Chapter 587 - 581_1
Lin Yue was awoken in the middle of the night, and as soon as she heard the news of Zhao Yunxiang’s death, she sprang up from her bed. Her first thought was that Zhao Yunxiang had, after all, failed to wait for Zhao Erhu’s return, all her efforts wasted, even taking out the Hundred-year-old Ginseng, not knowing that Zhao Erhu had already come back.
Zhao Yunxiang was already at the end of her tether, her wishes fulfilled, without a reason to hold on, naturally closing her eyes never to awaken again, thoroughly relieved.
Liu Aniu, living next door, was alerted by the noise from Lin Genfa’s side and hurried over. He found that the Dongjia master had returned and briefly reported what had happened during these days, naturally not forgetting to inform Zhao Erhu that Lin Yue was staying in Shanglin Village.
Zhao Erhu was eager to see his young wife right away, knowing she must be exhausted from dealing with family affairs alone during these days, but considering that Lin Yue was staying at her aunt’s and it would be inappropriate to disturb her in the middle of the night, he held back. He did not want to wake Lin Yue since Zhao Yunxiang had passed away so quickly, so he sent Liu Aniu to inform Lin Yue while he was busy with Zhao Yunxiang’s funeral arrangements.
Zhao Erhu didn’t necessarily need Lin Yue to come and help, but since Lin Yue was staying so close in Shanglin Village, it would look bad if she continued sleeping while his older cousin sister had passed away. People would surely talk, and Zhao Erhu didn’t want anyone to slander his young wife behind her back. So, he swallowed his heartache and summoned her to make an appearance, planning to settle everything nicely once he was back. Now that he had returned, he was there to take care of all matters.
Because Lin Yue was in Shanglin Village, and with the assumption that Zhao Yunxiang would hold on for another day or two, it was inconvenient for many people to stay and lodge in Shanglin Village, so Zhao Dahuo’s family had gone back to Zhao Family Village. However, not anticipating Zhao Yunxiang’s passing in the middle of the night, Zhao Erhu had to send a servant to go house by house in Zhao Family Village to inform people, especially the few closer families that always required notification.
Upon learning of Zhao Yunxiang’s death, Lin Yue naturally woke her children and went together to the house. With the night air cold, Lin Yue also reminded Dalang and his brothers to put on extra clothes. Once dressed appropriately, they hurried over to Lin Genfa’s place. Lin Yue thought about her relationship with Zhao Yunxiang; it was not good to arrive too late and face gossip.
The sky was still pitch-black, countless torches lighting up the area. With Zhao Yunxiang’s passing, many people were helping out, and the village seemed quite lively, occasionally interrupted by the sound of dogs barking.