The four of them hurriedly got out of the car and rushed into the captain's house.
As soon as I saw the situation at home, I knew what had happened.
Aunt Tian heard that someone was coming home, and she hurried out of the house. When she saw them, she showed a relieved expression on her face, "You are here."
She greeted them softly, as if nothing had happened.
Wu Huimin couldn't stop crying and asked, "Aunt Tian, when did this happen?!"
There was a memorial tablet in the main hall, and it was obvious that the funeral had been held a long time ago.
"Hey, don't cry!" Aunt Tian was very calm. She comforted Wu Huimin, "It's been seven days since your Uncle Tian left. Everything has been done."
"Aunt Tian, why didn't you inform us earlier?" Ruan Mianmian's tears fell like pearls from a broken string.
They came back too late and missed everything.
"Your Uncle Tian didn't let me tell you earlier, saying that you were all busy and it would delay you for a long time if you knew in advance. So I informed you after I sent him up the mountain."
"Your Uncle Tian left something for you. I'll go get it for you right now." Then he turned around and went back into the house.
Qin Zheng and Chen Zhao looked at each other and saw the pain in each other's eyes, but they both endured it.
Aunt Tian quickly took out a packet of things wrapped in newspaper. She pulled a few people to sit at the table, then opened the paper package and said, "Mianmian girl, although you have not lived in the village for many years, your uncle Tian has always said that you will always be a member of our village. You have everything that other villagers have."
"Here, this is the land and house that the village allocated to you. These are all proofs. Take them well. I also know that you certainly don't think much of these now, but these are given to you by your Uncle Tian. Take them and think of it as reassuring your Uncle Tian."
After Ruan Mianmian was admitted to university, her household registration was moved away. Logically, she had no share in the land distribution in the village.
However, the captain still did it for her secretly.
Perhaps, this was the only time in the captain's life that he showed favoritism.
"Don't cry, just keep it safe. Your Uncle Tian down there will be happy too." Aunt Tian stuffed the certificate into Ruan Mianmian's hands.
Then she looked at Chen Zhao again, "This is yours. The house you and Xiao Qin bought before, your uncle Tian fought for it for you and transferred it to your name. Take good care of it."
Then she said to Qin Zheng apologetically, "Xiao Qin, your uncle decided to give the house to Xiao Chen, don't be angry. Logically, you two should each own half. But they can only give it to one person. You married Mianmian, and you are considered a member of our Xiangyang Brigade, so your uncle Tian decided to give it to Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen has been with us for so many years, so just leave him a memory."
Qin Zheng shook his head. "Aunt Tian, I'm not angry. It's my duty."
Qin Zheng never cared about that little house.
He had no objection whether it was given to Chen Zhao or returned to the village.
Chen Zhao didn't expect that the captain would still think of him. He had been criticized a lot when he was working.
Now that I think about it, the team leader was really good to these educated youth.
Even if we talk about them, we hope that they can do more work, earn more work points, and exchange for more food rations.
"Okay, you finally came back, I'll go cook for you. After dinner, have a good night's rest, and go back tomorrow. Your work is very busy and important. Don't delay it."
Ruan Mianmian grabbed Aunt Tian and asked, "How did the captain uncle die?"
"Hey, he's old enough." Auntie Tian seemed to have let it go. "He's been busy with factory affairs all these years. He just can't sit still. He worked so hard in his early years, and he didn't make up for it later. It's just like that when he's old enough. It's nothing. It's all normal. People are always going to have this day in their lives."
"Aunt Tian, why didn't you tell me earlier! You should have called me when the captain was not feeling well. I could take him to the hospital in the city. If the city hospital can't treat him, we can go to a foreign hospital. There is always a way!" Ruan Mianmian couldn't stop crying.
Although the captain uncle has no blood relationship with her, in comparison, he is more like her elder than the people of the Ruan family.
His help and care for her could not be faked.
She had long regarded him as her own relative.
"Oh, you know your uncle's temper. He didn't tell you because he was afraid of you guys doing this." Aunt Tian waved her hand.
"He lived a good life for several years before he passed away. It was worth it." Aunt Tian's eyes became moist when she thought of her husband's last moments.
However, she accepted the reality. Before her husband passed away, he told her to live a good life and eat more delicious food and have more fun on his behalf.
She believed that she could do it.
The day she went to see him, she would tell him that she had done it.
Auntie Tian's meal was still not ready, and it was only when the neighbor next door saw the car that they realized that Ruan Mianmian and the others had returned, and they took the initiative to prepare the meal and sent it over.
However, looking at the smiling and talking captain on the wall, none of the four people were in the mood to eat.
People are just like this sometimes.
Your blood relatives may be the ones who hurt you the most, while some people who have nothing to do with you can become your closest relatives because of emotion.
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