Three days later.
Anwu Town, Wu Family.
Overnight, the entire Wu family was covered with white paper flowers, white lanterns were hung at the door, and even the door was surrounded by white cloth from top to bottom.
Wu Xiang was also dressed in white, wearing sackcloth and mourning, kneeling in the middle of the gate.
Occasionally when someone came to offer a gift, she would lower her head with tears in her eyes, bow deeply, and then kowtow.
Someone passing by the door saw this scene and shook his head in distress.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this daughter of the Wu family is really miserable! Both her parents died of illness overnight, leaving her alone as a little girl, guarding an empty shell of a house. How will she live in the future?"
"Originally, the Wu family couple got sick. Just treating the illness and getting medicine cost the entire Wu family. Now it's happening again..."
"Look, this family is really out of luck. There's nothing they can do to save it!"
"But aside from other things, Wu Xiang is still pretty. Her parents are both dead. Although she won't be able to marry into a good family, if she is willing to bow her head... Hehe, maybe there will be a good way out for her!"
Some people looked sympathetically, while others looked at her obscenely. Unfortunately, from beginning to end, Wu Xiang knelt in front of the coffin with a calm expression, her eyes unblinking, as if those people were not talking about her, but just an irrelevant outsider.
One by one, she threw the paper money in her hand into the brazier until the paper money bottomed out. She finally heard the familiar sound of a carriage on the street, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
Shaolan poked her quietly, "Miss, the carriage you mentioned is here!"
"I know...don't forget it later, you must follow what I teach you!"
"yes!"
Shaolan quietly agreed, then took a few steps back and stood back to his original position.
And Wu Xiang also lowered his head slightly, and the extremely weak smile just now disappeared in an instant, turning into a miserable face...
the other side.
The black carriage swayed to a stop. Su Liuye opened the door curtain and saw the plainness of the Wu family. Her heart suddenly tightened and she quickly got out of the car, "Xiaoxiang!"
Wu Xiang knelt on the spot, sobbing, her back shaking.
Even when she heard Su Liuye's voice, she simply paused, and then her tears fell even more fiercely.
Su Liuye hurried over, "Xiaoxiang! Sorry, I rushed over as soon as I found out about Aunt Chang Ping, but I didn't expect to catch up..."
Wu Xiang looked up with tears streaming down her face. Her eyes, which were originally clear, were already swollen to the size of half a walnut.
The moment he raised his head, Wu Xiang opened his mouth, his lips trembling violently, "Cousin, I have no home..."
In just a few words, Wu Xiang spoke stumblingly, and even his voice was hoarse and miserable.
When she looked up, she looked pitiful, but she still saw Su Liuye and sighed slightly, "Life and death are determined by destiny, wealth is in the sky, Xiaoxiang, although aunt and uncle have left, you have to take good care of yourself!"
Wu Xiang buried his head in her arms and shook it slightly. His voice was as soft as a feather, "I am a daughter, and my family conditions are average. Now that I have no parents and no livelihood, how can I survive?"
"Cousin, I want to go with them. On the road to Huangquan, our family can be companions together..."
Before she finished speaking, Su Liuye frowned and scolded her, "What are you talking about? Xiaoxiang, you are Aunt Chang Ping's daughter and her darling! She is most worried about you when she is alive. , now that her body is still cold, you have such thoughts, I am afraid that Aunt Chang Ping will not be relieved even if she is underground!"
"But what should I do?" Wu Xiang looked at her with tears in her eyes, "Cousin, could it be that I can only find a man to marry casually in the future?"
"this……"
Su Liuye frowned and looked towards the mourning hall.
In front, the portraits of Chang Ping and Wu Hongfeng were placed side by side. Both of them had smiles on their faces. At first glance, they looked quite lifelike.
Unfortunately, looking at these two portraits, she couldn't laugh at all.
After a moment of silence, Su Liuye looked back at Chu Yan, who just nodded slightly towards her, indicating that she could just do whatever she wanted to do.
Su Liuye then turned her head, looked at Wu Xiang again, stretched out her hand to help the person up, "They are all family members. Aunt Changping is gone, isn't there still me?"
"If you don't mind, I have a restaurant at my place. If you follow me, you will always have a bite to eat no matter what. Are you willing?"
After the words fell, Wu Xiang was stunned, and he raised his head and looked at Su Liuye blankly, as if he had been stunned, staying in place motionless.
Shaolan seized the opportunity and stepped forward in time, and quietly poked her, "Miss, are you so happy? Mrs. Chu said she would take care of you!"
Wu Xiang slowly came back to her senses, but at first she didn't look like Su Liuye, but looked like Chu Yan, who had never had a strong sense of presence in the back, with a timid expression, "Is this...is this really appropriate? Cousin-in-law, he …Will I disturb you?”
"Don't worry about him," Su Liuye turned around and glanced hastily, "They are all relatives, of course your brother-in-law will not have any objections!"
"But……"
Wu Xiang wanted to say something more, but Shaolan came over again, "Miss, you'd better go with Mrs. Chu! The family property owed dozens of taels for the treatment. Without Mrs. Chu, those who came to ask for money would have Come here, you are the only weak woman in the house, isn't that a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?"
Su Liuye's eyes suddenly condensed, "You mean, there are still people who come to the door to find trouble on weekdays?"
"There are more than just people!" Ruilan also sighed deeply, stepped forward and gently lifted the sleeves on Wu Xiang's arm, "Although my family is not a wealthy family, the young lady is also favored by our master and his wife. Raised in the palm of your hand!"
"But Mrs. Chu, take a look, our master and his wife have only been away for a few days, and what those debt collectors have done!"
"This isn't the end yet!" Shaolan's breathing became more rapid, "Those people also said that if we don't repay the money within three days, they will ask our lady to pay off the debt with her own body..."
"That's enough!" Wu Xiang suddenly spoke up and stopped the two of them with a stern voice, "Shaolan, Ruilan, today is the day when my parents are buried. You are saying this in front of their souls to make them unable to shut up even in heaven. Does it catch your eyes?"
Shaolan and Ruilan were startled and both stepped back.
Wu Xiang wiped her tears and returned to her pitiful look. "My cousin, it's okay. This place is in the center of the town. No matter how bold they are, they don't dare to go too far..."
"As for your side... I'd better not bother you. If my brother-in-law minds, wouldn't I become a sinner?"
At the end of the sentence, Wu Xiang even forced out a smile.
Su Liuye was helpless for a moment, "As you said, is it possible that such a big place can't accommodate you?"
With that said, Su Liuye simply turned around and pulled Chu Yan over in a few steps, "Since you are worried that he won't agree to your stay, why don't you just ask?"
"Husband, tell me, what do you think if we take Xiaoxiang back?"
