Ye Zhiqiu took Ye Bailu, who was crying her heart out, and followed by Ye Wubing, who was wiping his tears as he rode his bike, and they rode to the office.
He asked Aunt Liu to take the bus to help notify Feng Xiaomei and tell her what happened.
He knew Feng Xiaomei would come, but he was busy with many things over there and had no way to pick her up.
Ye Tianya followed closely behind, holding Wang Xiaolan, who was still crying. He had no way to persuade her.
They were all sentimental people and could not accept the news that Wang Fugui suddenly disappeared.
After arriving here, he stopped his bicycle and saw Ye Bailu crying so hard that he felt really bad.
This girl has been taught by him for so long, and Wang Fugui is particularly doting on her, so they have a deep relationship.
After they arrived, Ye Zhiqiu took them to register. After the security guards registered them, they whispered to them, "Please accept my condolences and take good care of yourself. I believe that Mr. Wang's spirit in heaven would not want to see you so sad."
Ye Zhiqiu said thank you and, led by one of them, came to the decorated mourning hall.
"Little sister, go say goodbye to grandpa! Don't be afraid. Even though grandpa is gone, his love for you will never change..."
"Grandpa..."
Wang Fugui has been changed into an old military uniform by Chen Erbao and others. He said that this was the old man's request. Wearing the old military uniform will make it easier for him to meet his old comrades who died in the war again.
Ye Zhiqiu looked at his family members crying around the coffin. He walked out the door silently, squatted on the ground, lit a cigarette and smoked.
One cigarette after another, at some point, Chen Erbao also came over, and the two of them smoked one cigarette after another.
"Grandpa's health had been problematic for a long time, right? In other words, his health wasn't very good before I joined the army, right?"
"Well, before I met you, things weren't so good, but they weren't this severe back then. That's why the teacher was forced to retire by his superiors and asked to rest and recuperate. He chose to return to Sanlitun because he wanted to stay in his old house.
Later, he met you and felt that your mother and he were destined to be together, so he came to live with you. The teacher has mentioned you many times, and it is obvious that he likes your family very much.
We students were actually a little jealous. We all wanted to take the teacher home and provide him with a good retirement home, but he didn't want to."
"Our whole family loves him, so we can't bear this blow..."
"You have to be strong, because the teacher's students are spread all over the country, and many of them may not be able to come back so soon. The funeral may be extended to five days, they must see him one last time..."
"I see. Did Grandpa tell us how to bury him? Should we follow the old tradition and kowtow to the mourners?"
"No cremation, burial at Babaoshan. These arrangements will be made by the relevant authorities. We don't follow the old traditions. We just bow to those who come to pay their respects."
Just like that, Ye Tianya took Ye Wubing back on bikes. They went to inform their relatives and friends, and they could just come over tomorrow, as there was no time available for them later.
Ye Zhiqiu received heavy news from Ye Tianya who came again in the evening.
Chen Yuqing returned with Feng Yuanzheng's ashes. The Feng family was also handling the funeral, and they had also heard the news. Chen Yuqing told Ye Zhiqiu to focus on things here and not worry about the other side, but the mother and daughter couldn't come over to see the old man off for the last time.
Ye Zhiqiu could only sigh, what a turbulent time!
After this happened, Chen Yimin asked Ye Tianya to put the pig issue aside for now and focus on the old man's funeral before dealing with other things.
On the first day, all the relatives and friends of the Ye family came. To his surprise, Ye Daogu also came to bow as a representative.
The next day, many elderly people came with their children. Some were Wang Fugui’s comrades-in-arms, and some were his comrades’ widows.
On the third day, many leaders came, some of whom Ye Zhiqiu knew, and some of whom he could not remember the names of but looked familiar. This time he was shocked because there were so many people coming to pay their respects, and they were so important.
The fourth day was the busiest, with people speaking a variety of accents. By the fifth day, everyone was rushing in.
The Feng family had already completed the work. On the fifth day, Chen Yuqing and her daughter came to pay their respects.
Ye Zhiqiu hugged Feng Xiaomei, comforted her, and told her to have a good rest at home and take care of herself.
In the afternoon, he was officially buried, and as the soil was backfilled, he left. The old man's life, as recorded in the achievements inscribed on the huge tombstone, was a life of incomparable glory.
Everyone who returned home was still a little dazed. These past few days had been really tough, and every time I was comforted by mourners, I felt extremely sad.
Because like everyone was telling them, he really was gone.
But after so many days, everyone no longer felt the sadness they had at the beginning. Life had to go on, and Ye Bailu insisted on sleeping in the west wing.
The girl is not afraid of this. She says that she must keep her grandfather's books so that she can remember what he looks like forever.
It was as if she had cried all her tears away at once, and Ye Zhiqiu vaguely saw strength on her little face.
Today is the 13th. Ye Zhiqiu rode his bicycle and returned to the factory. It was already five o'clock in the afternoon.
Ye Zhiqiu said something to Chen Yimin and drove away. No matter what he had been through, he needed the stability of the people in the factory so that he could spend the next few days in peace.
At seven o'clock, he drove back to the factory, exchanged a few words with the people who stayed there, and rode his bicycle home with 20,000 yuan.
When he returned home, Chen Yuqing and her daughter came over.
He parked his bike and hugged Feng Xiaomei tightly. When their eyes met, they both felt that the other's face had become thinner in recent days.
Back in the room, the two of them snuggled up and talked about what had happened in the past few days.
Feng Yuanzheng's ashes were not scattered by Chen Yuqing because she had chosen a cemetery. After all, she wanted the couple to be buried together a hundred years later.
She told Chen Yuqing about spending New Year's Eve here, and she agreed. So after the two of them came here, they would go back there on the first day of the new year to receive guests.
Such a major change had seriously affected various arrangements. For example, Feng Xiaomei's uncles did not see Ye Zhiqiu.
However, when they learned about the changes here and where Wang Fugui was buried, they no longer looked at Ye Zhiqiu with suspicion as before.
So it was decided that on the second day of the New Year, Ye Zhiqiu would go to Feng's house to meet them and get to know them.
He naturally had no objection, as these were things they needed to do before they got married.
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