The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 125 Buried hastily
"Tell me quickly," Shang Wan urged him, but her hands kept touching the wrong places.

Lu Chengjing's breathing became erratic. He quickly grabbed the hand that was wandering inside his clothes, his voice soft and helpless, containing a hint of compromise, "Wife, could you wait until I finish speaking?"

"Okay." Shang Wan blinked. "Let go, I won't move."

Lu Chengjing... wouldn't let go.

He spoke faster than usual, "Whether it was a deliberate design depends on whether the Gui family was involved in that matter."

"So what do we do next?"

"Wait."

Shang Wan asked in confusion, "Wait for what?"

Lu Chengjing said, "The first priority is the Gao family's reaction, the second is the Lin family's action, and the third is the arrival of people from the Lu family."

Shang Wan nodded and deftly rolled over, pressing herself against Lu Chengjing.

"Now that we've finished discussing the important matters, shall we continue?"

Lu Chengjing: !!!

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The following afternoon, Lin Jianshan and Chen Guifang were escorted back by the officials.

Lin Jianshan was found guilty of adultery. After considering all the facts, the county magistrate punished him with thirty strokes of the cane.

Chen Guifang knew about the two's adultery but did not stop them. Instead, she tried to blackmail them and punished them with ten strokes of the cane.

The officials came mainly to return Gui's body.

Village Chief Lin led the way to the Gao family's house. Old Mrs. Gao stood at the door with her cane, refusing to let Gui's body into the house.

"She's no longer a member of the Gao family. She's dead, so go far away! Don't come in and bring bad luck to the Gao family!"

The officials ignored Old Lady Gao's opinion, put down Gui's body and left, giving Old Lady Gao no chance to refuse.

Old Lady Gao was so angry that she almost broke her cane, but she didn't dare to confront the officials. After they left, she could only stand in the courtyard, pointing at the sky and cursing, and refused to allow the villagers to bring Gui Shi in.

Everyone helped persuade them, saying that the deceased should be respected and that they should be buried as soon as possible.

Old Lady Gao ignored her and slammed the door shut, determined not to let Gui's body into the house.

The villagers looked at each other, wondering if they could just throw the body over the courtyard wall.

Many people called out to Gao Qi, asking him to come out and take his mother inside.

But apart from Old Lady Gao's curses, Gao Qi didn't respond at all.

Gui was from Liushu Village. Since her husband's family didn't care, she could only turn to her own family.

Village Chief Lin sent someone to Liushu Village to notify the Gui family to come and collect the body.

But after waiting and waiting, it got dark, and the Gui family finally arrived late, but they showed no intention of taking Gui's body back.

They pounded on the Gao family's door, demanding an explanation from the Gao family.

A perfectly good girl married into the Gao family, gave birth to a son, and now that she's dead, they don't even have a coffin.

Grandma Gao didn't open the door, but she started arguing with the Gui family through the door.

The Gui family members grew increasingly angry as the argument escalated, switching from banging on the door to kicking it, the banging so loudly it could be heard from a great distance.

The villagers were worried that something might happen, so they didn't leave.

Perhaps they were tired of arguing, because the noise inside gradually subsided, and the Gui family members were also hoarse from arguing.

Someone asked Village Chief Lin to help mediate.

The thought that his own son was the adulterer made Village Chief Lin's face burn with shame, and he really had no right to try to persuade him.

But he's the village chief, so only he can step in at times like this.

Village Chief Lin forced himself to speak, only to be met with a barrage of sarcastic remarks from the Gui family, leaving him utterly humiliated.

But the body still needs to be buried somewhere.

The Gui family had only one request: Gui was a married woman and could not be buried back in her parents' home; she had to be buried in the Gao family's home. But Old Madam Gao resolutely refused to allow Gui, a shameless woman who had cuckolded her son, to be buried in her own home.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate, neither willing to back down.

