Boss Xu responded in a muffled voice and tied the straw mat with a rope.

He always felt that what his father and his younger sister did was too harsh. It was normal for two couples to quarrel, and there was no way their tongues could touch their teeth. Besides, he and his second son had already beaten Sun Fengshou and vented their anger on the younger sister's behalf.

Unexpectedly, he just thought that as soon as the two brothers finished beating his brother-in-law, the officials who wanted to collect corvées came, and Sun Fengshou went to serve with injuries. He felt a little bit guilty, feeling that he had beaten Sun Fengshou too hard.

His family was not divided, and this year it was the second son's turn to serve in the army. Before the second son left, he told the second son to take care of his brother-in-law.

Although he was angry with him for beating his sister, he couldn't watch Sun Fengshou die. If he died, wouldn't his sister become a widow?

It's just that Xu Laoer had only left for a few days when his sister came back and bought a lot of things for the family, including fabrics and food, and also bought good tobacco leaves for his father.

He thought his sister was just coming back for a visit, but he didn't expect that she had no intention of leaving for several days.

Tonight, he asked out of curiosity and found out what his father and his sister had planned.

Although Mr. Xu disapproved of his father and his sister's approach, he still listened to his father's words and weaved the straw mat overnight.

"His dad, it's okay if Sannier doesn't treat her mother-in-law when she's sick. If she's really dead, would she be wrapped in a straw mat? Isn't that justified?"

Old Mrs. Xu sat on the bed at the door. After hesitating for a long time, she couldn't help but say, "That old man sent to you, everyone in the village is watching..."

"What are you afraid of?"

Old man Xu glared at Mrs. Xu, then turned to Mrs. Xu who was standing aside and said, "Just say that there is no money. If anyone has any objections, ask him to pay for the coffin!"

Mrs. Xu crossed her arms and said in a sharp voice, "There are no old people in this village. How many of them were buried in coffins? From my perspective, if she can be wrapped in this newly made straw mat, she will be buried well."

Ms. Xu had always suspected that after last year's autumn harvest, Yu Xiaolian came to give her mother-in-law a sum of money. However, in the past few months, she had asked her mother-in-law many times in secret and overtly, but her mother-in-law never gave her the money as before.

Take it out and give it to her.

Even if she said she had no money to enroll Xiao Huzi in school in the spring, her mother-in-law would be indifferent.

Later, it was she who threatened her mother-in-law and told her to go to the Yu family in Hewanzi to report the matter, so her mother-in-law was willing to give out three taels of silver.

Mrs. Sun's guilty look made Mrs. Xu feel more and more that Mrs. Sun's money was coming from a shady way.

If there is nothing fishy, ​​why are they afraid of the Yu family?

After Xu discovered that this method was easy to use, it was like he had found a useful stepping stone.

After that, she threatened several times and found that this method was tried and tested and it was very effective. Just like this, Xu got fifteen taels of silver from Mrs. Sun one after another.

But Xu's insatiable greed and repeated demands completely angered Sun Fengshou, who had long disliked Xu. The two started fighting whenever they disagreed.

Sun Fengshou not only beat Xu, but also asked her to return all the money, and asked Ma Tongsheng in the village to help write a divorce letter.

Mrs. Xu felt guilty and frightened and ran back to her parents' home. The more than ten taels she took from her mother-in-law were returned to her parents' home. She was afraid that Sun Fengshou would divorce his wife, so Mrs. Xu wanted to get the money back.

It's just meat that reaches your mouth, how can you spit it out?

Father Xu reassured Mrs. Xu that she need not be afraid, saying that if that wimp Sun Fengshou dared to think of divorcing his wife, he should just follow the old method and let his two sons beat him up again.

When Mrs. Xu returned to Shanghewan with her two brothers, Sun Fengshou had already asked someone to write the divorce letter. As soon as Mrs. Xu entered the house, Sun Fengshou threw the divorce letter in Mrs. Xu's face and told her to get out.

