After hearing Xu Hengliang's words, Xu Xiangning was not surprised at all, because she had already thought that this might be the case.
When she came to Old Xu's house and saw Old Man Ji, she guessed that Xu Ronghua had made this funeral a big deal.
Old Man Ji is the funeral director in Wan'an Village who specializes in calculating tomb sites for people. Choosing a good tomb site can protect future generations.
However, Old Man Ji's calculation of the tomb site was not in vain. It would cost one tael of silver to do the calculation!
Also, there are too many people coming to Old Xu’s courtyard today.
Now is the busy time for farming. We need to quickly harvest the rice in the fields and then plant wheat.
Xu Jianfeng had just died, so it was okay for some people who had a very good relationship with him to come and see him now, but half of the villagers came over, which was abnormal.
In fact, Xu Xiangning had already guessed that everyone came because the old Xu family was planning to invite the whole village to a funeral banquet.
After all, there is a lot of food at the funeral banquet, fish and meat are essential, and there may even be chicken, duck and other delicacies...
The lives of the villagers in the village are very tight. With such good food for free, why don't you just pretend to come to Lao Xu's house to see Xu Jianfeng and comfort Cao Qiufeng and Brother Xu Ronghuan?
Xu Xiangning curled her lips and thought: Are you taking her as a scapegoat?
Expect her to give all the money?
Xu Xiangning's eyes met Lu Fangyi's, and then her eyes fell on the five children, Lu Xin, Lu Sen, Lu Miao, Lu Yan, and Lu Yao.
She has never forgotten how she spent the past five years.
Five years ago, Brother Yi's waist was broken by a smash, and she was the only one left at home to carry it and take care of the whole family.
But her parents also asked her to go back and help cut wheat and plant rice seedlings. They said they would finish the work later and let Rong Huan and Heng Liang do it for her!
But until that time, she didn't know that Rong Huan and Heng Liang had been lazy, either peeing or suffering from heatstroke, and they couldn't cut two sheaves of wheat in a whole day.
Later, she cut all the six acres of land by herself!
In the past, when Brother Yi was around, she had no idea that her two younger brothers had been pretending to help.
In fact, Brother Yi knew it all, but he didn't expose it and still served it deliciously. It wasn't until that year that Xu Xiangning found out...
At that moment, Xu Xiangning was heartbroken and helpless.
In order to treat Brother Yi's back, she sold six acres of land when she really had no money.
Later, she went to work as a help in the kitchen of a wealthy family in the town. She also had to work at home. She was tired from working day and night. She contracted tuberculosis and lay in bed unable to move.
That was when Xu Xiangning was most desperate.
None of her parents and brothers came to see her to help her. They were blood relatives, how could they be so ruthless!
Xu Xiangning spent the next four years completely in despair, wanting to die again and again but reluctant to let go of her five children.
She is entangled and struggling every day, and today's life is something she never expected.
Therefore, now she cannot let them control her as she did in the past.
Xu Xiangning turned to Xu Hengliang and said, "Hengliang, I got married, and everything in the house is reserved for you and Rong Huan.
As a daughter, I am responsible for one-third of the funeral arrangements, which is the utmost kindness and justice.
If you ask everyone here, which married daughter still pays for the funeral, the most I can give is 200 coins.
What’s more, if you have such a big project, you can’t even do it with less than a dozen or twenty taels, but I’ll only contribute one-third!!”
Xu Xiangning emphasized a third, but Xu Hengliang's face turned pale when he heard this.
one third?
Then wouldn’t he also have to contribute one-third?
That’s five or six taels of silver!!
Xu Hengliang frowned and turned to look at Xu Ronghuan. Will he spend five or six taels to attend the funeral?
He is already seventeen, and his mother-in-law is not married yet!
Xu Hengliang raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Brother, you arranged all my father's funeral, and I didn't agree!"
"Mom, leave me the money to marry my wife, but you can't touch it!" After saying that, Xu Hengliang said to Cao Qiufeng again.
"this……"
Cao Qiufeng looked worried and hesitated to speak.