Chapter 15 Plain and Pure Colors
One hundred and twelve
Situ Cong's brother-in-law counted the money, and then looked at Situ Cong and Ge Wei, his expression was very serious, and his tone was also very sincere, "Third brother, do you want to keep some more?" It's too much to use. ”
"What's more?" Situ Zhuang glared at his brother-in-law
"Why not much? Ye is cremated, and the government gives it for free. The cemetery is in the village and does not cost money. I calculated that the miscellaneous expenses would definitely not exceed two thousand. "Brother-in-law Situ Cong is serious
"You don't know!" When Situ Zhuang heard his brother-in-law say this, he glared at him fiercely, then ignored him anymore, but turned to Ge Wei, "Xiao Ge, don't you have other ideas, that's the case, the master's business, I and the third child have already agreed to it." I did my mother's funeral back then. At that time, I told him that he would handle the aftermath of the master's affairs, and I would not pay a penny. Situ Zhuang saw Ge Wei sitting on the side, never squeaked, so he said this.
Ge Wei saw that Situ Cong didn't speak, and Situ Zhuang said this to himself again, so he whispered, "Really?" I've never heard Situ Cong say this. However, as far as I know, when my mother left, Situ Cong was still a middle school student, and you were not married yet, so I guess you mainly contributed, right? ”
Lotus stabbed Situ Zhuang, signaled him not to say any more, and then said to Ge Wei, "Xiao Ge, don't pay attention to him, talk nonsense." ”
Ge Wei listened to Lotus say this, but his tone was still flat, "Actually, it's nothing, Situ Cong is his father's son, of course he should do his best." ”
Ge Wei knew that in the countryside, this kind of old man does not care about what happens after he leaves, it is usually the son's doing, unless it is stipulated when the family is separated, otherwise it is shared equally by each son. However, she didn't want to ask about it, and her heart was sad. As for Situ Cong's brother-in-law's words, Ge Wei completely believed it, but she didn't want to pursue it, because she also knew Situ Zhuang's character too well. Ge Wei has only one idea now, to send Situ Cong's father away quietly and peacefully. When it comes to money, do your best and don't regret it in the future.
After Ge Wei said these words, he glanced at Situ Cong again, and seeing that he was still silent, Ge Wei's heart suddenly felt inexplicably sad. So, she stood up and said lightly, "You can continue to discuss, I'm going to sleep first." ”
After Ge Wei went upstairs, she didn't sleep, the electric blanket had been taken away, she saw that it was spread on Situ Wang's bed, as for whether it was used by Situ Cong's father before, she didn't ask, and she didn't want to ask. From coming back in the afternoon to this moment, too many things have happened, and Ge Wei has an indescribable boredom in his heart-
In the evening, seeing that all the people who came to worship had left, Situ Shuang said that he wanted to go back, and there were still a lot of things at home. Everyone left her to eat, she said no, and there was a large family waiting for her to go back to cook and eat.
Ge Wei knew that Situ Zhuang and his wife were very pampered with their three children, so it was really not surprising that they stayed in their rooms and didn't come out to help Lotus cook.
The reason why Ge Wei came back this time and wore a military uniform was just to meet Situ Cong's father's wish for many years, that is, the old man especially hoped that she could come back in a military uniform. Ge Wei really didn't expect that when he came back in a military uniform, so many people would come to see him wearing a military uniform on the grounds of worshiping Situ Cong's father. Then, these people will comment in front of themselves on how beautiful and good-looking they are in military uniforms with words that they think they don't understand, and they don't understand why they didn't want to come back in military uniforms before. As soon as Ge Wei heard these people's discussions, he knew that it should be Situ Cong's family, and they had said something similar to their reluctance to come back in military uniforms, otherwise how would these people know their thoughts?
Ge Wei saw Situ Cong and Situ Zhuang chatting in the hall, so he went to the stove room to help the lotus make a fire. Frankly speaking, for Ge Wei, it is not so much to help the lotus burn the fire, but to roast the fire and warm up.
The weather is so cold!
"Xiaoge, how much money have you sent to your master over the years?" Lotus asked suddenly
"Huh?" Ge Wei sat in front of the stove, concentrating on burning the fire (roasting the fire), not paying attention to listening.
"I mean, how much money have you sent to you over the years?" The lotus repeated
"I don't know, I don't remember. What's wrong? Ge Wei couldn't understand why Lotus asked this, "Didn't you help Dad go to the post office to pick it up every time?" ”
"We took it, and we didn't remember it, every time I came back, your second brother would give it directly to the master." Lotus explained
"Hmm!" Lotus said so much, Ge Wei still didn't understand why she suddenly mentioned it.
