I am born with insufficiency

Chapter 25

Deep night.

Sun Xiaokong was tired after playing all day and all night, and fell asleep in the coffin with Gui Xiaobao.

Gu Buquan was lying in a coffin in the backyard, listening to the chirping of insects in the wasteland next door, and staring at the gray curtain of the sky being pulled back little by little, revealing a brilliant morning glow.

This should have been a sunny spring day, if there were no bad things yesterday, she could have slept in the coffin until the sun was shining.

But now she was not sleepy, and the sound of bells rattling kept ringing in her ears, why couldn't she make the mistake and take the blame on Zhu Ding alone, insisting on finding Sixi, and then County Magistrate Lu?

"Am I wrong?" She murmured to herself, "Am I responsible for the deaths of Sixi and the magistrate?"

"No."

The muffled voice startled her, and she hurriedly sat up from the coffin, only to see Ling An sitting leaning against her coffin.

"Silly, when did you come?"

"always there."

Good fellow, since leaving Zhu's compound last night, the idiot has been following her into the coffin shop, and has been guarding beside her sleeping coffin, but she didn't notice it at all.

She opened her mouth for a long while before closing it again.

"Okay, then tell me, why am I not wrong?"

Ling An pondered for a moment, then told her with a firm expression: "That is the truth."

"But they are all poor people. Could it be that this is the price of pursuing the truth? Wicked people should die, but poor people should pay for their lives. I don't understand, and Master has never explained such a truth to me."

Ling An rubbed the back of his head and thought for a while, then said, "Just have a clear conscience."

She looked up at him and asked, "Stupid, what about you, do you have a clear conscience?"

He shook his head: "I don't know."

She smiled, and patted Ling An on the head: "What a fool, I found out that I like you more and more."

Ling An looked at her sitting in the coffin in a daze, raised his hand and gently touched her cheek, reminding her of the first time she saw him by the sea.

"Idiot, idiot, the class master calls you to come back and dance to the master."

Hearing the voice of Hua Rattle looking for the idiot, Gu Buquan spread his hands, "Okay, jump to God, remember to close the door of the coffin shop for me when you leave."

She was too worried, the idiot didn't go through the gate at all, jumped up the courtyard wall with a "hoo", and disappeared in an instant.

Gu Buquan lay down on his back annoyed, and fell asleep in the coffin again.

Ling An landed outside the courtyard wall, ruined walls and ruins everywhere, and a dilapidated hut in the depths of the wild grass fell into his sight.

The house was tilted to the point of collapse, and the sea breeze blew through it, creaking and creaking.

He stopped for a while, seeing nothing unusual, he turned and left.

The sound of gongs and drums in the Maple Leaf Class made a fuss for seven days, and it was not until Master Taichang gave a funeral after the first seven days.

Mrs. Taichang said that Zhu Ding was a righteous servant, and she tried to kill the master to preserve the entire Zhu family. She said that he had the solemnity of my Buddha "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell", so Zhu Ding was buried with the master in Zhu's ancestral grave , the spiritual bit is dedicated to Zhu's ancestral hall.

The merciful and merciful Zhang Dashan spent a tael of silver to buy the "Treasure of the Town Store" that was rejected by Gu Buquan, collected the corpse for the County Magistrate Lu, and sent him to accompany his relatives .

Sixi was also taken back by his parents and buried in peace.

Only Miss Qiao'er was left lying alone in the corner, and no one cared about her for a long time.

Tang's father and son originally took Zhu Guibai taels of silver, but they only said that it was "death money" to compensate Qiao'er. The girl has already entered the Zhu family and is a member of the Zhu family, so they refused to accept the corpse.

Mrs. Taichang had no choice but to add another hundred taels of silver, and the Tang family father and son reluctantly dragged Qiaoer out of Zhu's house.

But everyone knows that with such a father and brother, Qiaoer's final destination is to be shrouded in reed mats and abandoned in a mass grave in the wilderness.

Moreover, the father and son of the Tang family plausibly said that "the married girl poured out water", and she was a person who died violently. It is impossible for Qiao'er to be buried in the Tang family's territory, otherwise it would bring disaster to the Tang family.

It's not suitable to bury someone else's land, so it can only be a mass grave. After a while, the corpse will be dug up by wild dogs and eaten up. At that time, she will redeem her sins in the world. hour.

