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When Shen Mingzhu got dressed and came to Qin Jinlian's room downstairs, the room was already full of crying.

Qin Jinlian was lying upright on the kang, her face was gray and her expression was calm and peaceful.

Shen Jianguo sat on the kang, holding one of Qin Jinlian's hands with red eyes, his body hunched, as if he had aged twenty years.

Brothers Shen Chaobei and Shen Xiangnan both knelt on the kang, sobbing and crying on Qin Jinlian's body.

Du Juan stood by the kang with a dull expression and glanced at Shen Mingzhu when she came in.

However, Jia Yuemei and a few children were missing. They were probably not allowed in for fear of taboo.

mom.

Shen Mingzhu opened her mouth, but couldn't shout, her throat seemed to be blocked by a ball of cotton.

She turned to Pei Yang and asked, "Did you call 120?"

Pei Yang nodded and added in a low voice: "The doctor from the health center came to see me just now and asked him to prepare for the funeral."

Shen Mingzhu's heart sank.

After standing for a while, unable to bear the sad atmosphere in the room, she turned and went back upstairs.

Jia Yuemei was also alert. She gathered the children in her room and locked the door.

Shen Mingzhu told Pei Ziheng through the window to take care of his younger brothers and sisters and not move around, and then went downstairs again.

Just in time, 120 has arrived.

After a professional and detailed examination, death was pronounced.

"Mom, mom——"

Shen Chaobei was distraught, and his cries tore through the silent night.

According to the custom of Shenjiagou, after death, people need to be sent back to the countryside for burial, which means fallen leaves return to their roots.

But it's too late now, it's dark and cold outside, so we have to wait until early tomorrow morning.

Qin Jinlian's sudden death caught the whole family off guard.

Fortunately, Pei Yang had experience and quickly made arrangements.

He called a funeral parlor he was familiar with and handed over the entire funeral arrangements to the funeral parlor. Then he took Shen Chaobei and Shen Xiangnan out to buy incense candles, paper wax and white cloth.

Shen Mingzhu and Du Juan were guarding the living room.

Du Juanshun told Shen Mingzhu the cause and effect of discovering Qin Jinlian's accident.

After Shen Mingzhu took her daughter upstairs, Du Juan and Jia Yuemei also took their children back to their rooms.

Du Juan admitted that she couldn't sleep in bed, so she put her son to sleep and went downstairs to continue watching TV.

Shen Jianguo, brothers Pei Yang and Shen Chaobei, gathered around the table to grab golden flowers.

Shen Jianguo was lucky and won a lot of money. After returning home, he couldn't help but chat with Qin Jinlian, trying to make her happy too.

As a result, after talking for a long time, Qin Jinlian made no sound and couldn't wake up even if she shouted. Only then did she realize that something had happened and hurriedly called the doctor from the health center.

Upon examination by the doctor, he found that his heartbeat and pulse were gone, and his pupils were dilated. Based on experience, he presumed that it was a sudden myocardial infarction.

Du Juan felt happy again, with tears in her eyes, "Fortunately, I brought Dandan back and let her see her for the last time. Otherwise, your eldest brother would have to blame me for the rest of his life."

Shen Chaobei was a loyal and filial man. He had been working hard outside these years, and he felt indebted to Qin Jinlian and his wife.

Qin Jinlian has been thinking about her grandson for so many years. If she dies without seeing him and never sleeps in peace, Shen Chaobei will really go crazy.

Du Juan continued: "Actually, I came back this time reluctantly. I always remember what she did to our family in the past. I went all the way to bring my balls back to show her, but she cruelly wanted to take them away. I I really thought about letting her never see Dandan for the rest of her life.”

"But now that she is gone, I suddenly feel that all these years of resentment are meaningless. She is the children's grandmother, so what can I do if I tolerate her?"

Seeing her regret and self-blame, Shen Mingzhu comforted her: "Everything in the world is unpredictable. No one can predict what will happen tomorrow."

