After redemption, he took away the luck of the future queen

Everyone waited for another long while, and finally Lao Hutou, Lu and others came back.

Old Hutou came into the room panting heavily, his face turned dark. Zhuang Qiangzi helped Old Hutou sit down at the dining table. My sister-in-law stepped forward to help Mrs. Lu, pressed her on the stool, and then talked with Xiao Lu Shi took a plate of cold dishes to the kitchen to heat them up.

Old Hutou, who had returned from Chief Du's house, was panting heavily while sitting on the main seat. Zhuang Qiangzi quickly poured him a bowl of water, but Old Hutou didn't drink.

In the end, Lu couldn't help it and yelled out what she saw at Village Chief Du's place.

"What a village head who does nothing. I think he just wants to use the pension from the government. It's been three days since the list came out. If the second daughter-in-law and Dashan hadn't come back to report it, none of us would have known about it. , my son and my grandson died in vain."

After hearing this, everyone was furious. Everyone knew that Chief Du and the villagers of Xiufeng Village did not want to see outside villagers, but what Chief Du did was too much.

"Grandpa, how many young men have been captured in our village?" Pian Huo asked Lao Hutou, hoping to let Lao Hutou speak and vent his anger. He would definitely not be able to bear it all the time.

When she talks about our village, she refers to the former Hujia Village.

"Ninety-seven." Old Hu Tou said through gritted teeth. This time, 30% of the young and middle-aged labor force was lost, and nearly 30% of the villagers had to hold funerals at home.

But what to do about this funeral?

Isn't it possible to build a tomb?

No bones were found, and he refused to accept the conclusion that so many people had died based on a county government death list.

Old Hutou was so angry that his chest heaved. Pian He knew that Old Hutou was not angry with her, and then asked: "Grandpa, when will this war end? When will the third uncle come back?"

Pian He must make Lao Hutou cry.

He didn't cry this time, and Pian He planned to keep asking until he made Lao Hutou cry.

Hearing Pianhuo mention her youngest son, Mrs. Lu wiped away her tears again and started crying.

Lao Hutou's eyes were suddenly filled with tears, and tears fell from the corners of his eyes. He bit his back molars and said, "Pianheng, my grandfather doesn't know this either." His voice was hoarse, and he was close to crying.

He also hoped that the war in the north would end soon and that his youngest son would come back safely.

"Grandpa, do we want to set up a mourning hall in our family?" Pian Huan asked again, feeling that Old Hutou was crying too reservedly, so he had to cry loudly to completely vent his anger.

As soon as Mrs. Huang heard about the mourning hall, she stood up suddenly, blinked, tried to open her swollen eyes, and said to Lao Hutou and Mrs. Lu in a torn voice: "Dad, mother, my daughter-in-law will take Pianhan." Go home with Huaiye and arrange the funeral hall."

"Okay." Old Hutou said one word, and his face instantly burst into tears. Tears burst out. He finally sobbed and cried, but it was a suppressed cry. His whole face was distorted because he tried his best to suppress the grief in his heart. Out of shape.

With Lao Hutou's permission, Huang took Pian He and Huai Ye home.

Everyone in the room started crying again, and Aunt Guo also cried. When she saw Mr. Huang walking out with a pair of daughters, she followed.

After the Huang family left, Dashan also proposed to go home to decorate the mourning hall for his eldest brother.

Old Hutou also agreed.

three days later.

The morning light is dewy and the weather is fine.

The sky above Xiufeng Village is always filled with the sound of crying, which lasts from night to dawn, one on the left and one on the right, one after another, and the sounds of crying are endless.

In a newly opened open space at the foot of the back mountain, there are many new wooden tombstones, the cries are loud, and paper money is flying everywhere.

Because there were no corpses, and based on the exact time of death of the thirty-nine people, it had already passed seven days, no, more than half a month. After discussion, Patriarch Hu and the elders unanimously decided to give artificial cenotaphs to those who died in the war.

Let the tribesmen who died in the war be buried in peace as soon as possible, so that their souls will not be wandering outside and become lonely ghosts, unable to be reincarnated and reincarnated again.

