Xu Xiaoya wiped Zhang Xingming's tears in a panic, but she was about to cry: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Xingming stretched out his hand to hug Xu Xiaoya and said, "It's really okay, my grandfather passed away, I will go back tomorrow to see him off." ”

Xu Xiaoya's movements stiffened for a moment, and said, "Don't be too sad, people have to leave when they get old." ”

Zhang Xingming nodded, let go of his hand and said, "I understand, go and book a ticket, the sooner the better." ”

Xu Xiaoya went out for a while, Li Chun walked in, handed Zhang Xingming a cigarette to help him light it, and said, "The old man has passed away?"

Zhang Xingming nodded and said, "I feel that something is going to happen in the past few days, and I haven't thought about the old man." ”

Li Chun said: "The old man is also at the end of his life, he is a long life, this is a happy event, don't be too sad." ”

Zhang Xingming said: "Understood. The old man has lived for almost a century, from Guangxu when he kept braids to the Republic of China to cut braids, carried a job for little Japan, handed over food to a beard, led a horse for the People's Liberation Army, participated in the agrarian revolution, earned a share of work, experienced a big movement, and caught up with the delivery of production to households, and enjoyed reform and opening up.

I'm just a little sorry, the old man's good life didn't last a few days, it's only been six years, and I think the old man can live a few more years if the conditions are good, but it's still not God. It's a bit of a pity that I didn't see the old man for the last time. ”

Li Chun patted Zhang Xingming's back and said: "I have had many comrades-in-arms, and I have experienced many comrades-in-arms who have learned that the old man in the family has died, but they can't go back because of the task, but there is no way, people always have gains and losses in this life, and it is enough for us to have that heart, besides, the old man in your family is a good death, and he left after falling asleep, and your family has not seen this last time, isn't it?"

Zhang Xingming glared at Li Chun and said, "Are you so coaxing?" but his mood was much better.

Xu Xiaoya walked in: "Erming, there is no direct flight, I have to transfer from Seoul or Frankfurt, but there are direct flights to the capital." ”

Li Chun said: "Charter flight, direct contact charter flight, no matter what type of aircraft, just take off early." ”

Xu Xiaoya went out to contact again, Li Chun said: "I also went out to prepare, don't you get bored now, right? Rest, you must rest, don't let Aunt Zhang and them see your listless appearance tomorrow, understand?"

Zhang Xingming nodded.

Li Chun went out of Zhang Xingming's room and went directly to Xu Xiaoya, Xu Xiaoya couldn't handle the charter flight, and he had to deal with it.

Charter flights are very troublesome, the number of passengers carrying all aspects of the goods are reported in detail, because it is this kind of transnational, not only troublesome, but also more troublesome, because of business competition, the general target country will impose a lot of restrictions on this kind of cross-border charter flights from other countries.

The airspace opening time can not be said to give you a schedule of time, the flight route landing location these need to be repeatedly applied for checking, this is not a day or two can be done, the general cross-border charter flight has to be half a month or even a month in advance to negotiate the formalities, and it does not necessarily let you land at the airport you want to go to.

Sure enough, Xu Xiaoya was talking to the airline with a sad face.

Li Chun went over and asked, "What's the problem?"

Xu Xiaoya raised her head and said, "There is not enough time, they said that it will take a week at the earliest, so it is better to transfer the plane, only one day." ”

Li Chun said: "You just ask him what time he can take off tomorrow at the earliest, and he doesn't have to worry about other domestic affairs." ”

Xu Xiaoya said for a while, then looked up and said, "Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock." ”

Li Chun nodded, took the phone and contacted the embassy. More than an hour later, the call came back and everything was OK. Xu Xiaoya immediately contacted the airline again, and finally got a charter flight, the Boeing 747 of Bald Eagle Northwest Airlines, the range was too far, and most planes of this era could not fly. $350,000 is gone.

At nine o'clock in the morning the next day, the plane took off on time.

The plane is a little good because it is big, it can carry a lot of things, including vehicles, and the underspace of the 747 can be called huge compared to other civil aircraft.

At 11:10 p.m., the plane landed in Mukden. Jet lag is such a magical thing.

Unloading things, loading trucks, the convoy drove out of the airport and headed straight for Cup Creek.

At 12:40, the convoy arrived at Yongfeng and parked in the parking lot outside the yard.

It's already autumn, the leaves are flying in the yard, the grass has begun to wither, it is the season when everything is withering, and it only adds a touch of sadness.

The security guard of the doorman saw Zhang Xingming come out and saluted, and said, "Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang have gone to the funeral home, saying that you will come back and go directly." Zhang Xingming was stunned for a moment and nodded, the temperature is still very high during the day at this time, and there is no way to stop at home.

"Are you all at home?" Zhang Xingming asked the security guard.

The security guard said: "Grandma Zhang didn't go, this matter is particular, Grandma Zhang can't go, in the house, everyone else went." ”

Zhang Xingming turned his head and entered the courtyard, hurriedly entered the house, and when he opened the door, he saw Sun Niang and the second aunt sitting on the sofa talking with grandma, grandma looked a little stunned, with a red cloth strip tied on her wrist, and her hair was not seriously combed and looked a little scattered.

"Bmmy. Zhang Xingming changed his shoes and walked over.

Grandma turned her head to look over, saw Zhang Xingming, stretched out a hand and said, "Oh, my second grandson is back." ”

Zhang Xingming grabbed his grandmother's hand, said hello to Sun Niang's second aunt, and sat down beside his grandmother, and grandma asked, "Where have you been?

Zhang Xingming said: "When I go to work, I am not tired, I just make a phone call or something." Are you scared?"

Grandma said: "Don't be afraid, the dead old man has nothing to fear, so he left without a sound." It's annoying me, leave me alone. ”

The second aunt said: "The old lady is quite strong, she didn't cry, and she coaxed your mother to cry." ”

Sun Niang said: "I understand it, I am so old, I can see it, sooner or later it is not that day." ”

Grandma grabbed Zhang Xingming's hand and asked, "Did you go to see your mother?" I went to the crematorium to send the old man to death, but I had to not let me go, for fear that I would take the old man away." ”

Zhang Xingming said with a smile: "That place is not for the elderly, you stay at home, I'll go over and take a look, and I'll come back to talk to you later, oh." ”

Grandma thought for a while, let go of Zhang Xingming's hand a little reluctantly, and asked, "Will you come back in a while?"

Zhang Xingming said: "Come back, I'll pick up my mother, and we'll come back together in a while." ”

Grandma nodded and said, "Then go quickly, inquire about the way, don't go wrong." There are so many roads in the city, I don't dare to go out, I can't come back. ”

Thank you Sun Niang and the second aunt for accompanying grandma, Zhang Xingming changed his shoes and went out, and everyone followed him to the funeral home.

At this time, the funeral parlor did not have as many grand and so many projects as later generations, that is, it was called a crematorium, a viewing hall, an office on one side and a cremation oven on the other, and a large brick flue climbed from the crematorium to the top of the hill not far away, standing high there. There is a burning pond in the corner of the yard, which is a cement pond, where family members burn paper money and clothes.