Overcast and sunny on December 7
Today is the day of my husband's burial.
At five o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock woke up my daughter and me, and we quickly got up to get dressed and washed.
There was light rain in the weather forecast two days ago, will it rain today? I walked to the window and saw a gray color.
Last night, I had everything ready. Before going out, check again: tomb certificate, incense candles, yellow paper and tin foil to warm the tomb, offerings, black umbrellas.
The driver introduced by a friend came to the third gate of the agreed community on time at half past six.
I opened the car door and was about to get into the car, when I felt raindrops falling on my face, and it was cold. I prayed in my heart: God, please don't rain!
There were some drops of water on the window glass, and the driver turned on the wipers. After a while, the rain stopped, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The car drove straight in the direction of Meilan Lake to pick up Mr. and his wife.
"Tranquil ...... Tranquility ......", the teacher and his wife stood at the gate of the community and called to me. Looking at the eighty-year-old teacher and his wife standing in the cold wind, my eyes moistened.
My husband's old leader couldn't come as scheduled because his wife had just been discharged from the hospital, but he wrote a poem in memory of him and asked me to read it on his behalf.
In Pudong in the early morning, on both sides of the wide and clean road, there are occasionally one or two dog walkers.
It's not rush hour yet, and our car is unimpeded all the way.
When my wife asked about my husband's family, I was very sad. I informed my husband's siblings, but they all said that it was inconvenient to participate for various reasons.
Because of the inheritance, I went to court with my husband's son, and they didn't want to offend their nephew.
The son, who was even more ignorant of his father's funeral, focused all his thoughts on how to divide the inheritance.
When I thought of his ugly face on the day of the trial on November 18, my heart was panicked, and the scenes were like a movie.
Because he had never cared for and visited his father, he was afraid that he would not get or receive a small share of the inheritance, so in court, together with the male lawyer he hired, he was full of lies and tried his best to quibble.
However, the court focuses on evidence. The judge repeated over and over again:
When have you ever been to the hospital? Have you ever called to say hello and care? How many times was your father hospitalized? In which hospital?
The other party was speechless, but found a ridiculous reason:
"Because the stepmother, oh, no, no, it's not right, it should be the stepmother, and I'm afraid that the stepmother will be unhappy, so it's inconvenient to care."
Judge:
"Then you can call to care, have you called"?
I smiled at my lawyer, a quiet girl, who told the judge:
"My client's husband has not recorded father-son calls in his mobile phone for at least two years, and he has not added WeChat to each other."
The other party was anxious:
"But he often came to my mother's house without telling his wife, and we got along very well."
My lawyer is not in a hurry:
"Since we get along very well, your father has been suffering from cancer for more than a year, and you don't even know it"?
The other party can't answer, so change the topic:
"The division of property in my parents' divorce settlement has nothing to do with me......"
Obviously, he was afraid that the judge would say that he had already received his father's property once, which would affect the distribution of the inheritance this time, so he was in a hurry to confess.
Again, my lawyer stated:
"However, the son's name was mentioned in the division of property in the divorce, and neither mother nor son fulfilled the agreed ...... in the agreement."
Yes, there is a clause in the agreement that when my husband is suddenly ill or in emergency, my ex-wife and son will help out of humanitarian reasons.
So my husband asked that before the house was sold, the other party would lend him the 500,000 yuan he got during the divorce to the "heavy ion hospital" for treatment.
However, the other party asked the husband to write a will for the last and only property before he was willing to fulfill the agreement. The gentleman was very angry and went away.
We had little money left to buy a house on the island, and it was the loan from my uncle and classmates that allowed my husband to be admitted to the Heavy Ion Hospital.
In the face of our lawyer's rebuttal, the other party changed the topic again:
"Because the deceased did something sorry for the family during his lifetime, and because of guilt, he agreed to give us most of the property."
I stared at the son of the gentleman across from me for a full minute, is this my own son? While demanding his father's inheritance, he tried his best to belittle his father.
