"Are these three of your subordinates?" asked Liu Weiming's mother directly. The word subordinate makes Liu Weiming sound a little awkward, this term Liu Weiming has not heard for a long time, this statement is more like the name of the subordinate in feudal society.

"Well, one is the director of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee, the other is the director of the Public Security Bureau and the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and the other is the secretary general of the Municipal Party Committee. Liu Weiming walked up to his mother and said with a smile.

"These are all big officials, you should send someone downstairs. Liu Weiming's mother blamed Liu Weiming for being a little surprised, she had no idea about the head of the organization department of the municipal party committee and the secretary general of the municipal party committee, but she knew that the director of the public security bureau was a big official.

"No need, I'm going to send them downstairs, they'll be upset, just send them to the door. Liu Weiming smiled and said.

Liu Weiming's mother didn't say more on this issue, she only thinks about meeting Liu Weiming's father as soon as possible. Therefore, after Liu Weiming finished explaining, Liu Weiming proposed to see Liu Weiming's father. Liu Weiming hesitated, but when he saw his mother's resolute eyes, he nodded. Then she called Li Mengqing and told her that her mother was going to the hospital to see her father, and asked her to drive over to pick her up. Here, Zhang Yunjia went to the doctor and communicated with the doctor that Liu Weiming's mother was going to be discharged from the hospital for a period of time. Liu Weiming's mother was not sick, but she was stimulated and there was no problem, so the doctor agreed.

When Liu Weiming and Zhang Yunjia finished this qiē and helped Liu Weiming's mother downstairs, Li Mengqing had already driven the car to the door of the inpatient department. Seeing Liu Weiming's mother coming down, Li Mengqing hurriedly opened the car door.

Liu Weiming's mother and Zhang Yunjia sat in the back seat, and Liu Weiming sat in the passenger seat.

Liu Weiming's mother sat in the car, looking out of the car all the time, tears still shining in her eyes.

Several people's hearts were very heavy, and they had no interest in speaking.

The car stopped outside the gate of the hospital where Liu Weiming's father lived, and Jin Qian was already waiting here, of course, holding Xiao Jingqing.

The three women helped Liu Weiming's mother upstairs to the outside of Liu Weiming's father's ward, while Liu Weiming went directly to Vice President Ji's office. The hospital is very strict about the management of critically ill patients like Liu Weiming's father, and they must be approved by the attending doctor before they can enter the intensive care unit, and Liu Weiming's father is personally in charge of Vice President Ji, so Liu Weiming has to apply to him.

When Liu Weiming returned to the intensive care room where his father was, the three women were constantly persuading his mother, who had been crying and crying, while Xiao Jingqing was standing alone and looking at the incredible adults.

Liu Weiming walked over and said directly to his mother: "Mom, don't cry first, listen to me first." I've just asked the attending doctor to apply for admission. However, because Dad's illness is relatively serious, the hospital has strict rules for the patient's condition. The first is that there should be no sound when you go in, which will have a great impact on the patient's condition, especially for Dad. Dad's body is very fragile now, he needs to rest, the longer he rests, the better the condition, the doctor stipulates that we can only go in when Dad is asleep, and we must not wake Dad. Because, waking up Dad not only increases the load on his body, but also makes him very sad to see you. Therefore, you must not cry or act excessively when you go in, and you must listen to the nurse. Otherwise, I will not be allowed to enter. Can you say yes?"

Liu Weiming's mother thought that as long as she could see the old man and ask her to do anything, she was willing to do anything, so she began to wipe her tears with her hands and said: "Mom doesn't cry, Mom definitely doesn't cry." Although he said this, his voice was still choked and hoarse.

"Then let's wait for the nurse to inform us. As soon as Liu Weiming finished speaking, the door of the intensive care unit opened, and the nurse said to Liu Weiming: "The leader called me just now, and the patient is asleep now, so come in." However, it is necessary to be quiet and not to wake up the patient, who is now very fragile. Be sure to remember. ”

Liu Weiming nodded, and then took the lead in walking in, and the three women helped Liu Weiming's mother slowly walk into the intensive care unit.

Every time he walked into this intensive care unit, Liu Weiming's heart would ache for no reason. Although his tears had dried up after a few days, his eyes were moist again when he saw his father's visibly weaker appearance in the hospital bed.

And when Liu Weiming's mother went in, she saw Liu Weiming's father lying on the hospital bed, and she suddenly felt like crazy, crying and threw herself at Liu Weiming's father.

