New widow

"My surname is also Du." Uncle Liu was stunned for a moment by Du's words. Du was right. Her surname was also Du. Regardless of whether she was married outside, her surname was indeed Du.

"You're a woman, what's your point?" someone from the Liu family muttered in a low voice. Du Shi looked at the speaker: "What's wrong with women? Who among the people here was not born of a woman?"

This was right, and the speaker also shut up. Mrs. Du then said to Uncle Liu: "This case has not been decided yet. Who knows whether the case was unjust. Besides, all the money has been spent. The funeral is always It’s best to do it.”

"Such a person cannot be buried in the ancestral graves of the Liu family." Uncle Liu also knew that his sentence of throwing the coffin out was a bit excessive, so he thought about it and changed his sentence. Du Shi also smiled: "Then we have to find a place to bury the person."

"Such a person should be buried by the river, let her be flooded by the river day and night, and let her suffer." Someone started to come up with ideas, but Du Shi thought of a place, so Du Shi said to Uncle Liu: "It's not that there isn't a cemetery here, but I'm going to look for people and see if I can allocate a corner for them to be buried in."

"How can anyone give her a corner for such a person?" Uncle Liu said with disgust. Mrs. Du reached for her waist and felt a purse. It was the reward given by Suqiao on the day of the Chinese New Year. Mrs. Du saw that there were two I couldn't bear to give it to my child, so I hid it in my waist and poured it out to enjoy when I had nothing to do.

Things were urgent now, so Du took out the purse, poured out the two small gold coins, and sent them to Uncle Liu: "These two are still worth some money, why don't you just

Take it, how about doing as usual these days? "

Uncle Liu knew that such gold locks were used by rich families to give gifts to their servants, and they were worth at least one penny, that is, two taels of silver. So Uncle Liu snatched the gold locks from Du's hand and said, "In three days, we can only use it at most." I’ll give you three days.”

In other words, within three days, the Du family had to find the place where Mrs. Du was buried, otherwise the Liu family would really throw away Mrs. Du's coffin.

"Okay!" At this time, Mrs. Du could only grit her teeth and agree. Uncle Liu was already there to greet everyone: "Let's go, let's go, it's very unlucky here."

Everyone in the shed left cleanly. Mrs. Du looked at the coffin, walked to it, and offered Mrs. Du a stick of incense: "Auntie, I don't know where this disaster in your family came from, but I promise you , I will definitely bury you." After saying this, Mrs. Du kowtowed to the coffin a few more times, then stood up and left.

There was only an old man guarding the door of the shed. When he saw Du Shi coming out, he gave Du Shi a look and said, "It's bad luck."

Du looked at the old man and said, "Your family promised me three days."

The old man ignored Du Shi and rolled his eyes to the sky. Du knew that she couldn't say anything to the old man at this time, so she just walked towards Suqiao.

When the government officials came to arrest Liu Daniu, everyone saw it. Along the way, Mrs. Du heard many rumors. Some people said that it was no wonder Mrs. Du could spend so much money to hire a daughter-in-law. It turned out that it was all stolen.

"No wonder it is said that a daughter is a thief if she is raised. Look at Mrs. Du, she has been married for 30 years, and she still steals like this when she returns to her parents' house." Mrs. Du heard the comments from people around her and wanted to argue.

A few words but I know I can't argue.

Others echoed: "I heard that her nephew originally didn't want to report to the government, but Mrs. Liu was so easy to steal. She even stole two gold bracelets and a large ingot of silver."

Du Shi felt as if something had stabbed her back, but she couldn't say anything and almost ran into the house. Little Sister Song happened to come out of the main room. Seeing Mrs. Du like this, Little Sister Song was shocked: "What's wrong with you? Your aunt committed a crime and it has nothing to do with you. Why are you running away like this?"

"I want to see Mrs. Kuang, I beg her..." Du was almost crying when Su Qiao's voice came: "Come in."

Mrs. Du walked into the main room and knelt down without caring about anything else: "Ms. Kuang, although my aunt is a slanderous person, she has never committed petty crimes. This time, she must be unjustly accused."

"You should get up first." Mrs. Du was still kneeling there: "This matter sounds strange, but I have no way, and I don't know who to go to. Madam Kuang, please show mercy."

"You, after being here for so many days, don't you know my temper?" Seeing that Du Shi refused to get up, Su Qiao stood up and helped her up.

"You, get up quickly. If you don't get up, Mrs. Kuang may not care about this matter." Little Sister Song walked in. Seeing that Mrs. Du was still unwilling to get up, she simply tried to scare her.

This scare really frightened Mrs. Du and she quickly stood up. When Suqiao saw Mrs. Du standing up, she said angrily to Little Sister Song: "You know how to scare people."

"I can't scare others, so I can only scare her." Xiao Song

As she spoke, the sister handed the material in her hand to Suqiao: "This is the material I found. I am waiting to make new clothes in the spring."

Mrs. Du listened to what the two of them were talking about. If it hadn't happened to Mrs. Du, she would have been able to laugh and make new clothes with them right now, and she suddenly started to cry.

Su Qiao smiled quickly and said, "I didn't say I didn't care about this matter, why did you start crying?"

"I, I just feel uncomfortable!" Du Shi covered her face with her hands and cried even more.

Suqiao wanted to comfort Mrs. Du, but the words came to her lips but she couldn't say them out. Mrs. Du's sadness was inevitable. Mrs. Du was just the most common kind of person in the world. She was a bit cunning and evil, but she didn't have too many bad intentions. She had no fights. There were quarrels, but in the end we lived peacefully. But now that she is gone, she still has to carry such a reputation.

Du Shi cried for a while and then put her hands down. Seeing Su Qiao looking at her, Du Shi said hurriedly: "Ms. Kuang, this is my fault. I shouldn't cry in front of you."

"What are you afraid of?" Su Qiao asked softly. Du didn't know what to say. Seeing Du like this, Su Qiao said to her: "Okay, I know what you are thinking. You go back first. Find a piece of land to bury the person, and when the matter is over, the Liu family will definitely let your aunt be buried back in the Liu family's ancestral grave."

"In that case, it's better to put the coffin in the nunnery first." Thinking of this, Mrs. Du Suqiao nodded: "This is also a way. You go and pay five taels of silver to Grandma Wu and use it to do things."

Du Shi hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Su Qiao. Su Qiao knew he couldn't stop her and let her leave when she got up. After Du left, Su Qiao said: "Look,

In this world, some people are like this. When they get angry, they will kick any dog ​​they meet on the roadside. "