In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
According to the old customs of the village, the funeral and burial of the deceased would be arranged after three days of keeping the body.
However, with the advent of the new era, the early traditional burial form is no longer allowed.
So early in the morning before dawn that day, the car from the county funeral home, which had already made an appointment in advance, arrived early outside the yard of Mr. Li Dashan's house.
After everyone worked together to lift the old man's paper coffin onto the car, Xu Jianguo first said something to Wen Sitian, then called Zhao Changshan and asked him to drive himself, Li Mancang and Li Erniu to the county along the funeral home's car.
By the time the old man's body was cremated and Xu Jianguo and others brought his ashes back to the village, it was just a little after ten in the morning.
Because there is a rule in the village that if a funeral is to be held, the burial must be completed before noon.
So when the three of them returned to the village with the old man's ashes, the people who stayed behind had already prepared everything needed for the funeral.
As the village broadcast sounded, the person in charge of the funeral began to instruct everyone and get busy.
Xu Jianguo, Wen Sitian and other younger generations also consciously put on linen clothes and mourning belts again, and then the whole village walked slowly towards the village cemetery in a mighty procession.
Along with the sound of suona, bursts of crying could be heard from time to time in the funeral procession. The young people in front who were waving banners and scattering paper money were also working diligently, and everyone had a sad and solemn expression on their face.
Because the tomb had been arranged in advance, after everyone arrived at the cemetery, there was no delay and the burial was completed smoothly.
After the ceremony of filling the soil and erecting the monument was completed, the person in charge began to arrange for everyone to burn incense and kowtow. After all the procedures were completed, he asked everyone to turn around and leave.
And when everyone turned around, he specifically reminded everyone not to look back and to keep moving forward.
At this point, Mr. Li Dashan's funeral arrangements have been completely completed.
At noon, Li Xin, the eldest son of the current village chief Li Mancang, invited each household in the village to send two people to the village auditorium for lunch through the radio. Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian were naturally among them.
Because it was a funeral, there was less laughter and chatter at the dinner table, and the bad habit of rushing to pack up the food no longer existed.
Everyone was eating and talking in low voices. After they finished eating, they left and went home.
After lunch, Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian said goodbye to Li Mancang and Li Erniu.
Because the two knew that they were busy with work, they did not try to persuade them to stay.
Before leaving, Li Mancang and Zhang Meijuan specifically asked about their granddaughter. When talking about that lovely baby, Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian finally showed a long-lost smile on their faces.
I briefly told them about the child's recent situation. After listening to me, the couple smiled and kept saying that they would go to Jingzhou to see the child after a while.
Xu Jianguo was of course very welcoming of this and promised them that he would definitely pick them up when the time came.
After a few more pleasantries, Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian got into the jeep, left Sandaliang Village, and sped towards the government office.
Because before leaving, Xu Jianguo specifically asked Liu Yang to use Li Mancang's home phone to contact the garrison here, so when they arrived at the airport, the two officers who had come to send the car were already waiting here.
After Xu Jianguo thanked the two men, he took a few people into the airport.
After waiting for a while, I boarded the plane to Jingzhou.
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Time flies, and with the end of the Gregorian New Year holiday, it has officially arrived in 1999.
When Xu Jianguo looked at the new calendar on his desk, something suddenly came to his mind.
This incident naturally came from his memory of his previous life, and it was an unforgettable one.
In his memory, many major events happened in Longxia Kingdom in 1999, some good and some bad.
The thing that Xu Jianguo just thought of had aroused the anger of the entire Longxia nation in his previous life.
On March 24, 1999, NATO, led by the United States, launched a war to control the Southeastern Europe region and support the independence of Kosovo. It launched large-scale air strikes against the Southern Allied Powers, causing heavy civilian casualties and paralyzing infrastructure. Even the embassy of Longxia in the Southern Allied Powers was attacked by five bombs dropped by the United States bombers, which directly resulted in the death of three of our people, dozens of injuries, and serious damage to the embassy building.
After this incident happened in the previous life, the people of Longxia were outraged, and large-scale anti-magnesium demonstrations broke out in many places across the country. The university student group even directly surrounded the embassies of Magnesium and other NATO countries in Jingzhou and Huzhou, scaring these foreigners so much that they dared not even show their faces.
At the same time, our government strongly protested the brutal and barbaric behavior of NATO troops and issued a statement to major NATO countries such as Magnesium, demanding that they must severely punish the murderer and apologize.
Although Longxia has already developed the military strength to defeat NATO so far in this life, Xu Jianguo still has some worries in his heart.
Because he is too clear about the ugly faces of those Western countries.
In his opinion, whether it is the United States or the United States, as well as those small European countries in NATO, they are no different from toads. They are the kind of existence that does not bite but annoys people.
Although he didn't know whether Magnesium would launch a military attack on the Southern Allies in this lifetime, it was better to believe it than not, so it was better to make plans early.
Although the Chinese seem to be more honest in recent years, this does not represent everyone. If the Sino-Japanese War breaks out again, it is difficult to guarantee that the pilots carrying out bombing missions will not drop bombs again.
Anyway, afterward all we need to do is say it was an accidental bombing and apologize. As for whether the United States will really severely punish the murderer, no one knows.
In addition to this unforgettable event, two other good things happened in Longxia Kingdom in 1999.
First, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the New Longxia Kingdom. At this time, in the military camp of the Jingzhou Military Region, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers are preparing for the upcoming National Day parade.
The second is that Longxia Kingdom will welcome the return of Australia Island at the end of this year.
Xu Jianguo could not participate in the last two good things, but he had to inform the old men in the central government in advance about the other thing.
However, he was not planning to report this now. Everything had to wait until the war actually started.
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