Zhang Hongmei spent the day with the old lady, and when she returned home in the evening, Lu Jing handed her Liu Changhai's report.
Now Zhang Hongmei doesn't need Lu Jing to accompany her when she goes out anymore. She's fifty years old now, and Lu Jing just handles things for Zhang Hongmei, essentially acting as Zhang Hongmei's head housekeeper.
Zhang Hongmei took the document and looked through it. There was really nothing she could do about Liu Changhai. He was so glorious back then, and now he was so miserable.
Because of Zhang Shouyi's rise to power, Liu Changhai's father-in-law's family was all affected. They were all stripped of their positions, and perhaps due to his own actions or his mother's, Liu Changhai was only transferred to the county as the second-in-command, but he didn't leave the inner circle.
However, he was demoted and was bound to be ostracized, so he was frustrated and unfulfilled. After working for eight years, he retired.
Because his father-in-law's family had lost their power and many of their members were imprisoned, his wife, Sun Lin, was somewhat agitated and started fighting with Liu Changhai every day.
His two sons and daughter have toned down their behavior considerably, but having been used to being fawned over, they find it hard to accept their current situation, if not drastically worse.
The atmosphere at home is terrible; every day is filled with noise.
Liu Changhai was also very depressed because of the old lady, so he simply moved into the office. He was only in his fifties at the time, and was still the best-looking among his brothers. Because he had always been successful and had a good temperament, some people still had their eyes on him.
Because he lived in the office, he ate all three meals a day in the cafeteria. Over time, he became familiar with one of the cafeteria staff who was in charge of serving food.
This woman was a widow with only one daughter. She had a job and was doing well, so she decided not to look for another man.
But Liu Changhai was transferred here. This woman was very elegant and often didn't go home. After they got to know each other, she started to have feelings for Liu Changhai.
But she also knew that the man had a family and three children. Since she herself was not particularly attractive, she had to find another way to win his favor.
So she took great care of Liu Changhai, and over time the two became closer and closer.
Liu Changhai didn't have any other thoughts; he was just feeling frustrated with life and needed an ordinary person to listen to his story.
However, when Sun Lin found out about this, she took it directly to the county's top leaders.
Since they had no other contact and could be considered colleagues, the matter was left unresolved.
But Liu Changhai and his wife really became enemies.
Sun Lin had been taking care of her family, and she had taken back more than half of the family's money. The two of them had another fight over this, and Liu Changhai took back the family's money and also made things clear to the three children.
Sun Lin was blamed by her three children, which caused her to fall ill.
Liu Changhai assumed she was just throwing a tantrum, so he didn't take it seriously. He continued to rest in the office as usual, only going home on Saturdays.
By then, all three children had started their own families, and because of their mother's nagging, they simply stopped coming back.
Sun Lin was alone at home, and everything went wrong. She was depressed and frustrated. By the time Liu Changhai returned on Saturday, Sun Lin had been dead for several days.
Liu Changhai was stunned. After the funeral, he immediately divided the family's money among his three children and decided not to come back.
He lived like this until he retired.
After retiring, he lived alone at home. His two sons were not very friendly to him because he had given his money to his daughter, and no one took him in to live with them.
Zhang Hongmei felt that Liu Changhai was really pitiful. His perfectly good family was gone just like that.
Following the report was Liu Changhai's health report, which showed that his health was still good.
Zhang Hongmei was relieved; at least the old lady wouldn't have to bury her child again.
"Why doesn't he come to see his own mother? What can't they get over between them?"
"Perhaps he's afraid to see the elderly."
Zhang Hongmei nodded; she had also thought of that.
After arriving in Haishi, Liu Jingxiang and his wife went directly to Zhang Hongmei's home.
After arriving home, I called my second uncle's house. My second wife, Shen Xiuting, answered the phone.
"Jingxiang, when will you arrive in Haishi?"
"Second wife, where is Second Master now?"
"At the funeral home. We're just waiting for you to come, but I don't know what to do." Shen Xiuting finished speaking and then started sobbing.
“Second wife, tell me the address, I’ll come to you tomorrow. Take me to the funeral home, I have to see my second uncle one last time. Also, the funeral arrangements need to be taken care of. We’ll talk about it when we meet tomorrow.”
Liu Jingxiang put down the phone and sighed. He didn't have much to say about his second uncle and his second mistress. After all, they had raised him and even found him a wife.
After taking a shower, the two went out to eat and realized how much the city had changed since they left after so many years.
“Mary, I really can’t believe this place has become so prosperous, even more so than the capital.”
"That's right. Luckily, my dad didn't sell the house, or he would have lost a lot of money."
Because Ma Li had a lot of contact with Wang Ying and the others, she knew a lot about housing prices. When her parents wanted to sell the house, they listened to Wang Ying and didn't sell it. Instead, they listed it with a real estate agency and rented it out. Luckily, luckily.
The next morning at five o'clock, the two rode their bicycles from home directly to the address Shen Xiuting had given them.
Liu Jingxiang genuinely didn't know the address of Second Master and the others here; it was truly his first time here.
Shen Xiuting looked at the two people outside the door and immediately burst into tears.
"Jingxiang, you've finally arrived! What am I going to do now?"
Ma Li quickly comforted the old man, saying, "You're so old, why are you still like this?"
"Second wife, how did my second master get away?"
Shen Xiuting paused for a moment, then said, "Your second uncle is sick and is in the hospital."
"Oh, then what about my second uncle's funeral arrangements? Do his colleagues need to be notified?"
"We must notify them."
"Then let's hold a memorial service at the funeral home, and then cremate him. But mistress, should my second uncle be buried here?"
"Well, I'll stay here. When I die, I'll be buried with your second uncle. I don't want to go back to that poor little mountain village."
Ma Li herself didn't care. She didn't even know that Liujiatun was no longer poor. It was the most enviable village in the area.
However, since the old man has made this request, then let's do it this way.
Shen Xiuting gave Liu Jingxiang the address of the funeral home.
Ma Li stayed to keep the old man company, but Liu Jingxiang couldn't bear to see his wife go to such a gloomy place, so he went by himself.
Since it's a simplified process, it needs to be done very quickly. I don't have much time, and I can't let my great-grandmother find out too late, for fear that she won't be able to accept it.
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