Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 530 A suicide note

Jia Zhang, whose original name was Zhang Cuihua, died on December 1, 1997 at the age of 81. In the last few months of her life, she learned that she had cancer. In order not to cause trouble to her children, she concealed her illness. In the final stage, she never left the house. The only time she went out was to attend a party in Courtyard No. 95. Only Yang Ruiping would send her some food from time to time. Most of the meals were made by Yan Jiekuang, and they were all her favorites, but Yan Jiekuang himself didn't know it. It was all Yang Ruiping's orders.

When the old lady was cleaning up her belongings, she found three passbooks and a letter in the house. No one knew who had written the letter, but Yang Ruiping knew nothing about it.

Before reading the letter, Jia Dongxu had fainted from crying several times. After reading the letter, Jia Dongxu spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted completely. Qin Huairu and Jia Geng quickly sent Jia Dongxu to the hospital.

The yard was left to Jia Xiaobao to look after, while Xiaobao's second brother-in-law and third brother-in-law were busy arranging the arrangements for the mourning hall.

Jia Xiaobao picked up the letter on the ground, read it, and wrote in his heart:
My son Dongxu:

When you see this letter, I will probably be on my way to find your father. Looking back over all these years, I am finally free. I am very happy. My son is now surrounded by descendants. I have done my best for the ancestors of the Jia family.

Your father and I met in 1932. At that time, I didn't think about anything. I just wanted to live with your father. Your father, to put it nicely, is honest and decent, to put it bluntly, he is not good enough. But I just like this about him. I thought we would live a happy life, but things did not go as planned. I didn't expect that your father would have that fatal disaster.

After your father passed away, I swore in front of his mourning hall that I would never marry and would remain a widow for his whole life. I didn't expect that your mother would do it and fulfill her oath. Alas, when your father passed away, it was a time of chaos. There were all kinds of people around, and many people were eyeing you covetously. In order to protect you, your mother, I swear and fight in the streets all day long. Those are things your mother was not good at, but your mother trained herself to become a famous shrew in Nanluoguxiang. I had no choice, your mother. If I didn't stop being a shrew, we would be eaten up by others.

My child, you are a good person. You have been filial and sensible since childhood. You will do whatever I tell you to do. But you are easily influenced by others. I have worked hard for half my life to help you get married and start a family. I have done my best to repay your father. But since your family opened the hotel, you have changed. Not only you, but the grandchildren have also changed. They no longer stick to me, their grandmother. I feel very lost. I can only go to see Ruiping every day. Fortunately, she is with me, otherwise I don’t know how I would have gotten through the past ten years.

My son, you don't have to be sad after your mother is gone. The people in the hospital lied to me and said it was a minor illness and asked me to ask my family to come over. I knew something was fishy when I heard that. Who was your mother? I said she was an elderly widower, and they told me her illness. I thought, since it can't be cured anyway, I decided not to treat it, so I didn't tell you for fear of causing you trouble. Don't blame your mother. I just wanted to find your father quietly.

By the way, as for your master, you should follow his wishes. Haha, this old man thought that I had changed my mind. I thought I was gone and you can do whatever you want. Out of sight, out of mind. He has been scheming against others all his life. This old guy, if it weren't for his old age, I would be disgusted by him.

Son, I have saved a lot of money over the years. I have three passbooks here. The biggest one with 30,000 yuan is for you. The other two with 10,000 yuan each are for Xiaodang and Huaihua. You have not raised these two girls in vain. They always come to see me. This yard originally belonged to Xiaodang. I will return it to her when I leave. This girl is not bad. She is a good person.

After I am gone, bury me and your father together. This is your mother's last wish. By the way, you have to kowtow to Yang Ruiping. She is my best sister and accompanied me through the last moments of my life. I have no regrets. Life is full of suffering. Your mother has suffered and been a bitch for most of my life, and all I have gained is you getting married and starting a family. This is my gift to Lao Jia.

Okay, I won’t say any more. Just live your own life. Mom is gone. Burn more paper so that your mom will have something to show for it when she passes away.

Love your mother, Zhang Cuihua's last words"

After reading it, Jia Xiaobao also burst into tears. He remembered vividly every little thing his grandmother had done for him. Although the old lady was powerful, she did a lot to protect them, her children. This reminded Jia Xiaobao of the game of "Eagle Catches Chickens", in which Jia Zhang was the old hen who stood resolutely in the front and protected them as they grew up.

