"Nanqiu, don't cry yet. Mom wants to hear you talk. Talk to her properly."
The crying sound over there became a little quieter, and then a voice of "Mom" was heard.
Tao Xiaoxi noticed that the corners of her mother-in-law's eyes raised, then the wrinkles on her forehead smoothed out, followed by the corners of her mouth, and finally her entire face relaxed.
Then she heard people crying in the room, and she realized that her mother-in-law was gone.
When Mrs. Li left, she was most worried about her daughter, which was quite unexpected. When they were sorting out her belongings, they pulled out five bright red sweaters from the bottom of Mrs. Li's box. They were brand new and looked like they had never been worn.
"This was knitted by your mother for Nanqiu. She made one piece every year since the year she went out to study. Later, Nanqiu got married, and your mother stopped knitting." Old man Li said calmly, as if he was talking about something very ordinary.
Tao Xiaoxi felt that her father-in-law's soul was gone, and the thorns on his body were gone. Now he was like any ordinary old man, hunched over in the corner.
Mrs. Li got up at night and slipped, falling down and never got up again.
Li Nanqiu arrived early the next morning, covered in dust and snow. When she and Liang Hengsheng arrived, Li Po's mourning hall had already been set up. Her mother had changed her clothes and was lying peacefully on the bamboo bed in the yard, no longer responding to calls.
Li Nanqiu knelt in front of his mother and no one could pull him up.
"Let her accompany your mother for a while. You all go out and greet them. There are guests outside." Old man Li said soberly.
He arranged for the third son to buy vegetables, cigarettes and alcohol, and to pull white hemp ropes. He asked the eldest son to invite the elders of the village and the Eight Immortals. He asked the second son to ask the fortune teller Mr. Huang to look at the feng shui of the cemetery. He asked the eldest and second sons' wives to ask the women to help with cooking and making tea. He thought of every detail.
"Dad, you go and rest for a while, we'll take care of this." Li Nanshan felt heartbroken when he saw his father like this.
Old man Li waved his hand and said, "How can you sleep? You haven't experienced so many things before."
"We can ask the elders in the village. Go lie down for a while. You didn't sleep a wink last night. I'll wake you up when your uncle's family arrives."
"It's okay, your uncles should be here soon." After the old man said that, he took out his pipe, stuffed a bowl of tobacco into it, lit it, took a deep puff, and instantly felt refreshed.
Li Nanshan asked his wife and younger sister to look after their father while he went to get busy.
Tao Xiaoxi looked at her father-in-law who was so calm and energetic, and she always felt that something was not good.
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