Chapter 102
When Zhang Zhengzi was buried last time, the commotion started after the coffin was buried in the ground. This time, the Zhang family was already in such a mess even before Lao Zhang's corpse was cold. Within two quarters of an hour, everyone in Qingxi Village knew about Li Wanyun's madness and slashing people, and this matter even spread to other villages.
No matter how fierce and aggressive the woman and Shuang'er were on weekdays, they would just curse randomly when they were angry, or at most they would fight.
It was rare for a woman to slash someone with a knife, therefore they could only say that this kind of impetus was crazy, but it was also because she was forced to feel that she had no way out. No matter how arrogant and domineering ordinary people were, how could they have such courage?
In the room, Li Wanyun covered her face and sobbed, her hands were trembling, her legs and feet were weak, and her chest was rising and falling violently, as if her heart was shaking.
She was a weak woman. She had never done anything like slashing someone with knife. She had no ability and could only sit on the ground and cry. But those uncles and aunts all stared at her and grinned, they jumped and shouted at her to give them money.
In her trance, she saw the evil ghost who wanted to eat her again, with a green face and fangs, and a big black mouth that could swallow her whole, even her skin and bones, leaving nothing behind.
"Wanyun, Wanyun." Quanzi's mother was beside her, she kept rubbing her back to calm her down. She also kept calling her name, trying to bring her soul back. People said if someone was crazy was the same like losing soul.
The thin back that Quanzi's mother rubbed with her hands was shaking, and her hands were also shaking as well, really shaking like chaff.
"Burn some paper quickly." Seeing Wei Lanxiang came in, Quanzi's mother said quickly.
Wei Lanxiang glanced at Li Wanyun, who was sobbing and not moving for a long time. She nodded slightly and went out to get the yellow paper.
[Yellow paper, joss paper, also known as incense papers, are papercrafts or sheets of paper made into burnt offerings common in Chinese ancestral worship (such as the veneration of the deceased family members and relatives on holidays and special occasions).]
They also asked Aunt Miao and others to call out Li Wanyun's name, they burnt the yellow paper while calling out her name. After a lot of tossing, Li Wanyun finally raised her head, and her red and swollen eyes became a little brighter, no longer confused and crazy.
It wasn't that she hadn't heard the voices of these aunts and grandmas just now, but her heart was full of sorrow and desolation. After she fell into it and started crying, she couldn't hear anything.
"Drink this warm water slowly." Wei Lanxiang poured a bowl of warm water and handed it to her.
Li Wanyun's hands were still shaking. After drinking a bowl of water, she took a breath and stopped crying.
"Your second uncle and his family are waiting outside to help. If you want to sleep, just take a nap." Quanzi's mother saw that she was really pitiful, and with her condition like this she couldn't go out to entertain the guests.
Moreover, Lao Zhang only gave birth to a son and a daughter. However even if the villagers wanted tell her daughter, they didn't know where the daughter was sold, let alone ask her to come to wail at the vuneral (formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed) and keep watch beside the coffin.
All the relatives of the Zhang family were chased with knife by Li Wanyun before. As for those who came to express condolences, they were relatives of Lao Zhang family and Li Wanyun's family.
Li Wanyun only nodded, unable to speak. When Wei Lanxiang wanted to help her get on the bed, she waved her hands and shook her head. Seeing this, Wei Lanxiang had no choice but to give up. She and Quanzi's mother went out and closed the door, leaving her alone to rest.
In the yard, as soon as Wei Lanxiang came out, she saw Lu Gu stepping through the door.
"Mom." Lu Gu took a look at Wei Lanxiang and took a few steps over.
"Why are you here?" Wei Lanxiang grabbed his wrist and dragged him into the kitchen, he whispered to him: "There's a dead person here, it's not clean, what if you collide with something dirty (ghost etc.), didn't I let you, your sister-in-law, and Shen Yan stay at home? "
Hearing this, Lu Gu felt a little uneasy, but he still asked in a low voice: "Mom, how is Wanyun?"
"It's fine now, let her take rest in the room." Wei Lanxiang said, then he saw a handful of wilted wild vegetables in the bamboo basket.
There would be a vegetarian banquet starting tonight. Spring had just begun, and there were no good green vegetables to eat. Therefore they could only add wild vegetables for the banquet. Otherwise, there would be too little vegetables for the banquet.
The situation in the Zhang family at the moment was in chaos. Only Li Wanyun was left in the Zhang family, and Zhang Musheng and his family still had to entertain the guests, so only neighbors like them who could help to dig wild vegetables.
"In this way, before it gets dark, you and mother go out to dig some wild vegetables and then come back to help. She is so pitiful and has no one to help her. Let's just think of it as doing good deeds." Wei Lanxiang said, after that she carried the bamboo basket and came out. After talking to Quanzi's mother, the two of them went out to dig wild vegetables.
After the rain, the fields on the hillside were full of wild vegetables, and the wheat fields were far away. Lu Gu followed Wei Lanxiang and dug a basket full of wild vegetables by the river, which was enough to cook for the banquet tonight.
After those relatives of the Zhang family were scared away, they didn't dare to come over at night, so it was finally a quiet night.