Originally, Pian Huan planned to use fifteen taels of silver to ask the owner of Jisi Shop in the county to organize the funeral for Hu Shoufu, but unexpectedly, he would not use it at all. She also didn't expect that the news of Hu Shoufu's death would be accompanied by news of the deaths of more than 30 other people, including Hu Xingcang.

One of Lao Hutou's sons and one of his grandsons died in the war, which made people sad. It was enough to make Lao Hutou sad for a while.

But other families are not much better.

Nearly 30% of the new villagers in Xiufeng Village have died, and they are all the main laborers or the backbone of the family. Many families have lost their backbone, and the pension of ten taels of silver is simply not enough to make up for such a huge loss. and the pain caused to the family.

Different from the sadness and gloom of everyone, Hu Da rich man's house is a different scene, with peaceful joy everywhere.

After Rich Man Hu moved into the newly built big house, there was an endless stream of people coming to propose marriage, almost crushing the new threshold of his house. Rich Man Hu was both happy and helpless, because the number of people who came to propose marriage was There were too many people, and none of them were ordinary people, so he didn't know how to choose.

Especially for the marriage of the eldest son Hu Jiafeng, someone from the Le family sent someone to hint to him that he could go to Xijun Fucheng to propose marriage to the Le family. He was tempted by the marriage between the two families, but after that, several other families came. , one of the families is the Bai family, the Minister of Household Affairs who returned to his hometown after serving his official career.

Although Shangshu Bai became an official, his eldest son was still an official in the capital, and his disciples had many old friends, and they all held important positions in the capital.

Rich Man Hu was also quite satisfied with the Bai family. He was hesitant between the Le family and the Bai family. At this time, he thought of Aunt Ke.

"Master, the eldest young master's marriage will be easy to handle. In a few days, I will take Jiafeng, Mingyu and Hongyu to the temple to burn incense and ask the eminent monks in the temple." Aunt Ke looked at Hu Da who looked anxious The rich man had a sincere smile on his face. If Hu Jiafeng could get into a good marriage, it would be of great benefit to his daughter Hu Hongyu.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you." Seeing that the smile on Aunt Ke's face didn't look like a fake, Rich Man Hu felt free to leave Jiafeng's marriage to her. He knew that Aunt Ke would definitely not be able to get married in Jiafeng. Don't dare to fool him.

As for Mingyu's marriage, he should take care of it himself.

"By the way, when it comes to Hongyu's marriage, do you think it's better for the Fan family or the Cheng family?"

Mr. Cheng from the Cheng family in the county town sent someone to propose marriage to Hong Yu. This was something that the rich man Hu never thought of. The Cheng family was a wealthy family in Yushan County. It would be good to get married to the Cheng family. There was no need to marry Hong Yu. Go to the Fan family in Yuzhou, thousands of miles away.

When Aunt Ke heard the master's question, her face changed and she said, "Master, I'm not sure about this either. Didn't I say that I will take Hongyu and the others to the temple to burn incense in a few days?" I want to ask Hongyu about her marriage."

Upon hearing this, Rich Man Hu snorted, turned around and left.

"Mom, do you really want to give your promise to that dude from the Cheng family?

"After seeing her father leave, Hu Hongyu snuggled up to Aunt Ke and said with red eyes.

Aunt Ke shook her head, lightly tapped her daughter's forehead, and said with a smile: "How could I be willing to marry you to a small family like the second wife of the Cheng family?"

Her daughter wants to try for the position of queen. Hu Mingyu has such a good life, why can't her daughter have it?

It's a pity that the person Hu Mingyu hit has not appeared yet. Does she really want to keep dragging her daughter Hongyu down like this?

Aunt Ke somehow felt like shooting herself in the foot. She spread a good reputation to Hu Mingyu and brought a good marriage to Hu Jiafeng, but she did not bring any benefit to her daughter...

Thinking of this, Aunt Ke sighed heavily.

Hu Hongyu understood her aunt's words and smiled. She smiled and even blushed a little.