innocent year

Qiushi asked for leave from the school, but he didn't do it himself.It's like contacting the cemetery, contacting the funeral home, applying for death compensation, etc., all rely on everyone's help.

Chen Lei and his wife are very popular, and all the neighbors in the alley who have a way to help them all contribute.Even Aunt Qian, the old enemy, was dumbfounded for a long time when she found out, and then with tears in her eyes, she immediately arranged all kinds of certificates that needed to be stamped by the street neighborhood committee.

Those little bits and pieces in the daily life will appear insignificant when they are dragged away by death.People are gone, so why bother?

After Xu Minghai was depressed for a few days, he forced himself to cheer up.That policeman was right that day, life is hard to say.If you catch up, you can only admit it.

What if I don't recognize it?The fruit is only him now.

But Qiu Shi didn't recognize it.His denial is not crying, but not crying.He seemed to cover himself with something, and he was extremely quiet, even the day he sent Chen Lei and Zhou Yingying off to Babaoshan, he didn't react at all.

In the fine drizzle, Qiushi watched other people shed tears, watched the white smoke continuously spewing out and dissipating from those huge chimneys, and was held in the arms of the neighbors in a daze, saying that the child's life is really miserable.

Xu Minghai was standing beside Qiu Shi, still shoulder to shoulder.He wanted to say something, but he didn't know any reason to say it.

When they were growing up, the word "death" was taboo, and people always avoided mentioning it, but replaced it with "old", "gone", and "gone".But the meaning is the same, that is, I will never see you again.

In this way, the two silently sent off their relatives on a cloudy rainy day.

No one expected that a sudden dispute would break out during lunch.

According to the rules in Beijing, when you go to Babaoshan to see off people, you can't go home directly, you have to have a meal outside.During the banquet, the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Chen family made a speech, respecting everyone one by one, and then pointed out today's theme in a roundabout way.

The couple punched with a beautiful combination, in short, it conveyed a meaning: life and death are fate, and the world is unpredictable.Now the white-haired person gives away the black-haired person, and Mrs. Chen loses a son to retire to the old age.Therefore, Chen Lei's "inheritance" and "compensation" must belong to the Chen family.

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but looked at each other. No one thought that the couple would mention this matter at this time.But then he reacted.Because most of the procedures were done with the help of well-connected neighbors, as well as policemen from the police station, so it went so smoothly.Since they want to get the money safely, they can't get around these people.

As for Qiushi, it was nothing more than a big oil bottle that popped up halfway, a cheap son with two surnames.Now that Chen Lei is gone, the separation of the family is naturally done sooner rather than later.

Xu Minghai stood up immediately after hearing this, and said loudly: "Master—" Before he could say the following words, Li Yandong grabbed his wrist.

"Sit down for me! The adults are here, so it's your turn to talk?"

In front of outsiders, Xu Minghai couldn't argue with his own mother.He had to sit down, and then grabbed Qiu Shi's hand under the table.And Qiushi just looked up at Xu Minghai with a blank expression on his face.

After Li Yandong scolded his son, he turned to Chen Xin and his wife: "What do you two mean?"

"The house in the southeast corner of the courtyard is nothing to say. It is the ancestral property of the old Chen family. We have the final say on whether to live in it or rent it." Chen Xin came prepared and continued, "Besides, the matter is up to the family. The compensation is only paid by the building. Since the clothing store is my brother's business, the money must naturally go to our old lady."

Li Yandong sneered, and opened his mouth to poke the tube in his lungs: "The compensation is paid according to the leader. Is your old lady dead?"

Chen Xin immediately lost face: "Your old lady just died!"

"It's been a long time since I've been dead, so don't worry about it." Li Yandong raised his face, "Since the two of you have opened your mouths, let's get into the water and speak clearly. Let me tell you, although Chen Lei and Yingzi left in a hurry , didn’t leave a single word. But Guozi is not a kitten or puppy who is bullied by your old Chen family. If you want to take advantage of the child, you have the ability to get past your aunt first!”

For the first time, Xu Minghai felt that his mother was so heroic in quarreling, and suddenly felt that all the scolding when he was a child was not in vain, and the right was to practice for Li Yandong.

Chen Xin's daughter-in-law, who sang a red face, hurriedly said, "Hey, big sister, aren't we discussing this?"

"Discuss, right?" Li Yandong raised his chin at Xiaoqi, a police officer, "Qi'er, educate them about the law."