Chapter 102
When Zhang Zhengzi was buried last time, the commotion started after the coffin was buried in the ground. This time, the Zhang family was already in such a mess even before Lao Zhang's corpse was cold. Within two quarters of an hour, everyone in Qingxi Village knew about Li Wanyun's madness and slashing people, and this matter even spread to other villages.
No matter how fierce and aggressive the woman and Shuang'er were on weekdays, they would just curse randomly when they were angry, or at most they would fight.
It was rare for a woman to slash someone with a knife, therefore they could only say that this kind of impetus was crazy, but it was also because she was forced to feel that she had no way out. No matter how arrogant and domineering ordinary people were, how could they have such courage?
In the room, Li Wanyun covered her face and sobbed, her hands were trembling, her legs and feet were weak, and her chest was rising and falling violently, as if her heart was shaking.
She was a weak woman. She had never done anything like slashing someone with knife. She had no ability and could only sit on the ground and cry. But those uncles and aunts all stared at her and grinned, they jumped and shouted at her to give them money.
In her trance, she saw the evil ghost who wanted to eat her again, with a green face and fangs, and a big black mouth that could swallow her whole, even her skin and bones, leaving nothing behind.
"Wanyun, Wanyun." Quanzi's mother was beside her, she kept rubbing her back to calm her down. She also kept calling her name, trying to bring her soul back. People said if someone was crazy was the same like losing soul.
The thin back that Quanzi's mother rubbed with her hands was shaking, and her hands were also shaking as well, really shaking like chaff.
"Burn some paper quickly." Seeing Wei Lanxiang came in, Quanzi's mother said quickly.
Wei Lanxiang glanced at Li Wanyun, who was sobbing and not moving for a long time. She nodded slightly and went out to get the yellow paper.
[Yellow paper, joss paper, also known as incense papers, are papercrafts or sheets of paper made into burnt offerings common in Chinese ancestral worship (such as the veneration of the deceased family members and relatives on holidays and special occasions).]
They also asked Aunt Miao and others to call out Li Wanyun's name, they burnt the yellow paper while calling out her name. After a lot of tossing, Li Wanyun finally raised her head, and her red and swollen eyes became a little brighter, no longer confused and crazy.
It wasn't that she hadn't heard the voices of these aunts and grandmas just now, but her heart was full of sorrow and desolation. After she fell into it and started crying, she couldn't hear anything.
"Drink this warm water slowly." Wei Lanxiang poured a bowl of warm water and handed it to her.
Li Wanyun's hands were still shaking. After drinking a bowl of water, she took a breath and stopped crying.
"Your second uncle and his family are waiting outside to help. If you want to sleep, just take a nap." Quanzi's mother saw that she was really pitiful, and with her condition like this she couldn't go out to entertain the guests.
Moreover, Lao Zhang only gave birth to a son and a daughter. However even if the villagers wanted tell her daughter, they didn't know where the daughter was sold, let alone ask her to come to wail at the vuneral (formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed) and keep watch beside the coffin.
All the relatives of the Zhang family were chased with knife by Li Wanyun before. As for those who came to express condolences, they were relatives of Lao Zhang family and Li Wanyun's family.
Li Wanyun only nodded, unable to speak. When Wei Lanxiang wanted to help her get on the bed, she waved her hands and shook her head. Seeing this, Wei Lanxiang had no choice but to give up. She and Quanzi's mother went out and closed the door, leaving her alone to rest.
In the yard, as soon as Wei Lanxiang came out, she saw Lu Gu stepping through the door.
"Mom." Lu Gu took a look at Wei Lanxiang and took a few steps over.
"Why are you here?" Wei Lanxiang grabbed his wrist and dragged him into the kitchen, he whispered to him: "There's a dead person here, it's not clean, what if you collide with something dirty (ghost etc.), didn't I let you, your sister-in-law, and Shen Yan stay at home? "
Hearing this, Lu Gu felt a little uneasy, but he still asked in a low voice: "Mom, how is Wanyun?"
"It's fine now, let her take rest in the room." Wei Lanxiang said, then he saw a handful of wilted wild vegetables in the bamboo basket.
There would be a vegetarian banquet starting tonight. Spring had just begun, and there were no good green vegetables to eat. Therefore they could only add wild vegetables for the banquet. Otherwise, there would be too little vegetables for the banquet.
The situation in the Zhang family at the moment was in chaos. Only Li Wanyun was left in the Zhang family, and Zhang Musheng and his family still had to entertain the guests, so only neighbors like them who could help to dig wild vegetables.
"In this way, before it gets dark, you and mother go out to dig some wild vegetables and then come back to help. She is so pitiful and has no one to help her. Let's just think of it as doing good deeds." Wei Lanxiang said, after that she carried the bamboo basket and came out. After talking to Quanzi's mother, the two of them went out to dig wild vegetables.
After the rain, the fields on the hillside were full of wild vegetables, and the wheat fields were far away. Lu Gu followed Wei Lanxiang and dug a basket full of wild vegetables by the river, which was enough to cook for the banquet tonight.
After those relatives of the Zhang family were scared away, they didn't dare to come over at night, so it was finally a quiet night.
