Whose Son?
Ten years after Madam Huang's death, her eldest son, Xingren, also passed away.
When Xingren passed away, he was only forty-seven years old. Ever since that year, he had never been well. He knew that he would fall ill and start making arrangements for his funeral.
What he was most concerned about was what Madam Huang had instructed him to do, which was to continue the family line. In the 1920s, he married Sheng 'er. Sheng' er was only 16 years old at that time, and his daughter-in-law's surname was Zhang. She was the daughter of a well-behaved family and was three years older than her son.
After the marriage, Sheng 'er had an official name, called Huimin. This Huimin Yazi was really hardworking. In February of the second year, he gave birth to a son for Xingren. Xingren went to ask his little brother in the rain to give the baby a name called Praying Rain. Xing Ren said,"This name is good. We farmers should have good weather."”
One day, Xingren called his younger brothers to his side and said,"I'm afraid I can't make it. I'm not old, but my body is in the twilight. I don't have many days left to live. There's nothing else I called you here for, but it's about the incense. You have to work hard and have more children!”
The younger brother said in the rain,"Don't worry, big brother. I will definitely give birth to a few more."”
Xingren said," Second Brother only had a daughter. Both of them are already in their forties. I'm afraid they can't have children anymore. The hope is on Third Brother." Third Brother already has three daughters and a son. Little Brother already has three daughters and a son. Our family also has three daughters and a son. What does this mean? This means that our family has more daughters than sons, and our incense offerings are not prosperous.”
Li Ren said," Big Brother, don't be so stubborn. This is all predestined. It's not up to us to decide how many girls we have."”
Xing Ren said," How can you say that? Heaven is destined to be one reason, and the effort that people put in is another reason. If you try hard and fail to achieve your goal, then it's not your fault." We five brothers only have three male descendants now. We didn't even manage to keep our roots. How can we face Father Lian?”
Wan Ren kept silent. He was the first person to let Father Lian down. He knew this, but he couldn't force himself to do it.
"Wanren is a clean person. His family matters are everything to him. Li Ren is a benevolent person. After I die, you have to pay more attention to the matters of Maple Ridge, especially the matters of Duke Shi An's descendants. There were indeed too many poor people. It was empty talk to ask him to take care of them all. He would help them as much as he could.”
A few days later, Xingren passed away. It was the beginning of the new year. Huimin and his uncles discussed for a while and decided to stop the burial at the top of the refining hall and hold the funeral after the new year.
Once Xingren passed away, the seventeen-year-old Huimin became the pillar of the family. His sister was married, and he had two younger sisters and a mother. Then there were the three of them. His burden was not light.
Lan Xin started studying with her father when she was five years old. He had a good comprehension ability and spent all his time with the teachers at Gaoshan Temple, so he could memorize many elementary school textbooks.
One day, Lan Xin recited the Three Character Classic in front of Mister Rain. At the beginning of life, people's nature is good, nature is close, habits are far away, if not taught, the way to change education is expensive, so that they can be independent. Once upon a time, Mencius 'mother chose a neighbor's virgin, did not learn, cut off the loom, Dou Yanshan had a sense of righteousness, taught five sons, all had the name of praise, did not teach, did not teach the father's fault, taught not strictly, the teacher's lazy son did not learn, not suitable for, did not learn when young, old age, did not cut jade, did not become a talent, did not learn, did not know righteousness, was a son, when he was young, he was close to teachers and friends, learned etiquette, four years old, he could let his younger brother know in advance, filial piety, filial piety.
Mister Rain said," Alright, alright, son. Let me ask you, what does 'Mother Meng chose a neighbor's virgin without learning to cut off her loom' mean?”
Lan Xin said," It's about Meng Zi's mother choosing a place to live. Such a place must be beneficial to Meng Zi's studies. It's just like how I live in Gaoshan Temple." If Mencius did not study hard, his mother would cut the thread on the loom to educate him.”
Mister Rain said,"Is it the meridian or the latitude?"”
