Chapter 265 Funeral
"Your father is gone." Li Xiuying looked at her four sons blankly.
Wang Xiuren and his three brothers knelt beside the bed, and Lin Qiu pulled Wang Shan and the others to kneel behind the four of them.
When the old lady in the clan saw Li Xiuying's appearance, she couldn't help but pat her on the shoulder and said, "He is lucky. He didn't suffer much."
If you are like some people who fall down and are paralyzed in bed for several years, not only will you suffer, but you will also bring trouble to your children and grandchildren.
"Yes, except for a little hardship when he was young, he never suffered in his life." Li Xiuying wiped the tears from her eyes, "But life is so good now, how come he is gone all of a sudden?"
Yeah, who would have thought?
Everyone thought that with Wang Zongsheng's physique, it would be no problem for him to live to 90, if not 100.
But everything in the world has its own destiny. The long journey will eventually lead to the destination. The destination is the same, it’s just a matter of time.
The next thing is to hold the funeral.
Everything is done according to the customs of my hometown.
The funeral procession, the announcement of the death, the burial, the rituals, the selection of an auspicious day for the funeral, the mourning, the hiring of a band...all these matters required the four brothers Wang Xiuren to discuss together.
Fortunately, there are elders in the clan to help arrange it, and everything has rules to follow, it’s just a matter of the size of the event.
Wang Xiu De advocated making the funeral as grand as possible. After all, the old man was very concerned about his reputation when he was alive, and now that he is gone, he should not be let down by the funeral.
At times like this, the most taboo thing is for brothers to have different opinions and quarrel with each other, making a fool of themselves in front of others.
Fortunately, Wang Xiuren and his two younger brothers had no objections and just wanted to make the funeral dignified and beautiful.
"Dad, you and uncle have been keeping watch for several nights, you must be tired. Let my cousins and I take over today." Wang Shan felt distressed when she saw the dark circles under her father's eyes.
These days, Wang Xiuren and Lin Qiu were busy going in and out all the time. Wang Shan was worried about causing trouble by following them, so she mixed in with her cousins and folded money and paper, with Yan Shen accompanying her.
Wang Shan found that although she was not close to her grandfather, she was not afraid at all when she looked at the coffin and the photos on the altar day and night.
But she wasn't like her other cousins, crying her heart out during their grandfather's funeral. She couldn't even shed tears.
Lin Qiu could only quietly remind her daughter not to look up, because she felt the same way herself.
During the entire funeral process, Wang Xiuren did not cry at all, even when he sent Wang Zongsheng up the mountain, he only had red eyes.
But when he returned home after the funeral, he sat on his bed and burst into tears.
Lin Qiu signaled his daughter and Yan Shen to go out, then hugged him and let him vent his emotions.
She knew that no matter how dissatisfied Wang Xiuren was with Wang Zongsheng, the blood relationship between them could not be severed.
Especially when Wang Zongsheng’s coffin is covered with yellow earth, from then on, all the barriers will disappear with the burial of the yellow earth, and from then on, dust will return to dust, and earth will return to earth.
After crying, Wang Xiuren discussed Li Xiuying's retirement issues with the other three people the next day.
Li Xiuying still insisted on living in the old house and was unwilling to change rooms. As for food, it was provided by Wang Xiude, Wang Xiuli and Wang Xiuxin in turn every four months.
As for Wang Xiuren, Li Xiuying said: "The old man said before he died that the second son paid for our social security, and he will not be responsible for anything else except medical expenses. You don't have to feel that you are at a disadvantage. You serve me food and drink, and I don't want your filial money."
Everyone respected her opinion and handed over all the gifts Wang Zongsheng received from the funeral to her.
As for medical expenses and funeral expenses, each item was recorded and finally a total was calculated and shared equally by the four families.
The funeral was handled in a dignified manner. The four brothers discussed it carefully and got things done smoothly.
Even the elders in the village praised: "No wonder Wang Zongsheng's branch has developed so well. These brothers are united and can do everything well."
No matter what others said, after the grave was burned, Wang Xiuren took his family back to Pengcheng and would not come back until a hundred days later.
It was probably affected by the sudden death of Wang Zongsheng. This time, Lin Ting and Zhou Qing were absolutely unwilling to go back to Pengcheng with Lin Qiu.
They said it very frankly, they were afraid of dying in a foreign land and becoming a wandering ghost.
But they were also unwilling to live with their two sons, the old couple wanted to live on their own.
Lin Qiu couldn't persuade them and could only follow their wishes.
Wang Xiuren planned to pay someone to do the laundry and cooking for his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but they refused. He had no choice but to ask Zhou Meiping, who lived under the same roof, to take care of them.
After returning to Pengcheng, Lin Qiu would send videos to Lin Ting every day to ask about their situation.
After returning to their hometown, the Lin Ting couple were very happy. They had money, their children were filial, and they played cards with their old friends when they had nothing to do. They were very happy.
But in the end, the happiest person was Li Xiuying.
Zhou Qing whispered into the phone: "Your mother-in-law is so cool now."
How can you not be cool?
Ever since Li Xiuying got married, she has listened to Wang Zongsheng in everything. She has not even been the head of the family for all these years. The savings are also controlled by Wang Zongsheng. All she has on hand are the red envelopes given to her by her children and grandchildren during the holidays.
Now the passbook is in her hands, and her sons have given her the funeral money. She also receives a pension of six or seven hundred yuan a month, and someone serves her three meals a day.
When I have nothing to do, I would call a few old sisters to the old house to play mahjong, or talk about the gossip in the village.
This was the first time in Li Xiuying's life that she lived such a comfortable life.
"When I first saw your mother-in-law's condition, I thought she would follow your father-in-law. Who would have thought that she is in better spirits now." Zhou Qing couldn't help but shook his head.
Lin Qiu thought it was nothing. "Isn't this good? If she cries every day and tries to commit suicide for no reason, that would be even more troublesome. Wouldn't I still be the one in trouble then?"
Zhou Qing thought about it and felt that what his daughter said was right, and then he started talking about some trivial matters at home.
After hanging up the video, Lin Qiu and Wang Xiuren talked about Li Xiuying.
Wang Xiuren had the same idea as his wife: now that his father was gone, it would be best if his mother could live happily.
One hundred days after Wang Zongsheng's death, Wang Xiuren led his wife, daughter and three other families to the mountain to burn buns.
After returning from the mountain, Li Xiuying led several daughters-in-law to prepare two tables of food.
Everyone felt relieved to see her full of energy.
Who would have thought that the next morning when Yang Liu asked Wang Ming to call her for dinner, he found her sleeping peacefully.
Everyone was in disbelief and called a doctor, who only said after examining him: "The old man is very lucky."
What can I do?
Arrange funeral arrangements.
This time there was no need for any reminders, the four brothers handled Li Xiuying's funeral directly according to Wang Zongsheng's specifications.
The only discord was that Wang Xiuren’s uncle’s family had many faults about funeral arrangements. This was not allowed, that was not allowed, and they adhered to the principle of “mother and uncle are the most important” to the end.
As a result, after the funeral, the three Wang Xiuren brothers immediately lost touch with that side.
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