"Why, what are you afraid of at home? You have never done anything wrong to our father, what are you afraid of?" Niu Shilong said with a frank look on his face.

"Then I'm afraid too. Anyway, with our father here, I just don't dare to sleep. Besides, I'm worried that the children will be afraid!" Wang Wenling was a little impatient and said directly.

"I want to keep a vigil here, you want it too. What should I do if I'm afraid? Didn't you be very brave before? I'm not afraid, I'm here too!" Niu Shilong comforted.

Before Niu Quanyou was buried, his son, daughter and daughter-in-law were all going to keep their souls. Since Niu Dashan is gone, Niu Shilong must keep guarding him and has to keep his elder brother's share for his elder brother.

"Can that be the same? He is not my biological father. I want to guard you. Anyway, I don't guard you!" Wang Wenling felt more and more afraid as she thought about it, and said with a lip.

"There is no reason to be unscrupulous? We can't make people laugh at us!" Niu Shilong said with a cold face.

"What should I do if the child does? They can't sleep well without me at night..." Wang Wenling also knew that it was wrong to not be vigilant, so she started to use the child as a shield.

"Minghui and Mingliang let our mother lead you, you don't have to worry about it!" Niu Shilong said.

Although Wang Wenling was still a little reluctant, she finally compromised. After all, this was related to her reputation, and her father-in-law died for her husband.

On that night, Niu Shilongwang Wenling and Ding Qiaoyun were guarding each other. Aunt Niu was also in the courtyard and led the four children to sleep. When the children fell asleep, Aunt Niu could not sleep anyway. She tossed and turned on the bed, and finally got out of bed and came to the main hall.

"Mom, why don't you sleep? Does your head still hurt?" Niu Shilong asked in a hurry when he saw his mother coming out.

"I can't sleep. Although your father did a lot of wrong things when he was young, after all, after all, after so many years together, the sudden disappearance of people. I feel uncomfortable!" Aunt Niu said and started to cry again.

"Mom, stop crying. No one wants to see this when he was a child. They are all the officers and soldiers of the court who are arresting people everywhere. They can only say that our family is unlucky and that my father will be in this fate!" Niu Shilong also shed tears. After all, if his father had not been to protect him, he might be fine now.

"Xiao Dong doesn't know about this. If she knows, she doesn't know what she will cry. What should she do if she gets angry? I don't know where the mountain is now..." Aunt Niu became more and more worried as she spoke.

"Mom, we must believe that my husband will definitely come back!" Ding Qiaoyun said confidently when she thought of what her husband said to her before leaving.

"It's better to do this. Now I can only ask God to let the mountains go home safely!" Aunt Niu said as she looked at the sky outside the door and prayed.

"Well, I will definitely do it!" Ding Qiaoyun didn't know whether to comfort her mother-in-law or herself.

Early the next morning, the people who came to help in the village came over again, and the two brothers Niu Yongan and Niu Xingwang also came over early. They never thought that their younger brothers would go first earlier than themselves. Although they didn't have much contact on weekdays, they would still get together for dinner when they had something to do. The man suddenly disappeared and felt uncomfortable.

Niu Yongsheng also came early in the morning. Because Niu Quanyou died suddenly, the coffin was made immediately. He found someone who specialized in making coffins last night. Today he happened to lead the man over and ask what Niu Shilong was going to do.

"Shilong, come here, this is the carpenter I told you. Look at what kind of coffin you want to make?" Niu Yongsheng asked.

The coffin made a brief description of the material of the coffin. The materials are different and the prices are different, and the prices are relatively large.

Ordinary coffins made of pyrowood are cheaper only two or three taels of silver, and even if they are made at a high price, they only need to add one or two taels of silver. The best one is a cypress coffin, but the price is many times higher. A good cypress coffin is the cheapest one, and the cheapest one is more than ten taels of silver. Because cypress coffins have to go through many processes to create. Cypress is not only immortal for a hundred years, but also carves exquisite patterns. Generally, only families with some money at home will buy such coffins.

The older generation in the countryside

The saying goes, "Thousand-year-old cypress" implies that the cypress trees are immortal and evergreen all year round. Using such wood to make coffins can ensure the good luck of future generations. People here are also superstitious, and some people believe in this, so there are still people who make cypress coffins.

