allonlinenovel Chapter 238 Zhao Da's Final Affairs
Chapter 238 Zhao Da's Final Affairs
Soon the news spread throughout the village that Zhao Da had died in the mountains.
Li cried and made a fuss, wanting to go to the mountain to find Zhao Da. Many women who usually looked down on Li couldn't help but have a great change of opinion of her at this time.
It turns out that Li is such a good woman. Although she is always arrogant, she has been devoted to Zhao Da over the years.
It’s a pity that she became a widow at such a young age.
In a short time, Li's popularity spread to the surrounding area.
The village head's wife, Wang, came to Wu's house to dig pepper seedlings. She chatted with Liu in the yard: "I didn't expect that Li was such a good person. She took care of Zhao Da for so many years. Now he is gone. I am really sad to see Li!"
Liu smiled but said nothing. Just as Qing'er said, she didn't understand the whole matter and didn't make any judgments.
Xue Qing was in the west wing preparing supplies to go out. He didn't want to listen at first, but he accidentally heard what Wang said. He sneered in his heart, thinking that Li was really acting!
Why doesn't she go to sing?
After two days of searching in the mountains, not even a trace of Zhao Da was found. No one was found alive or dead.
On the afternoon of the third day, someone finally picked up a pair of shoes on the edge of a cliff. When they took them back to the village chief's house, the village chief asked someone to find Li.
On the way here, Li asked the boy who called her with red eyes: "Tell me the truth, what did you find?"
The boy didn't know whether he should tell her, but seeing Li's haggard and sad face, he couldn't help but say, "Brother Erzhu and his friends found a pair of shoes on a cliff. They want you to identify whether they are Uncle Zhao's shoes."
When Li heard this, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up. She immediately covered her mouth with a handkerchief, pinched herself hard, and then rubbed her eyes desperately.
The young man looked at Li, who was so sad that she could hardly stand, and immediately comforted her: "Aunt Zhao, don't be too sad. Maybe it's not Uncle Zhao's. You should go and have a look."
Li staggered quickly to the village chief's house. At this time, many villagers gathered in front of the village chief's house. Li walked through the crowd and listened carefully to what the villagers were saying.
"Oh, I didn't expect that person would leave like this!"
"Yeah, you said it's a pity for Zhao Da!"
"Once he's gone, everything will be over. But what about Li Guihua? She's going to be a widow at such a young age!"
Li suppressed her inner ecstasy, covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and her body became increasingly unstable. When everyone saw Li coming, they all looked at her with sympathy.
Some women comforted her directly:
"Aunt Zhao, please accept my condolences!"
A woman saw that Li was half hunched over and felt very kind. She came up and helped Li into the village chief's house. The yard was also full of people.
They were all young and strong men who were helping to look for Zhao Da in the mountains.
When the village chief saw Li, he looked very serious and said, "Li, Erzhuzi found a pair of shoes. Come and take a look. I don't think they are Zhao Da's shoes."
The woman supported Li and walked a few steps. Li closed her eyes and prayed silently. Everyone looked at Li's appearance and felt sorry for her.
Everyone was quietly waiting for the final result. Although everyone believed that these were Zhao Da's shoes, they were all waiting for Li's final confirmation.
Everyone is looking forward to it!
Li rubbed his eyes with a handkerchief, and immediately supported his wife and walked towards the pair of muddy shoes step by step.
She walked closer and squatted down. She did not pick up the shoes, but just stared at them. Then she sat down on the ground with a plop.
Li covered her face with a handkerchief in both hands and made a whimpering sound.
At this time, the village chief and the people around him were basically certain that these were Zhao Da's shoes. In other words, Zhao Da had jumped off the cliff and committed suicide.
The village chief motioned to the woman who had just helped Li. The woman walked forward with red eyes to help Li: "Sister, please accept my condolences!"
Li stood up, walked to the village chief and knelt down, crying and saying, "Thank you for your kindness, village chief. I finally found my husband. Zhao Da and I have no children. Please arrange his funeral for him."
The village chief quickly ordered his daughter-in-law Zhao to help Li up and said solemnly, "Li, please accept my condolences! The village will make proper arrangements for Zhao Da's funeral."
After saying this, he asked Zhao and the woman to send Li back.
Afterwards, the village chief found several prestigious elders in the village to discuss how to handle Zhao Da's funeral. Everyone sympathized with Li for becoming a widow at such a young age, but of course some of them had some inappropriate thoughts.
After all, Li still had her charm, and there were many widowers in the village.
Finally, after the village chief discussed with everyone, they decided that the village would pay for Zhao Da's funeral. After all, no one could ask Li, a widow, to pay the money.
The village chief invited a funeral director from the village, whose surname was Sun, to take care of Zhao Da's funeral.
In rural areas, every village has a person who is specifically responsible for handling funerals. This person has a certain prestige and is upright. Because this person controls the money of the family whose funeral is taking place, he can purchase all kinds of things needed for the funeral, such as mourning cloths, coffins, paper-made funeral supplies and other funeral supplies.
Therefore, the purchasing power is very great. Of course, there must be some benefits in the process, so the person in charge of organizing the funeral must be honest and selfless.
Such people are called Dacao in rural areas in the north, and Sun Dacao from Shilibao is such a person.
Sun Dacao is in his 40s, with a goatee, gray hair and dark skin that shows the years he has gone through.
"Old Sun, Zhao Da passed away suddenly, and the remaining Li was a poor person. The village paid for Zhao Da's funeral. Thank you for your hard work this time!" Wu Qianmo and Old Sun have been friends for many years. Wu Qianmo finished telling the story of Zhao Da with a heavy heart.
Old Sun waved his hand and said, "Brother Wu, don't worry. No matter what happens, I will take care of Zhao Da's funeral and let him go in peace."
Old Sun took Wu Yufeng to the coffin shop in a nearby village and bought an ordinary coffin for Zhao Da.
Since Zhao Da's body could not be found, they made a cenotaph and asked Li for a set of Zhao Da's clothes to put in the coffin. It was then kept in the main hall of Zhao Da's house for three days.
Villagers came one after another to pay their respects, but since the village paid for the funeral, everything was kept simple, with no gifts from villagers and no meals provided by the host family. After paying their respects, everyone went back to their own homes.
Because the Zhao family had no relatives and their parents died early and had no children, Old Sun arranged for some younger generations to come to the Zhao family to keep vigil during the day, but only Li was left at night.
As night fell, those who had been keeping vigil during the day left one after another.
When only Li and a coffin were left in the room, Li knew clearly that there was only a set of Zhao Da's clothes inside, but she still couldn't help feeling scared and felt uneasy.
"Zhao Da, you have to figure it out on your own, don't come to me!" Li knelt in front of the coffin and muttered silently.
A gust of wind blew, and the candle in front of the coffin was extinguished instantly.