"Beep..." Straight lines and harsh alarm sounds appeared on the monitor. Several nurses hurriedly gathered around and shouted, "Doctor, doctor! The patient is not OK!!"
"Mom...what are you talking about? How could I hate you? I just hope you don't leave me..." Chu Nan choked and pressed her head against the hospital bed, tears streaming down her face.
Seeing his mother Zhou Hailan lose her life, his heart was as sharp as a knife, and he lost his center of gravity and fell limply beside the bed.
There were cries all around, and the Xu family members were also in grief. No one expected that as the New Year was approaching, Zhou Hailan would die immediately, which would cause the whole family to be no less than a major earthquake.
"Give it, give it!"
The two attending doctors walked in quickly, looked at Zhou Hailan's dilated pupils, reached out to touch the stagnant breathing at his nose, shook their heads, sighed deeply towards the inexplicable grief, and said, "My condolences, please forgive me.
Please prepare for the funeral..." "Zhou Hailan is gone. Her life was unremarkable. She finally worked hard to raise her two sons into adults. She finally reached the age of enjoying happiness, but she passed away in a hurry.
Chu Nan squeezed his eyes tightly, his eyes red from crying were full of unwillingness and deep hatred! He looked at Zhou Hailan who closed his eyes and left quietly, gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, I know you are worried that I will be in danger, so you don't want to
Let me take revenge.
But if this revenge is not avenged, am I still worthy of being your son?
I, Chu Nan, swear to God that I will find your murderer and make him pay blood for blood, tooth for tooth!!"
"boom!!"
Chu Nan punched the ground hard with such a murderous look that even Liu Zhichuan next to him shuddered.
"Chun Nan, my condolences are with you. Please stay calm and don't do anything stupid."
Liu Zhichuan hurriedly advised, "The top priority now is to prepare for your mother's funeral and let her leave in peace and glory. Don't let her leave without feeling uneasy. Do you understand?"
Chu Nan's expression recovered a little and he gradually calmed down.
He glanced at Liu Zhichuan and nodded, and said to the crying Xu family, "Everyone, get ready. Mom's funeral depends on us. She worked hard all her life, and she must be let go after her death."
Go in style!"
Xu Shaoyang wiped his tears and said, "Chun Nan, I was not good to your mother when she was alive... I wanted to make it up to her when I got old, but who knew... Hi! You are right, I want to let your mother
Go on in peace, the Xu family can be mobilized at your command, everything is up to you."
Chu Nan nodded, and then Liu Zhichuan whispered to him, "I will call the relevant comrades from the Civil Affairs Bureau now and ask him to contact the funeral director to contact you and tell you the relevant procedures for handling funeral arrangements."
Regarding his mother's sudden death, Lao Xu's family and he were caught off guard. Naturally, they were not familiar with the process. It would be great if they could understand it carefully.
After Liu Zhichuan's call, Chu Nan received a call from the director of the funeral home within two minutes, telling him in detail the process of arranging funeral arrangements and arranging for funeral home staff to come to bury the body.
After hanging up the phone, Chu Nan said to Xu Dong, "Brother, you are the eldest brother of the family. You have to take charge of everything. You are responsible for announcing the funeral. All relatives in the countryside of my mother's family and everyone familiar with the neighborhood will be notified."
After saying that, he said to Xu Jie, "Second sister, you are the only woman in the family. The first thing to do now is the coffin. You can help mother clean herself. When the people from the funeral home come later, help her put it on."
shroud."
Xu Dong and Xu Jie nodded when they heard this, not dissatisfied with Chu Nan's arrangement.
After all, although Zhou Hailan is not their biological mother, she is also the adoptive mother who has raised them up for so many years. How can she be emotionless?
Moreover, Chu Nan is now prosperous, and they have long been following his lead. Even if they don't have feelings, they still have to show feelings, right?
"Brother, what about me?
What do I do?"
Seeing that Chu Nan didn't ask him to do anything, Xu Yuan couldn't help but said anxiously, "I have to do something for my mother too!"