Lan Xin said," Of course it's the warp thread. The warp thread is inside the shuttle. If it's on the loom, it'll be woven into cloth. It won't be called thread.”
Mister Rain said,"Why did Mother Meng educate her son in this way instead of beating him?"”
Lan Xin said," It's very difficult to cut the meridians and reattach them. This is to tell Mencius that studying is a very difficult thing and cannot be interrupted.”
Mister Rain said," You've improved, son. Your understanding is not bad. I'll reward you with an egg for lunch today."”
Quinoa Ren went to move the fennel from the fennel cellar. When he passed by the clean hall, he saw a boy in his teens sitting on the ground and playing. The boy's name was Mei Yang. His eyes bulged out, his mouth was crooked, and his upper lip was rolled up. He was drooling, and he would laugh whenever he saw someone.
Li Ren walked up to him and said," Little brother, why are you sitting on the ground and playing? It's such a cold day, and your butt isn't soaked. Isn't your bones hurting?"”
Mei Yang looked at Li Ren and chuckled.""I won't soak you, I won't soak you. Look at my butt. It's black. It's not afraid of the cold, but it's afraid of the heat.”
After saying that, Mei Yang showed his butt to Li Ren. Mei Yang was already so old, but he was still wearing open-crotch pants. His butt was black like a cow's butt.
Li Ren went to pull Mei Yang, wanting to lift him up. Unexpectedly, when he lifted him, Mei Yang's feet were lifted up in the air, and then he looked at Li Ren and laughed.
Feng Qing was Mei Yang's father. He came out at this time and stood by the door."Nephew Li Ren, you're wasting your energy. I'm afraid our Mei Yang has rickets. He can't even stand properly now. He's a bunch when he's lifted up and a bunch when he's put down.”
"I saw him standing well a few years ago. Why can't he stand well now?"”
Feng Qing said," A few years ago, when you were still alive, she would often take the child out when she was free. The food was better, and the house was cleaned up." It's been five years since Xu Huanhuan passed away. Our lives have been getting worse. I'm tired outside all day long. No one cares about him, so I'm like this today.”
Li Ren said," This is really pitiful. Uncle Feng Qing, you should suppress your work outside and take care of this child. He has done too much."”
Feng Qing said," I think so too. But look at how I'm suppressing the outside world. Although there are only two people in the family eating tea and rice, there are still two mouths. This cripple in our family is especially good at eating. If I don't work hard, the father and son will starve to death. Look at the Duke of An in the Jade Hall. He was alone. If he was lazy, he would often be so hungry that his eyes would dazzle.”
Li Ren said," Uncle Feng Qing is right. How about this? I'll ask my eldest daughter in the house to come over and help me. She'll bring Mei Yang along and help him walk along the wall." If he walked often, he might be able to walk well.”
Mei Yang grinned and said," I just want to take a walk. I can walk. I can wear pants that cover my butt. My black butt can turn white."”
Li Ren bent down to pinch Mei Yang's pants and found that he was only wearing two pairs of pants. In such a cold winter, there was no warmth on his body.
Quinoa Ren said to himself,"Too thin, too thin, so cold!"”
Feng Qing entered the door. Li Ren stood there for a while and realized that he had no good idea, so he went to the fennel cellar to move the fennel. The fennel cellar was very warm. When he entered, he saw a ball of hot air lingering in the room. He felt warm and thought, the fate of so many people is not as good as a fennel!
On second thought, something was wrong. If the temperature in the fennel cellar was too high, would the fennel be burned? When he touched the ground, he found that the fennel had rotted and turned into burnt fennel. He went to the door frame of the fennel cellar and dug a few small holes to let the cold air in and circulate. This way, the fennel would not be burned.
The sun rose from the Golden Mouth Ridge and set from the Maple Ridge. Standing in the houses of the Maple Ridge and under the trees of the Forbidden Garden, this was what you saw. The days slipped past people's heads and slipped through their fingers. People became lazy and casual in these countless days.
In the spring of the 1933rd year of the Republic of China, Feng Qing realized that he really couldn't do it. He couldn't eat much at a meal, and he didn't have any strength. It was difficult for him to even speak. He estimated that he was going to die.