But Qiaoerniang only knew how to cover her face and cry, and kept mumbling: "I shouldn't, I shouldn't..."

"Wait a minute." Gu Buquan led people to carry a coffin and blocked the way of the Tang family father and son.

Li Zheng frowned, and Tang Wang said viciously: "Go away, we don't buy coffins."

"Gu Buquan, are you crazy about money? Isn't it enough to sell four coffins just now?"

Hua Rattle shook her clothes like a reed chicken, and said with a sneer, "I remember that the coffin of Mr. Taichang is ten times more expensive than others, and that the coffin of Mr. County is soaked in seawater. You also extorted several taels of silver from Zhang Dashan, plus Steward Zhu’s and Sixi’s, these few days you have earned tens of taels of silver without any effort. Why, poor Qiao’er, you won’t let it go?”

Gu Buquan didn't have the time to respond to Hua's sneer, he just looked at Lizheng's face.

"You don't have to buy it. I said I want to give Qiaoer the best coffin. You don't need to spend half a copper coin, but please give Qiaoer a resting place. Don't throw her away in a mass grave for dogs to chew on, okay?" ?”

Tang Wang was still rolling his eyeballs, Lizheng had already made up his mind.

No, it's not worth it.

Although it is a good coffin for nothing, it doesn’t cost money but it doesn’t make any money. Anyway, I have to squeeze a little money from Qiaoer. keep.

"Just a coffin, trying to block my Tang family's blessings? You want my Qiaoer to act as a cover for your coffin shop to solicit business. How can it be so cheap?"

Gu Buquan can't laugh or cry, she is a coffin shop, there are dead people selling coffins, and if there are no dead people, she can plan the coffin boards with peace of mind, what kind of business do she want to solicit?
Gritting his teeth, he handed over the coffin money he had just collected to Li Zheng's hand.

"If it doesn't work, give Qiao'er to me, and I'll find a place to bury her myself, okay?"

Tang Wang saw Yinzi's eyes glowing, but Lizheng shook his head, he could not help but secretly scolded the coffin girl for not having eyes, and this deal can be negotiated when no one is behind.

He is also upright in size. Although he has no rank or grade, he still manages the affairs of the ten miles and eight villages for the government. He can use the customs of Maple Leaf Town as an excuse to send Qiao'er to the mass grave, but this is how it is under the eyes of everyone. Handing over her daughter's body to the coffin shop is a big taboo in Maple Leaf Town.

He wanted to earn money, but no matter how much he had to maintain his face in front of everyone, otherwise, would he still have a foothold in Maple Leaf Town in the future?
While holding the silver tightly, Lizheng smiled at Gu Buquan, "Although Qiaoer is married, she is still my precious daughter whom I have raised for 18 years."

"It's not that my Tang family can't afford the coffin, and it's not that I'm reluctant to part with a cemetery. It's just that she has no luck in her life. Feeding wild dogs in mass burials is the way she should go. Otherwise, she won't be able to cross Naihe bridge, and Grandpa Wuchang won't either. Let her enter the reincarnation field, wouldn't she be unable to reincarnate? I'm doing this for her own good."

The onlookers' discussion gradually became louder, saying that what Li Zheng said made sense, and people who died suddenly should not ask so much.

Seeing that everyone was talking to him, Lizheng sighed again: "I can't bear to let Qiao'er be bitten by wild dogs, but this is her life, and I want to change her life without consulting with Lord Yan, unless Bamboo blue can catch water."

"Fetching water from a bamboo basket?" Gu Buquan's eyes widened, "Does Li Zheng mean what he said?"

Li Zheng was stunned for a while, he just said it casually, unexpectedly he took it seriously.

Before Li could answer, the surroundings were already roaring with laughter.

"The coffin girl, go back and guard your coffin shop. Miss Qiao'er will be struck by lightning when she is reincarnated by mistake."

Uh, what kind of reason is it to protect Qiaoer from being torn apart by wild dogs, but to be struck by lightning instead!
Gu Buquan thought for a while, stretched out his hand and forcibly broke Lizheng's hand away, and took back all her money, Lizheng was gnashing his teeth angrily, but he didn't want to explode in front of everyone.

"I just ask Lizheng if talking counts?"

Li Zheng rolled his eyes: "Of course, I am also Li Zheng."

"Well, give me one night. I still don't believe that the bamboo basket can't fetch water."

(End of this chapter)