Liu Weiming's eyes were quick to hug his mother, then cover his mother's mouth, and said softly: "Mom, you have to control zhì, this is good for Dad." ”

Liu Weiming's mother obviously cared about this sentence, and although she cried, she frantically suppressed herself and did not make a sound. If it weren't for Liu Weiming's hug, she would have been paralyzed on the ground.

Because Liu Weiming held her and didn't let her get closer, Liu Weiming's mother watched Liu Weiming's father cry in Liu Weiming's arms. The three women couldn't stand this scene, and they all burst into tears as they stood in the back. There were only two people who didn't cry, one was Liu Weiming, he knew that at this moment, he had to be strong. And the other one who didn't cry was Xiao Jingqing, she didn't have any interest in these adults crying, just looked around the ward curiously.

Three days later, a plane took off from the square of the capital hospital, then circled directly into the air and flew south.

In the plane, Liu Weiming's family sat and several nurses guarding the bedside.

After two days of observation, Vice President Ji had told Liu Weiming very definitely and clearly that his father's signs of life were gradually disappearing, and there was no sign of improvement, and his condition had suddenly deteriorated uncontrollably. If he stays in the hospital, he can also guarantee that his father will live for up to another week. Vice President Ji's advice to Liu Weiming is that there is no need to stay in the hospital anymore, which is a waste of time, energy, and Jin Qian, and it is also to make the patient suffer great pain before he dies. Liu Weiming locked himself in the house overnight, and then found his mother, and clearly told his mother what Vice President Ji said, and let his mother make a decision. Liu Weiming's mother almost fainted after hearing this, and after her eyes were swollen from crying, she walked leisurely to the bed and lay down, telling Liu Weiming, and listened to his arrangement.

Liu Weiming was very determined to start arranging this matter, so on this day, Liu Weiming arranged for the plane to be discharged.

Liu Weiming remembered Vice President Ji's reminder that as soon as his father's condition was left with these drugs, he would die immediately. Liu Weiming directly asked Zhang Yunjia to transfer the helicopter again, he wanted his father to return to his hometown and die, he knew that his father had been living in this small mountain village since he was a child, and he had unusual feelings for this small mountain village.

The plane landed directly on the large flat at the entrance of the village department in the village. To say that this small village has now undergone earth-shaking changes from before, which is due to Liu Weiming. In the past, it was impossible to find such a piece of concrete floor.

After the plane fell, Liu Weiming came out first, and then helped several nurses transport his father off the plane, and then three women helped Liu Weiming's mother, who had been in a semi-fainting state, to get off the plane.

When they saw Liu Weiming and the helicopter driver carrying a stretcher, and the nurse in a white coat standing on the side, they were stunned one by one, and when they saw Liu Weiming's mother haggard, everyone understood the situation.

Immediately, Liu Weiming's relatives and neighbors rushed to hear the news, and they were sad when they learned that Liu Weiming's father had been cured. Then the whole village began to operate, helping Liu Weiming to carry his father home, and some old ladies who had a good relationship with Liu Weiming's mother began to help Liu Weiming's mother and began to comfort her. Some old people entered Liu Wei's famous house in advance, and began to decorate in Liu Wei's famous house according to some customs and superstitions in their hometown. Liu Weiming, Jin Qian, Zhang Yunjia, and Li Mengqing didn't know why they were doing at all, so they could only follow everyone to their homes.

When they got home, the people who arrived home early set up a bed in the hall of Liu Weiming's house, and everyone helped to get Liu Weiming's father on the bed according to the nurse's instructions. An old man with some prestige in the local area took out a book that I don't know what dynasty it was and turned it slowly, and then pinched his fingers to count there, and finally said that an hour later is a good hour, this hour is very consistent with Liu Weiming's father's birthday, and at this time, Liu Weiming's father will not suffer below, and he will immediately turn into the reincarnation path to be reincarnated, and will not become a lonely ghost. This is a long-standing habit in the hometown, and there is a set of superstitious but rigorous customs and habits in the hometown after death. Although these customs and habits are very nonsense in Liu Weiming's opinion, these have been deeply rooted in the minds of the locals, and whoever handles the funeral must do so, without the slightest sloppiness. Liu Weiming's father also firmly believes in this, so Liu Weiming did not stop him from returning home from the beginning, and also cooperated.

As a secretary of the municipal party committee, his family members are not allowed to be buried in accordance with the regulations, and they are not allowed to carry out such rituals with strong religious superstitions. But at this moment, for Liu Weiming, his mother and father are the most important, as for the official hat on his head, at this moment, for Liu Weiming, it is dispensable.

