At the end of April, we received a notice from the government that May Day would be a one-day holiday as stipulated. However, since the 3rd was a Sunday, with the approval of our superiors, we would have two consecutive days off on May 1st and 2nd, and go to work and school as usual on the 3rd.
Early in the morning of May 1st, the family dressed neatly and prepared to return to the compound to watch the performance of little classmate Shen Zixi. The military district primary school arranged several programs and built a stage in the small garden of the compound to add a little fun.
Shen An Ning held Erbao, who was unwilling to walk. The little guy heard that today was his sister's performance, and his legs were shaking all the way.
"Erbao, can you come down and walk for a while?" Shen Anning was really tired. The child would be two years old in a few months, and he was still chubby and heavy.
"No, no, auntie, hold me. Erbao wants auntie to hold him."
Shen Anyan watched from the side and held out his hand, "Daddy, hold you for a while. Auntie is tired. I can hardly walk while holding you. Daddy, hold you for a while so that Auntie can rest."
"Uh-huh, no, I don't want daddy, I want auntie." Shen Erbao stretched out his little hands hard, trying to clasp Shen Anning's neck. After the attempt failed, he grabbed Shen Anning's collar and refused to let go.
Looking at Erbao who was so clingy to her, Shen Anning felt a little happy. As expected, her aunt was loved by her nieces and nephews. Forget it, even if she was tired, she could work harder for Erbao.
Shen Zixi, who was following behind, looked at the smile on the corner of his brother's mouth and covered his eyes, unable to bear to watch!
She was really conflicted about whether to tell her aunt that this was the revenge of the fat boy Shen Erbao.
Thinking of the family dinner last weekend, Shen Zixi wanted to laugh. At that time, his aunt watched Erbao finish a bowl of egg custard, two pieces of chicken thighs, and half a white steamed bun soaked in bone soup. The little guy wanted to eat a little more, but Shen Anning decisively took away his bowl and chopsticks. In front of so many people at home, she pinched Erbao's chubby face and said, "Erbao, you've eaten enough. If you keep eating like this, you'll be an unhealthy little fat boy before you are ten years old."
Shen Zixi still remembers Erbao’s expression at that time…
Sure enough, what her classmates said was right. The older her brother gets, the less fun he becomes. He becomes smarter and harder to fool!
Before entering the compound, Shen An Ning noticed that the compound was a little different today. There were only two guards left standing guard at the gate, and no one was in the house. Usually there were always people coming in and out of the gate, but today there was no one.
Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen directly asked the soldier on guard, "What's going on in the compound today?"
"Reporting to the commander, I don't know the specific situation, I just heard that someone died."
When the Shen family heard that someone had died, they thought it was an elderly person from some family, and hurried inside. It would not be good for the children to go there after such a big thing happened, so Grandpa Shen asked his sister-in-law Liu Manxue to take the two children home first.
There were circles of people gathered at the door of the Xu family's two-story building. At this time, everyone had just woken up and it was not time to go to work yet. Looking at the crowd, Shen An Ning guessed that almost all the idle people in the compound were there.
The eldest aunt was standing at the door with several respected elders, while Aunt Shen was wearing a white coat and was in the house. Looking at the huge group of people, they didn't know what to do for the first time. Today's matter was much more difficult than charging into the battlefield.
Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen followed the path made by the crowd and walked inside. Shen Anyan and Shen Anning followed behind.
"Old Shen, you're here."
Grandpa Shen looked at the old guys and nodded, "Is Xiao Xu gone?"
"Why so suddenly? Although he's not in good health and has some old injuries, they're all chronic. I haven't heard of him going to the hospital recently."
Shen Anning looked at the grandfathers who were about to speak but hesitated, obviously taking into consideration the presence of the younger generations, and pulled the eldest brother and the other two girls away.
Shen Anyan was a little confused, "What's wrong?"
"It's probably something bad. It's hard for the grandparents to talk to us there."
Sure enough, with Grandpa Shen’s bad temper and loud voice, they didn’t need to eavesdrop secretly to get a general idea of what was going on.
"This Xiao Xu is really confused. What's going on? His wife didn't show up when something happened."
"What a jerk! When he divorced, remarried, and divorced again, so many people advised him against it, but he refused to listen. Now, he doesn't even know how to write an obituary..."
Grandma Shen pulled her old man, not knowing how to speak more quietly. So many children were there, and it was always bad for them to hear such things. "Old Shen, stop talking, let's take a look at the specific situation first."
About an hour later, several soldiers in military uniforms carried out a body covered with a white cloth. Liu Qin followed behind with disheveled hair, wearing a long windbreaker. She wore a mask and half-covered her eyes. She didn't even have the courage to look at the crowd.
Some of the military families who hated her spit at her, "Bah, vixen, you destroyed other people's families before, and now you killed your own man because of that kind of thing, you don't deserve to live."
"That's right, you're not ashamed to be yelling so loudly so early in the morning. Humph, shameless."
"That's right, hey, you said your man died on her, and she dared to..."
Several officers in military uniforms frowned and dared not say a word after hearing these words. If they dared to say another word at this time, all the remarried gay men present would probably be scolded to death in the next second.
With this kind of thing happening, the performance was naturally ruined. Shen Yipei went home to change her clothes and returned to her parents' home. Liu Manxue looked at her with curiosity. What a lively and exciting thing! This was the first time she had seen such a thing in her life.
Shen Anning had known that this would happen, but after thinking about it carefully, Old Man Xu seemed to have lived for an extra month. She vaguely remembered that in her previous life, many people wore cotton-padded jackets.
After sending Shen Zixi and Erbao away, Shen Yipei sat on the bed and carefully told everything she knew, "It was not even six o'clock in the morning, and someone outside was shouting that someone had died. I quickly put on my white coat and took my tools and ran after them. Who knew it was his house? I also heard about it from the families near the Xu family. When they arrived, he was still in bed and hadn't gotten out of bed. He should still be breathing at that time."
“But when I arrived, the person was gone.”
Liu Manxue sighed. Although Old Xu was not a good man in the eyes of military families, it was still quite sad that he ended up like this after half a lifetime of military service.
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