Thus, Shi Eranyi began to talk about a past event.
Many years ago, of course, Jufu Village was already in this place.
But at that time, the village was not so deserted, and there were even some other villages around. The neighbors supported each other and had close contacts.
In the village, there are three young people in their prime.
Two men and one woman.
There is a man named Shi San, who is in charge of the business of this village for generations, carving steles. He has a straightforward personality and is willing to help others. Everyone in the village likes him.
Another man named Shi Ye.
Although he was also born in Jufu Village, he didn't like the business of engraving steles since he was a child. He liked to read books every day. Everyone laughed at him as a nerd.
The girl, named Shi Lian, is a pretty girl with a gentle temperament.
The three of them grew up together, childhood sweethearts, with deep affection, but when they got older and started to understand people, that childhood affection changed.
Shi San and Shi Ye both fell in love with Shi Lian.
But Shi Lian was a little confused when facing the two of them.
Originally, the three of them had grown up together, facing each other day and night, and suddenly she had to choose the one she liked "more", which she really couldn't do.
She just didn't understand why the three of them had such a happy time playing together, but when they grew up, they became awkward. There was even a slight hostility between the two teenagers from time to time.
Of course, this embarrassment did not last long.
Because Shi also had to take the exam, he had studied hard for many years, hoping that he would be named on the gold list, and then he would be more qualified to marry Shi Lian.
So, he left.
However, Shi San, who stayed in the village, was able to get along with Shi Lian day and night, and the two years of young people's feelings developed rapidly. Not long after, Shi San's mother was seriously ill, and Shi San and Shi Lian went to bed together to fulfill their filial piety.
Shi Lian's mother felt that her daughter had sustenance in her life.
Therefore, under the arrangement of the elders, a wedding was organized for the two of them. Shi Lian officially married Shi San, and the two became husband and wife.
In a blink of an eye, several years have passed.
After the two got married, life was naturally very ordinary, and there was no lack of tenderness in the ordinary. Sometimes Shi Lian would think of brother Shi Ye who was by her side when she was a child, but it was just a memory.
She and Shi San raised eyebrows and were very affectionate.
A few years later, an official came to Jufu Village.
It was none other than Shi Ye, whom I hadn't seen in several years. He really was in high school, and, after working hard in the officialdom for two years, he became a moderate official.
This time, it is homecoming.
As soon as he came back, he saw that Shi Lian had married Shi San, but he didn't say anything. After all, it had been so many years, so he still maintained a good relationship with his childhood friend, and he often went to Shi San's house. Eat at home and talk to the couple about their childhood.
Although Shi San was hardworking and willing to work, after all, he was only doing hard work like engraving steles. Moreover, he couldn't make much money after working so hard. In addition to the heavy taxes of the court, he often couldn't make ends meet.
At this time, Shi, who was already an official, extended a helping hand.
He often asked Shi San to go to the yamen or his home to help him with some money and things. Shi San refused to accept it at first, so he sincerely said to him: "Shi San, we grew up together anyway. Brother, now my brother is in trouble, and my brother's family has plenty, so why don't you help me?"
"..."
"Then, am I no longer a person inferior to a beast?"
He spoke so earnestly that Shi San also felt that it would be a little foolish for him to refuse, so after thanking him, he took the things back.
In this way, the poor situation in his family has been greatly improved.
Even everyone around knew that Shi San's family had a friend who was a high-ranking official, and his family had become rich now.
On this day, Shi San took over a job with a friend from the same village. The two made an appointment to buy stones together. The friend waited for him at the agreed place for a long time, but he didn't come.
The friend remembered that Shi San often visited Shi Ye in the yamen, so he went to ask him, and Shi Ye was very strange, because he had never seen Shi San that day.
The two were worried, so they went to Jufu Village.
When they arrived at the door of Shi San's house, Shi also went up to knock on the door: "Sister Lian, is Shi San at home?"
Shi Lian came out at the door, and panicked when they heard that they hadn't seen her husband.
So, make an appointment with everyone to go out and look for it. Everyone searched around the village for a long time, but they couldn't find Shi San's whereabouts.
He never appeared again.
After a long time, everyone suspected that Shi San might have encountered an accident.
Shi Lian was heartbroken, but what made her even more happy and sad was that at this moment, she suddenly found out that she was pregnant.
If Shi San really suffered an accident and was no longer alive, the child in his womb would be his posthumous son.
Therefore, although Shi Lian was in great pain, she persisted.
However, what puzzled everyone was that not long after, she agreed to marry Shi Ye.
Although it was not a big deal for a woman to remarry at the time, Shi Ye was not really confirmed to have died; moreover, even if she really died, her bones were not cold at that time, and Shi Lian was even pregnant with his child. , married Shi Ye.
This kind of thing is really unacceptable.
Therefore, the people in the village despise her very much, women who come and go from her door will spit at her door, and cast aside this woman who does not obey women's morals.
Even her own mother couldn't accept it, and even fell ill in a fit of anger, and finally passed away.
Shi Lian has no relatives.
Ever since she agreed to marry Shi Ye, she had been sitting at home all day long. The two were newly married, and she didn't show many smiles on her face. After getting married, Shi Ye originally wanted her to move to the city and live in his own house. , but Shi Lian refused.
She still insists on living in this village where everyone despises her.
For her sake, Shi also moved here, but expanded the house and built it into a huge manor known far and wide.
It's a pity that the hostess of the manor has never smiled.
A few months later, Shi Lian gave birth to a child.
However, it was a dead baby.
Ordinary women, after encountering such successive blows, might have been unable to hold on for a long time, but Shi Lian didn't even shed a tear, she calmly guarded the child's small body for a whole night.
Then, he personally went to the backyard and buried the child.
Hearing this, Nan Yan was covered in cold sweat.
Although the sun was still overhead, she had an illusion that there was no sun.
She said softly, "What happened next?"
Shi Eryi raised his head, glanced at her, and said softly: "If you go back to your mother, something happened to Shifu that night."