"Two strong ones, three beauties, and four beauties, come here and kowtow to mom."
Li Jie and his three little ones knelt down on the cement floor of the mourning hall. As soon as he knelt down, Erqiang and Sanli beside him burst into tears.
Simei looked at her second brother and then her third sister. She didn't know whether she was affected by the crying or was sad, but her little mouth tightened and she began to cry in a milky voice.
Seeing that all three children were crying, but Li Jie was the only one who didn't cry, Aunt Liu couldn't help but walked to him and gave him a gentle push.
"Issei, why don't you cry?"
Sometimes sadness does not necessarily need to be expressed through tears, but this explanation is probably difficult for them to understand.
Instead of wasting your breath, it is better to remain silent.
"well."
Looking at the 'stubborn young man' in front of her, Aunt Liu sighed.
"You kid, you have a hard heart."
After feeling emotional, Aunt Liu turned around and left the mourning hall. She just expressed her feelings.
Sad or not, hard-hearted or not, that is everyone's business.
After a while, a man in a blue shirt pulled a teenage child and hurried into the mourning hall.
When Wei Shufang saw the man's figure, she immediately felt as if she had found her backbone and threw herself into his arms, crying and sobbing.
"Zhiqiang, wu... wu... Shuying just left like this..."
Immediately afterwards, the three little ones also gathered around the man, crying and shouting.
"uncle……"
The person coming was Qi Zhiqiang, Wei Shufang's husband and uncle of the Qiao family's children.
In the yard outside the house, a group of middle-aged women saw Qi Zhiqiang staggering into the mourning hall, and someone immediately began to introduce his identity.
"He is the uncle who often comes to help Shuying. He used to be a soldier and was later assigned to the automobile factory."
Gossip is a woman's nature, especially when a group of middle-aged women are sitting together. The Zhang family and the Li family are short, so they can easily pick it up.
As soon as the person in front finished his speech, someone immediately started talking.
"A car factory? That's a good company, with great benefits."
"When Shuying was alive, he came often, several times a month. Every time he came, he would bring big and small bags and never be empty-handed."
"Eh? You don't think he has any thoughts, right?"
Most of the people here are neighbors, and many people actually know about the past between sisters Wei Shuying and Qi Zhiqiang.
One of the middle-aged women with slightly curly hair was about to mention the 'open secret', but unexpectedly a child's voice suddenly sounded on the scene.
"Auntie, do you know what a woman with a long tongue means?"
Hearing these words, the middle-aged woman wearing a good-quality shirt and braided braids suddenly turned dark, and her expression showed both the embarrassment of being caught on the spot for saying bad things, and a hint of embarrassment.
"I read in a book that people like this will go to tongue-pulling hell after death."
After hearing this, the middle-aged woman's face turned even darker, as black as the bottom of a pot. Not only that, the faces of the other women also became ugly.
What does this kid mean?
Did you come here on purpose to scold them?
Normally, they would have quarreled with Li Jie, but it was different today. In this situation, they would have no shame to quarrel with anyone.
Putting aside the fact that the other party is just a child, if we really talk about it, they are at fault first.
Li Jie's eyes swept across everyone's cheeks one by one. Everyone who looked at him obediently closed their mouths and turned their heads away unconsciously, not daring to look at him.
After all, they were in the wrong.
Seeing Li Jie's sharp eyes, the middle-aged woman who was choked first couldn't help but mutter to herself.
'This child is not only hard-hearted, but his eyes have become so scary. He is completely different from the one before.'
After silently glancing around, Li Jie withdrew his gaze. Although women who talk nonsense are annoying, not everyone is like that, there are only two of them.
What's more, most of the people in front of me are neighbors, and among them Bufan has a good relationship with Qiao's mother.
Therefore, Li Jie never used any other means except threatening eyes. Soon, he turned around and walked into the mourning hall again.
After Li Jie left, everyone looked at me and I looked at you. Many people breathed a long sigh of relief inexplicably.
After a while, someone took the lead and spoke.
"Phew, this kid's eyes are so sharp."
The other woman immediately raised her finger to her lips, signaling the other person to lower her voice.
"Shh, keep your voice down."
The person who took the lead in speaking immediately understood and secretly glanced inside. He didn't feel relieved until he confirmed that no one was coming out of the mourning hall.
With the lessons learned from the past, the subsequent discussions became much quieter, and the more sensitive topics were no longer discussed.
A person has a face, and a tree has a skin. If you are caught by that 'little devil' again, you may not have the face to see anyone in the future.
There was no more gossip to talk about, so the topic level was much lower. After a while, some people started to leave Qiao's house with excuses such as 'something happened at home', 'cooking', and 'taking care of the children'.
The neighbors left in twos and threes, and the Qiao family courtyard became completely quiet. Except for the intermittent crying in the mourning hall, there was no other noise.
As night falls, the atmosphere in Qiao's courtyard finally becomes livelier. Even after death, life must continue.
Wei Shufang and Qiao Zuwang sat in the main room with sad expressions. For a long time, Wei Shufang sighed quietly.
"Brother-in-law, since my sister is gone, you will have to worry more about all the big and small things at home in the future."
Qiao Zuwang looked sad and sighed.
"Well, why don't you say that my life is miserable?"
"Your sister just left like that, leaving such a big family behind."
"Today, there were quite a lot of people coming for this batch, but very few people paid."
"One by one, something!"
While the two were discussing how to live in the future, Qi Zhiqiang in the back room was busy coaxing Simei to sleep.
Simei was the youngest and was already tired from crying all afternoon. She couldn't help but yawn without even eating dinner.
Looking at Xiao Simei with her eyelashes twinkling, Qi Zhiqiang suppressed the sadness in his heart, and while patting Simei gently, he sang the tune that Mrs. Qiao loved to hum in the past.
At this moment, his heart felt like it was being burned by the scorching sun, and the heart-gnawing pain was so deep and unbearable.
However, he could not express his emotions through crying like his wife.
If he did that, he would not only hurt his wife, but also hurt Qiao Zuwang's heart.
He is just Shuying's 'brother-in-law'. He should not and cannot show such pain.
Therefore, he could only endure the sadness in his heart and shed tears silently in his heart to commemorate Shuying's departure.
'Shuying, Shuying, why did you just go like this?'