Thinking about her own background, she was really very sad. His parents only gave birth to him. He had no brothers or sisters. When his father passed away, he was only seven years old. When his mother passed away, he was only thirteen years old. He had become an orphan. A thirteen-year-old child had to learn how to farm and make a living. His ancestors had left him more than three buckets of land. One year, he fell sick and needed money, so he sold more than one bucket of land. After his illness was cured, he survived. When he was 20, he married a wife. However, he did not expect to encounter a difficult labor during labor. His wife died and he was unable to bury her. He even buried her back in her mother's house.
He had been single for ten years. When Feng Qing was thirty-two years old, he married another woman. After a few years, this woman gave birth to a boy for him. Who knew that not only was this child ugly, but he was also a cripple. He could carry a bunch of them and put them down in a pile. When the child was five years old, the second wife died of childbirth.
The second wife was really a good wife. Feng Qing's heart was filled with sweetness when he thought of her. This woman was ten years younger than him and was also very good-looking. When she married him, she was still a virgin and had a particularly good temper. No matter how rich or poor her family was, she did not complain at all and always did things quietly. Who knew that his life would not be able to carry a woman? Once she gave birth, she would have a difficult labor, and once she gave birth, she would die.
Feng Qing's father was an only son, and he was also an only son in his own generation. Not only was his next generation an only son, but he was also a disabled only son. In the future, not to mention marrying a biological son to carry on the family line, it was also a big problem whether he could survive.
Feng Qing died with grievances. If the bloodline of his ancestors were passed down to Mei Yang's generation, it would probably be over.
Feng Qing had been thinking about these questions for the past few days. As he thought about it, he died without a breath. When he died, he was not even fifty years old.
Mei Yang didn't know that his father was dead. He slept until morning and found that his father's body was cold. He got up to touch his father's nose and found that his father was not breathing.
Mei Yang began to cry. He cried for a long time, but no one came to his house to greet him. He knew that it was useless to cry to death. He still had to open the door and tell others.
Although Mei Yang was a disabled person, he was still very smart. He knew that the old man was dead and he did not have the ability to bury him. He had to tell others and ask them to help him bury him.
Liren's daughter had been walking with Mei Yang against the wall for more than a year. Mei Yang could stand up and walk slowly by himself. He walked out of the room and leaned against the wall. He walked half a circle and walked to the opposite side of the main room. His only relative lived here, a great-grandfather and cousin. His name was Shu Yun.
Shu Yun was twenty-five years old this year. After hearing Mei Yang's story, she went to her uncle's house. She walked to the bedside and touched it. As expected, her uncle was dead. Shu Yun did not touch her uncle. She covered him with the blanket and came out.
Shu Yun thought in her heart, how could this be? Uncle's family was poor and had a cripple. His family was also earning a living. If he wanted to bury this uncle, not to mention that the cripple Mei Yang was incapable, even he himself was incapable. He could only rely on his clansmen for this matter.
The closest clansmen were the cousins of the ancestor. Shu Yun went to Yao Mountain's home first. Shu Yun said,"Brother Yaoshan, Uncle Fengqing is dead. Let's go and discuss the funeral.”
Yao Shan said," What does his death have to do with me? You see, I'm just a cripple. One of my legs is crooked. Even if I go, I'll still be a Bodhisattva. Go and call someone else!"”
Shu Yun thought to himself, That's true. This Yao Mountain is even poorer than himself. What can he help with?
When they arrived at Mei Wan's house, Shu Yun told her about her uncle. Mei Wan said,""What's the use of asking me to go? If you want me to help his family carry a few loads of dung, I can do it.”
There was also a cousin named Mei Mao. He was only sixteen years old. Shu Yun gave up after thinking about it.
After much persuasion, he finally managed to get Mei Wan to move. There were five of his great-great-grandfather's cousins. One was dead, one was crippled, and one was still young. The only ones left were Shu Yun and Mei Wan.