When Niu Shilong heard that a cypress coffin cost more than ten taels of silver, he was shocked and thought that more than ten taels of silver were enough for several years for this living person, and it was too expensive. But when he heard that the cypress coffin could guarantee the good luck of his descendants, he hesitated again.

"Of course, most people still use tangerine wood to make coffins now. If you think it is expensive, just make a cheaper one." The carpenter who made the coffin saw Niu Shilong's hesitation and spoke.

The carpenter who made coffins usually only introduces tangerine coffins to others, and his business can also kill one. Looking at the Niu family trap, their family may buy such an outrageously expensive cypress coffin, so he talked about some more about cypress coffins.

"The price difference is too much, so I'd better discuss it with my family!" Niu Shilong was a little hesitant. He wanted to buy a cypress coffin, but his wife was definitely unwilling to pay so much money. He didn't have so much money, so he didn't dare to make a decision by himself.

"Okay, this is a big deal. You guys should discuss it carefully. He is waiting here, don't worry." Niu Yongsheng said.

If you want to talk about why Niu Yongsheng is so enthusiastic, it turns out that the carpenter who makes the coffin is his brother-in-law. Basically, his brother-in-law's coffin business is introduced by him.

When Niu Shilong heard this, he quickly went back to the house to discuss with his family.

"No, this person is dead and has to spend so much money. Do we still have to live? I don't agree!" Wang Wenling said with her husband's words as if she was furious, as if she had nowhere to go.

Ding Qiaoyun knew that rural people paid attention to these burial matters, and she didn't understand them either. The funeral of this father-in-law was handled by Niu Shilong's family, so she was not inconvenient to say anything. The safest way at this time was to remain silent and see what her mother-in-law said.

"Mom, what should you do about this?" Niu Shilong looked at his mother and asked.

"What to do? You can do it yourself. Your father's funeral was done by you couple, just decide for yourself!" Aunt Niu glared at her eyes and said unhappily.

Aunt Niu knew the meaning of her son asking about this sentence. She knew that Niu Shilong was also a person with good face and wanted the villagers to think that he was a filial son, but he couldn't afford to buy a cypress coffin. He came to ask his family on purpose to see if he could help him. Aunt Niu felt that she had already helped her second son's family a lot before, but this daughter-in-law was not grateful to her at all and wanted to take advantage of her everywhere. She didn't ask what she said this time.

"Sister-in-law, what should you do about this? After all, my father is not my own. If your brother is not here, you can be the master!" Niu Shilong turned around and asked his sister-in-law who was silent.

"I listen to my mother. I can't interfere in this matter. You can discuss it with your younger brother and sister!" Ding Qiaoyun was angry when she thought of some of her younger brother and sister's actions. It was rare that her mother would not take care of the matter again when she was with her now.

"Hmph, why are you talking about the family? When something really happens, they are all completely ignored!" Wang Wenling snorted coldly.

"Don't talk, get out of here!" Niu Shilong shouted loudly. He didn't know how his mother was doing to their family. He didn't like his wife's temper. Now he heard his wife say such words again, and he suddenly felt harsh.

"If you ask me, just buy an ordinary tangerine coffin. Anyway, no one can see it underground. Don't be too worried about face. After buying the cypress coffin, you want our family to drink the northwest wind!" Wang Wenling said firmly. She was thinking about the money she had saved after she finally made money by opening a shop in a few days, but now she would have to spend a lot of funerals. She was already very distressed. If she bought the cypress coffin again, it would really cost her life.

Niu Shilong looked at his wife's attitude so strong that he didn't dare to mention buying a cypress coffin.

"Then you can buy a better paulownia coffin!" Niu Shilong said.

"It's all a war. I have some money in my hand. I feel at ease. Just do what you said!" Wang Wenling said.

/> Finally, it was finalized, and Niu Shilong went out to tell the carpenter about the results of the discussion.

The family had just decided to buy a coffin. Aunt Niu was about to ask Niu Shilong when he would tell Niu Xiaodong about this, but suddenly there was a loud crying sound outside!

"Dad, I haven't had time to greet you yet, why are you gone? I didn't let me see you for the last time. Why is your life so miserable?" Niu Xiaodong came to the main hall crying while walking.

