sinovels Chapter 1123 Trouble at the Funeral
Chapter 1123 Trouble at the Funeral
Chapter 1123 Trouble at the Funeral
When the car returned to Yong'antun, it was almost 4:30 in the morning.
The car stopped outside Chen Dalai's house, and Zhao Junqiang dragged his legs out of the trunk.
"Brother!" Chen Dalai frowned and looked at Zhao Jun, saying, "Why are you coming down here? Your legs are not strong, so I told you not to come down, didn't I?"
"Brother Chen!" Zhao Jun held Chen Dalai's hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work today."
Zhao Jun didn't want to move either, but he knew that since the other person came to spend the night with his father, he couldn't thank him enough.
At this time, Zhao Jun held Zheng Guangjun's hand with his other hand and said, "There are also Brother Guangjun and Brother Guangcai."
"Brother, why are we talking about this?" Zheng Guangjun said.
"Well... let's not talk about that." Zhao Jun smiled when he heard that, and said, "I'll make a whole pig when the new year comes, and put a few tables at home, and then we can all come over."
"That's fine." Chen Dalai didn't refuse, and agreed with a smile. Then he patted Zhao Jun's arm and said, "Brother, hurry up and go to Lao Xu's house. The old man can get up at this time. Let him push your legs."
"Okay, Brother Chen." Zhao Jun raised his hand and waved towards the yard, saying, "You guys hurry into the house, we'll leave after this."
"Okay, brother." Chen Dalai said, "Then I won't let you."
In the past, Chen Dalai would have invited everyone to his home. But now, everyone was exhausted after a night of work, and it would be fake for Chen Dalai to say that.
"Brother Chen, thank you for your hard work!" At this time, Zhou Jianjun opened his mouth to thank Chen Dalai. He and Wang Qiang also got off the car, and at this time the two of them thanked Chen Dalai and the Zheng brothers in turn.
As Zhao Youcai's relatives, the three of them escorted Chen Dalai and the other two to the yard. When the three of them passed by the front of the car, Chen Dalai glanced into the car and said, "My uncle Zhao is asleep."
At this time in the car, on the passenger seat, Zhao Youcai was sleeping soundly, leaning on Li Dayong.
Seeing Chen Dalai, Li Dayong raised his hand to signal him.
After seeing off Chen Dalai and the other two, Wang Qiang and Zhou Jianjun turned around and looked at Zhao Jun, asking with concern, "Xiaojun, how is your leg?"
"Nothing." Zhao Jun waved at the car and said to the two of them, "Uncle, brother-in-law, please get in the car."
"What about you?" Wang Qiang asked.
"I won't get on the bus. My legs will feel even more uncomfortable if I get on the bus." Zhao Jun pointed to the south and said, "I'll just stay here and go over there."
"Then let's go, nephew." Wang Qiang held Zhao Jun's arm and said, "Uncle will go with you."
"I'll go too." Zhou Jianjun wanted to go with Zhao Jun, but Zhao Jun held Zhou Jianjun's arm and said, "Brother-in-law, don't go."
"Yes, Jianjun." Wang Qiang agreed, "Go back and have some sleep. You have to go to work tomorrow."
"That's fine..." Zhou Jianjun wanted to insist, but he heard Zhao Jun say, "Brother-in-law, I have nothing to worry about. Old Xu will be able to help me get there."
As he spoke, Zhao Jun raised his head slightly, pointed his chin towards the carriage, and continued, "Go home and take care of Dad."
"Oh, that's fine!" After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhou Jianjun didn't insist anymore.
Zhao Jun gestured to Jie Chen, then walked to the back of the car and said to Huang Gui and Jiang Weifeng, "Brother, Brother Jiang, I'm going to take care of my legs. I won't take you there. You can go back and have a good sleep after that."
"Hey, brother." Huang Gui waved his hand and said, "Who are we talking to? Why are you talking about this with your brother?"
At this time Li Baoyu also wanted to go with Zhao Jun, but was also persuaded by Zhao Jun.
Wang Meilan did not sleep all night. She sat in front of the stove, staring blankly at the fire in the stove. The fire made her cheeks red.
Suddenly, two dogs barked in the yard. Wang Meilan recognized it as Qing Lao Hu's barking, and then the three red dogs left behind, the three dogs in the front yard of the Li family, and Hua Niuniu in the back yard all barked.