Mei Wan came to Uncle Feng Qing's house. He lifted the quilt and looked at the deceased. He sat down and said to Shu Yun,""Look at how poor Uncle Fengqing is. Our family is poor, your family is poor, but he's poorer than both of us. He has no food, no vegetables, no firewood.”
Shu Yun said," Yeah, if their family is rich, we brothers will only have to do our best. He's so poor. How can we bury him?"”
"Why don't we dig out an eye and throw him into our eyes?"”
Shu Yun said," No, no, no, I'm the nephew of my great-great-grandfather. You're the nephew of my great-great-grandfather. If we do this, others will laugh at us, especially those who go down the mountain."”
"You and I don't have the ability, and our family doesn't have the ability, so we can only mobilize the people under Shi An Gong." They were all the descendants of Shi An Gong, they wouldn't just ignore them, right?”
Shu Yun said,"Then let's give it a try. A dead horse is a living horse."”
Mei Wan and Shu Yun split up to inform the descendants of Shi An Gong. Shi An Gong's descendants were divided into three groups, one was the Yingchang faction, one was the Yingying faction, and one was the Yingxue faction. Feng Qing's faction was the Yingying faction. Mei Wan went to inform the Yingchang faction, and Shu Yun went to inform the Yingxue faction.
Everyone was present. There were about twenty people. Some of them went to see the body, while others did not. Shu Yun called everyone to discuss the matter in the clean hall. In just a few words, Shu Yun explained the matter to be discussed.
Uncle Ding said," Brother Shu Yun, you must be mistaken. The three of us have long separated. We will settle our own matters. Uncle Feng Qing is dead, and you called us here. Aren't you overestimating us?”
Wan Ren said," Yes, such a good thing won't happen to us. Our own family's poverty is also a problem." Besides, we didn't bother you with our clan's matters.”
Most of the people from the Yingchang Faction came. They all said something, but their words were surprisingly consistent. This matter had nothing to do with them and could only be resolved within their own clans. If it was the Yingying Faction's matter that had to be handled by the Yingchang Faction, then it would be a mess.
Shu Yun said," I'm pleading on your behalf. You see, Uncle Feng Qing's family is so poor. Moreover, he has a burden. His son, Mei Yang, can't even walk steadily. How can he bury me?" Mei Yang and I are just cousins of my great-grandfather. I want to help him, but the problem is that our family is also very poor. Otherwise, we wouldn't have broken the rules and come to you for help.”
"Why don't we just dig out an eye and throw the corpse into our eyes? We'll let outsiders see our Shi An young master and grandson as a joke?"”
The people from the Yingchang faction said,"Suit yourselves. This is your clan's matter. We're leaving!"”
The people in the meeting left. Shu Yun was lost. He stood in the middle of the hall in a daze.
"Tan Kongxian, I knew this would be difficult."”
Li Ren was the only one who did not leave. He did not speak at the meeting. This matter was very difficult for him. If you did, rumors would spread. They would say that you were trying to be a good person, that you were after other people's real estate, and that you would break the rules left by your ancestors.
Li Ren looked at Shu Yun and then at Mei Wan. Shu Yun was twenty-five years old this year. His wife was a cripple and could not help the family much. She only knew how to eat and cook and have children. It was difficult for a family to prosper because Shu Yun was the only one who could do everything. This Umemaru was only nineteen years old. His parents had passed away long ago, and so had his eldest brother. He had gotten married last year, and his younger brother and nephew lived with him. They often had no food to eat.
Shu Yun said,"Brother Li Ren hasn't left yet. Do you have any good ideas?"”
Li Ren said," What good ideas can I have? People still have to be buried. Moreover, they can't be buried lightly. We can't let people say bad things about our Shi An's grandson." How about this, the three of us will split the work. I will be responsible for Uncle Qing's coffin, tomb, clothes, and quilt. I will also be in charge of the dojo for the night. The two of you will be in charge of treating guests and banquets. You can borrow some money for the banquet first. There will be some funeral offerings. After receiving the funeral offerings, the money I use will be considered my funeral offerings.”
