law and nephew of the eldest wife’s family still leave? On the spot It got noisy.”

It was only at this time that Mrs. Chen heard about it, “Oops”, and said, “Master Pei San is too, too…”

She couldn’t find a suitable word to describe what Mr. Pei San did.

Yu Wen also shook his head and said, “Everyone said the same. I saw that the Pei family was going to be in trouble, so I excused myself to come back earlier because of your illness. Tang Xiucai and the others are still staying in the Pei family’s house.”

Thinking of the conversation between Mrs. Pei and Mrs. Yang, Yu Tang frowned. She felt that what her parents said was wrong, and said, “How can you blame the third master of the Pei family? On the day of the funeral, he actually hanged himself, what is he doing? If I were the third master of the Pei family, what kind of burial would I give him, just send people out directly.”

[End of this Chapter]