"After the master left, your second brother and I searched through all the things of the master, but we didn't find the money." There is mystery in the lotus flower's tone
"Is Dad running out of spending?" Ge Wei didn't think it was anything strange
"No, the master must be for the eldest sister." Situ Zhuang's voice suddenly came from behind Ge Wei, startling Ge Wei. She turned her head, and at some point, Situ Zhuang stood at the door of the stove room.
"Give it, it's Dad's money, he can give it to whoever he wants." Ge Wei said casually, and continued to add straw handles, the fire was burned very vigorously by her, reflecting her face very red, and she also felt a lot warmer on her body.
"The master shouldn't give it to the eldest sister, the lord was raised by us, why should the eldest sister ask for the lord's money." There was disbelief in Lotus's tone
"That's it, Xiaoge, you go to the eldest sister to get the money back." Situ Zhuang took over
"I'm not going to ask for it!" Ge Wei smiled, "Second brother, don't say that I don't know if my father gave it to my eldest sister, even if I know, I won't ask for it." ”
"The third child, then you go and ask the eldest sister for it." Situ Zhuang said to Situ Cong who came over
"What do I want? I still don't understand what you're saying. Situ Cong was inexplicable
"Of course you don't understand, that's the case, I've been sending money to my dad all these years. Now the second brother and the second sister-in-law rummaged through Dad's things, but they didn't find the money I sent, they suspected that Dad gave it to the eldest sister, so I asked the eldest sister to ask for it. Ge Wei quickly explained the situation
"What do you want? You must not ask for it, in case your father runs out of spending, you ask the eldest sister to ask for it, which makes the eldest sister sad. Situ Cong's tone was particularly firm
"That's right!" Ge Wei agreed
"Anyway, the master is the eccentric eldest sister!" Lotus muttered
"Okay, don't talk about it, people don't want to ask for it, what can you do?"
Situ Zhuang snorted loudly and turned to leave. Situ Cong saw that Ge Wei had been watching the stove without squeaking, so he also left, he knew that Ge Wei was thinking about something, but what was he thinking? He didn't know.
Ge Wei was really thinking about something, she was thinking that she and Situ Cong came back for the New Year, when the two of them went to the eldest sister Situ Xue's house to pay New Year's greetings, they left 200 yuan for the eldest sister, the eldest sister first said that she didn't want anything, and then after accepting the money, she took Situ Cong's hand and said, "Brother, Xiaoge is a good girl, you must be good to her." This home is a bottomless pit, and you can't fill the ......"
yes, fill in the ......
As soon as Ge Wei thought of this, he was brought back to reality by the sound of a quarrel. Situ Qiang and Situ Zhuang were arguing loudly, and Situ Cong also interjected from time to time next to him.
"Don't do it! I'll have to be the boss! I am the eldest son. Situ Qiang shouted
"You have already passed on to your father, and the eldest son should be me." Situ Zhuang's voice was louder
"That's not going to work either! My name must be first on this list of filial sons. Situ Qiang was also louder
"Big brother, why are you so unreasonable? The second brother is obviously the boss here, why do you have to fight for the boss? Situ Cong's voice came
Ge Wei had already understood that this was a dispute between the three brothers over the order of their sons when they were burying the old man, and she didn't want Situ Cong to stiffen the relationship with the eldest brother over this matter.
Ge Wei got up and walked out of the room, and as soon as he arrived at the staircase, he saw two couples in the hall, Situ Qiang and Situ Zhuang, Situ Cong, and two middle-aged strange men, while Situ Cong's uncle was sitting silently in a corner of the hall, and the atmosphere was very tense.
When everyone saw Ge Wei come down, no one spoke again in an instant. Situ Cong's sister-in-law stepped forward with a smile, "Yo! Ge is up! Didn't sleep, right? Frozen or not? ”
"Uncle, eldest brother and sister-in-law, you are here! Oh, sister-in-law, it's okay, I'm so tired, I slept deeply, and I didn't feel cold. Ge Wei greeted everyone with a smile, and at the same time answered his sister-in-law's question, and then turned to Situ Cong.
"Situ Cong, is there hot water! Why don't you pour water for your uncle? Ge Wei's voice was not very loud, and after finishing speaking, he went to find a warm pot.