Shu Yun said,"This is great. Brother Li Ren is really a Bodhisattva."”
"Alright then, let's do as Brother Liren says."”
The news quickly spread. Wan Ren was very angry when he heard it and ran to Li Ren's house to ask about the situation.
Li Ren said," What you've heard is the truth. I can't ignore this matter. I can't watch Uncle Feng Qing rot in his own house. He's also a person who has suffered. His life is especially bad."”
Wan Ren said," I'm not against you being in charge. I'm against you being too lenient. If you continue to manage like this, there will be so many dirty things in this house. Can you manage them all?”
"I'll leave if there's a way," said Li Ren."I really can't stand it anymore. The descendants of the Yingying lineage were the weakest. The father's generation was all dead, and the children's generation were all young and poor. How could they do anything big?”
"This will cost a lot of money," Wan Ren said."Your money doesn't come from the wind, and your family's difficulties come one after another. Besides, you didn't bleed even when big brother died two years ago!”
Li Ren said," You contributed to Big Brother's funeral, and I contributed as well. The reason why I didn't bleed was because my nephew Huimin had the ability to bury his father. Didn't you mean the same thing?"”
Wan Ren said,"Alright, alright. I can't win in an argument. You'd better take care of yourself."”
After Wan Ren left, Liren's wife, Fang Fang, also said that Liren should not get involved in this mess. Liren said,""Let's do more good deeds. Bodhisattva will bless us with many children. Don't you like having many children?”
Li Ren took the old clothes that he had prepared for himself and gave them to Feng Qing to change into. The corpse had been lying there for more than twenty hours and was already stiff. It took a lot of effort to put it on and then put the corpse on the morgue board.
It was getting dark. After dinner, Li Ren went to hire a carpenter. He hired six carpenters and planned to finish the coffin tomorrow. He went to hire a few laborers and planned to build the tomb tomorrow.
The next day, everything was done. The oiler was invited over to paint at night. By the morning of the third day, the paint was done. In the afternoon, the body was placed in the coffin.
At night, it was a dojo. Mei Yang was the only filial son and grandson. When the Taoist priest ran on the bridge, he could not follow him. He could only walk a few rounds on the table. When he was tired, he would sit on the ground and not get up.
On the day of the funeral, there were still about ten tables of guests. Everyone laughed and sent the deceased to the grave. When Shu Yun returned home, she said to her wife,"Everything is good except that no one is crying. This doesn't look like a funeral.”
Shu Yun's wife said," Who is going to cry? There are no old ladies, no young ladies, and no wives. The person who cries for him has not been born yet."”
Since Old Master went to the Western Paradise, Mei Yang had no relatives left. How could a twelve-year-old child with a disability survive? There was only one room in Mei Yang's house. There was a bed, an old box, and a dining table in the room. Opposite the bed was a fire pit. The fire pit was very small. It used to have a few fire bricks. After Mei Yang's master died, these fire bricks were gone.
The people who attended the funeral had left. The people who helped had also left. The Yingying family had also left. Mei Yang was the only one left in the house. Mei Yang looked at the empty house and broke into tears.
Li Ren's eldest daughter was called Tuan Yin. She was one year older than Mei Yang. Tuan Yin heard the crying and came to Mei Yang's house to tell him,""Why are you crying? Even if you cry until your eyes go blind, you can't cry back to your master. Don't cry, don't cry.”
Mei Yang said,"I'm not crying for my master. I'm crying for myself."”
Tuan Yin said,"You're not dead, why are you crying?"”
Mei Yang said," You see, I'm no different from a dead person. I have no rice, no fennel, no water, and no firewood at home. I don't know where to get these things.”
Tuan Yin said,"I don't know where you got it from." How about this? If you don't have food to eat, come to my house to eat. We have a lot of people in our house.”
Mei Yang said," I'm not a dog. I'm a human. Even if each of your family members saves a mouthful, it won't be enough for me."”
