Chapter 87 There Is a Boy
Lian'er slowly put down her brother's body, turned around and kowtowed to everyone, "All kind-hearted uncles and aunts, please help me bury my mother and brother, I will repay you in my next life."
Gu Zhang sighed, "My daughter, please get up, stop kneeling, it's our duty to help."
He turned around and shouted, "Da Lang and Er Lang, help carry the people."
"Xiao Fei, go get the shovel at home."
Gu Fei ran to the inn quickly, took the shovel from the mule cart and ran back, Gu Zhang hurriedly took it.
Gu Qing and Er Lang carried the woman, Lian'er carried her brother on their backs, and the group turned the corner and arrived outside the town.
Gu Zhang found a flat piece of land and asked San Lang to dig a pit.
San Lang dug for a while, sweating profusely, and Er Lang continued to dig.
It didn't take long to dig a pit that was one meter deep and more than one person long and wide.
Erlang and Sanlang put the woman down, Gu Fei took out the tattered cotton jacket from the woman's bag and covered her face with it, Lian'er put her brother next to her mother.
She took the remaining tattered cotton jacket from the bag and covered her brother with it, staring blankly at the two people lying together in the pit.
Gu Erlang shoveled down and threw dirt on it.
The dirt became more and more, and gradually only a piece of clothing could be seen, and then nothing could be seen.
Several people piled up a grave together, and Gu Zhang found a piece of wood to stick on it.
Gu Fei suddenly said, "Dad, I have a knife here."
She took out a dagger, Gu Zhang nodded, took it, and asked Lian'er, "What are the names of your mother and brother? At least make a tombstone, maybe we can find it later."
Lian'er shook her head woodenly, "I don't know, I just know that my mother's surname is Zhang, my grandmother calls her Erya, and my aunt calls her Erjie."
"My brother's name is Liu Song."
Gu Fei felt pity in her heart. Women in this era are a kind of existence without names. Whatever they are called is what they are.
Gu Zhang took the dagger and barely carved a few words on the wooden board, "Tomb of Zhang Erjie Liu Song".
Gu Zhang inserted the wooden board in front of the grave, and Lian'er knelt down and kowtowed a few times.
Auntie Liu pulled her up, "Girl, let's go. In this world, it's not a bad thing to go there, so as not to suffer. They are going to enjoy themselves."
Lian'er was pulled by Auntie Liu in a daze, and the group returned to the inn.
As soon as they entered the backyard, Qian pointed at Lian'er and yelled, "Where have you been, you dead girl? You ran away while I was cooking. I'll beat you to death!"
Gu Zhang shouted, "Sister-in-law, be quiet!"
"Lian'er's mother and brother are gone. I just went to collect the bodies!"
Qian was stunned for a moment, and then she stopped talking.
Lian'er walked over woodenly and mechanically picked up the firewood and stuffed it into the stove.
The backyard was quiet, and everyone looked at the thin girl squatting in front of the stove with sympathy.
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After breakfast and filling the water, everyone drove the mule out to put it on the harness.
At this time, the black-clothed guards in the inn came out, leading the horses and harnessing the carts in an orderly manner. After a while, everything was ready.
The beautiful middle-aged woman came out of the inn and was helped by several maids to get on the carriage. The young man also came out, changed into a light blue brocade robe, pinned a black jade hairpin on his head, and got on another green oil carriage.
The carriage moved slowly.
The young man suddenly opened the curtain and glanced at the maid in a blue cloth floral jacket and skirt.
Gu Fei looked over unintentionally and met the young man's eyes.
The clear and cold eyes were like the stream in the mountains, clear and clean.