"Xiaodong, how do you know? Your second brother hasn't told you yet!" When Aunt Niu saw that Niu Xiaodong was coming, she didn't care about the coffin anymore, for fear that her daughter would get angry.

"Mom, why don't you tell me? If I hadn't heard from others, I wouldn't know. How long do you want to hide it from me? Can you hide this matter?" Niu Xiaodong said sadly.

"I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable too!" Aunt Niu felt even more uncomfortable when she saw her daughter crying.

"What's going on? Why did it suddenly disappear like this? I'm going to come here today to greet you!" Niu Xiaodong said that he felt more and more uncomfortable and his crying became louder and louder.

Aunt Niu pulled Niu Xiaodong up, sat on the bed in the house, and told him in detail about what he had born into, and also told him about Niu Dashan being arrested.

"What? My brother was also taken away?" Niu Xiaodong said in disbelief.

"Yes, I was arrested when I went to your sister-in-law's house!" Aunt Niu was sad when she mentioned her eldest son and said crying.

"Why are these soldiers so inhumane? They will arrest people if they say they are arrested. People don't let the people live during the New Year. How can my sister-in-law stand it?" Niu Xiaodong said angrily.

"I can't stand it at the first, but we still have to live our lives. Your father's funeral cannot be ignored. He can only take one step at a time. I dare not think about the future. Think about it, I can't live now!" Aunt Niu said crying.

"My sister-in-law, put on her plain clothes first!" Ding Qiaoyun brought a set of white clothes, hemp rope and white shoes, and handed them to her sister-in-law.

Niu Xiaodong took the plain clothes and put them on them, wiping his tears.

"Sister-in-law, have you really been arrested and served as a soldier?" Niu Xiaodong confirmed again without giving up.

"Well, these bandits who are killed by heaven have no human nature at all!" Ding Qiaoyun gritted her teeth when she mentioned the officers and soldiers.

Originally, when she walked into this place, Ding Qiaoyun's greatest comfort was that God gave her a caring and good husband. Now that her husband was arrested, her spiritual pillar disappeared all of a sudden. Although she comforted herself with her lips, her husband would definitely come back, she also knew in her heart that things on the battlefield were hard to say. In ancient times, there were hand-to-hand combat, and this person's life was gone, and she was also worried.

"I haven't fought for a few years now, and now I've started fighting again. Will we still let us live?" Niu Xiaodong said angrily.

"Didn't these people go to your village to catch people?" Aunt Niu suddenly thought of this, because she didn't see Wang Qingxiang coming over, so she asked hurriedly.

"No, otherwise my husband might have been arrested!" Niu Xiaodong said.

"Then why didn't I see him coming?" Aunt Niu looked outside the door again and asked.

"He went to the market to buy things. We were about to come here to pay New Year's greetings today. I was waiting for him at home, but I heard about my father. I didn't have time to wait for him, so I came here directly!" Niu Xiaodong said.

Sure enough, not long after, Wang Qingxiang rushed over.

Niu Xiaodong and his wife

That night, Niu Xiaodong and his wife did not go back, and they all stayed in the courtyard to keep a guard.

During the period of waiting for the first seventh period, Liu Anzi also came. Ding Qiaoyun ordered him to look at the store well during this period. She really couldn't get out of the way to ask about the shop, but the shop could not ignore it, especially since she could only rely on herself in the future. This shop was their only source of income.

On the day of the funeral, the Niu family's yard was filled with villagers coming to see him.

"Their family is also unlucky. I heard that Dashan was also taken away. I'm afraid Dashan doesn't know that his father is dead at this moment!" Ma Erhua said with a sigh.

"Is that true? Seeing that the family life is getting better, Aunt Niu's generation

It's hard enough!" said one person.

"Agoing the New Year, we were still jealous of their family. Such a big thing happened in just a few days. No one can tell the future!" Another villager echoed.

Amid the loud cry of the Niu family, Niu Quanyou was finally buried.

Because Xiang'er was young, she did not let her go to the cemetery. Aunt Niu was sitting alone by the bed and hugging Xiang'er, staring blankly at the crutch at the door, and shed tears silently.

This is really "unpredictable". No one has ever thought that Niu Quanyou would die in this way!
Chapter completed!