After getting the judge's permission, I asked:
"Excuse me, what did your father do to be sorry for the family? What does he have to feel guilty about"?
I told the other person:
"Every time my husband went to see his grandson, he didn't lie to me, and when he came back, he always said that he didn't have enough to eat. Because my grandson loves to eat "KFC", my husband doesn't like to eat it".
As the lies were broken one by one, the other party was a little annoyed:
"He came to my house without telling you, how would you know"?
I don't understand why my husband insists on divorce in such a harmonious and harmonious family? And he would rather give up his share of the property that originally belonged to him.
The opposing lawyer's statement was impassioned, but there was no evidence. In order to make money, I am desperately looking for reasons for the client, I understand.
However, as a lawyer, you should understand that if you have no evidence, you will be convicted of defamation. I was able to open my eyes to the fact that lawyers are not all principled.
When calculating the total price of the inheritance, the other party opened his mouth and insisted that the price of my husband and I should be higher than the market price.
The judge immediately searched for the most recent rate on his phone and proposed a compromise price, which was higher than the price I had originally quoted, but I accepted it.
The other party insisted on not recognizing, and the two sides could not reach a reunification. The judge finally announced that the appraisal would be conducted by the property valuation company and a separate hearing......
After listening to my narration, my teacher and my wife were filled with emotion and felt sorry for my husband. How could such an excellent student have such a son?
…… When we arrived at the cemetery, the sun came out.
I couldn't help but think of my husband's words again:
"God always favors my wife, as long as she goes out, rainy days will become sunny days."
Because of the outbreak found in sporadic areas of Pudong, the inspection was intensified a lot, and the guards checked our health code and tested the temperature before we were released.
I took out my husband's urn from the temporary storage place, and I gently held it myself, as if I smelled the fragrance of my husband again.
Near the winter solstice, the cemetery rules do not allow burning paper money, but in addition to yellow paper, I also quietly brought nine tin foils.
After warming the hole, before the urn was sealed, I put my left hand on the urn covered with a red cloth and muttered reluctantly:
"Husband, feel your wife's body temperature again, remember, your wife and daughter will often come to see your ......"
My wife tearfully comforted me and told me to let go and let my husband go with peace of mind!
With tears in my eyes, I watched as Mr.'s ashes were sealed and buried, and we lit incense candles and offered fruit to him in turn.
The tombstone was lined with lush foliage, and there were flowers offered by teachers and grandmothers, me and my daughter, and in the midst of cigarettes, I cried and opened the national karaoke.
"Sister Lin's ...... fell from the sky" and "Ask Zijuan" are my favorite Yue operas that Mr. sings, and let Mr. relive his wife's voice before the grave.
The music and cries attracted the attention of the families of the other cemetery, and everyone whispered.
If you know that this is a remarried couple, you may be even more moved.
When I opened WeChat, I read aloud to my husband the words that the old secretary wrote to me and the poems he wrote for him:
Tian Jing: Hello!
Tomorrow the burial ceremony will be held in the mountains. Due to physical reasons, I was not able to participate, which is very regrettable. This is a small poem, expressing my heart. If you think you can, please read it for me at the funeral ceremony.
Sacrifice to Takayama
The river flows endlessly,
The mountains and flowers reflect the mountains.
Resting place,
Take a break and enjoy the view.
Sincerely, friends
2020.12.7
We are not related to my husband by blood, but our affection is higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea. Sir should not regret it, but should be proud.
How many people in the world can enjoy such a grand treatment from a gentleman? In comparison, what is that thin family affection?
I will replay "It rains on the prairie tonight" sung by my husband at the grave:
"We are just clinging to each other like this, and my heart warms your heart......"
With tears in my eyes, I told my daughter that when her mother went later, she would replace her uncle's personal photo with a double photo, and her mother would take a photo with her uncle in a cheongsam.
I couldn't move my legs. I repeat over and over again:
"Husband, the environment here is elegant and peaceful, and it is the atmosphere you like. My daughter and I will come to see you!"
……