"Xu Yuan, according to the custom of Qianhu City, the night before is to receive the souls and hold a ceremonial banquet. You should be responsible for this. Let the relatives and friends who come to mourn me eat and drink well, and then help keep vigil."
Chu Nan patted him on the shoulder and said, "I think it would be better to hold the wedding banquet in the old house before the steel factory. The alley there is big and there are many tables.
Don’t be afraid of spending money, be sure to invite the best monks and eat the best meals.”
"okay, I get it."
Xu Yuan wiped his tears, looked at his mother's body silently, turned and left the ward.
About ten minutes later, the body collector from the funeral home arrived. Xu Jie took the shroud, put her mother Zhou Hailan on, cleaned her body, put it into a body bag, and zipped it up.
The undertaker transported Zhou Hailan's body to the funeral parlor, while Chu Nan took the Xu family back to the steel plant employee community and found someone to set up a mourning hall downstairs in his hometown.
Tang Yuan and a group of team members took the initiative to do the purchasing work and purchased all the supplies needed for the funeral. The mourning hall was quickly set up, and many neighbors came to pay their respects.
Looking at the portrait of his mother hanging high in front of the mourning hall, Chu Nan stood there without saying a word as if he had lost his soul.
His mother, who was still alive, passed away like this, and he was not mentally prepared at all.
I originally thought I could calm down, but as soon as the figure of my mother appeared in my mind, my heart felt like a needle prick... At the wedding banquet, the most famous eminent monk of Fatian Temple in Qianhu City was invited to chant sutras for salvation, and the sound of wooden fish tapping was heard.
The sound of chanting was heard far away, echoing in this narrow and dirty alley, as if looking back on Zhou Hailan's life.
In the alley, ten tables of wine and food were set up. Xu Yuan directly invited the chef from the restaurant across the street to do the work. Soon the neighbors came to pay their respects and then took their seats to eat.
This custom is a rule in Southeast Province. Every family must hold a banquet when someone dies, and it must be held for three consecutive days.
Chu Nan sat dejectedly next to the mourning hall, silent and missing his mother. His eye circles would turn red from time to time, and his tears would remain unfulfilled.
"Chun Nan..." A pleasant female voice sounded in his ears. Chu Nan raised his head in confusion. When he saw clearly that the beautiful woman calling him was Milan, he regained consciousness a little and said with a decadent look, "Milan, you
coming."
"Well, I just heard about it earlier, so my dad and I came over here."
Milan looked at Chu Nan who was in a state of despair and comforted her in a low voice, "My condolences, please don't break your body. My aunt is a good person, and good people will go to heaven."
If you don't cheer up, Auntie won't leave happily."
Chu Nan forced a smile and said, "I know, don't worry."
"Well, then I'll go pay homage to my aunt, and then I'll stay with you."
Milan pulled her father Mi Xiuwen, who was about to speak, to the front of the mourning hall. After bowing deeply three times, she asked her father to attend the banquet first, while she took the initiative to sit beside the mourning hall with Chu Nan.
Today she specially wore a black down dress and no makeup. She looked very simple but still bright and charming.
People who didn't know better thought she was Chu Nan's daughter-in-law and sat with her.
"Milan, you don't have to accompany me, I'm fine."
Chu Nan knew that Milan was worried about him, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "You can have a banquet with your father, Master Mi, and leave later. I have to go to the funeral parlor to keep vigil."
"I'll accompany you."
Milan's eyes were firm and her pretty face turned slightly red as she said, "I am also willing to keep vigil for my aunt."
Chu Nan was about to politely refuse, but unexpectedly there was a burst of crying from the door of the mourning hall, and two or three people dressed as farmers rushed over and came to the front of the mourning hall crying.
The leader of the old woman burst into tears. She threw herself in front of the mourning hall and cried loudly, "Girl, girl! Why did you go so early... You asked me to send the white-haired person to the black-haired person! I'm early
I just said that something was going to happen to you, but I didn’t expect that something happened to you... You are so cruel, and I and your mother have been mad at each other for more than 20 years, and we never saw each other again until we died..."