Wang Meilan jumped up suddenly, and because the amplitude of her movement was so large, she knocked over the small stool.
But Wang Meilan didn't care about that, she pushed the door and ran out.
When passing the Jiang and Xie families, not only Huang Gui and four others got out of the car, but even Xie Chen, who was driving, got out as well.
Then the person who took the driver's seat was not Li Baoyu, but Lin Xiangshun.
Just like that, when the car stopped in front of Zhao's house, there were only five people left in the car: Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, Li Baoyu, Lin Xiangshun and Zhou Jianjun.
As soon as the car stopped, Li Baoyu and Zhou Jianjun got out in a hurry. Li Baoyu opened the gear barrier to let the dog out, and Zhou Jianjun went to the passenger side and opened the door.
At this time, Li Dayong had already woken up Zhao Youcai. Li Dayong got out of the car first, then turned his back to Zhao Youcai, grabbed Zhao Youcai's hands, and let him lie on his back.
"Uncle Li, let me carry my dad." At this time, Zhou Jianjun came over to carry Zhao Youcai, but Li Dayong had already run into the yard with Zhao Youcai on his back.
"That little bastard!" Zhao Youcai, who was on Li Dayong's back, muttered and cursed. He didn't know that Zhao Jun had broken his hip and went to see a doctor. Now seeing the dogs running past him, Zhao Youcai thought that Zhao Jun was just playing with his dogs.
"Oh my God!" Wang Meilan ran to the middle of the yard and saw that Zhao Youcai was carried back by someone, which scared her.
"Mom! It's okay!" Zhou Jianjun supported the staggering Wang Meilan and said, "My dad is fine."
While they were talking, Li Dayong had already reached the door with Zhao Youcai on his back. Lin Xiangshun reached out and opened the door for him, and Li Dayong entered the house with Zhao Youcai on his back.
Li Dayong went to the west room and put Zhao Youcai on the kang. He didn't even bother to take off his hat, and said to Li Baoyu who followed him in, "Hurry up and get the big basin. When you're done, go to the backyard and collect the snow!"
"Hey!" Li Baoyu agreed and turned to go out. After hearing what Li Dayong said, Wang Meilan understood what he meant and hurried to the outer room to find a basin for Li Baoyu.
Li Baoyu went out and Wang Meilan came into the room. At this moment, Zhao Youcai, who was lying on the kang, stared at Wang Meilan with his little eyes blinking.
"You're a jerk!" Wang Meilan moved to the edge of the kang and looked at Zhao Youcai, whose face was red from the cold. She was about to cry.
Zhao Youcai opened his mouth but didn't say anything, while his shoes, socks, trousers and cotton pants were taken off by Li Dayong and others.
"The snow is coming!" At this time, Li Baoyu came back with a large basin of snow.
"Come!" Li Dayong pointed to the edge of the kang, signaling Li Baoyu to put the basin there, and then called Zhou Jianjun, "Jianjun, go get some snow with your second brother and rub your father's feet."
If Zhao Youcai had stayed on the mountain, it would have been better. But he was unconscious for more than an hour, and his hands and feet were frozen even though he wore cotton gloves, cotton shoes, and felt socks.
You cannot heat up at this time. You must rub your hands and feet with snow until they become warm.
Following Li Dayong's order, he and Li Baoyu rubbed Zhao Youcai's fingers, while Zhou Jianjun and Lin Xiangshun rubbed Zhao Youcai's feet.
Looking at Zhao Youcai lying straight on the kang, Wang Meilan's eyes turned red and she walked out of the house, covering her mouth.
Just as Wang Meilan was crying, Jin Xiaomei came over from next door. She dozed off for a while, but didn't fall asleep. She woke up when the dog barked.
"Sister-in-law!" Jin Xiaomei came into the room and saw Wang Meilan crying, which frightened her. She asked hurriedly, "What happened to my eldest brother?"
"He's cold." Wang Meilan wiped her tears with her sleeves and stopped Jin Xiaomei who was about to go into the house and said, "Sister-in-law, he's fine. You should go back and rest. Dayong and Baoyu will go back after they finish rubbing your elder brother."
Jin Xiaomei understood as soon as she heard it. Zhao Youcai was not wearing any clothes and Wang Meilan would not let her in.
"Well, sister-in-law." Jin Xiaomei raised her hand and pointed to the door, saying, "I'll go get some tofu pudding. I'll have it every morning."
