After being murdered by my whole family, I was reborn

Chapter 1923 A Funeral Turns into a Joyous Event

Fu Qin looked at her strangely, "Are you sick or something wrong?" Otherwise, why would she be so serious with a toddler?

Zhang Ran: "...I'm perfectly fine. Hurry up and go, return the child to me."

Watching Zhang Ran's retreating figure, Fu Qin quickly grabbed Jiu Ni and chased after her, saying, "Slow down!"

When we got back to the vicinity of Shi Lao Er's house, the sounds that came out were no longer crying, but rather the joyful sounds of firecrackers, laughter, and congratulations.

Fu Qin looked inside with suspicion, covered Jiu Ni's ear with one hand, and carried her into the courtyard.

The villagers were all beaming with joy, chatting in small groups.

"That Erni is so lucky!"

"Yes, yes!"

"I heard he's a young man getting married for the first time!"

"It's truly a blessing to be able to marry someone who's been married before in your second marriage."

"More than that, this young man is from the town. His parents burned a campervan for him and several paper figures as servants. Erni will be a young mistress after marrying into the family and will be living a life of luxury."

"How could such a promising young man die?"

"I heard they went out to work..."

Fu Qin was stunned after hearing their discussion. Her pupils dilated as she looked at Zhang Ran and asked, "What are they talking about? I don't understand. Isn't Erni dead? Aren't they holding a funeral? How can she marry another dead person?"

Looking at Fu Qin, whose worldview had been shattered, Zhang Ran explained expressionlessly, "This is called a ghost marriage." Even twenty or thirty years later, some places still retain feudal customs; women cannot enter ancestral halls, but they can enter to clean.

If a woman dies after a divorce or while still unmarried, she cannot be buried in the ancestral grave. Her parents will then sell her body to arrange a ghost marriage.

While alive, they are sold to strangers for a large dowry; after death, their corpses are sold for another large sum of money. What's even more ridiculous is that the dead are worth more than the living.

Fu Qin felt extremely distressed. She leaned close to Zhang Ran and whispered, "Xiao Yue, I miss home. I want to go back." Although there were families in their hometown that favored sons over daughters, they had never heard of such a horrific story as selling a daughter's corpse for a ghost marriage.

When she was very young, her maternal uncle's daughter died of leukemia. She was very beautiful and had countless suitors during her lifetime. After her death, she was buried in her own family's cemetery.

Her parents would burn some paper money for this cousin every year when they visited the graves of their elders, and they had never heard of such a thing as a ghost marriage.

Erni had already been married once. She became paralyzed after giving birth and was abandoned by her husband, who sent her back to her parents' home. She committed suicide by taking rat poison. Her death was already so tragic, but after her death, her body was sold to a strange man again. It's horrifying and extremely disturbing.

Zhang Ran looked at her helplessly, "Going back now, you don't want your graduation certificate anymore?"

Fu Qin pouted; she didn't want to stay in this place for even a second longer.

Upon entering the courtyard, they bumped into Mr. and Mrs. Shi.

"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Fu." Shi Lao Er's wife strode in with a happy face. When she saw Jiu Ni in Fu Qin's arms, she immediately scolded in a low voice: "You're so big and you still let guests hold you. Get down quickly!" This little Jiu is so stupid. She's so big and she can't even call me "Mom".

Fu Qin put down Jiu Ni from her arms.

Qi Ni, carrying her younger brother on her back, immediately came over and reached out to pull Jiu Ni away.

"Wait a minute." Fu Qin handed over the ointment prescribed by the village doctor. "These ointments are for scar removal. You just apply them wherever there are scars on your body, but you have to wash them off first. This one is for red bumps on your body. Don't mix them up."

"This girl is very resilient, she doesn't need to see a doctor at all," Shi Lao Er's wife remarked.