Chapter 154 Chapter 154 Funeral
"I'll rush back now. Can't you get through to your third uncle on the phone?" Zhao Ruyue asked.
Ning Shichun said, "Yes, I called my third uncle several times, but couldn't get through. Jiajia and I are in town, and my eldest aunt is also here. She said that she will wait for you, my second uncle, my second aunt, and other relatives to come back before discussing when to send the body to the crematorium."
Zhao Ruyue remembered that Ning Shaoming said he wanted to try a new recipe today. She was probably so engrossed in tinkering in the kitchen that she didn't notice the ringing of her cell phone.
Those who knew the inside story had already been prepared for the fact that Ning Shaoxian's illness was entering the countdown.
But I didn't expect that he walked even faster than I imagined.
It was obvious that some time ago, when she and Ning Shaoming went back to visit her parents-in-law, Ning Shaoxian looked in good condition, with not much grayness on his face. He also said that the medicine he had been taking was quite effective, and he asked the doctor to prescribe that medicine for him when he went to the hospital for a checkup next time.
When Zhao Ruyue rushed back to the county town, Ning Shaoming was still working in the operation room of the new store.
His cell phone was in a bag outside, and when he was concentrating on the work at hand, the ringing sound was separated by the bag and the room, and the sound transmitted to the operating room was easily ignored.
When Zhao Ruyue came in, Ning Shaoming felt strange: "Didn't you say you were going to the warehouse today? Why are you back so soon?"
Today is Saturday. On Saturdays and Sundays, the children go to the city to attend interest classes. Usually they stay at the warehouse until the afternoon, and then drive directly from the warehouse to the Children's Palace in the city to pick up the children and go home for dinner.
Zhao Ruyue: "Xiaochun called me and said your brother is gone, and asked us to hurry back."
Ning Shaoming was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to come back to his senses: "My eldest brother... is gone? When we went back some time ago, he seemed to be fine..."
He originally thought that he could at least hold on for a few more months. His elder brother might gradually become weaker due to the disease, and gradually become unable to stand up, walk, and then get out of bed. Finally, he would die because he couldn't even eat.
When he returned that day, he saw that Ning Shaoxian was in pretty good spirits, wandering around the streets and chatting with people. He didn't look like he was about to die at all.
Zhao Ruyue had the same doubts as him, but they could not figure it out no matter how much they guessed: "We'll know when we get back."
"Yes, I'll wash my hands and ask someone to take over the rest of the work. You find a place to sit and wait." Ning Shaoming washed his hands and ran to take out his mobile phone. Sure enough, there were quite a few missed calls from Ning Shichun on it.
He called Ning Shichun back, and then quickly called the apprentice who was off today, asking him to take over his work: "This counts as overtime. When I finish my work, I'll give you two more days off, including Saturday and Sunday."
When the apprentice received the call and heard this, he rushed over immediately. Overtime work would get him triple the pay. Since he helped, the boss would definitely give him a red envelope when he returned.
When I have several days off in a row, I can use the overtime money and red envelope money to travel!
The apprentice who took over the work came quickly. Ning Shaoming gave him some instructions on a few things he needed to pay attention to, and then hurried back with Zhao Ruyue.
They were in such a hurry to get back that they forgot to pick up their children from school.
I only remembered this when I arrived in town. Fortunately, there was nothing for the younger generation to do before sending the body for cremation, so I could find an opportunity to pick it up later.
Their children just need to arrive on time before the funeral begins in the evening with music and dance.
When Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming arrived at the old house, Ning Shichun was calling Ning Shaode. No matter what conflicts they had in the past, Ning Shaoxian was still Ning Shaode's brother after all.
The two families were still related and they kept in touch with each other, especially after Ning Shaoxian came out of prison. He was dissatisfied with Ning Shichun for listening to Ning Shaoming more, so he deliberately got closer to Ning Shaode's family and their contacts were more frequent than before he was in prison.
But Ning Shaode was also jealous that Ning Shaoxian still had a house in the town and could take the bus to the town's street-to-scenic area, but he had lost this opportunity. He also looked down on Ning Shaoxian for having been in jail, so when Ning Shaoxian took the initiative to approach him, he thought that Ning Shaoxian was trying to curry favor with him and ignored him at all.
Ning Shaoxian was not the kind of person who could tolerate being bullied. He tried his best to please others several times but didn't get the response he wanted, which made him very unhappy.
After that, they didn't post the cards much, but during the Chinese New Year this year, the two families still had normal interactions.
At that time, the New Year gifts Ning Shichun gave them were good things, including supplements, fruits, dried goods and the like.
Their return gifts were things like rice noodles, brown sugar, rice cakes, etc. that they bought on the street, and Ning Shichun didn't say anything.
But now Ning Shichun called Ning Shaode, but Ning Shaode and Ye Jing used the excuse that Ning Shaode was not feeling well and said that he could not come.
Ning Shichun persuaded and begged again and again, and the couple finally gave in and said they would come back.