The old neighbors in the courtyard only got the news the next day. Yi Zhonghai and his wife hurried to the hospital to visit Jia Dongxu who was vomiting blood.

As for the others, they passed the news to each other and rushed to the small courtyard in front of the door as soon as possible. Now Xu Damao and He Yuzhu were the ones who were in charge of the funeral. The two of them took the initiative to take on this task, especially when they heard that Jia Zhang concealed her illness and passed away quietly alone. They thought of the little things in her daily life and admired the old lady very much.

What is unusual is that after Xu Wude and He Daqing learned about Jia Zhang's death, they locked themselves in a room as agreed, and no one knew what they were doing. Yi Zhonghai came to the hospital and walked to Jia Dongxu's bed. Jia Dongxu had not woken up yet. Qin Huairu, who was beside him, no longer had the high spirits of a boss lady. She was crying beside him and stroking Jia Dongxu's face with her hands.

Yi Zhonghai asked: "How is it? What did the doctor say?"

"Uncle Yi, the doctor said that it was due to excessive grief and that he just needed to rest for two days. However, Dongxu has a lot of things to do over there. What should we do?" Qin Huairu said with tears in her eyes.

Yi Zhonghai said, "No, this won't work. Is there any sedative that can be given to Jia Dongxu to help him get through this first?"

Qin Huairu's eyes lit up when she heard this. Just as she was about to stand up and walk out, Jia Dongxu woke up slowly and said weakly, "Where am I? What happened?"

Qin Huairu quickly leaned over to look at Jia Dongxu and said, "You are vomiting blood. Don't you know what happened?"

Jia Dongxu frowned, thought for a while, and suddenly struggled to sit up and said, "Why am I here? How long have I been here? No, my mother is still in the yard. I have to go back. I have to go back."

Yi Zhonghai said at this time: "Okay, let's go back. I'll borrow a wheelchair and the master will push you back. No matter what, you have to see your sister-in-law off for the last time."

After hearing what his master said, Jia Dongxu stood up and was about to get out of bed. Qin Huairu quickly stopped him and said, "No, Dongxu, take it easy first. I'll go and handle the discharge procedures. You can get out of bed after that." After that, she stood up and walked out. Yi Zhonghai also followed him out. He was going to rent a wheelchair. Li Cuilan comforted Jia Dongxu in a low voice, and Jia Dongxu kept nodding. In fact, Li Cuilan was also explaining some precautions for funerals.

After a while, Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai came back. Jia Dongxu was still a little weak. If he had a little more strength, he would not let his master push him in a wheelchair.

The group headed straight for the front courtyard. When they arrived at the door, they saw a white cloth obituary posted. The door and the inside had already been decorated. When Jia Dongxu asked Jia Geng, he found out that it was He Yuzhu who went to buy funeral clothes, and the sisters were just changing clothes for Jia Zhang.

Jia Dongxu looked at the well-decorated mourning hall, bowed to He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, and said, "I won't say anything else, brothers, thank you."

Xu Damao waved his hand and said, "Brother Dongxu, please don't say that. This is what we should do."

On the other side, Jia Geng and the others had already changed into mourning clothes, and Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu also hurried in and put on mourning clothes.

While waiting for Jia Zhang to be carried into the coffin, Jia Dongxu stretched out his hand and tremblingly touched his mother's cheek. Only then did Jia Dongxu realize that his mother had become extremely thin. Jia Dongxu burst into tears instantly, and then the whole house was filled with crying.

Qin Huairu cried her heart out and felt very regretful. She had been busy making money in the past few years and neglected her mother-in-law, whom she loved and hated. She couldn't even remember how many times she had seen Jia Zhang in a year. In the past, Jia Zhang would have blocked the door and scolded her for being heartless. But since she opened the hotel, it seemed that her mother-in-law rarely looked for her anymore. She had even forgotten about her mother-in-law. It showed that her mother-in-law only disciplined them most strictly when they were in the most difficult times.

The same was true for Jia Geng. What emerged in his mind was the scene of the old lady secretly taking him out to eat delicious food. At that time, Jia Zhang was still very fond of this eldest grandson. All the delicious food was for him to eat, for fear that he would not have enough to eat.

(End of this chapter)