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Alter Ego Chapter 6

The day is getting dark, Su Qinghe walked to a coffin store in the south of the town set

By Thomas BartlettPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

The day is getting dark, Su Qinghe walked to a coffin store in the south of the town set, the shopkeeper is preparing to close the door, Su Qinghe hurriedly topped the door and got in.

After some bargaining, a money and ten coins in exchange for a cypress wood coffin, accompanied by two sackcloth mourning clothes.

The warped head coffin is shaped like a yuan treasure, there is also this kind of symbolism in it, Qin's life has been poor, hope to be reborn in the next life to a wealthy family as a young lady, do not marry to her father that unreliable man, Su Qinghe thought so.

The coffin shopkeeper was a tall, fat, middle-aged woman who heard that Su Qinghe's parents were both dead and that there was only one young brother at home, and that it was late in the day, so she drove a donkey cart, asked some servants to carry the wooden coffin, and took Su Qinghe with her and drove to Asawa Township.

Although carrying hundreds of pounds of coffin, but two wheels is to be faster than two legs, less than half an hour, Su Qinghe saw their own family's shaky, depressed and dilapidated thatched roof.

When she heard a movement outside the door, Su Ting Ye, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly ran out the door and saw Su Qing He jumping off the donkey cart with a large elm wood coffin, and the only person driving the cart was a woman with a good face.

"Wait, you watch here, I'll go." She hadn't forgotten the last time he went to borrow money and came back empty-handed, and he had been taunted by the mean second aunt.

The little bun is outwardly gentle and soft, but actually stronger than anyone else in his bones, and will never tell anyone when he is aggrieved, just like how Su Qinghe used to squeeze him behind his back as a hard worker, but in front of Qin, he never said anything wrong about her.

The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you're doing.

The large brick and mud courtyard was filled with a dozen chickens, a black pig that had just given birth to a litter was grunting, and three large yellow cows were tethered in the hayloft, one of which was brought from her house under the pretext of renting a field for plowing.

Su Qinghe knocked on the courtyard door, and in a moment, came the low curses of a woman and the sound of walking with slippers, the bolt was removed, and a short, fat middle-aged woman poked her head out.

The second aunt is not unhelpful, this year's harvest is not good, no one has any money left."

"I'm looking for my second uncle." Su Qinghe opened her eyes wide, very innocent.

The two of you will be able to take care of the two acres of land, so why don't you give the deed to your second aunt, who will take care of it and help you get a good coffin for your mother tomorrow? The first thing you need to do is to get a nice coffin and bury her in style."

Su Qinghe turned sideways and drew back her arm without a trace, repeating nervously, "I'm looking for my second uncle."

"Why can't you understand human words," Zhou was a bit anxious and was about to say more when Su Yu Cheng heard the sound of talking and came out of the house, seeing Su Qinghe standing alone, cowering outside the courtyard, seemingly afraid to come in, and asked, "What's going on?"

Su Qinghe was like seeing a savior and said, "Second uncle, I went to the town market and bought a wooden coffin, it's parked in front of the house.

Su Yu Cheng froze at the words, he had clearly instructed Zhou at noon to ask her to ask someone to help carry her to Su Qing He's house. Seeing Zhou tugging at her sleeve and shutting up, her heart penetrating, she couldn't help but glare at her viciously, turning her head and shouting at her two sons.

"How did you get the money to buy the coffin?" Zhou couldn't help but ask in a sharp voice, she wanted to use this to get the deed to the field of calculation is unsuccessful.

"I pawned Mother's jade pendant." Su Qinghe said with a frown.

Su Yu Cheng turned around and saw Su Qinghe's haggard description and dull eyes, as if she had been scared silly, her heart was even more mixed, and she said in a dumb voice: "She girl, let's go."

Seeing several people walking far away, Zhou's dissatisfied whispered, "They are so poor and still blindly talk about it, nowadays the living can't get enough food, how can they care about the dead..."

Young Adult

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Thomas Bartlett

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  • Jay Kantor3 years ago

    Whew ~ TB - So this was written from your "Alter-Ego?" Quite an imagination; wonder where these ideas originate from? As for my "Alter-Ego" story: I have no editor, other than the wall that ideas are tossed against, to see what might stick ~ then passed down to my keyboard 'Finger-Walking' to take over ~ You have an interesting creative-talent - I hope to see more from you. Jay Kantor, Chatsworth, California 'Senior' Vocal Author - Vocal Author Community -

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