Wang Meilan did not refuse, and Jin Xiaomei left in a hurry.
Jin Xiaomei first went home to get a basin of soybeans, and then went to the tofu shop to exchange it for a basin of tofu pudding.
When Jin Xiaomei came back from the tofu shop, she met Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang.
At this time, Zhao Jun's leg was no longer injured, and the three of them returned to the Zhao family together.
Seeing Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang enter the room, Wang Meilan remembered that she was too busy worrying about Zhao Youcai. In addition, she had not slept all night, so her mind was in a daze and she even ignored the fact that Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang had not come back.
The mother and daughter exchanged a few simple words, and then Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang went into the house to see Zhao Youcai.
There is strength in numbers. Four people rubbed Zhao Youcai's hands and feet, and Zhao Youcai's hands and feet became hot very quickly. At this time, seeing Zhao Jun coming in, Zhao Youcai glared at him fiercely.
Seeing that Zhao Youcai was fine, Wang Qiang went home. He had followed Zhao Jun here on purpose because he was worried about Zhao Youcai.
After serving Zhao Youcai, the men simply drank a bowl of tofu pudding and lay down.
It was almost six o'clock, and Li Dayong, Li Baoyu, Lin Xiangshun, and Zhou Jianjun still had to go to work today. They could only sleep until seven at most after a short nap.
Zhao Youcai was sleeping soundly. His face and hands had varying degrees of frostbite, but his fingers and toes were fine and he did not suffer from disability.
At seven o'clock, Zhou Jianjun and Zhao Jun got up and prepared to go to work.
Zhou Jianjun came to Yong'an yesterday just to find Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai to go to work. Now it seems that Zhao Youcai will definitely not be able to go to work, but Zhao Jun must go.
After getting dressed, Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun came out of their home. After meeting up with Li's father and son, the four of them yawned as they rushed to catch the commuter bus.
When passing by the store, Zhao Jun went in and took a pack of Shilin cigarettes. However, Zhao Jun did not give the cigarettes to Li Dayong and his friends, but to Zhang Guoqing, the canteen director.
Zhao Youcai will definitely not be able to go to work these days, and as the forest farm has a reception, Zhang Guoqing will have to bear the responsibilities.
In fact, even if Zhao Jun didn't buy the cigarettes, Zhang Guoqing would have to force him to do it, but that would make him unhappy.
"What are you looking at?" Zhao Jun came out and saw Li Baoyu and the others staring at the white paper by the window.
Zhao Jun looked over and saw the black and white words on the paper saying that Hong Yuntao and the security guard had died. Today was the third day, and according to the local custom, the funeral of the two of them was held today.
They left in the morning and those who were polite to them took the commuter bus to Yongfutun in the morning. After attending the funeral, they took the commuter bus to work in the field.
Then, they went to Yongfutun for dinner at night. This process was the same as when Zhang Zhanshan died.
Zhao Jun and Hong Yuntao had little contact, except to say hello when they met. But the Zhao family was polite to Hong Yuntao, and when Zhao Chun got married, Hong Yuntao even gave her money.
So, today Zhao Jun went to give the gift on behalf of Zhao Youcai.
When he arrived at the Hong family in Yongfutun, Zhao Jun took out five dollars and asked the accountant of Yongfutun to write on the gift account: Zhao Youcai, five yuan.
After writing the gift account, Zhao Jun found the canteen director Zhang Guoqing.
"Uncle Zhang." Zhao Jun called Zhang Guoqing. Zhang Guoqing was stunned when he saw it was him and asked, "Where's your dad?"
Zhao Jun invited Zhang Guoqing to a corner, and then he told Zhang Guoqing what happened last night without hiding anything.
There is no way, there is no way to hide this. Looking at Zhao Youcai's condition, he has to stay at home for a few days to recuperate. There must be a reason for taking so many days off, right?
It was difficult to make up lies while living in the village, and Zhao Jun didn't think it was necessary, so he just told everything.
"Oh my!" Zhang Guoqing sighed after hearing this and looked at Zhao Jun and said, "What do you think he is trying to do?"
When he asked this, Zhao Jun had no way of answering and could only smile awkwardly.
"Alright!" Zhang Guoqing patted Zhao Jun on the arm and said, "My nephew, since you have spoken, then don't say anything. I will speak for him!"
