Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 10: Falling out at the funeral hall
Jiang Tian took the initiative to talk to Zhou Linhai about the compensation, just to ask him to keep it confidential.
Of course Zhou Linhai agreed immediately.
In addition, he now had other thoughts about Jiang Tian, so he took better care of her along the way than when he came here.
There's nothing we can do. Who made me have such an evil person in my family who can't be helped?
As the saying goes, a hero father makes a hero son, but when it comes to Zhou Linhai, it is the case that the father is a hero but the son is a coward.
Zhou Linhai has a daughter and two sons.
The eldest daughter got married a long time ago and has two children.
Although the eldest son had average qualifications, he was steady and down-to-earth. After finishing junior high school, Zhou Linhai asked someone to get him a job at the village grain station as a statistician, which meant he was earning a living from the government.
The only exception is the youngest son, Zhou Xinrong, who was spoiled by his grandmother and mother since childhood. He is timid, cowardly, and afraid of hardship.
It would be fine if they were really good at studying like Jiang Lesheng and Jiang Cheng from the Jiang family.
Even if Zhou Linhai sold everything he had, as long as he could provide the Zhou family with a college student, it would be a great blessing for his ancestors.
But this guy is very bad at studying. His grades are worse than that of a girl named Jiang Tian, and he is not even an average student in the class.
What hope is there for this horse?
However, as he was the village chief after all, Zhou Linhai thought for a moment and decided to find a reliable daughter-in-law for his youngest son to make up for his deficiencies in intelligence and ability.
Although their son is unreliable, they have a reliable daughter-in-law, and with the financial support from their parents, they can live a good life in the countryside.
Moreover, as the saying goes, daughters look like their mothers. Hu Qiongfang is well-known in their village for being filial and capable. Zhou Linhai thought that Jiang Tian has been influenced by Hu Qiongfang since she was a child. If she can learn half of what Hu Qiongfang does, she will definitely be a "good daughter-in-law" candidate that is hard to find even with a lantern.
However, what Zhou Linhai never expected was that right after he praised Jiang Tian for being "filial", after the two of them carried Jiang Leping's coffin back to the village, Jiang Tian did something "particularly unfilial", but the villagers actually praised her for doing a great job -
She smashed her second uncle's head!
Jiang Tian and Zhou Linhai went to Mao City to take care of Jiang Leping's funeral. After carrying the coffin back to their hometown, they saw a white mask in front of their house from afar, the sound of suona was deafening, and a tall figure in mourning was kneeling in front of the coffin.
Isn’t this person the hypocritical , vicious, and beastly Jiang Lesheng?
To be fair, Jiang Le is actually a good-looking person.
Due to malnutrition in that era, the average height of many men was only about 1.7 meters, but Jiang Lesheng grew to 1.8 meters, with broad shoulders, narrow waist, and a fair and clean face.
If he didn't have this appearance, he would never have been able to deceive the principal and the daughter of a high-ranking official in his previous life, and climb up the social ladder with the help of women. In the end, he almost caused the principal's beloved daughter to commit suicide by cutting her wrists.
When Jiang Tian saw Jiang Lesheng, her eyes instantly turned red and her teeth chattered.
Now she didn't need to pinch her thighs. To the villagers, her clenched teeth looked like she was trying to suppress her grief.
Well, her biological father is gone, her biological mother is useless, and even carrying the coffin has to be done by a little girl of ten years old. Shouldn't she be stronger?
Thinking of this, several soft-hearted aunts and sisters-in-law came forward and held Jiang Tian in their arms, crying even more miserably than she did. For a while, the Jiang family's yard was filled with crying.
Hearing the sound, a boy in mourning rushed out. When he saw Jiang Tian, he burst into tears.
When Jiang Tian saw her brother standing in front of her in good health, she couldn't help but hug Jiang Cheng and started .
Two people died at once, which was no small matter in the countryside, and everyone in the village came to help.
Seeing Jiang Tian and her brother crying their hearts out, the villagers couldn't help but feel sad too.
While they were trying to persuade the siblings not to cry, they also helped to carry Jiang Leping's coffin down and invited the driver to come to the table for dinner.
They sent Jiang Leping's body back from far away. No matter how much money they received, they are still the benefactors of the Jiang family.
Jiang Leping's tablet had already been prepared and was being placed in the mourning hall. The space at the back where the coffin was placed was empty, waiting for the coffin to be transported back so that the mother and son could be laid to rest and buried together.
Everything went smoothly.
When it was time to entertain the guests, Jiang Lesheng, who had been kneeling in front of the coffin, was helped up and washed his face. Just as they were about to eat, Jiang Lesheng looked at Jiang Tian and spoke in a hoarse voice -
"Tiantian, your dad had such a big incident at the mine, the boss must have an explanation, right?"
"You are still young. I have to go to school in the county town. There is no adult at home. It is not safe to keep the money at home. How much money did our family lose in the mine? I will accompany you to the county town later..."
Before he could finish his words, a large bowl filled with rice came flying towards him with the wind.
The distance was too close, and Jiang Lesheng had no time to react. He was hit on the head, and blood instantly flowed from his white forehead.
Everyone in the yard was stunned.
Even the musician who was playing the suona with all his might stopped.
"Jiang Tian, are you crazy?!" Jiang Lesheng covered his forehead and cursed miserably.
Jiang Tian sneered: "My father's body is still warm, and someone is already thinking about the money he exchanged for his life. Wouldn't you be crazy if it were you?"
As soon as these words were shouted, the yard exploded.
There were chattering and pointing sounds everywhere.
The suona sound in the yard was too loud just now, and many people didn't hear what Jiang Lesheng said.
But in their eyes, Jiang Tian is still a child!
How can a child lie?
So, Jiang Lesheng forced his niece to take out his brother's death compensation in front of his eldest brother's funeral hall?
I didn't expect that Jiang Lesheng, who looked like a decent person, actually even wanted to earn the money from his own elder brother's life.
Jiang Lesheng was stunned for a moment. He never expected things to develop in this direction.
However, he was always good at pretending, and he reacted quickly, looking at Jiang Tian with a hint of grievance and helplessness in his eyes.
"Tiantian, you misunderstood me. I was worried that you would leave such a large sum of money at home. It would be bad if it was thieved."
What? Such a huge sum of money?
Did the coal mine owner really pay Jiang Tian a large sum of money as compensation?
The villagers didn't have much money these days, so when they heard that the Jiang family had unexpectedly received a large sum of money because of Jiang Leping's death, the villagers immediately gathered around with interest.
There were also a few villagers who seemed to have bad intentions and urged Jiang Tian to take out the money.
Zhou Linhai even wanted to strangle Jiang Lesheng to death.
Isn’t it said that Jiang Lesheng is a very smart kid?
Why does what you do seem to have nothing to do with intelligence?
Your niece is only twelve years old, but she knows the principle of "don't show off your wealth". You are so old, but you don't even understand this principle?