Everyone thought the stalemate would continue all night when the Gao family's door suddenly opened.

Gao Qi, with his hair disheveled, stood behind the door and allowed Gui's body to enter.

Grandma Gao stood to the side with a long face, but didn't say anything to stop it.

The Gui family was furious, but since Gui was indeed at fault and the Gao family had already backed down, they didn't press the matter further and carried Gui's body inside.

The door slammed shut, shutting out the villagers who had gathered to watch.

Exhausted, Village Chief Lin waved his hand at the crowd, "Don't gather here, everyone disperse. If it's the burial tomorrow, everyone come and lend a hand."

The villagers agreed and went home.

Shi Tou ran home quickly and, during dinner, vividly recounted what had happened at the Gao family's house.

Finally, he sighed, "That old lady Gao looks sickly, but she has a strong voice when she curses people."

Xiao Huan added a bowl of soup to Shang Wan's bowl and sighed softly, "The Gui family did not raise Gao Qi for nothing."

Lu Chengjing and Shang Wan exchanged a glance but declined to comment.

The next day, the Gao family did not hold a funeral. Instead, they asked someone to buy a coffin in the city, put Gui Shi in it, and carried her to the north side of the cemetery. They dug a pit and buried her in the place furthest from Gao Qi's father's grave.

Many villagers sighed inwardly, realizing how much Gui had cherished her son when he was alive. They never imagined that he would die without even a funeral, and be buried so hastily.

Life in the village returned to normal.

Because of his adultery, Lin Jianshan's reputation in the village plummeted. The men in the village treated him like a thief, and the wives and aunts avoided him, even telling their daughters not to talk to him.

It's easy to imagine how depressed Lin Jianshan must have been.

What frustrated him even more was that Zhou Shi stopped paying attention to him.

Not only did she ignore him, she also abandoned all the housework, which caused Liu to constantly point her finger at Zhou and curse her, but Zhou didn't even react.

You can curse all you want, but she just stays under the covers and goes to sleep.

Liu was furious and, while cursing, picked up a broom and chased after Zhou, hitting her.

Zhou didn't dare to fight back against her mother-in-law, but went back to her room to pack a few clothes, intending to take her son back to her parents' home.

Naturally, Liu refused to let Zhou take her grandson away. The two struggled in the courtyard. Chen Guifang and Liu Yuzhi stepped forward to persuade them, but each of them was slapped by Zhou.

The two were completely stunned by the beating. Chen Guifang, of course, refused to give in and pounced on Zhou Shi, scratching her.

Unfortunately, the injury on her buttocks had not fully healed. Not only did she fail to harm Zhou Shi, but she was also punished by Zhou Shi, leaving two red marks on her face, which was a double injury.

Liu Yuzhi shrank back weakly, not daring to step forward.

Zhou snorted coldly, not even glancing at the three people in the courtyard, and carried her crying son back into the house.

After muttering a few curses, Liu left with Liu Yuzhi, without offering a single word of concern to her injured daughter-in-law, Chen Guifang.

"Mom, let me help you." Only after her grandmother left did Er Ya dare to run over and help Chen Guifang.

Chen Guifang felt comforted, but looking at Er Ya's little face, she thought to herself, "If Er Ya were a boy, that would be so much better."

She sighed softly and, supported by Er Ya, slowly walked back into the house.

Seeing the unconscious man on the kang (a heated brick bed), she was so angry that she reached out and pinched his thigh twice.

How could she be so blind as to marry such a fool? She foolishly shields others, yet they don't even express a word of gratitude to him, and he even has the mind to commit adultery with the village widow.

As she grew angry, Chen Guifang's eyes reddened, and she buried her face in Lin Jianshui's chest and began to sob.

"How much longer do you plan to lie on the kang? If you keep lying there, my daughter and I are going to be bullied to death by our family!"

"Lin Jianshui, you spineless man!"

"Get up! Get up!"

(End of this chapter)