Xiaoqi coughed, and said in a straight voice: "Article [-] of the "Inheritance Law of the People's Republic of China": The distribution of inheritance is first to the spouse, then to the children, and finally to the parents."

"What kind of child is this surnamed Qiu?" Chen Xin snorted, "If I remember correctly, his own father is still in prison in the Northeast! Also, didn't he call my brother 'Uncle'?"

Li Yandong drank slowly: "No matter what you call him, Chen Lei can't stop him from treating him like his own son!"

"Fuck! Anyway, the things of our old Chen's family don't want to fall into the hands of outsiders!" Chen Xin was indignant, "There's no fucking reason for that!"

Li Yandong is not afraid to speak loudly: "Is there any reason for you to tell the government! You are also thinking about the things of teenage children, and you are still a man who pees standing up?!"

"You can't say that!" Chen Xin's daughter-in-law quit, twisted her body and joined the battle, "I stared coldly for a long time, it's the eldest sister, are you thinking about it? If Qiushi is a girl, I think you have to take it overnight She is a child bride!"

"You can be my child bride-in-law if you like!" Li Yandong sneered with his waist.

Xu Minghai interrupted loudly: "I'm not happy!"

It seems that because the quarrel between the two sides was too loud, Qiushi's cover was shaken open a crack.He listened silently for a while, and roughly summed up the word "money".

The two people in front of him, with red faces and spitting, were Chen Lei's elder brother and sister-in-law whom he had met during the holidays. They had a neither awkward nor embarrassing relationship, and they had never treated themselves as nephews.

He then tilted his head to look at the people around him.Xu Minghai's face became less and less fleshy, his eyes were dark blue, and his chest was heaving violently with the scolding battle between the two sides.After the incident, Xu Minghai stayed with him almost without eating or sleeping. In fact, he was only 16 years old.

The frozen consciousness slowly came back one by one, like a corpse returning to life, which made Qiu Shi gradually wake up.It seemed that he didn't realize until now that today was to send his mother and Uncle Lei off for the last time.

Now that they are gone, the burden left behind can only be carried by themselves.Moreover, he not only had to resist his own, but also Xu Minghai's.The two of them agreed that they would go to the south together, study and earn money, eat and play, and spend a lifetime together.What Uncle Lei and Mom failed to do, they still have a chance to do it.

Thinking of this, Qiu Shi interrupted the three people's warm greetings to each other's eight generations of ancestors.

"Grandpa and aunt."

Because Qiu Shi was dull and depressed for too long, everyone was startled when he suddenly opened his mouth to speak.Xu Minghai hurriedly asked, "Guozi, what's the matter?"

"It's okay," Qiushi said in a low voice, "I've recovered a bit."

Xu Minghai's eyes were bloodshot: "Don't be afraid, we are here."

"Well, don't be afraid."

Qiu Shi stood up slowly, and said to Chen Xin and his wife, "Uncle and Aunt, since my uncle's house is the ancestral property of the Chen family, I have no problem with how you deal with it. But the compensation for this accident is based on the head Forget it. I don’t want my uncle’s share, it’s for grandma’s pension; but I have to keep my mother’s share. Besides,” Qiu Shi paused, “as far as I know, all the business money is on the The goods. Except for the ones that disappeared in a fire, the rest are all at the suppliers in Guangzhou. Only by re-opening the drums can we turn the goods into money, and there is no hope in the short term.”

When Qiu Shi spoke without stammering, the Chen family and his wife froze in place.

They didn't see Qiushi many times, and they only regarded the quiet child as a gourd with its mouth sawn.I didn't expect him to be so talkative at such a young age. Could it be that he was just pretending in the past?

"If you still feel uncomfortable," Qiushi proposed the second solution, "then hire a lawyer to file a lawsuit. How the court will judge at that time is naturally another matter."

Of course, Chen Xin understood that what he did today was easy to say, and if it spread, it would inevitably make people pinch their noses.But the face is fake, and the money is real, it's worth him tearing up his old face for half a lifetime to make him ugly.But if he really wants to go to the court, he is very insensitive. The common people are most afraid of going to the yamen. What is the law?

He subconsciously glanced at his wife, who raised her eyebrows and asked, "Just our brother's car..."

Xu Minghai jumped up immediately after hearing this, and slammed the table, ignoring any parental rules: "Are you still shameless? A second-hand car is also thinking about it?!"