"A Liang, sir, are you here?" Li Xuexuan asked the driver, A Liang.
"He went into the study after I picked him up from the hospital, and he hasn't come out yet." A Liang said with a sad face, "Miss, it seems that the master is in a very bad mood. I haven't seen him like this for a long time. You go
Look at him! He, he—" A Liang mentioned him several times in a row, but couldn't explain why.
"I'll look for him in the study!" Li Xuexuan was also worried about her father's health, so she walked towards the study on the second floor.
Behind him, A Liang looked at Li Xuexuan's back and sighed: "What's this all about! The Li family has been too embarrassed this year. The white-haired person will give away the black-haired person! Even if the young master Li is not, he is still Li.
family!"
At this time, the old housekeeper came over, glanced at Li Xuexuan's back with his hands behind his back, then looked at Ah Liang who looked sad and said, "What are you worried about? Someone in the Li family passed away, why are you more sad than the master?"
"You don't understand this." A Liang explained: "It's really none of my business if someone in the Li family dies, but it's my business if I'm not in good health. The young lady will have to go back to Hong Kong sooner or later. As a driver, I've always been there to take care of her.
They are all masters. If anything happens to the master, I will lose my job! As soon as I lose my job, I will lose my salary. When the time comes, the whole family will be in trouble?"
The old housekeeper was surprised, "I didn't expect that Aliang, you are usually as lumpy as a block of wood, but your brain is still very flexible!"
A Liang smiled bitterly: "It's impossible to be flexible, it's all for survival!"
…
When Li Xuexuan came to the study, she stood at the door and thought about what words to use to comfort her father Li Yaozu.
After thinking about it, Li Xuexuan became even more confused. Finally, she bit her silver teeth and said whatever she wanted to say, adapting to the situation.
Thinking of this, Li Xuexuan stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door.
Creaking, the door opens.
The one who opened the door was the maid serving Li Yaozu's tea.
"Miss, you're back!" The maid was overjoyed when she saw Li Xuexuan. You can imagine how uncomfortable it was for her to be next to Li Yaozu, who was under low pressure.
"I'll serve him, you go and rest!"
"Miss, this-"
"It's okay." Li Xuexuan was considerate, knowing that the maid must be very tired, at least mentally tired.
The maid was very grateful for Li Xuexuan's understanding, bowed slightly to Li Xuexuan again, and then left the room.
As soon as Li Xuexuan entered the study, she heard Li Yaozu call out: "Xuexuan, you are back? How is the company? Is there anything that goes wrong? Come over and see if my calligraphy and painting are good?"
"
There was no trace of sadness in Li Yaozu's tone, but instead he seemed interested.
Li Xuexuan looked around and saw his father Li Yaozu wearing a casual white Tang shirt. At the moment, he was holding a brush in one hand and his other hand on his waist, looking at the things laid out on the desk with an appreciative attitude.
A calligraphy and painting.
On the coffee table next to the desk, there is a fruit platter. The platter includes watermelon, apples, and grapes, as well as candied fruits, biscuits, tea, etc.
When Li Yaozu saw his daughter approaching, he still didn't look back. He pointed at the calligraphy and painting and said, "This picture of a peacock is the best one I've ever painted. No matter how you look at it, it's pleasing to the eye! How do you like it? What do you think?"
Having said this, Li Yaozu turned to look at his daughter.
In just a few days, Li Yaozu seemed much older, with more wrinkles on his brows and messy white hair on his temples that were even more eye-catching.
Li Xuexuan stood beside his father with a smile and looked at the colorful peacock picture. He saw the peacock drawn by Li Yaozu with colored pens perched on a big tree. The surroundings were filled with clouds and mist. The peacock was posing and posing, and a group of birds were below.
The colorful peacock looks like a king of birds as it prostrates itself in worship.
"It's very good, very beautiful!"
"Beautiful? Is this your appreciation of my painting?" Li Yaozu curled his lips, seeming to be dissatisfied with his daughter's evaluation, "It took me four or five hours to rent this painting, and you just say it's beautiful and it's over?"
"
Li Xuexuan smiled slightly and reached out to hold Li Yaozu's arm: "Then how do you want me to praise you? Do you think you should be regarded as the master of traditional Chinese painting, surpassing Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi?"
Li Yaozu shook his head: "What you said like that is not praising me, but mocking me! Those masters are like gods. How can I, an amateur with only two legs and one or two brushes, be their opponent?"
Li Xuexuan made a naughty gesture and leaned in front of Li Yaozu, looking at him with admiration: "What should we do? In my eyes, dad, your painting skills are the best! Especially this one
No matter how I look at the peacock picture, I like it! If you put it up for auction, I will spend millions to take it!"