Tuan Yin walked in front while Mei Yang followed behind. He walked against the wall, past the jade hall, the clear hall, the ice hall, the long alley, and the old hall. In places without walls, Tuan Yin led him.
Mei Yang looked at Tuan Yin with his bulging eyes, and saliva was still flowing from the corner of his mouth. Tuan Yin hated him very much. There were a few times when she wanted to let go and run away, but she still thought of him more pitifully.
Fang Fang asked her daughter,"Why did you bring this cripple to our house? Is he here to ask for help?"”
Tuan Yin said,"Old Master told me to take care of him. He's really too pitiful."”
Fang Fang said," Who isn't pitiful? You're not pitiful, and I'm not pitiful? Look at me. There are so many things at home that I can't even do. I have something to do even if I don't sleep at night. Aren't you pitiful? You have a younger brother and sister to take care of, and you still have to pluck the pigweed and get firewood. If you bring this cripple into the house, he will occupy your hands and feet.”
Mei Yang said,"Don't worry, Mrs. Fang. I won't trouble your family too much. I'm just playing Qiuhong."”
Tuan Yin said," You don't even know how to speak. This is called taking advantage of others. It means taking advantage of others. Do you still know that you're taking advantage of our family?”
While they were talking, Li Ren went home from work and said,""Mei Yang really can't live like this. If we don't care about him, he will starve to death. How about this, Mei Yang will come to my house to eat. When Tuan Yin is free, I'll bring him for a walk. When his rickets are better and he can walk and work, he can go and earn his own living.”
Fang Fang said," How long will we have to wait? Our house is not a hotel. Even if we stay in a hotel, we have to pay. We can't just eat and stay for free."”
Li Ren said,"Just think of it as us giving birth to another child. Where does his family get food?" I think he should be fine after two or three years.”
Fang Fang said,"We'll do as you say. You're the one who makes the decisions in our family anyway."”
Mei Yang would have a place to stay if he ate, so he wouldn't starve to death. He ate at Tuan Yin's house during the day, then walked around the hall with his head against the wall. At night, he went back to his own house to sleep.
On the 21st day of the winter month, Duke An died. Mei Jun came to tell Li Ren the news.
When Li Ren heard this news, his head was really in a basket. This Duke An was even poorer and more sinful than Uncle Feng Qing. He was originally from the Ying Xue lineage and was a descendant of Duke An Zhengzong. In terms of seniority, he was Li Ren's uncle. In terms of age, he was only one year older than Li Ren. Li Ren's great-grandfather was also Duke An's great-grandfather. Now that Duke An was dead, could Li Ren stand up for him?
Duke An's family was a very lonely one. He had two cousins. Unfortunately, his cousin, who was seven years younger than him, had died a few years ago. His cousin's wife had also died two years ago, leaving behind a son, Mei Jun. When his cousin's wife died, Mei Jun was only five years old. Fortunately, there was still some food left at home. Duke An also went to take care of Mei Jun. Unexpectedly, Mei Jun had lived for two years.
Li Ren invited the people from the Ying Xue Faction to discuss the matter. Everyone first helped to clean up the corpse, then wiped it clean and changed it into clean clothes before placing it on the door.
Li Ren said to everyone,"There are only two people in the family of Duke An. One is Duke An and the other is Mei Jun." Now, Duke An is dead, and Mei Jun is only seven years old. Mei Jun definitely can't bear the burden of this funeral. What should we do?”
Uncle Ding said,"An Guogong is a member of our Ying Xue lineage. If we don't care about the people of the Ying Xue lineage, it won't make sense." How about this, my opinion is still managed by Liren. Liren managed Uncle Fengqing of Yingying Department, so why can't he manage Duke An of his department?”
Zhu Ren said," Brother Li Ren's good name is out there. Everyone should help him achieve his good name and let his good name shine even more brightly. Let's follow him and bask in some light!"”
Merlot said," From what you're saying, you don't care about this matter and just let Brother Li manage it alone. This isn't a matter of making money. This is clearly a matter of losing money. Why did everyone leave?”
