Chapter 469 - Capítulo 469: 469 Something's Wrong
Capítulo 469: Chapter 469 Something’s Wrong
The people of Tang Village held back Father Tang to prevent him from hitting Tang Chuxia.
Luckily, after a while of struggling, the two finally calmed down.
“I came back to pay respects to my parents!” Father Tang laid out the joss paper and things he had brought back. In the past few years, everyone had gradually resumed the practice of worshipping ancestors, and no one cared anymore about the previous prohibition against burning paper.
The elders in the village began discussing the collapse of the elder couple of Tang Family’s graves, each with their own opinions, while Father Tang’s eyes were filled with anger as he looked at Tang Chuxia.
Damn girl!
It was all her doing.
What granddaughter would dare dig up her grandparents’ graves?
Isn’t this a sin?
Luckily, Father Tang, still rational, refrained from exposing Tang Chuxia, lest the villagers started treating her poorly.
Feeling choked up, Father Tang found everything about Tang Chuxia displeasing, and just as he hadn’t figured out how to swallow his anger, he heard Tang Chuxia say, “Since the grandparents’ graves have collapsed, won’t it affect the coffins too? Should we open them to check?”
As soon as those words were spoken, silence filled the scene.
Digging up a grave is akin to killing someone’s parents.
Sure enough, just after Tang Chuxia said this, Father Tang’s face rapidly turned livid, and he immediately unbuckled his belt to whip Tang Chuxia.
“You unfilial daughter, stand still!”
Father Tang chased Tang Chuxia around the village, and after a round, he couldn’t hold on anymore and plopped down at the foot of the big tree where they had started.
A group of young and old men from Tang Village were laughing at him.
“I say, Xiuyuan, you can’t do this. How can you chase after a child to hit them? Xiaxia is married now. If you don’t care about your face, she might!”
Father of Tang Daqing rebuked Father Tang with displeasure.
Father Tang was quite frustrated.
He supported his knees, panting heavily!
Meanwhile, the Tang Chuxia he was chasing sat on the other side, happily munching on fruit given by a village aunt, showing no sign of trouble.
“You deserve it!”
An elder teased Father Tang.
“Others might not know what your daughter is like, but don’t you?”
Everyone in the village knew about Tang Chuxia’s extraordinary strength.
Only because Father Tang was blinded by anger did he chase after Tang Chuxia with the intent to hit her.
Wasn’t this causing trouble for himself for no reason?
Besides, with the elder couple of Tang Family’s grave in trouble, Tang Chuxia wasn’t wrong in suggesting to open and check the coffin. If water had seeped in, relocating the grave would be better.
Just as Father Tang was about to chase and hit Tang Chuxia again, Second Grandma walked over.
“Xiuyuan, what are you doing? Hitting a child? Now that your parents aren’t around, are you trying to act superior?”
Second Grandma glared, making Father Tang uncomfortable.
Even Third Grandpa feared Second Grandma, naturally making her a nightmare for Father Tang too.
When Second Grandma erupted, no one was spared, and critically, no one in the village dared to speak against her.
Mainly because Second Grandma’s scolding skills were too fearsome for anyone to endure.
At this moment, with Second Grandma protecting Tang Chuxia, Father Tang realized he was utterly powerless against Tang Chuxia and could only helplessly express, “Second Aunt, you just keep spoiling that damn girl. She even wants to dig up my parents’ graves!”
Second Grandma glared at Father Tang: “Xiaxia isn’t wrong. Your parents’ grave has collapsed; it’s right to open and take a look. Why are you, the son, blocking it in every possible way? Do you want your parents to suffer underground? Aren’t you afraid they’ll crawl out at midnight to seek revenge on you?”
Father Tang: …
There was simply no reasoning with this!
Tang Chuxia hid behind Second Grandma, sticking her tongue out at Father Tang.
She wasn’t afraid of Father Tang at all, and she came along today primarily to open the grave again and seek justice for the unfortunate elder couple.
Second Grandma’s words silenced Father Tang, but in his heart, he definitely didn’t want to open his parents’ graves; that’s something only unfilial descendants would do.
However, when Third Grandpa also came over and said, “There’s something wrong with Big Brother’s grave!”
With that being said, everyone chose to believe Third Grandpa.
Although Third Grandpa was considered an oddball in the village and everyone feared him, the fact that he spoke of a problem meant there truly was one. It was best not to harbor any illusions.
Eventually, Father Tang couldn’t resist these people. Third Grandpa chose a two-hour window for the men of Tang Village to go up the mountain with shovels.
After the prayers, Third Grandpa instructed them to start digging.
As the sole son of the elder couple of Tang Family, Father Tang certainly had to start the excavation.
Father Tang was digging the grave while muttering under his breath, and if one got close enough, they could hear him constantly apologizing to his parents.
The general sentiment was: “Parents, it’s your unfilial son who failed to take care of you properly in life, and now you’re not at peace even in death!”
It was enough to leave Tang Chuxia, standing nearby, speechless.
She realized that Father Tang was hopelessly cowardly.
Fortunately, she didn’t bother to argue much, pretending not to hear, and started discussing quietly with Third Grandpa.
“Did you handle it well last time?”
Tang Chuxia was genuinely worried about any aftermath from the last grave digging, so she hastily inquired.
Third Grandpa responded, “What do you think?”
If the traces hadn’t been handled well, would there be another round of grave digging?
Tang Chuxia trusted Third Grandpa entirely and believed he wouldn’t deceive a child. But she never imagined that Third Grandpa would not only deceive a child but do so thoroughly.
The grandparents’ coffins weren’t handled at all, the bones inside horribly decomposed into sludge.
Considering the time, the bones shouldn’t have decayed so extensively.
Tang Chuxia couldn’t even bear to look.
Not to mention, the other Tang Family members were utterly dumbfounded.
Especially when they saw the long nails on the coffin had been pried open.
Everyone was filled with righteous indignation.
What kind of deep-seated grudge was this?
It wasn’t just the prying open of the coffin, but also the disregard for properly arranging the bones.
Such wrongdoing!
Father Tang stared fixedly at Tang Chuxia, and this time, he couldn’t hold back and directly lifted a shovel to chase after Tang Chuxia.
Fortunately, they were on a hillside, the path uneven. Father Tang, being no match for Tang Chuxia, couldn’t catch up.
Tang Chuxia felt incredibly wronged; clearly, she had tried to make amends after being discovered by Third Grandpa, and Third Grandpa had just said everything was handled, so what was going on?
Yet, when Second Grandma shielded Tang Chuxia, Third Grandpa frowned and said, “Something’s wrong!”
Although Second Grandma and the others had major issues with Third Grandpa raising insects in the village, they recognized his genuine abilities that held a deterrent power. Upon hearing his unsettling words, everyone turned to him.
“Why don’t you speak up! What’s not right?” Second Grandma impatiently shouted.
Third Grandpa pointed at the bones in the coffin and said, “Let’s not talk about the shrouds that can’t possibly decay in a year; there’s not a single piece of clothing in the coffin. Just look at those bones; don’t you find something off about them?”
Father Tang, trembling, cast a glance: “What’s wrong with the bones?”