Chapter 525: Death and Rebirth

The old man's funeral was extremely grand, and many politicians attended the old man's funeral.

However, according to the will left by the old man before his death, the funeral was actually very simple, and the farewell ceremony for the body was not held, and only a simple mourning hall was set up.

As soon as the funeral was over, the old man's body was cremated, and he was not buried in Babao Mountain according to the custom, there was only a mound of clothes on Babao Mountain, and the ashes of the old man were sent to Taihang Mountain under the escort of his family, and scattered in the vast Taihang Mountain by helicopter.

This is what the old man repeatedly asked before his death, and he hoped that his ashes could be scattered to the place where he had fought, where he would be with his comrades who had died in previous battles.

The fire builds the soul of loyalty, and returns to Taixingqing.

Ma Zhanshan used his life to forge and protect this country, and his countless comrades-in-arms who returned to Taihang cultivated this verdant mountain with their own blood.

The central government originally wanted to hold a nationwide memorial ceremony for the old man, but in the end he was asked by Ma Pingdong to stop, because the old man repeatedly said before his death that he was a loud voice when he was alive and disliked many people, but after he died, he should not trouble others anymore.

The old man, who had been jealous and hateful all his life, thought about not bothering others when he passed away, which is probably only the older generation of revolutionaries would have such qualities and feelings.

With the passing of the old man, Wang Lei's father-in-law Ma Pingdong's originally black hair turned white in just half a month.

In the past, he was always on the wrong side with the old man, the old man said east, he went west, the old man said to catch chickens, and he chased the dog, but when the old man left, Ma Pingdong felt the feeling that the son wanted to raise but did not wait.

Although the old man died at the age of 100, it can be regarded as a good death, and he walked very peacefully, without suffering, but for relatives, after all, this is his father and grandfather gone, and this feeling cannot be experienced by others except relatives.

Wang Lei comforted his family wholeheartedly during this time, although he is the identity of his grandson-in-law, but now he is the only one who can do things in this family, his father-in-law fell ill in grief, and his mother-in-law was also sad, generally everything was arranged by Wang Lei, although Wang Lei had a lot of contacts, but Wang Lei empathized with the grief of his relatives.

But in the midst of this grief, another surprise came.

After the old man's ashes were scattered in Taihang Mountain, Ma Dongmei, who returned home, retched many times.

came to the hospital for examination and found that Ma Dongmei was pregnant with her second child, and she had been pregnant for two months.

The unexpected arrival of the second child brought new hope to this grieving family, and the child was conceived almost when the old man was unwell, when Wang Lei and Ma Dongmei were still in North America.

Although it is a pity that he failed to let the old man know that Ma Dongmei is pregnant with a second child, the appearance of this child can be seen as the protection of the old man's spirit in the sky.

The pregnant Ma Dongmei immediately became a protected animal, and Ma Pingdong's condition soon improved, after all, the child her daughter was carrying was the heir of the Ma family who obeyed the old man's wishes.

Wang Lei originally wanted to ask Francis for another month of leave, but Ma Dongmei stopped her, she didn't want her husband to owe others favors because of herself, not to mention that Ma Dongmei also had her own good impression of the city of Sacheng, so she asked Wang Lei to go back as soon as the holiday arrived.

Although he is still very worried, Wang Lei still has to return to North America, and the dilemma for adults is like this, career and family are always unable to take care of each other.

Wang Lei, who returned to Saata City, did not immediately enter the work state, although the current runners have lost three more games in the month he left, but Wang Lei believes that his current state cannot devote himself to the team's work, so he returned to the team after three more days of adjustment.

In those three days, the Runners lost their seventh game of the season against the Lakers.

This is the last time he has to play against the Lakers three times in a season, and Bracha, whose coach position has been unstable, finally took advantage of such an away victory to regain his position, and he threatened after the game to want Wang Lei to look good in the playoffs.

There was already a sense of impatience within the Runners, and the two assistant coaches had some disagreements due to differences in philosophy, with captain Tony Blair himself being ejected for two technical fouls in one game, not to mention others.

However, Wang Lei's return made the players of the Runners immediately settle down, because they knew that their head coach was back, and the team's next game would definitely be stable.

Wang Lei's first game back was a tough battle against Celtic.

The Celtics have always adhered to their traditional iron-clad style, and all the players they play with have to be careful, everyone has a chance to get injured.

And the Runners also had to face the absence of Blair, who had to face suspension for two technical fouls in the previous game.

However, the Runners who came to the North Shore Garden Arena once again found their early season feeling, and the Runners nearly broke the resilient Celtics in the first quarter.

Turgun scored a staggering 34 points on 6-of-6 three-pointers, 4-of-5 on 2-pointers and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line.

The Celtics were unable to defend against Turgon's offense with all the strength of the team, and Turgon's form-like performance made the Celtics' defenders despair.

However, the Celtics, who trailed the Runners by 19 points in the first quarter, did not give up the game, on the contrary, they showed their resilience, they stood on the defense, and little by little narrowed the difference between the two teams to within 10 points.

But after halftime, the Runners went on a 21-2 offensive surge at the start of the third quarter.

This wave of offensive runners not only did a good job of their own offense, but also made the Celtics suffer a big loss in defense.

The defense-oriented Celtics scored just 16 points in the third quarter against the Runners, who never flaunted defense.

Entering the fourth quarter of the game, facing a full 30 points behind, the Celtics only resisted for four minutes before surrendering, which was the first time that the Celtics gave up in the fourth quarter this season and even in recent seasons.

With such a big win, the Runners swept away their previous decline, and they regained their position as challengers for the league's best regular season record in history.