Chapter 692 - 691: Settling Accounts
Song Chongjin used the remaining hot water to take a bath, and she washed her hair as well. It had mostly dried by the time she finished.
Seeing Wang Yongzhu come in with water still dripping from her hair, she hastily took a towel and, while helping her dry it, said with sympathy, "You’re too honest for your own good! Look how tired you are now!"
Wang Yongzhu sat comfortably, enjoying Song Chongjin’s service, and waved her hand dismissively, "If I’ve already taken ninety-nine steps, why not complete the journey with the final one? Otherwise, wouldn’t all the previous effort be wasted? What’s a little fatigue? I think Big Brother and the others will need to rest up for a good four or five days before they can get out of bed."
After burying Wang Laozhu, the strapping man that he was, because of observing mourning, couldn’t eat meat or rich foods and had been working around the clock. During the day, he had to arrange matters, and at night, he had to keep vigil, subsisting only on rice soup and thin gruel. In just a few days, he had become so thin it was unbearable, his clothes hanging loose on his body, making him seem unsteady as he walked.
If not for the help and support of his brothers, it is feared that after sending off Wang Laozhu, Wang Yongfu himself might have followed soon after.
Lady Lin was both distressed for her husband and thought him foolish, yet the expression of rage in Wang Yongfu’s eyes that day, as if he wished to murder someone, had scared her.
She hadn’t dared to stir up any trouble during the funeral.
Finally, when Wang Laozhu was laid to rest, Lady Lin hurriedly got Wang Yongfu and their children back to the room to lie down.
As soon as everyone’s heads touched the kang, they were out cold.
That night, the Wang Family’s main gates were tightly closed, not a wisp of smoke came out of the kitchen; they were all in deep slumber.
The funeral over, everyone had dispersed to their own homes, but Wang Yongzhen didn’t want to leave. However, she didn’t dare to stay and dawdled back to the Wang Family’s old house.