Mei Gan said," It's not that everyone wants to leave. It's just that everyone was already outside. Only Brother Liren went in. He has the heart of a Bodhisattva. We are just Bodhisattvas."”
Li Ren said," How about this? I know what everyone means. This is a thankless task. I understand that you are not willing to come to an agreement." The problem was that An Guogong could not be left on the door for another lifetime. He still had to be buried on the mountain. My opinion is that I will handle this matter and Uncle Ding will supervise it. We will sell the house where Duke An lives to pay for the funeral expenses. If it is not enough, I will pay for it myself. The rest of the people just need to help.”
Uncle Ding said,"This is good, this is good." In this case, things will be perfect. Duke An's funeral will be handled by Liren, and we'll all help. Anyway, there's a house here, and Liren won't have to pay too much.”
Wan Ren said," Uncle Ding, don't say anything stupid. Our Liren is the only one who is stupid. He does all the stupid things. In the end, he might not be able to please him."”
Yu Zhong said," It's definitely unfair to deal with this matter like this. I can't solve it because my family is very poor. I often can't make ends meet.”
"Yeah, we're all very poor," said Mei Gan.”
Uncle Ding said,"You little brat, don't talk too much. You only listen to us adults."”
Mei Gan said,"How am I a child? Calling me here to discuss matters means that I'm an adult." Besides, I'm already twenty-two this year and married. Why can't I speak?”
Uncle Ding said,"Okay, okay, you can talk. Then tell me what to do about this matter."”
Mei Gan said," We'll do as Brother Li says. We'll sell Duke An's house for the funeral. Brother Li will pay for the rest. We'll only help."”
Uncle Ding said,"You said you talked? You didn't say anything."”
Everyone discussed the specifics for a while before dispersing.
Rong Fa, who lived opposite the Duke of An, heard that he was going to sell the Duke of An's house, so he came to ask for the price.
Li Ren and Uncle Ding discussed for a while before replying to Rong Fa, saying that the house would be sold for 50 yuan. Rong Fa said," That's a little expensive. 50 yuan can buy 400 catties of pork. Is this house worth that much?"”
Quinoa Ren said,"It might not be worth it to sell it to others, but it should be worth it to sell it to you."”
"Why do you say that?" Rong Fa asked.”
"It's inconvenient for others to use it if you sell it to others, but it's more convenient for you to use it if you live opposite."”
" That's not a reason to offer two prices," Rong Fa said." Besides, I should be the first to be considered when you're offering the same price." Besides, this house was empty, and the walls upstairs were all mud bricks. It was not worth much.”
After some haggling, the price of the house was 40 dollars.
Rong Fa said," I only have 20 yuan in cash at home. I still owe 20 yuan on credit. I'll pay back the debt in two years. I'll pay 10 yuan a year. I'll pay the interest of one yuan in total."”
"That's the only way, as long as you keep your word."”
Then, she found Yu Zhong to write the deed. The two of them pressed their fingerprints. Rong Fa handed over the money and the IOU, and this matter was over.
When Li Ren returned home, Fang Fang began to complain about him again. Fang Fang said,"How much money can you earn in a year? How much money did Old Madam Huang leave you? Why are you spending so much money?"”
"It's not that I don't know how to think, it's just that I have no choice." Duke An is alone, and he is my elder. How can I not care?”
Fang Fang said," Yes, it should be managed. Everyone should manage it. You can't manage it alone."”
Li Ren said," I also want everyone to care, but no one cares. Do you think I can leave?"”
Fang Fang said," Duke An has left. Mei Jun is only seven years old. He's the only one left in their family. Are you going to care about his meals too?"”
"I was thinking exactly that," said Li Ren."Fortunately, you and I share the same thoughts.”
Fang Fang said,"I really can't do anything about you. It's just that this Mei Junya is quite likable."”
Duke An's funeral was finally completed. He had clothes, quilts, coffins, and everything else. He made a vegetarian meal and lit up the lamps. He was filial as usual. After settling the accounts, Li Ren paid eight yuan and owed twenty yuan on credit.
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