When he got home, Liu Weiming had been kneeling beside Liu Weiming's father, who had been in a coma, suddenly woke up when the hour was approaching, staring at Liu Weiming and Liu Weiming's mother, who had been sitting beside him. Since the fingers moved, Liu Weiming and Liu Weiming's mother both knew what Liu Weiming's father meant, and the two of them held one of Liu Weiming's father's hands. And Liu Weiming's mother kept crying and began to talk to Liu Weiming's father, talking nonsense. But it was so touching that most of the people in the room cried.

When the old man with the book announced that the time had come, Liu Weiming's throat was hoarse, but he still said to the nurse tremblingly, "Pull it out." ”

After saying this, Liu Weiming's mother threw herself on Liu Weiming's father and began to cry, but she was immediately pulled away, and several old ladies directly put Liu Weiming's mother in the bedroom. And Jin Qian's three daughters also followed Liu Weiming and knelt in front of Liu Weiming's father. The nurse was already very numb, so she didn't show mercy, and pulled out all the needles inserted in Liu Weiming's father after dividing them by two. Liu Weiming's father, who had pulled out the needle, suddenly had a relieved expression on his face. Liu Weiming had been kneeling tightly on the side of the bed, holding his father's hand. However, the hand he held was getting harder and harder, and it was becoming more and more devoid of temperature. After more than ten minutes, the nurse checked it and said to Liu Weiming: "Mr. Liu, let's mourn." ”

Hearing such a sentence, Liu Weiming raised his head blankly, although he already had a strong mental preparation in his heart, but seeing that his father, who was very familiar with him in front of him, might have gone to another world at the moment, and would never see him again, Liu Weiming felt that this was a dream, a very unreal dream. He just looked at his father blankly. And those neighbors began to put a large iron pot next to Liu Weiming's father, and took a few large piles of dark paper. Liu Wei began to burn paper in the basin with Jin Qian and a few others.

For Jin Qian and Zhang Yunjia, the hometown people are no strangers, because Liu Weiming has brought the two of them here, and everyone in the village knows that in the early stage of Liu Weiming when Jin Qian, Zhang Yunjia is Liu Weiming's current wife. The ex-wife came to fulfill her filial piety to her ex-father-in-law, which is as it should be in the local area, so no one thinks it is strange. Some people are not familiar with Li Mengqing, but when Li Mengqing was asked by Liu Wei's famous relatives at the beginning, she said that she was Zhang Yunjia's sister. happened to have something to do in Jiangnan Province, so I happened to accompany my sister. In this way, everyone will understand at once. Since Li Mengqing is Zhang Yunjia's sister, she is also the younger generation of Liu Weiming's father, and it is also appropriate to kneel in front of her to be filial.

Liu Weiming kept burning the paper, and as the old man began to sing a tune in front of his father that no one understood, Liu Weiming began to burst into tears, and he didn't know whether the tears were caused by sadness or because they were smoked by the smoke from the burning paper in front of him. Liu Weiming also heard his mother's heart-rending cries in the next bedroom. But they were adamant that she would not be allowed to come into the house. Because according to local customs, when the husband dies, his wife cannot appear next to the corpse, because this will make the deceased nostalgic and not go to the underworld to report for reincarnation, and will become a lonely ghost.

The paper burned for nearly an hour, and then everyone asked Liu Weiming and Jin Qian to wait for "filial sons." Leaving the avoidance, Liu Weiming knew, because he had seen these in the village since he was a child, so he knew the procedure, they were going to wash their father's body, put on a special dead man's costume, and then start to put in the coffin. Liu Weiming still remembers that this kind of ritual would be carried out for several days, and the descendants of specific Maoshan Taoist priests would be invited to sing and dance in front of Liu Weiming's father's coffin, and then they would take their filial sons to worship various bodhisattvas, ask the bodhisattvas to treat their father well after their father's death, and so on.

Liu Weiming stood up from the ground, glanced at his father's stiff body again, and then suddenly became strong. said to the three women standing beside him: "You all go and accompany your mother, you must not let her have anything." Ask the nurse to stay a little longer, make sure Mom is okay, and then let the helicopter take them back. After finishing speaking, Liu Weiming walked in front of one of his cousins, took out several large stacks of hundred-yuan bills from his body and handed them to the cousin who had the best relationship with his father, and asked his cousin to help him arrange a qiē and how much money should be spent.