Chapter 668: Mr. Li Passes Away
Wang Tiedan frowned, a little bit unbelieving.
He went to chat yesterday evening. Mr. Li was able to eat and drink, and even helped fetch water. How could he have passed away?
He did not hesitate and quickly rushed to Yard 95, and his father followed him.
At this time, the door of Ni Ye's house was already full of people, and each of them was in a heavy mood.
There were several lounge chairs in the crowd. On one of them, Mr. Li was sleeping peacefully, holding a longevity lock in his hand and a smile on his lips.
"Tiedan is here, come and take a look."
Wang Tiedan walked up to Mr. Li, pressed his wrist, and found that he had indeed no pulse.
"Did Mr. Li fall asleep?"
"Yeah, I was listening to the radio and chatting, and I fell asleep and didn't wake up."
Ni Ye was smoking, which was rare, and he was in a very low mood.
Ever since he came to the city, he has been with Mr. Li, eating and sleeping together all day long. It is impossible for them not to have feelings for each other.
"It's time for this old fellow. He's over 80. It's good to live to such an old age. He enjoyed a few years of happiness. He didn't suffer much when he died. It's good."
"Does Mr. Li have any last wishes?" Wang Tiedan asked.
"He was buried with his wife, next to his son, daughter-in-law, and grandson, so the family was reunited.
Oh, by the way, he said during a chat yesterday that he wanted to drink that fruit wine, and also wanted to give his grandson some soda, so you should get him more."
"Okay, I get it, Master Ni."
As he was speaking, Director Wang from the Street Office also rushed into the yard with a group of people.
After checking on Mr. Li's condition, she was also filled with sorrow.
"Uncle Ni, Mr. Li is a lonely old man. Do you want our street to help with his funeral arrangements?"
"No need. He is a widower, but he is not alone. There are a dozen children in the yard who call him grandpa. You should stay out of it. We will take care of his funeral affairs."
"Okay~ If you need any help, you can always come to me. I'll come over after the funeral hall is set up."
"Well, let's go."
After the people from the street office left, Ni Ye began to make arrangements.
The coffin, shroud, mourning hall, wreaths, and even the snacks on the altar were all arranged clearly.
Many people in the yard started to move.
The Meng family, the Lin family, and Wang Tiedan and his son all came to help.
At night, a solemn mourning hall was set up.
The next day, from early morning till noon, there was a constant stream of people coming to worship.
Wang Tiedan was wondering why so many people came.
After asking, I found out that although Mr. Li is alone, he has been silently helping others for decades.
In Ni Ye's words, he was doing good things for his son, daughter-in-law and eldest grandson. He was killed in this life and hoped that he could live in peace in the next life.
The mourning hall was set up for two days. There was no banquet, but it was very solemn and lively.
During this period, Liu Haizhong, Xu Fugui and his son, and Sha Zhu all came and paid homage devoutly.
Finally, Wang Tiedan made the decision to move the graves of Mr. Li's lover, son, daughter-in-law and grandson and bury them together in the Babaoshan Civilian Cemetery.
This way, it will be convenient for everyone to worship during festivals.
There is no harm without comparison.
Although Mr. Li's funeral was not of high standard, it was much better than the hasty funeral of the middle-aged woman and the ignored funeral of the deaf old lady.
There is also Mr. Li who died of natural causes and with a smile on his face, which contrasts with the pain and suffering of Auntie before her death, the hideous expression of the deaf old lady, and Yi Zhonghai who froze to death in a cesspool, making everyone understand what a truly happy funeral is.
These two comparisons were a great stimulation to Yan Bugui and Jia Zhangshi.
Yan's family, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li all moved out.
Very suddenly, I sold the back house and rented a house.
He wanted to sell it to Wang Tiedan, but Wang Tiedan refused. Later, he sold it to another family in the yard who were looking to get married.
Therefore, of Yan Bugui's four children, only Yan Jiedi is left at home, who acts like others owe her eight hundred yuan all day long.
Yan Bugui has realized that it is no longer possible to have his children take care of him by his bedside.
Moreover, because they had lived frugally for half their lives, Yan Bugui and the third aunt were obviously in poor health, and their wish to have a peaceful life in their later years had almost become a delusion.
The one who felt it even more deeply was Jia Zhang.
Because she gave birth to a child at an advanced age, her vitality was severely damaged.
If she had not secretly taken a box and a half of medicine from Xu Damao's house before, and had not eaten a lot of meat and fish in the following two years, her body would have collapsed long ago.
Banggeng's attitude remained the same when he returned to the countryside. Jia Zhang's health was getting worse day by day, and it was useless for her to eat better.
Now I have to start taking painkillers again to get by.
I feel uncomfortable if I don't take a few pills a day.
Jia Zhang was thinking about the medicinal wine, and Yan Bugui was thinking about the medicine.
Unfortunately, the new retirement group hasn’t had any medicinal wine for a long time, and the boxed medicine has long disappeared.
Mr. Li’s departure has little impact on the new retirement group.
At my age, I’ve already seen life and death.
Soon, life in the nursing home returned to normal, except that in Grandpa Ni's house, there was a black-and-white photo of Mr. Li smiling, as if he had never left.
On this day, Wang Tiedan was still at home taking care of the children when he suddenly received news from Dawang Village, asking him to hurry back to the village.
As expected, that group of educated youth finally caused some trouble.
Just as Wang Tiedan and Wang Dexing guessed, the sixteen educated youth came to Dawang Village to work in the countryside, but not all for the sake of enjoying life.
Some people want to know why the villagers of Dawang Village are still healthy and full of energy without the medicinal wine.
Some people want to know why the chicken and duck farming in Dawang Village is still so successful without that kind of bait.
Some people want to know more about Wang Tiedan and establish good relations with Dawang Village.
However, outsiders are outsiders. The sixteen educated youth lived in Dawang Village for three months, but they were still isolated and did not get any secrets out of them.
I have no choice but to act like a demon.
The first thing they did was to ask to go hunting in the mountains.
The villagers certainly wouldn't allow it as they were too busy to handle the trip, so they went secretly, and the result is predictable.
Eight people went up the mountain, five came back, and the remaining three were found, their lives or deaths unknown.
The few of them thought clearly that they would use this opportunity, whether getting hurt or rescuing, to deepen their relationship with the villagers.
But they didn't expect that the back mountain was so dangerous and a little out of control.
On the one hand, Dawang Village sent people up the mountain to look for people, and on the other hand, it notified the commune to increase manpower.
Finally, they asked Wang Tiedan to come back, hoping to use Wang Tiedan's prestige among this group of educated youth to put pressure on them and make them behave themselves so as not to delay production.