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Coming out of Section Chief Li's office, Xu Dong explained his work and drove straight to Panjiayuan. read

In addition to attending Uncle Liu's funeral in the afternoon, he also had to visit several other sick colleagues. Section Chief Li's intention was very straightforward, asking him to win people's hearts.

Since he was buying people's hearts, Xu Dong needed to bring his own gifts, since Corey would not reimburse him anyway.

What kind of gift should I bring?

After careful consideration, Xu Dong felt that alcohol and tobacco were not suitable, and finally decided to bring a pound of dried shrimp per person. A pound of dried shrimp costs thousands of dollars, which is definitely a heavy gift.

I took five kilograms of dried shrimps and 20,000 yuan from Section Chief Li. This money did not belong to the company, but came from my colleagues.

As the leader, Section Chief Li paid 4,000 yuan, and everyone else received 2,000 yuan, which added up to a round number.

As the saying goes, the money for the gift was less than half compared to when Xiang Xin got married.

Uncle Liu's funeral was held at the Dongjiao Funeral Home. The distance was not too far. Xu Dong drove there in half an hour.

There were so many people in the funeral home that Xu Dong searched for a long time before he found a vacant parking space.

After parking the car, I called Uncle Liu's son Liu Yuxiang, who ran over to greet him personally.

"Brother Liu, my condolences." Xu Dong immediately sent his condolences.

"Thank you for your concern. Let me take you to the auditorium. The memorial service will start soon."

Liu Yuxiang looked calm. After all, it had been almost a week since his old father passed away, and he had recovered from the great grief.

The two of them walked and talked.

Xu Dong asked curiously: "Brother Liu, it's been so long since Uncle Liu passed away, why are you holding a memorial service now?"

It's already April now, and the daytime temperature has already exceeded 30 degrees, which is really not suitable for storing remains for a long time.

"I also want my dad to be laid to rest early, but there are too many people queuing up here. Fortunately, I found some connections, otherwise I might not be able to get in line this month."

"Are you so nervous?" Xu Dong looked stunned.

Liu Yuxiang nodded, obviously unwilling to say more.

When we arrived at the auditorium, a lot of people had gathered inside. It looked like there were at least twenty people, mainly relatives.

Xu Dong quickly gave away his share of the money.

The next process was very simple. All the people observed a three-minute silence, then Liu Yuxiang said a few words of thanks, and finally bowed to the portrait.

Xu Dong looked at his watch and saw that it didn't take more than ten minutes before and after. In short, everything was kept simple.

After the memorial service, Liu Yuxiang personally sent Xu Dong to the parking lot.

"Brother Liu, this is a little thought from me. You can take it back to replenish the health of your family. Uncle Liu has left. You relatives should take care of your health."

Looking at the bag of dried shrimps in his hand, Liu Yuxiang was very moved. This was the heaviest gift he had received since his father passed away.

"Then I'll shamelessly accept it."

"I'm serious. Regarding Uncle Liu's funeral expenses and pension, Brother Liu, if you have time here, you'd better go to the company early to go through the procedures." Xu Dong reminded.

"thanks, I will."

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After leaving the Dongjiao Funeral Home, Xu Dong adjusted his mood, and then rushed to the nearby Yanjing Jingai Hospital, where his colleague Sister Feng is currently hospitalized.

After asking for directions, Xu Dong quickly found the ward where Sister Feng was.

The ward is not big, only about twenty square meters, but there are eight beds, with only a narrow corridor in the middle.

Xu Dong walked along the aisle and came to the innermost hospital bed.

Sister Feng was getting an intravenous drip, her face looked very haggard, and there was a young caregiver beside her.

Depending on her age, she is either a daughter-in-law or a daughter.

"Sister Feng, I'm here to see you." Xu Dong said softly.

Sister Feng raised her head to look at the person coming. Although Xu Dong was wearing a mask, it was not difficult to recognize him:

"Xiao Xu, why are you here? Sit down quickly."

The young woman on the side quickly gave up her chair, and Xu Dong sat down after some shirk.

"Sister Feng, I brought you some dried shrimps. You can taste them later." Xu Dong placed the bag beside the hospital bed.

"Come just come, why don't you bring anything else?" Sister Feng said "blaming".

The young woman on the side took the opportunity to ask: "Mom, who is this?"

"Oh, this is a colleague from the same department as me. Please call me Brother Xu!" After the introduction, Sister Feng looked at Xu Dong and said, "Xiao Xu, this is my youngest daughter. Her surname is also Xu, and her name is Xu Xiaojie."

"Hello, Brother Xu!"

"Hello, Xiao Xu."

After the two greeted each other, Xu Xiaojie excused herself to go out to fetch water and left with the thermos bottle.

"Sister Feng, are you feeling better?" Xu Dong asked.

Sister Feng nodded: "Much better, I will be discharged from the hospital in a few days."

"That's good, everyone is looking forward to your return!"

After some polite remarks, Sister Feng suddenly asked: "Xiao Xu, has your sister Gao contacted you recently?"

Gao Yuemei, Xiang Xin and Sister Feng are the only three female employees in the security department, and they usually have a good relationship.

"No contact, what's wrong?" Xu Dong replied. Except for the evacuation of overseas Chinese, Xu Dong rarely contacted Gao Yuemei.

"It's okay. I've sent her several messages in the past few days, but I haven't received a reply." Sister Feng said worriedly.

Xu Dong took out his mobile phone and tried to contact Gao Yuemei, but there was no response.

"Maybe I lost my phone? I can't get a replacement phone card over there."

"It's possible what you said. Alas, I didn't expect that an old friend of decades would be broken off just like that." Sister Feng said melancholy.

Xu Dong quickly advised: "Sister Feng, when the drought is over, maybe Sister Gao will come back to visit relatives, and we will see you then."

"I hope so, but I don't know when this drought will end?"

"It will definitely end one day." Xu Dong could only comfort him like this.

Twenty minutes later, Xu Xiaojie came back from fetching water, and Xu Dong said goodbye.

Xu Xiaojie sent the person to the door of the hospital very enthusiastically, and then returned to the ward.

"Mom, what does your colleague do at home? He's so generous, he actually gave me so many shrimps."

While flipping the shrimps, Sister Feng replied: "I am the second generation of rich people. My family runs a company. I have no shortage of food."

"Then is he married?"

"Don't try to make other people's decisions. His children are already in elementary school." Sister Feng said depressedly. Her daughter is almost thirty, but she just won't get married. This is her biggest headache.

If she hadn't been unable to let go of her daughter, she might have left this time.

"It's a pity. Now I just want to find someone to marry who can eat meat every day." Xu Xiaojie said with longing.

"That's a nice thought. Why did you go there so early?"

"Okay, Mom, what are you going to do with these shrimps?"

"You two sisters can take half each!"

"How can this be done? The eldest sister didn't even come to bed with me, why should I give it to her?" Xu Qin said unconvinced.

"Your sister has to take care of her children and work. Do you think others are as free as you?"

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