In the room, Zhou Ju was serving Grandma Wu for breakfast. She was holding a bowl of millet porridge in one hand and a small spoon in the other. After scooping a spoon from the bowl, she blew a few breaths with her mouth to cool it down a little.
Bring it to my mother's mouth.
Grandma Wu was sitting on the kang, holding Lao Wu's daughter on her left hand and Lao Wu's son on her right, smiling and enjoying the belated family happiness at the end of her life.
Because of the arrival of Feng's family, her condition seemed much better at this time. She had more strength and her face was rosy, as if she was alive again.
Unfortunately, this is just an appearance.
Among the people in the room, except for the Feng family, Chu Heng and the others knew very well that Grandma Wu had already run out of energy, and all her strength was supported by Mr. Tang's pills.
It is a powerful medicine, its function is to activate the last life potential of the human body. It can be regarded as a wick. When the ten days are up, the wick has burned out the last drop of oil in Grandma Wu's shabby oil lamp.
, the fire of life was extinguished.
Chu Heng and the others have never questioned this, because this is the conclusion made by Mr. Tang. This imperial doctor who speaks better than the Lord of Hell has never made any mistakes.
Inside the house.
Looking at the warm scene that was like a flash in the pan, Chu Heng and others felt very uncomfortable. After sitting with them for a while, they silently came out of the room, leaving the little time left to Grandma Wu and the others.
"Why."
Several people came to the pavilion and sat down. Xiao Ni sighed sadly: "It would be great if Grandma Wu could recover."
"Stop talking, the more you talk, the more worried I become." The eldest cousin, who had always been heartless, puffed on her cigarette hard, her expression gloomy.
Qin Jingru sat aside in silence. Grandma Wu's situation reminded her vividly of her father who died a tragic death. Comparing the two, she quite envied Zhou Ju. Although the countdown to life was a bit cruel, at least she could see her for the last time.
On the other hand, at least we can be filial to each other for a few days, right?
…
As the days passed, Mrs. Wu Xiumei passed her last moments accompanied by her family.
Noon, Chu family.
At this time, a lot of people gathered in the courtyard where they entered. There were brothers like Du San, Wan Xiaotian, and Cen Hao who were working with Chu Heng, as well as comrades like Liu Haokong, Guo Kai, and Hu Zhengwen, as well as Sha Zhu, Xu Damao, and Fang Yuchun.
Waiting for some old neighbors and friends.
After receiving the news, they all came over to help with the funeral arrangements.
Just this morning, Mr. Tang personally came over to check Grandma Wu's pulse again, and said with certainty that this afternoon would be the time for her to pass away.
And at this moment.
In Grandma Wu's house, the old lady was already dying.
She was lying weakly on the kang, her eyes were blurred, her breathing was weak, but her palms were holding her daughter Zhou Ju's wrist very strongly.
"Mom~!"
Zhou Ju's eyes were red, and she stared at the old woman like a candle in the wind without blinking, trying to carve her voice, face, and smile into her mind.
On the side, Chu Heng and others gathered in the room all had heavy expressions on their faces, quietly waiting for that moment to arrive.
The deaf old lady looked out the window blankly.
Little Ni huddled in her husband's arms, her clothes wet with tears.
Yang Guizhi, the eldest cousin, and Qin Jingru also had tears in their eyes.
The old eunuch Zhang Datong stood not far from the old lady's head, holding a string of rosary beads in his hand and reciting some scriptures vaguely.
This is taboo at the moment.
But he didn't care and wasn't afraid.
You are already covered in dirt up to your neck, and you are still living in Daesheng Heng’s family, so what is there to be afraid of?
"Xiaoju!"
At this moment, Grandma Wu's cloudy eyes suddenly brightened, and she turned her head to look at her daughter.
This abnormal state made Zhou Ju panic, and she hurriedly moved forward: "I'm here, mother, I'm here."
With a smile on her face, the old lady used the last bit of strength in her life to raise her hand and caress her daughter's face: "Okay, everything is okay..."
As she spoke, she slowly closed her eyes, her arms dropped weakly, a breath of turbid breath came out of her throat, and her rising and falling chest stopped.
Mr. Tang immediately stepped forward and grabbed the old lady's wrist, sighed and shook his head: "Sister is gone."
"Mom!! Wuwuwuwu~"
"Grandma Wu!"
"old lady!"
"Grandma!"
There was a burst of crying in the room.
Chu Heng took a deep breath, suppressed the sentimentality in his heart, turned around and walked out of the room, shouting loudly to the outside: "Du San! Come to the mourning hall!!"
"Setting up the mourning hall!!"
Du San immediately responded, and then all the people in the courtyard started to move. They walked to the front yard and moved out the things that had been prepared. After a while, the mourning hall was set up, and placed with paper figures, horses and other objects. There was also a hole in the middle of the shed.
Scarlet coffin.
At the same time, spiritual flags were also hung on the main door of the Chu family.
After hearing the cry, the neighbors came out to check and saw that the flags had been hung at the door. They immediately understood that Grandma Wu was gone and hurried back to inform others to come and help.
In an instant, the originally spacious courtyard of the Chu family was overcrowded.
And this isn't the end yet.
As time went by, more and more people received the news. Employees of the Grain Management Office, members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as countless of his friends and brothers, all rushed over to express their condolences immediately.
Not to mention the Chu family courtyard, even the alley was crowded with people, and among these people there were many people with status and status.
Let's put it this way, if we randomly pull out three of them from the crowd, at least one of them will be at the first level.
From this we can see that Chu Heng’s network of contacts is extremely broad.
"How many people are needed!"
"I saw that our factory director was here, and he didn't even sit down."
"Tsk, tsk, this Director Chu is not an ordinary person!"
This scene made the neighbors in Banchang Hutong stunned for a while.
In this way, with all the fuss and bustle, the day came soon when old Mrs. Wu Xiumei was buried.
Chu Heng followed the old rules and sent the old lady's body out of the city in a graceful manner and buried it next to his parents' tomb. After returning from the funeral, he set up a big banquet in the house, with Sha Zhu personally serving the meal and inviting everyone who came to express condolences.
People ate a meal.
At this point, the funeral finally ended successfully. After everyone had eaten and drank, they went back to their homes and were busy with their own business.
However, Chu Heng and the others have not yet recovered from the pain of losing Grandma Wu.
It's about two o'clock in the afternoon.
Without the guests, the Chu family's residence looked deserted.
Chu Heng and others were packing up Grandma Wu’s belongings in her room. There were quite a few bits and pieces, including new clothes and shoes that they were reluctant to wear, various foods that they were reluctant to eat, and one for Huniu.
Half of the soles were filled.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Ni Yinghong, Qin Jingru, and Zhou Ju were crying while cleaning up, their eyes swollen like peaches.
Chu Heng was smoking a cigarette. After a few words of persuasion, he saw that it was useless, so he had no choice but to give up. He turned to discuss with Zhou Ju: "Aunt Zhou, how about you stay a few more days? Wait until the first seven days before leaving.
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"I also thought about leaving after the first seven days, but I really can't live without people at home." Zhou Ju said with red eyes: "Both the big ones and the small ones have to be looked after. The fifth daughter-in-law has been home alone for so many days.
I’m not even sure what’s going on... As for my mother, you can burn more paper for me later.”
"Okay." Chu Heng also knew the situation at her home, so he stopped trying to persuade her and nodded: "Then you stay one more night, and I will send a car to take you back early tomorrow morning."