Quick travel: The poor little thing in the period novel strikes back

Shi Yan put the two children down on the ground, and they ran straight towards Gu Zhen who was sitting on the steps outside the hospital.

Gu Zhen seemed to be in a daze just now and his reaction was a little slow. It was not until Gu Song and Gu Tao ran up to him that he turned his gaze towards Shi Yan.

His eyes were red, as if he had just cried. Although they hadn't seen each other for only an hour, Shi Yan felt that he looked much more decadent, with sadness and deep confusion in his eyes.

When Shi Yan saw Gu Zhen like this, her heart skipped a beat. There was only one possibility that could cause such a big change in Gu Zhen, and it was also the possibility that Shi Yan least wanted to see.

At this time, Gu Song and Gu Tao had already thrown themselves into Gu Zhen's arms. Gu Zhen never took his eyes off Shi Yan, but subconsciously hugged his sister-in-law with his hands.

"Wife, I have no mother."

When Shi Yan walked in front of Gu Zhen, he finally spoke the first words.

Something crystal clear kept falling from his eyes. Gu Zhen was just crying silently, while the two little ones took a while to react before starting to cry loudly.

On this day, Shi Yan and a few others sat on the steps of the hospital all night. When the first light appeared in the sky, they finally adjusted their mood and walked into the hospital morgue.

Finally, Gu's mother was towed home on the village's flatbed truck for transporting wheat. As soon as they got home, Yan washed Gu's mother from head to toe, and then changed her into a long skirt that Gu's mother had kept at the bottom of her box.

As for Gu Zhen, because the incident happened suddenly and the village has always practiced burials, the Gu family did not find a carpenter to order a coffin in advance, so they could only buy a ready-made thin coffin.

Gu's mother's coffin was kept in the main hall of the house for three days, while Gu Zhen went to each family to report the death.

Because every villager who came to the door brought something to express their thoughts.

So Shi Yan asked the two younger ones to be responsible for registering the visitors and what they brought, so that they could return the gifts to these families after Gu's mother's funeral.

Tomorrow is the day of Gu’s mother’s funeral.

In the middle of the night, only Shi Yan and Gu Zhen remained in the mourning hall. The two younger ones had been coaxed to sleep by Shi Yan. After all, the two younger ones had been very busy in the past two days.

Because the village is now busy with the harvest, even though the Gu family has encountered a funeral, they still have to go to the fields to work during the day and keep vigil at night.

Not to mention the two little ones, even the grown man Gu Zhen had black eyes from staying up all night.

"Brother Zhen, do you want to lean on me and take a nap? I took a nap during the day and I'm not that sleepy now."

Shi Yan flipped through the booklet in her hand and counted the number of people who came to pay their respects. She saw from the corner of her eye that Gu Zhen's chin was already covered with stubble, and spoke with some heartache.

"No, I'm not tired."

Gu Zhen's voice was very hoarse. After a simple reply, he paused for a long time before speaking again.

"When did Xiang come? Did you see that she was in good condition?"

Gu Zhen was busy for three days. Not only did he have to work in the fields, but he also had to decorate the mourning hall, contact the suona band, ask people to help carry the coffin, and customize a tombstone. Only now did he finally have some free time.

I only have time to care about my married sister now. I wonder how she will react after knowing that I passed away.

Is she resenting me, her elder brother, for not taking good care of her? Otherwise, why hasn't she appeared in front of me in the past few days?

Gu Zhen's question really stumped Shi Yan. She quickly recalled the people she had met in the past few days and suddenly realized that Gu Xiang had never been there, and even no one from the entire Gu family had come.

The village is not big, so it is impossible for the Shi family not to know that Gu's mother had passed away, not to mention that Gu Zhen went to each family to inform them.

If the family members knew about it, then they deliberately didn't come.

But Gu Xiang is the eldest daughter of the Gu family. Even if she is married, it would be unreasonable for her not to come and burn incense when her mother passes away.

Maybe Shi Yan was silent for too long, so Gu Zhen had to ask again.

"What's wrong? Did Xiang say something about you?"

"No, Brother Zhen, I don't know if I missed it, Ah Xiang has never been here, and neither have my parents and eldest brother."

Shi Yan believed that she would not remember it wrong, but she did not dare to be too sure, for fear of making Gu Zhen feel uncomfortable.

"how come?"

Gu Zhen snatched the registration booklet directly from Shi Yan's hand and read it from beginning to end.

It was exactly as Shi Yan said, none of her sister, brother-in-law, or in-laws came.

Gu Zhen could understand that his brother-in-law and his family were unwilling to come. Some people were more reluctant to come, so he would not force them.

But Gu Xiang is his biological sister, how could he not come?

Gu Zhen stood up quickly and planned to rush to Shi's house to find out everything. His mother would be buried tomorrow. Wasn't he going to see her even for the last time?

"Wife, just stay at home. I'm going to the Shi family. I want to find out why my sister was not allowed to come back to see mother off."

In Gu Zhen’s heart, he didn’t believe that his sister would be unwilling to come back. He suspected that her family didn’t allow her to do so.

In order to prevent his wife from going with him to meet his family and causing gossip, Gu Zhen planned to go alone.

"Brother Zhen, I'd better go with you."

Shi Yan was worried that Gu Zhen had not gotten enough rest these days, and might do something impulsive when he went to Shi's house later.

"No, if you go, it will be difficult for me to bring Ah Xiang out. You just stay at home and I will be back soon."

This time, Gu Zhen didn't wait for Shi Yan to answer. He strode outside and soon disappeared into the night.