In the past few days, Fu Changming not only asked her to read and write, but also called the aunt next door and introduced her to the neighbors.
Look, his mental state seems to be getting better again.
Xie Ying thought to herself that Fu Changming's illness was like this, good and bad.
But no one expected that just half a month after their wedding, Fu Changming fell down and never got up again.
The temperature has been a bit low at night these past few days. Xie Ying was afraid that Fu Changming would be cold, so she lit the stove.
Mrs. Fu was afraid of the cold at night, so she called the younger brother of the Fu family to sleep with her. Xie Ying would occasionally come over to take a look.
Then I went to my grandmother's house to look around for a while, then turned around and returned to the main house, only to find that the man on the bed was extremely quiet.
Fu Changming usually coughs several times, but he was too quiet tonight.
Xie Ying always felt something was wrong, so she stepped forward to take a look. Seeing Fu Changming's face was pale and his lips were black, she backed away in fright.
Xie Ying, who was not afraid of walking at night, now turned pale with fear.
"Brother Dalang, brother Dalang..."
Xie Ying bravely stepped forward and shook Fu Changming's clothes, but saw no response from him. She reached out and touched his nose.
No breath.
Fu Changming lost his breath.
Xie Ying turned around and ran out immediately, then called the aunt next door.
***
Fu Changming left.
Relatives from the Fu family who were beyond their reach came to visit.
Before Xie Ying could look for it, the second and third uncles of the Fu family came to the door.
"A Ying, you are just a new daughter-in-law. It's been less than a month. You just handed over the power of the family and went back to your parents' home. Don't worry, the clan will give you an explanation. If you go back My mother's family will never delay your remarriage..."
The person who spoke was the second aunt, who had always been a shrewd person.
The second wife of the Fu family gave birth to three sons and two daughters, and her back was very strong.
Fu Changming's family was the best in Changqing Village. Fu Changming was a talented scholar. Fu Changhe went to the battlefield to fight and earn money for the family.
It wouldn't be easy to drive away the little lady Xie Ying and take over the Fu family's eldest house, the old and the young.
Xie Ying looked at the woman in front of her. She was a country woman after all, and all her thoughts were written on her face.
Fu Changming taught her that when meeting people, you don't have to rush to argue first, and speak slowly and calmly.
"The second aunt is wrong. No matter how long I have been married to the Fu family, this is my husband's family. Now that Brother Dalang has passed away, whichever branch this family will follow in the future, they must listen to the second uncle's words."
"Today, I invited my uncle and his kinsmen, Mr. Li Zheng, just to talk about this. Please help the Fu family with the funeral, but it is definitely not a matter of dividing the family."
The second aunt Zhang saw Xie Ying's lack of food and salt, and started to scold her anxiously.
"You said you are a young lady who just married into the Fu family. What do you know?"
"We don't want to separate the families, right? Then we have to leave the funeral to our second room. You just need to take care of Auntie and Brother Run in the room."
You can certainly gain some benefits by organizing funeral arrangements.
How could Xie Ying know this? Could she understand or listen to Fu Changming's words?
He really explained what happened behind him clearly and clearly.
"My husband left a message when he was still alive, leaving all the affairs of the Fu family to me."
"If Second Auntie doesn't believe it, I have written evidence here..."
Xie Ying naturally made her words clear. If she hadn't made it clear and prevaricated the second aunt, I'm afraid the third aunt and third uncle would still be thinking about her.
Not to mention them, even some relatives outside want to get involved.
Xie Ying went back to the room and took out the note Fu Changming had written before and handed it to Li Zheng.
Li Zheng's son had a good relationship with Fu Changming, and he was also a scholar. He was certainly literate. He took the note and looked at it before looking at everyone.
"Ms. Fu is right. Brother Changming did leave a small note before his death."
Lord Satsuma looked at everyone.
He also said pertinently: "Since Chang Ming has taken care of everything after his death, don't think too much about it. Just help the Fu family's wife to arrange the funeral."
Li Zheng had already spoken, but no one dared to say more.
Even the elders of the Fu family felt unhappy, but they actually started preparing for Fu Changming's funeral according to what Li Zheng said.
The one closest to the Fu family also has a relatively good relationship with the Fu family, and everyone calls her beautiful aunt.
She is diligent and kind-hearted. Fu Changhe lost his parents when the bandits came down from the mountain to rob him. This beautiful aunt also lost her husband.
Her husband hid her and her son in the cellar where the sweet potatoes were kept, but he was discovered by bandits when he was about to follow him down after closing the door.
In order to save his wife and children, he deliberately went to the next room and was stabbed to death by a bandit.
The beautiful aunt looked at Xie Ying kneeling in front of the mourning hall and stepped forward to comfort her.
"You are the eldest lady of the Fu family. It is your turn to take care of the affairs now. You must not cry."
"Go and see your grandmother and your little brother. Your grandmother is unconscious again."
Brother Run, the younger brother, has no concept of life and death. He only sees that there are many people in the family. His eldest brother is lying in the coffin in the main room. It is ridiculous to say that he cannot even understand what a coffin is.
Xie Ying hummed and followed the beautiful aunt out.
The ones keeping watch were a few villagers who had good relations with the Fu family, and two or three of them were actually Fu Changhe's playmates.
When they came in, they followed Fu Changhe and called her sister-in-law.
Xie Ying didn't even know who they were or what their names were.
But they said that they had also been here when the eldest brother of the Fu family got married.
They also said that when the bandits robbed Changqing Village, their family also suffered trouble, and Fu Changhe helped them.
Something happened to the Fu family now, and Fu Changhe was not here, so they should have come.
Xie Ying had tears in her eyes and whispered her thanks.
There are people guarding the funeral hall of the elder brother of the Fu family, so it won't be so shabby and deserted.
When Fu Changhe left, he gave her ten taels of silver.
But Fu Changming needed to take medicine, and the Fu family's grandmother and younger brother needed to buy winter clothes, and she had already spent a small part of it.
But people in the Fu family said that Fu Changming was a scholar and the funeral had to be a big one.
Xie Ying was thinking the same thing. Fu Changming had not enjoyed much happiness during his lifetime. Now that he is gone, the funeral must not be perfunctory.
I want a good coffin.
Five taels of silver were spent.
I also bought a good shroud and spent twenty taels of silver.
The rest of the miscellaneous items together cost another twenty taels, and she still had less than one tael of silver left in her hands.
Xie Ying looked calm on the outside, but she was actually panicking inside.
It seems that he must find someone to borrow money.
After pondering deeply, she walked towards the room of the Fu family's grandmother and younger brother. She was afraid that the mourning hall would frighten them, so the beautiful aunt called someone to keep an eye on the Fu family's grandmother and younger brother, and told them not to come to the mourning hall.