"Uncle Zhang." Zhao Jun quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket and neatly stuffed it into the pocket of Zhang Guoqing's tweed jacket.
"What are you doing?" As soon as Zhang Guoqing put his hand into his pocket, he was held down by Zhao Jun.
"Uncle Zhang." Zhao Jun said, "I'll buy you a pack of cigarettes."
"You kid, you're always making trouble." Zhang Guoqing turned around, took out a cigarette from his pocket, looked at it, and suddenly looked at Zhao Jun and said, "No, how much did you spend?"
"Who cares how much it is?" Zhao Jun said with a smile, "Uncle, just take it and smoke it."
"Bullshit!" Zhang Guoqing grabbed Zhao Jun. He was also a cook. With all his strength, he pulled Zhao Jun's arm under his armpit. Then Zhang Guoqing deftly opened a pack of Shilin cigarettes with both hands.
Then, Zhang Guoqing took out a pack of cigarettes and put it in his pocket, and stuffed the rest back to Zhao Jun.
"If you buy it, uncle will take a pack." This time it was Zhang Guoqing who stopped Zhao Jun from taking out cigarettes. Zhang Guoqing said, "Your father usually smokes this kind of cigarettes. Otherwise, I would not even open them and would just let you return them."
As he spoke, Zhang Guoqing pushed Zhao Jun out and said, "Give those back to your father. I'm busy these days and don't have time to look after him. Let him take good care of him."
"Thank you, Uncle Zhang." Zhao Jun thanked Zhang Guoqing again. At this moment, someone called him, "Zhao Jun."
"Oh, Uncle Xu!" Zhao Jun turned around and saw that it was his immediate superior, Xu Baoshan, the leader of the acceptance team.
Seeing Xu Baoshan coming, Zhang Guoqing knew that he had something to say to Zhao Jun, so Zhang Guoqing greeted Xu Baoshan and walked away.
"Hey? Let me ask." Xu Baoshan came over and asked Zhao Jun, "What happened to my roe deer and wild boar?"
Before, Xu Baoshan gave Zhao Jun a holiday and asked Zhao Jun to help him catch wild boars and hunt roe deer so that he could use the information to gain connections.
As New Year's Day was approaching, Xu Baoshan had to ask.
Zhao Jun has been busy recently, but he has to do what he promised.
"Uncle Xu, don't worry." Zhao Jun said, "Today is the 15th. I will arrange it for you in five or six days at most."
"Okay, well..." Xu Baoshan was about to say something to Zhao Jun, but at this moment, a burst of crying came from outside the yard.
Zhao Jun was startled. He heard that the crying was not from one person, but was coming from far away and getting closer.
Hong Yuntao was in the house and the yard, so who was crying outside?
Zhao Jun stretched his neck to look outside, and saw a large group of dozens of people rushing towards them, with the first seven or eight people wearing white.
"The Su family?" Xu Baoshan also saw the group of people. He frowned and asked, "What are they doing here?"
The two people who died the night before yesterday were Hong Yuntao and a young security guard named Su Dehai.
The Su family is an outsider and has no etiquette with the Zhao family, so Zhao Jun does not need to pay any tribute.
Moreover, Zhao Jun had never been familiar with their family in his two lifetimes, but at this time Zhao Jun followed the crowd of onlookers and walked out.
Customs vary from place to place. In some places, you cannot visit relatives while in mourning.
No matter what, both the Hong and Su families are holding a funeral today. The Su family is not at home to handle the funeral, but they all rush to the Hong family. What are they doing?
Zhou Jianjun frowned and went to greet the Su family opposite. He went down the mountain to Yongfu yesterday and appeased the Hong and Su families. At that time, the Su family gave Zhou Jianjun a good impression. They did not make unreasonable troubles and did not make excessive demands.
"Team Leader Zhou!" When Su Dehai's mother saw Zhou Jianjun, she knelt down immediately.
"Aunt, what are you doing?" Zhou Jianjun wanted to help Su Dehai's mother up, but at this time all the Su family members in sackcloth knelt down.
"Team Leader Zhou." Su Dehai's brother Su Dejiang asked, "I heard they said your brother-in-law is here?"
As soon as Su Dejiang said this, Zhao Jun felt that dozens of pairs of eyes were staring at him among the crowd watching the excitement.
(End of this chapter)