The two Xu brothers did not expect that an honest man like Sun Fengshou would dare to divorce his wife, so they immediately held him down and beat him up.

Sun Fengshou was beaten so hard that he could not get out of bed, and the divorce papers were torn up by Mrs. Xu.

Within two days, Sun Fengshou was captured and sent to serve.

Mrs. Xu resented that when Sun Fengshou wanted to divorce his wife, her mother-in-law, who had always been facing her, actually looked on with cold eyes and did not start a fight or persuade peace as usual.

After Sun Fengshou was taken away to serve, Mrs. Xu was too lazy to pretend, and she and Mrs. Sun were at odds with each other, obstructing everything.

They spent some of the fifty taels given by Yu Xiaolian last winter to buy grain, cloth and cotton. They also spent some on the decoctions that Mrs. Sun had given her intermittently. In addition, they gave Sun fifteen taels of silver, and the remaining silver was

It's not enough to pay for the service.

Mrs. Sun felt filled with regret and felt that she had tricked her son.

She was worried that her son would be injured in the military service, and Mrs. Xu was bent on causing trouble for her. In just two or three days, Mrs. Sun became seriously ill.

Mrs. Xu already had different thoughts in her mind.

If Sun Fengshou comes back from serving, he might bring up the old matter of divorcing his wife again.

Sun Fengshou was determined to divorce her anyway, so why did she still need to take care of his sick mother?

So Mrs. Xu lied to her son and said that she was going back to her parents' house to get some folk prescriptions to treat her grandmother's illness.

Mrs. Xu was hesitant at first and had not made up her mind, but after returning home her father refused to let her go.

According to her father, her mother-in-law was old and sick, so even if she died suddenly, there would be no suspicion.

It happened that Sun Fengshou was away from home during his military service. When he came back, everyone had been buried. Even if Sun Fengshou suspected something, there would be no proof.

It's the best thing to do now that Mrs. Sun is no longer a burden to my daughter's house.

Mrs. Xu thought about it and felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Father Xu and his daughter have different ideas. What he thinks is: it would be best for Sun Fengshou to die outside, then the house, land and money of the Sun family will all belong to Xiao Huzi, and what belongs to Xiao Huzi belongs to his daughter.

What's his daughter's belongs to him.

Mrs. Xu was worried, "I wonder how the little tiger is doing?"

Father Xu glanced at the old woman and knocked the ash from his pipe on the sole of his shoe. "How can we starve to death when we have rice and food at home? In the past, when there was famine, there were a lot of people who gnawed grass roots, but they all survived."

Come here? If he still starves to death even though he is holding on to rice, that means he is incompetent, like his father, a loser and useless."

The little tiger in Yu Xiaolian's arms struggled violently, and Yu Xiaolian firmly held him down and dragged him away.

After leaving the entrance of Dajing Village, Yu Xiaolian carried the little Huzi who was crying silently on her back.

Little Huzi lay on Yu Xiaolian's back, his tears soaking the clothes on Yu Xiaolian's shoulders.

Although Xiao Huzi doesn't know much about right and wrong at this age, he can still understand good things.

He went from struggling and resenting, to silently weeping, and finally burst into tears.

Yu Xiaolian had a sad look on her face. You should take your time and cry at night. It sounds so irritating.

Xiao Huzi was tired from crying, and his voice gradually became softer, and finally fell asleep on Yu Xiaolian's back.

By the time Yu Xiaolian returned to Shanghewan with Little Huzi on her back, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening. She had walked for four hours, and at this time she felt that her legs were numb.

He placed the sleeping little tiger on the kang and covered him with a quilt. Yu Xiaolian also lay down next to him, without taking off his clothes, and fell asleep in a daze.

The next morning, the crow of a rooster woke Yu Xiaolian from her sleep.

She took out her watch and looked at the time. It was only four in the morning.

I don’t know how her grandma is doing?

Yu Xiaolian was stunned for a while, then got up and went to the courtyard door to look around.
Chapter completed!