Just when Ning Shichun was about to let go of his worries, he heard Ye Jing ask again: "Danjie is still young and doesn't know anything. She can't help much if she goes. Not only will it affect her studies, but it may also cause trouble for you. Can I not let her go?"
She felt it was troublesome to bring the child back, and that such a young child wouldn't be able to do anything, so it would be better for her to keep her at home and continue going to school. Her daughter also had a competition to participate in a few days.
Ning Shichun was so angry that he fell backwards, but he still suppressed his anger and said patiently: "Second Aunt, although Danjie is young, she is of the same generation as me. If she doesn't come, wouldn't it be bad?
It doesn't matter if she doesn't keep vigil at night then. Funerals have been simplified a lot now, there aren't so many details to follow, and they aren't as troublesome as before.
The funeral only lasts three days, and only during these three days you cannot eat any meat. And on the morning of the third day, after sending my father off for the funeral and burial, you can take off your hemp clothes and get rid of the mourning clothes when you come back. She can even go back to class directly on the morning of the third day. ”
Wang Haiyan came out of the room with red and swollen eyes. After hearing what Ning Shichun said, she rushed over and asked, "What's going on?"
Ning Shichun didn't want his mother to know, but a relative heard some of it and was very upset with Ning Shaode and his wife. He said to Ning Shichun, "You young man can't handle this. Let your mother come."
Then she told Wang Haiyan what they had just said on the phone, and then she said, "No matter what Xiaochun's father was like in the past, he is gone now. He is Danjie's uncle, and it is reasonable for Danjie to come and see him off. It is ridiculous that she didn't come even when her uncle passed away!"
Wang Haiyan was furious when she heard this. In the countryside, the big events are weddings, funerals, births and birthdays.
She felt that the second brother's family could not come forward in such an important matter, which not only meant that they did not give her face, but also looked down on her entire family. How could this be tolerated!
Wang Haiyan snatched Ning Shichun's phone and yelled at the other end of the phone without caring about anything: "Danjie is just a primary school student. How can missing three days of school affect her studies?!
I tell you, if she doesn’t come, you don’t have to come!
You two stop whining to me, come if you want! If you don't come, I will return the gift money you gave to Xiaochun when she got married!
From now on, our two families will never have any contact with each other!
You think that your family will never encounter such major events as weddings and funerals in your lifetime, and that you won't need relatives or younger generations to help at that time, right?
When Ning Laoer dies in the future, I will definitely not let my Xiaochun and Danping go with them, and I will not allow you to be buried in our land. I mean what I say!
I want to see who will be willing to help you if your family does things this way! ”
Wang Haiyan's scolding was much more effective than Ning Shichun's persuasion and begging for a long time, which lasted until his saliva ran dry.
Two hours later, Ning Shaode and his wife rushed to the town, and did not dare to leave Ning Danjie behind.
After all, when the three brothers separated, because they had stable jobs, their household registration had already been transferred to his unit, so they could not share the land.
If he doesn't want to spend money to buy a cemetery, he should really go back to his hometown to discuss with his family and find a place with good feng shui in his hometown to bury him.
If he hadn't fallen out with Ning Shaoming, he would have had other options, but when he was plotting against him, he didn't expect this, and now he is in an awkward situation.
When the family was divided, it was not clearly written in the division agreement that the eldest and third sons' families took the land and that a place for burial must be prepared for them.
So Ning Shaode and his wife, although they looked down on the eldest brother's family from the bottom of their hearts, had to give face to the eldest brother for this matter.
As for spending money to buy a cemetery, that is absolutely impossible, even though Ning Shaode and Ye Jing's household registration had been transferred to the city early on and they became urban residents.
But people's ideas are difficult to change. In their view, after they die, being able to be buried in their hometown is the true return to their roots, not to mention that they don't want to spend money.
Ning Shaode knew that after his illness had recurred once, there was a high probability that it would recur, and he was not far from death. Wang Haiyan's suggestion not to let her younger generation go really hit him right in the sore spot.
He has no son, and he dare not imagine how lonely the scene will be if his nephew does not come either.
When Ye Jing saw that Zhao Ruyue was not with Ning Shiqiu and his sister, she wanted to say a few words and ask Wang Haiyan whether she treated them differently.
Ning Shaode noticed her intention, pulled her and signaled her not to talk nonsense.
They had already offended enough today. Everyone knew that the eldest family followed the lead of the third family. She was picking on the third family's issues here, but no one would speak for her.
Ye Jing said in a low voice, unconvinced: "Why are you dragging me down? They are allowed to set fires, but we are not allowed to light lamps?"
Ning Shaode muttered to her in a sour tone: "Don't you see the cars parked outside? They are rich now, they have two cars, they can pick up their children whenever they want. Unlike our family, we only have a broken motorcycle, which is hard to drive and is exposed to the wind and sun."
