Several times in dreams

Chapter 16 Funeral
It turned out to be the third young master Meng Xianchen who came, accompanied by Liang Ziwen, both of them were dressed in military uniform, with box guns pinned to their waists, and they galloped wildly on tall horses.

Seeing the two get off their horses, Meng Xianchen learned that his grandfather had passed away, and burst into tears on the spot. Liang Ziwen then kowtowed three times to the old man as a farewell.

Before he had time to speak, Meng Xianchen took the sackcloth handed over by the housekeeper and joined the funeral procession.

At this time, the sky was bright, along the road leading to Menglin in the holy city, paper money was flying all over the sky, some old acquaintances and old friends of the old man came out of the house to see the old man off, crying.

Liang Ziwen stood on the side of the road, watching the team slowly go away. Meng Wanying was wearing sackcloth and walking among the crowd. Liang Ziwen couldn't see her expression clearly, and she never looked back, just walking further and further away.

Years later, the image of her back has been lingering in Liang Ziwen's heart, lingering and lingering.

Due to the frequent dispatch of the Japanese in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region recently, Meng Xianchen and Liang Ziwen graduated half a year ahead of schedule when the country was in urgent need of employment, ready to join the battle against the enemy.

The two voluntarily applied to be sent to Shandong to follow Commander Han Fuju and hold the rank of sergeant.

In order to prevent the Japanese from attacking Shandong, I heard that Commander Han has always supported the anti-Japanese war. When the Xi'an Incident happened last year, Commander Han specially called General Zhang to support the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in resisting foreign enemies and joining hands to resist Japan.

This time when I returned to Lu, I wanted to hurry up and squeeze out some time. I could go home and have a look when I passed the holy city, and then rushed to Jinan to take up my post.

After all, there is really no way to guarantee this trip, and whether he will come back alive. I didn't expect to hear the sad news of Mrs. Meng's death as soon as I got home. It's only been a few months, and things have changed.

With a sound of "falling into the coffin!" the old man's coffin was slowly put into the tomb, and at the same time, with a "pop", Meng Zhaoxuan broke the clay basin in front of the tomb.

Meng Wanying's whole body was shocked, and she suddenly came back to her senses, as if she had been in a dream, she woke up suddenly and called out: "Grandpa..."

Tears gushed out, Li Shi didn't hold her back, she got up and rushed to the grave, once the coffin was covered with soil, she would never see grandpa again, no!That won't work!

He Jinlian and Liu Liping took a lot of effort to hold her down, and He was so angry that he cursed in a low voice: "Damn girl, you're getting excited now, you can't drip your worthless tears on the coffin, or the old lady will cry!" It's hard to be safe in the ground, do you understand?!"

Meng Wanying cried until she was powerless and collapsed. Seeing her grandfather buried in the ground little by little, she knew that the person who loved her the most and could protect her the most would never come back.

She stopped struggling, sobbed slowly, and prayed for her grandpa, wishing her grandpa would reach bliss soon, and stop worrying about herself and the Meng family, until the firecrackers sounded, and there was another burst of wailing around her.

everything is over.

After the funeral, Meng Xianchen was about to go to Jinan, the provincial capital, to take up his post. Before leaving, Meng Zhaokun and his wife stopped their son from leaving.

Liu Liping burst into tears, "Son, mother doesn't want you to be an official, and she doesn't want you to be successful, but she just hopes that you can watch over me and your father in peace, and provide us with retirement in the future. Xianchen, think about your father Mother, woo woo woo..."

Meng Xianchen said expressionlessly: "When the country is in crisis, it is my responsibility to protect the family and the country. I can't live my life like my father! After I leave, my uncle will take good care of you. Isn't that right, uncle?"

Meng Zhaoxuan nodded solemnly, "Xianchen, you can go at ease, the third brother and his wife will be taken care of by me, no matter how chaotic the situation is, our family will not be separated!"

Meng Xianchen said again: "I don't worry, Uncle, I am a member of the party state, you are all my relatives, I forgive you and no one dares to bully you!" After finishing speaking, he glanced at Mrs. He intentionally or unintentionally.

"Third brother, don't be so arrogant, you are only a sergeant now!" Meng Xianlun couldn't help but said.

"I'm all on my own, even if I'm not a sergeant, I'm better than you!"

After finishing speaking, he got on his horse and, together with Liang Ziwen who had been waiting outside the door, rode fast and disappeared into the twilight.

