When Xue Zhilan rushed to the nursing home in a hurry, his wife was already on his deathbed.
He held his wife's hand tremblingly and wanted to speak but couldn't utter a word for a long time.
My wife smiled weakly, called his name in a low voice, and then slowly closed her eyes.
Xue Zhilan was in great pain and could not accept the cruel reality of his wife's sudden death. He sat beside the hospital bed for several hours without moving.
Although all the children were very sad, they couldn't care less about their sadness, and they didn't fall behind at all on what they should prepare and do.
"Dad, please have something to eat." Xue Huan came over holding a thermos bottle and whispered: "Sister Lingling brought you some light white porridge."
Xue Zhilan seemed startled and looked around suddenly.
"Ah Huan... where is your mother?"
Xue Huan choked and replied: "Mom is in the car and will be taken to the funeral parlor later."
"Then..." Xue Zhilan was a little incoherent: "I'm going to see her off... No, I have to stay with her. Ah Huan, you said your mother was just in a bad mood... why did she leave so suddenly? She was still with her in the morning
I talked a lot, but why didn’t she say she wasn’t feeling well? Why didn’t she say anything? What disease did she have? By the way—why didn’t she get rescued? Why did you all go?!”
“Dad! Dad!”
Many of his organs are naturally aging and failing... It’s not because of any disease.”
The corners of Xue Zhilan's eyes were wet. He looked at his son and then buried his head.
"...Did your mother say anything before she died? Yes?"
Xue Huan shook his head: "It's nothing, just ask us to take good care of you. We didn't notice it at all at first, until she suddenly had difficulty breathing. I immediately informed my elder brother, Sister Fang, the others and Sister Ling. It only took more than half an hour, and no one could
Unexpectedly. Dad, the only thing we can be thankful for is that my mother passed away peacefully without any pain."
Xue Zhilan covered her face and sobbed softly.
Xue Huan stood aside, silently accompanying his father.
After a while, he handed the tissue to the old man.
"Dad, please eat something. We have to go there tomorrow to hold a funeral. My eldest brother and I will just keep an eye on mom tonight. After you eat, go back to your room and rest. Don't follow her there."
"No." Xue Zhilan wiped away her tears and murmured: "Bring it here, I will go with you after I'm full. I still have to accompany your mother."
"Dad..." Xue Huan couldn't help but worry about his health and explained: "You will be busy all day tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I'm afraid your body won't be able to bear it."
Xue Zhilan was eating alone without speaking.
Xue Huan knew that this meant that it was not negotiable, so he had to go out to find Xue Ling to help persuade him.
Cheng Tianyuan and Xue Ling came together, followed by Cheng Huanran and Xue Yang.
"Uncle, take a walk after you have eaten." Xue Ling suggested: "After sending aunt over there, Ah Heng, Ah Huan and the others will stay. You have to stay here to help determine the guest list to be notified."
"You can just make arrangements." Xue Zhilan said tiredly: "You and your dad should discuss it, mainly to notify some old relatives in the family. Other old colleagues and friends... many of them are no longer here, and the ones who are here are all sick, so don't notify them.
.As for Ah Heng and Ah Huan’s social interactions, they can arrange it themselves.”
Xue Ling whispered: "My father and my mother are not in good condition. Just now I asked An An to escort them back to Xinyuan to rest. They will go to the funeral home tomorrow morning. Uncle, please stay and go there tomorrow.
"
Xue Zhilan took a few bites and put down the thermos.
Just when I was about to get up, I found that my legs were numb, my head was very dizzy, and my instinct was spinning!
"Uncle!"
"dad!"
"Uncle!"
Everyone rushed forward and helped the old man onto the clean hospital bed.
Xue Huan helped his old father massage his legs and asked, "Dad, are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"
"...No." Xue Zhilan lied.
Xue Ling, who was on the side, turned around and gave his eldest son a wink.
Cheng Huanran immediately understood and turned around.
Xue Zhilan closed her eyes and whispered: "I'm just numb in my feet... I'll be fine if I take a rest."
"Squint your eyes for a while." Xue Ling suggested, "When you recover a little bit, I'll let you go to the funeral parlor together."
"Okay." Xue Zhilan murmured weakly.
After a while, Cheng Huanran stepped forward and helped the old man inject a drug containing stabilizing ingredients.
After a while, the old man fell asleep.
Xue Huan turned around and said, "Sister Ling, I will leave my father to you and your brother-in-law."
"Okay." Xue Ling reminded: "Ranran will follow you in a big car with all the supplies. You can take turns to get in the car and rest. Take care of your health, we will be busy for a few days."
"Yes." Xue Huan lowered his voice: "Sister Ling, about the cemetery... you can ask my dad again. This matter must be taken care of tomorrow, otherwise we will not be able to make it in time."
Xue Ling answered, turned around and asked his sons to follow him to help.
Cheng Tianyuan covered Xue Zhilan with the quilt and looked at the IV bottle.
"Daughter-in-law, uncle is sleeping deeply, let's sit down first."
Xue Ling took off his coat, sat on the bench, and rubbed his waist and back of his neck tiredly.
"What time is it now?"
Cheng Tianyuan replied: "It's past eight o'clock."
Xue Ling sighed quietly and asked, "How is A Fang?"
"It's not serious." Cheng Tianyuan replied: "Hypoglycemia and fainting due to sadness. Xiaohan is with her now. After giving her a glucose injection, she should be fine tomorrow."
Xue Ling sighed again: "I was caught off guard, unexpectedly... Auntie left too suddenly."
Cheng Tianyuan sat next to her and hugged her gently.
"It is indeed quite sudden, but from another perspective, it is not a good thing that my aunt passed away very peacefully and without any pain. If she fell ill and was devastated by the disease, all her relatives would have already prepared for the elderly life.
Soon, it was an extremely uncomfortable mental torture. It was quite good like this."
Xue Ling nestled on his shoulder, looking at her sleeping uncle not far away.
"When we reach our age, we keep sending away our elders and even our peers. At the same time, we welcome little lives one after another. Life changes, we welcome the new and say goodbye to the old. The more we watch, the more we feel my mood becomes calmer."
Cheng Tianyuan patted her head and whispered: "That's because we don't have time to be sad. You will still be sad after the funeral."
"Alas..." Xue Ling sobbed softly.
The next morning, Xue Zhilan woke up faintly.
He was a doctor, and an old doctor with decades of medical experience. When he woke up, he guessed what was going on, and could only sigh helplessly.
Xue Ling arranged for him to wash up and said: "After breakfast, we will send you there immediately."
"You guys!" Xue Zhilan had no choice but to agree.
After breakfast, the three of them drove to the funeral parlor.
Xue Ling discussed and asked: "Uncle, what do you think of the newly developed cemetery nearby? Let's arrange a separate place for aunt first?"
"No." Xue Zhilan didn't even think about answering: "Find a good place where we can be buried together. It doesn't matter if it's a little expensive. When I'm gone, just put us together."
Xue Ling's eyes flashed slightly and he nodded: "Okay."