"Hahaha!" Li Yaozu laughed heartily, put the brush in his hand on the pen holder, then walked to the coffee table with Li Xuexuan in his arm, and sat down on the sofa.
He painted for four or five hours at a stretch, and his whole body had already lost all strength. Only when he sat on the sofa did he feel that his whole body ached and his back ached, "Naughty boy! You pick out the words I like to hear! Your dad, I still know myself.
This painter is so vulgar and gorgeous that he can’t wait for the elegant hall! If it is really put up for auction, not only will it be criticized, but it will also be laughed at! On the contrary, it is you--"
Li Yaozu gently wiped the tip of Li Xuexuan's nose with his hand, his eyes full of kindness and said: "This is the best work of my life, Li Yaozu!"
Li Xuexuan felt warm in her heart and said with a smile on her face: "You just know now? Your precious daughter is so famous outside, not only in Bangkok, but also in Hong Kong. I won't say a word of praise to everyone who meets her. This is the Li family.
Golden Phoenix!”
"Hahaha! Are you ashamed? I've never seen myself praise myself!" Li Yaozu laughed.
Li Xuexuan took the opportunity to bend down, pick up a piece of watermelon and stuff it into Li Yaozu's mouth: "Eat the watermelon first!"
"Wow, it's so sweet. What my daughter serves me is different!" Li Yaozu ate the watermelon with great relish. "The watermelon in Bangkok is different from the one in Hong Kong. It's sweeter and has more water! But it's better than the watermelon in Hong Kong.
Come on, I still like the watermelon in Hong Kong!"
"I remember when I was in Hong Kong, the children liked to gather together and play around every Chinese New Year. When I saw them being naughty, I gave an order to each of them to get a watermelon. Whoever did it would double the New Year's red envelope! As you know,
The watermelons that come from Hong Kong in the winter are either imported products shipped from other places or watermelons that have been ripened in the fields. They are all very poor and not sweet."
"What do you think they did? Some children went to the fruit market to buy them at high prices, and some simply gave up on the task. Only your cousin Li Zhaotian, he is the smartest one."
Li Yaozu was eating watermelon, and his mind went back to the past: "But he called the fruit market and told the fruit sellers that he was going to order a few watermelons. The people quickly went over to pay, and he asked the boss to put the watermelons first.
Send it over! Then there was an interesting scene, the watermelon was delivered to the door in person, and those who ran to buy the watermelon became the biggest victim and helped him pay the bill!"
"Afterwards, I handed the red envelope to Li Zhaotian with a smile, touched his head and asked him why he did this? He told me that you must know how to eat your brain when doing things, and you must be good at using all the tools around you! Since there is a phone so
If you don’t need convenient communication, why go there in person and waste time? The success or failure of your business depends on seconds!”
"He impressed me that time! He knew how to take advantage of the situation at a young age, and his achievements are limitless when he grows up! My good brother also admires his precious son, but thinks he is too smart, and sometimes he will suffer big losses if he is too smart.
!" Li Yaozu said this, his tone suddenly became low, "He suffered a big loss this time! He shouldn't have fought with Shi Zhijian, he is smart, Shi Zhijian is smarter than him! Even an old man like me thinks that Shi Zhijian is doing something weird.
It’s hard to predict, not to mention his good fortune.”
Li Yaozu bent down and threw the watermelon rind on the plate, then took out a piece of paper towel and wiped his lips: "Doing business is actually the same as being a human being. You must know how to be submissive and be able to bend and stretch! I taught him this sentence, and he was the same at that time.
Let me tell you, thank you uncle for your advice! Yes, he did say that, I remember it very clearly! So I always thought that he would be undefeated in business in the future... But..." Li Yaozu choked up, with circles in his eyes.
Red and moist, "He still took a step ahead of me and went to find his father! Haha, the white-haired person sent the black-haired person! It's so interesting!"
When Li Yaozu said "interesting", he couldn't help but burst into tears!
"It's so embarrassing, isn't it Seolhyun? Your dad and I are so old, and yet we are still crying?" Li Yaozu reached out and wiped the corners of his eyes, trying to wipe away the tears, but the more tears he wiped, the more he cried.
!
"How could this happen? Am I really too old and too sentimental? These tears are worthless, haha!" Li Yaozu kept wiping his tears, looking like he was crying and smiling at the same time.
Li Xuexuan closed her eyes. She really couldn't bear to see the scene in front of her, "Abba, don't be like this. No matter how much you cry, my cousin will not survive!"
"Really? Haha! But why can't I stop?" Li Yaozu could no longer hold on, choked up a few times, a breath stuck in his throat, and then burst into tears!
When the servants of the Li family in the villa heard the sound, they all looked up to the study room on the second floor with shocked expressions.
