Chapter 471

  Xiang City is not far from Qingshan Village. It is more than 300 miles away, and it takes three and a half days by horse-drawn carriage.

   The Civil and Information Bureau heard that it was a mourning letter, received 2 taels of silver, sealed an envelope with a black border on a white background, and sent a quick horse out of the city.

It was not dawn, and it was not easy for the messenger to go from house to house to ask questions, so he rested at the entrance of the village for a while. When it was dawn, someone came out to walk around, and the messenger immediately stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, uncle, there is a family surnamed Jiang here, which is Jiang Hua. Where is your home?"

  The villagers pointed the direction to the messenger and explained the location in detail, and the messenger hurried past on horseback.

   Arrived at the gate of the courtyard, and the messenger banged on the door eagerly.

  It is also not allowed to pat the door indiscriminately.

   Generally speaking, slap the door three times normally, pause for a while and then slap three more times.

   Don't slam on the door too quickly or too hard, otherwise people will scold people, "I don't understand a little bit of the rules, how did you knock on the door!"

  Because only mourners can do this.

   Only the old man of the Jiang family woke up at this time.

  People are old, sleep lightly, and wake up early.

   Hearing this eager knock on the door, the old man only felt his heart skip a beat.

   He didn't dare to think whether the knocker didn't understand the rules, or something really happened. He put on his clothes and got up, and as he walked out, he called Jiang Hua, "Young third, someone knocked on the door, look who it is."

   Walking to the west wing, Jiang Hua came out.

   He randomly approved a jacket on his body and went to open the door.

   Mr. Jiang followed behind him.

  The door opened, and the messenger handed the envelope and said, "My condolences and change." Then he turned around and left.

   Mr. Jiang and Jiang Hua were both dumbfounded.

The old man asked Jiang Hua, "What did he just say?"

  Jiang Hua looked at the envelope with black borders on a white background and under the hazy sky light, thinking about what this person said just now, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

   He quickly stopped the messenger, "Hey, don't go, who are you and who wrote this letter?"

  The messenger stopped, "I am sending the letter from the Xiangcheng Civil Information Bureau. I don't know who wrote the letter, I just deliver the letter."

  Jiang Hua was anxious, "But no one in our family can read, can you give Nian Nian?"

  The messenger shook his head, "I'm sorry bro, I can't read."

   He pointed to the envelope and said, "Brother, this is a funeral letter. You'd better find someone to help you read it."

   Mr. Jiang's legs softened as soon as he heard it, who, who is this missing?

   It won't be the second child, it only takes five or six days for him to leave for Xiangcheng!

  The messenger is gone.

   Jiang Hua held the letter with his hands shaking.

   There are not many people who can read in this village.

   The closest one is Zhao Lizheng next door.

   There was no other way at this time, Jiang Hua walked to the next door and knocked on the door.

   Mr. Jiang was not very good, and followed Jiang Hua in a daze.

   After a while, Zhao Lizheng opened the door.

   The hurried knock on the door of the Jiang family had woken him up long ago. He was lying on the bed thinking, the knock on the door was so hurried, something must have happened.

   After a while, he heard the sound of his own door, and he put on his clothes and came out to open the door.

   When he opened the door, he saw Jiang Hua holding a letter in his hand, and said with a face full of fear: "Uncle Li Zheng, there is a letter here, we can't read, please take a look."

  Zhao Lizheng groaned when he saw the black border on the letter.

   He took the letter, "Let's go, it's hard to see outside, I'll go to your house to light the lamp."

  This letter looks like that kind of letter at first glance, he doesn't dare to take this unlucky thing home.

   (end of this chapter)