Du Juan looked at her and said, "You don't look too sad."

She and Jia Yuemei were fine, after all, they had foreign surnames, but Shen Mingzhu was her biological daughter, and she didn't even shed a single tear.

Regarding Qin Jinlian's death, Shen Mingzhu had very complicated emotions. It would be a lie to say that she has no feelings for Qin Jinlian at all. After all, she has been calling her mom for eight years.

But it was indeed sad to the point of tears, more of a sadness.

It was like the death of an old friend whom I had known for many years.

……

At about three o'clock in the middle of the night, Pei Yang and his two brothers came back.

After a burst of firecrackers, the whole street was woken up. When they opened their windows and saw the brightly lit lights of Shen's house and the white cloth hanging high, they knew something was wrong and they all put on their clothes and rushed to help.

This is also a custom in Fengcheng. After the death of an old man, a string of firecrackers will be set off to announce the funeral.

At five o'clock in the morning, people from the funeral home arrived and took Qin Jinlian back to Shenjiagou in a courtesy car.

When we arrived at Shenjiagou, it was dawn.

The people at the funeral home got busy in an orderly manner, building a mourning hall and burying Qin Jinlian.

Shen Chaobei and Shen Xiangnan put on mourning clothes and prepared to report to their relatives.

There are no telephones in rural areas, so if you have any questions, you have to go door-to-door.

Before leaving the house, Du Juan called to Shen Chaobei: "Take your balls with you."

Before Qin Jinlian died, she wanted to show off Shen Zilong, her eldest grandson, and asked Shen Chaobei to take his son with him, which could be regarded as fulfilling Qin Jinlian's last wish.

Shen Chaobei picked up his son with red eyes and went out.

As the mournful music began, the news of Qin Jinlian's death spread like a gust of wind throughout the village, making countless people sigh.

……

After a period of recuperation, Liu Cuihua's health improved a lot.

Although I can't get out of bed and walk yet, I can sit up and speak slowly.

After being awakened by the sound of banging, she called her son Shen Hao: "What's going on outside?"

"It's Uncle Jianguo's house."

"What's going on at her house? It's so noisy early in the morning."

The babble of gongs and operas covered up the sorrow and joy, so that Liu Cuihua mistakenly thought that Qin Jinlian was up to something again.

"Mom, Aunt Jinlian is gone. It is said that it happened in the early hours of last night."

Liu Cuihua was stunned for a long time before she said: "It's a good death."

But there was no joy or gloating on her face. Instead, she was stunned and muttering something silently.

……

Qin Jinlian's funeral was held smoothly, but it also cast a haze over the Spring Festival.

To have a child that you want to raise, but your parents are not around, is probably the most helpless sorrow and pain after entering middle age.

After the funeral, the New Year is almost over.

The three brothers and sisters sat together to discuss Shen Jianguo's support.

Shen Jianguo's health was fine, but Qin Jinlian's death was a huge blow to him, and his spirit was a little broken. The three brothers and sisters were worried about him living alone, fearing that there would be no one to take care of him.

After some discussion, it was finally decided to let Shen Jianguo choose who he wanted to follow, and the other two families would be responsible for paying alimony.

"I won't follow anyone, I will live alone."

The three brothers and sisters tried to persuade each other, but Shen Jianguo insisted on staying in the town, "I will stay in the town, and I will continue to run your mother's snack bar. You have a filial piety and come back with your children to see me when you have time." That’s it.”

As they spoke, there were tears in the old eyes, filled with nostalgia. The three brothers and sisters could not bear to force Shen Jianguo to enter the city, so they could only discuss finding a capable helper for Shen Jianguo.

The person most affected by Qin Jinlian's death was Shen Chaobei.

On the night of the burial, he found Shen Mingzhu and expressed that he no longer wanted to wander outside and wanted to return to Fengcheng to settle down and live a happy life. (End of chapter)