How long had it been since they had seen their master cry so loudly and without concealment?
I don’t know how long it took——
Li Xuexuan took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Li Yaozu.
Li Yaozu wiped his tears with it, and finally he stopped crying.
He tried his best to smile: "I can't help it, as I get older, it's easy to remember things from the past!"
Then he picked up a tissue and wiped the corners of his eyes for the last time, and told Li Xuexuan: "No matter what, I will give him a generous burial this time! He is a member of our Li family - a member of the Li family in life, and a ghost of the Li family in death!"
…
Since Li Yaozu said that he would give his nephew Li Zhaotian a grand burial, of course, as his daughter, Li Xuexuan would do it.
As a well-known Chinese family in Bangkok, when Li Xuexuan announced the obituary of his cousin Li Zhaotian's death, many local prominent families began to take action, preparing to collectively come to the Li family to express their condolences and send this rising star from Hong Kong on his final journey.
The Lee family members in Hong Kong have also sent representatives over. Once they have paid their condolences to Lee Zhaotian and the fireworks have been completed, they will take his ashes back to Hong Kong and lay them to rest.
Changshou Funeral Home, Bangkok.
"A guest has arrived! Come forward and salute! Bow once! Bow again! Bow three times! Family members respond!"
There were people inside and outside Changshou Funeral Home, and firecrackers burst out from time to time as condolences arrived.
Lee's is a big family in Bangkok, and there were so many people who came to express their condolences that the parking lot of the funeral home simply couldn't park so many vehicles. The Bangkok police had no choice but to come forward to maintain order and let the excess vehicles park along both sides of the road. Even so
, there is still a steady flow of traffic coming to express condolences.
At the entrance of the funeral parlor, there was a long line of condolence wreaths. Looking from a distance, it was instantly spectacular.
Changshou Funeral Home is the funeral home in Bangkok that handles the largest number of Chinese funeral ceremonies.
Bangkok people believe deeply in Buddhism, and their burial methods are different from those of the Chinese.
They pay attention to chanting sutras for salvation and cremation.
In order to solve this problem, the Chinese established many Chinese-style funeral parlors. Among the many funeral parlors, this longevity one is the most famous and largest.
The history of Changshou Funeral Parlor can be traced back to the 1940s. At that time, Luo Changshou, a Chinese who came to Thailand to seek a living, funded the construction of this funeral parlor. At first, it was just a small business, building a shack to serve as a funeral parlor. Later, as the business grew, he directly bought it.
Start a business in a shop.
With the civil war, more and more Chinese moved to Bangkok, Thailand, and Luo Changshou's business became better and better. In the end, the Luo family became a famous local funeral king.
However, the Chinese people feel that the funeral industry is too "unlucky" and no matter how much money they make, it will never be successful. Therefore, although the Luo Changshou family is very wealthy, they are squeezed out by local Chinese businessmen.
Even in many public occasions, such as banquets held by Chinese businessmen, no one wanted to sit with the Luo family.
Among the many Chinese businessmen, Li Yaozu was the only one who did not believe this and became very close to the Luo family. He also actively acted as an introducer to bring the Luo family into the Chinese Business Association, allowing the Luo family to join the upper class openly.
In this regard, Luo Changshou was very grateful to Li Yaozu for his help and would take the initiative to communicate with him during every year and festival.
I just didn't expect that Li Yaozu would take the initiative to ask him for help this time and ask him to help arrange the funeral of his nephew Li Zhaotian.
Luo Changshou immediately promised: "I will definitely make this funeral beautiful and beautiful!"
This is what Luo Changshou said, and he also did this. Not only did he turn down three large-scale businesses in one go, he also gave up the entire funeral hall to the Lee family based on the principle of not making money.
In addition, Luo Changshou also spent his own money to decorate the entire funeral hall in a grand manner, with lanterns, paper figures, gold ingots, etc., all in abundance.
At this moment, in the luxurious condolence hall, black and white photos of Li Zhaotian were placed, with a banner above: Died young, his voice is still there!
Li Yiuzu, Li Zhaotian's uncle, and Li Xuexuan, his cousin, accompanied by family members of the Li family in Hong Kong, were greeting guests who came to express their condolences.
"Bai's Fragrant Rice Company, Mr. Bai Changqing is here!"
"I am sorry for your loss!"
"Thanks!"
"Mr. Xie Guangyi Xie, director of Bangkok Teochew Chamber of Commerce, is here!"
"Mr. Li, your health is the most important thing, and I hope you can express your condolences!"
"Thank you, I'm very considerate!"
"Mr. Lu Rongsheng of Bangkok Lu's Rubber Company has arrived!"
"We are very saddened by the passing of Mr. Li Zhaotian!"