Uncle Situ Cong heard Ge Wei say this, and waved his hand tightly, "No! No! ”
"Then you keep talking, I'll go wash up first." Ge Wei handed the pot to Situ Cong, glanced at him, and went to get the pot himself.
Situ Cong saw Ge Wei winking at him, and after pouring water for his uncle, he carried the kettle outside the house, and whispered to Ge Wei, who was brushing his teeth, "Come, pour some hot water." ”
"Hmmm! Situ, I heard you arguing just now, I can tell you, we have been back for a short time, and some things are not very well understood, so I advise you to mix less opinions. Ge Wei motioned to Situ Cong to wait, and then quickly cleared his mouth before whispering.
"Well, I know, I'm just not angry with my big brother." Situ Cong also whispered
"It doesn't matter, isn't it just to be the boss! Just be it! This kind of thing is a name, if you don't believe it, there will definitely be something in the future! This is a normal thing in the countryside. Ge Wei smiled faintly
Later, as Ge Wei expected, Situ Qiang and Situ Zhuang had another dispute over the order of filial piety. One of the strange middle-aged men, that is, the village chief, whispered to Ge Wei, who had been listening to him and not saying a word, "This list of filial sons is something that should be read in public when the old man is buried, which is particularly important. ”
"Hmm!" Ge Wei nodded, and then said, "Big brother, second brother, don't fight, can you listen to me a few words?" ”
When everyone heard Ge Wei speak, they stopped arguing, and everyone's eyes were on her.
"Big brother, second brother, I just want to ask you, how much money did your family pay for my father's funeral this time?" Ge Wei looked at Situ Qiang and Situ Zhuang, her voice was moderate, and her tone and expression were calm as if nothing had happened before.
Not only Situ Qiang and Situ Zhuang were avoiding Ge Wei's gaze, but even Cuixiang and Lotus, as well as his uncle, couldn't help but avoid Ge Wei's gaze. Only the village chief and another strange middle-aged man, as well as Situ Cong, looked at Ge Wei.
Situ Cong didn't know what Ge Wei wanted to say, so his heart was carried. Frankly speaking, don't look at Situ Cong as the head of a group, but in this family, he, like his two sisters-in-law, has no right to speak on important matters. Therefore, when he saw Ge Wei speak, his heart was naturally hanging.
"Big brother, second brother, didn't you pay a penny? Are all the funeral expenses paid by me and Situ Cong? In this way, you two don't fight about who is in front and who is behind, and don't say that a daughter-in-law can't have a name, you have to be called Situ What's family, let alone say that a daughter can't be on the list.
I don't understand, grandchildren can have names and surnames on it, but the grandson's mother has no name, isn't this elder as good as the younger generation? Also, just because Xiaoli and they are daughters, they can't be on the list, what's going on?
Do you think that's good? Now it is the first priority to let the old man enter the earth safely, if the list is too long to write on a piece of paper, just cross out the names of me, Situ Cong, and my son.
Don't you just want the living to say that you are a filial son? This filial piety and unfilial piety, we know better than anyone else in our hearts, and our father also knows it. Situ Cong and I are not afraid of outsiders saying that they are not filial, if you are afraid, let's line them down in order of age. Didn't I say you, you have been fighting for a day for this, and people are still waiting there to write your names! ”
Ge Wei listened to it for so long, he really couldn't bear it anymore. At this time, she was talking while coldly glancing at everyone, and the hall was silent. After Ge Wei said these words, no one looked at him, turned around and walked upstairs. The village chief's voice came from behind her, "Third child, your daughter-in-law is better than you, and she knows more than you, and she is sensible." Okay, I think I'll do what the third daughter-in-law says. ”
"That's it, Xiaoge is better than the third child." Cuixiang's voice reached Ge Wei's ears
"That's it, our woman's life is really bitter, if it weren't for Xiaoge to say, I wouldn't have a name this time." The lotus also spoke
"Okay! Yes! Do as you say, and put him first. Situ Zhuang's voice was very loud, and he could hear that he was very aggrieved.
The sudden death of Situ Cong's father actually left irreparable regret and self-blame in the hearts of Ge Wei and Situ Cong, that is, the two of them did not fulfill their promise to Situ Cong's father and take him to Hacheng to enjoy happiness. They even felt that if Situ Cong's father had been picked up at the same time that day, perhaps the old man would not have died suddenly.
Situ Cong has always been unable to figure out, according to custom, his father, who has already sacrificed to his ancestors in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, why did he have to set off firecrackers to worship his ancestors after the year is over?