"Take Lele and Yangyang back ho first, and take good care of them."
Lele looked at the adults talking, a hint of confusion in his eyes.
When Yangyang saw Grandma crying, he stopped laughing and clapping his hands too.
Even when he was held in Ms. Li’s arms, he tried to reach for Lele’s hand, feeling uneasy, "Brother..." The word brother ca out more and more clearly now.
Hearing him call for brother, a smile appeared on Lele’s face.
The two mothers, standing close, glanced at each other, both sighing at how sharp these two children were.
By the ti they got ho, Yang Chuxia quickly changed into her pale white clothes, kissed her two sons, and then left with Ms. Wang for Land Officer Yang’s house.
Upon arriving, they found that the white silk for mourning had not yet been hung up. The whole courtyard was deathly quiet, without even the sound of crying.
If the ssenger hadn’t been Ms. Wang, Yang Chuxia would have thought that the news had been wrong.
When they reached the inner courtyard, they happened to run into Yang Dayong and Yang Dachuan coming over, "Uncle Dayong, what happened?"
Yang Dayong, seeing them approach, broke down in tears again.
"It’s all Ms. Liu’s fault. She infuriated your paternal grandmother to death."
"What?" Yang Chuxia was dumbfounded. What had Ms. Liu Junior done now to cause her grandmother to lose her life?
Ms. Wang had also just learned that the death of Land Officer Yang’s wife was related to Ms. Liu Junior, "What exactly happened? What did she do?"
It was at this mont that Ms. Liu Junior suddenly rushed out, "I didn’t want this, I didn’t an for this to happen!"
Yang Dayong had no desire to see her at this point and directly said to the two young n working nearby, "Drag her away and lock her up! We’ll deal with her after my mother’s funeral."
"Let’s deal with this matter later. Let’s get my mother’s affairs in order first," Yang Dayong said, wiping away his tears before turning to Ms. Wang and Yang Chuxia, "I’ll need your help to change my mother’s clothes."
"Don’t worry about that, leave it to us," Ms. Wang replied, "And if there’s anything else that needs doing, send soone to call over the Big House’s eldest sister-in-law and the fourth younger brother and sister-in-law."
"I’ve already sent soone to call them."
Afterward, Yang Dachuan and Yang Dayong went out. Land Officer Yang’s wife had passed away so suddenly that many things hadn’t been prepared.
Especially the major items, since Land Officer Yang’s wife and Land Officer Yang himself were in good health, they never allowed for those things to be prepared in advance, unlike Old Yang had done.
Yang Dachuan helped by tearing so mourning cloth and getting so hemp ropes and other items, while Yang Dayong went to buy the materials needed for longevity. Even though he was capable of making them, there wasn’t enough ti now, so he had to buy them instead.
Yang Da’an and Yang Xiaochuan also heard the news and went to buy offerings and foodstuffs to help out.
When Yang Chuxia and Ms. Wang entered the house, Land Officer Yang’s wife was still lying rigidly on the bed, not even having had her clothes changed.
If it wasn’t for the coldness of her body, one would have thought she was just sleeping.
At the head of Land Officer Yang’s wife’s bed, there was a set of new clothes and a pair of shoes and socks, likely brought over by Yang Dayong.
"Go boil so hot water," Yang Chuxia instructed a young maid nearby while bringing out their large wooden tub.
Seeing Land Officer Yang’s wife lying lifeless on the bed, Ms. Wang couldn’t stop her tears.
"Mom, don’t cry now. Wait until the water is boiled, and let’s wash and clean your mother-in-law first, and dress her in new clothes. We can’t just let her go like this. We’ll talk about what happened to Grandma once we’ve sent her off," said Yang Chuxia.
"Sigh, I understand," Ms. Wang quickly wiped away her tears after listening to her daughter.
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