Hearing him say this, Ye Jing felt sour in her heart and secretly blamed Ning Shaode for what he had done in the past. If he could keep his temper, her mother-in-law would not have gotten sick. If her mother-in-law was still alive, even if she was angry with them for a while, she would soon calm down and continue to help their family.
Ning Shaode himself would not have fallen ill, would not have been transferred to a sinecure, and life at home would not have been so difficult.
Unfortunately, it’s too late to say anything now.
After all the close relatives had arrived, Ning Shichun, together with Wang Haiyan and his two uncles, wiped Ning Shaoxian's body and changed him into decent new clothes.
Then put the person into the coffin prepared in advance.
While they were preparing Ning Shaoxian's body in a decent manner, Zhao Ruyue drove to the county to buy funeral supplies and picked up her two children.
After they had packed up Ning Shaode, the car from the crematorium arrived. Zhao Ruyue brought her two children directly from the county town to the crematorium to meet them. After the ashes were burned, they went home together.
While waiting in line, Zhao Ruyue chatted with Wang Haiyan and found out why Ning Shaoxian left so suddenly.
It turned out that he discovered that his disease was not a benign tumor, but terminal cancer. No matter how hard he struggled, he didn't have much time to live.
It has to be said that when one is sick, a person's spirit is also very important.
After knowing that he was in the advanced stage of cancer and could not be cured, Ning Shaoxian deflated like a deflated ball.
Soon, his condition went from being able to walk around to being worse, and he was lying in bed, unable to get up.
I also felt pain in my bones and even pain all over my body.
The painkillers that were effective before now seem useless.
Within just three days, he could no longer eat anything, and his body and spirit continued to deteriorate day by day.
Wang Haiyan and Ning Shichun asked Zhao Ruyue's third uncle to come and see the patient, and also asked the doctors in the town, but after examining the patient, they all shook their heads and said that there was nothing that could be done, as the patient had lost his vitality and spirit, and was suffering from a terminal illness. There was no need to spend money on further trouble, and asked them to prepare for the funeral.
Before he passed away, he couldn't eat anything and had to rely on the nurses from the town hospital to give him intravenous drips. Until even the intravenous drips couldn't be given to him, he passed away.
The person who could most hardly accept Ning Shaoxian's passing was Ning Da.
After Ning Shaoxian came back from the medical treatment, the others were worried that he couldn't bear it and didn't tell him the truth. He was also optimistic that his eldest son's illness could be cured.
After all, he is your own child. You have raised him from a small child to this age. Even if he is a dog, you will have feelings for him after so many years.
Ning Da was caught off guard and learned that the disease was not benign but in the late stage and his son was really going to die. He couldn't accept it and fell ill as well. Ning Meiting stayed at home to take care of him and Huang Xiuhua and did not go to the crematorium with them.
I wonder if Huang Xiuhua could also sense that her eldest son was gone.
After Ning Shaoxian's body was sent to the crematorium, she frequently mentioned Ning Shaoxian's name at home.
When she saw Ning Shaoming and Ning Shaode, she also called Ning Shaoxian's name to them. It was not until Zhao Ruyue asked Ning Shiqiu to go over and accompany her that she stopped calling Ning Shaoxian's name so frequently.
When Ye Jing saw this scene, she felt jealous and thought that if her own son was also a son, there would be no chance for the third brother's son to be in the limelight today!
She felt unfair, but at night, younger children like Ning Shixia and Ning Danjie did not have to keep watch, but twelve-year-old Ning Shiqiu had to. She began to feel secretly happy that her own children did not have to suffer this, and she even urged Ning Danping and Ning Shixia to sleep at Ning Shixia's home in town.
Children don’t understand the little tricks of adults. Ning Shixia has a good relationship with Ning Danping, and she still welcomes Ning Danping to her home.
In fact, Ye Jing didn't need to calculate this at all. Ning Danjie only needed to tell Ning Shixia and Ning Shixia would agree.
The next day, the two children returned to Ning Shaoxian's funeral hall to mourn.
Ye Jing found an opportunity and asked Ning Danjie privately what was in Ning Shixia's house, what her room looked like, what good things were in it, etc. She asked in great detail.
Ning Danjie felt very uncomfortable, but she couldn't tell why.
She didn't want to tell her, but if she didn't her mother would be angry, so she had to tell her everything.
But that night, Ye Jing asked Ning Danjie to sleep at Ning Shixia's house again.
She also said that when she went to Ning Shixia's house, she could just ask Ning Shixia for anything she liked. Anyway, her third uncle's family was very rich and would definitely not mind giving her anything. As the adults could not benefit from it, the third uncle and his wife would never argue with a child.
But Ning Danjie is old enough to know what to do, and she is unwilling to go again no matter what.
Ye Jing was so angry that she wanted to hit the child, but Ning Danjie ran away to other relatives. Ye Jing was concerned about her face and did not want to embarrass herself in front of her relatives, so she had to glare at Ning Danjie secretly and hold back her anger.
Ning Danjie looked at her reaction, thinking deeply.
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