Meng Wanying thought the moment when the third brother got on the horse was so handsome, and the stunned Meng family was funny and funny in her eyes.

It would be great if she was a man, she could also hold a gun and fight a sword, and gallop all over the world, but she knew that she didn't have the heart of giving up the family and the country like the third brother, at least she couldn't let go of her mother and sister, so she continued to be an ordinary woman Bar.

After May [-]th, Meng Zhaoqin and his wife came to greet Meng Zhaoxuan. Qin Shijie's expression was vacillating, and he hesitated to speak.

It was Meng Zhaoxuan who took the initiative to say: "Brother-in-law, do you have something to say, but it's okay to talk, as long as I can help, I will never shirk as a brother."

Only then did Qin Shijie pluck up the courage to say: "Brother, I really can't say it. That's right. When my father was alive, he insisted on going back to his hometown Qihe to settle down. At that time, the family still had a surplus. Twenty years later, my father also passed away. , the children are growing up day by day, watching the mountains and the sky.”

"You also know that our Qin family was born as a ceremonial official for generations, and we are not good at other businesses, so I sold the Qihe old house together, and then moved back to the holy city to see if there is any suitable business to do. As for Zhaoqin, it's also close to her mother's house, so it's convenient for them to take care of each other."

Meng Zhaoxuan pondered for a while, knowing that this was not a discussion, but he just couldn't make it through and went to him, no matter what, the younger sister has suffered a lot when she was away these years, so let's take it as compensation.

At the moment, it was agreed that the family would live in Meng's mansion first, and help buy a house with their own money, and then move out after Qin Shijie dealt with the affairs of Qihe's hometown. Meng Zhaoqin and his wife were naturally happy, thanked their brother and went back to the house.

Meng Zhaoxuan has encountered difficulties here, how should he explain this to Mrs. He?

I'm afraid that she's going to make a fuss again and make my younger sister lose face. Now that her father is gone, who can restrain her?

After all, Mo Ruofu, the confidante wife, waited for He Jinlian to arrange the work of the servants for a day. As soon as he entered the hall and sat down, Meng Zhaoxuan excitedly told her a piece of news.

This spring, Lu Shenggong's mansion will hold a spring festival again. It has been several years since the spring festival was held. Lu Shenggong is worried about the shortage of manpower.

"I, hurry up and recommend Qin's father and son. Back then, Qin Shijie followed the old master Qin as a ceremony official in the government. He was familiar with all the procedures and steps. Lu Shenggong agreed. He bought a new house in the past few days and moved out. gone."

When He heard this, it was a good thing. Meng Zhaoqin's family lived at home these days, and He was already bored. Now that he knew that he was leaving soon, he felt happy and reminded Meng Zhaoxuan to prepare more gifts to celebrate the housewarming.

Meng Zhaoxuan was helping to set up the house here, but Liu Liping knew about it there. Liu Liping, who didn't know how to curry favor with the He family, hurriedly passed the matter to He Jinlian.

He Jinlian yelled, what a married girl spilled water, why she was not doing well, she went back to her mother's house and refused to leave, what was hard to hear, what a mess.

This Qin Shijie could bear it, but Meng Zhaoqin couldn't bear it, so he packed up his things and left in a fit of anger.

When Meng Zhaoxuan heard the report, he hurried home, first stopped his younger sister's family, and told them that the matter of being a court official was true, and that he would pay for the house first, and then Qin Shijie would sell the old house and return it to himself.

After finishing speaking, behind He's back, he winked at Qin Shijie, Qin Shijie was so smart, he immediately understood, thanked his uncle and sister-in-law, coaxed Meng Zhaoqin, and led the children back to the room.

Here, Mrs. He heard that it was just an advance of money, not for nothing, so he immediately stopped making trouble.

Meng Zhaoxuan quickly comforted him, "Look at you, you are so impatient. Some people are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and you will believe everything. Can I buy them a house for nothing?"

"Don't even think about it. The mess is so ugly now. He will also be a ritual official in the future. How can we get along again? You really don't worry about me. Originally, I planned to take time to go to Shanghai after the Spring Festival. Let's see how Wanyun is doing."

Hearing that Meng Zhaoxuan was going to Shanghai to visit his daughter, He scrambled up, laughing through tears, Meng Zhaoxuan was secretly proud, I knew this was your fate!

(End of this chapter)