Farmer's Cannon Fodder: Listen to me, the whole family, change the plot

Old Mrs. Su had never thought that Old Mrs. Song would lend her things so readily, but the things were already in her hands, and she was still thinking about borrowing from the next house, so she said a few flattering words, took the things home, and then continued on her way.

Although none of the families she visited later borrowed things as directly as Old Lady Song, she was still able to get something out of nothing thanks to her mournful and pitiful look.

Add to that the things borrowed by the three daughters-in-law she sent out, which might not seem like much separately, but were quite a lot when put together. If you add it up, it would be enough to hold Old Man Su's funeral quite properly.

Su Xishan went to the town and brought back Su Xikui, who said that he had followed the shopkeeper out. He also brought back a coffin that looked pretty good. Now, the funeral of old man Su was more appropriate.

After Su Xikui came back and cried, the Su family began to prepare for the funeral banquet the next day and collect donations.

In Songjia Village, there are two similar yet different procedures for funerals.

One set is about how people hold funerals, which can last for several days. Just inviting people to dinner takes three days, and they also have to choose a good day before burying the dead.

There is another set of funerals for people who don’t have much money and don’t care about details. They hold a funeral for a day on the day of death, hold a funeral banquet on the next day, and bury the body in the afternoon of the next day. Compared with the first set, this is much less particular.

The funeral that Old Mrs. Su arranged for Old Man Su was the second set.

She made the decision based on her own reasons.

Firstly, they just borrowed something from someone outside, so this excuse cannot be used as a big deal.

Secondly, Old Man Su died in a hurry, so no matter which procedure was followed, it would be urgent. It would be better to bury him as soon as possible in a decent manner.

To put it bluntly, although she has feelings for Old Man Su, she is not willing to spend extra money.

After all, in her opinion, the living are always more important than the dead, aren't they?

Sometimes, if you are not from the same family, you won’t enter the same door.

Most other people in the family have the same idea - they don't want to spend extra money on a dead person, but they also want to gain extra benefits from this dead person.

Otherwise, for example, Su Xikui and Su Xigen, they could have suggested not to do it and just let their father rest in peace as soon as possible.

It was really just to make money from the funeral so that old man Su could have a complete funeral.

After borrowing so many things and getting the coffin, the next day the Su family really held a funeral banquet that looked pretty good.

They didn't hire a chef and cooked everything themselves, so the dishes at the banquet looked good but tasted very average.

Their plan to make money from funerals did not work out very well, because although they borrowed a lot of things from others, those people were not related to them, not even close, and few people came to attend the funeral.

The only people who came were the one or two families that were close to the Su family, as well as the families of several daughters-in-law.

The things these people brought were not valuable at all. For example, Song Xiuhe's family members only brought a bunch of incense and candles, and a basket of dried vegetables when they came to attend the funeral.

The reason why they are said to make money from funerals is that they have no capital to hold the funerals.

After burying Old Man Su in the afternoon, we returned to the house. Old Mrs. Su looked unhappy as she was sorting through these things.

"I held a funeral and they only charged me three cents. What are the uses of so many dried vegetables? They are really stingy!" Old Mrs. Su picked up the lonely three cents on the table and looked at the table again. On the other side was a pile of various worthless dried vegetables as high as a mountain. Her brows were furrowed so much that they were almost as high as a mountain.

Her eyes swept across the "hill" and finally locked onto Song Xiuhe.

The reason was simple, it was just because the things sent by Song Xiuhe's family were the shabbiest.

They are all in-laws, and they all sent dried vegetables. The one sent by Song Xiuhe's parents was the least delicious, with dried vegetables made from the same old, unpalatable vegetables. The ones sent by the other two daughters-in-law's parents were also dried vegetables, but at least the portions were large and they were edible and tasty.

"Second son's wife." After staring at Song Xiuhe for a while, Old Lady Su was too lazy to say anything else. She just said the first decision she made about the family structure after her husband died: "From now on, you will be the only one doing the housework!"

After saying this, she turned around and went back to the house, as if the matter had already been settled and there was no room for negotiation.

Song Xiuhe also knew why her mother-in-law made such a decision. When she saw the things brought by her family, she knew that this would happen.

Plus, she didn't dare to refute what Old Lady Su said, so the matter was settled.

Song Xiuhe didn't feel that it would be tiring for her, after all, she still had a daughter!

After entering the house, Old Mrs. Su never came out again. It happened to be getting late, so everyone in the Su family dispersed. The atmosphere of someone whose father had just died was completely gone.

However, this is all because Old Man Su has never had a strong presence at home. He stays in the house all day drinking and enjoying himself. This is why everyone in the Su family feels that their lives will not change much without Old Man Su.

But life always plays tricks on people.

For example, when everyone in the Su family thought that the next day was just like any other day, Old Lady Su seemed to be possessed by a ghost and was determined to return the borrowed things fivefold.

No matter who is at home, trying to stop or persuade them, it will be useless.

Old Mrs. Su still had a painful look on her face, but she was extremely determined to return five times the amount of the loan, even if it meant losing money.

The Su family couldn't stop this at all, and they all felt extremely painful watching it.

However, the families in the village who had sent things to Old Lady Su were particularly surprised. When they borrowed things, they had thought that maybe she would not return them, or maybe she would just return part of it, but they never thought that Old Lady Su would return them five times as much.

This is really not like Old Lady Su’s style!

Seeing Old Lady Su returning things with a painful look on her face, the people who had borrowed things from the Su family were all suspicious when they took the things, but this did not prevent them from accepting all the things that Old Lady Su returned, which were five times the amount.

It’s not like Old Lady Su had never borrowed things from them before, but the amount she sent was small each time, and she sometimes returned it and sometimes she didn’t. Everyone didn’t make a fuss about it because they were from the same village.

Now that Old Lady Su has paid back five times the amount she recently borrowed, they won’t feel embarrassed - who can make up for the previous debt?

Including Old Lady Song. When she received the 30 kilograms of beans returned by Old Lady Su, she even asked Old Lady Su with a smile whether she had used this opportunity to return all the things she had borrowed before.

Old Mrs. Su had a painful look on her face, but she couldn't control her hands and heart from returning the things. She could only attribute her behavior to being possessed by evil spirits. She said nice things with her mouth, but her heart was bleeding.

Her act of returning the money five times the amount earned her a nickname, a nickname she herself didn't want at all - the Five-Return Old Lady.